What TV shows are people watching?

**Frownland** · 06-28-2022, 03:42 PM

Primal

Adult swim cartoon where a Neanderthal and his dinosaur pal face prehistoric challenges like getting eaten and beefing with mammoths. No dialogue, tons of action, and the character development is excellent. From the maker of Samurai Jack and it's basically everything I like about that show without the annoying ****. Probably the best animated show I've ever seen.

SGR · 06-28-2022, 03:56 PM

I'm pumped for the next part of Stranger Things.

Trollheart · 06-28-2022, 07:58 PM

Just started watching Band of Brothers. Always wanted to see it. Pretty intense first episode. Some major stars in it too.

The Batlord · 06-28-2022, 08:43 PM

I should rewatch that. Great show.

adidasss · 06-28-2022, 10:45 PM

Seconded. Was obsessed with it back in the day. I should still have the DVD box set. It came in a tin can. My most prized DVD possession.

Trollheart · 06-30-2022, 12:59 PM

Nearly finished it now. My god it's the most realistic, no-holds-barred portrayal of war I think I've ever seen. Not a gung-ho in sight. Going on to The Pacific after this. Wish there was more of it. The interviews at the beginning of each episode only drive further home how this isn't just made up ****.

It should probably also be noted that my remark "it's intense" was BEFORE they got posted to Europe. Holy good **** on a bike! If episode one was level three, this is level a million now. The camera angles really add to it (the direction, I mean) - makes it really feel like there's someone trying to capture the action as it happens, and that they're in danger too. Superb.

The Batlord · 06-30-2022, 02:54 PM

I'm assuming you've gotten to Hurtgen Forest by now? You should really look that battle up for your war history journal. Absolutely brutal and there wasn't even a point to fighting it.

Trollheart · 06-30-2022, 07:48 PM

Oh yeah. Legs blown off left, right and centre.
Just got to the episode where they liberate the concentration camp.
Fuck. FUCK! FUCK FUCK!

adidasss · 06-30-2022, 10:43 PM

I saw the Pacific also but for some reason it didn't have the same impact for me.

The Batlord · 06-30-2022, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Oh yeah. Legs blown off left, right and centre.
Just got to the episode where they liberate the concentration camp.
Fuck. FUCK! FUCK FUCK!

Not to mention German artillery shells fired into the trees to use splinters as shrapnel. Just the worst meat grinder of the Western front.

06-28-2022, 03:42 PM	#7011 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Primal Adult swim cartoon where a Neanderthal and his dinosaur pal face prehistoric challenges like getting eaten and beefing with mammoths. No dialogue, tons of action, and the character development is excellent. From the maker of Samurai Jack and it's basically everything I like about that show without the annoying ***. Probably the best animated show I've ever seen. __________________ 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

06-28-2022, 07:58 PM	#7013 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Just started watching Band of Brothers. Always wanted to see it. Pretty intense first episode. Some major stars in it too. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-28-2022, 10:45 PM	#7015 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	Seconded. Was obsessed with it back in the day. I should still have the DVD box set. It came in a tin can. My most prized DVD possession. __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

06-30-2022, 12:59 PM	#7016 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Nearly finished it now. My god it's the most realistic, no-holds-barred portrayal of war I think I've ever seen. Not a gung-ho in sight. Going on to The Pacific after this. Wish there was more of it. The interviews at the beginning of each episode only drive further home how this isn't just made up **. It should probably also be noted that my remark "it's intense" was BEFORE they got posted to Europe. Holy good ** on a bike! If episode one was level three, this is level a million now. The camera angles really add to it (the direction, I mean) - makes it really feel like there's someone trying to capture the action as it happens, and that they're in danger too. Superb. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-30-2022, 07:48 PM	#7018 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Oh yeah. Legs blown off left, right and centre. Just got to the episode where they liberate the concentration camp. Fuck. FUCK! FUCK FUCK! __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-28-2022, 03:56 PM	#7012 (permalink)
SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,327	I'm pumped for the next part of Stranger Things.

06-30-2022, 10:43 PM	#7019 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	I saw the Pacific also but for some reason it didn't have the same impact for me. __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm