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i'm also pretty nonplussed by the surprise over britain being able to make a 'good' cultural product, lol. we invented the fantasy genre. britain might be a sunken stone on the world stage thesedays, economically, but we still punch well above our weight in terms of cultural 'soft power'. aren't americans all hooked on kitsch period dramas and sub-gossip-level series about the royal family, etc.? we aren't a shipbuilding or exporting nation anymore but we can fucking make good tv shows, movies and music, lol.

SuperJail Warden wrote:

What I liked so much about House of Dragon:

(1) Season 1 has a few time jumps. The whole history of the show covers something like 30 years. This is really cool since you get to see the foundations of the war. GoT eventually got around to explaining all of this but it is different when you actually see it take place. And the writers were pretty good at making this the whole thing a tight family drama.

(2) The show has a big theme about generations changing and how the choices we make affect the people we care about. The time jumps and keeping the story tightly focused on a small group of characters helps. Spoiler (highlight to read):
Watching the children of the main characters continue their parents rivalry but without the understanding that they are a family even if troubled and flawed is especially great. Doubly if you have you have ever dealt with kids. Children don't understand context like adults do. That part of the story feel very real and is well done.


RTHKI, you have read the books?

I read fire and blood 2 years ago apparently. Thought it was o k and remember none of it

I just finished the 1st season of Yellowstone last night.  Super interesting story, and Kevin Costner's crazy daughter is hot as shit whenever she gets nekkid.  Also top-tier gun sounds.

I recommend trying at least the pilot episode if you can.  It's nothing that's gonna blow your fucking mind, but it's at least fairly interesting.  It kind of gave me Justified vibes with the whole California carpetbagger thing.

When someone words watching a show as a "grind," I don't feel particularly sold. Then again, parts of Lexx felt like a bit of a grind and I'd still recommend a look just for the weird factor.

Better Farscape than Cats I guess.

I'll grant at most that some people think the stage play is fun, and that it's sometimes a gateway into that world. This bigscreen adaptation though was ruinous, unnecessary, and just not well conceived for reasons already exhausted here. There's probably better fanfictions on the web pitting Mister Mistoffelees against Goku. Or the adventures of Space Jellicles beyond the Heaviside layer.

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

There's probably better fanfictions on the web pitting Mister Mistoffelees against Goku. Or the adventures of Space Jellicles beyond the Heaviside layer.

Did any of the multiple Star Wars extensions add anything at all.

Cats should be left where it is - in perfection.

Dilbert_X wrote:

Cats should be left where it is - in perfection.

Yet you're fine with the fan-fiction they made of it.

RTHKI wrote:

They added tons. Was any of it good, no.

I'm surprised dilbert had to ask. I thought he was into comic book stuff. Nerds lost their minds over lore introduced by the prequels alone. Even the special editions, "Han shot first!" or whatever.

HBO cancelled Westworld. Beyond justified.

What is the benefit of removing it from the streaming service? Assuming they aren't selling the rights to another streaming service, and that they aren't releasing it on physical media, what does not hosting it achieve? Is it really a hosting/storage cost that'd driving that decision?

A whole Batman movie was made and ready to go and then just spontaneously deleted. I'd feel pretty salty having been on that project.

Westworld's being moved to the ad-supported streaming service, I hear.