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oojason said:

ChainsawAsh said:

Game of Thrones - anyone else feel like this season is the show on fast-forward? They should’ve stuck with two 10-episode seasons to even out the pacing instead of this weird 7- and 6-episode final seasons business.

Unfortunately that wasn’t possible given the technical and proficiency aspects of filming due to the stories told this season (20+ locations in 5 countries with several units) - plus the contractual aspects of the cast and crew (mainly time available)…

They had little option but to reduce the number of episodes - yet lengthen those episode run-times so in essence it is an eight episode season (fewer scenes apparently ended up on the cutting room floor for this season than previous helps).

I’m skeptical of this explanation. In previous seasons that’s kept them to the 10 maximum but there’s nothing new this season about the various locations and scheduling headaches that would require 3 less episodes. Only thing I can think of is their weather excuse (Winter being here and all) but that’s kinda silly because A) we haven’t seen much sign of winter outside of the North, and B) rarely are shows/films shot during the proper season (movie magic and all).

I think the real thing that happened was the show runners only wanted to do seven seasons, which meant that they had to jam pack the final/seventh season with a bunch of wrap up stuff. However two problems arose in that they had a 13 episode final season mapped out, but it was not feasible to shoot a 13 episode single season, and HBO wanted to stretch it out another year. So the season was split in two, and instead of taking the chance to look at how they could further flesh out their planned, rushed final 13 episodes and expand them into 20 (or hell, even 18 or 16), they probably got a bit cocky and thought “nope our plan is perfect, we don’t need anymore than that.”

Speculation but it seems to me to be the case.

I think it had to do with a compromise between HBO wanting at least two more years, there not being enough material for 20 episodes (which I’m skeptical of), and renegotiated actors’ contracts with higher per-episode salaries.

But that’s all speculation with little to back it up.

Actors’ contracts is definitely a consideration, though this is a show where no character appears in every episode.

Also, 10 episodes would mean a whole other month that people would subscribe to HBO than if it were just 6.

The idea that the show runners are floating that the show had to be exactly 73 hours, no more, no less, is ridiculous. Somethings in the first few seasons took forever (how long did it take Bran to get where he was going, or Daenerys?) whereas in last weeks episode

Tryion goes from the battlefield, to Dragonstone, to King’s Landing, and then back to Dragonstone, while Gendry appears for the first time in four seasons in King’s Landing and then is beyond the Wall before the hour is up (and those two examples are just the tip of the iceberg).

The Defenders.

Alright. Better than the back half of Luke Cage or the two episodes of Iron Fist I put myself through. The Hand are getting old, I hope we’re done with them now.

It basically functions as Daredevil season 3 guest starring Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Danny Rand, and friends, though, as opposed to its own thing like The Avengers did.

I’m still on the fence about Elektra, both from DD S2 and Defenders. Then again, I’ve never been a fan of the character, so I’m not sure if I expected her Netflix treatment to make me like her or not. I will admit that it may have something to do with how much Matt and Elektra’s relationship reminds me of mine with someone else (also doesn’t help that Elodie Yung looks so very similar to her), which isn’t super pleasant, but I dunno.

The best part about it for me was Jessica Jones, which isn’t much of a surprise since JJ S1 is still far and away my favorite of the Marvel Netflix shows to date. Krysten Ritter was on point the whole time, even if the writing was iffy now and again. (These team-up movies and shows seem to rely a little too heavily on quippy dialogue IMO, but Ritter sells it better than the rest.)

Finally, no spoilers, but I was pretty disappointed in Sigourney Weaver. She did as well a job as could be expected, but she was wasted on an incredibly boring villain.

But the pacing was better than most Marvel Netflix offerings, even if the last episode felt rushed, and I found myself enjoying it through to the end, despite the issues I had with it.

2.5 faceless ninjas out of 4.

(Also, why was The Hand going to destroy New York again? Didn’t seem necessary given what their goal ended up being…)

Has anyone else been watching Ken Burns Vietnam? If so, what do you think of it?

It is good so far, but I didn’t understand why in episode 1 when they were talking about the history of Vietnam from the 1800’s to the 1950’s, they interspersed it with quick bits of soldiers and other people talking about things that happened to them in battle and whatnot during the war itself. It felt awkward and out of place. I think those things should have been saved for when the documentary got the war itself.

I’ve watched the first five episodes of Firefly. I like it, but wish there was more cultural flavour amongst the disparate human planets.

DuracellEnergizer said:

I’ve watched the first five episodes of Firefly. I like it, but

I stopped reading right there. There is no “but” when it comes to Firefly unless it has to do with its cancellation.

TV’s Frink said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

I’ve watched the first five episodes of Firefly. I like it, but

I stopped reading right there. There is no “but” when it comes to Firefly unless it has to do with its cancellation.

If it’s any consolation, it’s only a small complaint about aesthetics.

Comrade Detective 2017

watched the first episode last night. decent commedy, but i am glad to know it is only 6 episodes, as i would it will make it an easier decision to watch more of it. if it was longer than that, i would probably stop watching now.
7/10

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comrade_Detective
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-comrade-detective-review-20170805-story.html

Watched all of FARGO. Season 1 and especially Two I really liked. Might need to rewatch Season Three. Currently rewatching Reilly: Ace of Spies, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy + Smiley’s People, RED DWARF I-XI, Black Adder, Mr. Bean, The IT Crowd, HUMANS (can’t wait for season 3), and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Been recommended The Wire, Game of Thrones, Blake’s 7, and tons more.

I watched the second season of Stranger Things today.

The wait was long and agonizing, but well worth it.

9.5/10

oojason said:

season 3 of of Mr Robot has been most intriguing so far - with a return to some humour in it’s social commentary on the state of politics in the world right now… 😃

I only just started season 3 but I hope that it returns to more of what season one was. Season 2 just got too involved. Season one had a nice purity of plot.

^Just saw the puppet Trump part of ep3. I love it.

Every angry video game nerd video thus far. Loved it. I remember some of those games from my grandmas house growing up (No I’m not THAT young but my grandma had a NES with a few good “name brand” games and a shitload of other random sometimes good sometimes crappy third party games that i imagine she bought wholesale at a flea market for the kids to play with) and some of the bad games I remember. I had Simons quest, karate kid, Milosz secret castle and other games he did famous reviews on.