Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

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Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

Post by Rusty » Tue Sep 21, 2021 4:12 pm

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Kevin Can F*** Himself (Prime)
Just binge watched the first season (I think..it seemed to stop in a weird place). But wow, that was weird.
I do like how they've managed to make me think Kevin is a master manipulator but then switch back to thinking Allison is the master manipulator, then back again several times. Very clever.
Plus I have decided that Annie Murphy is quite hot :)
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Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

Post by Animalmother » Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:47 am

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Squid Game
South Korean show on Netflix about a down on his luck dip shit that gets roped into a survival game. Bit slow to start but loving it so far.
If I may be so bold as to quote myself...

Finished this last night at it's really great. A better description might be in order. A large group of financially screwed people take part in a battle royale style game to win a fuck ton of cash. It being Korean it gets pretty messy and messed up. The games get more and more cruel as the players are whittled down. Visually it's very striking and unique looking. There will be an inevitable US remake no doubt.
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Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

Post by arqueturus » Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:43 pm

I've been watching Korean TV a fair bit lately. Overall, I'm fairly impressed, they seem to marry outlandish plots with some really good acting which raises things far above what the plot line would seem to indicate.They also have a knack of throwing in humour (that works) at unexpected moments.

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Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

Post by Sly Boots » Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:26 pm

Animalmother wrote:
Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:47 am
Animalmother wrote:
Mon Sep 20, 2021 11:28 pm
Squid Game
South Korean show on Netflix about a down on his luck dip shit that gets roped into a survival game. Bit slow to start but loving it so far.
If I may be so bold as to quote myself...

Finished this last night at it's really great. A better description might be in order. A large group of financially screwed people take part in a battle royale style game to win a fuck ton of cash. It being Korean it gets pretty messy and messed up. The games get more and more cruel as the players are whittled down. Visually it's very striking and unique looking. There will be an inevitable US remake no doubt.
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Watched the first couple tonight, enjoying it so far!

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Post by Sly Boots » Mon Sep 27, 2021 8:20 pm

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Watched the first couple tonight, enjoying it so far!
I just spent an hour watching people play marbles and now I feel like I've been kicked in the guts. ALL the feels :(

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Post by Animalmother » Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:23 pm

Sly Boots wrote:
Mon Sep 27, 2021 8:20 pm
Sly Boots wrote:
Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:26 pm
Watched the first couple tonight, enjoying it so far!
I just spent an hour watching people play marbles and now I feel like I've been kicked in the guts. ALL the feels :(
True, it was really dark at that point.

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Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

Post by Sly Boots » Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:34 pm

Animalmother wrote:
Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:23 pm
Sly Boots wrote:
Mon Sep 27, 2021 8:20 pm
Sly Boots wrote:
Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:26 pm
Watched the first couple tonight, enjoying it so far!
I just spent an hour watching people play marbles and now I feel like I've been kicked in the guts. ALL the feels :(
True, it was really dark at that point.
One of the best episodes of any series I've seen, and I mean that.

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Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

Post by Animalmother » Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:22 pm

The next episode "VIPS" has some of the worst acting I've seen in a tv show in a long time. I don't know how that happened in such a well made show.

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Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

Post by Sly Boots » Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:33 pm

Animalmother wrote:
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The next episode "VIPS" has some of the worst acting I've seen in a tv show in a long time. I don't know how that happened in such a well made show.
Lol, yeah, just seen that one. A lot of the IMDB comments, from people who love the show otherwise, say that was the low point for them. It's... not good. Bafflingly so.

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Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

Post by Raid » Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:15 pm

Sly Boots wrote:
Mon Sep 27, 2021 8:20 pm
Sly Boots wrote:
Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:26 pm
Watched the first couple tonight, enjoying it so far!
I just spent an hour watching people play marbles and now I feel like I've been kicked in the guts. ALL the feels :(
Fucking hell, this.

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Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

Post by Sly Boots » Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:40 pm

Raid wrote:
Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:15 pm
Sly Boots wrote:
Mon Sep 27, 2021 8:20 pm
Sly Boots wrote:
Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:26 pm
Watched the first couple tonight, enjoying it so far!
I just spent an hour watching people play marbles and now I feel like I've been kicked in the guts. ALL the feels :(
Fucking hell, this.
I know, right? :(

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Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

Post by Alan » Thu Oct 07, 2021 5:00 pm

Midnight Mass
That was really great! Another well done Flanagan joint. Recommend it.
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Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

Post by Sly Boots » Thu Oct 07, 2021 5:18 pm

Alan wrote:
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Midnight Mass
That was really great! Another well done Flanagan joint. Recommend it.
Second time I've had that recommended to me, going to put it on the shortlist...

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Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

Post by Raid » Fri Oct 08, 2021 9:36 pm

So I finished Squid Game this evening. It's good overall, but I knew from early on that the translation supposedly isn't great (there was a headline on Reddit I think a few days back) which I think coloured my impression somewhat. It's all really well acted and shot, but the ending left me a bit cold. Massive spoilers follow:
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I think I twigged that the old chap (I'm sorry, I can't remember a single character name with the exception of Gi Hun) had more to him than just being another player right from the start. It was that gleeful look on his face during Red Light Green Light that suggested he wasn't being affected by the game the same way as everyone else. Even so, I didn't think much of his reveal in the last episode, it just felt like a bait and switch - the end of the marbles episode was a real gut punch and reveal that he was still alive just took away from that a bit (although everything else in that episode stood strongly).

But fucking hell, the reveal that Sang-woo had stabbed Sae-byeok (I looked them up) in the neck as she lay dying in her bed made me yell at the TV. I should have seen it coming really, but I just wasn't expecting something that utterly heartless.
Do we think there's another series coming?

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Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

Post by Sly Boots » Fri Oct 08, 2021 9:45 pm

Raid wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 9:36 pm
Do we think there's another series coming?
I would say definitely, given the ending. I'm expecting it to be Gi Hun trying to take it down from within somehow, but not sure it will be as compelling.

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