Recent comments in /f/television

elister t1_j6d1qjp wrote

ATSC 3 is broadcast in the Seattle area, but there's no 4k content. Superbowl is on Fox this year, I expect their 4k channel to broadcast it 4k, but it's probably going to be unconverted from 720p. Otherwise all the main networks are broadcasting 4k signals.

Note: Bought a hdhr 4k (two 4k, two 1080p tuners) and 4k broadcasts use AC-4 for audio, which only works with their hdhr app. Apps like Kodi, Plex and VLC can't decode AC-4 so all you get is video.

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elister t1_j6d112b wrote

Reply to Frontline by nzxnick

League of Denial was great. About how concussions in the NFL led to a condition known as CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy). I know someone who took their kid out of peewee football because of it. Was made into a movie starring Will Smith, but it largely ignored the actual doctor who co-wrote the book on CTE.

Also Ghosts of Rwanda, about the genocide that nobody tried to stop.

Not Frontline, but worth a watch is Slavery by Another Name. PBS details how the act of peonage was banned after the civil war, but heavily used in the south and ignored by the federal government. Blacks would get arrested for petty things like loitering, get huge fibes they couldn't pay off, so they were sold to companies for labor. Slavery 2.0

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LordXenu45 t1_j6d0uxy wrote

If you thought the first two episodes were slow it might not be for you. Keep in mind the teens were stranded for over a year and a half, and the writers have a 5 season outline, so it's going to have some build-up before the real crazy stuff happens.

That said, I do think it continued to improve as the season went along. There are a lot of interesting characters in the show and the overall mystery in the adult storyline is pretty solid. However, I was hooked just from the first episode so take that as you want.

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tnfrs t1_j6cytyq wrote

ngl the books were pretty slow too, even when things started to pick up it was like the author just abandoned a bunch of cool ideas to introduce other cool ideas and nothing ever paid off much. some of it was foreshadowing, but alot of it seemed like he wrote himself into a corner. it plays into some of the themes of the books in certain cases but it also just seemed lazy at times.

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MeCritic t1_j6cyqyp wrote

I cryed a lot while watching all 5 seasons of Chuck. Mostly Season 3 and 5 are heartbreaking in many ways. So many montages are made from this show.

Then of course HIMYM, which made love accessible for many ,,teenagers". Grey and Shephard in Grey's Anatomy. Of course Castle was a great detective show with really good romance plot. Love Life, which really reminds me 90s movies. Of course ,,The Affair". The Newsroom (Will and MacKanzie). Sex and the City as all time classic.

Recently - ,,Feel Good" has a unique vibe. Homeland has some love-stories in it. Don't forget on Normal People with Paul Mescal. But I found the relationship in it too much toxic and unbelievable, so after few episodes it kinda lost me. Oh, and Pachinko was really great!

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Malowski1 t1_j6cy978 wrote

>Yeah, I made it up for sure

Indeed.

>Nope

Yes.

>Yikes dude, yikes

Chuckling at door openings, only if your lethargic family was awake for this scene and others.

>Was bad, yes

Good and critically well received by audiences and critics.

>Because of the cast and the politics

Critics were quite clear that the Screenplays were the main strength.

>and the politics

When you thought he was being overly mean to conservatives.

Wild.

>It's always projection.

What projection exactly?

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