The TV Thread redux

[Klopptimist]

The last 2 seasons of GOTs were shit but HODs is really good.

[jgw_geneseo]

@jgw_geneseo

Out of ROP, HOD, and Andor, i think Andor might be the best one. It’s way better than Bobba Fett was. Ranking them:

1. Andor
2. Rings of Power
3. House of dragons (fairly distanced third- but I’m watching to the end)

It’s actually kind of nice to have three shows to watch that come out on a weekly basis, it’s been a while since me and the wife had any tv show to look forward to. Andor and ROP may flip depending on how season ends, but fairly certain HOD will keep third spot.

Watched latest ROP episode… back to #1

[deneb]

Rewatching the first three Mike Flanagan series, there are some seriously great performances in here. Many long, single take ‘soliloquys’ that are so impressive but I didn’t appreciate the first time round.

Not watched The Midnight Club yet as trying to read the book first.

[Iftikhar]

Is House of Dragon on Amazon Prime?

[Derecho]

It`s on the High Seas and on my hard drive so who cares.

[Limiescouse]

@deneb

Rewatching the first three Mike Flanagan series, there are some seriously great performances in here. Many long, single take ‘soliloquys’ that are so impressive but I didn’t appreciate the first time round.

Not watched The Midnight Club yet as trying to read the book first.

This is great. I was talking to my girlfriend only this weekend about Haunting of Hill House and potentially rewatching it over the next few weeks as she’s never seen it so might give this a bash instead.

[GermanRed]

Paddy Considine - what a performance in the latest HotD episode.

[Klopptimist]

HOTD was exceptional this week, Ep8. “He can keep his tongue” Brilliant line. Next one will be something incredible I suspect. Rings of Power is utter, utter, utter shite. Hate saying it but my god it’s hideous.

[RedWhippet]

@GermanRed

Paddy Considine - what a performance in the latest HotD episode.

Almost unrecognisable at the end but incredible nonetheless.

One thing that occurred to me this week compared to Game Of Thrones is that the sexual content is much more restrained in HouseOf Dragon. Sex and nudity only seem to feature if required for dramatic reasons whereas GOT used to stick some random tits in around the 10 minute mark every week.

Odd observation really but it makes it feel like a far classier production.

[Klopptimist]

Not just that, the gore and gruesome is dialled back too. I’d be happy for jnr to watch this series. GOTs not so much.

[Colossal_centre_back]

The episodes have incrementally became better and last two were indeed very nicely made. The crab-feeder scene aside, the rest has been really built up nicely.

[koptician]

RoP question

Who are the three women/witches/beings in white who torched the Harfoot caravans and are after the man from the fallen star?

Don’t remember them from the books.

[Limiescouse]

No one knows for sure yet. It was discussed in spoilers above, with some obvious candidates as guesses, but the show has not explicitly said who they are. I think their response to being threatened by the Harfoot fella seems to suggest guesses that had them being part of the good guys are not correct and that doesnt leave too many (any?) book characters who it could be.

[Limiescouse]

@Colossal_centre_back

The episodes have incrementally became better and last two were indeed very nicely made. The crab-feeder scene aside, the rest has been really built up nicely.

It was the first episode I enjoyed. The things that happened finally seemed consequential. It’s still at it best when it focuses on the main characters who were front and center in the first episode. Hopefully we’re done with the big time jumps now and the current versions of the younger characters can actually build some ownership of the plots they are part of.

I get why they made that decision, with the time jumps and frequent recasting, I just think it’s resulted in a disjointed season.

[jgw_geneseo]

Agree with HOD. I keep joking with my wife that we watched 6 hr ‘last time on HOD’ recap, and the show finally actually started.

[Bekloppt]

Quick question on Midnight Club - What age is it suitable for? My 14yr old Goddaughter is expressing an interest. She’s a huge ST fan to give you an idea.

[Limiescouse]

No idea on this show specifically, but I don’t think there is anything in MF’s previous 3 Halloween targeted “scary” shows that would be unsuitable for a normal 14 year old who was specifically interested in watching some horror type stuff.

[Klopptimist]

No question that Mr Eyepatch is going to go way beyond being a proper bastard. His brother’s a c@@t but he really does look like a cross between Jofrey and Ramsay Bolton. Great👍

[Mascot]

@Limiescouse

How Kathleen Kennedy is still in a job I have no idea. It not just that the new trilogy she oversaw was so disappointing, but that the problems with them were a direct consequent of her lack of oversight in their development. She has one of the greatest production CVs in history due to her work with Spielberg and Lucas, yet was also responsible for one of the biggest harms to a valuable franchise in history. The number of announced projects that ultimately were aborted were all on her watch as well.

The TV output has been much better than the films, but on the whole it’s disappointing. Aside from Rogue One (which was great) the films have been hugely laughably bad. The biggest problem being the lack of an overriding narrative for those films. Each film has been a reaction to the issues with the previous one. And so badly written. The words ‘Somehow, Palpatine has survived…’ would be heavily criticised in a GCSE writing project.

Onto Andor. Decent, but I wish it would get on with it…

[Mascot]

@Klopptimist

Rings of Power is utter, utter, utter shite. Hate saying it but my god it’s hideous.

You don’t hate saying it. You love saying it.

I think it’s great, even if it could do with, like Andor, getting moving a bit.

Absolutely no time for Game of Thrones. I’ve seen Lord of the Rings, and I’ve seen Porn, so I reckon if I just combine the two mentally I’m about there.