Author Topic: The TV shows you've seen recently thread. (Read 2084358 times)

Diunx · « **Reply #8100 on:** March 01, 2014, 12:55:43 AM »

How long are Hannibal seasons? I no longer have the patience for 24 episodes network crap.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #8101 on:** March 01, 2014, 01:21:19 AM »

13 I think, but one was removed from US broadcast for reasons I can't remember last season. I think it featured a school shooting? It was going to be aired in tandem with some big tragedy.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #8102 on:** March 01, 2014, 01:21:38 AM »

Pretty sure the character Lincoln from Broad City is based on PD

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #8103 on:** March 01, 2014, 01:26:49 AM »

... omfg, you're right

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #8104 on:** March 01, 2014, 01:29:15 AM »

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #8105 on:** March 01, 2014, 02:33:57 AM »

PD would totally marry Ilana.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #8106 on:** March 01, 2014, 03:10:45 AM »

Ilana definitely does it for me too, all woman

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #8107 on:** March 01, 2014, 04:36:05 AM »

Ilana being so frank about her sexuality last episode and craving pink (i.e. white) dick the whole episode only to end up returning home to her black boyfriend to eat cake together was hilarious. I don't think I've seen a character so overtly sexual and yet hilarious, something Girls wishes it could do with ANY of its characters.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #8108 on:** March 01, 2014, 08:57:12 AM »

Why does she want white dick?

More Girls shade. One day I'll give it a try by every clip I've seen has felt so forced.

Reb · « **Reply #8109 on:** March 01, 2014, 11:44:41 AM »

I stopped 3 episodes before the end of season 2. Suddenly I realized there is other actual enjoyable tv to watch.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #8110 on:** March 01, 2014, 11:44:06 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on March 01, 2014, 08:57:12 AM

Why does she want white dick?

More Girls shade. One day I'll give it a try by every clip I've seen has felt so forced.

She just had a random sexual urge for white dick. She's typically with Lincoln every other episode, though they're in a really open relationship that's kind of more friends with benefits. I think in the first episode she has that Skype chat where she's riding Lincoln's BBC while talking to her BFF.

etiolate · « **Reply #8111 on:** March 02, 2014, 12:03:36 AM »

A lot of good TV right now.

-True Detective
-Justified
-Archer
-The Americans
-Arrow
-Vikings

I think I mourned the loss of good action shows some months ago in this very thread, but Arrow and Vikings have pretty awesome action sequences.

Oblivion · « **Reply #8112 on:** March 02, 2014, 05:04:26 AM »

I'm on episode 2 of True Detective, and just saw the scene with Alexandra Daddario.

Dear God....

Beezy · « **Reply #8113 on:** March 02, 2014, 03:29:28 PM »

Quote from: etiolate on March 02, 2014, 12:03:36 AM

I think I mourned the loss of good action shows some months ago in this very thread-

Banshee. Watch it.

Oblivion · « **Reply #8114 on:** March 02, 2014, 04:34:59 PM »

Finished episode 3 of True Detective, looks like shit's starting to get good.

Quote from: Beezy on March 02, 2014, 03:29:28 PM

Quote from: etiolate on March 02, 2014, 12:03:36 AM
I think I mourned the loss of good action shows some months ago in this very thread-

Banshee. Watch it.

Banshee takes itself too seriously. I liked Strikeback way better.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #8115 on:** March 02, 2014, 07:14:42 PM »

Banshee has better action scenes than Strike Back but Strike Back has better gun porn. Banshee also has better cinematography, tits, and Antony Starr who can emote so damn well with just the shape of his face and his ass is divinity and can turn any straight man gay.

That said, Season 2 of Banshee has been a bit too melodramatic. The producer said every episode would be "50% better than any Season 1 episode" and that's been mostly not true. Also kind of overindulging in the "shots within shots" thing where he intercuts characters doing things in-between them doing other things, such as a character being stoic then the character flailing around in rage for a couple seconds then back to stoicism to emphasize a character's feelings. Or intercutting a character in introspective reflection with something they'll do 10 minutes later.

Banshee S2 kinda feels like Cinematographer's Experiment Session a lot of the time. It doesn't work every time.

Beezy · « **Reply #8116 on:** March 02, 2014, 07:19:13 PM »

Quote from: Oblivion on March 02, 2014, 04:34:59 PM

Finished episode 3 of True Detective, looks like shit's starting to get good.

Quote from: Beezy on March 02, 2014, 03:29:28 PM
Quote from: etiolate on March 02, 2014, 12:03:36 AM
I think I mourned the loss of good action shows some months ago in this very thread-

Banshee. Watch it.

Banshee takes itself too seriously.

Oblivion · « **Reply #8117 on:** March 02, 2014, 07:58:56 PM »

Quote from: Beezy on March 02, 2014, 07:19:13 PM

Quote from: Oblivion on March 02, 2014, 04:34:59 PM
Finished episode 3 of True Detective, looks like shit's starting to get good.

Quote from: Beezy on March 02, 2014, 03:29:28 PM
Quote from: etiolate on March 02, 2014, 12:03:36 AM
I think I mourned the loss of good action shows some months ago in this very thread-

Banshee. Watch it.

Banshee takes itself too seriously.

I've seen a few episodes of Banshee season 1 and the show is definitely seems a lot darker and more serious than Strikeback, which I liked cause it was just nice, dumb fun.

Freyj · « **Reply #8118 on:** March 02, 2014, 07:59:06 PM »

The Americans is giving me Homeland vibes, but isn't it there yet.

Season 1 was a lot more up and down than the reviews let on.

Diunx · « **Reply #8119 on:** March 02, 2014, 08:26:21 PM »

The Americans is muuuuuuuch better than Homeland.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #8120 on:** March 02, 2014, 08:29:46 PM »

S3 of Homeland was pretty damn good

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #8121 on:** March 02, 2014, 08:36:38 PM »

S1 of Homeland was really damn good

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #8122 on:** March 02, 2014, 08:42:02 PM »

Having recently rewatched it, I kind of think S1 has been overrated. Some of the side plots in the first half are just ehh, and it really doesn't become "great" until you find out what happened to the other marine. And then the finale episodes are god tier.

I honestly think S3 is far more consistent from beginning to end, but I'll give the nod to S1 due to that penultimate episode leaving me on the edge of my seat like few other shows have.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8123 on:** March 02, 2014, 10:10:25 PM »

It's up!!!!

also enjoyed this

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8124 on:** March 02, 2014, 11:21:41 PM »

Better than episode 6. Still I feel like next episode will have a lot to cover.

benjipwns · « **Reply #8125 on:** March 02, 2014, 11:27:51 PM »

I hate to say it but Community is actually quite good this season. Though the two main reasons won't be back if there's a next season.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #8126 on:** March 03, 2014, 12:09:27 AM »

Who? Harmon and McHale?

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #8127 on:** March 03, 2014, 12:27:17 AM »

Just watched True Detective. Great as usual.

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Fun watching 2012 Marty and Rust picking up where they left off.

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Really excited to see how this all gets wrapped up next week.

benjipwns · « **Reply #8128 on:** March 03, 2014, 12:27:18 AM »

Nah, Jonathan Banks and John Oliver have apparently already signed onto other projects. I've thought Buzz Hickey and the return of Duncan have really improved the cast and helped the show transition to a better balance of there being an actual school and its components/people involved sometimes, which it had way way back at the start for a short period. Troy/Abed adventures and Pierce didn't lend themselves very well to that stuff.

I assume if it does get a sixth season Harmon will stick around to wrap it up.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #8129 on:** March 03, 2014, 01:46:32 AM »

This week's episode of walking dead was awful. Like high school drama club bad.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #8130 on:** March 03, 2014, 01:53:35 AM »

AVClub nailed True Detective hard this week with their score. I'll watch it, but I'm going in with some reservations.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #8131 on:** March 03, 2014, 02:06:19 AM »

I liked this one more than the previous but I understand the complaints. Seemed a bit too buddy-cop-ish.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #8132 on:** March 03, 2014, 05:39:26 AM »

Wasnt a bad episode of TD but definitely a little slow. For the first time this season, Looking was actually better than TD.

Diunx · « **Reply #8133 on:** March 03, 2014, 10:55:22 AM »

TD was amazing as usual, some really creepy shit in this episode

Junpei the Tracer! · « **Reply #8134 on:** March 03, 2014, 08:19:44 PM »

I forgot and maybe some of you did too but Bates Motel returns tonight at 9.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #8135 on:** March 03, 2014, 08:28:31 PM »

I have confidence in True Detective, last episode was setting up a lot with everything involving that sheriff. Can't make that move without some major shits hitting a big ass fan. But it did seem Rust and Marty made up a little fast, however they were a powerhouse team starting from their first case. I have faith in HBO and those two actors tho, I will anticipate a fucking incredible finale.

Vizzys · « **Reply #8136 on:** March 03, 2014, 08:36:11 PM »

hannibal is a good show
that is all

Barry Egan · « **Reply #8137 on:** March 03, 2014, 08:42:57 PM »

I didn't realize how important the interview structure was to True Detective's success until they were over. Still some great dialogue, cinematography, and performance, but I'm not anticipating the final episode to exceed what was given to us in episodes three through five.

Mupepe · « **Reply #8138 on:** March 03, 2014, 08:46:04 PM »

I just watched episode one of true detective.

Kshow · « **Reply #8139 on:** March 03, 2014, 10:59:00 PM »

Marty, "If you were drownin', I'd throw you a barbell!" CLASSIC SHIT!

etiolate · « **Reply #8140 on:** March 04, 2014, 12:13:30 AM »

Regards to True Detective:

I feel like the pacing was a little off in last episode. I felt that they could have begun the episode at the point where Marty is at his ex-wife's place, and then used that to trim off some of the elongated Marty/Rust stuff at the start. Could have summarized via flashbacks (as that part of the episode was already doing) and then pushed forward more into where the arc of the story starts to rise up again.

chronovore · « **Reply #8141 on:** March 04, 2014, 02:06:40 AM »

I'm halfway through the first episode of Blacklist. I can't tell if it is genius or waiting to break down into full-blast idiocy. What's the bore-o-meter reading on this?

benjipwns · « **Reply #8142 on:** March 04, 2014, 10:48:30 PM »

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/mcconaughey-reveals-the-four-stages-of-true-detective-rustin-cohle-20140304

Quote

"I just basically broke it down and made a 450-page graph of where Cohle was and where he was coming from," McConaughey says, flipping through the document until he gets to part he's looking for.

Quote from: chronovore on March 04, 2014, 02:06:40 AM

I'm halfway through the first episode of Blacklist. I can't tell if it is genius or waiting to break down into full-blast idiocy. What's the bore-o-meter reading on this?

Spader is awesome, entire reason to watch the show.

It's pretty stupid though and probably thinks it's more clever than it is. Setting up all kinds of dumb mysteries and reveals. Poor sense of time. Sometimes sets up what seems like something interesting, then wastes the whole episode on the case of the week and then suddenly does a dumb reveal for the interesting thing right at the end and then ignores it for three weeks.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #8143 on:** March 05, 2014, 03:33:23 AM »

new girl is starting to get really boring

Himu · « **Reply #8144 on:** March 05, 2014, 02:55:59 PM »

What is Bates Motel?

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #8145 on:** March 05, 2014, 04:00:25 PM »

Norman and his Mama pre-Psycho

Kshow · « **Reply #8146 on:** March 05, 2014, 05:24:11 PM »

Yea. New Girl is gettin tough to watch. Use to be enjoybale, kinda. lol I miss Happy endings!

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #8147 on:** March 05, 2014, 08:47:43 PM »

The back half of S1 and S2 is good comedy as far as New Girl goes. But S3 the characters' became caricatures, as third-season comedies tend to do nowadays.

Happy Endings had a little of that trouble as well in its third season, but it managed to salvage itself by still being the funniest sitcom to premiere since Arrested Development.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #8148 on:** March 05, 2014, 10:07:25 PM »

I'm really happy with the fifth season of Justified. They really stepped up their game here with this season. I liked S4 but thought it was too slow going at times; not with S5, every episode has a lot of crazy shit going on. I'm sad that the next season is going to be the last but with Elmore Leonard dead, you might as well find a way to wrap it up while it's still going strong.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #8149 on:** March 06, 2014, 01:14:46 AM »

Broad City had a heavily female gaze sex dream-ception sequence and it was amazing. Fucking hilarious show. It's like Bitch in Apartment 23 came back and it was even raunchier.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #8150 on:** March 06, 2014, 07:15:20 PM »

Man, this season of Archer just isn't very...good. Sounded like a great idea on paper, but they haven't really done much with it, and the jokes are all falling flat for me. Best part of it is Cocaine Pam (I love that her head is still fat

).

etiolate · « **Reply #8151 on:** March 06, 2014, 07:30:56 PM »

Archer: I've enjoyed the season early on, but lately it does sort of feel like every character but Pam and Cheryl lack a purpose/use within the plotting. Before, the show could reference spy fiction for gags and fun, but the whole cocaine business has just been wacky ideas to unload the goods and Archer getting shot at. And the characters that the drug trade are bringing in aren't as interesting as the sort of settings and characters the spy trade was creating.

StealthFan · « **Reply #8152 on:** March 06, 2014, 08:32:10 PM »

Hannibal
True Detective
Arrow
Almost Human

I need to catch up on that last one. I've missed like four eps since the Carano (

) one. True Detective is good but not great. It has a ton of cliches if you're familiar with crime fiction. Arrow is cheeseball as hell but very entertaining and moves at a fast clip. I'm interested in seeing where Hannibal goes this season. If they

spoiler (click to show/hide)

kill off Fishburne then they are drastically changing the lore from the books. It would make sense though because his HBO show got picked up

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Dickie Dee · « **Reply #8153 on:** March 06, 2014, 10:04:54 PM »

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8154 on:** March 06, 2014, 10:14:43 PM »

Ya Archer is a bit flat this season. Its a shame because the idea seemed so good. They also spoiled the best jokes with the first episode.

I started watching Farscape; it's weird, in a good way, I think...

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8155 on:** March 06, 2014, 10:21:45 PM »

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #8156 on:** March 06, 2014, 10:31:10 PM »

Kinda agree on Archer being a bit flat this season. I think the last few episodes I had on in the background while I was doing other things, never would've done that before.

They really need to lean into the new premise more. The shift away from spy stuff could've been invigorating, but they didn't really refocus on anything else in it's place, it's left it a bit aimless.

Tasty · « **Reply #8157 on:** March 07, 2014, 01:28:31 AM »

Started watching True Detective. It's compelling but it feels a bit over my head and a little meandering (which I know is part of its appeal.)

That tracking shot at the end of ep 4 (which I just finished) is hot as fuck though.

Also McConaughey looks so similar to the memory I have of Christian Bale in The Machinist it's pretty eerie. Aside from that, the show single handedly turned around my opinion of him completely. I have a lot more faith in Interstellar now.

etiolate · « **Reply #8158 on:** March 07, 2014, 02:03:42 AM »

Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on March 06, 2014, 10:14:43 PM

Ya Archer is a bit flat this season. Its a shame because the idea seemed so good. They also spoiled the best jokes with the first episode.

I started watching Farscape; it's weird, in a good way, I think...

Farscape is awesome, but weird. You have to get into the mood of it. It's like one of those dreams that you wake from, but can't tell if it was a fantasy or a timid nightmare that you just had.

StealthFan · « **Reply #8159 on:** March 07, 2014, 03:20:42 AM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on March 07, 2014, 01:28:31 AM

Started watching True Detective. It's compelling but it feels a bit over my head and a little meandering (which I know is part of its appeal.)

That tracking shot at the end of ep 4 (which I just finished) is hot as fuck though.

Also McConaughey looks so similar to the memory I have of Christian Bale in The Machinist it's pretty eerie. Aside from that, the show single handedly turned around my opinion of him completely. I have a lot more faith in Interstellar now.

go watch lincoln lawyer, bernie, killer joe and mud.

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