What are you watching?

[green73]

Why in the hell did they start 6 months after LaGuerta's death? The season should have started max a week from that. The whole Vogel crap was just crap. Joey and sister Batista was unnecessary. New black lady cop was unnecessary, she didn't even really matter. Debra had so much potential and they fucked it up. All of Dexter's "victims" were awful, I felt like Dexter was doing them a favor by killing them over how bad they were used. OMG, the kid was just annoying, and he was equally annoying in Homeland. Where was an "Arthur Mitchell" for the last season? And of all the ways they could have killed Debra they picked the most shitty one. What did they give us? Lumberjack Dexter.

The kid reminded me of Eduardo for some reason...

 

[aGameOfThrones]

The kid reminded me of Eduardo for some reason...

I just remembered that the only redeeming quality for the entire season was that Masuka made a hot daughter. Oh yeah, and the whole Hannah McKay thing had no real usefulness. A fucking baby sitter? Really?


I was so mad about paying Showtime instead of streaming it that I was going to leave a bad review on Amazon. I'm done with my rant.

 

[MichaelDavis]

I just finished Season 1 of Game of Thrones. Great show.

 

[mad cow]

Wanted : Dead Or Alive and The Rebel.

 

[Lucille]

Why in the hell did they start 6 months after LaGuerta's death? The season should have started max a week from that. The whole Vogel crap was just crap. Joey and sister Batista was unnecessary. New black lady cop was unnecessary, she didn't even really matter. Debra had so much potential and they fucked it up. All of Dexter's "victims" were awful, I felt like Dexter was doing them a favor by killing them over how bad they were used. OMG, the kid was just annoying, and he was equally annoying in Homeland. Where was an "Arthur Mitchell" for the last season? And of all the ways they could have killed Debra they picked the most shitty one. What did they give us? Lumberjack Dexter.

Not to mention he left Harrison with that sociopath Hannah instead of his grandparents and siblings. That kid would be dead by the age of 14.

 

[aGameOfThrones]

Not to mention he left Harrison with that sociopath Hannah instead of his grandparents and siblings. That kid would be dead by the age of 14.

You know what? Dexter did more good for society than any of those corrupt cops and politicians on the show. BTW, I still want to punch season 8 in the face.

 

[green73]

Oh I totally do, I told my husband that last season when she told him she was pregnant right away. I think she's a set up by Jarl Borg. Lageartha & Siggy eluded to that(her being a scam) when she showed up, full term no less...Ragnar's reaction to the Princess showing up was priceless, lol. Rollo was a frickin' monster during that battle scene - I'm glad Floki survived, I was pretty bummed - thought he was dead for a minute there.

hmmmmmmmmmm

 

[green73]

Same here. Floki is my favorite character.

I was like, "Oh, no, No, NO! Those bastard script-writers did NOT just kill off Floki, did they?" ...

Glad he lived too. My speed reading/missing-spoilers eyes had me thinking he was done for. Phew.

 

[green73]

I personally find Ragnar's wife much more a woman, but you can't ever turn down a princess can you? These silly monogamous notions...

 

[Occam's Banana]

I'm enjoying Black Sails so far ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1X-1OY4yqw



It's a semi-historical "prequel" to Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6meBOwG_YI

 

[John F Kennedy III]

 

[Occam's Banana]

The Borgias - Showtime series, currently on Netflix (29 episodes)

There's a Canal+ series on the Borgias, too (simply called "Borgia").
It's also currently on Netflix (2 seasons @ 24 episodes).
The third & final season has been filmed and should air this year (late spring?).

I like it even better than the Showtime series (especially with respect to Cesare Borgia).
At any rate, it's interesting to see how they handled the characters & events differently.

 

[green73]

I'm enjoying Black Sails so far ...

Is it really good? I had to bail 1/3 through the first episode. Just seems like another cheap, titillating production by Starz, a la Spartacus.

 

[CPUd]

 

[Suzanimal]

I've got to finish last night's episode, Ragnar in the King's tub? I hate the Princess, she sucks and the snake-eyed baby is creepy as hell. Also- Rollo, get your shit together.

 

[CPUd]

That was during the end credits- scenes from future episodes.

I don't know how this show will treat it, but this is the King who (based on the sagas) killed one of Ragnar's sons by throwing him into a pit of poisonous snakes.

 

[Occam's Banana]

Is it really good? I had to bail 1/3 through the first episode. Just seems like another cheap, titillating production by Starz, a la Spartacus.

I really like it a lot. But then, I have a thing for pirates, so YMMV. (I'm hoping Black Bart might make an appearance, though that would be a bit anachronistic - Bartholomew Roberts was extant five or so years later than the current story). And I like the Treasure Island tie-in (TI is one of my favorite stories).

I'm not sure what you mean by "cheap," so I can't really say in that regard. But as far as "titillating" goes, it doesn't seem to be particularly any more (or less) so than anything else you might see nowadays. I recently rewatched Game of Thrones, and I'd actually rank GoT a lot higher than Black Sails on the titillation scale. And it does take place in a pirate colony, after all - so tawdry lewdness is going to be something of a given ...

 

[Occam's Banana]

By the way, speaking of Game of Thrones, John Bradley - the actor who plays Samwell Tarly in GoT - also plays Cardinal Giovanni de Medici in the Canal+ Borgia series that I mentioned earlier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiBZgIP-8JY

 

[Suzanimal]

I've got to finish last night's episode, Ragnar in the King's tub? I hate the Princess, she sucks and the snake-eyed baby is creepy as hell. Also- Rollo, get your shit together.

Kinda feeling bad about dissing Rollo, he did his best last night. I love Floki but I wish he'd stop picking on the Priest, I like him too. I still hate the Princess, Largeartha would've been out there with Rollo kicking ass during the invasion.

That was during the end credits- scenes from future episodes.

I don't know how this show will treat it, but this is the King who (based on the sagas) killed one of Ragnar's sons by throwing him into a pit of poisonous snakes.

I hope hope he throws the creepy snake eyed kid in the pit and wtf is up with this King having meetings in the tub?!

 

[green73]

I'm not sure what you mean by "cheap," so I can't really say in that regard. But as far as "titillating" goes, it doesn't seem to be particularly any more (or less) so than anything else you might see nowadays. I recently rewatched Game of Thrones, and I'd actually rank GoT a lot higher than Black Sails on the titillation scale. And it does take place in a pirate colony, after all - so tawdry lewdness is going to be something of a given ...

Um, i dunno, hard t put my finger on it...it just doesn't seem authentic, serious enough. It's more like comic book fiction. Unlike GOT, it seems with Starz (namely this title and Spartacus) the violence and sex takes the fore. I could be wrong. I may give it another go.