The TV and Streaming Thread: Where is Ricky Gervais when you need him???

[Sarex]

Looks very over the top, so it will either be very good or very bad.

[Sarex]

Dota went hardcore in s2, damn did not expect that.

[Zoraptor]

1 hour ago, Sarex said:

Looks very over the top, so it will either be very good or very bad.

Taika Waititi with Rhys Darby automatically means a combination of utter deadpan and completely over the top. Kind of weird that it works so often, really.

(And the trailer has Jethro Tull in it. My dad would like to put in a request for the next promos to feature something from The Incredible String Band or Steeleye Span, thanks HBOMax. And could you please decouple yourselves from Sky here too, if you're taking requests?)

[Amentep]

 

 

[Gromnir]

14 hours ago, Amentep said:

we first started reading moon knight back in the early 80s and thought it were a bit uneven with the writing, but when it were good, it were better than almost anything else we read in comics at the time... and for a long time afterwards. always thought it were a mistake to make moon knight part o' the regular marvel line-up, 'cause the most compelling aspect were marc spector's madness, which were not portrayed as funny or quirky but were a real disability and the title character never knew what was real and what were madness. 

'course daredevil and other nyc heroes ain't any more real than moon knight, but have them interact with moon knight were, in our estimation, a mistake, 'cause as an audience we knew matt murdock while unwell in his own way were not delusional. moon knight were best when you didn't know any better than marc spector whether or not he were fighting crime or just his own demons while perhaps confined to an asylum. 

am nevertheless at least cautiously optimistic 'bout the new marvel show. hawkeye genuine impressed us, so am willing to give moon knight a few episodes o' our time. 

HA! Good Fun!

ps we knew almost nothing o' the young avengers and kate bishop, 'cause such is the point when we sorta stopped with most comics. am glad we didn't know kate bishop from the comics, 'cause after seeing hawkeye we went and looked at her print origins. *groan* we woulda' never given hawkeye a chance if we had read young avengers stuff.  is perhaps why am assuming they go a different way with moon knight than print and we will not initial hold it against 'em for doing so. disney, surprising, has built up some marvel good will with us. 

[Agiel]

*EDIT* Wrong topic.

Edited January 19, 2022 by Agiel

[Pidesco]

8 hours ago, Gromnir said:

we first started reading moon knight back in the early 80s and thought it were a bit uneven with the writing, but when it were good, it were better than almost anything else we read in comics at the time... and for a long time afterwards. always thought it were a mistake to make moon knight part o' the regular marvel line-up, 'cause the most compelling aspect were marc spector's madness, which were not portrayed as funny or quirky but were a real disability and the title character never knew what was real and what were madness. 

'course daredevil and other nyc heroes ain't any more real than moon knight, but have them interact with moon knight were, in our estimation, a mistake, 'cause as an audience we knew matt murdock while unwell in his own way were not delusional. moon knight were best when you didn't know any better than marc spector whether or not he were fighting crime or just his own demons while perhaps confined to an asylum. 

am nevertheless at least cautiously optimistic 'bout the new marvel show. hawkeye genuine impressed us, so am willing to give moon knight a few episodes o' our time. 

HA! Good Fun!

ps we knew almost nothing o' the young avengers and kate bishop, 'cause such is the point when we sorta stopped with most comics. am glad we didn't know kate bishop from the comics, 'cause after seeing hawkeye we went and looked at her print origins. *groan* we woulda' never given hawkeye a chance if we had read young avengers stuff.  is perhaps why am assuming they go a different way with moon knight than print and we will not initial hold it against 'em for doing so. disney, surprising, has built up some marvel good will with us. 

First, read the Hawkeye series by Matt Fraction and David Aja from 2012. That's where Kate Bishop comes into her own and it is also the main inspiration for the TV show. Regarding Young Avengers, you might want to try the 2013 series by Kieron Gillen(yes, the PC game journalist is now an acclaimed comic book writer) and Jamie McKelvie. It is really quite good and Kate Bishop features extensively in it.

Regarding Moon Knight, the run by Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz from the early 80s is probably the only one really worth reading. As you say the writing is not always great, but Sienkiewicz's work is always great, even if this came before New Mutants and Elektra: Assassin where he really knocked it out of the park.

Anyway, I also really enjoyed that trailer, and it made me really hopeful for the series, when I was figuring it would be totally ignorable.

[Maedhros]

Please don't suck.

[Sarex]

The intro for the movies was 99.9 times better...

[Gfted1]

Holy crap, now theres 20 rings! Were going to need more Hobbits.

[LadyCrimson]

Dear Amazon, could you at least put up a 1440 trailer, maybe?

...not that we can tell anything about the show itself from this type of teaser video. In fact I like the brief making-of better than the finished product.

 

[Amentep]

42 minutes ago, Gfted1 said:

Holy crap, now theres 20 rings! Were going to need more Hobbits.

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There was always 20 rings.  The One Ring was the issue, the ring Sauron created that gave him dominion over the other rings (and thus the other ring bearers (except, IIRC, the dwarves ended up being resistant to the detrimental effects of the rings, and partially the elves...sucked to be human ring bearers, cause you got to be ringwraithed).

[Zoraptor]

9 rings for mortal men doomed to die, 7 rings for the dwarven kings on their thrones of stone, 3 for the elven lords sipping chardonnay in their treetop swimming pools, one ring to rule them all, hash naz grimbatûl etc etc and yeah I can't be bothered looking it up.

The elven rings were made by Celebrimbor alone, independently of Sauron, so don't have a corruptive effect though they are bound to the One Ring in terms of power output. The Dwarven rings exacerbated the users' negative racial traits- greed, mostly, with a bit of jingosim- but their stubborn nature could not be overcome by them alone. And yeah, men are feeble and corruptible, so for them it's wraith time.

Wouldn't be at all surprised if the Dwarven Rings barely get dealt with at all though.

[Gfted1]

35 minutes ago, Amentep said:

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Yeah, I never read the books. What (good) powers do the 19 other rings confer on the wearers?

[the_dog_days]

45 minutes ago, Gfted1 said:

Yeah, I never read the books. What (good) powers do the 19 other rings confer on the wearers?

 

[Gfted1]

That was really good!

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

What We Do in the Shadows: s3 1-4

Holy **** this is brilliant.

[Guest]

Since I have the rona and nothing else better to do, I broke down and watched a tv recommendation that a very good friend of mine made about 8 years ago.

True Detective, Season 1 kept my attention through all 8 episodes and seemed to avoid jumping the shark.

I have to imagine that I was the last hold out, but just in case I'm not...you should watch it.

[BruceVC]

51 minutes ago, Achilles said:

Since I have the rona and nothing else better to do, I broke down and watched a tv recommendation that a very good friend of mine made about 8 years ago.

True Detective, Season 1 kept my attention through all 8 episodes and seemed to avoid jumping the shark.

I have to imagine that I was the last hold out, but just in case I'm not...you should watch it.

Its a good series and worthy of binge watching all seasons 

[bugarup]

13 hours ago, Maedhros said:

Please don't suck.

Oh, it will suck.  And I bet my hat it'll gloss over how all Silmarillion's elves were arrogant, insufferable, condescending supremacists.  

[Maedhros]

48 minutes ago, bugarup said:

Oh, it will suck.  And I bet my hat it'll gloss over how all Silmarillion's elves were arrogant, insufferable, condescending supremacists.  

Except Finrod. Finrod was awesome.

[bugarup]

16 minutes ago, Maedhros said:

Except Finrod. Finrod was awesome.

Yeah, maybe not that terrible and there is a handful of other outliers, but that only emphasizes  tw†tness of the majority. 

[uuuhhii]

peacemaker s01e04

still have the dialogue so stupid it couldn't possibly be funny but somehow even more hilarious

and the extended version of duck debate at the end are amazing

watch this as weekly release are very painful

recommend wait for whole season

[kirottu]

Yellowjackets

I quite liked it, but I just couldn't believe people wouldn't be attracted to Christina Ricci's character. Christina Ricci one of the most beautiful women ever. So what if she acts bit crazy? So what if she wears glasses? She still looks like Christina ****ing Ricci. 

[Amentep]

That reminds me, I need to watch that Lizzy Borden show that Ricci was in...