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ayyyvocado t1_j6k23bt wrote

American Gigolo - I managed to watch 3 episodes and decided to stop. I haven't watched the original movie and can't quite tell you what I thought the show was going to be about (besides what's obviously in the name), but this wasn't it. I expected much more. It's got an interesting cast but the writing is pretty dreadful and weak. Made-for-TV-esque. The show is not glam or mysterious, it's just dark and repetitive. You can play that Call me song over and over but there just isn't enough to the story to hold me interested.

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moe11436 t1_j6k35ad wrote

Sucks to hear that, i enjoyed both of them.

Was really excited for season 2 of "Let The Right One In" after the last scene in the finale.

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jogoso2014 t1_j6ka3mt wrote

Sad they cancelled Let the Right One In.

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ArthurSaga0 t1_j6kdwgb wrote

Maybe if they created an original vampire show instead of remaking a classic that they’ll never be able to live up to, it wouldn’t have gotten cancelled. I actually would have watched the show if it was a new dark, creepy vampire show that’s emotional and touching like LTRRI.

By all accounts the show is seemingly not bad, so I give credit to the people involved for not making it terrible. I just think there’s nothing that needs to be remade 3 times. Why would I want to see a version of a masterpiece that’s merely ‘decent’? I’ll just watch the version that’s a classic instead...

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lightsongtheold t1_j6kew6w wrote

Replying to tbone29x (#1,630,759)

That is pretty much the viewership numbers for anything that is not Billions, Dexter, Your Honor, or Yellowjackets in the last 3 years.

I’ll absolutely miss both American Gigolo and Let The Right One In.

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stamps1646 t1_j6kffxc wrote

damnit! I really wanted a season 2 for Let The Right One In.

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mrj9 t1_j6kg89b wrote

Whats the date showtime and paramount+ merge

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Dregenfox t1_j6kggw9 wrote

Dang it! Let The Right One In deserved at least 2 seasons. I hope someone else picks it up and gives it new life, maybe HBO or Netflix.

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lightsongtheold t1_j6km65p wrote

Replying to wujo444 (#1,634,443)

I really enjoyed both shows. American Gigolo was more OK than brilliant but I still felt it was a solid show. Let The Right One In was actually pretty good. A bit different from the movie but a fairly good and engaging show with fun twists and turns and characters with plenty of depth to them. It had some Dexter vibes to it. I went into it with low expectations but ended up really loving it. It is such a pity it never found an audience.

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mikeweasy t1_j6kmxxz wrote

Man I liked Let the Right One in, was hoping for a season two especially after that final scene!! Lame.

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MissDiem t1_j6koo32 wrote

Both shows were worthy of continuing, but especially Let The Right One In

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HardlineMike t1_j6kzfg8 wrote

Deuce Bigalow deserves better than being cancelled.

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Couldnotbehelpd t1_j6l1nhc wrote

Replying to lightsongtheold (#1,633,078)

Showtime has never really had amazing shows or numbers. They’re definitely not actually competing with HBO over quality programming.

HBO has Sopranos, the Wire, Six Feet Under. Showtime had 7284 seasons of True Blood (edit: true blood was on HBO, making my argument wrong)

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spencerlevey t1_j6l5ywl wrote

Where is my I Love That For You Season 2 renewal?!

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AlexTorres96 t1_j6lak4q wrote

Fucking hell. Demian Bichir doesn't deserve such bullshit. FX, ABC have done my man dirty and that's bullshit.

I appreciate that he grinds thru with new projects even as all this bullshit networks put on him.

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AlexTorres96 t1_j6lasu0 wrote

Replying to lightsongtheold (#1,639,668)

Were any of those shows any good? I remember a wrestling podcast I'd listen to and they'd talk about shows they were watching. Always talked about Homeland, Ray Donovan, Newsroom, Boardwalk Empire and dexter.

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Wyatt821 t1_j6ldmpe wrote

Wtf! They already shot a whole season of Three Women. What a blow to the crew and cast. Honestly disrespectful.

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aw-un t1_j6lenk8 wrote

Can someone ELI5 the logic behind shelving all these shows/seasons that have already been produced?

The Batgirl and Scoob stuff (obligatory Fuck Zaslov) makes sense (kinda) because there was a tax benefit due to the merger. But now all these other networks are starting to do the same thing.

Why spend Millions of dollars making a season of television and not air it? Like, 95% of the cost has already happened.

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grandmasterfunk t1_j6lma3o wrote

Replying to AlexTorres96 (#1,642,012)

Homeland is gripping at times, but also kind of Islamophobic and is really dumb in a lot of seasons. Ray Donovan is okay, but nothing worth seeing. A lot of Showtimes shows start off good, but dip in quality quickly.

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Tim_Drake t1_j6lp8xg wrote

Jon Bernthal can not catch a break!

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LetMeBangBro t1_j6ltyhr wrote

Replying to AlexTorres96 (#1,642,012)

Homeland was great. Its funny cause the start of each season you would be like "is this show still good?" and then by the end of the season think it was great. Some very good acting throughout (Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, F Murray Abraham, Damien Lewis)

Dexter is great in parts. It does get less so as it goes on; you have minor one note characters that start in the background come to the forefront and get more screen time, but not really any better. The main line arcs are pretty good each season.

Newsroom is great if you like Aaron Sorkin's style; fast pace, idealist dialog. If you have watched his stuff and didn't care for ti, it is not for you.

Boardwalk Empire I enjoyed a lot. Semi historical crime-mob drama set in the 1920s. The last season went off the rails as they found out late it was gonna be the end and to wrap things up.

Ray Donovan was ok. What you see at the start is mostly how each season plays out. Nothing great, or extremely interesting, but never really bad either.

I'd recommend them in the order I have listed. Only bump up The Newsroom if you really like Sorkin TV/Movies, or bump to the bottom if you don't.

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Stensi24 t1_j6lyi97 wrote

Replying to AlexTorres96 (#1,642,012)

Homeland was good for a few seasons, then it just started going in circles.

Californication was a good show with some fun moments, that was completely ruined by it’s ending after 2 very poor seasons.

Boardwalk Empire was a truly amazing show for 2-3 seasons, then a steep drop in quality.

Weeds was an alright…

I didn’t start this comment thinking there was a pattern, but holy shit. Does this hold true for every Showtime title? Do they just not know when to end shit?

Dexter was a great show for the start of it’s run, only to be ruined by a truly aweful ending after 2 very poor seasons.

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BGN777 t1_j6m1btq wrote

American Gigolo was so bad and Bernthal didn't even show any peen.

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SoulCruizer t1_j6m8hq9 wrote

Replying to Dregenfox (#1,633,505)

Damn what a different response it’s gotten after coming out. On Reddit it was almost “cool” to shit on it and do the whole “why, no one’s asking for this” or “just watch one of the films” probably a big contribution to why it wasn’t watched by many.

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yodimboi t1_j6mcc6w wrote

Does American Gigolo end on a cliffhanger?

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jblanch3 t1_j6mdx7y wrote

Replying to lightsongtheold (#1,639,668)

Even the first three shows you mentioned went on for way too long. Dexter was the only one out of the three that I stuck around til the end for, and even that was a struggle considering how awful some of the latter half of Dexter was.

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BananaSoprano t1_j6meut1 wrote

I'm really hesitant to start TV shows these days because you really do never know what's going to get cancelled.

You have your surefire hits like The Last of Us, but I'd say a solid 90% of shows you don't really know if they're worth the investment because they might not get any sort of payoff.

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MrConor212 t1_j6os84u wrote

Let the right one in was good but not great and not surprised in honesty

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davdev t1_j6ox788 wrote

Replying to Stensi24 (#1,649,416)

The thing with Dexter is you can make Season 5 you own personal series finale and it would be an absolutely perfect show. Season 5’s ending works perfectly fine as a series finale.

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