Author Topic: The TV shows you've seen recently thread. (Read 1235936 times)

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3660 on:** November 22, 2011, 01:26:10 PM »

Eh five seconds? She had been practicing on the range for like 2 episodes

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #3661 on:** November 22, 2011, 01:27:06 PM »

uhhh. Wasn't this episode the first they've ever done any gun practice? She basically just learned how to fire a gun and suddenly she's popping caps like it's goin outta style.

I guess it plays off the comics, but it also comes off cheesy.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3662 on:** November 22, 2011, 01:29:10 PM »

I thought she had been shooting for awhile. Also she came pretty damn close to killing Daryl in the previous episode with a rifle.

During practice she did very well at sharpshooting, but couldn't hit a moving target...until her life was on the line. I can accept that. It's a zombie show based on a comic, after all.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #3663 on:** November 22, 2011, 01:31:46 PM »

So long as they make her like, actually badass and not relying on Shane's power cock to get her through, I'll accept her sudden shooting ability.

Tasty · « **Reply #3664 on:** November 22, 2011, 03:31:52 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on November 21, 2011, 01:22:46 AM

Hm, that was the best episode of Walking Dead in some time.

Ya, was pretty good.

I watched Don Glover's standup act the other night, was pretty OK. Guy talks a bit too fast and his jokes are all over the place, but he had some good material. (Helps that I've sort of been a fan of his since his Derrick Comedy days.)

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #3665 on:** November 22, 2011, 03:34:36 PM »

Quote from: Count Drugula The Satanic on November 22, 2011, 03:16:14 PM

I don't know how many of you still watch How I Met Your Mother, but:

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Talk about a random megaton. HIMYM doesn't know how else to keep itself afloat. The downside is I didn't laugh once that episode.

Hock · « **Reply #3666 on:** November 22, 2011, 03:55:53 PM »

Quote from: Andrex on November 22, 2011, 03:31:52 PM

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on November 21, 2011, 01:22:46 AM
Hm, that was the best episode of Walking Dead in some time.

Ya, was pretty good.

I watched Don Glover's standup act the other night, was pretty OK. Guy talks a bit too fast and his jokes are all over the place, but he had some good material. (Helps that I've sort of been a fan of his since his Derrick Comedy days.)

Aw man, Derrick Comedy. That takes me back.

That's actually the only reason I started watching Community: because the black guy from Derrick Comedy was on it.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3667 on:** November 22, 2011, 04:17:26 PM »

Quote from: AWESOM-O on November 22, 2011, 03:27:32 PM

Did they finally reveal the mother?

Nope. I don't think they'll ever get around to it. They actually have Sagget troll the viewers about it from time to time.

Mupepe · « **Reply #3668 on:** November 22, 2011, 04:30:08 PM »

well someone spoiler what happened last night dammit

Mupepe · « **Reply #3669 on:** November 22, 2011, 05:04:58 PM »

what a fucking bitch

Tasty · « **Reply #3670 on:** November 22, 2011, 05:37:32 PM »

Quote from: Hock on November 22, 2011, 03:55:53 PM

Quote from: Andrex on November 22, 2011, 03:31:52 PM
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on November 21, 2011, 01:22:46 AM
Hm, that was the best episode of Walking Dead in some time.

Ya, was pretty good.

I watched Don Glover's standup act the other night, was pretty OK. Guy talks a bit too fast and his jokes are all over the place, but he had some good material. (Helps that I've sort of been a fan of his since his Derrick Comedy days.)
Aw man, Derrick Comedy. That takes me back.

That's actually the only reason I started watching Community: because the black guy from Derrick Comedy was on it.

Lol, me too actually.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #3671 on:** November 22, 2011, 06:01:13 PM »

Quote from: Count Drugula The Satanic on November 22, 2011, 04:32:35 PM

Huge HIMYM spoiler:

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Robin's pregnant, and it could be Barney's kid
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Is that show ever going to end?

All The League talk in this thread is making me interested in it

Tasty · « **Reply #3672 on:** November 22, 2011, 06:10:24 PM »

Recap of my Twitter convo with Wrath2x about the HIMYM twist:

Wrath: ZOMG WTF

Me: Wut?

Wrath: Just watch it

Me: OK.

<time goes by>

Me: Seems like the standard boilerplate twist writers tend to throw in when they're out of ideas

Wrath: NOMG DUDE SHUT UP BEST SHOW EVER

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I poke fun because I love, Wrath.

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ZephyrFate · « **Reply #3673 on:** November 22, 2011, 06:59:34 PM »

I don't really understand the mindset of watching HIMYM even though it doesn't make you laugh -- it is a comedy show, after all.

etiolate · « **Reply #3674 on:** November 22, 2011, 08:29:39 PM »

A friend posted on her facebook a quote along the lines of "I don't want to be reminded that ugly people exist when I watch TV." This works for that sort of 20 to 30s range of shows ranging from Friends to The New Girl. I imagine it works for HIMYM.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #3675 on:** November 22, 2011, 09:01:29 PM »

The first three seasons of HIMYM are comedy gold, honestly. Then I don't know what happened.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3676 on:** November 23, 2011, 03:35:38 AM »

Homeland is so good, damn. Although I'm wondering about the longevity of the show premise.

next episode preview: "DAMMIT Saul there's no time!"

benjipwns · « **Reply #3677 on:** November 23, 2011, 03:57:58 AM »

It's just a framing device and easy way to justify narration from Bob Saget.

Quote from: pilonv1 on November 22, 2011, 06:01:13 PM

All The League talk in this thread is making me interested in it

It's great, don't really need to know much of anything about fantasy football, any fantasy sports can apply to those jokes and they're maybe 5% at tops and often just the basic premise that sets up other stuff. (Like using trade demands to affect things in real life, etc.)

The first season starts a bit slow but it figures itself and the characters out in the second half of it, then after that it's gold. The same husband and wife team write and direct pretty much every episode so it's quite consistent.

It might actually be the raunchiest (couldn't think of a word that doesn't make me sound like my parents) sitcom on TV. (Not counting HBO/Showtime/etc.) Certainly more than anything else I can think of off the top of my head. Hell, probably even is more so than Curb.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #3678 on:** November 23, 2011, 04:37:22 AM »

It also allows for the creators to write off discontinuity in the plot because it's been proven time and time again that Bob Saget is an unreliable narrator in the show.

So I guess convenience is the best part about it. But really the idea is that all these years of random events and life-changing experiences are what made Ted Mosby into the man that would meet his children's mother, marry her, and have them. It's just taking a long time to get there.

Mupepe · « **Reply #3679 on:** November 23, 2011, 10:20:44 AM »

I watched 5 episodes of Sons of Anarchy last night. Pretty damn good.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #3680 on:** November 23, 2011, 11:12:28 AM »

I never understood the hipsters who got behind How I met your mother early on. Its an okay show but its typical fare.

Mupepe · « **Reply #3681 on:** November 23, 2011, 11:38:14 AM »

To be honest, HIMYM is about as entertaining to me as Two and a Half Men. I don't really find it any more clever. But then again, I'm not one of those people that finds Two and a Half Men revolting. Just utterly average and predictable. Kinda like HIMYM! Just for a different age group

Barry Egan · « **Reply #3682 on:** November 23, 2011, 11:40:48 AM »

part of it is because Neil Patrick Harris is just so damned charming. I agree it's not really a very good show, but it has some heart to it that makes it more than completely derivative.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #3683 on:** November 23, 2011, 11:46:00 AM »

Quote from: Mupepe on November 23, 2011, 11:38:14 AM

To be honest, HIMYM is about as entertaining to me as Two and a Half Men.

Yep.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3684 on:** November 23, 2011, 11:46:42 AM »

Quote from: Barry Egan on November 23, 2011, 11:40:48 AM

part of it is because Neil Patrick Harris is just so damned charming. I agree it's not really a very good show, but it has some heart to it that makes it more than completely derivative.

Jason Segal and Neil Patrick Harris make the show. Their depiction of Canada as Bizzaro America is also pretty good.

With that said, they really need to end it soon.

Mupepe · « **Reply #3685 on:** November 23, 2011, 11:46:54 AM »

I'm probably missing the heart aspect because I've never watched anything in order or really tried to marathon it. But I catch at least a few episodes a week of it and it's just background noise with the occasional good joke to me. and yeah, NPH is really fucking charming

Tasty · « **Reply #3686 on:** November 23, 2011, 11:57:48 AM »

I like the main characters in HIMYM and they usually have some good ideas for episode plots. But the jokes are hit or miss, usually miss.

As much as I like NPH off-HIMYM though, his character on the show has started to annoy me for some reason. He's just way too in-your-face.

Mupepe · « **Reply #3687 on:** November 23, 2011, 12:03:59 PM »

You mean he's too stereotypical and outrageous to be believable? Yeah. That's my problem with a lot of sitcoms and it's one of the many similarities HIMYM shares with Two and a Half Men

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #3688 on:** November 23, 2011, 01:28:35 PM »

One of the things that makes HIMYM more than usual fare is the continuity between its jokes. It basically has its own lore at this point with how many in-jokes the show has across the seasons.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3689 on:** November 23, 2011, 01:45:15 PM »

And here I thought it was just some dumb CBS comedy that still had a laugh track in 2011. I guess it's serious business

Barry Egan · « **Reply #3690 on:** November 23, 2011, 02:31:07 PM »

I seriously want NPH in my mouth.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #3691 on:** November 24, 2011, 02:36:45 AM »

Happy Endings

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3692 on:** November 25, 2011, 06:45:30 PM »

continuing a convo from the movie thread:

My brother used to watch Weeds. I saw a few eps and it was way too much yuppie bullshit for me. Give me Breaking Bad, plz.

the best thing about the show is Lex Steel's cameo

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #3693 on:** November 25, 2011, 06:48:37 PM »

ehh, Weeds is still a good show compared to Breaking Bad, at least in its first three seasons. One thing it has over BB is that it never takes itself seriously. It's a show that's (mostly) about pot, and therefore being high and watching it tend to go hand-in-hand. It's, for the most part, a show you can mellow out to versus a show that constantly has you on edge.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3694 on:** November 25, 2011, 06:57:15 PM »

Yea. Looked like he was nude on set too.

anyway I'm going through Downton Abbey withdrawal as I wait for the third season. Sooo I picked up the soundtrack so I can at least listen to the music. I love everything about this show omg

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #3695 on:** November 25, 2011, 09:00:06 PM »

I think Weeds is unbearably bad.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #3696 on:** November 25, 2011, 09:07:08 PM »

Past Season 3, I agree with you.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #3697 on:** November 25, 2011, 09:44:02 PM »

Weeds is still about weed. It just took a bit of detour for a season or two.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3698 on:** November 26, 2011, 03:00:00 AM »

god dammit I need to stop watching the previews for upcoming Homeland eps. ep6 was pretty good although one thing bugged me

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Carrie, despite her oddities and condition, is a very good CIA analyst; she has done a good job reading suspects and working on hunches all season. So why the hell could she possibly think a polygraph test would snare Brody? He has put on a nearly impeccable persona since he began speaking to the media. In short she already knows he's deceptive as fuck

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CajoleJuice · « **Reply #3699 on:** November 26, 2011, 04:35:08 AM »

I thought Weeds did try to take itself seriously sometimes, at least in the first three seasons. I never thought it was that good, but then it became godawful.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #3700 on:** November 26, 2011, 04:43:29 AM »

Quote from: AWESOM-O on November 26, 2011, 04:39:29 AM

If Weeds is good compared to Breaking Bad, it must be pretty damned amazing.

When you're high and everything is good anyway.

Tucah · « **Reply #3701 on:** November 26, 2011, 09:36:13 AM »

I've been going through Downton Abbey at the moment. I'm usually not a huge costume drama fan but this show is excellent, the characters are fantastic (and Maggie Smith is wonderful). I haven't had much time to get through much of it (on episode 4 of season 1) but I plan to at least get through the rest of the first season today.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #3702 on:** November 26, 2011, 03:08:45 PM »

Okay, I've never watched American Horror Story, but I just saw a preview for it while I was watching football, and it's talking about the newly elected pope getting a key that unlocks the secrets of all evil. WTF, I thought this was like a small-town horror show like Picket Fences or something, and now it's about the Pope?

Eric P · « **Reply #3703 on:** November 26, 2011, 03:17:43 PM »

AHS is amazing. Even when it's horrible, it's amazing.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3704 on:** November 26, 2011, 10:03:15 PM »

wut @ ep7 of Homeland

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24-esque twist there, but well done (it seems). I have to watch another episode...while the twist can work, it could also lead to some shark jumping

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etiolate · « **Reply #3705 on:** November 27, 2011, 03:39:18 AM »

AHS went past my humor tolerance for awful. I'd rather watch the show as a collection of clips than go through the plot.

Tasty · « **Reply #3706 on:** November 27, 2011, 02:33:47 PM »

Quote from: Count Drugula The Satanic on November 27, 2011, 09:24:39 AM

So i gave Community another shot today since it was on tv while I was eating, still awful.

Which ep?

Tasty · « **Reply #3707 on:** November 27, 2011, 03:40:59 PM »

That was one of the worst ones this season. Remedial Chaos Theory, Horror Fiction, and Studies in Modern Movement are the best eps of the season.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3708 on:** November 27, 2011, 11:56:03 PM »

Walking Dead

dat ending. wow

Tasty · « **Reply #3709 on:** November 27, 2011, 11:59:13 PM »

TWD s2 ep7: 5/5
DRR! ep22: 5/5
T-cats ep13: 3/5

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #3710 on:** November 28, 2011, 12:01:20 AM »

Walking Dead actually had a proper episode finale. Good enough.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #3711 on:** November 28, 2011, 03:31:59 PM »

I wish I could muster the enthusiasm to watch The Walking Dead after that horrible first season.

cool breeze · « **Reply #3712 on:** November 28, 2011, 04:57:18 PM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on November 28, 2011, 03:31:59 PM

I wish I could muster the enthusiasm to watch The Walking Dead after that horrible first season.

It isn't worth it. If you really care, just watch the episode recaps on the website.

First episode of the second season was painfully dull. Couldn't make it through the second. Tried again with the finale, but ended up using my computer with it in the background. The pacing is unbearable.

actually, if you've seen Season 1, it's like that scene with Andrea and her sister on the boat for 40 minutes, and then 3 minutes of something happening. those 3 minutes are the episode recaps.

etiolate · « **Reply #3713 on:** December 02, 2011, 12:59:07 AM »

It's nice to have Beavis & Butthead back

The Sex & The City 3 should be Human Centipede idea is awesome

nice cat but chicken · « **Reply #3714 on:** December 02, 2011, 01:24:02 AM »

my ISP is ignoring their (distinguished mentally-challenged) cap system over the weekend so i'm downloading all the Peep Show i haven't seen (Seasons 5-7).
been a long time since i watched the first four but i know i'm ready to laugh.

nice cat but chicken · « **Reply #3715 on:** December 02, 2011, 01:35:30 AM »

yeah i suppose they will pick it back up directly from there and mark will mismanage the fall out in hilarious fashion. maybe i should rewatch the last one to refresh the details.

benjipwns · « **Reply #3716 on:** December 02, 2011, 09:57:25 AM »

Always Sunny has been uphill ever since Frank's Brother.

As for The League: "Lasagna? At this time of night?"

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Feels like I'm wearing a tiny hat!

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benjipwns · « **Reply #3717 on:** December 02, 2011, 01:03:19 PM »

The Office was amazing compared to most of the rest of the season, which yeah, made it okay. It would have been better if they hadn't been fucking around with Robert California and Andy like they have been all season. The Jim escape attempt was great. The Dwight stuff about getting rid of Daryl and blacks was like way too far. Creed's slight racism has been funny, Dwight isn't the character you can do that joke with.

Community seemed like a season one episode, especially Jeff and Shirley.

April was channeling The Crucible right? I hope it's not just me.

Dunno if anybody here watches the fun USA junk. Burn Notice had its best episode in ages, and finally made Anson the villain he should have been from the start, shit was hot. As for Psych, I will never get over the idea that Shatner is 80. What is he doing to look like that? Did he like somehow inherit Kirk's genes? Were McCoy's salt shakers actual secret technology?

Boss is LIT-ERALLY the best show on TV. It's not The Wire but it's up there.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #3718 on:** December 02, 2011, 01:05:20 PM »

I watched a few episodes of Boss but I didn't think it was that good. Kinda ridiculous in a lot of ways. I can't believe you just compared it to The Wire.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #3719 on:** December 02, 2011, 01:38:34 PM »

Finished watching all of Peep Show. Amazing how this show maintains the hilarious dialog after 7 seasons. Can't wait for the new ones in 2012.

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