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Why are you not watching "The End of the F***ing World" (Netflix)?
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Great show. Possibly the best of the year.
Started off somewhat slow and overly edgelordy, like something out of a college art house film in the mid 90's, but by about episode 3 or 4 the show hit its stride and never let up. It lays the foundation with an almost absurd premise and borderline caricatures and manages to slowly chip away at it by peeling more and more layers off of the characters, all delivered brilliantly by every actor in the show.
I do have to say, it is insanely discouraging to read all these hot takes from people that watched 18 minutes of the first episode, maybe 2 episodes(some just the fucking trailer), and just walk away.
This is long form television. You don't give up on a book after the first chapter. Conclude you figured it all out and berate the entire work. I dare say, in this constant stimulation dependent culture, The Wire, Deadwood, and Mad Men would never of gotten another season if the one or two and done responders that seem more and more frequent these days, even from the art-house crowd that would flock to these works in the past, was seemingly as representative as they are becoming.
Started off somewhat slow and overly edgelordy, like something out of a college art house film in the mid 90's, but by about episode 3 or 4 the show hit its stride and never let up. It lays the foundation with an almost absurd premise and borderline caricatures and manages to slowly chip away at it by peeling more and more layers off of the characters, all delivered brilliantly by every actor in the show.
I do have to say, it is insanely discouraging to read all these hot takes from people that watched 18 minutes of the first episode, maybe 2 episodes(some just the fucking trailer), and just walk away.
This is long form television. You don't give up on a book after the first chapter. Conclude you figured it all out and berate the entire work. I dare say, in this constant stimulation dependent culture, The Wire, Deadwood, and Mad Men would never of gotten another season if the one or two and done responders that seem more and more frequent these days, even from the art-house crowd that would flock to these works in the past, was seemingly as representative as they are becoming.
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I was confused once too, but there's also the trailer thread which I know you posted in.
This show was really enjoyable.
I'm happy with the story it told, I wouldn't mind if it ends there.
I'm happy with the story it told, I wouldn't mind if it ends there.
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I found the trailer highly misleading. It's not a feelgood rebel comedy - it's a tragedy with comedic elements woven in.
It's a good watch, but since I didn't know the actors, I was thinking they were about 15 years old most of the time. Somehow that made a lot of stuff even harder to watch for me.
It's a good watch, but since I didn't know the actors, I was thinking they were about 15 years old most of the time. Somehow that made a lot of stuff even harder to watch for me.
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The female lead is like 25+. She was also part of the last season of Penny Dreadful, in a very adult role.
Yeah, I looked it up after the show - they nailed the look, mannersims, clothing, hair and feel of teenagers. I bought that these guys were way younger than they really are.
This!! Great start, good ending but everything in the middle was terrible...
Couldn't get past the first episode. Mopey teens, bah... at least I tried. But thanks to that, I did find Toast of London.
Watched it in only 2 nights - out of boredom and because I couldn't decide what to watch. And even though the trailer is absolute crap and made wait for an annoying revolted teenagers series or some crap like Love, it is just AWESOME.
It's still very British, but more relatable than most humor British content I had seen. And it is also very dark, you laugh nervously most of all. But the characters aren't cliché, the interactions between secondary characters are awesome [Gemma Whelan is shinning] and the two main actors are very good. The soundtrack is also very related to the current scene. It is much more like a movie than a series because it is so short. I would recommend for My Mad Fat Diaries fans, even though I preferer this one.
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It's still very British, but more relatable than most humor British content I had seen. And it is also very dark, you laugh nervously most of all. But the characters aren't cliché, the interactions between secondary characters are awesome [Gemma Whelan is shinning] and the two main actors are very good. The soundtrack is also very related to the current scene. It is much more like a movie than a series because it is so short. I would recommend for My Mad Fat Diaries fans, even though I preferer this one.
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This. I get enough of them through work. I watched the first episode, then concluded I don't need the teenage "ra ra I'm so fucking unique and twisted, and don't forget life fucking sucks" bullshit in my private space as well.
Yeah I agree with whoever said that as the characters get explored more deeply the show really picks up. I would be fine with it ending there.
Don't let that fool you, this says it well:
I think one of my favorite moments was when
James and Alyssa reunited. They felt so hopeless and lost seperated.
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This is more or less movie length and I preferred it to all three of those shows. You can blast through it in one evening.
This show was really great in so many ways. The music, the acting, the characters all just top notch. As much as I would love a season 2 I think the story ended about as perfectly as it could.
I liked it. The acting is great, the plot is unique and it has a great pace since it´s only 20 minutes and under 10 episodes.
Burnt through it last night, was fine. Went from rolling my eyes and groaning to enjoying it back and forth pretty regularly. The only bits that drove me crazy were the white cop lady constantly humping her partners leg.
Episode 5 so far, pretty cool.
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Okay I just finished it. Last 2 episodes were a bit weird, and didn't like how it ended. First half was definitely the superior one.
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Okay I just finished it. Last 2 episodes were a bit weird, and didn't like how it ended. First half was definitely the superior one.
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I watched the trailer for this and was immediately turned off. I literally cannot relate to high school aged characters whatsoever. Anything that portrays them dramatically makes them completely unbelievable in almost every case.
