Author Topic: The TV shows you've seen recently thread. (Read 1236274 times)

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #3960 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 #3961 on:** December 23, 2011, 10:33:43 AM »

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

Mupepe · « **Reply #3962 on:** December 23, 2011, 11:36:18 AM »

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

Timber · « **Reply #3963 on:** December 23, 2011, 11:48:16 AM »

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

Timber · « **Reply #3964 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 #3965 on:** December 23, 2011, 11:51:31 AM »

Is it a nice car?

Timber · « **Reply #3966 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 #3967 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 #3968 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 #3969 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

Cindi Mayweather · « **Reply #3970 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 #3971 on:** December 23, 2011, 05:18:24 PM »

Dee is season two's Dee. smh Himu

Cindi Mayweather · « **Reply #3972 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 #3973 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 #3974 on:** December 24, 2011, 04:38:30 AM »

Homeland episode 08 twist

Diunx · « **Reply #3975 on:** December 24, 2011, 12:44:39 PM »

American Horror Story was insanely awesome

cool breeze · « **Reply #3976 on:** December 25, 2011, 05:15:03 PM »

Doctor Who christmas special today

Sherlock series 2 January 1st

Moffat holidays

drew · « **Reply #3977 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 #3978 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 #3979 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 #3980 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 #3981 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 #3982 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 #3983 on:** December 26, 2011, 04:40:34 PM »

I <3 Coupling.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3984 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 #3985 on:** December 26, 2011, 10:01:29 PM »

Is there male nudity - dick shots - in Hung?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3986 on:** December 26, 2011, 10:12:15 PM »

Meh, pass

Tucah · « **Reply #3987 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 #3988 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.

Cindi Mayweather · « **Reply #3989 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 #3990 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 #3991 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 #3992 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 #3993 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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Cindi Mayweather · « **Reply #3994 on:** December 28, 2011, 12:04:14 PM »

oh my

Momo · « **Reply #3995 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.

Cindi Mayweather · « **Reply #3996 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:

Cindi Mayweather · « **Reply #3997 on:** December 28, 2011, 12:47:05 PM »

Cindi Mayweather · « **Reply #3998 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 #3999 on:** December 28, 2011, 01:27:43 PM »

love that video

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #4000 on:** December 28, 2011, 01:34:46 PM »

Obama is Carcetti

Cindi Mayweather · « **Reply #4001 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 #4002 on:** December 28, 2011, 05:12:14 PM »

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

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #4003 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

Robo · « **Reply #4004 on:** December 30, 2011, 04:30:16 PM »

http://www.avclub.com/articles/exclusive-fx-president-explains-terriers-cancellat,48758/

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“To the extent that I should have disagreed with the writer and said, ‘No, Terriers is a terrible title for the show, it should be called Beach Dicks,” [FX president John] Landgraf concludes, “the best I can do is the best I can do, which is to take that question seriously, and go out and seek an answer to it. Because if the answer is as simple as change Terriers to Beach Dicks and take the dog off the poster, and it’ll quadruple its audience, then I’m being dumb in not picking it up, especially since it’s such a good show. I did my best to answer that question, and unfortunately the answer was resoundingly no, that’s not likely to create a different outcome. Because for whatever reason—that’s disappointing and not entirely fathomable—people just don’t want to watch this show.”

Really shoulda called it Beach Dicks, though.

etiolate · « **Reply #4005 on:** December 31, 2011, 01:28:14 AM »

Are people really that faithful to procedurals that they won't watch a gumshoe show anymore?

I disagree about the name not having to do with the outcome. Nobody knew what the show really was except for a certain sect of tv viewers. It doesn't mean that they would keep watching it once they saw it, but I think a lot of would-be viewers never watched it because of the dog theme.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #4006 on:** December 31, 2011, 01:42:30 AM »

Gumshoe shows are a lot harder to pitch these days. Veronica Mars, for all of its critical acclaim and even moving networks, didn't pull in a ton of viewers despite being a masterpiece of a show. Terriers had much the same issue, but I think it was also because of what the show was paired with as well as, in general, people having no clue the show existed. I didn't until halfway through this year.

Cindi Mayweather · « **Reply #4007 on:** December 31, 2011, 01:43:31 AM »

Tonight's Chuck was aight.

I can't believe it's almost over.

Robo · « **Reply #4008 on:** December 31, 2011, 01:54:31 AM »

I knew Terriers existed, but I was a part of that perilously anecdotal subset of people who thought it was about two dudes dog-sitting up until a week or so before it was cancelled.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #4009 on:** December 31, 2011, 01:56:54 AM »

I dunno, for some reason I prefer Terriers over the other possibility. It's an interesting metaphor that I don't think was made clear enough.

etiolate · « **Reply #4010 on:** December 31, 2011, 08:24:23 AM »

for some reason I think Terriers works better as a title if the show had been a movie instead

Diunx · « **Reply #4011 on:** December 31, 2011, 10:20:28 AM »

Started Downton Abbey, the ginger maid is HOT

she is the one playing Ygrette in GOT right?

Eric P · « **Reply #4012 on:** December 31, 2011, 12:09:06 PM »

watched all of season 2 of Bored to Death in one sitting. amazing.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #4013 on:** December 31, 2011, 12:14:04 PM »

i sure as fuck didn't watch terriers because despite a couple ads insisting otherwise, the name suggested to me that dogs were somehow a significant part of the show -- and fuck dogs and dog culture. now that i FINALLY know it's basically the big lebowski teevee series starring donal logue, i'm interested. :-(

Barry Egan · « **Reply #4014 on:** December 31, 2011, 01:47:57 PM »

Quote from: ZephyrFate on December 31, 2011, 01:56:54 AM

I dunno, for some reason I prefer Terriers over the other possibility. It's an interesting metaphor that I don't think was made clear enough.

I don't think the names Terriers in itself is a problem. This though?

Double U Tee EFF.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #4015 on:** December 31, 2011, 01:50:22 PM »

Quote from: Diunx on December 31, 2011, 10:20:28 AM

Started Downton Abbey, the ginger maid is HOT she is the one playing Ygrette in GOT right?

Mmm hmmm

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #4016 on:** December 31, 2011, 02:15:49 PM »

Wait, Terriers isn't a TV series expansion of the musical sketch from Kids in the Hall? That's disappointing.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #4017 on:** December 31, 2011, 03:35:48 PM »

Quote from: Count Drugula The Satanic on December 31, 2011, 08:59:01 AM

I just saw a full episode of Happy Endings for the first time. It's funny, I like it. Going to start watching it and The League(Which is amazing!) tonight.

I approve wholeheartedly. Happy Endings just gets better, and better, and better. I haven't watched a sitcom better itself so quickly so fast in a long time.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #4018 on:** December 31, 2011, 04:40:35 PM »

Max is probably the best gay on TV. I love him.

Elisha Cuthbert, at least in season 2, gets surprisingly funny. She's such an underrated physical comedy actress.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #4019 on:** December 31, 2011, 05:21:06 PM »

Quote from: Count Drugula The Satanic on December 31, 2011, 05:13:34 PM

Zephyr if you are anything like Max we are already BFFs

I'm almost entirely like Max. Not as funny, but similar qualities.

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