LOST: Called Lost because I lost over a hundred hours watching this Ponzi scheme that I will never get back
Why is LOST a Ponzi scheme? Because they gave you mysteries that you invested in, promised to pay you off with answers that never existed and then in order to distract you from the fact that upwards of 90% of their plot threads lead absolutely nowhere they offered you new little bits and pieces of intrigue each episode that also went unanswered. All this after their best writers left after the third season, and none of the cool stuff they introduced was ever addressed. The LOST finale was the biggest F U to an audience I have ever seen!
I am ashamed I bought into their diabolical plot to waste an hour of my week for five years and this is why I am never falling for any of the "next LOST" scams that similarly lead viewers on with no intention of paying off (I'm looking at you The Event and FlashForward)
Pirson Break is just a classic example of a quality story that was supposed to finish after one year but was a victim of its own popularity and was artificially extended into a second and third season. It got more and more absurd as time went on because it had nowhere else left to go. This makes it more forgivable than BeneLOST Arnold, but at least I was able to drop it after the third (ridiculous) season and not have to think about it again. I'm happy the two leads are now back together on The Flash as cool (pun intended) supervillains.
I'm happy the two leads are now back together on The Flash as cool (pun intended) supervillains.
Which reminds me, I didn't really care for The Flash when it first premiered, but my mom and brother watch it every night, so I've kind of followed it reluctantly along. It's actually gotten quite good. I like it more than Agents of Shield.
I always liked it, but then again The Flash is my favorite DC hero along with Hawkman, though I greatly prefer the Wally West version that got erased with the new DC Universe (that made me quit their comics entirely)
What I post is intendes as : go check it out, unless you already know.
"Classics"
Chief Inspector Morse - just love, love John Thaw, and the way his char is both admirable and so imperfect.
This dramatization over-achieves the books, for characters. Amazing musical score (on classic side) and lovely cinematography. And... John Thaw.
Prime Suspect - this TV series is, IMO, the proof why Oscar statue is a glam popularity contest, and sure, exclusive, but so is heirdoom to any throne?
Simply: if I was to asked to retain but one performance by Helen Mirren, it would be DCI Tennison. The longitudinal evolution of the main characters in such TV series allow for depth, truth and intensity.
"Newbies"
Endeavour - being a major Morse fancier, I did not consider myself a natural Endeavour fan, but I am one, now.
Not much love for reality shows in here. These days, they're the only things I watch. The last fictional show I saw all the way through was Sons of Liberty (rimshot).
I just finished binge watching the 3rd season of Barnwood Builders and I'm real excited about the start of the new season of Forged in Fire tonight.
I also like, in no particular order: Tanked Treehouse Masters Flip or Flop Counting Cars Pawn Stars American Pickers Fast and Loud Aerial America Rehab Addict Restaurant Impossible River Monsters
I really enjoyed the Barbarians Rising miniseries. I had been seriously disappointed by Sons of Liberty and it was nice to see that the History Channel could still produce a dramatic series that didn't dip to far into fantasy land.
My latest favorite is Teen Wolf. I've been binge watching it from season one. I thought it was going to be the usual teen drama stuff, and it does have some of that, but I've been very surprised how well-written it is and how much character development it has. It's kind of a combination of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (except with werewolves), and a really good serialized drama series. The characters are all shades of grey. Nobody is wholly good (except maybe Scott), or wholly evil. Even the worst villains in the show have a sympathetic side to them. You understand why they do as they do. I think they also manage to make werewolves cool again by modernizing the lore surrounding them.
I take Twin Peaks & X-Files as sort of given - if not for anything else, then for all American originality, with a twist. When those "new clichés" are most typical.
Currently being produced: Endeavour - prequel to Inspector Morse. I also love Inspector Morse to distraction!
Hopefully to be produced once more: Prime Suspect. I know Helen Mirren has everything. Therefore IMO she should return as DCI Tennison, the best we have seen of her yet...
For period drama swooners, I'd recommend Poldark.
I think the lead man is too much of a pretty boy - the "Nivea Man type" when it could be, say, Harvey Keitel in Piano.
So, Poldark was injured to face in American independence war as the British imperial troops, the hygene and medical standards were awful - and he returns with a nicely tanned, wrinkle free, sexy-scar face? Gout was a problem in historic sea-faring, because of lack of fresh food and education - yet Poldark has a perfectly aligned, white teeth when he comes back across the ocean from his war hardships?
The point being: either you like his shirtless shots, or you are amused by a modern pin-up standard being sent to then destitute Cornwall... Win-win, I think!
I'm so pissed SyFy canceled Dark Matter. It was my most favorite show! And CBS canceled Scorpion, another of my favorite shows.
I've largely lost interest in many of the shows I used to like, the superhero shows on CW for instance. Blindspot also soured on me last season. I really like Seal Team. Hope that doesn't get axed. Then there's MacGyver, Hawaii Five-O, Big Bang Theory, not much else. Won't subscribe to streaming services.
You know, I don't if I've posted here before. Is this thread specifically for current favorite shows? Or shows of all time?
Currently I'm watching Hunter x Hunter. I've heard great things about it, and while I don't think its quite lived up to that, I'm still really early in. I will say that it breaks most tropes of its genre in half.
I'm on a Sci-Fi kick right now so I have been watching:
Star Trek Star Trek: The Next generation Star Trek: Voyager Firefly Twilight Zone Futurama
And I agree with @Shandyr about Battlestar Galactica.
In my house, we call it "Battlestar Depressica" because all the characters are horrible and only the worst things happen to any of them. In a really slow... boring... poorly edited way.
Comments
http://deadline.com/2015/05/american-crime-castle-agents-of-shield-agent-carter-galavant-secrets-lies-fresh-off-the-boat-renewed-abc-1201422717/
And Rosario Dawson to return for Daredevil season 2.
All awesome stuff.
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LOST: Called Lost because I lost over a hundred hours watching this Ponzi scheme that I will never get back
Why is LOST a Ponzi scheme? Because they gave you mysteries that you invested in, promised to pay you off with answers that never existed and then in order to distract you from the fact that upwards of 90% of their plot threads lead absolutely nowhere they offered you new little bits and pieces of intrigue each episode that also went unanswered. All this after their best writers left after the third season, and none of the cool stuff they introduced was ever addressed. The LOST finale was the biggest F U to an audience I have ever seen!
I am ashamed I bought into their diabolical plot to waste an hour of my week for five years and this is why I am never falling for any of the "next LOST" scams that similarly lead viewers on with no intention of paying off (I'm looking at you The Event and FlashForward)
Pirson Break is just a classic example of a quality story that was supposed to finish after one year but was a victim of its own popularity and was artificially extended into a second and third season. It got more and more absurd as time went on because it had nowhere else left to go. This makes it more forgivable than BeneLOST Arnold, but at least I was able to drop it after the third (ridiculous) season and not have to think about it again. I'm happy the two leads are now back together on The Flash as cool (pun intended) supervillains.
"Classics"
Chief Inspector Morse - just love, love John Thaw, and the way his char is both admirable and so imperfect.
This dramatization over-achieves the books, for characters. Amazing musical score (on classic side) and lovely cinematography. And... John Thaw.
Prime Suspect - this TV series is, IMO, the proof why Oscar statue is a glam popularity contest, and sure, exclusive, but so is heirdoom to any throne?
Simply: if I was to asked to retain but one performance by Helen Mirren, it would be DCI Tennison. The longitudinal evolution of the main characters in such TV series allow for depth, truth and intensity.
"Newbies"
Endeavour - being a major Morse fancier, I did not consider myself a natural Endeavour fan, but I am one, now.
I just finished binge watching the 3rd season of Barnwood Builders and I'm real excited about the start of the new season of Forged in Fire tonight.
I also like, in no particular order:
Tanked
Treehouse Masters
Flip or Flop
Counting Cars
Pawn Stars
American Pickers
Fast and Loud
Aerial America
Rehab Addict
Restaurant Impossible
River Monsters
I really enjoyed the Barbarians Rising miniseries. I had been seriously disappointed by Sons of Liberty and it was nice to see that the History Channel could still produce a dramatic series that didn't dip to far into fantasy land.
I take Twin Peaks & X-Files as sort of given - if not for anything else, then for all American originality, with a twist. When those "new clichés" are most typical.
Currently being produced: Endeavour - prequel to Inspector Morse. I also love Inspector Morse to distraction!
Hopefully to be produced once more: Prime Suspect. I know Helen Mirren has everything. Therefore IMO she should return as DCI Tennison, the best we have seen of her yet...
For period drama swooners, I'd recommend Poldark.
I think the lead man is too much of a pretty boy - the "Nivea Man type" when it could be, say, Harvey Keitel in Piano.
So, Poldark was injured to face in American independence war as the British imperial troops, the hygene and medical standards were awful - and he returns with a nicely tanned, wrinkle free, sexy-scar face? Gout was a problem in historic sea-faring, because of lack of fresh food and education - yet Poldark has a perfectly aligned, white teeth when he comes back across the ocean from his war hardships?
The point being: either you like his shirtless shots, or you are amused by a modern pin-up standard being sent to then destitute Cornwall... Win-win, I think!
all genres xD
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I've largely lost interest in many of the shows I used to like, the superhero shows on CW for instance. Blindspot also soured on me last season. I really like Seal Team. Hope that doesn't get axed. Then there's MacGyver, Hawaii Five-O, Big Bang Theory, not much else. Won't subscribe to streaming services.
Currently I'm watching Hunter x Hunter. I've heard great things about it, and while I don't think its quite lived up to that, I'm still really early in. I will say that it breaks most tropes of its genre in half.
Star Trek
Star Trek: The Next generation
Star Trek: Voyager
Firefly
Twilight Zone
Futurama
And I agree with @Shandyr about Battlestar Galactica.
In my house, we call it "Battlestar Depressica" because all the characters are horrible and only the worst things happen to any of them. In a really slow... boring... poorly edited way.