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KnowOneNymous t1_jaaiqr2 wrote
Reply to comment by Asiriya in ‘I Still Don’t Know What It Was’ An oral history of Kings, the ambitious, expensive, proudly weird drama on which NBC bet its prestige future and lost. by KalamsLongknife
Something can be well made and you not liking it. Not sure you have the right to judge what others think just because you put IMO. Truffles are not for me, that’s one thing, Truffles are overrated and dosent taste as good as people suggest, IMO. See? That’s arrogant AF.
tinoynk t1_jaaioub wrote
Reply to comment by pm_me_reason_to_livx in Banshee is fucking amazing and everyone who loves action dramas must watch it by [deleted]
I think the action scenes Gangs of London are a bit better and more elaborate.
And as far as pure martial arts I think Warrior beats it.
But overall I think Banshee does have the best balance of action/characters/story. Warrior is trending in a positive direction to compare, but Gangs of London’s season 2 went downhill outside of the pure action.
kittentarentino t1_jaaim54 wrote
I don’t really see the connecting point besides Hanna-barbera to make between the two. They are vastly different shows/styles/senses of humor.
I guess the connecting point is nobody asked for either show, but for birdman, that was the joke.
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hc600 t1_jaai13g wrote
Reply to comment by SQUID_FUCKER in “ Prime Video's The Consultant Is a Little Weird, a Little Unsettling, and Mostly Mediocre.” by Hidethegoodbiscuits
Ok but why do his powers allow him to coerce the founder into making him a consultant under a contract but to not also appoint him to the board?
Like, I understand perfectly what you are saying. It’s still lazy writing for the writers to make it seem like a consulting contract is important when it would have no impact on the line of succession in the event the CEO and board member dies. Like, it’s just silly to show him forcing the founder to do it with ominous music and a blow job when that’s the wrong legal document! Like, that doesn’t seem like something that gets explained later. That seems like the writers think that corporate succession is super complicated and mysterious and don’t know you can usually just look it up on the Secretary of State of the state’s your in’s website and see!
It’s like if he used his powers to make them turn off the water to turn off the computer servers. That’s the wrong utility! The servers run on electricity! Even if he’s magic, words still have to have meaning or else the whole thing is incoherent.
It’s the same kinda bad writing as late game of thrones where a character is supposed to be clever because they surprise people with an army, but really it’s just the other characters being dumb by not having scouts. If you’re gonna write a show about medieval style warfare, it’s bad writing to not know the basics of how it works. And if you’re gonna write a show set in California, where the entire plot is a random magic man taking over a company, maybe spend some time googling it? Instead of using terms that don’t even mean what you seem to think they mean.
cjinct t1_jaahy8n wrote
Reply to comment by logicalnoise in Stephen Fry to Host ‘Jeopardy!’ for ITV in U.K. by TheCrazedGeek
hopefully on a spit
Kasheem21 t1_jaahls6 wrote
Attack on Titan (pending its finale which I’m of the AOE believers), Maniac, and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood are the best of the top tier for me. A lot of people won’t even consider anime for it but the two I listed have such great depth to them. And as for Maniac it packs so much into a single season, I can watch it repeatedly and marvel at all it sets up and has going on.
darwin-rover t1_jaahdob wrote
dysfunctionalpress t1_jaaha7c wrote
northern exposure.
or harry o.
TimeTravelMishap t1_jaah8bi wrote
I am torn actually. For me its TNG or DS9. I grew up with TNG so its my personal favorite but at the same time I can't deny DS9 is simply a better show.
Regula96 t1_jaah1w0 wrote
Chernobyl.
Maninhartsford t1_jaah01o wrote
Reply to comment by Daisy_LaRue in ‘I Still Don’t Know What It Was’ An oral history of Kings, the ambitious, expensive, proudly weird drama on which NBC bet its prestige future and lost. by KalamsLongknife
I'm not sure if it's still there but for at least a decade it was on nbc.com, in the "Throwback" section. It was also released on dvd
Valiantheart t1_jaagy38 wrote
Reply to comment by shogi_x in 'Citadel': Amazon’s Big Bet for a Global TV Franchise - Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas star in Amazon’s ambitious action spy series that will premiere on Amazon on April 28, with planned spin-offs around the world. by Neo2199
Yeah but Jack Ryan only had one good season. S2 was terrible.
crdctr t1_jaagxc0 wrote
Awards are based on nothing. Breaking Bad had enough of a cultural impact to break through and become unignorable. Better Call Saul Didn't. It's predecessor already did the work and took the prize. Who cares.
Gloomy_Travel7992 t1_jaagwqa wrote
I haven’t seen either. But based on the limited knowledge I have, I’m going to guess one had good writing and the other didn’t.
NeatlyTrimmed t1_jaagvho wrote
HB hadn’t already been through a bunch of reboots. It was a fresh take on a classic cartoon. Velma, despite their attempts to make it edgier and more targeted at todays audience, is something like the 6th or 7th iteration of the gang. Oh, and they left out the fucking TALKING DOG!
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foetus_on_my_breath t1_jaagkqy wrote
Perfect Strangers is the epitome of television.
Maninhartsford t1_jaaggmn wrote
Reply to ‘I Still Don’t Know What It Was’ An oral history of Kings, the ambitious, expensive, proudly weird drama on which NBC bet its prestige future and lost. by KalamsLongknife
The advertising was so bad! I have the show on DVD and in the commentary, the creators say NBC was really supportive of the biblical angle while they were making it but we're scared to advertise it that way so I remember the ads were like "from a producer of Heroes" (which was in season 3 and crashing and burning like nothing else) and a bunch of random imagery of butterflies and flags.
Interestingly, it was one of the more expensive shows made at the time, with a FOUR MILLION per episode budget! (laughably low now, of course.)
By the way, the same writer/director team are working on a Bioshock show
_DoctorSocrates_ t1_jaagfer wrote
The Sopranos. From all the shows I've seen the depth of the characterisation in The Sopranos is unmatched. Incredibly influential and holds up to endless rewatching.
Adorable-Buffalo-177 t1_jaafyg5 wrote
Friends
ThatEvanFowler t1_jaafuwn wrote
Reply to comment by Spaghetti__Girl in Finally giving LOST a watch in 2023. by shadowdra126
Like, constantly. For over ten years now. I saw people saying it twice last week. I used to correct them. Now I just don't even bother.
rocker2014 t1_jaafm7h wrote
For Dramas, Breaking Bad. For comedies, Community.
indigenous__nudity t1_jaafkjs wrote
Reply to comment by GuybrushThreepwood99 in Party Down - Season 3 Premiere Discussion by Prax150
Hard sci-fi
[deleted] t1_jaaiveo wrote
Reply to Which show do you think is the greatest of all time? by Faxgangy
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