Topic: The TV Show Thread

@PegasusActual93 Yeah, I know, but cancelled or not, with no new episodes coming out, it more or less amounts to the same thing
There is of course a small glimmer of hope attached to the fact that it's not officially cancelled, so I'll cling to that.

@FuriousMachine
Adult Swim shows are NOTORIOUS for going years between seasons. Just ask Eric Andre fans. So this is not uncharted territory.

I miss Final Space. Every so often I think "I really quite fancy watching that again" and every so often I remember we can't. Another reason WB can go f*** itself 😭 cancelling a show is one thing, but writing it off for tax reasons so it can't be shown anywhere ever again is just pure nasty business.

@Ravix
You can either sail the high seas or buy it on digital storefronts if you dont mind spending a few bucks.

@PegasusActual93 wait, you can actually buy it still? I thought they went scorched earth as they can't be seen to make any money from the property as it was a tax write off?

@Ravix
Not sure what country you are in but in the U.S you can still buy Season 2 on Amazon and Season 3 on Youtube.

I dont know if its just me that notices this but whenever Robot Chicken has a G.I. Joe skit, theyre always funnier than the last GI Joe skit

Really digging White Lotus season 3 by the way. Counting down the days until Monday! 🌞

@Herculean WL Season 3 is pretty great right? Such a masterclass in the building of tension, and exploration of human behaviour/psyche

The dynamic between the 3 women is really brilliant I think. Also, Patrick Schwarzenegger is fantastic as the eldest son in the Ratcliffe family (Saxon?)

I'm slightly enjoying WL Season3 a little bit more than Severance Season2. Severance has maybe had 'higher highs', but also low points and dips in pacing (yesterday's episode in particular felt quit uncessecary)

@CJD87 Yeah. When the season started I half expected it to be inferior to the previous season, but the tension building from episode to episode is a masterclass indeed.

I find myself longing for each next episode, and thinking about the many ways in which the story might unfurl. Its something I am not used to having a lot anymore.

The dynamic between the 3 women is extremely interesting like you mention, and personally I'm invested in the Gaitok plotline.

Also, the boat trip in the next episode is something I'm looking forward to. 🌞

@Herculean yes the boat trip is sure to light some fire under the guests.. not to mention that there is some huge dramatic potential, assuming all the guests are on board and will be permeating one another’s spaces! Can’t wait

Finished the first season of that Goosebumps remake… reboot… thing? From the other year. Despite loving Goosebumps growing up and still trying to remain in horror circles online, I don’t remember ever hearing about this, and found it by accident during a bored afternoon scrolling through streaming services looking for something to do.

It is weird how much an ending matters sometimes. Especially when it is bad. And especially when a show has not just one bad ending, but two. The show is effectively 7 solidly paced episodes, with an eighth episode that rushes into a not well earned Hollywood ending, but an ending I suppose at least wraps up the show in some kind of conclusion. However, we then shift into a sort of two episode epilogue arc, which is fun for a while as it massively escalates things in bonkers directions, but it leads to the "true" ending which is just a massively anti-climactic cliff hanger which will never be resolved, as my understanding is season two is an entirely new story.

Mid way through this show, I would have said it has a bit of a “Goosebumps adaptation by the CW” energy to it, but I must confess, for as meme'd as the CW tropes / formula have become, I actually enjoyed a lot of those shows growing up, and so I was actually quite enjoying this, but with the way the final three episodes played out, I just feel like I massively wasted my time.

It is a shame too, as I think there is a lot to like here. I enjoyed the way Goosebump’s elements were integrated and woven into the wider story, plus, with it being aimed at a slightly older audience and the general upgrades to cinematic technologies over the decades, this show is able to deliver horror / set pieces the original show could only ever dream of, bringing it far closer to the darkest things your childhood brain could imagine while reading the books.

I also really liked the cast and characters. Justin Long playing the same vague cowardly dirtbag he plays in every horror thing he is in was an especial treat, but the core group (of adults in their 30s playing teenagers like in every American show) were all so likeable, I didn’t mind when it felt like the show ground to what was effectively a complete halt to explore some soap opera plotlines that didn’t really add much to the overall show.

But yeah, I dunno, just feels like a real tough recommendation to anyone know, given I now know this was going absolutely nowhere. Like why invest your time into something that doesn't respect that investment at all?

I was also going to give the second season a go, but knowing how this left me feeling, I'm not sure I wanna risk having my time wasted again.

whatching the last 3-4 episodes of Lost Season 1 on Netflix.

then going to be watching Man Called Horse movie on tubi this entire weekend. I think i kind of remembere seeing that movie when it came on HBO back then in the early 1980s.

@seinfeldfanatic Watching it the entire weekend? How long is that movie?!
I jest, of course
If it's the classic with Richard Harris from 1970, then I envy you. Haven't seen it in decades, so I'm interested to hear what you think of it and how it plays when viewed with 2025 sensibilities (some of those old classics do not hold up all that well)

@FuriousMachine well even though i barely remember the movie since i only saw bits and pieces of it when i was a kid in the early 1980s, i only sort of remember that ritual scene. the movie is like an hour and 55 minutes. long enough to count as a 2 hour movie.

and if someone that wasnt an 80s kid, that they were watching the movie now today, they would call it a white person's indian movie.

i remember a few years back where people were picking on Matt Damon's fantasy horror movie The Great Wall for whitewashing or having a white guy starring in an asian fantasy movie.

Like, really? prety sure that movie had alot of asian actors in it. Matt Damon and whatshisface pedro pascal they were like rogues from the Crusades war where they ran off to hide out by accident in China at the wrong time when the Chinese were dealing with those weird monsters

while i was watching half of Man Called Horse earlier, i started thinkign of the Dances With Movies which i wouldnt be surprised if Kevin Costner made his movie based off of Man Called Horse.

and Im surprised there was a third Man Called Horse which i just found out earlier today

earlier tonight i started rewatching Star Wars Mandalorian Season 1 for DVD. been awhile since i last saw it on some streaming site that you could watch new movies that were playing in theaters for free etc.

Jawas in Star Wars are always weird but Favreau and Filoni made Jawas even weirder in the Mandolorian show

The missus and I went back to season 1 of The Wheel of Time in preparation for season 3 (we’re gonna watch season 2 before season 3 finishes it’s run too) and I actually enjoyed it more this time around.

I think I kinda struggled with much of the casting when it originally aired as some of my favourite characters from the book weird quite different in the show. I’m thinking that I must’ve come around to them now though as I was left feeling it a far stronger adaptation than is generally felt.

How Rosalind Pike hasn’t been nominated for any awards for her turn as Moiraine is beyond me… a masterclass in subtle stoicism and pitch-perfect to the character from the book. Looking forward to the next couple of seasons… and hopefully the viewing figures are strong enough to see some more seasons 🤞.

@graymamba I never read the books, so the casting was never an issue for me. I did struggle to get into it in s1, as there was a lot of lore and characters and backstory to process, but I enjoyed it and by the time S2 came around, I was eager for more. And, yeah, Rosamund Pike nails it as Moiraine. Fell in love with her when she was just a young lass in "Die Another Day" and she spellbinds me to this day.
Looking forward to seeing her in "Hallow Road", a psychological horror/thriller with her and Matthew Rhys in a car for most of the movie, which is reportedly quite good.
Back to WoT: Only seen the first episode of S3 so far, and it was fun to get reacquainted with the show Will definitely keep watching weekly in order to do my part to keep the show alive (rule of thumb with streamers: Watch as soon as you can, many only count eyeballs within the first couple of weeks of release when determining if a show is a success)

@FuriousMachine yeah maybe I’m the problem then 😬, we always wait for seasons to finish so that we can binge them… I just can’t watch one episode per week anymore, it just leaves me unsatisfied.

In regards to the show, yeah the dense lore and amount of characters from the off is a little impenetrable. I remember having to pause the show regularly to explain stuff to the missus when we first watched it at release. It’s one of those things that no one wants to get bogged down in exposition… but sometimes a bit of exposition is necessary and I think a viewer new to the series could’ve done with a tad more if I’m honest.

About Rosalind Pike… I never really noticed her much before. I think I saw her in one of the Cruise Jack Reacher films and obviously Gone Girl but I never paid her any particular attention. But her role in this just blew me away and then I obviously thought she was very good in Saltburn too… but I’d love her to get a nod for her portrayal of Moiraine. More than anything, to add a bit more credibility to the show for potential viewers to give it some consideration.