TV Stuff 2018

[shapinglight]

Normally this time of year, I'd try and do a post about my fandom activities of the year before, including any fanfic I'd written, but since I wrote no fanfic last year and didn't do anything fannish, there doesn't seem much point. ;)

So here instead is a post about TV stuff I really enjoyed in 2018.

Comments

[lonelybrit]

Ooh, I hadn't spotted Sacred Games on Netflix, I will definitely add that to the list, thanks for the tip :)

Also a big fan of the Good Place. Looking forward to seeing what happens next! And also looking forward to Season 2 of Altered Carbon, I wound up binging the whole season while snowed over a long weekend last year (worse ways to spend a few days). I'm assuming though, given the general premise, that it will be a pretty much new cast. Which I am a little sad about as they were a compelling bunch, but that said, their storylines were nicely wrapped-up in S1, and if it ain't broke don't fix it. Hope your 2019 is being a cheerful year so far!

[shapinglight]

Ooh, I hadn't spotted Sacred Games on Netflix, I will definitely add that to the list, thanks for the tip :)

It's really good. :)

And also looking forward to Season 2 of Altered Carbon, I wound up binging the whole season while snowed over a long weekend last year (worse ways to spend a few days). I'm assuming though, given the general premise, that it will be a pretty much new cast. Which I am a little sad about as they were a compelling bunch, but that said, their storylines were nicely wrapped-up in S1, and if it ain't broke don't fix it.

Agreed on all counts. I shall miss the Joel Kinnaman version of Kovacs, and I'll really miss Ortega. On the other hand, not sure if you know this, but Anthony MacKie, who plays Falcon in the Marvel movies has been cast as Kovacs in season 2, so that should be interesting.

Hope your 2019 is being a cheerful year so far!

It's been quiet. Which is absolutely fine by me. :)

[snogged]

I love The Good Place!

Definitely need to check out the Marvelous Miss Maisel.

[shapinglight]

Definitely need to check out the Marvelous Miss Maisel.

It's such a good show. Beautifully done.

[frelling_tralk]

I just finished The Marvellous Mrs Maisel recently, and I really enjoyed it as well :)

And I noticed that Buffy was added to Amazon Prime recently (also Angel and Dollhouse interestingly, they seem to have added quite a lot recently, enough that I decided it was worth renewing Prime for another year after wavering for a bit at first). I’m interested to check them out when I have time as they are the HD versions, and while I know that everyone complains about how the original lighting and direction etc has been messed up, I can’t deny being tempted to have a sharper version of the first two seasons to watch. It will be nice to be able to better make out the scenes at night for a start! I swear some scenes, like for example Willow running through the woods in Phases, the quality is so shocking on my DVDs that it’s more like watching a fuzzy video tape

[shapinglight]

It's the HD versions? Really?

Have to admit, I hadn't noticed. The dark scenes still seem pretty dark to me, but I often don't really pay attention to that kind of thing as much as I should. ;)

[frelling_tralk]

I’m pretty sure they are? I’ve skimmed through a few of the early episodes to check, and they look notably brighter and sharper than my DVDs. This page goes over all the comparisons

https://buffy.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:BuffyHD/What%27s_Wrong_with_Buffy%27s_HD%3F

But I don’t really pay as much attention to that kind of stuff as I should either, I know that a lot of the fandom was absolutely scandalised at things like the colour balance being messed up for certain scenes, but as a not very discerning viewer I just like the thought of being able to better see what I’m watching :P The season 1 and 2 DVDs are *really* bad film quality wise

[shapinglight]

The season 1 and 2 DVDs are *really* bad film quality wise

I agree. They really are.

I haven't got any further yet. Possibly because I'm incapable of missing episodes out when I rewatch, even when I dislike them, and the next up is Teacher's Pet. :(

[bogwitch]

I have seen none of this (except Buffy, obvs), although I did watch half an episode of Lucifer.

[shapinglight]

although I did watch half an episode of Lucifer.

All you could stand, eh? :)

[bogwitch]

To be fair it was all I had time to watch, but I didn't have much desire to come back to it. It's too procedural for me and I found him very annoying.

[shapinglight]

It is very procedural, and I actually hate procedurals. I wouldn't have stuck with it either if I hadn't like Tom Ellis and the rest of the cast. If you don't like him, I can quite see why you didn't stick with it.