The TV shows you've seen recently thread.

[Himu]

We caught up on Shield.

Like, I can see why the mid season finale is a big deal, but the character development has been so crap in this season, that I had no reason to care about any of it. It probably doesn't help I had no idea who Quake was without googling. Feels like the series is best for people who know Marvel lore than people who just want to watch a tv show. Watching it after Arrow made it feel even more weak. Apparently AVclub gave it an A-. An A-? Why do people think this is so good? Feel like I'm missing something. Oh well.

[benjipwns]

I'm not convinced any AVClub review score isn't trolling. They'll savage an episode and give it a C+, then write a love letter to the next one and give it a B-.

[Madrun Badrun]

Arrow:  wow

[Eric P]

I have started watching a few Korean dramas on Hulu and they are fucking weird as shit

Pinocchio - This is an attempt to squeeze EVERY emotion out of you in every episode.  The first episode starts off as a nostalgic slice of life for 80s high school students, then it shifts to a tense Firefighter drama with high action and then when our protagonist's father dies, we get the HUGE overblown weepy shit we know from Korean dramas that quickly shifts to anger as we find ass covering bureaucrats lying about their role in the death of the firefighters.  Oh yeah, and it's a light romantic comedy about the news business about a woman who gets the hiccups when she lies and her attempts to climb social / corporate ladders

http://www.viki.com/tv/23066c-pinocchio

Modern Farmer - this shit is fucking amazing.  washed up rock star inherits his grandmother's cabbage farm.  having nowhere else to go, he decides to farm it himself.  absolutely hilarious and weird as shit.

http://www.viki.com/videos/1053389v-modern-farmer-episode-1

[Human Snorenado]

Dat Arrow mid-season cliff hanger

 

[StealthFan]

you cunts are gonna make me catch up on arrow aren't you

[Madrun Badrun]

Its pretty good.

[chronovore]

I cat-assed some Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. today. Decided to skip a few and jump in later in season 1 where it picks up with the “Tahiti” stuff. I’m enjoying it a lot, but outside Coulson and Ward, the acting is pretty miserable. Ming-Na Wen I remember was some kind of important actress when she debuted, but the Agent May role is mostly just being stoic and pissed off, so it doesn’t allow for much range. Deathlok was a nice touch; I used to read those comics in their original run. The structure of the government bureaucracy and espionage is less realistically handled than in several RPGs I’ve been in, but it’s still exciting and enjoyable.

thanks for the heads up and giving me all the ammo I need to NOT see Winter Soldier.

You'd be missing out. It's the best MCU movie to date, IMO.

Doubt it's better than Spider-Man 2 (OG) or Avengers but I'll rent it

Sony’s Spider-Man movies can’t be part of MCU. Well, rather, they aren’t so far. Future ones might be.

[Himu]

I have started watching a few Korean dramas on Hulu and they are fucking weird as shit

Pinocchio - This is an attempt to squeeze EVERY emotion out of you in every episode.  The first episode starts off as a nostalgic slice of life for 80s high school students, then it shifts to a tense Firefighter drama with high action and then when our protagonist's father dies, we get the HUGE overblown weepy shit we know from Korean dramas that quickly shifts to anger as we find ass covering bureaucrats lying about their role in the death of the firefighters.  Oh yeah, and it's a light romantic comedy about the news business about a woman who gets the hiccups when she lies and her attempts to climb social / corporate ladders

http://www.viki.com/tv/23066c-pinocchio

Modern Farmer - this shit is fucking amazing.  washed up rock star inherits his grandmother's cabbage farm.  having nowhere else to go, he decides to farm it himself.  absolutely hilarious and weird as shit.

http://www.viki.com/videos/1053389v-modern-farmer-episode-1

it's japanese but see if they have detarame hero. it's hilarious

[Human Snorenado]

I still haven't gotten into the Flash, really. I watched the one crossover episode. I like the actor they got to play the part, but I'm alternate universe Treesong on comic book stuff: I *don't* like the lighter stuff. Gimme the grimdark, plz.

[Himu]

i thought it was well done. like arrow, things are moving at a good pace. it only takes him 9 eps to tell Iris his feelings, and any other show would do the "fireman" story and drag it all season long as a "WHO IS THIS GUY?!?!" thing. Nope, handled in one episode. More than that, the way they handled it was nice. At first during the attack, it seemed like the two biggest guesses of who Reverse Flash is (Wells, Eddie) went out the window when they were in the same place as the guy. Not only that, but Well got his ass kicked. But then the ending happens...I thought that was some trickery.

Great episodes from both Arrow and Flash.

[toku]

"You're unarmed"
"I'll take your blades from you once you're through with them"
*does just that*
 

[Human Snorenado]

Ra's Al Ghul, brehs

Not sure how they're ever gonna credibly sell Oliver being able to beat him after that fight. Guess maybe if they're not in a formal duel Oliver can pull some tricks?

[cool breeze]

are we all going to gloss over thea fighting in glittery parachute pants

[toku]

I know ppl tend to hate mysticism and crap post LOST but I hope they treat Ra's as more of a god/entity. Where you don't really "beat" him, he just kinda goes away until the heat dies down. Popping back up a few years or decades later. Can't kill the Demon Head.

are we all going to gloss over thea fighting in glittery parachute pants

Yes because more important is how Thea only owns crop tops now.

[Madrun Badrun]

Ya I think the fight is over after what happens - they won't fight again.  It will be more about Arrow covering up what really happened and shit

[toku]

Ra's Al Ghul as a concept / title >>>>> Ra's Al Ghul as an actual person

a man cannot live by two names

 

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I'm such a sucker for this type of shit dudes 

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[Human Snorenado]

I think Nable has done a fine job as Ra's so far



I'm actually pretty intrigued because it looks like they're going the Lazarus Pits route after that "No one has challenged me for 67 years" comment.

[toku]

I think Nable has done a fine job as Ra's so far



I'm actually pretty intrigued because it looks like they're going the Lazarus Pits route after that "No one has challenged me for 67 years" comment.

Arrow is very much Nolan inspired but they aren't afraid to go full comic book. I mean look at all the Slade shit last season. Part of why I think the show is still fun.

Much to the chagrin of ppl who just want serious dudes doing serious stuff with no love interests or family drama ever. The only conflict in Oliver's life should be the other dudes faces he's breaking.

[Himu]

I liked how Arrow was like Oliver will win with the power of love this episode because love always works.

And then ending it's like fuck love

[toku]

I liked how Arrow was like Oliver will win with the power of love this episode because love always works.

And then ending it like fuck love

[toku]

http://www.vox.com/2014/12/12/7385261/buffy-ruined

[Tasty]

http://www.vox.com/2014/12/12/7385261/buffy-ruined

Dunno about ruined but that's pretty bad, almost Star Wars Special Edition-levels of lazy bullshit in the name of "technological progress."

Once More With Feeling is the only 16:9 Buffy episode and it couldn't have worked out better

It's a shame, since the DVD transfers for all of s1 and much of s2 are pretty garbagey and noisy. Would totes shell out for a series Blu-ray set with actual HD footage (4:3, Dragon Ball Kai-style), but alas, it's not to be.

[fistfulofmetal]

Broad City seems kind of amazing.

[TVC15]

Broad City seems kind of amazing.

Fattest Asses forever

[toku]

Broad City seems kind of amazing.

Fattest Asses forever

Ilana

 

[fistfulofmetal]

"Where's the bathroom?"


'WHERE ISN'T THE BATHROOM?"

[ZephyrFate]

That dick was PINK

[toku]

One of my favorite things about the show is how Ilana is basically in love with Abbi but she's the only one that can't (or doesn't want to) see it.

[Phoenix Dark]

Curb's first season starts a bit average, especially the pilot which I didn't really like much, but once it finds its stride it never stops.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Season 5 of Curb was kind of weak.  Even then, it's still great TV.

I watched The Borgias.  I've been watching a bunch of other stuff but I really liked this show and naturally, the last season was canned since it was too expensive.  The incest subplot of Season 3 was hot.

[chronovore]

watching Agents of Shield S1 because of yall raving about it

It's alright.

I only managed to get to ep. 19 or 20, ran out of Netflix time here, but I can say the first three eps. were meh, and randomly choosing to start with ep. 9 was a good run up to the craziness caused by Captain America 2. I like it; it’s not as good as I want it to be, but it’s close.

[Madrun Badrun]

S2 is a lot better though I think the first episode of S2 wasn't that great. 

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O no! Ward gave Fitz a stutter!   

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[Tasty]

I'm still pissed about the first episode of s2 because

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I REALLY wanted Lucy Lawless to be a regular, or at least a guest who showed up a few times a season. :'( But no, BOOM, dead.

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[Stoney Mason]

Got caught up on Brooklyn nine nine.

I had watched maybe six episodes from the start of the show and then stopped but I went ahead and got caught up to everything that's aired.

It's a fun throwback sinmple comedy to stuff that existed in the 80's and 90's. It isn't doing anything spectacular or innovative but all the characters are likable and enjoyable and its fun watch to just kill time.

 

[Barry Egan]

wait.  is homeland still airing?

[ZephyrFate]

one ep left of season 4 and it just threw a really ehhh plot twist right in its penultimate episode in a very homeland fashion

[Madrun Badrun]

Newsroom S1:  like a really shitty westwing that's far more in your face       

[Mupepe]

I'm in Season 3 of Boardwalk Empire.  The first season is really slow but I feel like it sets up the characters really well.  Such a good show.  Unf unf. 

[Yeti]

The Black Mirror Christmas special was so good.

[Stoney Mason]

Newsroom S1:  like a really shitty westwing that's far more in your face     

I've just never had a desire to watch one lick of this show. It seems like the kind of thing that would annoy the shit out of me because it caters to the worst tendencies of Sorkin.

[Mupepe]

The Black Mirror Christmas special was so good.

I'm so excited to see this

[StealthFan]

Goddamn the pussy on Nikita is straight wine. If this show was on when I was a lad I'd be jacking it every week.

[toku]

Goddamn the pussy on Nikita is straight wine. If this show was on when I was a lad I'd be jacking it every week.

Yeah. Can't even list the best because everyone woman on the show could get it.

[Bebpo]

Finished American Horror Story S2 Asylum.  Was good trashy pulp entertainment.  Enjoyed it.  Once it got going it kept you wanting the next ep.  Better than the first season which was mediocre.  Not gonna touch S3/S4 since I heard they both suck.

[Stoney Mason]

http://www.movshare.net/video/ykzbsr4zx7n6u


https://campaignofshockandawe.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/archer-unaired-pilot-is-the-most-inconceivable-episode-of-archer-you-could-ever-imagine/

[ZephyrFate]

you are so late to this news

[Himu]

In this episode of Star Trek tng chief O'brien finds out that he doesn't know anything about the Japanese woman he marries. They don't know each others favorite food or what they ate as children or...anything about each other.  It even is hinted at they didn't stay together before marrying. For the future it sure sounds pretty backwards!

[bork]

White Collar ended.  The last season was only six episodes long.  Enjoyed the show a lot and there no bad seasons or weird changes in tone, unlike Burn Notice.  The ending was predictable, but satisfying. 

[Mupepe]

Finished American Horror Story S2 Asylum.  Was good trashy pulp entertainment.  Enjoyed it.  Once it got going it kept you wanting the next ep.  Better than the first season which was mediocre.  Not gonna touch S3/S4 since I heard they both suck.

S3 is better than 2 IMO.

[Tasty]

Asylum was the best.

Then Murder House.

Then Coven.

Haven't bothered with Freak Show but I've heard it continues the decline. (Coven wasn't so bad, until the end when it became clear they were making shit up as they went along and nothing mattered.)

[Dickie Dee]

Thought I'd give Agents of Shield another shot since I heard it gets good, especially after Winter Soldier happens.

I got to about episode 3 when it first aired but found it pretty boring and stopped.

Decided I'd watch again from the beginning and muddle through the first episodes but I'm actually really enjoyed them time around. Think I'm around episode 13 or 14.

[Eric P]

until the end when it became clear they were making shit up as they went along and nothing mattered.)

this is my issue with all of the AHS series.  Great first half horrible first half

I LOVED the first half of Coven  when it was "teen witch x-men doing thangs"

[Tasty]

until the end when it became clear they were making shit up as they went along and nothing mattered.)

this is my issue with all of the AHS series.  Great first half horrible first half

I LOVED the first half of Coven  when it was "teen witch x-men doing thangs"

I totally agree. Asylum gets kudos from me cause it actually wrapped almost all the shit up (minus the aliens), and then just flailed for an extra episode or two. But by then I didn't mind having an epilogue of sorts cause I really cared about the characters by that point.

Coven on the other hand completely falls apart 4-5 eps before the season is over.

[Bebpo]

Yeah, Asylum's weakest point (besides just being all kinds of ridiculous, but that's a positive as much as a negative) is that it really ends on ep11 and then has 2 eps of epilogue which are fine but the show doesn't really end on a bang and seems kind of weird when all the major plotlines are being taken care of several eps from the end.  Murder House started off interesting, but just never did anything really interesting.  It was ok. 

Still think I'll skip Coven because I'm not really interested in seeing a good half of setting up a show that goes nowhere in the second half and doesn't pay off.

[toku]

I loved all of Coven. Only thing I didn't care for was a certain character death in the last episode.

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Misty Day was bae T-T

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[Yeti]

Watching American Horror Story is like watching an incredibly convoluted train wreck, and even the endings are interesting to see what mangled wreckage all the pieces wind up in.

[chronovore]

Thought I'd give Agents of Shield another shot since I heard it gets good, especially after Winter Soldier happens.

I got to about episode 3 when it first aired but found it pretty boring and stopped.

Decided I'd watch again from the beginning and muddle through the first episodes but I'm actually really enjoyed them time around. Think I'm around episode 13 or 14.

Yeah, same history for me. I am up to ep. 19 or 20, and found it to be pretty compelling. I’m anxious to finish up s1 and start s2, esp. since I’ve seen Winter Soldier.

[toku]

http://grantland.com/features/true-detective-tracking-shot-fukanaga-what-we-saw/

[Phoenix Dark]

I'll never forget the "why that tracking shot in True Detective is overrated" articles that came out shortly after the episode aired, which didn't focus on the actual shot and instead white guilted over the audacity of showing *gasp* some black people selling drugs in a housing project. Nevermind that the show is full of quite a diverse group of people committing various crimes, many drug (or pedophile) related.