Oh my god, well fucking played with the hallucinations, iZombie. Way to play the plot twist for emotional bang.
Oh, right, Wonderfalls must be why I kept expecting the talking devils to be helpful give directions
Kaylee: Can I? Zoe: Sure. He's out, though. Kaylee: He did this for me, once.
'Safe'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
A topic for the discussion of Doctor Who, Arrow, and The Flash. Beware possible invasions of iZombie, Sleepy Hollow, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi, superhero, or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect adult content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Marvel superheroes are discussed over at the MCU thread.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
-t - May 27, 2015 3:56:45 pm PDT #28018 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Consuela - May 28, 2015 5:59:49 am PDT #28019 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So I kind of fell down the rabbit hole into The 100 over the past week. Watched all of Season 1 in 3 days, and now I'm 4 eps into Season 2.
Anyone else watching this?
It starts as a deeply stupid show about stupid but pretty teenagers abandoned on Earth after a nuclear holocaust (they grew up on a space station and this is the first test to see if the radiation levels have gone down enough to survive). But within about six episodes it gets a lot more morally complex, the characters accidentally start a war they don't know how to stop, and I realized I need to pay much closer attention.
I won't say the cast is amazing, but they're pretty good, reasonably diverse (most of the leads are white, but not all, and many of them are female), and I have the feeling that the showrunners did a bait-and-switch on the CW.
It is, I have to admit, super violent, and occasionally icky, but not explicit. Thankfully by now the teen-romance factor has gone way down and the adult questions of "what do we do to survive?" and "does torture actually work?" and "how do we manage prisoners?" are coming to the fore.
Tom Scola - May 28, 2015 6:03:33 am PDT #28020 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Consuela, you'll be happy to know that Javier Grillo-Marxuach is on the writing staff for The 100 next season.
Consuela - May 28, 2015 6:11:39 am PDT #28021 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I heard that, Tom! In fact, that's one reason I decided to give it a try. That and my narrative kink for post-apocalyptic stories.
I was somewhat unprepared for how violent it is, though. Like, that is the single primary conflict in the storyline. I'm hoping that at some point they'll branch out a bit. You can make drama out of other things, after all.
Toddson - May 28, 2015 6:55:33 am PDT #28022 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I watched it but kind of lost track towards the end of the season. I appreciated that the love triangle and teen angst faded away in the face of trying to survive.
askye - May 28, 2015 10:02:50 am PDT #28023 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
I've given The 100 a try and then gave up I think I have to get over the hump of bad episodes. Based on some of the gifsets I've seen on Tumblr there looks like there are some interesting plot developments.
I don't think those gifsets were manipulated to make an AU. I've gotten fooled by a few AU gifsets that weren't clearly marked, so I went into a show or movie expecting something that didn't happen.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 28, 2015 10:34:47 am PDT #28024 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Isaiah Washington was in that show back when it debuted, so it was on my automatic Do Not Watch list.
Kalshane - May 28, 2015 1:42:52 pm PDT #28025 of 30001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I haven't watched The 100 (and really don't have time to add another show) but I've seen several "You should watch The 100 (yes, really)" articles at sites I trust.
sj - May 28, 2015 3:16:54 pm PDT #28026 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm out of TV. Is Bitten worth watching?
ETA: Nevermind, I watched two episodes and didn't like it.
Steph L. - May 28, 2015 3:17:54 pm PDT #28027 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I just watched this week's iZombie, and -- how much of it was a hallucination? Everything, including the investigation with Clive? I got that telling Major she was a zombie was a hallucination (along with not!Cliff weather guy), but was there anything that wasn't a hallucination?