mtb0minime
minimember
+2,418|6625

Finished first season of True Detective. Liked it a lot, got hooked quickly and binged it in a week. Kinda cheesy in some places, but I like the detective stuff. Louisiana is a weird place. Looking forward to season two.
SuperJail Warden
Gone Forever
+634|3690
Season 2 of Fear the Walking Dead started. It is a pretty stupid show just like the original walking dead. They took a cool concept and ruined it.
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pirana6
Go Cougs!
+682|6261|Washington St.
Finished The Newsroom.

Pretty self-righteous about the whole Liberal thing in the first season but I was able to get past it. They tried to play it off by claiming the main character to be conservative but he spent most of his time beating up on republicans so it didn't help anything. Sanctimonious/holier than though/etc. etc.

It seems they caught on with the criticism because seasons 2 and 3 were much less so, and lo and behold they had better ratings.

In any event I'm a fan of Aaron Sorkin so it worked for me regardless, sad they cancelled it.
Karbin
Member
+42|6265
Newsroom lead beat up on the Tea Party not the Republicans in season 1.

Show was set up for 3 seasons only.... show costs.
pirana6
Go Cougs!
+682|6261|Washington St.
Well yeah, but there were a few conservatives bashing scenes - the gay soldier, the rick santorum campaign manager, etc. They certainly laid into the tea party most of the first season though.

And the show had a specific end date? Or costs through the seasons and the ratings caused them to call it?
Karbin
Member
+42|6265
Cast contracts, from the start, were for three seasons.
RTHKI
mmmf mmmf mmmf
+1,736|6708|Oxferd Ohire
game of thrones. better than last season besides hardhome/10

dorne storyline is still the worst thing in the show
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CC-Marley
Member
+407|6799
Let's kill my dead lovers whole family.....
SuperJail Warden
Gone Forever
+634|3690

RTHKI wrote:

game of thrones. better than last season besides hardhome/10

dorne storyline is still the worst thing in the show
This season is great so far. The tower of joy scene was awesome. A lot of people are calling it one of the best sword fight scenes filmed.

A friend of mine started watching the show from season 1 and keeps asking me clarification questions. It is interesting how easy it is to forget characters and scenes from the early seasons since they were so long ago. It is a good example of the saying "life goes on"
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RTHKI
mmmf mmmf mmmf
+1,736|6708|Oxferd Ohire
did not expect that ending
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unnamednewbie13
Moderator
+2,053|6742|PNW

By the time I watch it, the show's always spoiled for me by book fans pulling their hair out about deviations from the original plot. HBO doesn't think Amazon Prime is worthy of getting new GoT episodes in a timely fashion, but at least I get Transparent …
RTHKI
mmmf mmmf mmmf
+1,736|6708|Oxferd Ohire
book and show fans banded together for the fuckolly spoilers.
I don't care much about spoilers but it is nice being able to see it live.
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SuperJail Warden
Gone Forever
+634|3690
Adding time travel to GoT legitimately annoys me. Especially the way they did it.
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RTHKI
mmmf mmmf mmmf
+1,736|6708|Oxferd Ohire
I do dislike time travel but I'm not against they way they're doing it..yet.
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SuperJail Warden
Gone Forever
+634|3690
The theory going around is that Bran made the Mad King go crazy by trying to change the past. Awful idea.

The white walkers origin didn't bother me.
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RTHKI
mmmf mmmf mmmf
+1,736|6708|Oxferd Ohire
I hope the mad king theory isn't true.
White walker origin makes sense, am curious what happened for them to go GRRM on everyone
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SuperJail Warden
Gone Forever
+634|3690
Ratings are at an all time high and they have two more short seasons planned. They probably want to get this wrapped up
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CC-Marley
Member
+407|6799
"Burn them all!" maybe it was the 3ER that drove the king mad. Poor Hodor.
KEN-JENNINGS
I am all that is MOD!
+2,973|6602|949

Time Travel and resurrecting a character from the dead.  Sounds like the writers are out of ideas.  Two of the laziest wrinkles to add to a story.

Really been digging Last Week Tonight with John Oliver lately.  Easily 7/10.  Some of his jokes are a little too dorky but all around a great great show.  A way better successor to the Daily Show.
Jay
Bork! Bork! Bork!
+2,006|5329|London, England
Bringing back people from the dead has been in the story since the beginning. Beric Dondarrion, who was killed by the hound in the cave in the trial by combat, has been resurrected 8 times now.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
KEN-JENNINGS
I am all that is MOD!
+2,973|6602|949

lazy storywriting.  Spend 6 paragraphs describing the nascent dew on the bark of the enchanted forest, then travel through time and resurrect characters.
SuperJail Warden
Gone Forever
+634|3690
I am going to have to side with Jay here regarding resurrection. They set it up since season 3. They didn't just add it like they did with time travel. The show has Shadow monsters, zombies, and a dozen other things that are weirder and more contrived than resurrection.
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DesertFox-
The very model of a modern major general
+794|6655|United States of America
People keep tossing around the words "time travel" and I feel that doesn't adequately describe what's happened. That just makes it sound like it would be no big deal if Arya used witchcraft go back in time and save Ned from execution like in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
KEN-JENNINGS
I am all that is MOD!
+2,973|6602|949

SuperJail Warden wrote:

I am going to have to side with Jay here regarding resurrection. They set it up since season 3. They didn't just add it like they did with time travel. The show has Shadow monsters, zombies, and a dozen other things that are weirder and more contrived than resurrection.
setting it up is even lazier!  It gives you outs to plot holes and dead ends.  Truly truly lazy storywriting.

I haven't read any of the books and have maybe watched 30 mins max of the show itself.
DesertFox-
The very model of a modern major general
+794|6655|United States of America
Wow, that is perhaps the smallest amount of background and context I've seen someone admit to when criticizing something.

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