Hoping the writing is better or they cut every scene that isn't inside the kitchen or barry allen white by himself
By bud Go To Postmost tv shows, even the really good ones, feel like a tv show, but every now and then one comes along that feels like cinema.🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼
succession is one of those shows.
the writing, the cinematography, the music, the acting; everything is sensational.
what a finale, lads.
brian cox is incredible.
on to season two.
By FortuneFaded Go To PostOnly nowadays?
No idea.
By WoodenLung Go To Postgot bored of succession halfway through season 2. was decent enough. but it was no mad men and a few of the characters were starting to just annoy me, felt like too much of a time sink to keep going. especially that dumb bitch getting kendall was annoying. when he started with the meth it just felt so fucking dumb. greg, and logan though, true chads.
i'm actually halfway through season two now.
ep5: the deal with the pearces has been made
how could you get bored of it wtf.
it's so fucking good, man.
"uh, would you like to hear my favourite passage from shakespeare?"
cox...
gregory is hilarious. he will rule over the empire by the end of the series imho.
By Not Go To Postthe fact that Niles wants nothing to do with it says everything I need to hearDoesn't he have cancer?
The problems were myriad from the start. After Mark Patch (a veteran visual-effects technician with a long list of credits including Tenet, 2016’s Ghostbusters, and Starz’s American Gods) was offered a short-term position working on VFX for a Marvel series on Disney+, he says the studio balked at paying him his going rate — demanding to first see a pay stub from his work on Tenet proving his market value, then undershooting Patch’s quote by several hundred dollars a week. Then came the nondisclosure instructions he says were issued by Marvel’s VFX and postproduction president Victoria Alonso and staff VFX producer Jen Underdahl in a telephone meeting, requiring that Patch keep his employment at the company a secret and avoid any social-media posts that might indicate he was affiliated with a Marvel Cinematic Universe project. “I was like, ‘Okay, I can’t even tell my family where I am?’” he recalls. “What is this — the Manhattan Project?!”Mahvel baby
Then there was the job itself. While an average feature-length superhero or sci-fi movie might have 1,600 visual effects, he says this ten-hour show (which he cannot specifically name per a nondisclosure agreement he signed) would require around 3,000 VFX shots to be completed on a much shorter timeline. Nonetheless, feature-quality work was expected, which could include anything from replacing actors’ faces to rendering entire CG sequences from scratch. Confronted with the prospect of what he was told would be 18-hour days, seven days a week, for three months straight, Patch walked away from the contract. “They said, ‘Okay, well, do you want a job on our next show?’ And I said, ‘No.’” (Marvel Studios declined to comment on Patch’s story and declined to make Alonso and Underdahl available to speak.)
https://www.vulture.com/2023/01/inside-the-vfx-union-brewing-in-hollywood.html
I couldn't even finish 1 episode of Rick & Morty's new season
What the fuck happened
And apparently Rick marries Morty (a kid)
What the fuck happened
And apparently Rick marries Morty (a kid)
By Yurtlicious Go To PostAnd apparently Rick marries Morty (a kid)Not the most problematic thing concerning Rick & Morty at the moment
By Yurtlicious Go To PostI couldn't even finish 1 episode of Rick & Morty's new seasonThis season was a return to form imo
What the fuck happened
And apparently Rick marries Morty (a kid)
Sounds like Roiland largely showed up to hop in the vocal booth and then bounce
By Frustrated_me Go To PostI'm hyped about The Last of Us, been saying HBO doesn't miss.
the season 2 finale of succession, lad.
mashallah.
last of us thread: https://slaent.com/thread/2533028/
By bud Go To Postthe season 2 finale of succession, lad.Feverously living through your posts as you advance through the seasons, what a show.
mashallah.
Being in bed for most of the weekend allowed me to finish Andor, and yeah, that was actually really good. With tons of new shows going 6-8 eps, this really doesn't feel its length at 12. Show is perfectly split into two 6 ep. halves. It leads up to the heist, executes it, and then deals with the consequences for all involved in the story and reaches far into the other corners it has been establishing.
The premise might feel fresh and new to Star Wars, but really, the questions of how does the empire operate at such a scale? the bureaucracy behind it, how do the megaprojects get built? how do these impossible borders get patrolled? are actually very old and dull imo. Fans have debated that shit for a long time and the outcome were always dumb expanded universe discussions that end up over-explaining a very simple and boring setting based on very simple ideas of good and evil, magic wizards and things that go boom. Some things really don't need to be explained.
Of course, you can tell any story you want in there (not that fans want that, and it has always been a fan-driven thing), but there's a reason something like Mandalorian, a dusty border town serial made up of one-off adventures (for how long that lasted, sadly) had more of a SW feeling and atmosphere to it while trying to skirt the edges. To this show's full credit tho, they navigate the bowels of the imperial beast superbly, and this happens because they are more interested in telling compelling stories about characters living double lives inside a ginormous fascist complex, and the logistics that go behind living those lives than they are actually interested in revering or masturbating the IP.
Thematically it touches on those very basic SW ideas of good, evil, power and freedom, but grounds it enough in much more closer to home social constructs that it supersedes the necessity for lightsword and magic wielding heroic figures and settles for more inspiring and nefarious homologues that hit closer to the human experience. It still happens to provide copious amount of fantasy escapism, which makes the much somber tone not cross the line into just boring drama. In the end, its weakest link is actually still the Star Wars connection all things considered. I still cackle every time there's a scene inside a Senator's party where people talk about Palpy like a real political figure and not a hilarious, lightning wielding, fun supervillain.
This show is the kind of kick in the arse Star Wars needed, especially when Mandalorian already did a full round trip into just being a setup for a dozen other things and all the other crap like Boba and Obi (which I didn't see but I'm sure they sucked) is just treading old, stale water. We know how Andor ends, we already have the movie sequel to it, which is also the prequel to the sequels of the prequels we already saw a million times ages ago, but while the show remains centered into really exploring the lives, shades and states of mind of these characters, thieves, serfs, drones, rebels, cogs, bricklayers, bankers and petty officers, it will certainly be the much more interesting and memorable corner of that fucking galaxy.
4/5
The premise might feel fresh and new to Star Wars, but really, the questions of how does the empire operate at such a scale? the bureaucracy behind it, how do the megaprojects get built? how do these impossible borders get patrolled? are actually very old and dull imo. Fans have debated that shit for a long time and the outcome were always dumb expanded universe discussions that end up over-explaining a very simple and boring setting based on very simple ideas of good and evil, magic wizards and things that go boom. Some things really don't need to be explained.
Of course, you can tell any story you want in there (not that fans want that, and it has always been a fan-driven thing), but there's a reason something like Mandalorian, a dusty border town serial made up of one-off adventures (for how long that lasted, sadly) had more of a SW feeling and atmosphere to it while trying to skirt the edges. To this show's full credit tho, they navigate the bowels of the imperial beast superbly, and this happens because they are more interested in telling compelling stories about characters living double lives inside a ginormous fascist complex, and the logistics that go behind living those lives than they are actually interested in revering or masturbating the IP.
Thematically it touches on those very basic SW ideas of good, evil, power and freedom, but grounds it enough in much more closer to home social constructs that it supersedes the necessity for lightsword and magic wielding heroic figures and settles for more inspiring and nefarious homologues that hit closer to the human experience. It still happens to provide copious amount of fantasy escapism, which makes the much somber tone not cross the line into just boring drama. In the end, its weakest link is actually still the Star Wars connection all things considered. I still cackle every time there's a scene inside a Senator's party where people talk about Palpy like a real political figure and not a hilarious, lightning wielding, fun supervillain.
This show is the kind of kick in the arse Star Wars needed, especially when Mandalorian already did a full round trip into just being a setup for a dozen other things and all the other crap like Boba and Obi (which I didn't see but I'm sure they sucked) is just treading old, stale water. We know how Andor ends, we already have the movie sequel to it, which is also the prequel to the sequels of the prequels we already saw a million times ages ago, but while the show remains centered into really exploring the lives, shades and states of mind of these characters, thieves, serfs, drones, rebels, cogs, bricklayers, bankers and petty officers, it will certainly be the much more interesting and memorable corner of that fucking galaxy.
4/5
Tom and Greg might be my favourite part of the show.
I also love that Tom is a Crockett and Jones man, like James Bond and myself.
I also love that Tom is a Crockett and Jones man, like James Bond and myself.
as a non-native speaker i couldn't tell at all that Tom is british and Shiv is australian. was surreal to hear an interview with both of them.
The American accent isn't even that great
literal acting geniuses having to debase themselves to get a check
literal acting geniuses having to debase themselves to get a check
like imagine if they made Murray Bartlett American in the White Lotus. the show becomes 50% worse instantly
Succession's S3 finale was very good! And saved the best to the very last shot
I still don't like the writing and soap opera tropes lol and apparently there's a bit of improv going on? But I realize I'm in the minority here, I mean, it won awards.
I still don't like the writing and soap opera tropes lol and apparently there's a bit of improv going on? But I realize I'm in the minority here, I mean, it won awards.
By Not Go To Postlike imagine if they made Murray Bartlett American in the White Lotus. the show becomes 50% worse instantlyWhat a fucking performance, he carried S1.
White Lotus, Andor, The Last Of Us, Succession, Severance, House of the Dragon, Invincible, Rick and Morty, The Boys, Euphoria, etc.
What a time to be watching TV, so many good shows, I love it.
What a time to be watching TV, so many good shows, I love it.
By Yurtlicious Go To PostSuccession's S3 finale was very good! And saved the best to the very last shot.
you're faster than i am!
co-written by the same dude behind succession. hilarious movie. gandolfini's in it, too.
and obviously, you should also check four lions if you haven't already.
By Frustrated_me Go To PostWhite Lotus, Andor, The Last Of Us, Succession, Severance, House of the Dragon, Invincible, Rick and Morty, The Boys, Euphoria, etc.You forgot Yellowstone
What a time to be watching TV, so many good shows, I love it.
Ngl I'd include Wednesday lol
Loved Four Lions!
By bud Go To Postyou're faster than i am!I've heard of In The Loop, looks fucking brilliant. Peter Capaldi AND Gandolfini 😳
co-written by the same dude behind succession. hilarious movie. gandolfini's in it, too.
and obviously, you should also check four lions if you haven't already.
Loved Four Lions!
By Yurtlicious Go To PostNgl I'd include Wednesday lol
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Wasn’t expecting to agree to this before I watched but man was it good. The little Easter eggs like the finger snap or
her preferring spooky over kooky … so good
By Lunatic Go To PostYou forgot Yellowstone
It was in my list but seasons 4 and 5 have been downright bad imo