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Overcast 06-12-2015 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1601294)
I forgot how soapy that show is. I started watching the first episode of the new season, and there's a lot of backstory that I had forgotten that's necessary to get a lot of the context. I think it's just in the massive amount of characters. I'm going to be going back and watching the earlier episodes to refresh my memory before moving forward on the new season.

I had to do that for season 2. Now for season 3 as well, gah. I also have to do that for House of Cards. The long wait between the full season releases for Netflix shows is both a blessing and a curse.

Chula Vista 06-12-2015 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1601294)
I forgot how soapy that show is. I started watching the first episode of the new season, and there's a lot of backstory that I had forgotten that's necessary to get a lot of the context. I think it's just in the massive amount of characters. I'm going to be going back and watching the earlier episodes to refresh my memory before moving forward on the new season.

You can just go here for a refresher:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...n_2_.282014.29

I watched the first 3 episodes of season III last night. Took a little while to get back into the rhythm of show but man, it hasn't lost a beat.

Spoiler for Spoiler:
You're gonna love the angry library sex between Piper and Alex. Maybe the hottest scene in the show to date.

FaSho 06-12-2015 03:39 PM

I forgot how much I love OITNB. I started the new season just to kill time and was like: "Oh yeah, this isn't just good, it's incredible." To me, it edges out peaky blinders as the 2nd best netflix original after house of cards, which as I stated earlier had a lackluster third season and might just lose that title.

Frownland 06-12-2015 03:46 PM

The dialogue is incredibly well written. It's my favourite part of the show. On the second episode now, and it looks like they're kind of moving away from Pepper and going more heavily on other characters, which is great since I didn't really like her as a protagonist.

Hmm, that makes me wonder what they'll do after Pepper's sentence is up? Do you guys think that they'll have her do some crazy **** that extends her sentence or do you think they'll shift the focus of the show from her to the other inmates? I could go either way if they do it right, and so far I have faith in them. I can see a cool Breaking Bad thing that's already been kicked off with Pepper, but it has the potential of being unrealistic. Not to mention that I find the other characters more interesting and sympathetic.

Chula Vista 06-15-2015 08:32 PM

OITNB.

Spoiler for Episode 4:
Holy crap. The scene with Taystee and Crazy Eyes coming to terms about Vee had me pretty much bawling. The entire episode was crazy good.

Overcast 06-15-2015 08:47 PM

Up to episode 9 of OITNB season 3. Reasonably enjoyable so far. Nice to see interesting backstories for some characters. Also liking how it's not so focused on Piper. Joel, O'Neill, Big Boo, Pennsatucky, Crazy Eyes, Caputo, Flaca, Chang and Norma are my favorite characters ATM.

Moss 06-15-2015 10:04 PM

Finishing up the final 2 episodes of True Detective tonight. I know I'm late but I'll be ready for the new season.

Frownland 06-15-2015 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Overcast (Post 1602445)
Up to episode 9 of OITNB season 3. Reasonably enjoyable so far. Nice to see interesting backstories for some characters. Also liking how it's not so focused on Piper. Joel, O'Neill, Big Boo, Pennsatucky, Crazy Eyes, Caputo, Flaca, Chang and Norma are my favorite characters ATM.

OITNB doesn't have commercials for bathroom/beer refill breaks, but there're scenes with Alex and Piper, so I guess that's the writers' way of adapting to a non-cable format.

RoxyRollah 06-17-2015 10:39 PM

Mr. Robot. I'm in love.




I just want to say I saw episode one already, and it doesn't come out until 6.24.15 it's fucking good from start to finish. I mean I hate pilots because they are usually not that great.
Standing O dude. DO IT.

LoathsomePete 06-22-2015 08:36 AM

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True Detective

So I watched the season 2 premiere last night and while it was a solid effort with a lot going for it, they seemed to have put the mystery on hold for this episode to instead focus on our 3 miserable protagonists. There was some real nice cinematography going on and I loved the dirty and industrialized view of California that you so rarely see. The acting was top notch and the writing was HBO caliber and I suspect this will help reestablish the careers of Vince Vaughn and Colin Farrell and maybe even finally launch Taylor Kitsch into something worth a damn. Story wise, it was a little predictable and by saving the crime scene that brings the 3 protagonists together till the very end did help build intrigue for later episodes, but for an opener it didn't leave much to chew on besides guessing why all 3 main characters are so fucked up and who will be redeemed by the end of the series. I'm really hoping for a continuation of the Lovecraftian horror elements and themes from season 1 though, and we really didn't get that in last nights episode.

All that being said, there's a moment where Colin Farrell's character is beating the shit out of a 12 year old kid's dad right in front of him and says that he'll "butt fuck his dad with his moms headless corpse". To me that's worth the price of admission alone.


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