The TV shows you've seen recently thread.

[StealthFan]

Like the fact that it is completely unrealistic that someone so fucking nuts would ever become an FBI agent?

At this point he'll still have to be a consultant when the Red Dragon storyline hits. The FBI isn't going to hire someone this (outwardly ) crazy.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Was bored and decided to finally check out Trailer Par kBoys.

Bubbles

[Eel O'Brian]

I wonder how they're going to handle the Will-to-Clarice transition, if they get that far. It'll turn into a totally different show at that point.

I also wonder if (big Red Dragon spoilers)

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They'll pussy out on Will's fate like both movies did. Francis Dolarhyde completely fucks up Will's face at the end of the novel. You never see Will again in any of the novels after, but he is mentioned as being a drunk, and looking like Picasso art.

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[Bebpo]

Started watching True Detective last night and blew through half of it.  Liking it a lot so far! 

[fistfulofmetal]

I'm legit surprised that Hannibal is a show on NBC.

[ZephyrFate]

Like the fact that it is completely unrealistic that someone so fucking nuts would ever become an FBI agent?

At this point he'll still have to be a consultant when the Red Dragon storyline hits. The FBI isn't going to hire someone this (outwardly ) crazy.

Realism in Hannibal 

[StealthFan]

Yeah I know. The show is operatic as hell but verisimilitude exists. Him being accepted into the FBI would betray that.

[Diunx]

Finished The White Queen today.

The quick glance at the Queen's titties in episode 2 or 3

Had a nerd chuckle everytime Ema Frost's name popped up in the credits.

[Raban]

I saw a commercial for this the other day and got so hype, can't wait!

[brawndolicious]

Season 2 and 3 had a large gap and season 3 was broadcast during Obama's first term.

[benjipwns]

Season one was 2005, two was 2007, three was 2010.

Aaron McGruder wasn't even involved in this final season apparently. Wanted to do that movie instead I think.

[Tasty]

This is definitely the final season then? I figured if they went through all this trouble of bringing it back again we'd get a more consistent run.

[benjipwns]

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2014/03/21/the-boondocks-returns-to-adult-swim-for-fourth-and-final-season-499203/20140321adultswim01/

The Boondocks, the award-winning animated series returns for its final season on Monday, April 21 at 10:30p.m (ET/PT) on Adult Swim. The Boondocks is produced by Sony Pictures Television. This season was produced without the involvement of Aaron McGruder, when a mutually agreeable production schedule could not be determined.

[Stoney Mason]

I don't like the sound of that....

We'll see how it turns out I guess.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-aaron-mcgruder-bids-farewell-to-the-boondocks-series-20140328,0,7041357.story#axzz2xWWiRBR9

[chronovore]

Fringe season 5

boy this show has changed

Finished Fringe. Great show.

It's funny to me that the show didn't really hit it's strides until it escaped monster of the week territory and left it's X-Files roots in the past.

Yeah, it was a bit of a surprise. Season 3 started to see some wild changes, but 4 and 5 really decided to overturn their entire apple cart. It was shocking to see a one-off episode from either s3 or s4 become the entire backdrop for s5. I liked the way it ended but haven't felt a need to go back and re-watch any of it. I'll still see anything with John Noble in it though. That man is wonderful.

Biggest problem with Hannibal is that Will Graham is such an awful protagonist that I find myself rooting for psychopathic mass-murderer Hannibal most of the time.

Maybe if Edward Norton were playing Will (as in Red Dragon) things would be different, but something about the way that Will is written really, really annoys me.

In the novel Red Dragon, I found myself empathizing with Dolarhyde pretty frequently. I think it was one of the more surprising moments I've ever had when reading a book.

As for Graham in the show, as you mention later, he's well-acted, but difficult to follow. Sometimes I think he's like our Father Mike: seems agreeable enough sometimes, but mostly you'd never want to leave him babysitting your kids.

[Phoenix Dark]

Season one was 2005, two was 2007, three was 2010.

Aaron McGruder wasn't even involved in this final season apparently. Wanted to do that movie instead I think.

He's quite overrated so I'm fine with him being gone. People tend to forget how much filler content the show has had, plus it's a collaborative effort so it's not like he was doing everything. I liked his writing more in the comic strip, whereas the show hovers between average and awesome, episode to episode.

[Madrun Badrun]

Will Graham basically is Father Mike, but without the disgusting fetishes.

Ya, being into imagining yourself as a murder is pretty disgusting.

[ZephyrFate]

I started watching Hannibal. The cinematography etc is amazing but I cant help but dislike the monster of the week format.

Also,  the only season of the Boondocks that has filler is 3. 1 and 2 are classics period.

The monster of the week format folds into the plot pretty well.


HIMYM ended. Imagine the creators pissing on you for 5 years, and then they turn around and defecate on you with the finale. 

[Madrun Badrun]

Sounds hot.

[Phoenix Dark]

My brother has been watching HIMYM on Netflix. Every time I walk by it's just...nothing. The cold opens are never funny, especially when compared to something like Always Sunny. Every episode seemingly is the same thing, too. Hanging at the bar, talking about chicks, and a couple emotional scenes thrown in.

I can even tell by most of his laughs that it's not that funny. When we watched Arrested Development back in the day we were falling out our seats laughing. When we watch a good ep of Always Sunny the same thing happens; same applies to Scrubs. But his HIMYM laughs are very polite chuckles and "har!" types.

[TakingBackSunday]

its basically the modern day friends

its better than friends at least

[ZephyrFate]

Seasons 1-3 are pretty good and the show's ability to carry out a long, recurring joke is as good as Arrested Development.

but its Season 4 was pretty much like AD's Season 4 -- where the decline occurred

[benjipwns]

Yeah, I used to watch it fairly regularly but sorta lost interest around there. It didn't seem so angsty in the early seasons like later where everyone is fretting over relationships and marriage and jobs and etc. constantly, but it probably is if I go back and watch it.

[Bebpo]

Fuck, True Detective is so good.  I haven't watched a ton of TV shows in the last decade cause I don't have the time/patience to devout 3+ seasons to seeing a story through (otherwise would watch Breaking Bad, The Wire, The West Wing, maybe even Lost), but this is one of the best TV show's I've seen for sure.  Haven't finished it yet though, so could fall apart. 

[Bebpo]

Finished, that was darn good.  Reminded me of Gabriel Knight 1 being all in the bayou with similar murder mystery themes + awesome buddy cop film about two really well developed characters and their dynamic.  Couldn't put the last half down, glad I wasn't watching it weekly haha.  Now I'm going to be super tired at work tomorrow z_z

[fistfulofmetal]

I started watching Hannibal. The cinematography etc is amazing but I cant help but dislike the monster of the week format.

It's interesting because the show has got the production values of an HBO show but the structure of a show on NBC.

But I will say it does a good job looping the narrative back around near the end. I heard season 2 is more serial and less self contained.

[Madrun Badrun]

Last Archer was pretty good.  The episodes are getting better from the shitty season start.

[StealthFan]

Yeah Hannibal definitely moves away from the killer of the week format in the second half of season 1 and hasn't gone back to it thus far in season 2.

What about the

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the bee lady?

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Also the only time I've had to look away is when

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she did the lobotomy

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[ZephyrFate]

That was meant to be more or less a metaphor for what Hannibal is doing that week. Instead of it being the main focus, killers of the week become those in Season 2.

[Madrun Badrun]

Hannibal season 1:  The dude from L&O:SVU doing a impression of Anthony Heald playing Dr. Chilton is odd.

[Kshow]

Andy Daly's "Review" on Comedy Central is amazing!

[benjipwns]

Trying to watch Hercules on Netflix right now. Shit is flabby and sick I had no idea it would age this horribly

Don't even think about checking Xena.

I wonder if the Disney cartoon did. Dat James Woods as Hades plz.

[StealthFan]

All syndicated shows from the 90's were cornball ass shit. They're unwatchable today. Forever Knight, Hercules, Xena, Jack Of All Trades, Tarzan, etc

[benjipwns]

BULLSHIT:

[benjipwns]

For some reason I thought this was syndicated but it aired on NBC, maybe it was syndicated later:


NEVR 4GET

[etiolate]

Hercules is still awesome. It embraced its corniness. <3

[ZephyrFate]

veep season 3 this weekend

#mememememaam

[Beezy]

Fuck, still need to watch the 2nd season.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

veep season 3 this weekend

#mememememaam

Hopefully Mike Judge's new show is ok too.

[Tasty]

veep season 3 this weekend

#mememememaam

"I don't want to be a meemam."

"No, you're a meme, ma'am."

[benjipwns]

http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/rob-mcelhenney-glenn-howerton-charlie-day-ink-big-new-3-year-deal-with-fx-prods-that-includes-2-year-renewal-of-its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-series-pickup-of-tracy-morgan-comedy-pilot/

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia masterminds Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day and Glenn Howerton have cemented their status as FX’s MVPs with a massive new three-year deal at FX Prods. for their RCG Prods. It is said to surpass the trio’s previous $50-million three-year rcgdeal with FX signed in 2011. Like that deal, the new agreement, which will keep the trio at FX until 2017, includes a two-year renewal of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, which has received 10-episode orders for Season 11 and 12, to not only solidify its status the longest-running live-action comedy series in cable history but also tie My Three Sons for the second- longest running live-action comedy in television history.

[etiolate]

http://www.avclub.com/article/tom-hardy-and-ridley-scott-onboard-maritime-minise-203092

Perhaps nostalgic for 2003, when Master And Commander and Pirates Of the Caribbean briefly made seafaring all the rage, Tom Hardy and Ridley Scott are teaming up to tell the tale of a rogue adventurer taking on the East India Company in the early 1800s. They’re collaborating on the eight-part BBC miniseries Taboo, which seeks to do for international trade what Downton Abbey did for rich people living in manor houses.

[ZephyrFate]

veep season 3 this weekend

#mememememaam

"I don't want to be a meemam."

"No, you're a meme, ma'am."

[bud]

veep season 3 this weekend

#mememememaam

saw the pilot the other day. seemed like a lesser version of in the thick of it/in the loop.

will check out a few more episodes, but it hasn't really impressed me yet.

[ZephyrFate]

veep season 3 this weekend

#mememememaam

saw the pilot the other day. seemed like a lesser version of in the thick of it/in the loop.

will check out a few more episodes, but it hasn't really impressed me yet.

The pilot is the worst episode of the show. Back half of Season 1/Season 2 is where it clicks, and Season 3 apparently might even be funnier than either of those two shows.

[Madrun Badrun]

wathing hannibal 2e5 right now.  O shit.  I really can't believe this is an NBC show.

[bud]

i need to get into that. keep reading good things about it.

veep season 3 this weekend

#mememememaam

saw the pilot the other day. seemed like a lesser version of in the thick of it/in the loop.

will check out a few more episodes, but it hasn't really impressed me yet.

The pilot is the worst episode of the show. Back half of Season 1/Season 2 is where it clicks, and Season 3 apparently might even be funnier than either of those two shows.

ah, that's good to know. thanks!

[CajoleJuice]

i need to get into that. keep reading good things about it.

veep season 3 this weekend

#mememememaam

saw the pilot the other day. seemed like a lesser version of in the thick of it/in the loop.

will check out a few more episodes, but it hasn't really impressed me yet.

The pilot is the worst episode of the show. Back half of Season 1/Season 2 is where it clicks, and Season 3 apparently might even be funnier than either of those two shows.

ah, that's good to know. thanks!

i didn't really like it until season 2. definitely tough coming from the thick of it/in the loop.

[Phoenix Dark]

some Homeland S4 details

LOS ANGELES, CA (April 4, 2014) – SHOWTIME and Fox 21 announced today that the Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award-winning drama series HOMELAND will begin production in Cape Town, South Africa. Season four will find Carrie Mathison (Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe Award winner Claire Danes) assigned to one of the most volatile and dangerous CIA stations in the Middle East where she is back on the front lines in the war on terror. The series will begin production in mid-June and shoot through November of this year. The network's No. 1 rated series with an average of seven million weekly viewers, HOMELAND's fourth season will premiere this fall on SHOWTIME.

“We've been so lucky to work with one of the best crews in the business for the last three seasons in Charlotte,” said Homeland showrunner and executive producer Alex Gansa. “We knew going into season four that we would need to move the production overseas to tell the story of Carrie returning to the Middle East as chief of station. We are thrilled to have found a new home in Cape Town and look forward to getting season four production off the ground.”

HOMELAND tells the story of Carrie Mathison (Danes), a bi-polar CIA officer who plays by her own rules. At the end of last season Carrie, pregnant with the late Brody's (Damian Lewis) baby, along with her mentor Saul Berenson (Mandy Patinkin), brought a significant and much-needed win for the agency and country at large. Along with Danes and Patinkin, Emmy nominee Rupert Friend will return for season four, along with Nazanin Boniadi, who was recently promoted to a series regular.

I could wonder how the hell Carrie can even have a job at the CIA anymore, much less a leadership position, but hey...I enjoyed S3 and look forward to this.

[Eel O'Brian]

Haha, this week's Hannibal was fucked-up and awesome, except for

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Jack going to that abandoned house by himself. That was "television show" stupid.

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[TakingBackSunday]

making my way through Hannibal now.  Honestly not really feeling it.  I like how its able to get away with the gore, but I honestly can't shake the feeling that it still feels like an NBC serial at its core.  New story each week.  Feels like Law and Order: Fucked Up Crimes Unit at the moment with Hannibal being the BD Wong of the FUCU.

I hear it gets better near the end of season 1 so I'll keep going.

[Eel O'Brian]

You need those first episodes to establish the relationships between the various characters.  And, one way or another, most of it all ties in to the broader story later on.

[Madrun Badrun]

That stops pretty soon.  I didn't like the first few episodes either.  It still feels like an NBC show at times but its damn good when it doesn't. 

[Madrun Badrun]

Man I love this show

[Tasty]

veep season 3 this weekend

#mememememaam

saw the pilot the other day. seemed like a lesser version of in the thick of it/in the loop.

will check out a few more episodes, but it hasn't really impressed me yet.

The pilot is the worst episode of the show. Back half of Season 1/Season 2 is where it clicks, and Season 3 apparently might even be funnier than either of those two shows.

Agreed, but s1 still has some of my favorite jokes.

"You guys, are we seriously going to let the guy with the police sketch face of a rapist tell us what to do?"

"This rapist face gets eights. Consensually, I might add."

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[TVC15]

Tonight's Hannibal was boner academy.

Dr. Chilton

[ZephyrFate]

Haha, this week's Hannibal was fucked-up and awesome, except for

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Jack going to that abandoned house by himself. That was "television show" stupid.

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I don't agree. I think it's entirely a plot by Hannibal.

[Madrun Badrun]

ya this isn't a fuck up. 

[Eel O'Brian]

Haha, this week's Hannibal was fucked-up and awesome, except for

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Jack going to that abandoned house by himself. That was "television show" stupid.

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I don't agree. I think it's entirely a plot by Hannibal.

I meant

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him going there without any backup in the car, not finding Miriam. No law enforcement agent of any sort would ever do that.

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[brawndolicious]

Yeah it was unrealistic but that's kind of what I expect with having watched a season and a half.

I'm rewatching the Spartacus series from the first season. Just got up to the Theocles battle. I forgot how passionate it makes me feel.