What TV shows are people watching?

Astronomer · 04-21-2012, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by James

it's worth the hype. I highly recommend it, especially if you like that kind of thing normally.

I do enjoy fantasy/medieval type things... I might check it out. I just can't believe how much people are talking about it atm. Crazy.

LoathsomePete · 04-21-2012, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Lateralus

I do enjoy fantasy/medieval type things... I might check it out. I just can't believe how much people are talking about it atm. Crazy.

It's very different from your standard fantasy (god, isn't that a daft term?) series that took major inspiration from Tolkien. In fact I would say the series is almost a perversion of that type of fantasy, tainted by the ugly splotches of our world. Nobility and honour hold you down in this world rather than anoint you, good people die while wicked people prosper. It really is quite a fascinating approach to fantasy and the TV shows do a very good job of bringing the books to life. I would say get in on the show, you only have time to lose.

Astronomer · 04-21-2012, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

It's very different from your standard fantasy (god, isn't that a daft term?) series that took major inspiration from Tolkien. In fact I would say the series is almost a perversion of that type of fantasy, tainted by the ugly splotches of our world. Nobility and honour hold you down in this world rather than anoint you, good people die while wicked people prosper. It really is quite a fascinating approach to fantasy and the TV shows do a very good job of bringing the books to life. I would say get in on the show, you only have time to lose.

Hrm, so it's like a perversion of Tolkien-type fantasy? I'll check it out regardless... it seems to have made quite an impression on everyone.

jackhammer · 04-21-2012, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Lateralus

Hrm, so it's like a perversion of Tolkien-type fantasy? I'll check it out regardless... it seems to have made quite an impression on everyone.

If anyone wants to read the antithesis to Tolkien they should read Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast's trilogy : Titus Groan, Gormenghast and Titus alone. All written before 1960 and un usual in that they don't pertain to any fantasy world in effect and root themselves in everyday reality punctuated by surrealism.

LoathsomePete · 04-22-2012, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Lateralus

Hrm, so it's like a perversion of Tolkien-type fantasy? I'll check it out regardless... it seems to have made quite an impression on everyone.

If nothing else you get to see a decent amount of blood and tits which is always a plus.

~~James~~ · 04-21-2012, 06:02 PM

It has been a massive hit. I don't think they expected it to be as popular as it has become. It really is incredible though, perhaps the best show on television. The acting is amazing, really complex characters and some of the locations are just gorgeous.

Mojo · 04-22-2012, 01:22 AM

Watched the first season and felt it gave a lot of promise. On one hand, the show uses the same formukla for the core of each episode, like a lot of American shows do. However it also has a complex bigger picture that, so far, it has chipped away at in each episode.

Alcatraz prison was closed down and all the prisoners transferred off the island in the 60s but the premise is that this actually never happened, that nobody seems to know what happened to them and that in the present day these prisoners begin to start reappearing with no idea what happened to them.

Where they with it will decide for me whether I like the premise or not, I think. At the moment I'm enjoying it. I just wish it had been renewed for a second season already. I hate the wait with American shows. It deserves a second season.

**Goofle** · 04-22-2012, 11:13 AM

Any bloody tits? Please tell me there's bloody tits.

Mojo · 04-22-2012, 12:51 PM

I've been watching this show too and really enjoying it. The lead, played by Kiefer Sutherland, lost his wife on 9/11 and has raised his son, who is a mute, autistic and freaks out whenever anyone touches him, on his own. The show is based on the theory that everything in life is connected by numbers, by sequences and patterns and his son possesses an understanding of this. What seemed to be random numbers, his dad begins to realise are an attempt for his son to communicate with him and help people, as he uses sequences and patterns in numbers to be able to see timelines and therefore peoples pasts and futures.

It'll be interesting to see where they go with it because, six episodes in to the series, I'm loving it and thinking its worked very well. Whether or not it has the potential to run for a long time or not though, I'm not sure.

Mojo · 04-28-2012, 01:00 AM

I'm about to watch the season finale of this. I've heard some not so great things about the finale from some people but I've enjoyed the season so far.

04-22-2012, 01:22 AM	#7 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	Watched the first season and felt it gave a lot of promise. On one hand, the show uses the same formukla for the core of each episode, like a lot of American shows do. However it also has a complex bigger picture that, so far, it has chipped away at in each episode. Alcatraz prison was closed down and all the prisoners transferred off the island in the 60s but the premise is that this actually never happened, that nobody seems to know what happened to them and that in the present day these prisoners begin to start reappearing with no idea what happened to them. Where they with it will decide for me whether I like the premise or not, I think. At the moment I'm enjoying it. I just wish it had been renewed for a second season already. I hate the wait with American shows. It deserves a second season. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

04-22-2012, 12:51 PM	#9 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	I've been watching this show too and really enjoying it. The lead, played by Kiefer Sutherland, lost his wife on 9/11 and has raised his son, who is a mute, autistic and freaks out whenever anyone touches him, on his own. The show is based on the theory that everything in life is connected by numbers, by sequences and patterns and his son possesses an understanding of this. What seemed to be random numbers, his dad begins to realise are an attempt for his son to communicate with him and help people, as he uses sequences and patterns in numbers to be able to see timelines and therefore peoples pasts and futures. It'll be interesting to see where they go with it because, six episodes in to the series, I'm loving it and thinking its worked very well. Whether or not it has the potential to run for a long time or not though, I'm not sure. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

04-28-2012, 01:00 AM	#10 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	I'm about to watch the season finale of this. I've heard some not so great things about the finale from some people but I've enjoyed the season so far. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

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04-21-2012, 06:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
~~James~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,483	It has been a massive hit. I don't think they expected it to be as popular as it has become. It really is incredible though, perhaps the best show on television. The acting is amazing, really complex characters and some of the locations are just gorgeous.