Television

[TenderLovingKiller®]

As much as I love all the high-quality shows that have 6-12 episodes per season, I will always have a soft spot in my heart for the 20-something episode season with monster or case of the week episodes mixed in with a bigger arc. Or maybe I'm just still missing Fringe and Person of Interest a little.

X-Files.

 

[LeSamourai]

X-Files.

Monster of the Week champs.

 

[Hemotep]

Monster of the Week champs.

What got me into the first season of supernatural back when it first came on the air was that it felt like an xfiles style monster of the week and I missed those. Fringe kicked ass too.

 

[tvham]

This week's Black Bird was a rough f'kin watch. Damn.

Did they drop two episodes this week or was I one behind? I'm easily confused.

 

[tvham]

Am I the only one who didn't realize The Old Man had ended? Not the most satisfying finale. Enjoyed the season for sure though.

I loved the first 2 episodes, thought it lagged a bit in the middle but really enjoyed the final 2. I hope there's just one more season to tie things up, let's not drag it out.

 

[Hemotep]

Did they drop two episodes this week or was I one behind? I'm easily confused.

Spoiler: Spoiler

I think only one, but the conversation where some of the details of the rape and murder are finally shared was disturbing and tough to listen to.

 

[tvham]

Spoiler: Spoiler

I think only one, but the conversation where some of the details of the rape and murder are finally shared was disturbing and tough to listen to.

I think I'm an episode behind I just finished the prison riot episode
Will have to watch the next episode today!

 

[RenegadeMonster]

Watching Paper Girls on Prime. Getting slight stranger things vibes from this show.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Watching Paper Girls on Prime. Getting slight stranger things vibes from this show.

It’s a shame this is what a lot of people are probably gonna say about Paper Girls and maybe it doesn’t get picked up and turned into a TV Show if Stranger Things isn’t a runaway smash hit but The fantastic comic book that Papergirls is based on debuted at least a year prior to Stranger Things. It just hope they do a good job with it as the book is brilliant.

 

[nolalady]

So my wife and I were casually watching season 3 of Blown Away when she says, oh hey I made out with that dude’s brother 16 years ago….

This is great. The most I can say is that I used to work with the sister of the new lady on the local channel 8 news.

 

[Hhabelt]

It’s a shame this is what a lot of people are probably gonna say about Paper Girls and maybe it doesn’t get picked up and turned into a TV Show if Stranger Things isn’t a runaway smash hit but The fantastic comic book that Papergirls is based on debuted at least a year prior to Stranger Things.

This is exactly what I was thinking.

The first episode had a good feel.



Honestly, it probably wouldn't be all that difficult to wrap it up in a single season. Not important. We'll see.

 

[folsom_lives]

This is great. The most I can say is that I used to work with the sister of the new lady on the local channel 8 news.

If you watch the show it’s the lanky guy with “an engineering background”. My wife flamed him right after saying he dropped out after a year.

He fessed up later in the episode but it was hilarious hearing my wife roast somebody like that.

 

[EvanBenner]

Halfway into Paper Girls, and there's def some differences from the comic, but so far nothing that has turned me off.

My one cause for eyerolls has been the conspicuous product placement by Amazon. I remembered there being some chatter about filming in Chicago last fall, and sure enough we clocked one of our favorite neighborhood strips in episode 2 when Mac is riding her bike alone at night... right past an Amazon Books storefront.

On a funny note, that store was among Amazon's brick and mortar closures this March. Had to get that shot in though when the store's demise wasn't so certain I guess, even though the story takes place in and around Cleveland.

That said, really enjoying this cast. Ready to see where the second half of this goes. No regrets yet about contributing to early viewership numbers! I can't imagine they covered the whole comic series in just these 8 episodes.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

My one cause for eyerolls has been the conspicuous product placement by Amazon. I remembered there being some chatter about filming in Chicago last fall, and sure enough we clocked one of our favorite neighborhood strips in episode 2 when Mac is riding her bike alone at night... right past an Amazon Books storefront

Like watching shows on Apple tv. Everyone has a big iPhone 13

 

[Bennnnn]

I hate Amazon's product placement specifically cause it always feels jarringly out of place (also I just hate Amazon), like Homelander just scrolling on the Amazon app in the most recent season of The Boys.

 

[Jeff Lerner]

Am I the only one who didn't realize The Old Man had ended? Not the most satisfying finale. Enjoyed the season for sure though.

I had the same reaction after watching the finale, which I didn't know was the finale. For me, the season never lived up to the promise of the excellent pilot.

 

[Jeff Lerner]

X-Files.

I never watched X Files. Thinking about watching it with my kids (13, 10, 8). Would be interested to hear what other parents think.

 

[folsom_lives]

That series premiered when I was 9. I watched it because my older brother was 15 and I wanted to watch whatever he watched. My thoughts are:
1) Not sure it'll hold up against expectations for broader story arcs across seasons like you get in most prestige TV today.
2) There are a lot of episodes of that series that are genuinely gruesome/scary/dark. For example, the Tooms episode from early in the series made a particular impression on me when I was young, but S4E2 is very disturbing at any age. That one is probably the most infamous example.
3) Monster of the week stuff is fun to varying degrees but the overall mythology never amounts to anything. It's all nonsense and Carter never had any plan for where he wanted any of it go. If that's the stuff that interests you, you will end up baffled and disappointed.

You just unlocked a memory I thought I had buried. That scene where they are burying the deformed baby in the rain. I can't believe my parents let me watch that. Dark stuff.

 

[ranbalam]

I finally got around to watching What We Do in the Shadows...I'm finding it pretty damn hilarious. Only 3 episodes in, but this hits the spot.

 

[Gavaxeman]

That series premiered when I was 9. I watched it because my older brother was 15 and I wanted to watch whatever he watched. My thoughts are:
1) Not sure it'll hold up against expectations for broader story arcs across seasons like you get in most prestige TV today.
2) There are a lot of episodes of that series that are genuinely gruesome/scary/dark. For example, the Tooms episode from early in the series made a particular impression on me when I was young, but S4E2 is very disturbing at any age. That one is probably the most infamous example.
3) Monster of the week stuff is fun to varying degrees but the overall mythology never amounts to anything. It's all nonsense and Carter never had any plan for where he wanted any of it to go. If that's the stuff that interests you, you will end up baffled and disappointed.

The x files was really good for it’s time ..held it together really well until Duchovny started diving in and out ..