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TV, or not TV, that is the question
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Re: TV, or not TV, that is the question
Depends. "Brotherhood" was a series on SHO that was cancelled after 3 seasons, but by pure luck, the final episode FELT like a series-ender, when the series was expected to be renewed.
Depends. "Brotherhood" was a series on SHO that was cancelled after 3 seasons, but by pure luck, the final episode FELT like a series-ender, when the series was expected to be renewed.
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Gurtholfin
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Re: TV, or not TV, that is the question
So MTV has made a series based upon The Elfstones of Shannara...
I want to be optimistic about this as it was one of my favorite fantasy books growing up along with The Sword of Shannara, but the trailer hints that a lot has been changed. A lot.
Apparently Terry Brooks (the author) is happy with the adaptation, but one can wonder if he isn't also happy for the paycheck and greater recognition that could come from this.
I'll check it out with as open a mind as I can realizing that I'm far outside of the target audience.
Here's the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCr3z_sTSNU
So MTV has made a series based upon The Elfstones of Shannara...
I want to be optimistic about this as it was one of my favorite fantasy books growing up along with The Sword of Shannara, but the trailer hints that a lot has been changed. A lot.
Apparently Terry Brooks (the author) is happy with the adaptation, but one can wonder if he isn't also happy for the paycheck and greater recognition that could come from this.
I'll check it out with as open a mind as I can realizing that I'm far outside of the target audience.
Here's the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCr3z_sTSNU
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state of hockey
He fixes the cable?
Re: TV, or not TV, that is the question
Got an Amazon Fire stick for Christmas. Vera has an account so this was awesome. We still had one TV that wasn't connected to anything. Go in and start downloading apps, and quickly realize that only Netflix and YouTube are really available. We keep searching for ways to get the other apps that were advertised, but kept coming up short of actually getting access to them. We were about to send the thing back and go for a Roku stick instead for a little bit more money, but then we noticed that what was available on Netflix was different from our other devices. Vera goes back into her Amazon account on her iPad and notices that ALL of these apps aren't available due to geographical restrictions. The stupid thing thought we were in Canada. It also thought we were in the Pacific time zone. Strange.
Happy ending though. With a few clicks it was all sorted out.
Got an Amazon Fire stick for Christmas. Vera has an account so this was awesome. We still had one TV that wasn't connected to anything. Go in and start downloading apps, and quickly realize that only Netflix and YouTube are really available. We keep searching for ways to get the other apps that were advertised, but kept coming up short of actually getting access to them. We were about to send the thing back and go for a Roku stick instead for a little bit more money, but then we noticed that what was available on Netflix was different from our other devices. Vera goes back into her Amazon account on her iPad and notices that ALL of these apps aren't available due to geographical restrictions. The stupid thing thought we were in Canada. It also thought we were in the Pacific time zone. Strange.
Happy ending though. With a few clicks it was all sorted out.
Shirtless Guy
Old Dirty Basterd
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So where do we talk about Making a Murderer? That was a very strange series on Netflix to watch, seeing news reports from people I remember watching on the news growing up like Bill Jartz. Len Kachinsky's daughter was in my class in high school. Seeing it centered on towns I knew and it feeling a lot like home. I honestly don't know what to think of it all. It's obviously the makers want us to think Avery is innocent, and I have little doubt that things were handled poorly by the Manitowoc County Sheriff's department but I just don't know, other than feeling confident that Brendan Dassey deserved better.
So where do we talk about Making a Murderer? That was a very strange series on Netflix to watch, seeing news reports from people I remember watching on the news growing up like Bill Jartz. Len Kachinsky's daughter was in my class in high school. Seeing it centered on towns I knew and it feeling a lot like home. I honestly don't know what to think of it all. It's obviously the makers want us to think Avery is innocent, and I have little doubt that things were handled poorly by the Manitowoc County Sheriff's department but I just don't know, other than feeling confident that Brendan Dassey deserved better.
JF_Gophers
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Re: TV, or not TV, that is the question
News story I just read about that. Petition (for pardon) is getting a lot of signatures, which if the White House version gets over 100k, they have to respond. However, law enforcement is saying the documentary series left out pertinent information that proves his guilt.
Shirtless Guy
Old Dirty Basterd
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i read some of the things left out in the documentary but they all focus on Avery, not Dassey. I don't really know what the truth is but it felt like Dassey told his mom or the oolice whatever they wanted to hear and the evidence doesn't really match the his confessions from what I've read.
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I just finished the 4th ep in the series. It's just bizarre how incompetent/corrupt the police dept is, at this point in the series. And the stuff they said on tv ("easier to eliminate Steven Avery...")! Seriously?! Unprofessional to say the VERY least.
I don't think the series paints a flattering picture of Avery, either, btw.
I just finished the 4th ep in the series. It's just bizarre how incompetent/corrupt the police dept is, at this point in the series. And the stuff they said on tv ("easier to eliminate Steven Avery...")! Seriously?! Unprofessional to say the VERY least.
I don't think the series paints a flattering picture of Avery, either, btw.
Handyman
Hug someone you care about...
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Do I think Avery is innocent...not sure. Do I think he should have been convicted...not a chance in hell! (double for Dassey) If this had happened anywhere but Bumphuk, WI I think the outcome is different. I mean you had Special Prosecutors and Chiefs lying at press conferences, forced confessions of mentally incompetent individuals, defense council screwing over their client, mishandled evidence, lack of any sort of investigation of anyone outside the man suing the county/likely to win his suit, random evidence showing up out of the blue, tampered evidence, investigators that had a grudge and were supposed to stay away from the investigation still being active and being allowed to search/handle evidence and a jury pool that was obviously biased. The amount of reasonable doubt in that case was insane!
BTW some of the evidence left out was pretty weak and hardly conclusive.
Do I think Avery is innocent...not sure. Do I think he should have been convicted...not a chance in hell! (double for Dassey) If this had happened anywhere but Bumphuk, WI I think the outcome is different. I mean you had Special Prosecutors and Chiefs lying at press conferences, forced confessions of mentally incompetent individuals, defense council screwing over their client, mishandled evidence, lack of any sort of investigation of anyone outside the man suing the county/likely to win his suit, random evidence showing up out of the blue, tampered evidence, investigators that had a grudge and were supposed to stay away from the investigation still being active and being allowed to search/handle evidence and a jury pool that was obviously biased. The amount of reasonable doubt in that case was insane!
BTW some of the evidence left out was pretty weak and hardly conclusive.
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Re: TV, or not TV, that is the question
That first lawyer for Dassey was pure sleaze.
That first lawyer for Dassey was pure sleaze.
Shirtless Guy
Old Dirty Basterd
Re: TV, or not TV, that is the question
Ok I made a separate thread about MKing a Murderer because I'm obsessed:
http://board.uscho.com/showthread.p...rs-expected)-did-Steven-Avery-do-it&p=6249444
Ok I made a separate thread about MKing a Murderer because I'm obsessed:
http://board.uscho.com/showthread.p...rs-expected)-did-Steven-Avery-do-it&p=6249444
French Rage
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Re: TV, or not TV, that is the question
Hey NBC, you can bleep just the offending word without bleeping, like, the entire paragraph that the offending word was in.
Hey NBC, you can bleep just the offending word without bleeping, like, the entire paragraph that the offending word was in.
St. Clown
Liberal Rebel Scum, apparently
Re: TV, or not TV, that is the question
The bleeps have been so bad, the first few times I thought the signal was failing a little.
The bleeps have been so bad, the first few times I thought the signal was failing a little.
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Gurtholfin
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Re: TV, or not TV, that is the question
Well...
It's actually worse.... MUCH worse than the Hobbit adaptation.
This is what I feared would happen to Lord of the Rings when it was first announced that they were making it.
Again... I knew that I'm not the target audience, but...
Well...
It's actually worse.... MUCH worse than the Hobbit adaptation.
This is what I feared would happen to Lord of the Rings when it was first announced that they were making it.
Again... I knew that I'm not the target audience, but...
Shirtless Guy
Old Dirty Basterd
Re: TV, or not TV, that is the question
I watched but knew nothing about the story going in...obviously it's bit slanted towards the target of the network but it's that bad compared to source?
I watched but knew nothing about the story going in...obviously it's bit slanted towards the target of the network but it's that bad compared to source?
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Gurtholfin
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Pretty sure I wouldn't have liked it even if I didn't know the source material.
Fantasy is tough to do without getting hokey.
Non story things that irked:
Soundtrack was grating and didn't fit.
Costumes looked like costumes.
Dopey innuendo between people who just met.
The lead demon looked like an orc.
Demons making out.
Bad cgi.
Worse cgi.
Laughable cgi.
It was a **** show, but luckily I am out before I've wasted any more time and it was free, so there's that.
I could write a book on the changes made to the story and the poor way things were portrayed or revealed, but those aren't even my main gripes even if they are substantial.
Things I liked:
The two female leads were hotties.
Pretty sure I wouldn't have liked it even if I didn't know the source material.
Fantasy is tough to do without getting hokey.
Non story things that irked:
Soundtrack was grating and didn't fit.
Costumes looked like costumes.
Dopey innuendo between people who just met.
The lead demon looked like an orc.
Demons making out.
Bad cgi.
Worse cgi.
Laughable cgi.
It was a **** show, but luckily I am out before I've wasted any more time and it was free, so there's that.
I could write a book on the changes made to the story and the poor way things were portrayed or revealed, but those aren't even my main gripes even if they are substantial.
Things I liked:
The two female leads were hotties.
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Gurtholfin
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Re: TV, or not TV, that is the question
Oh and the source material is high fantasy not unlike Tolkien - if not quite as good or original.
The TV show is like Conan the Barbarian meets Buffy.
Which is what I knew it was probably gonna be, so I'm not exactly outraged or anything. Just felt compelled to follow up my original post on the show.
Some teeny boppers are gonna be unpleasantly surprised if they bother to read the originals.
Oh and the source material is high fantasy not unlike Tolkien - if not quite as good or original.
The TV show is like Conan the Barbarian meets Buffy.
Which is what I knew it was probably gonna be, so I'm not exactly outraged or anything. Just felt compelled to follow up my original post on the show.
Some teeny boppers are gonna be unpleasantly surprised if they bother to read the originals.
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Gurtholfin
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Re: TV, or not TV, that is the question
The one MAJOR book complaint that irked me though is the reveal towards the end of the episode when they are talking about going after Amberle.
If you noticed it, read below. Spoiler warning!
The dog. That wasn't revealed till the end of the book and I certainly didn't see it coming when reading and it was a beauty the way it happens in the book. Was the second best reveal/twist of the story.
The one MAJOR book complaint that irked me though is the reveal towards the end of the episode when they are talking about going after Amberle.
If you noticed it, read below. Spoiler warning!
The dog. That wasn't revealed till the end of the book and I certainly didn't see it coming when reading and it was a beauty the way it happens in the book. Was the second best reveal/twist of the story.
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