Author Topic: The TV shows you've seen recently thread. (Read 2082672 times)

Himu · « **Reply #4980 on:** April 01, 2012, 09:49:46 AM »

Quote from: Andrex on April 01, 2012, 02:35:07 AM

My love of Steve Blum went up a billion times after this stunt. It was cruel of CN/AS, but I still appreciate it. I would be worse off if this hadn't happened tonight.

It was an obvious test to see if there was still interest in Toonami. Why use up their programming schedule otherwise?

Diunx · « **Reply #4981 on:** April 01, 2012, 10:22:29 AM »

What time EST is the GOt premiere?

Himu · « **Reply #4982 on:** April 01, 2012, 10:34:43 AM »

9 est

etiolate · « **Reply #4983 on:** April 02, 2012, 07:56:55 PM »

Bob's Burgers

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #4984 on:** April 02, 2012, 07:59:22 PM »

Did anyone watch The Killing?

etiolate · « **Reply #4985 on:** April 02, 2012, 08:02:18 PM »

Doesn't it start next week?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #4986 on:** April 02, 2012, 08:58:21 PM »

Nah started last night, two episodes. I'll probably watch later tonight

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #4987 on:** April 02, 2012, 09:27:19 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on April 02, 2012, 07:59:22 PM

Did anyone watch The Killing?

I watched it. It was okay. It seems like they're shifting towards the murder being some kind of crazy conspiracy and Linden and Holder are going into "WHO DO YOU TRUST?" mode. Although whether that's the focus of the entire season, or if they're going to be like "DERP, we were wrong, here's our new theory for this week" remains to be seen.

etiolate · « **Reply #4988 on:** April 03, 2012, 03:42:24 AM »

Watched The Killing episodes and thought they were rather good. It (the conspiracy) makes sense given the scope of the show and the way the investigation has had troubles.

Mupepe · « **Reply #4989 on:** April 03, 2012, 10:04:58 AM »

Quote from: etiolate on April 02, 2012, 07:56:55 PM

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Bob's Burgers

Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

etiolate · « **Reply #4990 on:** April 03, 2012, 05:07:52 PM »

Yeah. I liked the first season. I rather liked that things didn't go smoothly.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #4991 on:** April 03, 2012, 05:08:27 PM »

Quote from: Billy Rygar on April 03, 2012, 12:10:12 PM

Quote from: etiolate on April 03, 2012, 03:42:24 AM
Watched The Killing episodes and thought they were rather good. It (the conspiracy) makes sense given the scope of the show and the way the investigation has had troubles.
Have you watched the entire first season?

A better question would be, "Why would you watch the first season?"

The Killing wants to be Twin Peaks, but god does it not even know how.

cool breeze · « **Reply #4992 on:** April 04, 2012, 01:09:43 AM »

Lost season 3 ending spoiler stuff

spoiler (click to show/hide)

entire time I'm like "when did Jack glue pubes to his face? he seemed pretty straight laced in his previous flashbacks and the island." and then Kate comes out and I'm like FUCKING WHAT. and and forget it. the fuck is a flash forward? you spend the entire series up until this point establishing the show as a series of current scenes and flashbacks. all these tricks with Jack calling out his dad in his hospital. I got got. and then Jack says "we have to go back" and I finally get where that's from. it was awesome.

I'm guessing Season 4 chronicles them leaving the island. and no more Charlie! shame on Desmond for saving him so many times. now dump Sayid.

[close]

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4993 on:** April 04, 2012, 09:46:08 AM »

For those that don't follow such things (and why would you) Dan Harmon, the creator of community and Chevy Chase hate each other.

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/04/04/community-creator-dan-harmon-apologizes-for-chevy-chase-leak/
http://danharmon.tumblr.com/post/20430020654/not-that-it-helps-but
http://www-deadline-com.vimg.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Memo__120331184343.mp3
http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/chevy-chase-in-feud-with-community-creator-dan-harmon/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/31/community-chevy-chase_n_1393823.html?1333224940

For what its worth while I like community its been pretty weak this season. The show has gotten over-indulgent.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #4994 on:** April 04, 2012, 11:02:53 AM »

Quote from: Linkzg on April 04, 2012, 01:09:43 AM

Lost season 3 ending spoiler stuff

spoiler (click to show/hide)
entire time I'm like "when did Jack glue pubes to his face? he seemed pretty straight laced in his previous flashbacks and the island." and then Kate comes out and I'm like FUCKING WHAT. and and forget it. the fuck is a flash forward? you spend the entire series up until this point establishing the show as a series of current scenes and flashbacks. all these tricks with Jack calling out his dad in his hospital. I got got. and then Jack says "we have to go back" and I finally get where that's from. it was awesome.

I'm guessing Season 4 chronicles them leaving the island. and no more Charlie! shame on Desmond for saving him so many times. now dump Sayid.

[close]

You've seen flashbacks, you've seen flashforwards, but you you haven't seen nothing until you've seen...

spoiler (click to show/hide)

flash-sideways

[close]

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4995 on:** April 04, 2012, 11:24:44 AM »

Quote from: Linkzg on April 04, 2012, 01:09:43 AM

Lost season 3 ending spoiler stuff

spoiler (click to show/hide)
entire time I'm like "when did Jack glue pubes to his face? he seemed pretty straight laced in his previous flashbacks and the island." and then Kate comes out and I'm like FUCKING WHAT. and and forget it. the fuck is a flash forward? you spend the entire series up until this point establishing the show as a series of current scenes and flashbacks. all these tricks with Jack calling out his dad in his hospital. I got got. and then Jack says "we have to go back" and I finally get where that's from. it was awesome.

I'm guessing Season 4 chronicles them leaving the island. and no more Charlie! shame on Desmond for saving him so many times. now dump Sayid.

[close]

Yeah at the time I loved that surprise. Season 3 was actually my personal favorite of the seasons. Originally I hated the first half but I went back and rewatched it and actually enjoyed it a lot.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #4996 on:** April 04, 2012, 12:43:33 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on April 04, 2012, 09:46:08 AM

For those that don't follow such things (and why would you) Dan Harmon, the creator of community and Chevy Chase hate each other.

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/04/04/community-creator-dan-harmon-apologizes-for-chevy-chase-leak/
http://danharmon.tumblr.com/post/20430020654/not-that-it-helps-but
http://www-deadline-com.vimg.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Memo__120331184343.mp3
http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/chevy-chase-in-feud-with-community-creator-dan-harmon/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/31/community-chevy-chase_n_1393823.html?1333224940

For what its worth while I like community its been pretty weak this season. The show has gotten over-indulgent.

Weird, Chase was pretty devastated when the show's production was halted a few months ago. It really seemed like he loved it.

This season has been pretty weak. The first season is nearly perfect imo, and while the second seasons starts a bit slow it quickly gets awesome. This season certainly had some great episodes, like the chaos/timeline one, but overall it's been extremely inconsistent. Two weeks ago was probably the low point of the series, with that idiotic bar mitzvah scene, the Hulk stuff, etc. It's as if the writers are trying their hardest to appeal to people who don't watch the show, and it's just failing.

I did like last week's episode though

Mupepe · « **Reply #4997 on:** April 04, 2012, 01:34:19 PM »

The Season 3 finale of Lost is fucking jaw dropping good. That was without a doubt the peak. So much brilliant execution and payoff and even the cliff hangers were amazing. It really seemed like the show knew what it was doing and it did so easily.

Season 4 is still very good and in some parts tops everything previously but the mythology begins to fall apart.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #4998 on:** April 04, 2012, 02:25:21 PM »

S4 is the best season

Mupepe · « **Reply #4999 on:** April 04, 2012, 02:32:20 PM »

Best moments of S4 >>>>>> Best moments of previous seasons

As a whole...

S2 > S4

I SAID IT

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #5000 on:** April 04, 2012, 02:51:58 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on April 04, 2012, 12:43:33 PM

Quote from: Stoney Mason on April 04, 2012, 09:46:08 AM
For those that don't follow such things (and why would you) Dan Harmon, the creator of community and Chevy Chase hate each other.

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/04/04/community-creator-dan-harmon-apologizes-for-chevy-chase-leak/
http://danharmon.tumblr.com/post/20430020654/not-that-it-helps-but
http://www-deadline-com.vimg.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Memo__120331184343.mp3
http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/chevy-chase-in-feud-with-community-creator-dan-harmon/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/31/community-chevy-chase_n_1393823.html?1333224940

For what its worth while I like community its been pretty weak this season. The show has gotten over-indulgent.

Weird, Chase was pretty devastated when the show's production was halted a few months ago. It really seemed like he loved it.

This season has been pretty weak. The first season is nearly perfect imo, and while the second seasons starts a bit slow it quickly gets awesome. This season certainly had some great episodes, like the chaos/timeline one, but overall it's been extremely inconsistent. Two weeks ago was probably the low point of the series, with that idiotic bar mitzvah scene, the Hulk stuff, etc. It's as if the writers are trying their hardest to appeal to people who don't watch the show, and it's just failing.

I did like last week's episode though

Chevy Chase is notorious for being a dick but I actually agree with his complaints about the show. And the problem to me isn't that they are trying to appeal to people who don't watch the show. Anybody coming in new wouldn't have liked or necessarily even understand these situations or characters. One of the problems is the amount of grounded episodes versus wacky episodes has gotten out of hand tending towards the wacky one. And the bigger problem seems to be, they don't really seem to know where to go with these characters. They exhausted too much, too early. This is a show that is done no favors with 22 episode seasons.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #5001 on:** April 04, 2012, 04:41:56 PM »

The difference is that while Twin Peaks is strange almost all the time, it had an actual investigation happening with a lot of actual, solid evidence. The Killing doesn't even have basic investigation logic down.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #5002 on:** April 04, 2012, 04:43:32 PM »

Quote from: Billy Rygar on April 04, 2012, 03:03:28 PM

Quote from: ZephyrFate on April 03, 2012, 05:08:27 PM
Quote from: Billy Rygar on April 03, 2012, 12:10:12 PM
Quote from: etiolate on April 03, 2012, 03:42:24 AM
Watched The Killing episodes and thought they were rather good. It (the conspiracy) makes sense given the scope of the show and the way the investigation has had troubles.
Have you watched the entire first season?
A better question would be, "Why would you watch the first season?"

The Killing wants to be Twin Peaks, but god does it not even know how.
I've discussed with this quite a few people and besides some superficial resemblance, it doesn't seem like The Killing wants to be Twin Peaks at all.

It was kinda lulzy though when they revealed that Rosie was sneaking out of the house to go to a casino and be a hooker.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #5003 on:** April 04, 2012, 04:55:48 PM »

Of course. I have a major boner for seeing Schmidt shirtless, and I think Nick is hot and funny.

bud · « **Reply #5004 on:** April 04, 2012, 04:57:52 PM »

i hate the guy who plays nick.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #5005 on:** April 04, 2012, 04:59:18 PM »

Agreed Stony, this Community season hasn't done much of anything in developing characters, and instead is treading into "put them into wacky situations!" territory nearly every week.

Himu · « **Reply #5006 on:** April 04, 2012, 05:06:27 PM »

As much as I love Community it's just really inconsistent these days. The writing is all over the place.

Beezy · « **Reply #5007 on:** April 04, 2012, 05:06:38 PM »

Quote from: Spencer on April 04, 2012, 04:44:05 PM

New Girl was pretty damn funny last night, anyone else still watching?

Yeah, I'm still enjoying the show. They finally gave Winston a decent scene near the end of last night's episode.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #5008 on:** April 04, 2012, 05:11:54 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on April 04, 2012, 05:06:27 PM

As much as I love Community it's just really inconsistent these days. The writing is all over the place.

I still think it goes back to the characters. They have no idea what to do with Jeff. Haven't in awhile. I don't even really understand him anymore.

I feel this way about most of the characters. Look at Chang who use to be this really interesting funny side character when he was a teacher. Now he doesn't even make sense anymore. He belongs in a cartoon at this point.

And Chevy is right. The show has nothing to even do with community college at this point. I can't remember the last time I actually saw them in class. They might as well not even be in school.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #5009 on:** April 04, 2012, 10:52:30 PM »

that's clearly just to set up a 4th season, after they'd all have graduated. The alternative is to what, hold them all back a year?

Himu · « **Reply #5010 on:** April 04, 2012, 10:54:20 PM »

Community college lasts 2 years cormac, not 3.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #5011 on:** April 04, 2012, 10:58:25 PM »

ok, but they still need to ditch the college stuff in order to keep it going long enough to get into syndication (which is what, 100 episodes usually?)

brawndolicious · « **Reply #5012 on:** April 04, 2012, 11:40:33 PM »

Syndication requires 4 seasons. At least for American prime time shows with 20+ episodes per season.

And some community colleges offer 4 year programs. Jeff for instance is getting his law degree there. Most likely, Shirley is getting some sort of business degree and Pierce is just taking classes for fun. Logically, students as old as Brittany, Troy, Abed, and Annie would be in a transfer program so they only have 2-3 years.

They probably will stick around taking electives or whatever to keep the show running. It's not like this is Breaking Bad and a main character has to die soon.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #5013 on:** April 05, 2012, 01:28:29 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on April 04, 2012, 10:54:20 PM

Community college lasts 2 years cormac, not 3.

Depends on how you approach it. You can get an Associates in two years, but I've seen many people stay longer for more credits to transfer to a university.

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #5014 on:** April 05, 2012, 03:53:09 PM »

Is Winston a black man?

Beezy · « **Reply #5015 on:** April 05, 2012, 04:24:27 PM »

Uh... yeah?

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #5016 on:** April 05, 2012, 05:28:07 PM »

4th wall breaking stuff.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #5017 on:** April 05, 2012, 05:37:49 PM »

Happy Endings season finale last night was a-mah-zing. Still waiting for Season 3 renewal news, the show deserves it, funniest sitcom on TV.

Fuckin' Mandonna...

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #5018 on:** April 05, 2012, 05:55:23 PM »

I can't be bothered with Game of Kings until Martin actually finishines the story.

Serious.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #5019 on:** April 05, 2012, 06:01:46 PM »

So which one is better, Grimm or Once Upon a Time? Gonna catass one this weekend cuz three day weekend, that's why. Leaning toward OUAT.

etiolate · « **Reply #5020 on:** April 05, 2012, 06:04:30 PM »

Can't stand Happy Endings. It's a bit of Gilmore Girls speak with Chandler jokes and Friendsy vibe. It resembles too many things I have no interest in.

And I watch Grimm. It's got one awesome character. That's the main reason why I watch it. That and the weekly mystery of who's-that-grimm-pokemon?

cool breeze · « **Reply #5021 on:** April 05, 2012, 06:20:27 PM »

Quote from: Billy Rygar on April 05, 2012, 05:58:33 PM

I started watching Happy Endings. It's funnier than Zephyr makes it out to be, but the characters are really inconsistent (Jane is easily the best character, and the show wouldn't lose anything if Dave and Alex were replaced with say, a sack of rocks), and it's definitely stuck being a sitcom. Conditional thumbs up.

They try to fix Alex and Dave's characters in season 2 (emphasis on the try).

Show hits its highs with Jane and Brad.

cool breeze · « **Reply #5022 on:** April 05, 2012, 06:36:15 PM »

yeah, they bring in running gags for the characters and make more of the jokes tied to the episode's subject.

There're still too many drive-by jokes that don't fit the context. It's what I like least about it, although some of them can be funny.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #5023 on:** April 05, 2012, 07:26:17 PM »

Quote from: Billy Rygar on April 05, 2012, 05:58:33 PM

I started watching Happy Endings. It's funnier than Zephyr makes it out to be, but the characters are really inconsistent (Jane is easily the best character, and the show wouldn't lose anything if Dave and Alex were replaced with say, a sack of rocks), and it's definitely stuck being a sitcom. Conditional thumbs up.

Run into any funny jokes worth paraphrasing for The Bore?

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #5024 on:** April 05, 2012, 10:40:35 PM »

The characters are inconsistent? bwuh? its consistency is one of its strongest points and alex is hilarious.

etiolate · « **Reply #5025 on:** April 06, 2012, 01:35:00 AM »

community was friggin boring tonight

Just because you have a neat idea doesn't mean it's an automatically funny idea.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #5026 on:** April 06, 2012, 02:02:13 AM »

Great episode of Community tonight

Beezy · « **Reply #5027 on:** April 06, 2012, 10:28:02 AM »

I thought it was a good episode.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #5028 on:** April 07, 2012, 05:10:56 AM »

Season one episode one of Justified. Amazing. Why hasn't anyone on the bore ever mentioned this show to me before?

Momo · « **Reply #5029 on:** April 07, 2012, 07:20:21 AM »

We talk about Justified every week (a little bit) dont scroll back there are open spoilers.

The good news is, the show gets orders of magnitude better than it is season one.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #5030 on:** April 07, 2012, 08:46:23 AM »

Quote from: Flannel Boy on April 07, 2012, 05:10:56 AM

Season one episode one of Justified. Amazing. Why hasn't anyone on the bore ever mentioned this show to me before?

Oh you are in for a ride.

Momo's correct, this show gets better and better. Easily one of the most entertaining shows I've ever seen, just the writing and dialogue is so subtle and perfect.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #5031 on:** April 07, 2012, 09:45:37 AM »

Quote from: Spencer on April 04, 2012, 04:58:58 PM

Schmidt training Nick to be a douchebag was gold

Loved this weeks one, wasn't too hot on the old man interested in Jess storyline. Although seeing HAVERCHUCK again was awesome.

Eric P · « **Reply #5032 on:** April 07, 2012, 09:52:31 AM »

Enjoying Raising Hope. It's from the creator of My Name is Earl, so it's nice to see a sitcom about the working poor going through life instead of many overly glamorous middle classers. What's the opposite of aspirational tv?

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #5033 on:** April 07, 2012, 11:22:48 AM »

watching this BBC show called Outcasts on netflix.

its pretty cool. its about a colony of humans on an alien planet and the trials and tribulations and etc etc. there's mysteries to be revealed and character motivations blah blah.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #5034 on:** April 07, 2012, 11:51:49 AM »

Quote from: Flannel Boy on April 07, 2012, 05:10:56 AM

Season one episode one of Justified. Amazing. Why hasn't anyone on the bore ever mentioned this show to me before?

you dick

Mupepe · « **Reply #5035 on:** April 07, 2012, 12:16:40 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on April 07, 2012, 09:52:31 AM

Enjoying Raising Hope. It's from the creator of My Name is Earl, so it's nice to see a sitcom about the working poor going through life instead of many overly glamorous middle classers. What's the opposite of aspirational tv?

I watched the beginning of season 2 because it was on while I was cooking but then I ended up missing a few episodes and decided to wait to catch up. The commercials really do the show no justic. It looked absolutely terrible in the ads but it's really very charming when you actually watch it.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #5036 on:** April 07, 2012, 12:18:22 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on April 07, 2012, 11:51:49 AM

Quote from: Flannel Boy on April 07, 2012, 05:10:56 AM
Season one episode one of Justified. Amazing. Why hasn't anyone on the bore ever mentioned this show to me before?

you dick

You mentioned the show to me? I don't recall. Next you'll be telling me you were also the one who told me to watch Terriers, Peep Show, Breaking Bad, and Game of Thrones.

Beezy · « **Reply #5037 on:** April 07, 2012, 12:25:57 PM »

People always notice Cajole's recommendations late. They're always great though.

Himu · « **Reply #5038 on:** April 07, 2012, 12:26:55 PM »

cajole is the kiss of death. if he likes it, sure enough, it will be canceled by the end of the season and everyone will rave about it 2 years later

you're horrible at advertising, cajole

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #5039 on:** April 07, 2012, 12:31:12 PM »

Quote from: Beezy on April 07, 2012, 12:25:57 PM

People always notice Cajole's recommendations late. They're always great though.

I think I'll start watching the Shield by 2015.

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Author Topic: The TV shows you've seen recently thread. (Read 2082672 times)