Second season of Orange is the New Black launched today.

 

Anyone else into this?

 

I have to admit to being a bit of a TV/movie-phile.  I generally buy Blu-Rays when there's a movie I want to see rather than just watching it on PPV or In-demand (I like to collect).

 

Premium TV has really been leading a creative resurgence in recent years, probably dating back to The Sopranos.  Its nice that Netflix has become a legitimate competitor for HBO (which puts out some really great shows like Sopranos, Deadwood, Boardwalk Empire, True Blood etc).

 

House of Cards was tremendous.

 

While cable channels like AMC are getting in on the act, I annoys me a bit.  The Walking Dead would be so much better on Netflix or HBO where they could truly appeal to adults (HBO passed on The Walking Dead when Thomas Jane was attached).

 

As for Orange, it took me a few episodes to get into last season but Im looking forward to banging out a few episodes tonight.

 

As an aside, for you Trekies, it was recently the 20th anniversary of the finale of TNG, one of the best Series' Finales in TV history.

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43 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

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My favourite Trek series.  Hope this gets done.

yeah DS9 was without a doubt the best Trek series. 

1 hour ago, 17to85 said:

yeah DS9 was without a doubt the best Trek series. 

1. TNG
2. Voyager
3. DS9

We revisit this every once in a while it seems

TNG is almost unwatchable for me now. Voyager got a bat rap imho. DS9 was the last one i saw i think. I remember it as being darker and more long term story but it never really got to that point until bout half-way.

Almost time for another ENT go.

36 minutes ago, Atomic said:

1. TNG
2. Voyager
3. DS9

Good lord. Voy was a waste. But I respect your opinion. 

DS9 was on a different level of writing and acting from every other series. 

TNG and TOS would be second for me. They are so different and like them equally in different ways. Enterprise was better than voyager. 

6 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

We revisit this every once in a while it seems

TNG is almost unwatchable for me now. Voyager got a bat rap imho. DS9 was the last one i saw i think. I remember it as being darker and more long term story but it never really got to that point until bout half-way.

Almost time for another ENT go.

Funny about DS9 is I also remember it as hitting the war arch half way through but it actually began in the second season. From that point the series is tremendous. 

The fact Rick Berman said Enterprise would be the first series to have story archs, seemingly forgetting all about DS9 shows how out of touch he was by that time.  Voy and Ent were Bermans attempt to re-do TNG. one trick pony. 

I would follow Janeway into battle any day.

21 minutes ago, Atomic said:

I would follow Seven of Nine into battle any day.

FYP

13 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

FYP

Now that I think about it, I suspect that Seven of Nine was a big reason for why I liked Voyager so much.  I would have been 13 or 14 at the time.  Yes, yes the timelines make sense.

Finished off Westworld last night. Anyone catch it?

3 hours ago, Atomic said:

1. TNG
2. Voyager
3. DS9

oh please Voyager was a steaming pile of crap and the good episodes of TNG were quite good but a lot of them were ****. DS9 may have started out pretty bad but it hit is stride and was more consistently good in the back half of the series than any of the others. Most of what made it superior was that it wasn't afraid to have characters with flaws. Everyone in TNG was too perfect Deep Space Nine made it feel more human. 

1 hour ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Finished off Westworld last night. Anyone catch it?

Shhhhh! Can't you see the nerds are having the nerdiest argument of all time???

42 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

oh please Voyager was a steaming pile of crap and the good episodes of TNG were quite good but a lot of them were ****. DS9 may have started out pretty bad but it hit is stride and was more consistently good in the back half of the series than any of the others. Most of what made it superior was that it wasn't afraid to have characters with flaws. Everyone in TNG was too perfect Deep Space Nine made it feel more human. 

The problem with DS9 was that it was very dry and complicated, I couldn't follow the plot and it just never drew me in

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

Shhhhh! Can't you see the nerds are having the nerdiest argument of all time???

There's nudity! Lot's of nudity!

20 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

There's nudity! Lot's of nudity!

the guys arguing about Star Trek in this thread wouldn't know what to do with that anyhow....

Definitely Voy is an easier watch and an easier on ramp.  That was Berman's theory and probably accurate at the time that since Trek was heavily syndicated you needed a series where anyone could watch any episode and not need to know anything. 

I remember waiting on the edge of my seat for the next DS9 episode. It was really good storytelling. They had a few issues in the final season with Dax leaving the show and the decision to turn Dukat heel. But DS9 also had the best supporting cast. 

As for Westworld, it was awesome. And kudos to them for staying true to their story even though the twists and turns weee widely predicted.  Sometimes that means you're telling a great story and the payoff feels great. That was true in this case.  A great series. 

Just now, The Unknown Poster said:

As for Westworld, it was awesome. And kudos to them for staying true to their story even though the twists and turns weee widely predicted.  Sometimes that means you're telling a great story and the payoff feels great. That was true in this case.  A great series. 

Wish they'd leave it at this one season.

well since this is an OR tv thread last night's Nashville has broke me

Just now, iHeart said:

well since this is an OR tv thread last night's Nashville has broke me

Killed off character?

yeah, and it was one of the major ones.

 

And this will effect the series enormously 

The girlfriend was losing her mind...just bawling last night. Guess the actress wanted out of the show pretty badly during the offseason, but agreed to come back for an arc to make sure her character was written out properly. Definitely a heartbreaker. The two children (Ontario's Lennon and Maisy Stella) were superb....

and I can't even go back and look at old episodes, considering all the development that had happened

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