Being sick all week and only moving from the couch to the bed I was able to finish Battlestar Galactica. Whoever recommended this. Thank you very much. I really enjoyed all 4 seasons. The 4th season felt a little long to me. Was still very solid. I can't say enough for the special effects. They were really impressive for a TV series.
If you're still stuck on the couch try the new series The Expanse from FX. It's available on demand through xfinity and I'd expect through most cable providers. It's a political sci-fi series similar to BSG if a little less campy. At least those are my impressions three episodes in. Good so far.
If you're still stuck on the couch try the new series The Expanse from FX. It's available on demand through xfinity and I'd expect through most cable providers. It's a political sci-fi series similar to BSG if a little less campy. At least those are my impressions three episodes in. Good so far.
Anyone watching Man Seekin Woman or Baskets? Man Seeking Woman just had a hilarious Santa Claus episode. Baskets is the new Zack Galifianakis dark comedy about his being a failed clown. It's interesting to say the least (Louie Anderson plays his mother).
If you're still stuck on the couch try the new series The Expanse from FX. It's available on demand through xfinity and I'd expect through most cable providers. It's a political sci-fi series similar to BSG if a little less campy. At least those are my impressions three episodes in. Good so far.
Love the book, I'll wait until the series is done and binge itAnyone watch 11.22.63 yet on Hulu? Two episodes so far and it is phenomenal.
Based on the Stephen King novel, produced by JJ Abrams, starring James Franco and with Chris Cooper. Very much worth checking out.
Love the book, I'll wait until the series is done and binge it
Love the book, I'll wait until the series is done and binge it
Anyone else powered through the new season of House of Cards yet? Overall I would say below average.
I'm pretty sure you watch more movies in one week than I do in a whole year (cinema/dvd/tv combined)
Television overall has been better than movies for some time now.
Absolutely wrong imo. The best television has become better than average movies. The best movies still destroy the best television.
Collectively television is much better imo.
I think you can only believe this if you've forgotten how much television is produced. Go to your satellite or cable box and scroll through the shows randomly for an hour. You will find barely anything watchable. Literally less than 1% of television programming is tolerable for five minutes. Then go to any bland suburban multiplex. Sure, there will be plenty of junk. But a much higher percentage of movies are tolerable than television.
Agree to disagree...
Definitely fair. Given the extraordinary amount of junk produced for television, when you compare the aggregate output of one with the aggregate output of the other, it's not close in my eyes. However, I think if we centered the terms of the debate on the best television versus the best film it would be more debatable.
And then it would come down to what one is looking for. Television is essentially a storytelling medium. It can push plot and narrative in a way that film generally does not care to. It's a writer's medium, which is why the directors have little creative control in television. The control is given to the creator/showrunner and the writers because television is a plot communication device.
Whereas film is a visual medium with strengths not yet shown in television. I have never seen a television show communicate scope and atmosphere as effectively as film can. The closest was probably the first season of True Detective, a quality attributable in large part to having one extremely talented director handle the entire season. And even there it was extremely plot-focused.
I don't mean that one focus - plot or atmosphere - is intrinsically more important, but certainly if you're of a mind to prefer one over the other, it will dictate to a large degree which medium you prefer, film or television.
I agree with this but it isn't relevant.
Movies are simply awful right now (overall). While television is better than it has ever been.
What isn't relevant?
That a movie is a better story telling medium than a television show.