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Re: TV Shows
« Reply #390 on: February 02, 2014, 01:45:21 am »
Can I just point out how much the American Horror Story season finale sucked? Literally the only parts that got any kind of reaction out of me, aside from disappointment, were
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Everything else was awful, the twists were all predictable, and the attempts to recreate dynamics from earlier seasons were just plain bad. Definitely the weakest season yet.

Still not as bad as the Dexter finale, but I doubt anything will ever top that.

I couldn't be arsed to watch it, so I just read the synopses of all the episodes after the finale aired.

Assuming my reading has been accurate, I found the show to have a kudzufied plot with way too much going on at any one time, characters who gradually become more assholish as time goes on, a rather lax sense of death and resurrection, an inability to predict which way anything is going to go, and a tendency to be just plain mean to the characters.
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« Reply #391 on: February 02, 2014, 01:49:48 am »
Add in a lack of any real climax, and that's pretty much accurate.
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« Reply #392 on: February 02, 2014, 10:43:43 am »
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Oh, god. I want to believe you're taking the piss but... from what I've gleaned from unmarked spoilers I can tell you're not. Jesus.
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« Reply #393 on: February 02, 2014, 02:02:24 pm »
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Oh, god. I want to believe you're taking the piss but... from what I've gleaned from unmarked spoilers I can tell you're not. Jesus.

She's not. She's really not.
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« Reply #394 on: February 02, 2014, 06:32:27 pm »
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Oh, god. I want to believe you're taking the piss but... from what I've gleaned from unmarked spoilers I can tell you're not. Jesus.

I wish I were. It gets worse when you hear about the overall plot of the final season, too.
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« Reply #395 on: February 02, 2014, 07:08:34 pm »
I've never actually watched an episode of Dexter. how many of the seasons are actually good? Been hearing a lot of shit about it lately.

Also, I think it's about time for my annual re-watch of Babylon 5, that show was hype as fuck. Battlestar Galactica almost came close to matching the consistent quality of the show, but the wheels on BSG fell off by season 3.

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« Reply #396 on: February 02, 2014, 07:51:12 pm »
I can't vouch for seasons 5-7 but the first two seasons of Dexter were pretty good. There's a noticeable drop off in quality right round the middle of season three but nothing I've seen is unwatchably bad. Personally, I really liked the Ice Truck Killer arc and the "aw crap I'm supposed to be emoting what do" aspect of Dexter's character from season 1. Also, Deb is the Boss Ass Bitch of the universe, hands down, bar none, forget everyone and everything else. Deb fuckin' rocks. At least until What's-His-Nuts-FBI-Guy shows up, but at least that particular subplot affects the main story more than ONE. GODDAMN. TIME.
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« Reply #397 on: February 03, 2014, 11:13:54 pm »
Hi, I'm Alehksunos and I'm one of the few people on the forum who actually buys a few episodes of television series (notably those not up on Netflix).

The last time I ever torrented episodes of a television series (Beavis and Butthead, the 2011 episodes) I nearly destroyed my previous computer. And not only that, two dollars for a single episode (or a bundle worth $15) isn't that bad a deal, plus I'm not doing something illegal.

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« Reply #398 on: February 04, 2014, 12:43:26 am »
Good for you.
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« Reply #399 on: February 04, 2014, 12:51:40 am »
I can't vouch for seasons 5-7 but the first two seasons of Dexter were pretty good. There's a noticeable drop off in quality right round the middle of season three but nothing I've seen is unwatchably bad. Personally, I really liked the Ice Truck Killer arc and the "aw crap I'm supposed to be emoting what do" aspect of Dexter's character from season 1. Also, Deb is the Boss Ass Bitch of the universe, hands down, bar none, forget everyone and everything else. Deb fuckin' rocks. At least until What's-His-Nuts-FBI-Guy shows up, but at least that particular subplot affects the main story more than ONE. GODDAMN. TIME.

I actually didn't like Deb in the first few seasons, but she was easily the only likable character (due to character development and everything else just plain sucking) by the end of the series.

Despite dips in quality in season 3, 1-4 were still pretty good overall. 2 and 4 were my personal favourites. It wasn't until season 5 that things really started going downhill.

Hi, I'm Alehksunos and I'm one of the few people on the forum who actually buys a few episodes of television series (notably those not up on Netflix).

The last time I ever torrented episodes of a television series (Beavis and Butthead, the 2011 episodes) I nearly destroyed my previous computer. And not only that, two dollars for a single episode (or a bundle worth $15) isn't that bad a deal, plus I'm not doing something illegal.

Congratulations? Do you have anything to back your claim that most of us are torrenting TV shows or...?
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« Reply #400 on: February 04, 2014, 01:02:26 am »
I torrent everything. Because screw you.

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« Reply #401 on: February 04, 2014, 01:29:45 am »
I torrent everything. Because screw you.
Streaming is where it's at. As long as you'd got Noscript and AdBlock to keep the bullshit at bay, it's much faster and safer than torrenting. Not to mention, there's none of that "99% complete and 0 seeds" bullshit.

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« Reply #402 on: February 04, 2014, 08:31:48 am »
The worst was when Deb decided she was in love with Dexter for a season or so. I know they're not biologically related, but still.
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« Reply #403 on: February 04, 2014, 03:44:09 pm »
I torrent everything. Because screw you.
Streaming is where it's at. As long as you'd got Noscript and AdBlock to keep the bullshit at bay, it's much faster and safer than torrenting. Not to mention, there's none of that "99% complete and 0 seeds" bullshit.

Huh. I've literally never gotten anything nasty from a torrent. Streaming, however, tends to be slow and annoying, mostly because of a shitty internet connection.
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Re: TV Shows
« Reply #404 on: February 04, 2014, 05:21:45 pm »
Same here. The only thing I've ever gotten from a torrent other than what I intended was a silly ad, and that was easy to delete.
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