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The TV Thread (GoT spoilers)

QuincyAbeyie

Burnwinter wrote:
The actors are probably going to stay a problem though.

You think? Farrell, Kitsch, McAdams and Vaughn, while not McConaughey and Harrelson, are still better actors than most TV series are able to get.

Burnwinter

shrug I'll judge it based on watching it.

mags

True Detective - The acting was below standard, especially Farrell...Didn't expect much from Vaughn, McAdams held her own with her devilish character....
Does Farrell mumble his lines or is my hearing bad? 🙂

Meatwad

the backwoods louisiana story was more captivating at first, but less fulfilling inthe end. this is some city in la county (?) and it might take a while to heat up, but be more fulfilling in the end (hopefully).

jones

Meatwad wrote:
the backwoods louisiana story was more captivating at first, but less fulfilling inthe end. this is some city in la county (?) and it might take a while to heat up, but be more fulfilling in the end (hopefully).

Agree with this, the end was a letdown but I liked the Southern Noir setting especially in the first few episodes.

Qwiss

Burnwinter wrote:
Well Pizzolatto showed a deft touch with the first series, and it wasn't his first and only creative endeavour to date as I understand it (wrote a novel before that?)

I don't think the network would have green-lit a second season with this "anthology" format if he hadn't given them a workable premise. I'd say the theory episode one was exposition, and the plot will thicken, will turn out to be accurate. The actors are probably going to stay a problem though.

I think what we're seeing now is that Fukunaga was a major reason the first season worked. Plus the end of that last season was pretty terrible, I'm not sure Pizolatto is that good a writer.

invisibleman18

Been largely avoiding this thread as I'm way behind on Game of Thrones, but just started season 4 (2 episodes in). Glad to see Joffrey get what was coming to him though it was pretty gross. Kind of knew it was coming as it's a pretty difficult show to avoid spoilers for.

Also just started Fargo, although I haven't seen the film. Thought it might be a bit weird seeing Martin Freeman as American but guess it shows he's a quality actor that it wasn't at all. Some of the violence in the first episode was more graphic than I'd expected, assume there's lot's more to come.

Qwiss

Quincy Abeyie wrote:
Burnwinter wrote:
The actors are probably going to stay a problem though.

You think? Farrell, Kitsch, McAdams and Vaughn, while not McConaughey and Harrelson, are still better actors than most TV series are able to get.

I don't see that many worse TV actors than Vaughan TBH

goon

Can't stand Vaughan as a comedy actor, but for som reason I see him being better in a drama in the right role. Not started True Detective yet.

IBL

Farrell and Vaughn in a serious crime drama....really? it's like having Arnie and Stallone in a Western

It's better get good real soon

arsedocmd

Dunno if they can or try to beat the sexy quotient from season one. That was top notch.

Segway

otfgoon wrote:
Can't stand Vaughan as a comedy actor, but for som reason I see him being better in a drama in the right role. Not started True Detective yet.

I think he's a very good drama actor. Definitely looks like one of the coups of season 2 for me. He's a decent comedy actor too. Wes Mantooth is an epic character.

Burnwinter

Vince Vaughn has always been passable as a dramatic actor. Terrible in comedies I reckon.

Been watching a bit of the Daredevil TV series over the weekend. Finding it enjoyable, D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk is absolutely laughable in a good way. I prefer this version of Fisk to the Michael Clarke Duncan version.

That said, I'm about halfway through the season and it feels as if the pace is slackening off a bit too much. The use of flashbacks to humanise Fisk in the last episode I watched was clumsy and definitely counted as too much exposition for my taste: the character feels over-explained now.

Qwiss

The pace picks up towards the end and I thought overall they made Fisk a very compelling character. Compare him to the villain in any Marvel movie thats not Thor. I'll take over explanation to barely mattering any time.

Burnwinter

No doubt! Cosigned.

Still think there's better ways to develop a character than a seriously vulgar-Freudian flashback to childhood, but your point's well made.

RocktheCasbah

Humans... anyone? Anyone?

Irishgunner

I finished the American version of the office last night, absolutely loved it 🙂

Mirth

RocktheCasbah wrote:
Humans... anyone? Anyone?

Seen adverts for it on the buses - any good?

RocktheCasbah

Yeah, a bit Blade Runner, a bit Terminator, a bit funny and very odd.

I am. Enjoying. It.

invisibleman18

Anyone stuck with Under the Dome? Started season 3 last night, bit weird where it seems to be going. Haven't read the book so don't know how it compares but after 2 seasons I assume it's gone beyond the book now.

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