What TV shows are people watching?

Chula Vista · 08-01-2016, 12:44 PM

Binged through all 10 episodes of Preacher yesterday. Brilliant television!!!! Outstanding writing, acting, cinematography, and overall story-telling.

The direct nod to Breaking Bad with DeBlanc and Fiore had me busting up like a loon.

Can't wait to where the show goes next.

Spoiler for Spoiler:

~~ChelseaDagger~~ · 08-01-2016, 03:33 PM

Is "Animal Kingdom" any good, or does it have one of those inter-generational incestuous type storylines?

The Batlord · 08-01-2016, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ChelseaDagger

Is "Animal Kingdom" any good, or does it have one of those inter-generational incestuous type storylines?

All I heard was incest.

**Frownland** · 08-01-2016, 09:27 PM

Hell on Wheels

My dad sings the praises of this show, so I've seen the first two episodes so far. The thing is that it's just a collection of cliches of every modern conception of the post American civil war reconstruction era. So far it's just way too predictable and I know exactly what an actor is going to do just by looking at them.

Does anyone know if it gets better or should I stop wasting my time?

Key · 08-01-2016, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Hell on Wheels

My dad sings the praises of this show, so I've seen the first two episodes so far. The thing is that it's just a collection of cliches of every modern conception of the post American civil war reconstruction era. So far it's just way too predictable and I know exactly what an actor is going to do just by looking at them.

Does anyone know if it gets better or should I stop wasting my time?

The show is called "Hell on Wheels", you should've known it was going to be cliche from the moment you knew the name of it.

**Frownland** · 08-01-2016, 09:45 PM

The title is a little less on the nose than Breaking Bad imo.

Key · 08-01-2016, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

The title is a little less on the nose than Breaking Bad imo.

True. But Breaking Bad is actually good.

**Frownland** · 08-01-2016, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Ki

True. But Breaking Bad is actually good.

Exactly.

Key · 08-01-2016, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Exactly.

Oh...duh. I misread your post.

Overcast · 08-01-2016, 10:02 PM

Finished Preacher. Absolutely loved it. ****. Completely blew away my expectations. I was confused at first with how different it was to the comic and now I realize it was a prequel. Can't wait for S2 now.

08-01-2016, 12:44 PM	#4251 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Binged through all 10 episodes of Preacher yesterday. Brilliant television!!!! Outstanding writing, acting, cinematography, and overall story-telling. The direct nod to Breaking Bad with DeBlanc and Fiore had me busting up like a loon. Can't wait to where the show goes next. Spoiler for Spoiler: The bit with The Saint of Killers re-living what happened over and over and over again was a bit confusing until DeBlanc and Fiore show up and you realize he's been existing in his own personal hell. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Hell on Wheels My dad sings the praises of this show, so I've seen the first two episodes so far. The thing is that it's just a collection of cliches of every modern conception of the post American civil war reconstruction era. So far it's just way too predictable and I know exactly what an actor is going to do just by looking at them. Does anyone know if it gets better or should I stop wasting my time? __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

08-01-2016, 09:45 PM	#4256 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	The title is a little less on the nose than Breaking Bad imo. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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~~ChelseaDagger~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: In the fires of your own disillusion Posts: 684	Is "Animal Kingdom" any good, or does it have one of those inter-generational incestuous type storylines?

08-01-2016, 10:02 PM	#4260 (permalink)
Overcast . Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: . Posts: 1,531	Finished Preacher. Absolutely loved it. ****. Completely blew away my expectations. I was confused at first with how different it was to the comic and now I realize it was a prequel. Can't wait for S2 now.