General TV Show Discussion And Review

[bprc 1,441]

Anyone keen for Helix? Starts tomorrow, double episode, on the Syfy network.

 

"The series follows a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who travel to a research facility in the Arctic to investigate a potential outbreak of disease. While there, they find themselves stuck in a life-or-death situation that could decide the fate of the future of mankind. Helix will be executively produced by Ronald D. Moore (I know there are some Battlestar Galactica fans here!), Lynda Obst, Steven Maeda and Cameron Porsandeh, and will run for at least 13 episodes"

 

[Duckz 474]

Yeah, never heard of it since just now when I saw an ad for it.

 

Looks pretty good. Will be giving it a look.

[Unlikely-Emp 153]

Might have to check it out when released. Gotta say though they should of put that text in a much higher frame rate for the rendering because it jitters like all hell.

[Duckz 474]

So I watched the double episode of Helix.

 

Apart from a bit of cringe worthy CGI, it wasn't too bad. Something a bit different then what's on TV at the moment. Definitely reminds me of the classic movie Outbreak and the recent movie Contagion.

[MasterShrive 2,015]

I finished Firefly yesterday and then watched Serenity. A real shame it didn't take off, and it sounds like some network meddling got in the road there. From what I've seen it had a lot of potential. Almost makes me want to watch Castle as well.

 

I might give Helix a look in - although I don't know what I'll watch next. I've got The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire near the top of my list, but I'm also thinking of going more Sci-Fi again. Might just watch some more Trek, give Revolution a go or I'm also considering trying a series called Dollhouse as well.

[Blueberry 444]

RE firefly, there are extended universe comics, but i have not got into them.

[Blueberry 444]

Where do you guys source your shows from? i used to use eztv but that is now gone.

[MasterShrive 2,015]

http://kickass.to/ usually.

[Decroxx 815]

I use TorrentDay, which is pretty damn good.

Only downside is you have to keep a 1:1 seeding ratio.

 

Plenty of people should have invites for the site if you want one.

[Duckz 474]

I was on EZTV yesterday...

 

Nevertheless, I use TorrentDay too. There's a thread somewhere on the forums about TD. My ratio is hovering around the 10 mark, with 50TB+ uploaded and around 5TB downloaded.

[bprc 1,441]

Where do you guys source your shows from? i used to use eztv but that is now gone.

 

Why not use EZTV?

 

https://eztv-proxy.net/

[Blueberry 444]

I tried a few proxy alternatives i found on reddit but this is the first one to work. Thanks bp.

[bprc 1,441]

No worries. I got the link from their twitter feed.

[MasterShrive 2,015]

Archer is meant to be starting up again. However, Season 5 is apparently a reboot, called Archer Vice, which involves the same characters but a completely different setting where they're trying to sell cocaine? Not sure how well that will work, but I guess we'll see.

[Fauxrique 67]

I finished Firefly yesterday and then watched Serenity. A real shame it didn't take off, and it sounds like some network meddling got in the road there. From what I've seen it had a lot of potential. Almost makes me want to watch Castle as well.

 

I might give Helix a look in - although I don't know what I'll watch next. I've got The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire near the top of my list, but I'm also thinking of going more Sci-Fi again. Might just watch some more Trek, give Revolution a go or I'm also considering trying a series called Dollhouse as well.

 

Dollhouse is quite a good show, it is a little slow at first and is rushed at the end because it got cancelled and they Josh wanted to get all the ideas out. I still thoroughly recommend it, especially if you are a Buffy/Angel fan, alot of the actors from those shows are in Dollhouse especially Eliza who played Faith is the main character.

[MasterShrive 2,015]

I never watched Buffy - came to the scene too late. Probably would have enjoyed it though.

[Decroxx 815]

Archer is meant to be starting up again. However, Season 5 is apparently a reboot, called Archer Vice, which involves the same characters but a completely different setting where they're trying to sell cocaine? Not sure how well that will work, but I guess we'll see.

Really? Huh, I love Archer, so I'm downloading it now.

May or may not report back.

[Phobos 1,209]

Agree, Archer is great. I think i like this new season already

[MasterShrive 2,015]

Just watched the first episode: the series is going to be good. Not sure why it's been described as a reboot.

[SirOzrick 48]

I'd strongly suggest giving this a watch. It's a German 3-part miniseries about five friends during the Second World War. I've seen the first two episodes and find the character development to be quite brilliant, it's like a German 'Band of Brothers' in my opinion.

Here's the link to the first episode on SBS, it expires in two days though. Second episode's up currently, too.

http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/10 ... ration-War

[Phobos 1,209]

oooo, will watch. Cheers!

 

Edit: If you didn't know about sbsnapper, you can dl anything that's shown on SBS from it: http://www.nappers.net/s/index.html

[Phobos 1,209]

I'm up to the last ep of Generation War. Excellent mini series.

 

If anyone's interested in more German WWII movies, Before The Fall AKA Napola is another good one (has the actor that played Friedhelm in it). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384369/

[MasterShrive 2,015]

I would really like to get to it. Not sure when I will though. I've now started the Sopranos and I'm really enjoying it so far.

[Decroxx 815]

I'm up to the last ep of Generation War. Excellent mini series.

 

If anyone's interested in more German WWII movies, Before The Fall AKA Napola is another good one (has the actor that played Friedhelm in it). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384369/

Same as me Phoby, I just finished the second episode.

It's an excellent series so far. Even though the episodes are 90 minutes long, it keeps pulling me through.

[MasterShrive 2,015]

Anyone still keeping up with Agents of SHIELD? The latest Stan Lee appearance gave me a chuckle.