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What TV/Netflix show are you currently watching? (Megathread)
kamikazekeeg:
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--- Quote from: kamikazekeeg on September 01, 2019, 10:30:18 pm ---Got through Season 1 and Season 2 of The Wire. Season 2 wasn't as good to me. Felt disjointed dealing with so many different storylines going on, not nearly as tight as Season 1. The show is still pretty consistent though, so I'm hoping Season 3 can pull it back in, though taking a break from this to go watch The Walking Dead now that Season 9 is up on Netflix.
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Season 2 is kind of considered the odd-man-out. I don't think its the worst season, but it is a bit tonally and structurally different that all of the others, because of just how much it shifts the storytelling focus. Each season expands the scope of the show in some way, but Season 2 probably does it the least organically.
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Yeah there's just way too many separate stories going on and the stuff with Stringer and West Baltimore gangs were unnecessary to the stuff going on with the docks, though I know they had to have it there to keep that story going till Season 3 when they are back on that stuff.
I also started into the new Dark Crystal TV show, just the first episode, and it's really well done. The mixture of CG and puppetry looks really good, giving it all a bigger scope. Lots of good actors in it too, though outright I only recognized Mark Hamill and Sigourney Weaver. Should be a real nice watch.
Cartagia:
I just finished Episode 4 of Dark Crystal. It’s incredible.
kamikazekeeg:
--- Quote from: Cartagia on September 02, 2019, 07:48:22 pm ---I just finished Episode 4 of Dark Crystal. It’s incredible.
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After re-watching the original movie a month or so ago, I was worried the the CG would overpower the puppets and actual sets too much, but it all blends so well, with CG being best for grander shots, and puppets and good sets up close. The only thing I'd say was a little overdone with CG was that the Skeksis have CG tongues when they talk and it mildly distracting, because they don't all have wiggling tongues in every shot that the Skeksis talk, so I have to wonder why they even spent the money on doing that. Other than that, I can't wait to continue the series.
tripredacus:
Currently watching Transformers: Prime and in the middle of season 3.
kamikazekeeg:
Got through Walking Dead Season 9 and while the first half was fairly boring, the second half was generally better. A change in the story helped to make things fresher, bring in a new dynamic, though it's still not reaching the best stuff of the earlier seasons. Pretty standard stuff for TWD. All it makes me want to do is read the comics, which I might do eventually. I believe the tv show is still using the comics story points, but there's big character differences between them and the comic has always been way more intense.
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