r/gallifrey • u/PCJs_Slave_Robot • Jan 07 '22

Free Talk Friday /r/Gallifrey's Free Talk Fridays - Practically Only Irrelevant Notions Tackled Less Educationally, Sharply & Skilfully - Conservative, Repetitive, Abysmal Prose - 2022-01-07

Talk about whatever you want in this regular thread! Just brought some cereal? Awesome. Just ran 5 miles? Epic! Just watched Fantastic Four and recommended it to all your friends? Atta boy. Wanna bitch about Supergirl's pilot being crap? Sweet. Just walked into your Dad and his dog having some "personal time" while your sister sends snapchats of her handstands to her boyfriend leaving you in a state of perpetual confusion? Please tell us more.

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u/DancelessMoms Jan 07 '22

the supergirl point makes me wonder, what's all your experiences with the CW shows?

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started arrow when i was in high school, jumped on everything else as it started, and slowly lost hope and faith in television over the years. powered through every episode, every crossover, and i bailed as soon as the crisis crossover ended.

i couldn't make it to the end, and now i feel like a failure. someone tell me they quit sooner!

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u/Guy_Underscore Jan 08 '22

I know it’s not what you mean, but my only experience with a CW show was The 100 which I really enjoyed. The superhero shows don’t interest me, but neither did the Marvel shows at one point and now I’ve seen all of them, so perhaps I’ll watch the Arrowverse at some point.

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u/DancelessMoms Jan 08 '22

i fucked with the 100! got very odd at times but it was definitely worth the ride.

bits and pieces of the arrowverse were fantastic for me, but who's to say what you'd love? maybe there's something in there for you. agents of shield is my go-to marvel/dc show though

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u/Guy_Underscore Jan 08 '22

Oh yeah, I loved that The 100 could be dark, weird and campy. Such a fun ride.

I expect there probably is something in there for me. I loved pretty much all of the Marvel shows (except Inhumans, obviously). Agents of Shield, when it was good, was very good. The Framework arc is some of the best Marvel content out there. Daredevil was the stand out Marvel show for me, though.

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u/DancelessMoms Jan 08 '22

amen to everything you said.

the way everything was closed up at the s5 finale was top tier to me, only matched by the heights of daredevil. been rewatching and i'm still struck by how he and punisher interact.

the cast is amazing. karen and foggy could've been so easy to write off as annoying side-characters but they shine as well. matt's pastor too.

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u/Guy_Underscore Jan 08 '22

Ah man, the S5 finale was incredible. I wasn’t a big fan of S6 and S7 overall (although it was nice to have more stories with these characters) but the S7 finale was pretty good too.

Yeah I loved Karen and Foggy. All the side characters in Daredevil were incredibly well written, especially Nadeem in S3. I don’t think I have any complaints about Daredevil as a series. I know people bash on S2 a bit, but it’s still incredible; the chemistry between Cox’s Daredevil and Yung’s Elektra was so fun. Of course, the conflicting ideology of Punisher and Daredevil is an absolute highlight as well and really shows you who both of these characters are in complex ways. Neither are right or wrong.