BEST TV Shows to watch... CURRENTLY...

[NeoSneth]

Space Force S2
All star cast, with mid level comedy. It sometimes feels like Office - Air Force edition without the drama. they are quick episodes which helps.

I'm out of shit to watch with the wife, so we go with easy stuff on Netflix lately.

I don't think it's all that great, but there's some social commentary thrown in that's tolerable. Malkovich saves most of it.

 

[terry.330]

The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window- Holy shit. This was so bad I kept watching out of morbid curiosity. At first judging by the title I thought it was one of those bottom of the barrel parodies but it's actually much worse than that. It's nonsensical rich white woman murder porn trash masquerading as intelligent parody while also trying to be a serious Rear Window style murder mystery.

Kristen Bell plays a divorced, alcoholic, fine arts painter whose daughter was killed and eaten by a serial killer on a take your daughter to work day with her father who is a serial killer psychologist. Yeah.

Since her daughters death and the resulting PTSD she can't get rained on or else she goes catatonic because it was raining the day her daughter died. Of course it rains constantly.

Fuck spoilers. The ending involves Kristen Bell fighting an 8 year old girl to the death in a scene that wouldn't be out of place in Peacemaker.

This is a big budget Lifetime movie broken into episodes trying to be so many different things it has no idea what it's actually trying to accomplish. It's so bafflingly far fetched and stupid it reminded me a lot of Malignant. Like were they actually aware of what they were making (a tongue in cheek piece of shit) or was this all done in earnest (a serious murder mystery and potential start of a franchise)? I honestly can't ell.

Also while I'm at it I just want to say fuck Kristen Bell and her husband, they're up there with Gwenyth Paltrow on the insufferable Hollywood twat scale.

 

[terry.330]

Vikings: Valhalla- Nowhere near as engaging as the original and lacking characters with the strength of the old main cast but not terrible. Just kind of passable. One of the biggest disappointments is that the intro is so unbelievably generic, the original had one of the best intros ever.

 

[HornheaDD]

Murderville:
Scripted comedy/murder mystery with a celebrity guest each episode, and the guest is not given the script. 6 eps on Netflix, not all are winners but the ones with Conan, Kumail Nanjiani and Ken Jeong are pretty hilarious.

Found out that it's based on a Brit show called "Murder in Successville" with the same premise. Watched the first episode tonite. It's funny, but I looked at the celeb guests and they are all people Ive never heard of lol. Still pretty funny tho.

 

[HornheaDD]

Seriously? Nothing on Murderville?

Philistines.

HALO:
Uh. Honestly not sure what to think here. Part of it is that whole Leo DiCaprio meme seeing stuff like the Marathon logo, hearing the word Pelican, seeing the warthogs, hearing "Wart wart" by the Elites (and calling them Elites, not Sangheli or whatever) thing which is cool.

But - and I dont care about spoilers for this show here because I know most everyone here is gonna hate it by default because Halo is so popular - Some of the changes are odd.

1. Pornstache as the MC. What the fuck is this. Who went into the first table reading and saw this guy and didn't immediately question this decision.

1. The voice is off.
2. He has a really tall head.
3. He takes his helmet off.
4. Hes not pale white.
5. He has hair and a beard.
6. That voice is bullshit.
7. That voice is not Steve Downes.

And also the voice sucks. Did I mention the voice? Because it sucks. Also he takes his helmet off.

2. They made Halsey Miranda Keys' mom. Why. Maybe I missed this somewhere in the Halo games? But I dont remember that being the case.

3. Cortana is gonna be an actual living breathing clone of Halsey, instead of an AI? But... thats the whole point of her existence.

4. Scenes where the Spartans run in full gear looks... terribly computer animated.

5. The elites look cool... sometimes. Other times, see #4.

6. They are making the UNSC sort of like an evil government. Again, Im not super versed in the lore other than the games and the Reach book which was great, so I dont remember if this is the case. The UNSC opts to take the MC down using other Spartans and an entire company of marines who are just cannon fodder for Chief.

7. Miranda Keyes looks like shes 15.

8. The obligatory first person view segments. Did we not learn anything from the Doom movie? There aren't many but they are obviously meant as fan service and as usual it comes off really hokey and stupid.

9. The film/video quality seems... cheap. I mean they have Microsoft/343 behind this and they can throw buckets of money at it, but I guess they didnt.

10. There's a human 'traitor' in the Covenant. Not much is shown, but its kinda seems like she was kidnapped as a baby or lab grown so the Covies can 'understand the enemy.'

Stuff that's not so bad:

They made Captain Keys black. The actor they got for him is rad as fuck though I dont know his name. (IMDb says Danny Sapani.) But every time I've seen him hes been a cool character. Hes way more commanding than some shrimpy white dude.

Its way gory. I dont think thats necessarily anything that makes a show good, but it does show the horrors of war, and battle.

The plasma swords look kinda cool, but still too 'animated.'

Prophets look ok, but also lame.



Analysis:

I will watch the rest of the season because I'm getting em on Sonarr, but I wouldn't get a subscription to Paramount Plus for this after this first episode. If you don't give a shit about Halo, you can skip this. If you like Halo like me, you can probably skip this. If you love Halo up the asshole, you can probably skip it.

 

[terry.330]

Murderville sucks Will Arnet is not funny outside of AD.

Re-watching IT Crowd for the first time in years. It still has it's moments. Was going to watch Black Books instead but it looks like at some point I sold off the DVD set.

 

[Lagduf]

Seriously? Nothing on Murderville?

Philistines.

HALO:
Uh. Honestly not sure what to think here. Part of it is that whole Leo DiCaprio meme seeing stuff like the Marathon logo, hearing the word Pelican, seeing the warthogs, hearing "Wart wart" by the Elites (and calling them Elites, not Sangheli or whatever) thing which is cool.

But - and I dont care about spoilers for this show here because I know most everyone here is gonna hate it by default because Halo is so popular - Some of the changes are odd.

1. Pornstache as the MC. What the fuck is this. Who went into the first table reading and saw this guy and didn't immediately question this decision.

1. The voice is off.
2. He has a really tall head.
3. He takes his helmet off.
4. Hes not pale white.
5. He has hair and a beard.
6. That voice is bullshit.
7. That voice is not Steve Downes.

And also the voice sucks. Did I mention the voice? Because it sucks. Also he takes his helmet off.

2. They made Halsey Miranda Keys' mom. Why. Maybe I missed this somewhere in the Halo games? But I dont remember that being the case.

3. Cortana is gonna be an actual living breathing clone of Halsey, instead of an AI? But... thats the whole point of her existence.

4. Scenes where the Spartans run in full gear looks... terribly computer animated.

5. The elites look cool... sometimes. Other times, see #4.

6. They are making the UNSC sort of like an evil government. Again, Im not super versed in the lore other than the games and the Reach book which was great, so I dont remember if this is the case. The UNSC opts to take the MC down using other Spartans and an entire company of marines who are just cannon fodder for Chief.

7. Miranda Keyes looks like shes 15.

8. The obligatory first person view segments. Did we not learn anything from the Doom movie? There aren't many but they are obviously meant as fan service and as usual it comes off really hokey and stupid.

9. The film/video quality seems... cheap. I mean they have Microsoft/343 behind this and they can throw buckets of money at it, but I guess they didnt.

10. There's a human 'traitor' in the Covenant. Not much is shown, but its kinda seems like she was kidnapped as a baby or lab grown so the Covies can 'understand the enemy.'

Stuff that's not so bad:

They made Captain Keys black. The actor they got for him is rad as fuck though I dont know his name. (IMDb says Danny Sapani.) But every time I've seen him hes been a cool character. Hes way more commanding than some shrimpy white dude.

Its way gory. I dont think thats necessarily anything that makes a show good, but it does show the horrors of war, and battle.

The plasma swords look kinda cool, but still too 'animated.'

Prophets look ok, but also lame.



Analysis:

I will watch the rest of the season because I'm getting em on Sonarr, but I wouldn't get a subscription to Paramount Plus for this after this first episode. If you don't give a shit about Halo, you can skip this. If you like Halo like me, you can probably skip this. If you love Halo up the asshole, you can probably skip it.

I only read to your first point.

Are you telling me Chief takes his ducking helmet off and we see his face? If so this shit is unwatchable. Period.

 

[SouthtownKid]

I only read to your first point.

Are you telling me Chief takes his ducking helmet off and we see his face? If so this shit is unwatchable. Period.

Judge Dredd all over again.

 

[HornheaDD]

I only read to your first point.

Are you telling me Chief takes his ducking helmet off and we see his face? If so this shit is unwatchable. Period.

Yup. It's so dumb.

 

[Lagduf]

Yup. It's so dumb.

I’ll pass on this lol.

 

[100proof]

Anyone else ripped for the final season of Saul?

I finally got around to watching Invincible (JK Simmons is awesome and the gore is great but it looks weirdly cheap in places) and the most recent part of Disenchantment (the main characters have really come in to their own but it just keeps repeating itself in ways that aren't good for a show that's more narrative-focused).

 

[terry.330]

Ghosts (UK version)- A young couple inherit a huge old estate and attempt to renovate it. As the title implies it's of course haunted but not just by a couple of ghosts but by dozens of people who died on the grounds going all the way back to cavemen. No-one can see them, until the lead actress falls out of a window and hits her head, then she sees dead people everywhere. Not only can she see and hear them but she also now has to deal with all of them and their various bizarre personalities. British hilarity ensues.

Recommended. It's on HBOmax, go check it out there's 3 seasons and a US remake. (which I haven't seen yet but assume is inferior like all other US remakes of UK TV series)

 

[terry.330]

Our Flag Means Death- Holy shit, I had high expectations and this has certainly met them. Amazing cast, great premise and the humor is on point. A quick simple comparison would that it's Black Sails meets What we do in the Shadows. While not totally accurate that's pretty much the vibe.

It's like Taika Watiti and his buddies watched Cabin Boy and decided to make their own far superior version.

If you like intelligent yet dumb quirky conceptual comedies this might be for you.

 

[DevilRedeemed]

Started watching Succession and I think it's tight. The cast is it's strongest suit. I think they carry the series beyond what the script can inpart. The atmosphere is more interesting than the tedious filler twists and turns.
A lot better than Billions

 

[famicommander]

Disney is going back and editing violence and sex out of their own original Disney+ shows months after the original airings. From Falcon and the Winter Soldier:

If they're doing it with their most popular shit they're almost definitely doing it with other shit too.

 

[NeoSneth]

Seriously? Nothing on Murderville?

Murderville looked like something I would absolutely loathe. Improv is on the same level as prop comedy to me. It just misses too much.
All that said. 1 bottle of wine later, i decided to give this a watch. I quite enjoyed it. Cheap Wine definitely helps...

I really liked when Will would force the guest to do stuff. You can see they were genuinely surprised and uncomfortable in situations. Just like Improv, some guests were not all that great. Ken just giggled the whole time, while others at least tried to be in character.

 

[terry.330]

Finished Our Flag Means Death, amazing. Great to see Rhys Darby get a lead role and absolutely crush it, shit the whole cast is great.

Don't sleep on this you ding-dongs.

 

[SouthtownKid]

Disney is going back and editing violence and sex out of their own original Disney+ shows months after the original airings. From Falcon and the Winter Soldier:

If they're doing it with their most popular shit they're almost definitely doing it with other shit too.

Fuck Disney. Everyday it gets easier and easier to just boycott them completely. You people who are still supporting them and subscribing to their service and shit should feel ashamed of yourselves.

 

[terry.330]

Started Dropout, it's surprisingly good so far. Think I'm 4 episodes in. I only knew a bit about Theranos and actually did some reading about the company and Elizabeth Holmes after watching the first episode. It's just mind blowing that she was able to do what she did for so long before getting busted. Amanda Seyfried was an interesting choice but she does a pretty good job, far better than say Jesse Eisenberg as Zuckerberg. She has a bit more to work with as Holmes is just so eccentric and delusional. I enjoy the look into Silicon Valley and the whole venture capital world in a perverse kind of way. The episode with Alan Ruck was quite entertaining, the entire supporting cast has been stellar. Recommended.

 

[Burning Fight!!]

Kristen Bell plays a divorced, alcoholic,

perfect casting

 

[100proof]

What a weird fucking world we live in.

So they're bringing back Takeshi's Castle... the actual, original Japanese show, to Amazon Prime. Beat Takeshi's even coming back. I can't imagine the show can be as hardcore as it was back in the 80s but for those of you who watched MXC or the Brit version with the overdubbed narration back in the day, you may actually get to watch the original, unedited, unwinnable greatest game show ever made.

Thanks Squid Game, I guess.

A 'Takeshi’s Castle' Reboot is Coming to Amazon Prime Video

According to reports, a reboot of iconic Japanese game show Takeshi’s Castle is coming to Amazon...

www.yahoo.com

 

[HornheaDD]

Ha thats rad. Ive got all of MXC downloaded. When it was on the air on Spike, I would look at "Vic Romano" and was like... that looks like....Aniki? (brother is my fave Kitano flick). But wasn't certain until I looked it up and was like holy shit I didn't know he ran that show.

I will absolutely watch a reboot of Takeshi's Castle, especially if Beat Takeshi is gonna be in it.

Edit: Forgot to post what I came in here to post. Halo episode 2.

Fuck me, what a shitshow. It's also a shit show.

Bad castings all around. Bokeem Woodbine? And he's physically 2 feet shorter than other Spartans? And he "left the UNSC to be free."

What the fuck man. I read the people running the show didn't play the games, but fuck dude - did you not at least casually skim wikipedia for the story at bare minimum?

Just bad call after bad call after bad call.

Now Cortana is supposed to be a personality/consciousness suppressant/replacement, and not an AI?

DID YOU NOT JUST GOOGLE "HALO" BEFORE CALLING ACTION!?

 

[DevilRedeemed]

Bel Air is akin to a live action, gritty Simpsons.

I think I like it for the meta, clever parallel universe shit right here.

But as a series in and of itself? It's dry as fuck.

 

[Lagduf]

Ha thats rad. Ive got all of MXC downloaded. When it was on the air on Spike, I would look at "Vic Romano" and was like... that looks like....Aniki? (brother is my fave Kitano flick). But wasn't certain until I looked it up and was like holy shit I didn't know he ran that show.

I will absolutely watch a reboot of Takeshi's Castle, especially if Beat Takeshi is gonna be in it.

Edit: Forgot to post what I came in here to post. Halo episode 2.

Fuck me, what a shitshow. It's also a shit show.

Bad castings all around. Bokeem Woodbine? And he's physically 2 feet shorter than other Spartans? And he "left the UNSC to be free."

What the fuck man. I read the people running the show didn't play the games, but fuck dude - did you not at least casually skim wikipedia for the story at bare minimum?

Just bad call after bad call after bad call.

Now Cortana is supposed to be a personality/consciousness suppressant/replacement, and not an AI?

DID YOU NOT JUST GOOGLE "HALO" BEFORE CALLING ACTION!?

I need you to watch the whole series for me. It sounds just so bad. SO BAD.

How can a studio get it so wrong? Do they even have people who care about the series? Apparently not.

 

[wyo]

Disney is going back and editing violence and sex out of their own original Disney+ shows months after the original airings.

If they're doing it with their most popular shit they're almost definitely doing it with other shit too.

Don't really care since I don't watch any Disney crap but I wish movies and TV shows would edit out all the soulless CGI gore effects and replace with Verhoeven level squibs.