luke viia Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 (edited) Man, i thought the first two seasons of The Expanse kinda sucked. Mostly bc a few of the main characters just bugged the shit out of me. I'm looking at you, Holden. You too, Miller. edit: have not seen S3 Edited July 26, 2019 by luke viia cuz editing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 11 hours ago, Lada Laika said: I know book 4 isn’t the most popular but it’s one of my favorites of the series and I’m excited to see how they unfurl it (and inevitably how much of book 5 gets rolled into the second half). I haven't read any of the books, it just seems like: Spoiler With all the wormholes, the storyline could get very messy very quickly. I'll reserve judgement until after of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lada Laika Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 I think the fact that the authors mapped out an entire outline of the series in advance helps them avoid that kind of stuff (side-eyes George RR Martin). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Ah didn't know that - good to hear! Now I just need the final season of Mr Robot to air.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onecaseman Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 On 7/25/2019 at 1:18 PM, lickneonlights said: I've been hesitant to give it a go because of some mixed reviews, although I'm a huge sci-fi fan (I mean who isn't). I'll check it out, thanks! I love this show, and am looking forward to next season. Also huge fan of The Prisoner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 terrible attempt at making a science fiction show by basically ripping off two of the last biggest sci-fi films (the arrival and interstellar+alien covenant) then mixing the two together because- why ripoff one when you can do both? basically aliens arrive on earth and everyone is like- how do we communicate with these things? are they here to kill us all or are they peaceful? (first film successfully ripped off) there is another story about a ship that's on an interstellar voyage to find out where that ship that landed from earth came from (this is the alien covenant part)- and shake things up, you have a crew made up of 20 somethings that spend most of their time arguing pop culture and making references to why they don't think the other is cool. the interstellar part is ripped off in one episode- then the other episode is basically solaris. all this is acted terribly and written very lazily (because they basically ripped everything off) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lada Laika Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 The Arrival you say?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 ^^ fiddlesticks! i meant, arrival Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marf Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Holden is annoying but the Expanse is damn good sci fi. If you are into that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosebrian Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 The Virtues was pretty brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 i thought the ending was kinda lame in how it was conceived with those two stories back to back concluding with big drama and theatrics instead of rawness that preceded it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_vow_of_silence_ Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 i watched 2 or maybe 3 episodes of the expanse and i thought it was atrocious... i mean, the scenes in the ship where barely watchable but the detective ones where horrendous... and i didn't even had high hopes for it, was just looking for something to burn some time... now i'm curious and might give it another go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, Tim_J said: i watched 2 or maybe 3 episodes of the expanse and i thought it was atrocious... i mean, the scenes in the ship where barely watchable but the detective ones where horrendous... and i didn't even had high hopes for it, was just looking for something to burn some time... now i'm curious and might give it another go... that's the kind of reviews that make me want to NOT give it a go lol. I mean I just imagine it'd be like a B-movie type of cheap sci-fi flick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_vow_of_silence_ Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 8 minutes ago, lickneonlights said: that's the kind of reviews that make me want to NOT give it a go lol. I mean I just imagine it'd be like a B-movie type of cheap sci-fi flick. don't take my word for it, maybe it's the production value that's really low or something... i shouldn't care about it if there's a good plot behind it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosebrian Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 3 hours ago, eugene said: i thought the ending was kinda lame in how it was conceived with those two stories back to back concluding with big drama and theatrics instead of rawness that preceded it. I think you're supposed to derive something from the contrast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 22 hours ago, whosebrian said: I think you're supposed to derive something from the contrast. Exactly. Spoiler Each of the characters dealt with their feelings in their own way... And it really brings up the whole "violence causes violence" thing which is something to think about. The man he came to see was a despicable human being for sure, but he was just a piece of the puzzle, as scarred as Joe. What a brilliant show, just finished watching it too. Stephen Graham, fucking hell, what a man. He doesn't just act, he fucking LIVES. As well as every other character – including the kids – how the hell did they get literally everyone to act so brilliantly? It feels like watching a documentary even, or just someone filming regular people living. You completely forget these are actors acting. A terrific job, and a confession for Shane Meadows in a way, which adds weight too. Bravo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lada Laika Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 New season of Veronica Mars is pretty kick-ass so far. Really feeling the Coen influence on this one, and not having to fill 20 network mandated episodes is a huge boon to maintaining tension and momentum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 The Boys. Fun and funny. Loving it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enthusiast Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 The third season of The Handmaid's Tale. Like season two it seems pretty uneven so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisbot Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Finished Chernobyl. Definitely really good. IDK about #1 imdb level good, but it was a good watch, though bit depressing. One of those shows or movies where watching it once is good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendish Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Ended up getting into Too Old To Die Young weird lynchian narco la confidential thing..expecting a season 2 helped that it was all i had available to consume 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azatoth Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 (edited) On 7/29/2019 at 9:04 AM, bendish said: Ended up getting into Too Old To Die Young weird lynchian narco la confidential thing..expecting a season 2 helped that it was all i had available to consume amazon dropped it. i see that cliff martinez was behind the music, the soundtrack any good? to be on topic...i've been binging through mad men, i get the acclaim it got...jon hamm is one handsome man too. also the last season of legion is shaping up to be a great one. easily my favourite superhero series. wonderfully surreal with some neat choices. Edited July 30, 2019 by azatoth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W23 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 I binged The Boys over the weekend. I hope they hurry up with Season 2. Season 1’s ending is a real motherfucker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lada Laika Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 The fact that the entire fanbase is up in arms over the ending of season 4 of Veronica Mars (and petitioning Hulu to cancel it to boot) just makes me like it more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 1 hour ago, W23 said: I binged The Boys over the weekend. I hope they hurry up with Season 2. Season 1’s ending is a real motherfucker Yeah I watched the whole thing in a day. Streaming is a fucker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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