General Television Thread

[livid]

Donal Logue officially joins Gotham. It'd been rumored for weeks so it's nice to see it finally confirmed. His and Ben McKenzie's presence means I'll check it out but I'm still not terribly optimistic.

http://deadline.com/2014/02/donal-logue-gotham-series-batman-fox/

[TKz]

As I said on twitter the other day, they're doing a horrible job of selling the show outside of casting.

"We'll follow Bruce Wayne right up until he gets interesting" is pretty much the stupidest thing they could say. The show is already going to be fighting against "WHERE'S BATMAN THIS IS STUPID".

[Tyrone]

So it's Smallville?

[TKz]

No, Smallville was about Superman and featured the character the town was famous for. It's a DC version of Agents of SHIELD.

[livid]

Honestly, it's a bit of both. And that's probably how they pitched it too.

[TKz]

It's weird because it could really go either way, but no matter how it ends up, I think setting it pre-Batman is going to hurt it. I'm guessing DC wouldn't have been cool with Batman being around, especially with them outright saying Smallville couldn't even use the Bruce Wayne character, but I feel like they're going to get the exact same "WHERE'S THE HEROES" stuff as SHIELD. Though I suppose they'd get that even if they set it whilst Batman was around and he just showed up from time to time.

Should've just got the Arrow guys to make a Nightwing show.

[livid]

I'm honestly a little surprised/confused why they don't have those guys shepherding all their TV projects.

[TKz]

I'd imagine we'll see them become the Whedon of their TV Universe if Flash hits all the right notes. Arrow was kind of a surprise hit, if Flash, a much harder character to do (I think so, anyway), can be made to work... well, really I'd just give them whatever the fuck DC property they want. >_>

Kind of related, but it's just occured to me: Marvel needs to do a Winter Soldier Netflix series post-Captain America. That'd be so perfect. Also the only film character I can really see doing a show.

[Benji]

Is it just me, or is Brooklyn Nine-Nine just basically live action Archer with police? Not that that's a bad thing.

[livid]

I think it's just you. I've literally never even remotely made that comparison before.

[livid]

HBO officially picks up The Rock's series Ballers.

Seemed inevitable given how big he's gotten recently.

[Benji]

I think it's just you. I've literally never even remotely made that comparison before.

It just came about because I watched one after another and noticed character similarities - Jake is Archer, the goofy, loveable, and slightly cocky lead who kind of has justification for his cockiness. The captain is Mallory, always trying to talk down the son figure with their sometimes unclear/sarcastic demeanour. Amy is Lana, the love interest/work rival. Charles is Cyril, the slightly incompetent but well intentioned coworker. Gina is Carol/Cheryl/Charlene, the sometimes aloof one who often gets things done because of their resources. Plus the comedy often seems to work off the same kind of relationships. Mind you, some of them are just general police archetypes with a twist anyway.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Steven Ogg showing up on Broad City as a creepy locksmith is great.

"This is what we call a whore door, because it's so easy."

[TheSqauredCircleMessiah]

I think it's just you. I've literally never even remotely made that comparison before.

It just came about because I watched one after another and noticed character similarities - Jake is Archer, the goofy, loveable, and slightly cocky lead who kind of has justification for his cockiness. The captain is Mallory, always trying to talk down the son figure with their sometimes unclear/sarcastic demeanour. Amy is Lana, the love interest/work rival. Charles is Cyril, the slightly incompetent but well intentioned coworker. Gina is Carol/Cheryl/Charlene, the sometimes aloof one who often gets things done because of their resources. Plus the comedy often seems to work off the same kind of relationships. Mind you, some of them are just general police archetypes with a twist anyway.

I think with about any show if you look hard enough you compare it to anything, especially if they have a similar setting.

[Baddar]

Turns out The Following is much better this season.

Just me?

[GoGo Yubari]

It's probably just you watching The Following on EWB, yeah.

[Colly]

I think it's just you. I've literally never even remotely made that comparison before.

It just came about because I watched one after another and noticed character similarities - Jake is Archer, the goofy, loveable, and slightly cocky lead who kind of has justification for his cockiness. The captain is Mallory, always trying to talk down the son figure with their sometimes unclear/sarcastic demeanour. Amy is Lana, the love interest/work rival. Charles is Cyril, the slightly incompetent but well intentioned coworker. Gina is Carol/Cheryl/Charlene, the sometimes aloof one who often gets things done because of their resources. Plus the comedy often seems to work off the same kind of relationships. Mind you, some of them are just general police archetypes with a twist anyway.

I think with about any show if you look hard enough you compare it to anything, especially if they have a similar setting.

Indeed, it's just another post-The Office fly on the wall-ish thing a la Parks and Rec, which isn't a bad thing by any means if it's done well. Which it is.

[Maxx]

http://io9.com/the-one-literary-reference-you-must-know-to-appreciate-1523076497

A nice article that gives some background about the King in Yellow stuff that littered throughout True Detective.

[Baddar]

It's probably just you watching The Following on EWB, yeah.

Well Benji's bound to be watching, I think Summ is a fan, and LL watched the first season!

[Benji]

Nope, never even tried to watch The Following and have no interest in it.