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[Krathoon]

You can get the entire Magicians series on Blu-ray for $50 on Amazon. Let us talk about this great show.

 

[AfricanKing]

The show had a great start then I dropped off after a dumb AF episode where 2 people needed to orgasm at the same time to complete some spell.

 

[EviLore]

The show had a great start then I dropped off after a dumb AF episode where 2 people needed to orgasm at the same time to complete some spell.

Yep. The first season was great, but as it went on it became a parody of itself. The initial romantic aspects between the main character and the girl were done well, then after certain events the show uses her to shit on him and emasculate him continuously, which isn't fun to watch. The relatively subtle innuendo by the bi guy in the first season turns into 24/7 hypersexualized flame city, initial villain has gravitas and intrigue but that fizzles out, etc. etc. Writing went down the drain.

Shame. Wonder if the books are worth a read.

 

[slade]

Dropped the show in season 2. Many of the revelations were just uninteresting. Given the premise they started with, I did not expect mediocrity.

 

[xrnzaaas]

I wonder how many people have watched it because of the actual plot.

 

[CAB_Life]

Yep. The first season was great, but as it went on it became a parody of itself. The initial romantic aspects between the main character and the girl were done well, then after certain events the show uses her to shit on him and emasculate him continuously, which isn't fun to watch. The relatively subtle innuendo by the bi guy in the first season turns into 24/7 hypersexualized flame city, initial villain has gravitas and intrigue but that fizzles out, etc. etc. Writing went down the drain.

Shame. Wonder if the books are worth a read.

The books are worse since they take more effort to trudge through than something passive like tv.

 

[INC]

I wonder how many people have watched it because of the actual plot.

6/10 females, not good enough to invest in series

 

[JeremyEtcetera]

I didn't take it as seriously as others here and had fun watching it.

 

[jason10mm]

I liked most of it. It would have benefitted from a true adult version though.

 

[Prison Mike]

I wonder how many people have watched it because of the actual plot.

4 great plots there

 

[Jag]

I read the books, which were ok. Then the show, which was meh, but I stuck with it and it did actually get much better. Definitely darker and more interesting. Worth sticking through the bad bits for a nice payoff at the end.

 

[Krathoon]

I need to get through season 4 and 5. I went ahead and bought the Blu-ray set. It is like $10 a season.

 

[Krathoon]

I liked how they dealt with ghosts. They are doomed to repeat how they died.

 

[Krathoon]

Does the show deviate from the books? I got that impression. It sounds like it improved on it.

 

[Krathoon]

I looked it up. The show totally deviates from the books. It is almost like it's own thing.

 

[balls of snow]

That mosaic episode was the best ep of the series. Also, Margo is the best character.

 

[Marlenus]

I enjoyed it on average but it is very up and down.

S1 was good. S2 just felt a bit aimless. S3 felt like they solved everything far too easily and Alice made me rage. S4 and S5 were a step up again.

 

[NahaNago]

I think I only watched maybe half of the first season.

 

[Nester99]

Started strong, ended up kinda stupid.

 

[Pagusas]

My wife was a die hard fan of the first season and even she dropped the show after the horrible 2nd. It's a bad show, let's not talk about it further and pretend it never existed

 

[AJUMP23]

6/10 females, not good enough to invest in series

pretty sure their pointy knees bring that number to a 4/10.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

It got terrible after the first season.

 

[Krathoon]

I enjoyed it. Still need to get through the last 2 seasons.