[TV] Séries III

[Che]

htgawm é mais do mesmo, uma novela do crlao. o shameless também começou mt bem.

[Almeno]

Bem acabei agora Entourage, muito bom. O Ari é brutal e o Drama também é muito porreiro. O resto da malta funciona bem e o próprio Turtle e Vince vão melhorando um bocado. O Lloyd também tem piada.

 

E a Sloan :heart:

Bem vindo ao grupo :prayer:

 

Entourage :heart:

 

Vi o novo episódio de Shameless US, que saudades tinha disto :heart:

[Einstein]

Fear the walking dead não tem sentido nenhum. p*ta que pariu. Vou continuar a ver pela Alycia e pelo Frank, porque de resto zero é um elogio.

Editado 4 Outubro 2016 por Einstein

[Plastikman]

Conhecem séries de qualidade faladas em francês?

[Indignado]

Quantos episódios de Gotham já estão disponíveis? No pipocas ainda só tem 1 :(

 

 

Senhor Piracy já tem dois.

[George Kaplan]

Conhecem séries de qualidade faladas em francês?

 

Les Revenants

[Simeone]

10 Reasons Why "Sons of Anarchy" Is TV's Most Underrated Drama

 

10. It's darkly hilarious.

Oddly enough, many of the best comedies out feature some decidedly dramatic moments. Meanwhile, the best dramas are low-key funny as hell, from the whip-smart dialog on Justified, Steve Buscemi's perfectly-timed wise-cracks on Boardwalk Empire, and the Tarantino-esque comedic scenarios that play out on Sons.

 

Thanks to Kurt Sutter's incredibly twisted sense of humor, this series about a brotherhood of law-breaking bikers has somehow found a way to successfully weave in sideshows like recurring character and chronically-masturbating nutjob Chuck (Michael Marisi Ornstein) or Walton Goggins as the Southern-twanged, accommodating tranny Venus Van Damme. Macabre incidents such as a severed head floating in a pot of chili are also played for laughs. And how about the storied, much ballyhooed beef between Tig and Kozik (Kenny Johnson), which was later revealed to stem from...a late German Shepherd.

 

Sons can take some depressingly dark turns, but much-needed levity in between the gloom is always guaranteed.

 

9. Stephen King and several other cool people co-sign it.

 

A couple years back, fiction titan Stephen King publicly expressed his love for the show, and in response, Kurt Sutter offered him a chance to write, direct, or act in an episode. He chose the performance option, appearing as a hilariously creepy "cleaner" for SAMCRO named Bachman (a nod to King's frequently used pseudonym Richard Bachman) in an early season three episode. If the series is good enough for the king of horror fiction, then who are you to stunt on it?

 

Sons of Anarchy has also enjoyed special guest appearances from Joel McHale, Hal Holbrook, Danny Trejo, Chuck Zito, Ashley Tisdale (as a prostitute, no less), and Hells Angels founder Sonny Barger. More importantly, real-life motorcycle clubs—at least the ones that understand the need to dramatize and don't complain about everything from Clay's treachery to Jax's Air Forces—have also voiced their support.

 

8. It has an exceptional supporting cast.

 

Thematically, Sons mainly depends on the performances of the core three characters: Jax (Charlie Hunnam), his antagonistic stepfather Clay (Ron Perlman), and his scheming mother/club matriarch Gemma (Katey Sagal). Technically speaking, that main element is so strong that the series could employ real life-bikers and Sutter's second-cousins and the show would still thrive. We've seen plenty of dramas put the heavy lifting on their lead/the A-story only to surround him with a weak supporting cast that only exists to give him a break in between scenes (ahem, Dexter).

 

One of the main reasons SoA is great instead of just good is because the supporting cast is filled with actors just as skilled as the main three. They've all elevated characters that only sometimes get their own arcs into fan-favorites. For example, Juice's (Theo Rossi) informant arc and subsequent suicidal spiral in season 4 was the character's first time in the spotlight, yet viewers were already invested because they'd grown to appreciate him by then. And you'd think Opie (Ryan Hurst) was the main protagonist himself from the way his brutal in-jail murder shook fans up earlier this season.

 

7. There's an endgame in sight.

 

The rise of popular serialized storytelling has been great for the most part, but if there's one outstanding drawback, it's the push-pull of a series that presents a story that must have a finite conclusion with real stakes and compromises honest storytelling in an effort to stretch the story (i.e. the show's longevity).

 

From Lost onward, the concept of executive producers publicly announcing their overall plans and intended run has become a popular way to keep viewers on-board and assure them the plot they've invested in is actually going somewhere. A couple of years ago, Sutter announced that he'd like for Sons of Anarchy to run a seven-season course. Since then its popularity has grown tenfold, becoming FX's flagship series, so we're pretty sure things are for sure running on Sutter's terms these days (which is not to say they weren't before).

 

With season 5 concluding this week, Sons of Anarchy is really in its homestretch. While some critics and fans alike have expressed complaints and concern over the show's alleged unwillingness to pull the trigger on certain series-altering events, anyone who watched The Shield—the classic FX dirty cop series on which Sutter was a lead writer (and also ran for seven seasons) and was similarly paced—knows that once Sutter and his writing team decide to firmly mash the gas, the payoff will be a ridiculously viewer-rewarding rush. We can't wait.

 

6. Katey Sagal gives Emmy-worthy performances on a weekly basis.

 

As Gemma Teller-Morrow, club matriarch and embattled wife of treacherous ex-president Clay, all Katey Sagal's winning performance is missing is the Emmy gold to validate it. Hell, the least they could do is throw her a nomination, although husband (and creator) Kurt Sutter's profane and hilarious anti-Emmy tweets probably aren't helping matters. As of now, all she owns is one Golden Globe statue (received last year), which, of course, is special in its own right.

 

Gemma is ostensibly the Lady Macbeth with the show's Shakespearean exhibition, and Sagal masterfully aces a performance that must simultaneously be loathsome and sympathetic. She helped orchestrate her first husband's murder and the subsequent cover-ups, intentionally pushed Jax's drug fiend baby mother Wendy (Drea de Matteo) off the wagon, once held a gun on a baby, and almost killed her grandsons whilst driving stoned. And yet, we felt for her without hesitation during her emotionally tumultuous journey during season 2, her heartbreaking visit to her senile father the following year, and last season's ugly, violent dissolution of her marriage to Clay.

 

Some would say Gemma doesn't deserve a happy ending, and while that might be true, it's a testament to Sagal's fine work that we'll actually care if and when she gets her comeuppance.

 

5. The second season holds up as an all-time classic stretch of television.

 

After a good but not great pilot in September 2008, Sons of Anarchy hit a suspense-filled creative stride later into its first season (R.I.P. Donna) that won critics and naysayers over. That stride turned into an Olympic sprint in the near-flawless sophomore season, which pit SAMCRO against a different type of foe: businessman and five-steps-ahead schemer Ethan Zobelle (Adam Arkin), a racist hell-bent on shutting down their gun-running business (they mostly sell to Black and Latino gangs).

 

The emotional weight was anchored by Jax and Clay's increasingly poisonous beef over Donna's death, Gemma's harrowing gang-rape at the hands of Zobelle's thugs in the premiere, and her decision to keep it to herself for the sake of the club. Each plot thread built up to the mid-season episode, "Balm," perhaps the best hour the show ever produced, especially considering it exceeded purely on character development instead of the show's eye-popping action or visceral violence.

 

The season's final third added more problems to the mix, namely the return of thirsty ATF agent Stahl (Ally Walker) and the arrival of IRA leader and gun-supplier Jimmy O (Titus Welliver). Impressively, Sutter stuck the landing with a finale that delivered everything the season promised, as well as one hell of a cliffhanger.

 

4. It's the flagship program on FX, arguably most underrated network on television.

 

The popularity of cable dramas over broadcast is higher than ever, and with that new world order comes a new big three of networks that are consistently killing it. Our rank? HBO, AMC, and then FX. That's right, we'd place the FOX subsidiary over Showtime on the strength of its stronger track record, envelope-pushing series, and overall creative originality.

 

It's current slate boasts the beastly likes of Justified, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The League and, of course, American Horror Story. FX is approaching dominance, and it's riding to victory on the Harley of its flagship series, Sons of Anarchy. The network had boundary breaking series before (The Shield, Rescue Me, Nip/Tuck) but none of those had the monster ratings that SoA is enjoying now.

 

As a network, FX deserves higher consideration for its bold backing of daring series, the reputation for which is heavily influenced by Sons. Testosterone-fueled series with great characters and even greater suspense? Consider us on board.

 

3. It's action-packed.

 

The cable drama is currently flourishing as the most celebrated genre on television, with intelligent plotting, richly drawn characters, and Emmy worthy performances. Most of them, however, are too real to engage in tons of pulpy action. For example, the TV community cast a mean side-eye to Homeland's recent, albeit brief, inoffensive shootout, remarking that outbursts of gun-play like that were best left in the past with pseudo-companion series 24.

 

Thankfully, Sons of Anarchy presented itself as a pulp fiction drama from the outset. As such gets to have its cake and eat it too, with one ridiculously enjoyable set-piece after another, like the time the Sons rescued Tig (Kim Coates) by backing a flatbed truck into a motel room, with guns blazing. The complex relationships and themes are explored in between weekly doses of motorcycle chases, shootouts, and/or explosions—sometimes all three at the same damn time.

 

2. Charlie Hunnam is TV's most slept-on leading man.

 

As Jax Teller, the conflicted club president and heir to the throne, Charlie Hunnam consistently delivers a multi-faceted performance that evolves alongside Jax's growing cynicism and ice-cold execution, and he's aced it on every level. The thing is, his day-job as SAMCRO bossman hasn't left the English actor with much free time to appear in other projects during the interim, so the uninitiated who aren't up on the series are mostly unaware of his leading man talent.

 

He's consistently stepped up as the show's lead, hitting an Emmy-deserving peak in the third season, which found Jax in a constant state of agony and rage during a arc that centered around his son's kidnapping. If Fx had just submitted the episode "Bainne" to Emmy voters—that arc's excellent conclusion which found Jax seriously considering whether he deserves to raise a child amidst the violent life he leads—he would've been a lock for an Outstanding Lead Actor nomination. Or so we'd hope—considering how Hunnam is still without a single nomination, the Emmys are flawed.

 

1. It's a loose interpretation of Hamlet, and it totally works on that level.

 

The fact that this uber-violent, pulpy drama about bikers of all sub-cultures is actually a loose adaptation of one of William Shakespeare's best works is mind-blowing. We've seen several people and publications point that out this season, but it's actually been there right from the beginning.

 

While not officially confirmed until season 4, the implication that Clay Morrow murdered step-son Jax's father John was clear and present since the pilot. Just sub in John Teller's manuscript, which influences Jax's opinions on the club from the grave, for the ghost of Hamlet's father, and the rest of the parallels fall into place. Although admittedly, Gemma is more of Lady Macbeth than Gertrude.

 

Obviously the series isn't a point-for-point adaptation, which it shouldn't be. As an honest-to-goodness translation it would've collapsed long ago. But as a loose interpretation, Kurt Sutter's baby has managed to work from material the contemporary masses would probably turn away from and spin five highly rated seasons out of it—not to mention, he's made it work within a biker sub-culture that most wouldn't expect to find Shakespearean undertones. That's no small feat.

[Almeno]

 

 

 

Black Sails

 

On January 29th, a reckoning is coming. Only the strong will survive.

[Simeone]

[G1njas]

As Jax Teller, the conflicted club president and heir to the throne, Charlie Hunnam consistently delivers a multi-faceted performance

:estrelas:

Ele é mau actor. Eu até gosto da série, mas podiam ter arranjado muito melhor.

[frnk th tnk]

Uau, o último de High Maintenance foi muito bom. Totalmente diferente do resto. Eles têm aproveitado muito bem esta mudança para a HBO para explorar novos caminhos criativos.

[Longineu]

Atlanta 1x6

 

 

 

lmaaaaaao :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Hidden]

The Flash 3x01

 

 

Gostei bastante, mas pensava que o Flashpoint ia durar mais alguns episódios, soube a pouco. Cisco :prayer: O Reverse Flash fez um papel do crl também, esteve muito bem o ator.

Estou curioso para ver o que aconteceu com a Iris...

 

Estive a ver o trailer do próximo episódio...ergh. Felicity.

 

Editado 5 Outubro 2016 por Hidden

[Plastikman]

Conhecem séries de qualidade faladas em francês?

[Chet Faker]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2521668/ - Les Revenants

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1429534/?ref_=tt_rec_tt - Engrenages

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1429534/?ref_=tt_rec_tt - Braquo

A primeira é bem porreira.

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1288631/?ref_=tt_rec_tt

Esta nunca vi, mas em França é considerada uma das melhores séries francophones, mas não sei se é facil de encontrar.

Editado 5 Outubro 2016 por Chet Faker

[George Kaplan]

Ja te tinha respondido em cima

[Scurvy]

Gotham 3x03

 

 

Nygma is back bitches!

 

[La Flame]

Luke Cage S01E03

 

 

 

BRING DA RUCKUS ! BRING DA MUTHAFUCKIN RUCKUS ! Wu Tang :heart: Já estava a demorar.

 

Estou a adorar a série, para já.

 

 

[Plastikman]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2521668/ - Les Revenants

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1429534/?ref_=tt_rec_tt - Engrenages

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1429534/?ref_=tt_rec_tt - Braquo

A primeira é bem porreira.

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1288631/?ref_=tt_rec_tt

Esta nunca vi, mas em França é considerada uma das melhores séries francophones, mas não sei se é facil de encontrar.

 

 

Ja te tinha respondido em cima

Nem tinha visto. Obrigado a ambos. Vou experimentar Les Revenants ;)

[Simeone]

Alguém me consegue arranjar a 5ª temporada de Louie? Não encontro...

[Keef]

zooqle

[Bashir]

Alguém me consegue arranjar a 5ª temporada de Louie? Não encontro...

Tens mp

[El Shafto]

A única coisa que consigo dizer sobre o sexto episódio de Atlanta é isto:

 

 

 

Mais a sério:

 

Talvez concorde que foi o mais fraquito, mas acho que foi importante e não fugiu da série. Desenvolve bem a personagem da Van e mantém a toada da crítica social. Só não sei bem a cena do puto com a cara branca... :lol: Mas se calhar era só mesmo para ser engraçado e um puto estranho a fazer coisas estranhas.

 

[Porzingis]

Depois de andar doido com Narcos e Stranger Things acho que vou arriscar com Bloodline. Sense8 também parece ser bastante nice.

[Pan]

Depois de andar doido com Narcos e Stranger Things acho que vou arriscar com Bloodline. Sense8 também parece ser bastante nice.

 

Bloodline é ótimo...na primeira metade da Season 1. Depois é só novela.