The Official Good Television Thread

[Dak]

I think a show about Mike prior to BCS would be pretty damn good.

Edit: I've been pretty damn done with GoT since I read the shitpile of the most recent book. I've never seen an author commit such spectacular suicide in the process of roping in every mouthbreathing new era "nerd". Basically he put in a bunch of vulgarity and "omg plot twist every character dies" and it's SO HOT RIGHT NOW.

 

[The Ozzman]

Started watching this today. Hooked after Episode 1

 

[unknown]

So! How bout that Game of Thrones

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Hating on Game of Thrones.

 

[Funerary_Doom]

Didn't the author basically tell HBO how he wanted it to end but gave them free range on how to get there? I guess I thought there were no more books at this point.


Spoiler Alert







Anyways my favorite character is back so... I'm not mad.

 

[Satanstoenail]

I'm still enjoying GoT but it's getting a bit predictable.

Started watching The Americans after a friend who is a critic recommended it, seems enjoyable enough so far.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

This episode of GoT was hilarious and not in a good way.

 

[Krow]

I'm not the biggest fan of GoT but I've watched the first two episodes this season and a few others. I feel like it's sword and sorcery but it forgets about the sorcery part until something important needs to happen and there's way too many fucking characters that I have no clue if I should even care about their death scenes.

 

[The Ozzman]

I'm not the biggest fan of GoT but I've watched the first two episodes this season and a few others. I feel like it's sword and sorcery but it forgets about the sorcery part until something important needs to happen and there's way too many fucking characters that I have no clue if I should even care about their death scenes.

I will always think to myself 'I'm going to marathon GoT tonight' and then I lose interest after I watch a single episode. Just cannot get into it. I really hope the Wheel of Time series is not like this for me...

 

[unknown]

That's my hesitation with being excited about the Wheel of Time TV show...it's going to try to be too much like GoT

 

[The Ozzman]

That's my hesitation with being excited about the Wheel of Time TV show...it's going to try to be too much like GoT

It's my only fear about it, really.

 

[Dak]

GoT is garbage. The WoT needs some serious editing to not be boring as hell.

 

[unknown]

and 20 years long

 

[Dak]

HBO will do it and cancel it after two seasons.

#ripdeadwoodnrome

 

[Satanstoenail]

I'm not the biggest fan of GoT but I've watched the first two episodes this season and a few others. I feel like it's sword and sorcery but it forgets about the sorcery part until something important needs to happen and there's way too many fucking characters that I have no clue if I should even care about their death scenes.

I totally agree on the way too many characters part. People regularly appear or reappear and I have no fucking clue who they are or where they fit in.

 

[rms]

That seems even more apparent this season, especially with Bran coming back into the fold.

 

[no country for old wainds]

i hope the malazan book of the fallen never becomes so popular that they make a shitty TV show out of it. also imagine how many characters THAT would have lol

 

[Phylactery]

Are you implying that Game of Thrones is shitty with that comment? Because I couldn't disagree more. Obviously there's always going to be people it doesn't appeal to, but it has many things to be commended on in my opinion.

I also don't agree with some comments that there are too many characters, that just seems like lazy viewing if you can't keep up with them. If it had less characters there would be no doubt people complaining that it's too easy to follow, lacks depth and needs more characters or whatever. There are definitely things wrong with it though, like Ramsey becoming just so comically evil these days that it kinda ruins his character and Jon Snow being resurrected was incredibly predictable.

I own the first 3 books in the Malazan series but I've not had time to read them yet. Looking forward to delving into them when I have more free time.

 

[no country for old wainds]

nah don't worry, i haven't watched a single episode. most people i respect seem a little underwhelmed by it but i'm sure it's at least decent, HBO are pretty reliable. i'll watch it at some point, or maybe i should carry on with the books. wasn't particularly fond of the first book so i never got around to the second one.

 

[rms]

nah dude, it's shit. It's The Walking Dead of HBO