|
I don't think FNL is all that great, but it is very good at capturing the lovely small-town football experience of our youth
|
#
?
Aug 31, 2015 04:41
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 10, 2024 06:58 |
|
|
pahuyuth posted:I quite enjoyed season 2 even though it went further off the rails a bit. I think it was just starting to ramp up into something good. I'm bitter as hell about it and Jericho being cancelled. Ya, that was not an ending, like WTF? Maybe Netflix would pick it up but doubtful. First season was better, the off the rails poo poo was really scaring me in the dream episode, but it came back around, the end just sucked. I <3 Miles though, so badass!
|
|
#
?
Aug 31, 2015 06:32
|
|
|
The Shield is getting remastered in 4K from the original 16mm prints. Unfortunately, the target release is 2017. I was thinking about rewatching the series, but now I'm tempted to wait.
|
|
#
?
Aug 31, 2015 11:27
|
|
|
Jingleheimer posted:Is the next season of The 100 really going to be the last one? That's awful news to hear, the show is so good and I don't want it to end. Reiterating this. What? I haven't seen this reported in Entertainment Weekly or mentioned at Comic-Con this year.
|
|
#
?
Aug 31, 2015 11:29
|
|
|
Maybe I'm just pulling that out of my rear end, but I'm almost positive I saw it mentioned somewhere that season 3 of The 100 will be the last. Looking around for an article to verify that revealed nothing but potential spoilers for the S3 premiere so I gave up. Sorry for the scare! Anyway, if anyone hasn't seen it, definitely check out S1 on Netflix. It took me until about the 3rd episode to become fully invested in the show but once it clicked for me, I binged through all of S1 and S2 in a few days. I recall seeing the premiere as it aired and thinking "sci-fi teen soap opera" and giving up but it's a lot more than that and I'm glad I gave it a second chance. Given the ending of S2, next season has the potential to be just balls to the wall bonkers and I can't wait to see what crazy poo poo Clarke does. Crazy rear end Jaha owns, Bellamy owns, Lexa owns, but Genghis motherfucking Clarke owns them all. Also, you fuckers have until Friday to get caught up on Continuum before the S4 premiere (if you're in the US, it has already aired in Canada), which I know for sure is the last season. isaboo fucked around with this message at 15:00 on Aug 31, 2015 |
|
#
?
Aug 31, 2015 14:58
|
|
|
Im currently watching through the X-files on Netflix and this is TOO SPOOKY
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2015 00:45
|
|
|
The X-Files is in HD on Hulu
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2015 01:13
|
|
|
Now that I'm caught up with Mr. Robot and not much else is on for another month, I think I'm finally going to give Person of Interest a chance, since Netflix starts streaming the first three seasons on September 1st (tomorrow).
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2015 02:37
|
|
|
Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Now that I'm caught up with Mr. Robot and not much else is on for another month, I think I'm finally going to give Person of Interest a chance, since Netflix starts streaming the first three seasons on September 1st (tomorrow). I've re-purposed the thread to accommodate newcomers since we are on a long hiatus before the next season starts. Feel free to post your reactions in here.
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2015 02:41
|
|
|
Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Now that I'm caught up with Mr. Robot and not much else is on for another month, I think I'm finally going to give Person of Interest a chance, since Netflix starts streaming the first three seasons on September 1st (tomorrow). If you don't mind reading subtitles, watch Gomorrah the Series, it's just as good as, if not better than, any of the more well known/talked about prestige dramas. I'm just not sure if its on Netflix right now.
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2015 03:16
|
|
|
Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Now that I'm caught up with Mr. Robot and not much else is on for another month, I think I'm finally going to give Person of Interest a chance, since Netflix starts streaming the first three seasons on September 1st (tomorrow). Please do. Not to be all spoiler, but wait for these supporting characters before you think it's just a total bro-fest, with Taraji coming in every once in awhile. Root is scary amazing. Wait for Bear, he adds the cute animal factor. Wait for Shaw, she's just vicious and interacts well with all of the cast.
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2015 06:38
|
|
|
mabels big day posted:Im currently watching through the X-files on Netflix and this is TOO SPOOKY x cops is the best episode of any tv show
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2015 06:48
|
|
|
corn in the bible posted:First person shooter is the best episode of any tv show
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2015 22:39
|
|
|
I really liked field trip, the one with the cockroaches, the one in the Bermuda triangle, and the one called "Hungry" which I later found out was written by none other than Vince Gilligan.
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2015 23:29
|
|
|
Cactus posted:I really liked field trip, the one with the cockroaches, the one in the Bermuda triangle, and the one called "Hungry" which I later found out was written by none other than Vince Gilligan. Vince Gilligan wrote a poo poo ton of episodes
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2015 23:39
|
|
|
Yeah but that's the one that sticks in my head. It was very different to the standard X-files formula.
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2015 00:22
|
|
|
It's been years since I saw First Person Shooter, but seriously? My favorite was always either The Post Modern Prometheus for FOTW episodes and Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man for plot episodes.
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2015 00:33
|
|
|
All you scrubs sleeping on "Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'" smdh
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2015 01:52
|
|
|
I just watched all 10 episodes of The Brink. Probably the best comedy I've seen this year. Tim Robbins has always been a very forgettable actor to me, but he was easily the best thing about it.
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2015 04:06
|
|
|
mastajake posted:It's been years since I saw First Person Shooter, but seriously? Joke answer. Must have been the worst of the bunch. Musings [...] were the one with the Kennedy flashbacks etc right? Really loved Leonard Betts myself.
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2015 21:43
|
|
|
I just finished up season 2 of Community and I gotta say this show is just full of great moments and zany scenarios. The biggest praise I can give it is that unlike a lot of shows, including one of my favourite series Arrested Development, Community really brings its heart up front. You can really believe that the Study Group are friends. Many other shows rely on the characters being jerks to each other and its nice to see a show where characters are genuinely nice to each (most of the time).
|
|
#
?
Sep 9, 2015 06:51
|
|
|
DoubleCakes posted:I just finished up season 2 of Community and I gotta say this show is just full of great moments and zany scenarios. The biggest praise I can give it is that unlike a lot of shows, including one of my favourite series Arrested Development, Community really brings its heart up front. You can really believe that the Study Group are friends. Many other shows rely on the characters being jerks to each other and its nice to see a show where characters are genuinely nice to each (most of the time). Hahahahahahahaha, well at least it gave you two seasons of what you liked about it.
|
|
#
?
Sep 9, 2015 08:14
|
|
|
DoubleCakes posted:I just finished up season 2 of Community and I gotta say this show is just full of great moments and zany scenarios. The biggest praise I can give it is that unlike a lot of shows, including one of my favourite series Arrested Development, Community really brings its heart up front. You can really believe that the Study Group are friends. Many other shows rely on the characters being jerks to each other and its nice to see a show where characters are genuinely nice to each (most of the time). Oh... oh no...
|
|
#
?
Sep 9, 2015 12:10
|
|
|
So, as some might recall I've been bingewatching HIMYM. Well, I'm done now. Prepare for  !All i all, I think it was a drat fine show, and I can't say I particularly saw any major dips in quality. The last series definitely went up in quality. I think it's because I was binge watching, and so unlike the TVIV goons (whose response in threads past was a handy companion to contemporary opinion, plus, you know, Ted Mosby Architect's posting) I already knew when the end would come. I found the entire main cast to be excellent (yes, even Ted). The show always seemed to have a lot of heart - even when Ted seemed to be spinning his wheels, the rest of the cast were progressing through their own arcs, and they ususally seemed to dovetail at the end to the moment on the platform with the yellow umbrella. As for the last episode, I actually decided to watch it with the alternate ending first (I figured why not toss a coin, since the original ending was controversial and they were divided even when they were making the show on which way to go). Now, I was quite understandably upset when they torpedoed Barney and Robin's relationship, but that ending montage narrated by Future Ted made everything better. It really serves as a capsule of how things work out in the end - what this article calls the 'optimism of inevitability'. You get the feeling that no matter what happens, everything's gonna be okay. The gang went their seperate ways, but they came back together again. As for the original ending...well. It was...okay, I guess. I mean I guess it qualifies as a happy ending. It feels like the writers were victims of their own success. They'd put so much work into making the Barney & Robin relationship work and making the mother likable (major props to Cristin Milioti for her performance, by the way - she slotted right into the ensemble and you could see how she became good friends with the rest of the gang), that when they went with their originally planned ending, it felt like undermining the whole series up to that point. I think they made a mistake choosing the ending they did, as the show and the characters had evolved beyond that point. I can't help but wonder how things would have turned out if they'd gone with the different ending. Would people remember the show better? Would it be rejected as too schmaltzy? How would Ted Mosby Architect wrap up his saga? Anyway. That, goons, is How I Bingewatched How I Met Your Mother. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNG4cbpeG1o
|
|
#
?
Sep 9, 2015 13:27
|
|
|
Just finished season 1 of Blacklist last night and I really like it. Also, 2 days until Z Nation is back!!!
|
|
#
?
Sep 9, 2015 15:34
|
|
|
Smashed through Agent Carter in the last two weeks. I thought the first few episodes were pretty mediocre but it start's to come into it's own around halfway in. Everything from the Howling Commandoes episode is really good. I'll be honest I found the whole everyone's a super sexist arsehole a little overdone, if it'd been played down a little it would have been fine. I'm sure a lot of people in the 50's were total sexist cocks but it's just feel's over the top. Also them all being dicks to a crippled guy feel's abit out of place since their all war-vets and surely would have known plenty of war wounded. One the upside Jarvis work's surprisingly well since he could have been terrible and I really like Howard Stark to the point of almost wishing we got a bunch of 50's Howard Huges style Iron Man movies. Also evil Black Widow & hypno-professer were interesting baddies. I'm also a fan of how felt like it played out like a comic arc & the radio play was fun. Krypt-OOO-Nite!! fucked around with this message at 21:03 on Sep 10, 2015 |
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2015 20:37
|
|
|
Mr. Robot. At 9.1 on imdb this must be the most overrated show I've seen. It's amazing how much they copied Dexter for this show. And American Psycho. It's entertaining enough, especially if you never saw those two. Pretty bad at times though. Like in the first or second ep when Elliot just walks up to the guy on the street and asks for his cellphone, "I umm, need to call my mom or something". "Uh sure ok".
|
|
#
?
Sep 11, 2015 16:47
|
|
|
I've had a few friends talk highly about Mr. Robot. What's the basic premise?
|
|
#
?
Sep 11, 2015 17:08
|
|
|
Shadow posted:I've had a few friends talk highly about Mr. Robot. What's the basic premise? Fight Club 2.0: the TV show. Basically. That isn't a spoiler, by the way, but if I told you why it isn't one, that would be.
|
|
#
?
Sep 11, 2015 18:02
|
|
|
Yeah the Fight Club parallels really jump out, and they just flat-out lean into it and even use some of the same music. Still a really fun show, though. The basic premise is "hackers try to take down global capitalism".
|
|
#
?
Sep 11, 2015 22:32
|
|
|
Mr. Robot might be overrated, but it does a few things quite well. Definitely a post-Breaking Bad show.
|
|
#
?
Sep 11, 2015 22:57
|
|
|
Just watched the finale to M*A*S*H. I didn't think I'd make it through all 11 seasons, but it was worth it. One thing surprised me was how the last two seasons were really good. Lots of the best episodes. Would anyone be interested in a dedicated thread?
|
|
#
?
Sep 12, 2015 04:29
|
|
|
DoubleCakes posted:I just finished up season 2 of Community and I gotta say this show is just full of great moments and zany scenarios. The biggest praise I can give it is that unlike a lot of shows, including one of my favourite series Arrested Development, Community really brings its heart up front. You can really believe that the Study Group are friends. Many other shows rely on the characters being jerks to each other and its nice to see a show where characters are genuinely nice to each (most of the time). lol you poor fucker bail out bail out
|
|
#
?
Sep 12, 2015 07:26
|
|
|
I've been bingewatching the Sarah Connor Chronicles. Well, binge (re)watching. It's easily the best thing that happened to the Terminator (at least on screen - I dunno about other media) since the first two movies. Lena Headey is a drat fine replacement Sarah Connor - I can't think of any other actress that could fill Linda Hamilton's shoes. John Connor does occasionally act like a whiny teenager, but he does show elements of being an awesome leader. Summer Glau is great as Cameron, and she's especially good in Allison From Palmdale. Brian Austin Green and Shirley Manson both play characters that should on paper be dumb and bad, but they both outstanding. And of course Garret Dillahunt is amazing, especially when You see him as Beastwizard  Oh, and John Henry. I'm glad they didn't make  a big part of the show - I mean I'm sure that's were it would have headed in later seasons, but from how they build it up I could see the relationship developing organically (no pun intended).drat YOU, FOX NETWORK!  I mean I wouldn't be so mad if Dollhouse was actually good, but I tired watching through the first series and I couldn't do it, between the premise and Eliza Dushku being an apparent black hole of charisma, despite the great supporting cast.
|
|
#
?
Sep 12, 2015 09:47
|
|
|
If there's one thing Summer Glau can pull of it's being a robot.
|
|
#
?
Sep 12, 2015 10:50
|
|
|
Egbert Souse posted:Just watched the finale to M*A*S*H. I didn't think I'd make it through all 11 seasons, but it was worth it. One thing surprised me was how the last two seasons were really good. Lots of the best episodes. Would anyone be interested in a dedicated thread? I've been working my way through it as well. I'm about halfway season 8 right now. It holds up surprisingly well.
|
|
#
?
Sep 12, 2015 11:41
|
|
|
DoubleCakes posted:I just finished up season 2 of Community and I gotta say this show is just full of great moments and zany scenarios. The biggest praise I can give it is that unlike a lot of shows, including one of my favourite series Arrested Development, Community really brings its heart up front. You can really believe that the Study Group are friends. Many other shows rely on the characters being jerks to each other and its nice to see a show where characters are genuinely nice to each (most of the time). keep watching
|
|
#
?
Sep 12, 2015 17:07
|
|
|
Yvonmukluk posted:drat YOU, FOX NETWORK! Dollhouse got good, I promise. The first five episodes are not terribly interesting, as they are very procedural and make the show seem generic and bland at best, and creepy and problematic at worst. But episode 6 starts hinting at bigger, better things, and then it improved exponentially from there. And while Dushku wasn't great (I dream of an alternate universe where Tatiany Maslany had been the star of Dollhouse), the supporting cast is amazing and well worth following the show just for them. Big Bad Voodoo Lou fucked around with this message at 17:13 on Sep 12, 2015 |
|
#
?
Sep 12, 2015 17:08
|
|
|
Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:[...]the supporting cast is amazing and well worth following the show just for them. Really, when do you EVER say that with an epic show that is really worth your time when, as we've proven through this thread, there's just so many better ones out there with good leads, writing, premise, and support?
|
|
#
?
Sep 12, 2015 18:27
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 10, 2024 06:58 |
|
|
Getting back into my Barney Miller marathon. It's held up quite well despite some cultural references. The only thing that might not go over well today is that they featured a recurring gay character, albeit of the "swishy" variety common to the era.
|
|
#
?
Sep 12, 2015 19:46
|
|
