Author Topic: The TV shows you've seen recently thread. (Read 1237191 times)

Momo · « **Reply #6840 on:** February 22, 2013, 02:31:22 PM »

Justified

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #6841 on:** February 22, 2013, 02:46:19 PM »

Enlightened is basically poetry in TV form. And it completely annihilates the show it shares the hour slot with, Girls.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #6842 on:** February 22, 2013, 05:39:22 PM »

Quote from: Momo on February 22, 2013, 02:31:22 PM

Justified

It redeemed itself from the shitty fighter side story. Show is kicking lots of ass

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #6843 on:** February 22, 2013, 10:22:31 PM »

that was the darkest fucking episode of Spartacus ever. Holy SHIT.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #6844 on:** February 23, 2013, 04:15:02 AM »

Spartacus was brutal. I mean I knew what was going to happen with the soldiers when I saw the episode title but then everything else. Over half the season is left, right?

Banshee was also super fucked up. It feels like they tried to cram as much emotion as possible into one episode. Really big change from last week.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #6845 on:** February 23, 2013, 02:44:04 PM »

Got caught up on Parks and Rec after having missed most of this season. Still the best comedy on TV.

Diunx · « **Reply #6846 on:** February 23, 2013, 09:58:16 PM »

Holy fuck Spartacus was amazing!!!

Eric P · « **Reply #6847 on:** February 23, 2013, 10:14:51 PM »

Utopia's ending was far more optimistic than i anticipated. so now i don't know if they're going for a second season and just wanted to keep some people alive or what

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #6848 on:** February 24, 2013, 07:19:50 AM »

Enlightened is the best criticism of corporate-run America that you can ever watch.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #6849 on:** February 24, 2013, 10:00:54 AM »

nothing goes unscathed on Enlightened. you could just as easily say its a critique on far-left new age movements.

Polari · « **Reply #6850 on:** February 24, 2013, 12:13:05 PM »

Archer this week was great. Archer's TP trouble and Cyril's snake drawing were both amazing.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #6851 on:** February 24, 2013, 12:54:12 PM »

Quote from: ZephyrFate on February 24, 2013, 07:19:50 AM

Enlightened is the best criticism of corporate-run America that you can ever watch.

Any nudity?

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #6852 on:** February 24, 2013, 04:04:04 PM »

Watched the final season of 30 rock.

I always feel like that show lost something as it went on and sort of became obsessed with celebrity cameos. Funny show but never quite as good as it could have been.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #6853 on:** February 24, 2013, 05:39:23 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 24, 2013, 12:54:12 PM

Quote from: ZephyrFate on February 24, 2013, 07:19:50 AM
Enlightened is the best criticism of corporate-run America that you can ever watch.

Any nudity?

Not really. And it doesn't really need it.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #6854 on:** February 25, 2013, 01:47:05 AM »

http://badassdigest.com/2013/02/20/film-crit-hulk-smash-why-girls-is-remarkable/

must read

Barry Egan · « **Reply #6855 on:** February 25, 2013, 02:21:18 AM »

Quote from: AWESOM-O on February 25, 2013, 02:00:53 AM

Someone seriously wrote all those words about Girls?

its the most polarizing show on television so its not surprising people are writing so much about it.

cool breeze · « **Reply #6856 on:** February 25, 2013, 03:19:45 AM »

Girls hovers between hate-watch and genuine enjoyment for me. I can see normal people just picking one side or the other.

chronovore · « **Reply #6857 on:** February 25, 2013, 07:25:21 AM »

Supernatural: season 2 is better than season 1. It's not great tv or anything, but its a fun ride and much less stilted than s1.

Eric P · « **Reply #6858 on:** February 25, 2013, 07:27:18 AM »

agreed

really liked season3 but didn't get any farther than that

Beezy · « **Reply #6859 on:** February 25, 2013, 09:36:06 AM »

Quote from: fryinghigh on February 25, 2013, 03:19:45 AM

Girls hovers between hate-watch and genuine enjoyment for me. I can see normal people just picking one side or the other.

This season has mostly been hate-watch for me besides maybe an episode or two.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #6860 on:** February 25, 2013, 09:47:45 AM »

I'm too shallow to watch a show called Girls filled with ugly ones. Plus I've never heard anything good or interesting about it. It's basically hipster Sex In The City from what I've heard.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #6861 on:** February 26, 2013, 07:31:13 AM »

I watched the first few episodes of Girls courtesy of The Internet Store and that was a few hours of my life I'll never get back.

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 25, 2013, 09:47:45 AM

I'm too shallow to watch a show called Girls filled with ugly ones. Plus I've never heard anything good or interesting about it. It's basically hipster Sex In The City from what I've heard.

It is. Sometimes shows just aren't for people and Girls is that way for me. So I don't bother to watch it. I heard good things about True Blood but the concept doesn't interest me in the slightest, so I don't watch it. You can go watch Tiny Furniture on Netflix and see what you think of it. If you don't like it, then don't waste your time with Girls.

Eric P · « **Reply #6862 on:** February 26, 2013, 10:18:43 AM »

some show just popped up on Hulu called The Tribe from NZ. described as Mad Max meets Degrassi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tribe_%28TV_series%29

any NZers have an opinion on it?

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #6863 on:** February 26, 2013, 02:56:36 PM »

Quote from: AWESOM-O on February 26, 2013, 02:53:48 PM

I watched the pilot episode of Enlightened and liked it a lot. Laura Dern is pretty amazing.

I also watched the pilot episode of Girls, and felt it was a perfectly decent B-tier show. I'm not sure why it's so polarizing. To me that's like if Identity Thief was the most polarizing movie of the year. Can't we just agree that it's a decent B-tier show that, at its worst, isn't offensively bad, and at its best is kind of funny with decent acting?

Girls isn't really polarizing at all in the sense that some people will like a show and some people will not like a show (like every other show out there) but hipsters gonna hipster

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #6864 on:** February 26, 2013, 03:03:52 PM »

Quote from: AWESOM-O on February 26, 2013, 02:53:48 PM

I watched the pilot episode of Enlightened and liked it a lot. Laura Dern is pretty amazing.

I also watched the pilot episode of Girls, and felt it was a perfectly decent B-tier show. I'm not sure why it's so polarizing. To me that's like if Identity Thief was the most polarizing movie of the year. Can't we just agree that it's a decent B-tier show that, at its worst, isn't offensively bad, and at its best is kind of funny with decent acting?

Enlightened is so good. It only gets better and more heartwrenching.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #6865 on:** February 26, 2013, 03:30:21 PM »

Watching Arrow. It's alright, but I spend most of the time thinking about how much more psyched I would be about a Punisher TV-series. Oh, and I'm having a hard time finding a clear distinction between this guy and Batman.

Eric P · « **Reply #6866 on:** February 26, 2013, 03:45:11 PM »

there is no distinction

Polari · « **Reply #6867 on:** February 26, 2013, 05:36:24 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on February 26, 2013, 10:18:43 AM

some show just popped up on Hulu called The Tribe from NZ. described as Mad Max meets Degrassi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tribe_%28TV_series%29

any NZers have an opinion on it?

Hahaha! A couple of our good friends were in it. Shit show, appalling art direction and some pretty terrible acting all round. You might enjoy it in a so bad it's good kind of way though I guess.

Polari · « **Reply #6868 on:** February 26, 2013, 05:36:58 PM »

The Black Mirror final was a let down. Probably the weakest of the series to date.

Mandark · « **Reply #6869 on:** February 27, 2013, 01:32:10 AM »

Justified. Dat bodycount.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #6870 on:** February 27, 2013, 01:41:16 AM »

Justified

though, one might expect a successful hitman to be a bit smarter. "Hey, look at me--I'm wearing a uniform so clearly I'm a cop. Now move, Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, or I'll shoot you--

:dead2

Mandark · « **Reply #6871 on:** February 27, 2013, 01:54:10 AM »

I didn't have a problem with it. Figure he saw his story was about to fall apart if he kept answering questions, so his best option was to end the conversation through bluster or murder.

OTOH I still can't rationalize Eva turning into a hardened criminal in the second season.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #6872 on:** February 27, 2013, 03:44:35 AM »

Every single year Justified does a slow crawl for half the season and then boom, everything explodes.

I'm not tired of that at all, and this show still makes me want to speak with a twang a day after watching it.

etiolate · « **Reply #6873 on:** February 27, 2013, 04:11:46 AM »

Justified

Arlo yelling Get Some while he was shivving a guy with a electric razor was awesome. I do wonder why the ex-cop did it.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #6874 on:** February 27, 2013, 06:54:53 AM »

Quote from: etiolate on February 27, 2013, 04:11:46 AM

Justified

Arlo yelling Get Some while he was shivving a guy with a electric razor was awesome. I do wonder why the ex-cop did it.

Probably figured it's in his best interest as it shows that he's not cooperating with the police and so Theo Tonin won't have a reason to kill/torture him.

Also the AV cub mentioned an interesting theory on who Drew Thompson could be:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Shelby Parlowe, which makes sense as he says that his wife left him about 25 years ago which is around when Drew Thompson disappeared. He tells Ellen May that "if you pretend to be something long enough, then it's not pretending". Also he was really interested in meeting Thompson's wife, the psychic, and he has a full beard which probably makes him impossible to recognize from a picture.

The question is what is the link between Shelbey and Arlow?

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Flannel Boy · « **Reply #6875 on:** February 27, 2013, 08:59:19 AM »

Quote from: Mandark on February 27, 2013, 01:54:10 AM

I didn't have a problem with it. Figure he saw his story was about to fall apart if he kept answering questions, so his best option was to end the conversation through bluster or murder.

OTOH I still can't rationalize Eva turning into a hardened criminal in the second season.

If he realized his story was coming apart, there would be even less point to his warning.

Quote from: Mandark on February 27, 2013, 01:54:10 AM

OTOH I still can't rationalize Eva turning into a hardened criminal in the second season.

Chicks love bad boys, to paraphrase yesterday's episode. (No it doesn't make sense.)

Quote from: am nintenho on February 27, 2013, 06:54:53 AM

Also the AV cub mentioned an interesting theory on who Drew Thompson could be:

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Shelby Parlowe, which makes sense as he says that his wife left him about 25 years ago which is around when Drew Thompson disappeared. He tells Ellen May that "if you pretend to be something long enough, then it's not pretending". Also he was really interested in meeting Thompson's wife, the psychic, and he has a full beard which probably makes him impossible to recognize from a picture.

The question is what is the link between Shelbey and Arlow?
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I thought about that yesterday; the episode did a lot of "planting."

spoiler (click to show/hide)

-Shelby's the right age.
-Shelby is very interested in the Drew Thompson case.
-Shelby tells Ella May that she resembles his ex-wife. Ella May, coincidentally, resembles Drew Thompson's widow.
-Ella May fits into the clothes of Shelby's ex and seems like she could swap clothes with Drew Thompson's ex, too.
-Shelby's has a medallion from his ex of St. Christopher, the patron Saint of travelers. Is this to help him in his journey to becoming Shelby? A medallion of a patron saint is something someone who is superstitious might have--someone who might be a psychic. As a note, Christopher carried a child as heavy as lead across a dangerous river. After the crossing, the child revealed himself to be Christ and told Christopher that he had the weight of the world on his shoulders. Who else might have a heavy burden on his shoulders?
-Shelby, possibly from personal experience, tells Ella May that a person pretending to be someone long enough isn't pretending anymore.
-Shelby tells Ella May that during his first year as a police officer his uniform felt like a costume (this could have been a "plant" for the hitman, who used a uniform as a disguise). That police uniform might seem like a costume to a former criminal, like Drew Thompson.
-Frank Browning, who was on the psychic's list, resembles a fully bald Shelby Parlow.
-Shelby expresses interest in the widow, and rhetorically asks why "the pretty ones [like the widow] always go for the bad boys?" Is he asking why she was attracted to Drew Thompson but not Shelby Parlow?
-to really stretch it, in episode 6 Raylon Givens tells the blonde girl that "repeating a lie doesn't make it true." The next shot is of Shelby, looking somewhat unhappy.

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Polari · « **Reply #6876 on:** February 27, 2013, 11:28:47 AM »

Arlo's last words were pretty great. He died as he lived: trolling his son.

etiolate · « **Reply #6877 on:** February 27, 2013, 02:51:00 PM »

Yeah the

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Shelby is Drew stuff makes sense. It could draw back to Raylan's relations to his hill folk. There are two women who could identify him.

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Yeti · « **Reply #6878 on:** February 27, 2013, 04:00:00 PM »

I just watched the first episode of Black Mirror. I don't think I would recommend it to anyone. $:-\$

Beezy · « **Reply #6879 on:** February 28, 2013, 07:26:36 PM »

I have 4 episodes left to watch in season 4 of Breaking Bad. Walt and Jessie are the best worst partners ever.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #6880 on:** February 28, 2013, 09:09:34 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on February 26, 2013, 03:45:11 PM

there is no distinction

uh, he kills people

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #6881 on:** February 28, 2013, 09:09:47 PM »

a LOT

chronovore · « **Reply #6882 on:** March 01, 2013, 12:13:01 AM »

Batman used to kill people a lot. Maybe this is the Bob Kane Batman?

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #6883 on:** March 01, 2013, 12:16:54 AM »

Don't mention that fuckbag's name in my presence *spits*

Eric P · « **Reply #6884 on:** March 01, 2013, 12:19:59 AM »

Yeah, batman was a murder machine

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #6885 on:** March 01, 2013, 02:27:52 AM »

I figured he just owns stock in Arkham, and letting villains escape/throwing them back in is like a superhero version of Medicare fraud.

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #6886 on:** March 01, 2013, 04:47:54 PM »

Yeti · « **Reply #6887 on:** March 01, 2013, 06:20:00 PM »

He's got to keep rich somehow since Waynecorp never seems to make anything other than Batman gear. I would think that is the nichest of niche markets, but I haven't read any Batman Inc. stuff so maybe that's grown into a large consumer base recently?

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #6888 on:** March 02, 2013, 12:07:42 AM »

Community has been awful so far this season.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #6889 on:** March 02, 2013, 12:21:44 AM »

Quote from: Polari on February 27, 2013, 11:28:47 AM

Arlo's last words were pretty great. He died as he lived: trolling his son.

That was the highlight of the episode

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #6890 on:** March 02, 2013, 12:23:09 AM »

Spartacus was absolutely masterful tonight. This is going to be a pinnacle-of-TV season if this and last episode are any indication.

ManaByte · « **Reply #6891 on:** March 02, 2013, 11:20:47 AM »

Clone Wars Finale

Best Star Wars since Empire.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #6892 on:** March 02, 2013, 03:08:48 PM »

Finished House of Cards, the American version. Decent enough show that grows on you a bit as it goes along. I'll definitely watch it when it comes back for the next season. Ultimately I still find the show a little annoying and disappointing in some areas but for current television standards its decent enough to good fare. I was curious so I watched the first couple of episodes of the British version and it sort of confirmed what I suspected. I don't like the tone of the American version by comparison. I don't like how self serious it feels. The British version is able to lighten itself slightly in that cheeky way the British have. The American version loses that unfortunately and feels too serious and like its trying for too much gravitas when the writing and material can't really support it. I found myself fast forwarding through some episodes just to skip scenes that went on too long.

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #6893 on:** March 02, 2013, 06:02:21 PM »

I'm with you on the HoC, it's kindof okay, but unless Larry Sanders and Hank turn up in season 2, I think I've had my fill.

Banshee on the other hand, is the hand I'd use for having sex, fighting, driving dangerously, having flashbacks about fighting a gay albino prison rapist and the Amish (who make pretty good seedless blackberry jam).

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #6894 on:** March 04, 2013, 12:53:46 AM »

That might have been the best episode of Walking Dead since the pilot. Very impressed

Beezy · « **Reply #6895 on:** March 04, 2013, 01:20:02 AM »

Yeah, Walking Dead was great tonight. So was Aisha Tyler on Talking Dead which I only watched because of her.

The latest Spartacus ep

Dat Banshee fight!

Breaking Bad season 4 finale!!!

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #6896 on:** March 04, 2013, 01:23:35 PM »

Enlightened's season finale just blew everything else away. Utterly, and completely. I'm fucking speechless. That was classic, pinnacle TV right there. HBO would be stupid not to renew their best show since The Wire.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #6897 on:** March 05, 2013, 05:05:45 AM »

Quote from: ZephyrFate on March 04, 2013, 01:23:35 PM

Enlightened's season finale just blew everything else away. Utterly, and completely. I'm fucking speechless. That was classic, pinnacle TV right there. HBO would be stupid not to renew their best show since The Wire.

Never heard of this show, what is it like?

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #6898 on:** March 05, 2013, 01:40:21 PM »

Is there slo-mo in Enlightened?

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #6899 on:** March 05, 2013, 03:12:17 PM »

Quote from: am nintenho on March 05, 2013, 05:05:45 AM

Quote from: ZephyrFate on March 04, 2013, 01:23:35 PM
Enlightened's season finale just blew everything else away. Utterly, and completely. I'm fucking speechless. That was classic, pinnacle TV right there. HBO would be stupid not to renew their best show since The Wire.

Never heard of this show, what is it like?

It's a cerebral comedy/drama about a woman who has a public meltdown at the corporation she works for, checks herself into a holistic rehab clinic in Hawaii, and comes back "changed", and wants to "change" the world but often does so by being oblivious, narcissistic, and headstrong. It's a fascinating and heartbreaking story of the fractured psyche of a woman who just wants to do good, even when she often commits mistakes.

Here's a fantastic article that sums it up better than I can: http://www.avclub.com/articles/enlightened-is-tvs-best-show-right-nowand-it-needs%2C92934/

From another article, by TIME: "And in Enlightened, whether it planned things this way, HBO has the best thing TV is doing right now—a show no other network would probably make, telling a story that the movies couldn’t tell, not at such length and depth."

There is time. There is so much time.

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