What Are You Watching?

[Gradius]

Watching Gotham and starting house of cards. I love the dark atmosphere in Gotham.

Am I the only one who has no interest in the Marvel films?

They're just mindless entertainment with no depth. It's just the typical cliche good guy vs bad guy dynamic done over and over and over again. I honestly don't understand why these films are so successful.

The only superhero film series I like atm is X-Men because at least enough thought goes into them to make them mroe than simple action popcorn films.

I'm just a sucker for CGI. It will never stop being impressive to me. :P

[The_Blade]

Am I the only one who has no interest in the Marvel films?

They're just mindless entertainment with no depth. It's just the typical cliche good guy vs bad guy dynamic done over and over and over again. I honestly don't understand why these films are so successful.

The only superhero film series I like atm is X-Men because at least enough thought goes into them to make them mroe than simple action popcorn films.

As stand alone films most are Ok. Some are really bad, like Captain America: The First Avenger and Hulk (without the reboot). The fact that there's a continuity between the films is what made the franchise so successful.

I agree with you, on that most are action-packed, fan-bait films. However, Disney has learned how to entertain the audience and how to build up to the iconic movies. You are probably not part of the target audience and that's why you just don't care. They aimed towards the mainstream media and the money. They are not trying to make some form of art (while the animation can really be beautiful). However, you might like what's coming for the following films: "Captain America: Civil War" and "Inhumans". Disney is also constantly trying to get the whole Marvel franchise together. They recently got Spiderman and X-men might come next.

[ragnarok]

Disney is also constantly trying to get the whole Marvel franchise together. They recently got Spiderman and X-men might come next.

This was already seen in the Age of Ultron trailer. You recall the part where Ultron was saying you're nothing but puppets on strings?

That was a reference to Pinocchio film. If you listen to the music in the trailer, you would hear the Pinocchio theme in there.

The end of the trailer matches perfectly with the ending of the Pinocchio film. At the end of the film, Pinocchio is cut from his strings and he becomes a real boy. At the end of the Age of Ultron trailer, we saw virtually the same thing, where Ultron says, "But now, I'm free. There are no strings on me."

[Turalyon]

They're just mindless entertainment with no depth. It's just the typical cliche good guy vs bad guy dynamic done over and over and over again. I honestly don't understand why these films are so successful.

Like the Transformers films? They're even more brain-dead than the Marvel films and yet people still keep going to watch them in droves, too.

I don't mind that. It's better than them trying to be something else that they're clearly not meant to be.

[Nissa]

I would mind less if anything in Hollywood were more than that.

Right now I'm staying up way too late watching Gu Family Book, the story of a dude who is half human, half Korean monster. He's trying to live as a mortal person, but a girl he loves has become sold as a gisaeng -- an entertainer/prostitute -- because the man who took him in was accused of being a traitor. I want to stop watching, but I want to know what happens...

[DemolitionSquid]

I would mind less if anything in Hollywood were more than that.

Right now I'm staying up way too late watching Gu Family Book, the story of a dude who is half human, half Korean monster. He's trying to live as a mortal person, but a girl he loves has become sold as a gisaeng -- an entertainer/prostitute -- because the man who took him in was accused of being a traitor. I want to stop watching, but I want to know what happens...

When it comes to weird shit, the East will always have us beat.

[Nissa]

When it comes to weird shit, the East will always have us beat.

Lol. That's more true about Japan than Korea. Korean culture is generally adorable.

[DemolitionSquid]

Lol. That's more true about Japan than Korea. Korean culture is generally adorable.

Adorable indeed.

[KaiserStratosTygo]

-Gotham (dark mafia atmosphere)
-The Flash (just fun, Wells reminds me of pre-BW Arcturus Mengsk)
-Arrow (pisses me off half the time with some of the secondary characters, still glued to it though)
-Agents of Shield (basically a Marvel movie in a TV format)
-Walking Dead (Season 5 has gotten better since the beginning of the Alexandria arc)
-Vikings (MERCIA RULES!! not really)
-Various cop shows like NCIS (staple of my childhood and adulthood)
-Sirens (My dad got me into this show, it's funny as hell)
-Modern Family (Got into it in 2013, watched every episode at least 4 times)
-Various Military and WWII specific shows (My grandfather got me into these shows by accident when I was a kid)

Don't get me wrong, I love good anime series. However, the tropes still annoy me from time to time (fucking annoying female characters). The best way to make someone, within the anime target population, see this is by comparing the anime industry to the Discovery Channel educational fiasco. Discovery Channel switched their show focus towards redneck/outdoor/reality shows. They still make a lot of money and their target audience is happy. However someone from the outside or previous target audience can clearly see the marketing con.

I haven't been able to watch Discovery channel in 9 years now, as well as History 1. because it all turned into "REDNECK DOES STUPID THINGS LOLOL channel"

It's garbage.

I like to watch a lot of shows mainly as entertainment but also as a source of information. Series I do enjoy will likely take up time from my day. Moreover, I'll sit down and will only watch the show. However, I will also skim through some othere, but I'm either not interested enough or they have plot flaws. I skim through them by either jumping through episodes, skipping episodes, watching them while watching something else, and by playing them at double the speed.

I'm currently watching: Agent Carter, Gotham, The Flash, Vikings, Planet Earth, Agents of Shield, The Time in Between, Dem Som Draeber, and The Walking Dead.

While I also Skim through: Arrow, Modern Family, Parks and Recreation, Helix, The Librarians, Cuentame Cómo Pasó (Spanish series from the early 2000s), Adventure Time, The Americans, Big Bang Theory, House of Cards, 12 Monkeys, Sleepy Hollow, Supernatural, Doctor Who, Elementary, and others.

Here's what I understand from Nissa's point of view of modern TV. She dislikes cultural agendas on a story and prodigy protagonists (the one in a million). Some examples of the first case... House of Cards has a great story, but it's mounted on the population's view of politics. It explains politics in a way the show will sell. Something similar will happen to Game of Thrones. As of the next season, main characters will continue to be butchered for the sake of audience shock. As for prodigy protagonists... Arrow is probably the best case of this flaw. A hooded archer wins against automated weapons every single time and is also in the center of every unreal story arc.

@Nissa: I believe you would also like: Vikings (history channel) and The Time in Between (Spanish serie).

Now, anime...

It is true some series have a great story, but they are designed for an otaku audience in today's industry. I've watched most of the mainstream series with a great story (Attack on Titan, FMA, Death Note, etc), but even they have an attatchment towards any of the main, modern anime tropes. Attack on Titan has a great sense of character development, but also falls into the pits of violence and nudity. Death Note has a brilliant duel between the two main characters, but collapses into an annoying female character. The best contrast between the anime industry, now and then, is probably the one created between the FMA twins. "Full Metal Alchemist" (2003) was closer to plot development, while "Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood" (2009) took its plot from trope designs (violence and unstoppable hero).

Anime derailed into this because it was meant to split from conventional animation and its trends.

Don't get me wrong, I love good anime series. However, the tropes still annoy me from time to time (fucking annoying female characters). The best way to make someone, within the anime target population, see this is by comparing the anime industry to the Discovery Channel educational fiasco. Discovery Channel switched their show focus towards redneck/outdoor/reality shows. They still make a lot of money and their target audience is happy. However someone from the outside or previous target audience can clearly see the marketing con.

Am I the only one who has no interest in the Marvel films?

They're just mindless entertainment with no depth. It's just the typical cliche good guy vs bad guy dynamic done over and over and over again. I honestly don't understand why these films are so successful.

The only superhero film series I like atm is X-Men because at least enough thought goes into them to make them mroe than simple action popcorn films.

Because they're fun, that's really all that needs to be said, and they do that really well.

I don't need a comic book movie to be like SC1 or anything, it'd be nice but that's not the point.

[ragnarok]

Like the Transformers films? They're even more brain-dead than the Marvel films and yet people still keep going to watch them in droves, too.

I don't mind that. It's better than them trying to be something else that they're clearly not meant to be.

That's because Bay's versions are only good for blowing everything up. In terms of story it's a completely different matter.