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ayayrawn said:
This article is smarmy and accusitory, but it hasn't been officially cancelled, it's been put on hold while David Fincher starts work on movies again.
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Yeah, a shitty blow for Netflix after a pile of their own cancellations, but it’s ending on Fincher’s terms as far as I’m concerned. He’s onto making his Citizen Kane biopic and over the FBI. Beyond that, the delay in seasons proved he’s obviously not able to hit the pace needed to maintain this as a proper show with his notoriously meticulous working method. Even though he doesn’t direct every episode he’s heavily involved in the day to day of the show, much more than House of Cards where he passed the baton early on.

This is the downside of auteur TV, most auteurs don’t want to stick around for more than a season or two, and replacing them almost always results in a major dip in quality (see True Detective Season 2). In all honeslty I’m glad Netflix is sticking by Fincher as a creator and willing to let him blow up one of their bigger hits to keep him happy.
 
Clint Howard said:
I'd typically agree with you but they wouldn't cancel the actor's contracts (or not renew them) if they had any intention of really continuing it.
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Yeah that’s the thing...it’s not really cancelled, but it certainly doesn’t give me any hope of it continuing. There was already a pretty long gap between seasons 1 and 2 and now this. Does Fincher hold enough sway at Netflix to just tell them whenever it is he’s ready to come back? I don’t know.


anyway, Mindhunter was/is one of my favorite shows. it hit everything I love so well.
 
Bennnnn said:
Yeah that’s the thing...it’s not really cancelled, but it certainly doesn’t give me any hope of it continuing. There was already a pretty long gap between seasons 1 and 2 and now this. Does Fincher hold enough sway at Netflix to just tell them whenever it is he’s ready to come back? I don’t know.


anyway, Mindhunter was/is one of my favorite shows. it hit everything I love so well.
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I really wanna make a Rupert Murchoch comment related to Anna and how he could basically save it but who tf knows anymore.
 
dhodo said:
Anyone enjoy Sex Education? Didn't realize season 2 got added to Netflix this weekend.
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Finished season 2 last night and I have to say I'm impressed they kept the quality and didn't turn the show into something like The OC. Unless it's less realistic that season 1 (wait til you se the Romeo and Juliet they make -which school has that budget for a play!?), it has some very nice moments. some secondary characters, like Adam's mom, become more important.
And Gillian Anderson in a jumpsuit is EVERYTHING.
 
Teeeee said:
Anyone watching The Outsider on HBO? I haven't read the book so I have zero expectation. So far, it's interesting. I was a bit shocked by the end of episode 1. And from the preview of episode 3, it looks like the story takes a left turn.
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This is actually a show I want to start watching since I just finished Watchmen. But I got too caught up in The New Pope and don't have a ton of time to watch a lot of shows that I need to watch with no kids around.
 
tvham said:
I’ve seen the first three episodes and while it’s not a genre I normally search out, I really like it.
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I will watch episode 3 tonight. Does it get scary? Cause I can't handle scary.

And

Does Jason Bateman appear in episode 3? I was quite surprised he was killed off in episode 1.
 
Teeeee said:
I will watch episode 3 tonight. Does it get scary? Cause I can't handle scary.

And

Does Jason Bateman appear in episode 3? I was quite surprised he was killed off in episode 1.
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It’s very suspenseful, not sure I’d say scary but YMMV. As for your spoiler, I don’t want to answer that! 😀
 
Waitressboy said:
Finished season 2 last night and I have to say I'm impressed they kept the quality and didn't turn the show into something like The OC. Unless it's less realistic that season 1 (wait til you se the Romeo and Juliet they make -which school has that budget for a play!?), it has some very nice moments. some secondary characters, like Adam's mom, become more important.
And Gillian Anderson in a jumpsuit is EVERYTHING.
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I am also enjoying it as much as last season so far.

I've only made it as far as rehearsals for R&J but the notion that a super smart tutor for other subjects can just quickly tutor someone to be good at acting definitely got an eyeroll from me!
 
Teeeee said:
Anyone watching The Outsider on HBO? I haven't read the book so I have zero expectation. So far, it's interesting. I was a bit shocked by the end of episode 1. And from the preview of episode 3, it looks like the story takes a left turn.
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Haven't started it yet but looking forward to it. I read the book and it definitely takes a left turn!

Highly recommend the Mr Mercedes show too which just wrapped up after three seasons and was also based on Stephen King novels. Some of the characters cross over from those earlier books into The Outsider and the show is equally liberal with its genre definition between pure hard boiled detective and supernatural. And Brendan Gleeson is fantastic in it.
 
Mr Moore said:
Haven't started it yet but looking forward to it. I read the book and it definitely takes a left turn!

Highly recommend the Mr Mercedes show too which just wrapped up after three seasons and was also based on Stephen King novels. Some of the characters cross over from those earlier books into The Outsider and the show is equally liberal with its genre definition between pure hard boiled detective and supernatural. And Brendan Gleeson is fantastic in it.
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King scares the bejeezus out of me so I don't read a lot of him. Which is a compliment actually - that he writes so well that he can get under my skin and scare me with just written word. I did read the first chapter or so of Mr. Mercedes and found it very compelling. But got scared that it would scare me so I stopped. Which is also how I'm approaching the show The Outsider. I'm fully aware that I may abandon it at the first moment of scariness on the teeeee scary scale. But so far, it's just eery and tense, not scary.
 
Teeeee said:
You nailed it. I don't mind the musical numbers because it relieves my anxiety in that moment. But yeah, she's really just not likeable. And it makes me uncomfortable with myself over that opinion because am I not liking her because of her illness (I sure hope not) or because she's just not a likeable character? Lol

She attempts to commit suicide at the end of S2, so thus far, S3 is about that and also possibly committing her. It just isn't fun and the show is supposed to be comedic. Kudos to a show for not shying away from such topics. But something about it is just not sitting right with me.
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Looping this back to CEG for a second. I agree with your take completely. I felt guilty for not liking her character, but in reality I think it's less that she does shitty things because she's battling mental illness and more that she's just a shitty person who also happens to be battling mental illness.

But yeah, I guess their budget got consistently cut season after season, which is why the quality dropped. It was especially noticeable during the musical numbers, which is unfortunate because that's basically the whole reason I watched towards the end.

My wife and I still sing "HAVING A FEW PEOPLE OVER" and dance around our house on the regular.
 
Found out I was entitled to a free year of Apple TV because I bought a Series 3 discounted watch at the Apple store recently. Glad I did. "Little America" is a fantastic, charming, thought provoking series. I'm through 5 of the 8 episodes and i'm savoring them.
 
I've been catching up with some shows I missed during the last year and I really enjoyed 2 shows I don't think I've seen mentioned here:
Back To Life and Mr. Inbetween. Back To Life is especially amazing and I highly recommend it.

I've also just started Everything's Gonna Be Okay, I'm so glad to have a new show from Josh Thomas!
@Teeeee @TenderLovingKiller® If I remember correctly you were fans of Please Like Me, have you been watching this?
 
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