Author Topic: The TV shows you've seen recently thread. (Read 2070875 times)

Yeti · « **Reply #7200 on:** May 14, 2013, 11:27:20 PM »

Quote from: Junpei the Tracer! on May 14, 2013, 07:13:20 PM

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/05/14/pilot-season-rejects/

:'( They didn't pick up Beverly Hills Cop :'(

Or Big Thunder Mountain.

LOL @ the quote about why Gothica wasn't picked up: "It looked Canadian"

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #7201 on:** May 14, 2013, 11:38:19 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on May 13, 2013, 12:00:03 PM

Bunk? Day one.

also

Kiefer Sutherland Signs On For More ’24′, New Limited Series Is A Go At Fox
http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/kiefer-sutherland-signs-on-for-more-24-new-limited-series-is-a-go-at-fox/

12 episodes, a perfect amount. Can't be worse than S6, or Homeland's second season

God damn it. Will watch because I can't control myself.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #7202 on:** May 16, 2013, 10:21:55 PM »

Parks & Rec

This show is very good.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #7203 on:** May 16, 2013, 10:30:52 PM »

THE OFFICE IS DEAD

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #7204 on:** May 17, 2013, 08:28:30 AM »

Parks & Rec is so, so good. A Lively Fisting

There aren't enough jokes about fisting on TV these days.

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #7205 on:** May 17, 2013, 06:01:03 PM »

The finale of Arrow is alright. Barrowman was pretty much the best thing he's been in, and the fact that watching a known homosexual pretend to be upset about his murdered wife, convincingly, was really really impressive.

Everything's Rosie is an Al Jazeera produced children's show, there's a giant talking tree, a rabbit called Raggles and a distinguished mentally-challenged bear. Every episode usually ends with some sort of thing about the Jews turning into pigs, and then there's a massive explosion. It's ok I guess, and since its on early morning, most of the stuff goes over most parents heads, and into their children's.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #7206 on:** May 17, 2013, 10:50:24 PM »

Quote from: Barry Egan on May 16, 2013, 10:30:52 PM

THE OFFICE IS DEAD

It's not all bad.

"I live in Poland now. The Scranton of the EU."

Himu · « **Reply #7207 on:** May 18, 2013, 02:38:00 PM »

was the office series finale good

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #7208 on:** May 18, 2013, 02:41:42 PM »

i liked it

Himu · « **Reply #7209 on:** May 18, 2013, 02:45:54 PM »

i'll watch for old times sake

Himu · « **Reply #7210 on:** May 18, 2013, 02:49:16 PM »

Quote from: Junpei the Tracer! on May 14, 2013, 09:57:26 AM

Quote from: ManaByte on May 13, 2013, 11:53:52 AM

A TV show about Parkinsons jokes.

It's like they took that episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm and made it into a series.

Will watch.

NBC shaking up the fall schedule.

Fuck. NBC going in. All star cast. Skylar, Bunk, Marty, AND Marie.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #7211 on:** May 18, 2013, 03:35:23 PM »

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on May 18, 2013, 02:45:54 PM

i'll watch for old times sake

definitely watch it if you used to watch the show regularly. It wasn't a bad episode and the final season wasn't a bad season. I'm just glad to see it end. The fact that it went on a day past Carell leaving was sad.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #7212 on:** May 18, 2013, 03:46:12 PM »

oh wow. I think that michael j fox show looks great.

chronovore · « **Reply #7213 on:** May 31, 2013, 05:43:05 AM »

Mainlining 30 Rock s3; hit the finale, with Alan Alda as a guest star. Best comedy hand-grenade evar:

"A guy crying about a chicken and a baby? I thought this was a comedy show."

About five seconds later, I was:

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #7214 on:** May 31, 2013, 11:48:19 PM »

Orphan Black is a fantastic show and better than stuff like Arrow.

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #7215 on:** June 02, 2013, 05:10:59 AM »

I need some TV recommendations.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #7216 on:** June 02, 2013, 05:40:12 AM »

What kind of recommendations?

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #7217 on:** June 02, 2013, 05:45:56 AM »

Quote from: am nintenho on June 02, 2013, 05:40:12 AM

What kind of recommendations?

Surprise me.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #7218 on:** June 02, 2013, 06:30:55 AM »

Classic/no longer running:

The Wire/The Shield, Skins, The Sopranos, Fringe, Band of Brothers/The Pacific, Spaced/Black Books, Deadwood, Oz, Rome, Firefly, Rescue Me, Monk, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Freaks and Geeks and for god's sake Spartacus: Blood & Sand.

Great and still running:

Homeland, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, Girls, Enlightened, Treme, Dr. Who, Downton Abbey, Justified, Venture Bros, Archer, The Americans, and Louie.

Pretty decent/tolerable and still running:

Veep, Parks n' Rec, Arrested Development, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Sons of Anarchy, Dexter, Wilfred, Psych, and True Blood.

I'm not sure which category Cougar Town goes under.

Polari · « **Reply #7219 on:** June 02, 2013, 06:40:06 AM »

Downton Abbey and Girls are great?

I agree with most of those recommendations though.

chronovore · « **Reply #7220 on:** June 02, 2013, 07:07:37 AM »

Quote from: D3RANG3D on June 02, 2013, 05:45:56 AM

Quote from: am nintenho on June 02, 2013, 05:40:12 AM
What kind of recommendations?

Surprise me.

Classic The Prisoner, with Patrick McGoohan.

Eric P · « **Reply #7221 on:** June 02, 2013, 07:56:03 AM »

Girls season one was pretty damn good. was not a fan of season 2.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #7222 on:** June 02, 2013, 08:25:56 AM »

I watched some illegally downloaded episodes of Girls once and it was complete shite. It's the fucked up love child of Hipsterdom and Sex and the City.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #7223 on:** June 02, 2013, 11:03:03 AM »

Quote from: Polari on June 02, 2013, 06:40:06 AM

Downton Abbey and Girls are great?

I agree with most of those recommendations though.

Downton Abbey is a top five show currently, gtfo.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #7224 on:** June 02, 2013, 11:07:38 AM »

How far back do you want these recs to go, D?

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #7225 on:** June 02, 2013, 02:28:18 PM »

Parks & Rec is awesome and you should watch it. Just skip season 1.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #7226 on:** June 02, 2013, 02:57:56 PM »

Quote from: Polari on June 02, 2013, 06:40:06 AM

Downton Abbey and Girls are great?

I agree with most of those recommendations though.

Well I didn't really like how the last season of Downton ended but it is definitely a great show. I personally like the stories in Girls but the main character is the most selfish, thin skinned, and unbearable person I've seen (but that's intentional). And the awkward scenes are pretty fun too.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #7227 on:** June 02, 2013, 03:40:36 PM »

Quote from: D3RANG3D on June 02, 2013, 05:10:59 AM

I need some TV recommendations.

Spartacus (all seasons, what the fuck not just blood & sand you goobers)

Orphan Black

Enlightened

Polari · « **Reply #7228 on:** June 02, 2013, 03:43:01 PM »

The writing is so godawful.

Scene: Oh no, I've spunked all my money away on a bad investment, Downton's over!
Next scene, Matthew: I've just come into this massive inheritance. But I can't take it because I feel guilty!

Gee, I wonder how that was going to finish up. So much suspense.

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #7229 on:** June 02, 2013, 05:07:35 PM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on June 02, 2013, 11:07:38 AM

How far back do you want these recs to go, D?

As long as it stands the test of time, since I know from listening to the cruncheons/borecast you are into older stuff.

Thanks for the recommendations guys!

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #7230 on:** June 02, 2013, 05:33:19 PM »

Also The Larry Sanders Show, Trailer Park Boys and AHS.

etiolate · « **Reply #7231 on:** June 02, 2013, 06:48:05 PM »

Watching Top of the Lake. It's pretty good. If you're looking for something to check out on Netflix then I would hit it up.

Also, it has Elizabeth Moss.

Polari · « **Reply #7232 on:** June 05, 2013, 01:52:43 PM »

Quote from: The Business on June 05, 2013, 01:38:33 PM

Yeah, saw the first episode of Top of the Lake on Netflix last night. It is beautifully shot. New Zealand . The pilot was pretty good. Elizabeth Moss as an Aussie is little jarring, but so far I like the feel of the show. Very strange and dark. Kind of eerie. The picture-perfect shots of South Island combined with the dark subject matter is working so far. Anyone know anything about the creator? Has he worked on anything noteworthy?

She was the first woman to win the Palme d'Or, so yeah, you could say she has.

Mupepe · « **Reply #7233 on:** June 05, 2013, 04:59:22 PM »

Quote from: Verdigris Murder on June 02, 2013, 05:33:19 PM

Also The Larry Sanders Show, Trailer Park Boys and AHS.

Stay away from Asylum if you're gonna check out American Horror Story. Asylum starts out great. The first 7 episodes are delicious mixed drinks and strippers. The rest of the season is the hangover and stolen credit card. The original series (first season I guess?) is awesome though.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #7234 on:** June 06, 2013, 01:47:51 AM »

Been getting into The League and liking it more and more as I go.

Eric P · « **Reply #7235 on:** June 07, 2013, 11:26:58 AM »

Quote from: Mupepe on June 05, 2013, 04:59:22 PM

Quote from: Verdigris Murder on June 02, 2013, 05:33:19 PM
Also The Larry Sanders Show, Trailer Park Boys and AHS.
Stay away from Asylum if you're gonna check out American Horror Story. Asylum starts out great. The first 7 episodes are delicious mixed drinks and strippers. The rest of the season is the hangover and stolen credit card. The original series (first season I guess?) is awesome though.

seconded

AHS started off AWESOME; gothic alien tale with religious and scientific madness and then by the end it was like "fuck, we've gotta write HOW many more episodes?"

Fifstar · « **Reply #7236 on:** June 07, 2013, 12:46:05 PM »

Just finished the second season of the Wire. Didn't like it as much as the first one but really ramps up towards the end. Ziggy Sobotka slow motion trainwreck is executed great and I liked how everything was tied together in the end. Scenario was less interesting than the first season however.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #7237 on:** June 07, 2013, 01:54:56 PM »

I always thought the second season of the Wire was the ballsiest thing ever on TV. Make a show that seems to be about drug dealers in the project the first season, with killings and blah blah blah but then take that idea in the second and expand it to be about Baltimore's problem as a whole. Almost got the show cancelled but it turned the show into something that could have easily slipped into myopic parody and kept it going.

nudemacusers · « **Reply #7238 on:** June 07, 2013, 01:58:02 PM »

Quote from: Fifstar on June 07, 2013, 12:46:05 PM

Just finished the second season of the Wire. Didn't like it as much as the first one but really ramps up towards the end. Ziggy Sobotka slow motion trainwreck is executed great and I liked how everything was tied together in the end. Scenario was less interesting than the first season however.

yeah the second season is basically a cold start. it was hard for me to engage with in the beginning, but everything starts to line up near the end, as you mentioned. And I agree with the above, it was definitely ballsy, because it forced the viewer to recognize the larger scope of what was going on. In retrospect, very cool.

The rest of the seasons don't have this 'problem', fwiw.

Speaking of old HBO shows, I'm finishing up Oz right now. At first the whole theatrical nature of the show was kind of odd, but I dig it.

And all the buttsex

Himu · « **Reply #7239 on:** June 07, 2013, 02:02:17 PM »

The best Wire season finale montage

Season 2

Himu · « **Reply #7240 on:** June 07, 2013, 02:07:34 PM »

Quote from: Polari on June 02, 2013, 03:43:01 PM

The writing is so godawful.

Scene: Oh no, I've spunked all my money away on a bad investment, Downton's over!
Next scene, Matthew: I've just come into this massive inheritance. But I can't take it because I feel guilty!

Gee, I wonder how that was going to finish up. So much suspense.

Downton Abbey is a soap opera. What do you expect? GTFO.

Phoenix, let's ice this nicca.

Polari · « **Reply #7241 on:** June 07, 2013, 03:17:34 PM »

Yanks have a weird fascination with the posh shit, your opinions don't count.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #7242 on:** June 07, 2013, 04:32:23 PM »

The show is more popular in Europe than the US

S1 is amazing and S3 was a proper return to glory. S2 is a soap opera and it doesn't work in many ways. Although it did make me cry... :'(

Himu · « **Reply #7243 on:** June 07, 2013, 04:42:57 PM »

Ditto

S1 and 3

etiolate · « **Reply #7244 on:** June 07, 2013, 05:10:32 PM »

Maggie Smith is a hot old lass

Polari · « **Reply #7245 on:** June 07, 2013, 08:02:34 PM »

Been rewatching Curb, so godly.

I'd forgotten how young LD looks with a wig and moustache:

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #7246 on:** June 07, 2013, 08:24:22 PM »

Barry Egan · « **Reply #7247 on:** June 07, 2013, 08:45:50 PM »

chronovore · « **Reply #7248 on:** June 09, 2013, 09:10:15 PM »

Quote from: Polari on June 07, 2013, 08:02:34 PM

Been rewatching Curb, so godly. I'd forgotten how young LD looks with a wig and moustache:

(Image removed from quote.)

I am in that season right now, watching it all for the first time. Good stuff!

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #7249 on:** June 12, 2013, 06:18:54 PM »

I love that scene so much.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #7250 on:** June 13, 2013, 01:06:59 AM »

The League is really solid. Sometimes it feels a little contrived, but most of the time it's pretty well written and it has a really good cast. Just finished season 3. Jeff Goldblum as Ruxin's dad was inspired.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #7251 on:** June 17, 2013, 12:24:10 AM »

Can't believe Hannibal is a network TV show. Just watched the first episode and I saw people with gaping neck wounds and I'm pretty sure half a boob.

Diunx · « **Reply #7252 on:** June 17, 2013, 02:44:09 PM »

True Blood

Huge wolfgirl tits

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #7253 on:** June 17, 2013, 10:32:11 PM »

Mandark · « **Reply #7254 on:** June 17, 2013, 11:50:08 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on June 17, 2013, 10:32:11 PM

pics

Arvie posted them a while ago in the NSFW thread. Just click through all his image links and you'll get it eventually.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #7255 on:** June 18, 2013, 05:16:44 PM »

http://www.theonion.com/video/will-season-four-of-downton-abbey-finally-show-the,32868/

brawndolicious · « **Reply #7256 on:** June 18, 2013, 06:21:47 PM »

I just finished two seasons of American Horror Story in a week, and I don't even really like horror stories. Awesome show and everybody should watch it.

etiolate · « **Reply #7257 on:** June 18, 2013, 08:04:51 PM »

Quote from: Mandark on June 17, 2013, 11:50:08 PM

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on June 17, 2013, 10:32:11 PM
pics

Arvie posted them a while ago in the NSFW thread. Just click through all his image links and you'll get it eventually.

You bastard

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #7258 on:** June 21, 2013, 02:27:57 PM »

Not sure I'm liking The League so much in the 4th season. The plots seem even more contrived than in previous episodes and often don't lead anywhere, and the characters are getting so excessively mean to Andre that it's not even believable that he'd be friends with them anymore. I like how the characters in It's Always Sunny are super, super mean spirited, but they always get their comeuppance in the end and it's even funnier. You never get that in this show.

Polari · « **Reply #7259 on:** June 22, 2013, 10:39:13 AM »

Hannibal ended pretty good. Looking forward to next season. Mads is still a fucking god.

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