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The TV Thread

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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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    11 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

    Glow is besting thing that Netflix has put out for awhile. Marc Maron is fantastic in it.

    GLOW is really good.  I wanted to hate it, but I cant.

    Time to get schwifty.

    Edited by johnzo

    and yeah GLOW is pretty great.  Real OITNB vibe to it, with Ruth being the least compelling character.

    If you have any doubts about it, check out the goddamn finest credits sequence on TV:

     

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    7 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

    For SOA fans.

    http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/865377-mayans-mc-pilot-undergoing-extensive-reshoots

    This doesnt sound good.  Its good they are retooling it though.

    I enjoyed SOA but felt it was a big step below the most acclaimed premium dramas (Sopranos etc).  I didnt find the Mayans particularly interesting enough to spin them off.  I think SOA was helped a lot by the really good cast so hopefully the re-casting improved the Mayans show.
     

    Edit: The idea of a SOA prequel was more interesting.  I guess its easier to film in the modern world and with a prequel we know what happens which can hinder some of the drama.  Im re-watching the Sopranos right now and a prequel would have been amazing.  It was set up so well.

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    1 hour ago, The Unknown Poster said:

    This doesnt sound good.  Its good they are retooling it though.

    I enjoyed SOA but felt it was a big step below the most acclaimed premium dramas (Sopranos etc). 

    Is it that it was on FX and not HBO?

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    17 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

    Is it that it was on FX and not HBO?

    I dont think so.  I dont think it lost anything by being on FX other then maybe the investment by the Network.  I have no idea if Sopranos got more money to spend than SOA.  SOA was FX's highest show its entire run so I assume it was well taken care of.  And they had a good cast.  And it was still pretty adult.

    I think the writing was below Sopranos.  And Boardwalk Empire.  And Vinyl.  But those three had Terrence Winter in common so perhaps thats why I enjoyed them all.

    yeah well I'm not sure I can accept a charmings-less Once, especially since they were most of the focus of the show, still I'm curious to see how they'll be written off

     

    BTW the third person added is Adaliade Kane who had the lead role in the CW's Reign which just aired it's last episode a couple of weeks ago

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    Have all those main characters who left Once Upon a Time been written off in the finale last season?  if so, how?

    Im pretty sure i read that

    Spoiler

    Emma was killed

    But I cant find anything about the others.

    And the thing about the three remaining stars having new identities is interesting.  Like, they will be new characters or the same Fairy characters but new "real world" characters? 

    Spoiler

    actually Emma survived, one of the last scenes showed all of the characters having a supper at granny's and then the scene turns into a page from the book and it cuts to a little girl riding the subway and showing up at a man's door revealing to be an adult Henry, and the little girl is revealed to be his daughter.....yeah they're kind of starting over

     

    6 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

    Plus, I had a huge crush on Anwar years ago.

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    You and everyone else.

    1 hour ago, Jimmy Pop said:

    Pretty, pretty, pretty excited for the new season.

    In related news, I splurged. Bought myself entire Seinfeld collection.  Who knows if Netlflix, Hulu etc will ever get it, and I need the discs anyway.

    Best show in TV history. Don't even @ me. 

    why doesn't Netflix carry it? it should

    4 hours ago, Jimmy Pop said:

    Pretty, pretty, pretty excited for the new season.

    In related news, I splurged. Bought myself entire Seinfeld collection.  Who knows if Netlflix, Hulu etc will ever get it, and I need the discs anyway.

    Best show in TV history. Don't even @ me. 

    3 hours ago, iHeart said:

    why doesn't Netflix carry it? it should

    TBA own the rights maybe?

    Speaking of Netflix, OMG..literally...Highway to Heaven is on!

     

    On 7/6/2017 at 10:07 AM, The Unknown Poster said:

    This doesnt sound good.  Its good they are retooling it though.

    I enjoyed SOA but felt it was a big step below the most acclaimed premium dramas (Sopranos etc).  I didnt find the Mayans particularly interesting enough to spin them off.  I think SOA was helped a lot by the really good cast so hopefully the re-casting improved the Mayans show.
     

    Edit: The idea of a SOA prequel was more interesting.  I guess its easier to film in the modern world and with a prequel we know what happens which can hinder some of the drama.  Im re-watching the Sopranos right now and a prequel would have been amazing.  It was set up so well.

    Agree with the prequel being more interesting. Not sure how i feel about the spin off being mayans. Seemed like the weakest of possible spin offs.

     

    Watched the castlevania series on netflix. Like most i wish it had been longer. S2 and 3 are gonna be 10 episodes though. And the 4 episodes were really really good. 

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