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[BMAN]

So I started watching Freaks & Geeks. Heard a lot of praise for this show and I'm really liking it. Unfortunately it got cancelled after one season. Has anyone else watched it?

 

[Soar]

So I started watching Freaks & Geeks. Heard a lot of praise for this show and I'm really liking it. Unfortunately it got cancelled after one season. Has anyone else watched it?

Yeah I loved it. I saw it when it first came on, I was pretty young but it was still awesome. I re-watched it a couple years ago.

Pretty sure anyone can relate to aspects of it. Plus almost everyone in the cast(among the kids) went on to do other things.

It is a classic to me.

 

[Andrew]

Did anyone manage to catch 'Silicon Valley' on HBO? Thoughts? I was impressed with the concept, but thought the execution lacked a little.

Love that show, the interaction with the guys is hilarious.

 

[Jack Brickman]

I definitely liked the second episode of The Strain better than the first. It still had plenty of cheesy moments, but overall I thought it worked much better. I really liked the added scene (not in the books) between Setrakian and Eichorst. I also like that they're apparently giving Eichorst a bigger role on the show. He was an interesting character in the books as one of the few vampires that were allowed to maintain their human personality, and it's nice to see more of him. Plus, who doesn't find the idea of Nazi vampires awesome?

 

[MattyFos.]

Started watching Grimm on Amazon Prime. It's a pretty cool concept with the fiarytale/crime genre. Nothing special but decent to have on in the background while I'm browsing RCF

 

[brownindian]

I definitely liked the second episode of The Strain better than the first. It still had plenty of cheesy moments, but overall I thought it worked much better. I really liked the added scene (not in the books) between Setrakian and Eichorst. I also like that they're apparently giving Eichorst a bigger role on the show. He was an interesting character in the books as one of the few vampires that were allowed to maintain their human personality, and it's nice to see more of him. Plus, who doesn't find the idea of Nazi vampires awesome?

Nice to see way more plot and lesser drama. I dont think the lead character and his family can play out the deeply emotional family issues story line and I do hope that the show showcases less of that. Episode 2 was a good upgrade from 1. I am surely keen for episode 3. As far as the Nazi Vampires go, They are cool but those German Nzai blokes in Dead Snow might not like you that much.

 

[Jack Brickman]

Nice to see way more plot and lesser drama. I dont think the lead character and his family can play out the deeply emotional family issues story line and I do hope that the show showcases less of that. Episode 2 was a good upgrade from 1. I am surely keen for episode 3. As far as the Nazi Vampires go, They are cool but those German Nzai blokes in Dead Snow might not like you that much.

Yeah Eph's family drama included a lot of the most annoying content in the books, but I was a fan of where they ultimately went with it.

I think the thing I like best about Eichorst is that the guy they cast is pretty much exactly how I envisioned him in the books, which is a rarity in adaptations. He's perfect for the part, although looking at his iMDB profile I feel a bit bad for the dude. It seems like he's been type-cast as a Nazi. :chuckles:

I think this show is going to excel in scenes with Setrakian. Walder Frey: Vampire Slayer is a show that I would totally watch. I also don't mind the guy who plays Eph when he's not busy being a wet blanket grumbling about his family or attending AA meetings. Thankfully, that shouldn't last much longer. I don't know what to think of the guy they cast as Fet (the exterminator guy) yet. He hasn't really had a lot to do aside from shut down a restaurant, but he's one of the best characters in the books so I'll withhold judgment until he has some more interesting shit to do.

 

[Andrew]

I thought The Strain was a completely new idea and not based on book until like the 2nd episode. Without any book spoilage, do you think Del Toro will and more importantly, can put the whole story in a 13 episode mini series, or do you see this, if picked up, a few seasons worth of material. I read there is 3 books, so I guess it could be 1 season per book.

 

[Jack Brickman]

I thought The Strain was a completely new idea and not based on book until like the 2nd episode. Without any book spoilage, do you think Del Toro will and more importantly, can put the whole story in a 13 episode mini series, or do you see this, if picked up, a few seasons worth of material. I read there is 3 books, so I guess it could be 1 season per book.

It's not a mini-series as far as I know. The series is based on three novels, so there's almost no way it could be done in just thirteen episodes, particularly at the pace they're currently moving at. At minimum, it would have to be three seasons, provided of course they mostly follow the plot from the books. Thus far, they're sticking pretty close. There are changes, but they are mostly inconsequential to the greater narrative, like the added scene between Setrakian and Eichorst (which was a great scene, but ultimately has no impact on the story other than being exposition for the viewers).

My guess would be three seasons. They could probably do four if they wanted to add a bunch of stuff after the second season. They could easily do this if they really wanted, as things get really interesting at that point and there is plenty of room to naturally expand the narrative before moving in for the final events of the series.

 

[Jack Brickman]

So the showrunner of Fargo on FX just detailed what the second season will be about:

Fargo got its “no duh” renewal Monday, with FX confirming that the second season would offer a new story and all new characters. But a Television Critics Association press tour session later in the day proved this wasn’t entirely true — Keith Carradine’s Lou Solverson, father of the great Molly Solverson, will return as the lead in Season 2, although as a 33-year-old in a different actor’s body. Solverson’s wife will still be alive, and mini-Molly will be 4 years old. The plot will unfold in 1979 in Luverne, Minnesota; Fargo, North Dakota; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota, a place where Lou once encountered bodies “stacked so high you could’ve climbed to the second floor.”

“That time period is interesting — post-Vietnam, post-Watergate,” said showrunner Noah Hawley, who wrote all 10 episodes of Season 1 but will work with four writers this time. “It was the best of America versus the worst of America. There was a sense this war had come home with people. Lou fought in Vietnam, came home and thought he’d left the war behind and here it is. It’s domestic now.” Hawley will pull inspiration from more Coen brothers movies, including 1990’s Miller’s Crossing and 2001’s The Man Who Wasn’t There. Hawley even went so far as to predict a subtitle for Season 2, tentatively calling it Fargo: Backlash. (Personally I like Fargo: It’s Domestic Now.)

Speaking of anthology series with colons and subtitles, Hawley isn’t into the idea of repurposing his actors in the way Ryan Murphy does with American Horror Story. Responding to a suggestion that Allison Tolman come back to play Molly’s mother, Hawley said the technique is “a brilliant turn on Ryan’s part, and he owns it — it would be imitative.” (It probably doesn’t help that both shows air on FX.) “Fargo demands a different level of realism,” said FX CEO John Landgraf. “No matter how unhinged and funny it is at times, it is intended to be pretty real, so I don’t think we felt like we could re-introduce those actors as new characters.”

Fargo will once again film in balmy Calgary, giving a whole new roster of performers the opportunity to talk to reporters about the weather in great detail. The possibility of bringing in more name-brand actors remains on the table. “Our most important element to our DNA is tone,” said executive producer Warren Littlefield. “That, ultimately, will be more important than the time of year and exact town and characters.” But a few Billy Bob Thornton/Martin Freeman/Bob Odenkirk–level stars wouldn’t hurt.

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[Ohio]

So I'm trying to think...is there a show (that's good) with a shittier finale than The Sopranos?

I mean, christ. What the fuck. I'd rather have seen Tony shot in the face.

 

[Nicky]

Oz had a much shittier ending.

 

[CornerThree]

Wah, Tony didn't get shot on screen

 

[Nicky]

You know Tony was wearing the same shirt he wore when Jr shot him?

The ending was purposely to make you come up with your own conclusion.

 

[Jack Brickman]

You know Tony was wearing the same shirt he wore when Jr shot him?

The ending was purposely to make you come up with your own conclusion.

I think that's a cop-out. The showrunner was telling a story and he cut it off before it ended, probably just to create controversy.

It was a shitty ending. People need to just accept that. Not the shittiest ending, as Lost still exists, but it's certainly not good.