What TV shows are people watching?

Trollheart · 02-05-2018, 12:55 PM

**Yac** · 02-06-2018, 05:00 AM

Ok, I binge watched Altered Carbon, finished yesterday.

You know what it is ? It's the modern day cyberpunk. Not the 80's cyberpunk, with the rage, anti corporate messages, individualism etc. Nope. It's the dystopian future we deserve, a new cyberpunk, dirty, amoral and with social differences so big, they make present day billionaires seem like average joes.

This show.. I can't really find a single serious weakness in it. Ok, one but that's a personal thing - the soundtrack is .. underwhelming. Many shows, like the 1st season of True Detective, had amazing music I listened to long after the show was done, TD was one of them. Altered Carbon ? Not so much.
But beyond that ? Wow. The script is great, mature and realistic - and very dark as a result. The story has surprising plot twists, is original - this is not yet another sf show with cops, blasters, aliens and whatnot.
Characters are memorable, both the regulars and those in the episodes. I don't want to spoil anything, again, but the cast is great.
Finally, 2 issues that can't be ignored: sex and violence. Both very prominent in the series. Sex ranges from fantastic to extremely disturbing, but I won't spoil anything here.
The violence is always done very well. I often find myself bored with the same old stupid fistfights and shootouts half of the tv shows use, but here, it's different. It feels like they hired a serious team of action scene choreographers and cameramen, and the effects are great.

Generally I rate it at 9/10. 2nd best sci fi tv series out there, just after the Expanse. As someone put it, it's "the best movie based on a Philip K. Dick novel, which Dick didn't write".

**Goofle** · 02-19-2018, 07:53 AM

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

OccultHawk · 03-04-2018, 05:00 PM

I’m wstching Planet Earth and Planet Earth II and I’m really dismayed that hunting and mating scenes are often edited (self-censored) and portrayed with stupid suspense (or other mood setting) music.

Nature should be shown as it is. The whole truth even to children. This is incredibly irresponsible and ruins the integrity of the shows.

I’m also disappointed with news outlets because there are certainly far more graphic images from the school shootings and warfare in Syria than is being shown. Show it for what it is, cowards.

It’s not a thirst for gore; it’s a thirst for visual truth. The whole truth. Of course, it’s war is upsetting. It ****ing should be. Animals ****ing and eating shouldn’t upset anyone.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.smh...01-guo6n4.html

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the actual mating scene was not shown, rather implied, and afterwards the female snow leopard limped away back to her cub, after having clearly been brutalised.

A BBC spokesperson told Fairfax Media that the footage had not been edited for international audiences and was the same as what screened in the UK.

WTF?

I’m probably totally alone but I can’t believe how uptight people are.

**Frownland** · 03-04-2018, 05:21 PM

I don't really disagree tbh but I think that the value of anthropomorphizing and helping people become more conscious of their world outweighs the choice to imply something as opposed to explicitly showing it. That said, I think that the series will be used as a credible historical document, so they do kind of have that responsibility to be less biased and more omnipresent.

OccultHawk · 03-04-2018, 05:37 PM

Half of me is angry at the editors and producers and the other half of me is angry at how ****ing stupid people are.

Regarding the anthropomorphizing: I get they got to sell the ****ing thing but it leads to people taking (probably) false intellectual leaps.

On the other hand, human behavior shouldn’t be censored either. Especially documentation and news.

Overcast · 03-04-2018, 06:27 PM

Finished Dark. Pretty decent. Digged the OST.

Lucem Ferre · 03-05-2018, 01:13 AM

New season of Atlanta! Finally!

This first episode was really good. Started out ****ing crazy!

debaserr · 03-12-2018, 12:19 AM

That dude lost his edge now that he doesn't have Jon Stewart to lead him, that or network tv neutered him.

**Yac** · 03-12-2018, 07:12 AM

He's still fun from time to time, but I agree. Lost his edge.
You want someone with an edge, watch John Olivier.

02-05-2018, 12:55 PM	#5971 (permalink)
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03-04-2018, 05:21 PM	#5975 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I don't really disagree tbh but I think that the value of anthropomorphizing and helping people become more conscious of their world outweighs the choice to imply something as opposed to explicitly showing it. That said, I think that the series will be used as a credible historical document, so they do kind of have that responsibility to be less biased and more omnipresent. __________________ 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

03-04-2018, 05:37 PM	#5976 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Half of me is angry at the editors and producers and the other half of me is angry at how **ing stupid people are. Regarding the anthropomorphizing: I get they got to sell the **ing thing but it leads to people taking (probably) false intellectual leaps. On the other hand, human behavior shouldn’t be censored either. Especially documentation and news. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

03-12-2018, 12:19 AM	#5979 (permalink)
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02-06-2018, 05:00 AM	#5972 (permalink)
Yac Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: It's a secret too. Posts: 1,363	Ok, I binge watched Altered Carbon, finished yesterday. You know what it is ? It's the modern day cyberpunk. Not the 80's cyberpunk, with the rage, anti corporate messages, individualism etc. Nope. It's the dystopian future we deserve, a new cyberpunk, dirty, amoral and with social differences so big, they make present day billionaires seem like average joes. This show.. I can't really find a single serious weakness in it. Ok, one but that's a personal thing - the soundtrack is .. underwhelming. Many shows, like the 1st season of True Detective, had amazing music I listened to long after the show was done, TD was one of them. Altered Carbon ? Not so much. But beyond that ? Wow. The script is great, mature and realistic - and very dark as a result. The story has surprising plot twists, is original - this is not yet another sf show with cops, blasters, aliens and whatnot. Characters are memorable, both the regulars and those in the episodes. I don't want to spoil anything, again, but the cast is great. Finally, 2 issues that can't be ignored: sex and violence. Both very prominent in the series. Sex ranges from fantastic to extremely disturbing, but I won't spoil anything here. The violence is always done very well. I often find myself bored with the same old stupid fistfights and shootouts half of the tv shows use, but here, it's different. It feels like they hired a serious team of action scene choreographers and cameramen, and the effects are great. Generally I rate it at 9/10. 2nd best sci fi tv series out there, just after the Expanse. As someone put it, it's "the best movie based on a Philip K. Dick novel, which Dick didn't write".

03-04-2018, 06:27 PM	#5977 (permalink)
Overcast . Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: . Posts: 1,531	Finished Dark. Pretty decent. Digged the OST.

03-12-2018, 07:12 AM	#5980 (permalink)
Yac Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: It's a secret too. Posts: 1,363	He's still fun from time to time, but I agree. Lost his edge. You want someone with an edge, watch John Olivier.