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Glad you like it! The show has a repetitiveness to it in some ways which is by design I think, everything just sort of slowly building. There are definitely entire episodes where it seems like very little happens, but it doesn't matter imo. I think it's pretty gripping throughout. And the mystery in both seasons really is a mystery, since you really don't know where it's going. it's not being coy, it's just very very clever and intricate. And the two leads are just immensely likable, even when one of them is completely lacking in emotion.

WHHHHY are we making 20 year old video games into premium tv series.

I’ve seen a lot of thumb’s up for it on social media

I'm watching this Colin Farrell hardboiled PI thing "Sugar" on AppleTV+ and 1) it's really bad and 2) I really want to find out what happens, a terrible combination. After the 2nd episode I was pretty sure Sugar is a malfunctioning android, with his "I really hate hurting people, but they're so interesting I study them via old movies" thing. After the 3rd episode I still kinda think that, or maybe the polyglot society are friendly visiting aliens. Apple+ does like its SF-tinged programming after all. I will finish it with hate in my heart.

I will finish it with hate in my heart.

pity we can't have thread descriptions, this is perfect

I'm problem going to start Fallout tonight, I'm not familiar with the game but the trailer looked good.

I tried Palm Royale & quit halfway through the second episode. Not for me.

1) it's really bad and 2) I really want to find out what happens

^^^me watching Sons of Anarchy thru 2 1/2 seasons until my hate overwhelmed my desire

Watched The Zone Of Interest tonight on Max. Wow, is that a good-looking movie. My wife, who is a photographer among other things, is off to YouTube to find interviews with the cinematographer.

Finished Constellation, liked most of it in theory, even if, even in theory, I'm not sure much of it made sense. At the same time, it was pretty slow, pretty repetitive, and there is only so much you can handle people running around yelling "Alice!" or "Mommy!" And the ending was indeed terrible, though in that regard, it conformed to my feeling that I was watching what felt like a Stephen King adaptation.

Binged Fallout, only having seen maybe 5 minutes of Fallout 3 gameplay, and enjoyed it a lot. Excellent production values, as mentioned above, and the actors commit to the world. Walton Goggins is a standout, and appreciated the casting of Bonzo from Ender’s Game to allow the actor to show more range.

That said, I had no interest in the Fallout TV show despite being a fan of the series since the 90s. No reason to expect a video game adaptation to be anything other than ass.

Husband and I both loved it. I've never played the games, so everything was a fun surprise. It contained a lot of things that would normally put me off a show, like potential for animal peril, but it has such momentum that we ate it up over two nights. As people have pointed out here, it's all very well acted, and the world is very well realised. All the little mysteries and cliffhangers reminded me of the heady early days of LOST, except I was confident that the show knew where it was going. I also realised halfway through that it's one of the few post-apocalyptic shows I've seen where there was no threat of sexual violence against the young female protagonist, which really made me feel a lot more comfortable about just rolling with it.

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I tried Palm Royale & quit halfway through the second episode. Not for me.

I get this but multiple things keep pulling me back in:

1) The society shenanigans are so ridiculously low stakes but the depths Kristin Wiig’s character is willing to go for them is oddly compelling.

2) Kristin Wiig looks glorious in every single scene. Like, I never thought of her as sexy before but in this? Wow.

3) I don’t know who decided Ricky Martin should be relegated to being in a bathing suit in every scene but I would like to shake that person’s hand.

4) JULIA DUFFY

thanks Leeee! My Flagging search was not getting anywhere

Throwing in to add to the Fallout love. Like others, never played the game, just knew something about general bits, retro feel, etc., and was perfectly happy with all the results. Making the soundtrack choices key throughout, especially as subbing over a lot of the shootouts, made for something that went from ironic contrast to perfectly comfortable beat. Like Scott I also have been enjoying the Halo series and while the tone of the two series are radically different, both are great melanges where the games -- haven't played Halo either -- were clearly their own melanges of various sources/inspirations so turning them into dramatic series obviously runs a reductive risk but the end results are engaging and I'm happy to see more from both as they go along.

(Working on Ripley in doses, will get to the rest soon enough. Shogun talk on its own thread natch.)

Fallout was way better than I expected but mostly the underground parts. Not sure how the ghoul/Army camp? stuff is going to go.

I hope the woman who got her eye forked is a regular character. The show needs a good retro futurist eyepatch.

Hah yeah seeing more of the 32/33 denizens going forward somehow I'll be good with. (Leslie Uggams was a good catch for the cast!)

Arcane was another good video game derived show. S2 later this year

what about Ark:The Animated Series! or is that for little kids. i don't know the game.

I only made it about 20 minutes into Fallout, but Blast From the Past and Night of the Comet are both showing on Tubi at the moment.

i enjoyed the first episode. i was dubious that i would like yet another 50s-style sci-fi show or movie but i liked looking at this show. like if Doom Patrol had an unlimited budget.

i mean you could put it in theatres. its big. don't know what it cost but its all right there.

Fallout looked reassuringly expensive, but I did not feel engaged with the characters and the knowing tone of voice, it just seems predictable and smug and mid.Sorry to be a grump!I

Michael Emerson is in Fallout, right? i'm afraid he will give me Lost depression. He was in the Nolan brother Person of Interest show too. i don't think i got far with that show because it probably gave me Lost depression. the sight of anyone from Lost can do that to me. i was not a fan of Westworld. the other Nolan brother show. i know people really liked it. i did not. i tried to. i watched the first season and a half probably. it turns out i don't care what happens to robots. Both Nolans really into retro doomsday bombs apparently!

Quite liking Fallout. I wouldn’t say it’s great or anything - it’s just really well made, well acted, and has just enough compelling mystery to keep watching.

Also having never played the games, I had the impression it was going to be another dark and gritty post apocalypse show, but it’s actually pretty funny - the vibe kind of reminds me of Zombieland, just not as zany.

Read the Westworld thread scott and I think you'll find that lots of people, in fact, did not like it xp

The later seasons especially were pretty terrible

I loved the first couple of seasons of Westworld, and could have theoretically enjoyed following them into the second phase of the show (the last couple seasons with Aaron Paul). But it just got too convoluted. A lot of high-tech Scooby Doo villains.

I loved the first couple of seasons of Westworld, and could have theoretically enjoyed following them into the second phase of the show (the last couple seasons with Aaron Paul). But it just got too convoluted. A lot of high-tech Scooby Doo villains.

it's kind of funny to spend $153 million on a tv show so it can look exactly like a video game

Baby Reindeer on Netflix is getting a bit of buzz but feels like it should be getting a lot more?

Anyway, it's deeply harrowing but very very good

The most shocking thing for me is that the lead actor is the actual guy it happened to.

I'm sure it's out there and I could find it, but will admit to being morbidly curious about who the rapist is.

or who the spoiler is. oh wait its aldo! SOME people are still watching you know.

It happens about 10 minutes into ep4 so not really way into it, and isn't actually the focus of the story at all (though it does play into the plot considerably) - so is it really a spoiler? Really?

i like to know nothing before i see something. but i realize being on the internet is fraught with peril. i didn't know the thing about the lead actor either. so now that's all i'm thinking about while i'm watching. i mean i knew something bad was going to happen to him but i didn't know what exactly. but its cool. i'll live.

(having said that, i've probably given away tons of plot points on here before....but that's why god made hypocrites.)

That isn't the bad thing that happens to him.

Sorry, I forget that people don't often read articles and news stories about shows (see Doctor Who threads passim).

okay i've seen the whole thing you can say whatever you want now!

that was intense.

definitely worth watching. should probably come with a boatload of trigger warnings. its scary in a very real way.

memorable too! those two leads should win every award. jesus. they really dug deep.

first episode of park chan-wook's the sympathizer on hbo was excellent, i thought (i have not read the book)

Just finished Blue Eye Samurai. Fucking great. Thanks for the recommendations upthread.

Definitely not one to watch with kids though as there's a fair amount of nudity and sex (as well as all the gore and violence)

yeah, Blue Eye Samurai is so good

Loved the first episode of The Sympathizer, thought they did a great job capturing the tone of the book

I'm unfamiliar with the book, but I liked the first episode a lot as well.

I watched the first episode of the Starz pirate show Black Sails, new to Netflix, because people were talking on Bluesky about how good it is, but at the end I realized I was watching a show about pirates and spiked it.

I don't think I could watch a serious pirate show after Our Flag Means Death.

that's kinda like how i feel after watching that funny viking show on netflix. that show is so funny. kinda ruins vikings for me.

Oh is that good? Norsemen?

i thought it was really funny.

Apple also has a pirate show that looks terrible.

also CBS has NCIS: Barbary Coast coming out

I finished Black Sails but it doesn't pay off enough for me to recommend it. And early seasons were mandated to have tons of unnecessary sex and nudity, like GoT. ymmv may vary on that