Recent comments in /f/television

hacksteak t1_je77eti wrote

It's quite watchable and for the first two thirds of the season the plot twists really drag you in.

It's a show that gets carried by its supporting cast in my opinion. The assassins, the Secret Service agents and the chief of staff later on hold this thing together. The leads on the other hand are the kind of generic cutouts you'd expect from video games.

I don't have high hopes for a second season though, considering they made him a cheap ass James Bond in the end.

1

Lost_Hunter3601 t1_je77el5 wrote

The all white cast complaint is dumb. If you walked into any highschool even today in America right now and just started filming the lunch cliques/social groups you’d notice they’re pretty much all united by race. Asians hang out with Asians, Mexicans with Mexicans, blacks with blacks etc. it’s just natural to bond with people you’re similar to. Sure there might be the occasional token race peppered in somewhere but it’s rare. Real life isn’t like a college brochure a lot of the times.

5

Undaglow t1_je745ct wrote

First episode was interesting but the second one lost me quite a bit.

I was expecting more black mirror, it may just be a slow burn but still.

Also what's with Apple and making every male lead a depressed middle aged man who hates his job?

Mr Corman, Ted Lasso, Trying, Shrinking (at the start anyway).

6

AlexTorres96 t1_je744lx wrote

I never saw Friends because it doesn't jump at me. Maybe if I got into it I'd like it.. And also because I bet stuff has gotten cut and isn't exactly as it aired.

I just feel that the current climate was dictated by a large minority and there was no Memo or vote. You just get in trouble because the rules changed and you have to accept the new boundaries.

1

AlexTorres96 t1_je73rwm wrote

Also people with present day eyes and current climate judge stuff from the past and want it to be erased forever. Its stupidity at the highest form.

Let it be it's own world because current day has evolved. Bitching over the past entertainment form is a waste of energy. Forcing people to apologize for what was accepted back then is too extreme.

10

AlexTorres96 t1_je73e2j wrote

I cringe at people cringing over stuff from 90s. People with today's eyes condemn it with a passion and that's just bullshit. Things evolve but people apologizing for past work is too much. If they said something back then off screen then its not acceptable. But it's just a toxic debate.

I just hate that people condemn what was accepted back then as if it was still used then. Back then gay jokes were said like hello, now nobody does because they read the lay of the land. But still bitching about the back then stuff today is pointless because it doesn't happen anymore and people learned from it.

8

DonQOnIce t1_je739ng wrote

Bring back our lovable bigots!

But in all seriousness, that quote stood out as frustrating because she is literally describing what people want out of comedy now. People who talk about how “punching down” is bad would LOVE more jokes making fun of bigots. So it’s like she heard the complaints but didn’t really hear what people are saying and instead twisted it into making her and other comedians into victims. It makes her look incredibly out-of-touch which would track with her wealth and decades of success.

3

beamdriver t1_je72yvy wrote

Started watching this on Sunday and finished it up today. It's not a great show, but something about it kept making me want to watch the next episode.

The action is pretty good, for the obviously lower budget, and the story zips along at a good clip.

My main complaint is that the two leads have no romantic or sexual chemistry at all. When they finally fall into each others' arms it's like...eh...I guess they had to.

114

Crafty-Antelope1244 t1_je7249e wrote

I mean this years got some good potential flash is amazing from everything we’ve heard , evil dead looks good, dune will be fantastic and get a bump, the color put on and Wonka have potential , aquaman 2 might based on reports might be bad but first movie did a billion dollars so this won’t bomb , and Barbie has amazing talent behind it this years got a lot of potential for them

−13