What are we watching now?

[spawnofthesith]

I'm terminally online and wayyyyy too deep into a YT spiral of hate watch "content" on the group of turd comics he falls into (Burt, Tom, Schulz and that other not-Rogan "MMA" dude). There's a vast pile of videos on how they all suck. Whether they do or not. I specifically avoided this show, for better or worse; because of that

Should I give it a go?

I can't stand podcasts in general especially the comedy ones and I greatly dislike the whole "manosphere" clique. And I genuinely think Tom started getting less funny after becoming besties with burt


however I've been a fan of his stand up since like 2010 lol


It's worth watching if your interested in vulgar off the rails/violent/absurdist sketch comedy. I was cracking up a lot throughout

 

[JiveTurkey]

I can't stand podcasts in general especially the comedy ones and I greatly dislike the whole "manosphere" clique. And I genuinely think Tom started getting less funny after becoming besties with burt


however I've been a fan of his stand up since like 2010 lol


It's worth watching if your interested in vulgar off the rails/violent/absurdist sketch comedy. I was cracking up a lot throughout

I might have to give it a go. Shane Gillis is great and I actually like Theo Von about a bazillion percent more than I ever thought I would.

 

[spawnofthesith]

I might have to give it a go. Shane Gillis is great and I actually like Theo Von about a bazillion percent more than I ever thought I would.

Same, I mostly just try and ignore these dudes podcasts and stick to the standup and that seems to be working out for me

 

[JiveTurkey]

Same, I mostly just try and ignore these dudes podcasts and stick to the standup and that seems to be working out for me

I will say; Theo's podcasts (and I normally LOATHE podcasts) usually has great guests and despite how redneck airhead-y he can come off; he asks some great questions and the discussions are almost always funny. But yes to this generally speaking otherwise.

 

[spawnofthesith]

I will say; Theo's podcasts (and I normally LOATHE podcasts) usually has great guests and despite how redneck airhead-y he can come off; he asks some great questions and the discussions are almost always funny. But yes to this generally speaking otherwise.

I'll watch occasionally if he has a guest I'm specifically interested on, the episode with Billy Strings is pretty good

 

[Aelred]

Who can’t a get a laugh out of Meghan Markle’s podcasts?

What constitutes a podcast anyway? Live streaming by one person? A long-form interview? A panel discussing topics on a regular basis? Rhett Shull?

The talk show interview format seems to be dying, as do regular weekly-serial TV shows, old TV news media including cable and so forth. Something wil fill the void.

 

[spawnofthesith]

man I fucking hate podcasts

Being a jamband nerd I do occasionally enjoy Andy Frascos podcast depending on guest. His podcasts are certainly superior to his bands music

 

[norminal]

I listen to Podcasts while running, doing yard work, or while driving and I’m sick of listening to music.

I listen to mostly aerospace and guitar related shows, but occasionally dig a fun conspiracy theory or UFO/UAP/NHI show.

 

[spawnofthesith]

It’s possible I may just not have found the “right” podcasts yet (my desire to look isn’t that high either tho)

Despite my frequent and long winded posts on forums I’m actually a rather quiet and stoic person in real life and the typical trends I see in podcasts seem to be insufferable fluff. 3hrs of content for 45 minutes of meat just drives me insane

 

[JiveTurkey]

man I fucking hate podcasts

Being a jamband nerd I do occasionally enjoy Andy Frascos podcast depending on guest. His podcasts are certainly superior to his bands music

You are not alone. Too much yapping, 95% of the time.

 

[Aelred]

I don't listen to (m)any but see highlights on YouTube.

This is the "What are we watching now" thread after all.

 

[Funk Soul Brother]

Their problem is entirely with scripts. Andor excluded, all the other Star Wars shows tend to be painfully mediocre. It's like they are designed by committee and focus groups, then become entirely forgettable.

There's also too much of them so people get fatigued and don't have the will to watch them all, same issue Marvel has.

I do feel Andor S2 seems like it just gets going at the end of the season. If it cost that much to make you have to question if it was worth it. It looks gorgeous but I think that story could be told with 10x smaller budget without losing anything.

 

[Funk Soul Brother]

Yeah, I was really thinking about the cost: all that money and it looked so cheap. The parts I bothered with, of course. I needed a heavy hand on the fast-forward to get through the Harfoot stuff.

I expect season 3 to be hilariously awful. Hate-watching has become it's own thing since Game of Thrones seasons 7 & 8. Once the GRRM material was exhausted, they had nothing but nonsnense.

I'm as big a Tolkien fan as there is, I was totally obsessed by the Hobbit then the trilogy when I was 17 (It was like a dream trip, helped being slightly stoned) & Peter King's productions of LOTR 1-3 were a dream come true

Gave Rings Of Crap a chance in Season 1, couldn't believe what drek that was, totally skipped watching Season 2 ~ I could *never* imagine giving a to any Tolkien interpretation, but Prime got mine.

 

[Frankencat]

Star Trek TOS.

 

[Aelred]

I'm as big a Tolkien fan as there is, I was totally obsessed by the Hobbit then the trilogy when I was 17 (It was like a dream trip, helped being slightly stoned) & Peter King's productions of LOTR 1-3 were a dream come true

Gave Rings Of Crap a chance in Season 1, couldn't believe what drek that was, totally skipped watching Season 2 ~ I could *never* imagine giving a to any Tolkien interpretation, but Prime got mine.

I don’t know what Amazon paid the Tolkien Estate to use the material they do in the 2nd Age (which had no Hobbits mentioned) that they completely ignore anyway, but they didn’t seem to have much an idea of a story for any season, let alone 5 in a grand arc.

For a while, GoT was golden and brought the $$$, attention and accolades – until it didn’t. House of the Dragon seems to be going the way of Game of Thrones in Season 2, with GRRM not happy with the new material and some saying season 2 ended too early. Bezos wanted his own GoT (before the final 2 seasons I am guessing) so bought LotR and spent a fortune he can afford, relocated from New Zealand to England etc.

Historical and Medieval fantasy settings, Sci Fi and comic Superheroes don’t seem to excite or even interest the Producers, Directors, Writers and Rooms tasked with bringing the shows to people’s homes, hence leaks to the media such as “We want to make Sauron like Walter White or Tony Soprano.”

WTF?!?

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

I don’t know what Amazon paid the Tolkien Estate to use the material they do in the 2nd Age (which had no Hobbits mentioned) that they completely ignore anyway, but they didn’t seem to have much an idea of a story for any season, let alone 5 in a grand arc.

For a while, GoT was golden and brought the $$$, attention and accolades – until it didn’t. House of the Dragon seems to be going the way of Game of Thrones in Season 2, with GRRM not happy with the new material and some saying season 2 ended too early. Bezos wanted his own GoT (before the final 2 seasons I am guessing) so bought LotR and spent a fortune he can afford, relocated from New Zealand to England etc.

Historical and Medieval fantasy settings, Sci Fi and comic Superheroes don’t seem to excite or even interest the Producers, Directors, Writers and Rooms tasked with bringing the shows to people’s homes, hence leaks to the media such as “We want to make Sauron like Walter White or Tony Soprano.”

WTF?!?

They are not creative enough for original material, and not wise enough to leave the source material alone.