The Netflix/Hulu/Prime Thread

[behndy]

i am unsure about watching Altered Carbon because i LOVE Richard K. Morgan. and the book (it's the first in his Takashi Kovaks series) is GOOOOOD.

have been avoiding trailers too. because. you know.

...... i still need to watch Preacher. was skipping it for the same reasons, but a friend i trust who adores the graphic novel series said they did a good job. so..... i guesssssss?

[jrfox92]

Update: for some reason the US version of Electric Dreams isn't in the same order as the UK version (it's not a big deal, since the series is an anthology, but it makes looking up details confusing). I've currently watched Real Life, Autofac, and Human Is.

I suppose my main issue with it is that (especially when compared to Black Mirror) it seems to take itself too seriously.
Black Mirror had this biting, dry humor underneath everything, which is likely why it ended up being so successful.
Electric Dreams just has that "something's missing" feeling throughout the episodes I've seen so far.

Also, having, at least, one sex scene in each episode isn't something I care for in sci-fi shows.

[MechaGodzilla]

I know exactly what you mean about the humour in Black Mirror, and that's what I felt was mostly missing from the last batch.

[coldbrightsunlight]

Also, having, at least, one sex scene in each episode isn't something I care for in sci-fi shows.

This annoys me about so much modern TV. Don't need that!

[behndy]

lol. i think the epitome of that for me was Spartacus. silly, cheesy fun show. but man. if you fast forward past the BOOBS OUT scenes you have about 30 minutes of content every hour.

..... fast forward the generic fight scenes, about 12 minutes of content.

[Achtane]

At least game of thrones seems to have been progressively lowering the titty pandering in favor of other cool stuff happening.

[BetterOffShred]

Ok so first of all yeah the new HBO or Starz or whatever shows have a ton of sex .. but I'm not going to fast forward titties.. just saying. Secondly, Xena showing her cans .. Yeah I'll watch that. Sorry. That's just how it is. Game of thrones had way too much raping. I can't get behind that. I think people are having a hard time being original so they just show titties and rapes and weird shock shit to make people gawk.. it seems it's a good stopgap for actual story.

[behndy]

i dunno man. i mean. yeah. titties? WOOT.

but there's PORN. so...... so much PORN.

i feel like it's rarely useful to the story to have all the titties and dongs and vagoos and butts (as nice as they may be to look at). and like.... if i want nekid, pron.

Creep was good. super involving. first half should have been called Cringe. reminded me a bit feel-wise of Maniac, the fps thing Frodo Stabbins did?

Creep Dos is next for me.

[jrfox92]

Beyond my general, "I came here to watch a TV show/movie, not a porno" sentiment, there's also the fact that sex scenes almost never contribute to the story in any way.
Even in dumbass teenage-CW-type shows.
Oh, they had sex? Okay, cool, let's move on.
But it always seems these directors require a 5 minutes sex scene that does nothing but make you bored or uncomfortable and only serves as time filler.

Hey, you're about to figure out that dude's a robot?
Sorry, no. You're gonna have to sit through this porno first.

I'd rather have them just put a 5 minute infomercial in, instead.
At least I'd be somewhat entertained.

[jrfox92]

Ha, exactly.

[BetterOffShred]

Are you guys saying you don't want to watch titties unless it's actual porn? I'm not judging I'm just trying to understand your statements. I'd watch titties in a Buick commercial.. not sexual or anything, but .. titties.

[jrfox92]

I don't care about seeing tits.
It doesn't even phase me.

I'm talking about when there's basically a full-on soft-core porno in the middle of a TV show I'm watching.
As in, the only thing that really distinguishes it from actual porn is that you don't the P&V (or whatever, it seems like these shows believe that sex scenes are more palatable if they're lesbian ).

[BetterOffShred]

That's a good point. It's obviously heavily targeted and my point was that it's kind of cruise control. Tits. Boom, everyone looks. I don't seek out softcore titties, but like I said if Oprah had a freestyle titty bar or whatever, I'd probably look at it if it was on. It's kind of irritating the way these big budget shows compensate for all the short comings with breasts. I love breasts, but you have to bring something else for me not to turn the channel.

[behndy]

yurp. that was my point. tittehs and butts and dongs and vagger-waggers don't offend me. quite the opposite. all for nudity. if it makes sense in the context of the story. or even just as a qucik silly TITILLATING (GET IT. BECAUSE BOOBS.) thing.

but like Ninety Two Foxy Kittens said, it's a time filling crutch too often. just flesh out the story more instead of Sex Kill 10 minutes of air time.

shits is obvious pandering.

[$harkToootth]

'The End of the F***ing World' is pretty cool and dark...but it has some of the dumbest voiceover moments ever. Like Dexter-tier shit voiceover...literally heard straight up the same lines from a show with already moronic lines. Other than that it's good!!!
EDIT: Oh no fucking way!!! Super Hans is in Episode 5!!!