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Started by Eddie Teach, March 06, 2011, 09:29:27 AM

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Gups

Happy Valley is excellent. Shame we are now on the final series. In a similar vain, I'm catching up on Sherwood - set in the current day but around festering resentments arising from the miners' strike in Nottinghamshire. Very good.

Also impressed with the first episode of the Last of Us.

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Finished Wednesday. Formulaic but entertaining.
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HVC

The last of us had a great first episode. It's also a showcase of why staying close to the source material for a popular title works.
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Quote from: HVC on January 17, 2023, 04:27:04 PMThe last of us had a great first episode. It's also a showcase of why staying close to the source material for a popular title works.

Yeah not familiar with source material but that pilot episode was very good. Hope it keeps up
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Syt

Quote from: HVC on January 17, 2023, 04:27:04 PMThe last of us had a great first episode. It's also a showcase of why staying close to the source material for a popular title works.

Isn't that kinda common in Japan? Several games seem to have animes that are basically just a re-telling of the game (e.g. I first heard about Valkyrie Chronicles or Steins:Gate and a few others as anime, not as games).
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Quote from: HVC on January 17, 2023, 04:27:04 PMThe last of us had a great first episode. It's also a showcase of why staying close to the source material for a popular title works.

Season 2 is going to be a blast, then  :P

Josquius

Quote from: Syt on January 18, 2023, 02:43:08 AM
Quote from: HVC on January 17, 2023, 04:27:04 PMThe last of us had a great first episode. It's also a showcase of why staying close to the source material for a popular title works.

Isn't that kinda common in Japan? Several games seem to have animes that are basically just a re-telling of the game (e.g. I first heard about Valkyrie Chronicles or Steins:Gate and a few others as anime, not as games).

I've been tempted by Neir Automata since I'll likely never get time to play it. So much hate from fans though.
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Started on Stowaway. But the main character is an unlikable criminal, so I quit after a couple of minutes since I won't care what happpens to her.
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Eddie Teach

Quote from: The Brain on January 18, 2023, 01:19:42 PMStarted on Stowaway. But the main character is an unlikable criminal, so I quit after a couple of minutes since I won't care what happpens to her.

Does this mean you didn't watch Seinfeld?  :huh:
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'January 6th'  - an excellent documentary of the day, from the POV of police and members of congress.
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Quote from: Eddie Teach on January 20, 2023, 09:10:40 AM
Quote from: The Brain on January 18, 2023, 01:19:42 PMStarted on Stowaway. But the main character is an unlikable criminal, so I quit after a couple of minutes since I won't care what happpens to her.

Does this mean you didn't watch Seinfeld?  :huh:
I never did.  Nor Friends.  The only post 90s US sitcom I watched was The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.


EDIT:
post 1990.
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Quote from: viper37 on January 20, 2023, 11:02:25 AM
Quote from: Eddie Teach on January 20, 2023, 09:10:40 AM
Quote from: The Brain on January 18, 2023, 01:19:42 PMStarted on Stowaway. But the main character is an unlikable criminal, so I quit after a couple of minutes since I won't care what happpens to her.

Does this mean you didn't watch Seinfeld?  :huh:
I never did.  Nor Friends.  The only post 90s US sitcom I watched was The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.


The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990-1996) is post 90s?  :huh:

Maybe it took awhile for it to get to Canada.
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Quote from: Valmy on January 20, 2023, 01:28:49 PM
Quote from: viper37 on January 20, 2023, 11:02:25 AM
Quote from: Eddie Teach on January 20, 2023, 09:10:40 AM
Quote from: The Brain on January 18, 2023, 01:19:42 PMStarted on Stowaway. But the main character is an unlikable criminal, so I quit after a couple of minutes since I won't care what happpens to her.

Does this mean you didn't watch Seinfeld?  :huh:
I never did.  Nor Friends.  The only post 90s US sitcom I watched was The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.


The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990-1996) is post 90s?  :huh:

Maybe it took awhile for it to get to Canada.

No, he just has his timing off.  We got network US TV, even then.

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Dubs were slower to show up in that time than now tho. In the 90s, we were about a season behind.

It still is the case when it comes to Network tv. Only the streaming platforms really made them simultaneous.
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crazy canuck

Quote from: Grey Fox on January 20, 2023, 02:07:30 PMDubs were slower to show up in that time than now tho. In the 90s, we were about a season behind.

It still is the case when it comes to Network tv. Only the streaming platforms really made them simultaneous.


OK, but the show ended around the mid 90s.