Paid Members Sergio Mendacious Posted September 9, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted September 9, 2013 I'm assuming there will be an Agents of SHIELD thread, and that Devon Gladstone will be required to put in his time. Â What is it? Something dreadful, I presume. Â Superheroes, mate. Superheroes. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted September 9, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted September 9, 2013 Capes. Why did it have to be capes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-d-d-dAz Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 (edited) It's not just superheroes, though. Â It's 13 episodes (I think) of superheroes, with a 'bad-guy-of-the-week', 'case-of-the-week' premise. Â Like CSI. Â In capes. Edited September 9, 2013 by d-d-d-dAz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 It's not just capes, it's more Joss Whedon capes. I suspect it can only add to Gladstone's indecision over Whedon. What if it's good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-d-d-dAz Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 It's capes. And more awful Joss Wheddon, knowing, wink-wink quips. Â Quips, capes and 'bad-guy-of-the-week' formula. Â It sounds horrendous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted September 9, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted September 9, 2013 Under the Dome on Channel 5 has got "Great concept, good pilot, unexplained mystery/conspiracy, plot goes to shit, no resolution" written all over it. Giving it a go for now, but the scars of Flash Forward are still there. Â Oh, God, get out now while you still can. This is the single worst adaptation of any property, ever. They've taken so little from the book, other than the actual concept of being under a dome, they might as well pretend they're adapting something else entirely. The book Big Jim is King's most despicable character of all time, but the TV version is shit, like everything else. It's a show made for absolute dunces too, with everything spelled out three fucking times in case you didn't get it. Â They're also clearly terrified of offending anyone. Witness the transition from the book's "Sixty-something retired teacher and his twenty-something girlfriend" characters into a mixed race lesbian couple. And count the amount of times people ask "Two moms? You have two moms?" They turned the meth-addicted radio DJ into a 1990s Lenny Kravitz, and the Big Jim-owned religious radio station into Alt Rock, in case religious people get in a huff. Fuck this fucking committee-led bullshit show. It could have been great. Â Â I gave up at Episode 3 after a particularly clunky piece of exposition dialogue (The Wire has indeed spoiled all TV) so had a quick look on Wikipedia to see what happens in the rest of the series. Â <-- click on 'spoiler' to show/hide the spoiler A second, smaller dome. That glows pink. And is operated by four bloody hands. What the actual fuck? Â [close spoiler] ");document.close(); Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted September 10, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted September 10, 2013 It's not just superheroes, though. It's 13 episodes (I think) of superheroes, with a 'bad-guy-of-the-week', 'case-of-the-week' premise.  Like CSI.  In capes.   CSI Caped Superheroes Investigate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted September 10, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted September 10, 2013 I have a feeling my wife, who loves those kind of 'catch a new bad guy this week' shows as well as superhero films, is going to be all over this. I will probably hate it and get the right hump whenever I have to sit through it. Like with fucking Arrow. Christ, what a load of shite that was/is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted September 10, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted September 10, 2013 It's not just capes, it's more Joss Whedon capes. Â Even better! Anyone got a torrent link?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SiMania Posted September 10, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted September 10, 2013 It's not just capes, it's more Joss Whedon capes. Â Even better! Anyone got a torrent link?! Â It airs in 2 weeks, can your excitement be kept in check til then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted September 10, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted September 10, 2013 I think I might have to mainline Rescue Remedy to get me through it, Si! Â In all seriousness, though, isn't a Whedon TV series usually a massive event? I thought I would have heard about this before now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SiMania Posted September 10, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted September 10, 2013 I'd prescribe back to back viewings of Firefly and Dollhouse until 24th September, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Jesus, Dollhouse. That was poor. I may go back and watch The Avengers again though, get myself in the mood. Â I recently caught up with Thor and Captain America, and thought they were both pretty fun. Marvel has so got its shit together - converging storylines, shared casting, fun and not too serious stories. So my hopes for this series are relatively high, despite Whedon's variable tv output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted September 10, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted September 10, 2013 Marvel has so got its shit together Gotta be thanks to Disney, hasn't it? It bodes well for the next Star Wars trilogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Black Out was pretty good last night. One off drama about what would happen if there was a collosal national grid failure. Threads like in tone, but not as harrowing in the end but a nice use of mobile phone footage shakey cam and gave a good impression of what would happen as society disintegrated. Worth a shot on 4OD or something  SPOILER - Highlight the black box to read Why is it always Sheffield in these things.?Threads, Last Train and now Black Out. Do TV writers really hate the place that much?  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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