Joss Whedon returns to HBO with new series The Nevers -

[Krokodil Overdose]

"a gang of Victorian women"

Lol

Am I the only one who can't help but think of the Monty Python "Hell's Grannies" sketch on hearing that?

I saw a bit of the show, and from what I can tell, it's got that slow, bloated, unfocused feel that's pretty much epidemic in the made-for-streaming market. Not having to worry about time slots and run time has been a disaster for the human race

 

[jorgoth]

She kind of looked like Sarah Michelle Gellar at times to me as well, but maybe that's just me.

I watch these things while I'm doing other stuff, so I probably miss things, but to me that whole 6th episode didn't make any sense. To me it doesn't matter why Molly killed herself if someone or something else is occupying her body now. Does the thing remember that past? I don't get that whole future scene with Claudia Black, either. I don't know what it's setting up, and I don't care. I was more interested in the hanging and what happened after that. If I had been watching this week to week, I would have rage quit the show after something like this.

That whole future sequence is very "tell, don't show", which is only made worse by the weird terminology they use. I'm guessing they ran out of budget for producing a scifi-sequence that makes sense.

Also, given that Joss Whedon was replaced mid-production, and that the series is being released in 2 6 episode streaks, this may well have been the episode that got him fired.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

Also, given that Joss Whedon was replaced mid-production, and that the series is being released in 2 6 episode streaks, this may well have been the episode that got him fired.

It is reassuring to know that even in Clownworld somethings will never change

 

[jorgoth]

I was reading up on its ratings by critics, and they're middling, like 57/100 on Metacritic, which sounds about right to me. If Trump was still in office I have no doubt that the rating would be 157/100. I guess even critics can be on point if they aren't circling the wagons to protect their precious little clique.

 

[LordofTendons]

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If it has to be explained like this, maybe you should have left it on the cutting room floor.

 

[Tor Lugosi]

Also, given that Joss Whedon was replaced mid-production, and that the series is being released in 2 6 episode streaks, this may well have been the episode that got him fired.

I don't think he was fired for anything on the show. He got sorta MeToo'd by the casts of Buffy and Angel and was pretty much blacklisted, even losing his then upcoming Batgirl movie.

 

[Oats12345]

I don't think he was fired for anything on the show. He got sorta MeToo'd by the casts of Buffy and Angel and was pretty much blacklisted, even losing his then upcoming Batgirl movie.

Well it was just karma coming back to bite his ass

 

[Syaoran Li]

I don't think he was fired for anything on the show. He got sorta MeToo'd by the casts of Buffy and Angel and was pretty much blacklisted, even losing his then upcoming Batgirl movie.

I'd post the Joker clip where he shoots Robert DeNiro but I think that meme's way past played out.

 

[jorgoth]

So I oftentimes like to use Youtube as a barometer for something's popularity, and the numbers aren't good. Anything besides the trailers and the view counts struggle to break 10k. For comparison Raised by Wolves has clips with 400-600k, which isn't fantastic but isn't abysmal either.

 

[jorgoth]

So Netflix has an X-Men ripoff (Umbrella Academy), HBOMax has an X-Men ripoff (The Nevers), and now Disney+ has one too(The Mysterious Benedict Society). And with the cast of each one you can figure out who the channel is geared towards. Netflix is geared towards directionless thirty-somethings wishing they were still in college, HBOMax is geared towards pretentious twenty-something who wish they were older (A demographic that doesn't exist but Joss Whedon wishes existed, hence The Nevers' seeming failure to garner ratings), and Disney+ is geared towards little kids with professional-managerial-class helicopter parents, and also pedophiles.