Author Topic: The TV shows you've seen recently thread. (Read 2083182 times)

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #3900 on:** December 20, 2011, 07:03:01 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on December 19, 2011, 04:48:15 PM

Every thing bad that happens to Walt and Jesse is their own fault. Jesse, for instance is a dumbass. Just let it go. DON'T GO AFTER GUS' MEN. But nope.

And then in the end, it's Walt who kills them. Fuck.

Idiotic Duo.

Season 4 was pretty much the first time I actually started to like the show. It's a damn good season of TV, and they suddenly stop being such fucking idiots.

Solo · « **Reply #3901 on:** December 20, 2011, 08:37:00 PM »

Homeland finale was godly until they decided drop in the amnesia hook for S2. Ugh.

Mupepe · « **Reply #3902 on:** December 20, 2011, 10:55:46 PM »

Quote from: ZephyrFate on December 20, 2011, 07:03:01 PM

Quote from: Stringer Bell on December 19, 2011, 04:48:15 PM
Every thing bad that happens to Walt and Jesse is their own fault. Jesse, for instance is a dumbass. Just let it go. DON'T GO AFTER GUS' MEN. But nope.

And then in the end, it's Walt who kills them. Fuck.

Idiotic Duo.

Season 4 was pretty much the first time I actually started to like the show. It's a damn good season of TV, and they suddenly stop being such fucking idiots.

Yes. This. I found the show entertaining before it but I didn't genuinely like what was going on. I was curious more than anything. It was intriguing. But in Season 4 they all break out of their stereotypes and develop as characters. It's glorious. It's definitely some of the best writing I've ever seen in a TV show

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3903 on:** December 22, 2011, 01:41:09 AM »

So I started Mad Men, a show I watched a bit of with my brother when it first came out but never kept up with. Pretty good so far, with the second episode being especially good. It really reminded me of a point Tony makes multiple times in The Sopranos: the idea of the "strong silent type" who has no feelings. I've heard my mom and grandmother, and many other older people, claim ADHD and other mental or developmental disorders must have magically appeared relatively recently because they didn't exist "back in the day." Obviously that's not the case.

Also the casual sexism in the show is pretty hilarious

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #3904 on:** December 22, 2011, 01:55:03 AM »

Mad Men is an incredible slow burner of a show. Paying attention to all the threads coming together with each season finale is just addictive.

Momo · « **Reply #3905 on:** December 22, 2011, 01:58:49 AM »

Finished Black Mirror, the last two although very good disappointed me. Would have preferred a real world setting like the first part.

etiolate · « **Reply #3906 on:** December 22, 2011, 02:33:32 AM »

Just wait till you get to the casual racism PD!

chronovore · « **Reply #3907 on:** December 22, 2011, 08:59:15 AM »

Quote from: Count Drugula The Satanic on December 22, 2011, 05:56:18 AM

Supernatural

So much fun!!!

That's the conclusion I've been coming to as well. There's not a single scary thing about the show, but the brothers are good company, and it's funny.

Mupepe · « **Reply #3908 on:** December 22, 2011, 10:58:22 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on December 22, 2011, 01:41:09 AM

So I started Mad Men, a show I watched a bit of with my brother when it first came out but never kept up with. Pretty good so far, with the second episode being especially good. It really reminded me of a point Tony makes multiple times in The Sopranos: the idea of the "strong silent type" who has no feelings. I've heard my mom and grandmother, and many other older people, claim ADHD and other mental or developmental disorders must have magically appeared relatively recently because they didn't exist "back in the day." Obviously that's not the case.

Also the casual sexism in the show is pretty hilarious

Yeah I always found it funny how my Dad and Grandfather would talk about all these "new" conditions and how men used to just shut up and be strong while my grandfather used to be an abusive alcoholic and my dad had to see therapists twice a week for his various conditions.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #3909 on:** December 22, 2011, 01:00:16 PM »

Remember that character in True Grit who would randomly Caw like a rooster and do various animal impressions?

that's how men behaved before therapy.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #3910 on:** December 22, 2011, 04:26:31 PM »

I just made it to the second season of Californication. What a fucking great show.

I love Marcy Runkel

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #3911 on:** December 22, 2011, 10:15:17 PM »

Quote from: Solo on December 20, 2011, 08:37:00 PM

Homeland finale was godly until they decided drop in the amnesia hook for S2. Ugh.

Pretty much. My only other complaint is

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Abu Nazir just going along with everything from Brody without a hint of skepticism (and while we're at it, why wasn't infiltration rather than assassination the goal from the start if it's the better option?) and then also spontaneously having Walker killed. Felt like some corner cutting there.

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ZephyrFate · « **Reply #3912 on:** December 23, 2011, 01:51:29 AM »

watching Terriers again. SOgood.gif

Best one-season show ever.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #3913 on:** December 23, 2011, 06:10:46 AM »

Series 5 Doctor Who has the best female partner (Karen Gillan) but I'm still unsure about Matt Smith as the doctor but that's probably due to how awesome David Tennant was.

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Squeeeeeeee. She totally has all the potential beauty a Scottish woman can exhibit. 'Dat hair!

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #3914 on:** December 23, 2011, 07:03:40 AM »

Quote from: ZephyrFate on December 23, 2011, 01:51:29 AM

watching Terriers again. SOgood.gif

Best one-season show ever.

YES

fuck Freaks and Geeks and Firefly

Eric P · « **Reply #3915 on:** December 23, 2011, 08:09:17 AM »

American Horror Story's ending was absolutely insane. I loved every stupid minute of it.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #3916 on:** December 23, 2011, 10:09:13 AM »

Quote from: AWESOM-O on December 23, 2011, 05:28:16 AM

Re-watching Season 2 of The Wire. Goddamn, Ziggy is a fucking moron.

Ziggy SMH

Timber · « **Reply #3917 on:** December 23, 2011, 10:33:43 AM »

Ziggy is the best. Every day I wish I were as cool as him.

Mupepe · « **Reply #3918 on:** December 23, 2011, 11:36:18 AM »

You are, Timber. You're fuckin' solid bro

Timber · « **Reply #3919 on:** December 23, 2011, 11:48:16 AM »

That's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me

Timber · « **Reply #3920 on:** December 23, 2011, 11:48:47 AM »

Now excuse me while I go fuck up my life and cry in the car.

Mupepe · « **Reply #3921 on:** December 23, 2011, 11:51:31 AM »

Is it a nice car?

Timber · « **Reply #3922 on:** December 23, 2011, 11:58:49 AM »

I don't even own a car but if I did it would a be a piece of shit rustbucket for sure. I guess this is why I look up to people like Ziggy. College kids ain't shiiiiiiiiiit.

Mupepe · « **Reply #3923 on:** December 23, 2011, 12:03:07 PM »

hey HEY! *slaps Timber*

Don't ever talk like that, ya hear? You're a good man

Timber · « **Reply #3924 on:** December 23, 2011, 12:11:13 PM »

I know, I'm the best, I'm just goofing around.

But I do like Ziggy a lot even if he's a complete fuck-up. Dude is endearing even when he's inadvertently killing ducks.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3925 on:** December 23, 2011, 05:12:27 PM »

Heh I started rewatching S2 last night as well. Ziggy is laughably insane but I know people that fucked up.

The season definitely starts slow as it goes through a "hey dude how are you? remember that case we did last year, oh man that was cool. anyway how'd you get this shitty new job?" phase. But once the pieces are all on the board it becomes quite amazing

Himu · « **Reply #3926 on:** December 23, 2011, 05:15:48 PM »

Ziggy is a tragic character. I find his situation about as sympathetic as Dee's. In fact, he is season 2's Dee.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3927 on:** December 23, 2011, 05:18:24 PM »

Dee is season two's Dee. smh Himu

Himu · « **Reply #3928 on:** December 23, 2011, 05:20:03 PM »

Dee is barely in season 2.

In any case, Ziggy and Dee's situations are perfectly comparable.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3929 on:** December 23, 2011, 09:16:40 PM »

Quote from: AWESOM-O on December 23, 2011, 09:09:40 PM

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on December 23, 2011, 05:12:27 PM
Heh I started rewatching S2 last night as well. Ziggy is laughably insane but I know people that fucked up.

The season definitely starts slow as it goes through a "hey dude how are you? remember that case we did last year, oh man that was cool. anyway how'd you get this shitty new job?" phase. But once the pieces are all on the board it becomes quite amazing

It works for me because I know how all the pieces come together. But for someone watching the show for the first time, I can see how Season 2 would seem incredibly disjointed, and frankly, kind of a let-down from Season 1.

Yup. The first time I saw S2 I thought it was a bit odd early, but luckily by the third or fourth episode it got on track. It's probably the weirdest beginning of a non-first season of just about anything I've seen. But like The Wire in general, all the pieces fit together eventually. Sobatka is one of the very best characters in the show.

BET edits out the majority of the dock related scenes in S2, which I find hilarious and pretty sad at the same time.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #3930 on:** December 24, 2011, 04:38:30 AM »

Homeland episode 08 twist

Diunx · « **Reply #3931 on:** December 24, 2011, 12:44:39 PM »

American Horror Story was insanely awesome

cool breeze · « **Reply #3932 on:** December 25, 2011, 05:15:03 PM »

Doctor Who christmas special today

Sherlock series 2 January 1st

Moffat holidays

drew · « **Reply #3933 on:** December 25, 2011, 05:21:14 PM »

Homeland

just finished the pilot, it's pretty good! i initially avoided it because i thought it might be propaganda sexying up the federal government for civillian consumption, but it seems that they show the shadier side of what goes on in washington. also this is the first show where they show a chick giving her snatch a mexican shower. A+

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #3934 on:** December 25, 2011, 05:33:19 PM »

Just finished season 4 of Californication. Series is cool but it would be nice if they let Hank do something decent at least once.

Gonna watch season 1 of Twin Peaks again I think now, really spending my free time well

@The Wire: Ziggy is too much of a fuck up to be liked.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #3935 on:** December 25, 2011, 08:36:02 PM »

"Go ahead--tell everyone you want. Tell them all; I don't care. I SUCK COCK. And I love it. Yum-yum-yummy-yummy."

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #3936 on:** December 26, 2011, 01:34:24 AM »

Carrie :'(

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Carrie: Issa, Nazir's son--Brody knew him. Don't let me for . . . get.
Maggie: What did she say?
Nurse: Nothing. It's the anesthetic--everyone does it.

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Flannel Boy · « **Reply #3937 on:** December 26, 2011, 01:50:27 AM »

Quote from: etiolate on December 19, 2011, 04:05:47 AM

The problem is that once you bailout like that, the audience won't trust you to ever go through with what the show is threatening to do. If the audience doesn't trust you then the suspense that you intended as a maker of the show falls flat.

How would an audience be kept in suspense if a show carried out all of its threats? In the end,

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Brody made the decision that living for Dana is more important than dying for Issa, a plausible resolution given his lack of zealotry.

On a practical level, Homeland doesn't seem like the kind of show that can keep introducing new villains every season, like 24 or Dexter, because of how reliant it is on great characters.

It would have been a bailout if the vest simply malfunctioned.

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Quote from: etiolate on December 19, 2011, 04:05:47 AM

The idea of
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Brody being an inside agent now doesn't really jive with his whole reasoning for being a terrorist. The bombing was personal retribution, it was representative of himself as a Marine in his own mind. Influencing policy and supplying Nasir info? That's just being a double agent terrorist.
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It doesn't, but he was probably just

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bargaining to save his own life, something which Nazir should have realized. Maybe in Brody’s mind this alternative really does allow him to exact revenge, but without destroying his family in the process.

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Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3938 on:** December 26, 2011, 01:56:24 AM »

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Plus Brody has the potential to do a lot of damage for Nazir by working closely with the VP. He'll have access to confidential information which he can feed to the terrorists. And obviously he can carry out an attack on him another time

I'm still baffled at the complete lack of any acknowledgement of the actual president; no US vice president, even Cheney, wielded the power Homeland's VP did; especially the idea of a VP ordering a CIA drone attack smh. I suppose the show runners left the president out because it could suspend belief; viewers would know Brody wouldn't succeed with his plan, as killing a sitting president on screen is a no no.

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MrAngryFace · « **Reply #3939 on:** December 26, 2011, 04:40:34 PM »

I <3 Coupling.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3940 on:** December 26, 2011, 06:08:20 PM »

btw fellow believers, the Downton Abbey Christmas special is up
http://www.icefilms.info/

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3941 on:** December 26, 2011, 10:01:29 PM »

Is there male nudity - dick shots - in Hung?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3942 on:** December 26, 2011, 10:12:15 PM »

Meh, pass

Tucah · « **Reply #3943 on:** December 27, 2011, 08:24:54 AM »

Downton Abbey Christmas Special

I liked it a lot, mostly because I was just glad to have one more long episode to watch before the nine month wait for more.

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Thoughts:
-I'm glad that Robert finally knows about the dead diplomat
-I'm also glad the "will they won't they" of Mary and Matthew is over and they're engaged
-Interested to see where the Carlisle newspaper plot goes, especially with the attempts to clear Bates
-On that note, Bates :'( :'( At least he's not being hanged!
-Poor Anna too :'(
-Ouija board stuff was fucking dumb but it wasn't a huge part so whatever
-Thomas is a fucking idiot, I hated that he ended up getting the job

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God the wait is going to be so hard

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #3944 on:** December 27, 2011, 10:41:14 AM »

Rewatching Twin Peaks.

All the crying is very cringy and the music while almost perfect has those annoying piano notes that drive it straight to melodrama street. Without the over the top crying (episode 3 now) and the shitty piano notes the show is still rock solid.

I'm watching it on my phone too, totally Lynch-not-approved.

Himu · « **Reply #3945 on:** December 27, 2011, 10:46:55 AM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on December 27, 2011, 10:41:14 AM

I'm watching it on my phone too

you bastard

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #3946 on:** December 27, 2011, 10:48:00 AM »

Lynch is crying :'(

I really wish all the crying would be cut out. Especially Laura's mom.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3947 on:** December 27, 2011, 03:22:11 PM »

Quote from: Tucah on December 27, 2011, 08:24:54 AM

Downton Abbey Christmas Special

I liked it a lot, mostly because I was just glad to have one more long episode to watch before the nine month wait for more.

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Thoughts:
-I'm glad that Robert finally knows about the dead diplomat
-I'm also glad the "will they won't they" of Mary and Matthew is over and they're engaged
-Interested to see where the Carlisle newspaper plot goes, especially with the attempts to clear Bates
-On that note, Bates :'( :'( At least he's not being hanged!
-Poor Anna too :'(
-Ouija board stuff was fucking dumb but it wasn't a huge part so whatever
-Thomas is a fucking idiot, I hated that he ended up getting the job

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God the wait is going to be so hard

Yea I thought it was good, although the Ouija shit was so stupid. It was a pretty dark episode for a Christmas special

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-I kind of was disappointed that some of the plot lines ended so early. For instance I would have liked to have seen Mary go to New York; I feel like she was going to get together with Matthew anyway, no need to rush things
-On the opposite side of things, I'm so tired of Bates drama. He's such a great character but the writers keep throwing drama at him for whatever reason. I feel like he's going to be found innocent eventually, so dragging this out annoys me.
-I thought Thomas had a great arc in S2. He's an interesting character I'd love to see more of from a personal level; we got a glimpse at his vulnerability in the first episode of S1, but that was it. The stuff with the dog was kind of funny, but I didn't like seeing him become the valet. Still, if it means the character will be developed more in S3 I'm all for it.
-I'm gonna miss Carlisle lol. Oh well, the actor is pretty awesome on Game Of Thrones though

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Waiting for S3 is going to be hard, but at least this episode tied up some knots and sets the table for things

etiolate · « **Reply #3948 on:** December 28, 2011, 10:46:52 AM »

Downtown Abbey christmas

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I too was hoping they'd take Mary to NY. Maybe that would have made the show entirely Age of Innocence remix and they didn't want to do that. I like the line about finding a cowboy.
Best line goes to Maggie Smith: "Is that a promise?"
I think Edith could possibly have the most interesting plotline potential. She's grown a lot as a character, but is still on the outside looking in.
It looks like Sybil is coming back. Plus we get the 1920s. Of course, going to America at this time would have made that Mary plotline even better.
Daisy is so dumb
Tired of Bates on a cross.

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Momo · « **Reply #3949 on:** December 28, 2011, 11:59:50 AM »

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Lavish adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novel in which orphan Pip becomes a gentleman when his life is transformed by a mystery benefactor.

A terrifying encounter on the marshes with an escaped convict and a summons from the mysterious Miss Havisham change orphan Pip’s life forever. He dares to believe he might be destined for a future beyond the marshes – a future linked to that of the beautiful Estella.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018wmhr

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Himu · « **Reply #3950 on:** December 28, 2011, 12:04:14 PM »

oh my

Momo · « **Reply #3951 on:** December 28, 2011, 12:13:13 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on December 28, 2011, 12:04:14 PM

oh my

British actors are so good in general, but the really surprising part is Gillian Anderson playing a role like Miss Havisham and pulling it off so neatly.

Himu · « **Reply #3952 on:** December 28, 2011, 12:42:59 PM »

It's not that Americans are morons, it's more that the structures that rule over us - government, education, police, media - all need massive restructuring, but this is highly unlikely because the current status quo manages to put money in their pocket. Think about this, Obama considers The Wire one of the best shows of all time, he's a politician, he can't change shit, yet he recognizes the ills of the system. Not to mention, he's a part of that system.

The most apt description from the series is actually from Frank Sobotka:

Himu · « **Reply #3953 on:** December 28, 2011, 12:47:05 PM »

Himu · « **Reply #3954 on:** December 28, 2011, 01:10:47 PM »

Notice how similar that is to real life.

Then notice that it's just not the police in the show that do this.

Diunx · « **Reply #3955 on:** December 28, 2011, 01:27:43 PM »

love that video

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3956 on:** December 28, 2011, 01:34:46 PM »

Obama is Carcetti

Himu · « **Reply #3957 on:** December 28, 2011, 01:36:58 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on December 28, 2011, 01:34:46 PM

Obama is Carcetti

yessir

Barry Egan · « **Reply #3958 on:** December 28, 2011, 05:12:14 PM »

I wonder what was going on when they chose the box art for Terriers.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #3959 on:** December 28, 2011, 05:32:51 PM »

Who knows man. The best part is that there's a dog in the show, but he's not a terrier

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