Author Topic: TV Shows (Read 60502 times)

Ranmilia · « **Reply #550 on:** January 14, 2016, 11:48:34 PM »

Music licensing works differently in Korean TV. Instead of individual shows licensing individual tracks, everything is done by blanket licenses for media group megalibraries. So a TVN show like The Genius can freely use anything from any library their network has licensed, which in practice is every major label and ... well, just about everything everywhere.

It is a slightly disturbing reminder of how South Korea is totally controlled by megacorp conglomerations that make their own laws. But it's also really fun to see TV shows using whatever music they like, whenever they like.

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #551 on:** January 15, 2016, 12:08:40 AM »

Oh right. The newest episode of Steven Universe was fucking great and one of the best episodes in general. Just a really nice character piece.

Also, "It's subtext, Steven" is possibly one of the funniest lines I've heard in a while.

Seriously, if you like cartoons and aren't watching Steven Universe, you are doing yourself a disservice.

Cotigo · « **Reply #552 on:** January 15, 2016, 03:47:48 PM »

Thanks, Andy. I hadn't realized they were making episodes again.

Also seconding everything Andy just said. The show has amazing character work and is strongest when it's focused on that (sidenote, for that same reason, episodes 63-67 are also fantastic though require a lot of context and aren't a good jumping off point to the series). It also has a pretty interesting mythos that's become pretty well developed in its second season, great musical numbers ala Adventure Time, and most importantly has episodes only 10 minutes long so my retarded attention-spanless brain can make me sit still long enough to watch an episode without wondering why I'm not ~~putting that effort toward reading a book~~ ~~playing a video game~~ ~~fiddling around with a controller~~ watching FFRK sprites autobattle garbage.

Jokes aside though it is a good show and you should watch it even if it isn't distressingly nihilistic like that other cartoon I binge watch.

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #553 on:** January 17, 2016, 03:57:07 AM »

Steven Universe is the pixar of modern cartoons. Just... -really- strong emotional moments that actually ring true in a way I didn't even know I wanted, much less expected out of a children's cartoon.

dunie · « **Reply #554 on:** January 23, 2016, 02:18:39 PM »

No one told me about the new X-Files.

dunie · « **Reply #555 on:** January 31, 2016, 01:14:39 AM »

Scandal is so bad, and I hate Olivia Pope so much, and Kerry Washington's lisp so much. I am only watching it for Cyrus and Huck. Fuck. And I want my lesbian OITNB back on. Need new season ASAP.

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #556 on:** February 18, 2016, 05:44:06 PM »

Gravity Falls: Finale aired this week. Just a great show through and through. Lotta hilarious and clever stuff.

Sad to see it go, but sometimes it is nice to have a show creator go "This is what I want to do" and do it.

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #557 on:** February 19, 2016, 01:09:35 PM »

I was kinda hoping for a slightly-more-downer of an ending, at least with regards to Grunkle Stan. Like, his heroic sacrifice-esque stuff doesn't mean anything if there's no actual consequences just because, uh... lucky I guess? No explanation whatsoever of why everything turned out happy.

Literally everything else was amazing and it's still a 9/10 or 10/10 cartoon that I could easily recommend to just about anyone.

Scar · « **Reply #558 on:** February 19, 2016, 03:16:44 PM »

Fans of Young Justice should watch the show on netflix. There's a chance if the numbers are positive that Netflix gets a 3rd season.

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #559 on:** February 19, 2016, 06:15:57 PM »

Quote from: DjinnAndTonic on February 19, 2016, 01:09:35 PM

I was kinda hoping for a slightly-more-downer of an ending, at least with regards to Grunkle Stan. Like, his heroic sacrifice-esque stuff doesn't mean anything if there's no actual consequences just because, uh... lucky I guess? No explanation whatsoever of why everything turned out happy.

Literally everything else was amazing and it's still a 9/10 or 10/10 cartoon that I could easily recommend to just about anyone.

Eh. I kinda disagree? Like someone I was reading said, what matters is that they made the choice believing in the consequences. I could have done with a slower turnaround, as it were, but I have no issue with how it ended overall.

Fenrir · « **Reply #560 on:** March 14, 2016, 11:14:19 AM »

Black Mirror is a modern British Twilight Zone, it has only 7 episodes and it is fantastic so far.

Fenrir · « **Reply #561 on:** March 16, 2016, 01:12:59 AM »

I had only watched the first two episodes when I made that earlier post.
Now I have watched the third and it was really fucking brilliant. <3

NotMiki · « **Reply #562 on:** March 16, 2016, 06:17:23 PM »

Endeavor. British mystery series. A prequel to Inspector Morse, lives up to the quality of the original and then some. Nicely grounded. Not twee like Sherlock or bleak like Wallander. Watched the first two seasons and they're brilliant. Eagerly awaiting season three coming to the states this summer.

(p.s. Wallander is also brilliant, the music and direction is outstanding. But boy oh boy. Not a show to give you much hope in humanity.)

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #563 on:** March 23, 2016, 08:14:14 AM »

Jon Berenthal is really good at playing The Punisher, you guys

Shale · « **Reply #564 on:** March 23, 2016, 04:35:32 PM »

I'm only two episodes in but the way they introduce him is damn near perfect.

dunie · « **Reply #565 on:** April 28, 2016, 01:57:50 PM »

The Claire and Frank of Season 4's House of Cards reminds me of a couple pairs in real life. I'm finding myself relishing in the thin line between assertive and bitch that a _{heterosexual white} woman may traverse. But additionally, this show is convincing me that I may just benefit from rehearsing before I speak to people.

Blackish is and was always good. Fresh of the Boat is really good some times, but mostly bad.

I cannot watch my Born Again Virgin until I get back to Atlanta, and I have not kept up with Empire. The second season's drama was pretty boring. I see myself only watching season 3 to be compelled to "complete" it. I mean, I haven't completed many shows in years and this is the only one I've been up on since you don't need a tv subscription.

I am distraught by the blkfolk who refute the show because it's "coonery," only because those refuting it come from the middle class and I can't disentangle stodgy black respectability politics from their preferences for the best way black characters should appear today.

Grefter · « **Reply #566 on:** May 14, 2016, 06:20:17 AM »

I am a few years late on this.

Luther, still on season 1. Episode 4 just finished. Super watch this. This isn't ironic joke haha this sucks you suck watch this garbage.

This is the kind of thing where our tastes overlap very specifically.

Holy shit this is some hard television.

++Idris Elba as well, but that's not what I am sticking around for.

Edit - Season 1 finished. Super this this this this this.

dunie · « **Reply #567 on:** May 17, 2016, 03:25:16 PM »

Luther sort of goes down in terms of intensity, and to a degree quality, but it's still worth watching the next seasons.

I just started Broad City. I recently read an article criticizing "White Feminist TV shows," which included Broad City. You know, I don't tend to watch anything with all white casts anymore, because, well, 28 years of not seeing other people is truly boring. Shows have and still exist, whether or not it is big TV..... But Broad City has some gems, and I am particularly pleased with its level of comedy.

I will also double like the show for its support of women who smoke.

Grefter · « **Reply #568 on:** May 17, 2016, 06:17:02 PM »

Oh I forgot to mention that I immediately watched then next two seasons.
You are right in that the intensity drops, but I don't see how you could escalate them more than Season 1. It is kind of refreshing to have a story that isn't continually escalating the stakes, just is dealing with the outcomes of previous ones.

I think you are right in that the quality drops overall (from amaaaazing to great), but it's cool to have them come back and tie a little bow on everything in Season 3.

Still massive unqualified recommendation to Super. Just find time for it somewhere dude.

Blacklist, I started watching afterwards to see what the fuck it was about. This shit is hot garbage. You should watch it as well super you would love it because it sucks and you suck.

superaielman · « **Reply #569 on:** May 17, 2016, 11:03:30 PM »

Blacklist I've seen a little of at my parents place and it looks awful, no thanks.

And I will watch Luther at some point, eventually.

Dhyerwolf · « **Reply #570 on:** May 21, 2016, 08:54:33 PM »

Yeah, Blacklist should have been flushed down the toilet. I got through about half a season in the expectation that surely it had to improve at least a little given it's wild popularity...but nope.

Fudozukushi · « **Reply #571 on:** May 22, 2016, 12:05:18 AM »

Blacklist is just the Spader monologue delivery show. The spin-off is gonna crash and burn so goddamn hard without him.

Dhyerwolf · « **Reply #572 on:** May 24, 2016, 02:26:05 AM »

So Game of Thrones had a big episode yesterday. I suspect that the biggest storyline last night will be pretty similar in the book and...

Spoilers
Oh god damn it, Bran's storyline probably uses one of the worst fantasy tropes I can think of: the hero does something completely idiotic despite being advised not to do it by someone with more than 2 working brain cells and almost causes complete catastrophe (Congratulations Eirika and Kvothe. You now look like you are basically geniuses in comparison). The episode on the whole was good, but the mistake Bran makes is so absurdly colossal, completely unforced and absolutely pointless that it's hard to focus on anything else.

Despite being warned to not venture into the "Dream" alone (hmm...that doesn't sound familiar at all), he completely messes up the first time he tries it. He "dreams" himself to the White Walker army...except the army can see him. The head one touches Bran's arm and gains the ability to track his location. The army basically shows up in complete force at Bran's location, leading to the deaths of the world dryad equivalents (perhaps the last of their ancient race), the three eyed raven, Bran's direwolf and Hodor (whose ability to speak only one word is actually a result of a time paradox...). Now Bran and Meera are on the lam from the army, and the writers will likely have to pull something out of their asses since given Bran's current location, his method of travel (a sled...pulled by Meera) and the fact that the army can track him and seems to move very quickly, it seems wildly implausible that he would be able to reach anywhere safe.

Just ugh...please don't use this storyline GRRM. I almost felt like they needed to make Bran act really stupidly just for the sake of moving the story along. The stupid just burned so badly yesterday.

Grefter · « **Reply #573 on:** May 24, 2016, 04:34:45 AM »

Guarantee you that one was a GRRM approved bit.

Cotigo · « **Reply #574 on:** May 24, 2016, 04:59:43 AM »

I am suddenly kinda glad I burned myself out on giving a damn anymore after Dance came out.

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