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[Jaysin]

<p>New episodes of Veronica Mars July 26 on Hulu <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p>

Marvel announced a Daimon Hellstrom and Ghost Rider series for Hulu. Ghost Rider will be played by Gabriel Luna again, but won't have a connection to Agents of SHIELD.</p><p> </p><p>

Thinking of diving into The Gifted since it got cancelled. Does it end on a cliff hangar or did it have an ending?</p>

[scmurph01]

Is the Expanse any good?

[BHK1978]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="scmurph01" data-cite="scmurph01" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="27929" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Is the Expanse any good?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I thought it was. It was not GOT in space which many seemed to promote it as back when it first came out. The first season was excellent, the other two seasons were decent.</p>

[milamber]

Is the Expanse any good?

 

1st season is solid but slow until the finale, IMO. After that it keeps getting better. Season 2 Episode 5 is one of my all time favorite sci-fi episodes.

[Jaysin]

On season 4 of Regular Show. Not as good as Adventure Time, but pretty dang entertaining.

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I am so hyped for Swamp Thing

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I'm not a big "shipper" or whatever you call it, but Eileen and Rigby on Regular Show are freaking adorable together.

[milamber]

Once again I enjoyed Game of Thrones while most people are spewing vitriol online like it's the worst show on TV LOL.

[Jaysin]

Disney now has 100% control over Hulu. Hopefully the Netflix Marvel shows can get transferred over to Hulu.

[BHK1978]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="milamber" data-cite="milamber" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="27929" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Once again I enjoyed Game of Thrones while most people are spewing vitriol online like it's the worst show on TV LOL.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I am in the same camp as you. I mean I sort of get why people are not enjoying it, thus far it would probably rank as my least favorite season. That being said, I still have found it enjoyable.</p>

[Jaysin]

Finished Regular Show last night. Highly recommend it.

[Jaysin]

<p>They added Season 5 of Flash to Netflix. Nora is the worst, but there are some pretty cool things going on around her. </p><p> </p><p>

Really enjoying Tom Cavanaugh as usual. His ability to portray different versions of one character is great.</p>

[milamber]

<p>Doom Patrol S1 and Cloak & Dagger S2 were great.</p><p> </p><p>

Swamp Thing is off to a strong start.</p>

[Jaysin]

I wish they were releasing more episodes of Swamp Thing at once. I'm going to get a free trial of DCU when it's done airing. I'm so impatient though. I always loved Swamp Thing. Seems like they're leaning heavily into the horror aspects of the character based on the trailers.

[BHK1978]

The Deadwood movie was terrible. Such a disappointment, after waiting all these years and that was the best they could come up with.

 

I also forgot how awful the dialogue was on that show. There is no way that dialogue is historically accurate. Granted I really have no idea of knowing how they spoke in the 1870's/1880's, but I highly doubt they spoke like that.

 

Mostly because it was a mining town, how many of them were actually educated? I know the American education system was vastly superior then when compared to now, but come on there is just no way they spoke like that.

 

I am not talking about the copious amounts of swearing that is peppered throughout an Ian McShane tirade (who knew Lovejoy had such a way with cuss words). That I am certain happened back then.

 

No I am talking about the dialogue that sound like it should be coming out of the mouth of Edwin Booth or Laurence Olivier on some stage in London (those were the only two Shakespearean actors that sprang to mind). It is just ridiculous and makes the writers come across as pretentious.

 

Write more like Mark Twain and less like Shakespeare. It would make the show/movie far more enjoyable.

 

Well I did enjoy the show but the movie just felt rushed.

[Jaysin]

Swamp Thing was cancelled due to budget issues. Hopefully they upload the rest of the series.

[BHK1978]

I thought they were going to scrap the entire DC OnDemand channel (I do not even know the name of it and I am too lazy to look it up). So I was honestly surprised that read from everyone in this thread that they were posting new content.

[milamber]

Swamp Thing got cut from 13 to 10 episodes and now cancellled supposedly due to miscommunication between Warners and North Carolina over the tax rebate amount...

 

http://archive.is/k5uWU

 

... or

 

At the same time, there are also execs at AT&T and WB that simply do not like the direction where Swamp Thing was heading. That's it. They did not like the show and fan and critic scores be damned. One source even says that WB got a new 'Head of Content', and that person completely believes that the formulaic, CW-way of things are the best way to go forward and Swamp Thing obviously didn't fit that (seeing as how it was, ya know, actually good).

Swamp Thing is canceled because some guy or gal at WB and/or AT&T doesn't like the show...

 

https://old.reddit.com/r/swampthingtv/comments/bxiiin/swamp_thing_is_canceled_why_what_can_i_do_to_help/

 

Take your pick. Titans is still set for S2 and Stargirl for S1 but no word on Doom Patrol S2 yet.

[Jaysin]

I didn't like the shot at CW shows. I only watch Flash, but it's good for the most part. I'm watching the last season on Netflix currently and other than Nora being annoying, I'm enjoying it. Won't start Swamp Thing until the whole thing is posted since I'm only doing the free trial to watch.

[milamber]

Watched the first 2 episodes of the HBO Chernobyl mini-series. It's well directed and acted and extremely tense and chilling. Only weak point is the inconsistent accents but as a US/UK production that's understandable.

[BHK1978]

I like the CW shows (Yes even Supergirl, which is not as bad as I was led to believe it would be). Legends of Tomorrow has started to become really bad. There are too many characters on the show and they have gone overboard with the wacky comedy.

 

I despise the Time Bureau characters (Ava, Mona, Gary) and I hope every episode the kill them off. Sadly that hope is to no avail thus far.

 

I wish they would just focus on the main characters (Sara, Rory, Charlie, Nate, Zari, Ray and Constantine). Wow just looking at that list, I am thinking there are far too many main characters as well. But I actually enjoy all of them so I would hate to see any of them go.

 

 

Watched the first 2 episodes of the HBO Chernobyl mini-series. It's well directed and acted and extremely tense and chilling. Only weak point is the inconsistent accents but as a US/UK production that's understandable.

 

I have to see this. I mistakenly thought it was going to be a movie and not a mini-series (not sure why) and I was wondering week after week why it had not aired on Saturday night yet. Then last week when I watched the Deadwood movie and they promoted the last episode of the mini-series being on this past Monday.

[BHK1978]

Seinfeld is officially thirty years old now (the show not the comedian). That seems so strange to me.

 

The other day I was thinking about how I have almost completely stopped watching sitcoms. I am not sure why but it is the case. In fact, off the top of my head I have never watched a full episode of Modern Family, Two and a Half Men, Big Bang Theory, or The Office. That is odd I have not watched any of the big sitcoms of the past fifteen years or so.

 

The only ones I watch now are the Goldbergs, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Superstore, Speechless (sucks that was cancelled, it was such a great show) Silicon Valley, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. That list is a lot longer than I thought it would be. However, for someone who grew up watching pretty much nothing but sitcoms, it is strange.

 

I guess to me a lot of the shows I watched when I was younger were just better. I mean my all-time favorite television show was All In The Family (No I was not alive for most of the first run of the show, I watched it in reruns). That show was fantastic, with how ultra-PC our culture has become there is noway that show could be made today. The thing is it was making fun of bigotry but I really do not think a modern day audience could understand that, or if they did they would not care and they would still go after the show.

 

Okay rant over. Here is my all-time favorite sitcoms (not that anyone cares or should care)...

 

1. All In The Family

2. Seinfeld

3. Sanford and Son

4. The Jeffersons

5. Night Court

6. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (the last season was crap though)

7. Curb Your Enthusiasm

8. Cheers

9. Car 54 Where Are You?

10. Mr. Bean

[dvdWarrior]

In my humble opinion, All In The family is a strong candidate for the prestigious Best Sitcom Ever! award. That show was just amazing, in so many ways, and will always be an all time favorite for me as well. I always loved The Jeffersons, and Sanford & Son also. Car 54 too. I'd add The Munsters, The Dick Van Dyke Show, I Love Lucy and more than a few others to that list.

 

On my list of all time favorite sitcoms, you'd also find shows like Home Improvement, Boy Meets World, Roseanne, Coach, Grace Under Fire, and a whole lot of shows from the 90s, as well as shows like ALF, Diff'rent Strokes, and more than a few from the 80s.

 

I very dearly love me some 1980s and 90s.

 

Speechless was a great show, I enjoyed that one as well, and also The Kids Are Alright. Sad to see both of those go away, . I never got as deeply into The Big Bang Theory as a lot of people did, but I have enjoyed Young Sheldon a lot more than I ever thought I would. That's a pretty fun little show, in my opinion.

 

Yes, Dear will always be a favorite. Can't let a discussion of sitcoms pass me by without mentioning that.

 

In the news though, I watched all 8 episodes of Stranger Things in one day, pausing only between episodes to go pee. Loved every minute of it, and thought the whole season was just incredibly amazing. No spoilers, but during a certain.... musical rendition... very near the end, I was very much into it, and was... dare I say... dancing a little.

 

T'was fun times.

 

[BHK1978]

In my humble opinion, All In The family is a strong candidate for the prestigious Best Sitcom Ever! award. That show was just amazing, in so many ways, and will always be an all time favorite for me as well. I always loved The Jeffersons, and Sanford & Son also. Car 54 too. I'd add The Munsters, The Dick Van Dyke Show, I Love Lucy and more than a few others to that list.

 

The Munsters and The Dick Van Dyke Show were very close to being on my list as well. The Dick Van Dyke show might have the best theme song for a television show. If not the best then it is right up there.

 

On my list of all time favorite sitcoms, you'd also find shows like Home Improvement, Boy Meets World, Roseanne, Coach, Grace Under Fire, and a whole lot of shows from the 90s, as well as shows like ALF, Diff'rent Strokes, and more than a few from the 80s.

 

I was not a fan of Home Improvement, not sure why but I just never took to it. Same goes for Roseanne.

 

But I loved Coach, Jerry Van Dyke was hilarious on there. Grace Under Fire was good as well, I actually marked out when Brett Butler popped up on The Walking Dead. Seriously the moment she was on the screen I was grinning ear to ear.

 

Boy Meets World was strange for me because I was just a little too old to watch it when it came on (despite the cast just being mostly just one to three years younger than me). But I would catch it now and again mainly because I thought and still think Danielle Fishel is hot. Hell I used to watch her on some trash show on E!, just because I she's hot.

 

Alf and Different Strokes were great as well.

 

 

In the news though, I watched all 8 episodes of Stranger Things in one day, pausing only between episodes to go pee. Loved every minute of it, and thought the whole season was just incredibly amazing. No spoilers, but during a certain.... musical rendition... very near the end, I was very much into it, and was... dare I say... dancing a little.

 

T'was fun times.

 

 

Stranger Things was fantastic and worth the wait. With all of the Marvel stuff off Netfilx and Stranger Things airing, I will probably get rid of Netfilx now.

 

Man watching that show made me very nostalgic. Remembering when the mall was the center of the universe. The old stye movie theater (Obviously not the real old style movie theaters, I mean I am old but I was not around when they played an organ in a movie...no wait that is a lie. I once saw a silent movie in an old movie palace and there was an organ player) with the trailer telling you to throw away your trash.

 

Spoiler for dvdWarrior or anyone who wants to answer: Did you think Dustin's girlfriend was real? I was on the fence, part of me thought she was but part of me thought she was not. That was cool when they sang the NeverEnding Story theme song.

[milamber]

Loved Stranger Things S3. Probably the quickest I've binged a show lately. I usually watch a few episodes and get sidetracked with other shows for weeks but I was too hooked.