The Official Good Television Thread

[challenge_everything]

I am fucking loving watching the Death Note anime at the moment. Despite the silly-sounding premise, the battle of wits and logic between the main characters is so refreshing. It's a welcome change from the other spy shows I've watched recently where the characters are monumentally stupid, eg Killing Eve

 

[CiG]

It tanks about 3/4 in so be prepared for that.

 

[rms]

on season 4 atm. is it me or is aidan gillen almost unwatchably bad in this? i usually like him but he's incredibly distracting here. even his irish accent, which he drifts in and out of, sounds fake as hell... and he's fucking irish.

wait till his voice changes in a few seasons

 

[Einherjar86]

I've found The OA to be surprisingly endearing. The second season has definitely plunged into more interesting speculative territory, whereas the first season was a bit more reserved in its fantasy elements. I really liked the first season's atmosphere. It had an air of isolation, or separateness--as though its setting was dislocated from the world. The half-built, post-2008 environment of the subdivision supported that atmosphere, I think.

The second season has more of a Pynchonian vibe, especially given the private investigator plot line (which takes place in California, no less). The dislocation isn't there anymore, but it's a welcome shift in tone.

Anyway, I'm enjoying it. It's not mind-blowing or anything, but it's well-executed and just weird enough to pique my interest.

 

[CiG]

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

I loved the movie (Zack fucking Snyder!)
We'll see about the show. I've paid very little attention to details about it

 

[CiG]

Snyder kinda stinks, but 300 and Watchmen were fun adaptions.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Started watching Babylon Berlin. Really good.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Binged the first four episodes of S8 last night and holy shit was there a bunch of stuff to take in. Definitely need to watch 'em again before tomorrows episode.

EDIT:

Jaime is gonna be the one to kill Cersei.

 

[Funerary_Doom]

I started watching The Act on Hulu, and I have to say its a really good show so far. It's about a mother named Dee Dee who has a really toxic relationship with her teenage daughter, Gypsy, who supposedly has a bunch of ailments. While Gypsy is trying to become more independent and get involved more teen appropriate things, her mother is constantly trying to make her more and more child-like. It's a crime drama show... I won't say anything more, but it's really good. I'm addicted!

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Snyder kinda stinks, but 300 and Watchmen were fun adaptions.

My 2 favorite superhero movies, BvS and MoS

GoT with a killer chaotic as fuck episode lastnight!

 

[CiG]

My 2 favorite superhero movies, BvS and MoS

Props, most people shit on those but I actually don't mind them, especially Dawn of Justice.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

They get better every time I watch them

 

[Phylactery]

Didn’t like nearly everything about the latest Game of Thrones episode.

 

[no country for old wainds]

my gf is so mad with how the second half of this season has gone lol, i'm like ok i get that youre upset and need to vent but no spoilers thank you

 

[Phylactery]

Honestly, stop watching after you’ve finished season 4! It’s been downhill since. But I never expected it to hit this episode’s level of bad.

To top it off, I got home from work today to find out I’ve been fucking burgled. And then this to end a shitty day!

 

[CiG]

Anything big stolen?

 

[Krow]

Didn’t like nearly everything about the latest Game of Thrones episode.

What a rushed disaster it was.
I'm so tired of characters dying just because. My wife is unhappy with it but shes too invested to hate it. My sister is borderline infuriated, I expect her to sit and cry at the finale. (and no not because of MUH FEMINISM)

Spoiler

Why was the camera on Arya half the episode? She literally did nothing at all. Sandor died for no reason at all. The Mountain shouldnt even be dead should he? He took a fucking sword through the brain and DIDNT FLINCH. How can falling in fire hurt him? Jamie and Euron fought for no reason at all. Jamie and Cersei died in probably the most underwhelming way I can think of. Suddenly the ballista were completely ineffective and were shooting slowly one at a time even though they were all loaded and prepared. (supposed I should have saw the plot armor coming there) The. Golden. Company. Just. Died. Instantly. Why the fuck did their inclusion matter in the slightest,? Not a single member of the golden company, a supposed elite army, even had a way to scratch the dragon or even the fucking Unsullied. Did they even know about it? The remaining dragon suddenly has 3x the width of his firebreath vs the wights. Apparently the Dothraki can reproduce by fucking the Unsullied in the ass because they were both routed yet suddenly back in superior numbers. The person that wants to free people from tyrants decides to fucking slaughter them all instead. That shitty list of spoilers posted on reddit has been spot on so far, which is a fucking bummer... I just want Jon to go back and live with his doggy and Tormund and fuck all the rest of the nonsense.

 

[Phylactery]

Anything big stolen?

It’s weird. I have a load of consoles and an expensive PC and monitors all in plain view but they’ve been left. They’ve stolen my wallet, some money and scarily my spare car key! But left everything else.

 

[no country for old wainds]

i just watched the tyrion trial ep, that shit was gold.