These days of streaming, tablets, laptops, smartphones, I suspect many of us are consuming a lot of this kind of material.If not consumed by it. . .
Tonight, while I dined, I watched a new chapter of the TV series “Orphan Black” (BBC America, 3rd Season), aired yesterday.
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Then I thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea to start a thread like this about TV series that we are currently watching, reviews, recommendations, new chapters and new seasons.
That being said, I wouldn’t want to restrict this thread to TV series, but a title was needed. :D
I mean TV series will probably take the lion's share of the content of this thread, but there is a lot of audiovisual material that we could discuss here: TED talks, all kinds of documentaries, “Comedy Central” roasts, web-based programs like Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” and so on.
These days of streaming, tablets, laptops, smartphones, I suspect many of us are consuming a lot of this kind of material.
:)
Just finishing the fifth season of Downton Abbey. Watched all the previous four season this spring. Excellent story, but with a slight presence of "soapiness" as the seasons progressed. Still, great acting and sets. I am definitely a sucker for dramas from BBC (Masterpiece Theatre type). :)I have really only glimpsed at Downton Abbey, as the soapiness appeared too great for Dame Maggie's presence to be able to negate it.
I have really only glimpsed at Downton Abbey, as the soapiness appeared too great for Dame Maggie's presence to be able to negate it.
Kimi is watching a series about a doctor intern. I don't know the name of the show.
She loves movies and TV with surgery, emergency room bloody scenes.
Dr. Grey?
I started watching the first season a few months ago, but could not get into it. Does it pick up somewhere in that season (or later on for that matter)?
On my own: Blacklist
Game of Thrones is my main one when The Walking Dead isn't on.
I also enjoy The Leftovers. Not sure when that one returns.
Two favorite of mine, too!
Great soundtrack by Max Richter. :)
Which two of the three, Gordo? :)
Yes, the Richter soundtrack is great!
I greatly enjoy Blacklist; I get my share of vicarious, gratuitous violence, enough to last me the week. The mystery is nice too. >:D
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Just watched seasons 1 & 2 of the web series Adult Wednesday Addams. Hysterical, and creepy ;D Unfortunately the Charles Addams Foundation has gotten the series banned for copyright infringement so it is no longer available on YouTube.
Have you watched Sherlock (BBC One), Gurn? Cumberbatch and Freeman portray a very successful image of the relationship between Holmes and Watson. It's a fantastic modernized version. :)
If you have Amazon Prime most of these shows are included in Prime Instant Video. Unless your Internet connection is to slow for streaming. That's how I watch; I hardly ever watch actual TV anymore.
If you have Amazon Prime most of these shows are included in Prime Instant Video. Unless your Internet connection is to slow for streaming. That's how I watch; I hardly ever watch actual TV anymore.
I'm more interested in television than movies right now, and I generally prefer comedy to drama.
Wolf Hall - Well, I'm trying to watch it, but 10:00 PM is just too late to watch full episodes, and I don't have a recording device. (I'm an OTA and Netflix & Amazon guy, not a cable and DVR guy.) Slow pace, but quite good from what I have seen. I'll have to watch all episodes later.
House of Cards - Season three of the US version. It should be subtitled The Wussification of Frank Underwood.
Breaking Bad - Rewatching. I'm stuck on season five. The show does not hold up very well on a second viewing.
Justified - Ready for second season.
The Last Man on Earth - Great stuff. So glad it was picked up for a second season. The best broadcast sitcom I know of.
The Middle - Formulaic but entertaining.
Black-ish - The predictable lamentations about how the show was/is racist prompted me to watch, and it is entertaining enough to keep watching. It does have some jokes that may make certain people flinch. I mean, come on, a black doctor making a comment on Martin Luther King Jr not being a real doctor, how can that not be racist? And who knew Lawrence Fishburne was so good at comedy?
Inside Amy Schumer - Chicks can do vulgar humor, too. Season two.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - So crass, so funny. Possibly the greatest sitcom on television now. I'm on season six.
Wilfred - The best ever sitcom about a mentally ill person. Season three, with four ready and waiting.
Archer - I'm on season five, "Archer Vice", which is not as good as prior seasons, but it is still good 'n' raunchy.
Dr Who - Season eight. Not a fan, but my daughter insists that I watch it with her. Peter Capaldi makes the show far more bearable than the prior seasons.
How the States Got Their Shapes - Family friendly viewing filled with mildly entertaining bits of trivia. I've liked host Brian Unger since he was on the original (and better) The Daily Show in the 90s, and he keeps the show moving.
And waiting until next year for season five of Game of Thrones. No spoilers please! (The line "All men must die" does leave me in some doubt as to the fate of the human characters.)
Wolf Hall
The Last Man on Earth - Great stuff. So glad it was picked up for a second season. The best broadcast sitcom I know of.
I'm quite fond of (airing now or waiting for new seasons):
Game of Thrones.
True Detective.
Fargo.
Game of Thrones.
Modern Family.
Brooklyn Nine Nine.
Mom.
American Horror Story.
House of Cards.
True Detective.
The Americans.
Fargo.
Portlandia.
Penny Dreadful.
Vikings.
Sherlock.
I guess you mean "threat" - and I agree. Movies seem to be going for the special effects, action-adventure genre, aimed at younger audiences, which do not interest me. There are independent films which come around once in a while. But generally I think the long form of television series writing can be much more interesting.
Tonight, while I dined, I watched a new chapter of the TV series “Orphan Black” (BBC America, 3rd Season), aired yesterday.
I don't think I finished the first season. Tatiana Maslany is a fabulous actor, but the writing just lost my interest.
I greatly enjoy Blacklist; I get my share of vicarious, gratuitous violence, enough to last me the week. The mystery is nice too. >:D
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Have you watched Sherlock (BBC One), Gurn? Cumberbatch and Freeman portray a very successful image of the relationship between Holmes and Watson. It's a fantastic modernized version. :)
GREAT STUFF!Yes indeed.
Of more current series, I watched most of the first season of Boardwalk Empire (also quite stylish but with a lot of brutality and some implausible things), probably should finish at least the first season.
I'm currently watching Game of Thrones season 5 and Wolf Hall. Loving both too.
Love Thrones. Would like to check out Wolf Hall; I think I own the book!
I'm currently watching Game of Thrones season 5 and Wolf Hall. Loving both too.
I tried the first episode of the Wachowskis' new Netflix series, Sense8. Shite. Purest shite.
Just finished watching season 9 of Criminal Minds.
Love Thrones. Would like to check out Wolf Hall; I think I own the book!
Stannis “The Mannis” Baratheon: Why he’s the best “Game of Thrones” character — and rightful king of Westeros
http://www.salon.com/2015/04/26/stannis_the_mannis_baratheon_why_hes_the_best_game_of_thrones_character_and_rightful_king_of_westeros/
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“He’s an absolute badass. He’s the Clint Eastwood of Westeros.” — IGN forum user DigInTheCrates
;D
Penny Dreadful is the current dramatic series I most look forward to.
My sister lured me into a show which, had anyone described it to me when not a "captive audience," I should probably blithely have passed: Kingdom Hospital.
(The phrase captive audience is deceptive, hence the scare-quotes: I was at completely liberty to decline, and to choose anything else to view; and my sister's suggestion was the softest of sells. Her enthusiasm was so genuine-yet-not-pushy, and she described it only lightly and in such a way, that I was simply curious. Love Ed Begley, Jr here.)
Chicago Fire. It gives me a realistic picture of what my Dad went through when he was a fireman with the Los Angeles Fire Department for 22 years. He had to retire early when he fell through the roof at a house fire and injured his back.I'm watching that as well. Really too much of an soap-opera for me, but quite entertaining, and I appreciate the 25 min episodes (in an age were 50 minutes and even twice that seems to become the norm). Just the thing for a short break from the real world when I don't want to stay glued to the TV for an extended period.
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Catastrophe. A six episode season one (I don't know if there will be a season two), about the ramifications of a week long sexual liaison. The two people end up marching their way to marriage. It is low key, small scale, deals with real world problems (like the risks associated with pregnancy at forty), and never drags. The main characters are smart, and the two leads play well off each other. Carrie Fisher is delightful in her small scenes. Not great or must-see, but entertaining.
We have been giving this series a chance: too much huffing and puffing in the bedroom and occasionally elsewhere, as far as I am concerned. The series would be stronger without it, but premium cable networks have their rules! ::)
I love Hell on Wheels. It reminds me of another old west TV series I love, Deadwood, which my brother worked on. I am looking forward to season 5 of Hell on Wheels which I know is starting soon in the USA but god knows when we will see it here in Austria. Anson Mount is my favorite in this series.
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I've sort of "slouched into" re-watching The Avengers from the start of the Emma Peel epoch.I recently saw that first episode as well. The story was pretty lame, but since I couldn't take my eyes off her, it didn't really matter. Even in this first episode, there is a nice tension and familiarity between the two of them, as if you are always in on some inside joke. The style of the show is just so well done.
In 'filling Honor Blackman's shoes,' Diana Rigg hit the ground running with an incredibly sexy balance of fearless combat-readiness (we meet her practicing her fencing as Steed visits at her flat in "Town of No Return"; and she does not even trouble to remove her jacket in tussling with a karate expert in "The Cybernauts") and effortlessly soft feminine charm. The now-oft-acclaimed actress is such a perfect partner for Steed right off, it underscores the outrage that at first, she was paid less than a cameraman on the setthe late Patrick Macnee insisted that she be paid like the co-star she was.
I recently saw that first episode as well. The story was pretty lame, but since I couldn't take my eyes off her, it didn't really matter. Even in this first episode, there is a nice tension and familiarity between the two of them, as if you are always in on some inside joke. The style of the show is just so well done.
I'm watching more old stuff, Fall Of Eagles, which I saw in the early '80s. It's very stagey historical drama from '74, but acting is superb from a host of familiar faces and names. Curt Jurgens as Bismarck and Patrick Stewart as Lenin are particularly outstanding.
A little taste to wet your beak:
https://www.youtube.com/v/6lHM6gy1rO8
https://www.youtube.com/v/urSaGebApQs
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Friz Freleng (Director, Producer), Hawley Pratt (Director)
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Friz Freleng (Director, Producer), Hawley Pratt (Director)
Recently, and currently on Netflix:
Bloodline
Bloodline, I thought, was terrific!
Recently, and currently on Netflix:
Bloodline
Really getting into the British cop dramas, per the last three listed. Bloodline, I thought, was terrific!
My wife has been watching this. I just happen to start in on episode 10 and my goodness what an incredible amount of intensity. So I've only watched eps 10-12, with the finale tonight and I still think it's a great show. Ben Mendelsohn display's top notch acting.
My wife has been watching this. I just happen to start in on episode 10 and my goodness what an incredible amount of intensity. So I've only watched eps 10-12, with the finale tonight and I still think it's a great show. Ben Mendelsohn display's top notch acting.
Is that Bloodline which was a book by Sidney Sheldon quite some years ago? If so, it was a great book, should be a great series if they do it right!
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Steven Bochco's current series on TNT, Murder in the First.
The Fall. Another superb British production.
And I'm eagerly, and emotionally, awaiting Downton Abbey's final season. :'(
Watching some Poirot. The older ones are better. Just watched The Clocks from season 12. I vaguely recall it being a weak book (I have read nearly all of Agatha Christie but eons ago). It's certainly a weak movie. Recently also watched The Mysterious Affair at Styles and Evil Under The Sun, which were very well done. Death on the Nile was middling, with some weak acting.Agreed on all counts.
I've been watching The Big Bang Theory and it enjoying it more and more. Great writing.Don't you feel the jokes were more or less used up in the first 3 or 4 seasons? I feel the writing is wearing thin and that the characters are becoming more end more stereotypical.
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Watching some Poirot. The older ones are better. Just watched The Clocks from season 12. I vaguely recall it being a weak book (I have read nearly all of Agatha Christie but eons ago). It's certainly a weak movie. Recently also watched The Mysterious Affair at Styles and Evil Under The Sun, which were very well done. Death on the Nile was middling, with some weak acting.The best books were done early on. I don't think they imagined doing them all when the series started. I've read more or less everything by Agatha Christie (though admittedly several decades ago), and there's no doubt that there are some pretty threadbare volumes amongst them.
The best books were done early on. I don't think they imagined doing them all when the series started. I've read more or less everything by Agatha Christie (though admittedly several decades ago), and there's no doubt that there are some pretty threadbare volumes amongst them.
Davis Suchet is the best performance I ever saw of Hercule Poirot. Despite the fact that that the acting of other actors is often mediocre, it remains the best ever interpretations of this series.No doubt about that. It's just that not all books are equally good, and the later productions relied on some substandard plots and characters. I too like Frost BTW.
Haha.
Um, me too.
reposting from the Movie thread, which has me questioning why I posted it in there...
Absolutely loving this BBC mini-series production of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. Top notch acting, writing and beautifully detailed sets and costumes. Only watched first two episodes on Amazon, first episode was a free download and I bought the second episode for my plane ride home. I will try to hold off until the Blue Ray is released in about a week, not sure I can hold out...
Davis Suchet is the best performance I ever saw of Hercule Poirot. Despite the fact that that the acting of other actors is often mediocre, it remains the best ever interpretations of this series.
No doubt about that. It's just that not all books are equally good, and the later productions relied on some substandard plots and characters.I agree. But I find the best parts are the characterizations and the atmosphere anyway. Sometimes, I care more about the result, but in Poirot the process is so fun that I just wish I could watch more of them.
I will need to write something about this series, but Crossbones is nothing lesser than mandatory as action TV series.
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A completely revitalized vision of the old stories of pirates with superb performances, screenplay and production values.
Available via Netflix.
Do I need to say? Highly recommended. :)
Thanks Gordo - Blackbeard's main 'stomping grounds' were off the Carolina coast; the North Carolina towns of Bath & Beaufort have tributes; his ship the Queen Anne's Revenge sunk near Beaufort which has the NC Maritime Museum (http://ncmaritimemuseums.com/beaufort/) and objects from ongoing underwater archeology of the ship are displayed there - he was killed near Ocracoke Island a short ferry ride from nearby Harker's Island.
Looking forward to your comments - the series would certainly interest me! I can stream the first season from Amazon for $15 SD, but although a 'streaming member' of Netflix, the series is not listed when I search - are you streaming or getting the DVDs, if available, from Netflix? Thanks - Dave
I will need to write something about this series, but Crossbones is nothing lesser than mandatory as action TV series.
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A completely revitalized vision of the old stories of pirates with superb performances, screenplay and production values.
Available via Netflix.
Do I need to say? Highly recommended. :)
Fantastic miniseries. And from what I've now heard is a fantastic book. Was like watching a 7 movie, it was so well made.
Wife & I watching some TV series together - just finished the 4th season of Major Crimes;
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The Bridge season 3 (just started on TV),
Just finished The Americans season 1 and have another season available on Netflix.
Recently finished 5th season of Game of Thrones, still immense fun but this season seemed bit thin script-wise.
Andre Braugher's performance on Brooklyn Nine-Nine is the finest, driest deadpan comedy performance since Leslie Nielsen played the doctor in Airplane!.
Recently finished 5th season of Game of Thrones, still immense fun but this season seemed bit thin script-wise.
Currently watching Crossbones, one episode to go. I like it. Malkovich is absolutely fantastic, I generaly like pirate stuff and overall story is quite good. But there are flaws: apart from Malkovich, Coyle and Foy (and psychotic turn from Julian Sands) I found the cast pretty weak, there is also too much plot at times, and DP is somehow managing to make the production look cheaper than it really is. Still shame it got cancelled. I would have enjoyed further mayhem by Malkovich's Blackbeard.
Was planning to watch next either 2nd season of Penny Dreadful or to start Luther but now I'm in the mood for more piracy. Has anyone seen Black Sails?
http://www.youtube.com/v/KM2K7sV-K74
Surely you can't be serious.
Malkovich's speech in the last episode is one of the best pieces of rhetoric I have watched on screen. Truly fantastic.
Malkovich, Coyle and Foy are excellent: but I'd include Mr. Fletch too because friendship is essential to this kind of stories and he injects a necessary dose of naivety to this series. :)
P.S.: Luther is an excellent choice, I totally enjoyed both seasons. Another BBC production I enjoyed was "The Hour"; unfortunately, it was cancelled after de second season, not to mention one of the best things I have watched on TV in the last years: "Utopia". :)
What is Utopia? Imdb lists three different series with that name.
This one: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2384811/
It's the mother of all conspiracy theories. Its trailers say almost nothing about the content, but at least you get some idea about its aesthetics:
I'll start Luther tonight
:-\ I'll check it out but I've never been too taken with conspiracy theory plots, not even The X-files.
:-\ I'll check it out but I've never been too taken with conspiracy theory plots, not even The X-files.
All the transparently crazy conspiracy plots on TV are actually a way of undermining anyone who knows about the real conspiracy. All of Hollywood is in on it.
I don't think so. If people don't have intellectual tools to distinguish between reality and fiction, between proved facts and fiction, there is a problem in education and critical thinking, not a problem occasioned by "Hollywood," even if this industry is used as a tool of propaganda.
Litotes Gordo.
It's Columbo's Day Weekend!
As Americans know, Columbo's Day is the day (technically October 8, observed October 12) when we celebrate Lt. Columbo, the finest detective TV has ever seen. Be sure your household celebrates Columbo's Day in appropriate fashion, by watching an episode of Columbo and, if possible, indulging in other Columbo's Day activities like eating a bowl of chili, wearing a trench coat, smoking celebratory cigars, or naming your dog "Dog".
Pffft. I solve it long before Columbo does. Every time.Happens with me too watching reruns.
It's coming back for only six episodes in January. Look forward to it! (X-Files):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1SmJUBT5q0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1SmJUBT5q0)
'Tis the season to travel through time and space with the Doctor! 8)
Celebrating Columbo's Day with my favorite episode ever, "A Friend in Deed."
This weekend I watched more Columbo for the holiday festivities: "Identity Crisis," "Any Old Port in a Storm."
Which is that? I like the Ross Martin episode best (art critic).Oh the art critic one is great! This is the one where the murderer is Columbo's boss (Richard Kiley).
Oh the art critic one is great! This is the one where the murderer is Columbo's boss (Richard Kiley).
Amen. And Capaldi is doing fine work as The Doctor as well.This series has been consistently good! Capaldi was great last year, however disagreeable and uncertain his Doctor was, but now things have definitely settled in for sure. I'm looking forward to Zygons in a couple of weeks. 8)
Looking forward to:
Rectify, season 3.
Since when has 'marathon watching' become 'binge watching?' I assume that's what is meant by 'binge' here though, but I only ever hear it when people talk about TV shows. I've never heard this terminology until about two weeks ago.....
In the last four or five years...at least since services like Netflix started featuring whole seasons of tv shows. It's also a term that Netflix's marketing campaign has embraced...they even depute their original shows by making every episode immediately available.
Speaking of Netflix productions, this just dropped today (and is being shown in a few theaters nationwide.) It looks good and I'll watch it over the weekend.
(film trailer for Beasts of No Nation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xb9Ty-1frw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xb9Ty-1frw)
Ah I see. Netflix only arrived in my country this year, so I can understand now the sudden additions to the semantic field regarding television watching.......
In the last four or five years...at least since services like Netflix started featuring whole seasons of tv shows. It's also a term that Netflix's marketing campaign has embraced...they even depute their original shows by making every episode immediately available.
Speaking of Netflix productions, this just dropped today (and is being shown in a few theaters nationwide.) It looks good and I'll watch it over the weekend.
(film trailer for Beasts of No Nation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xb9Ty-1frw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xb9Ty-1frw)
The Blacklist, Season 3, Episode 3: "Eli Matchett"
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From the last episode of the past season, every new episode of The Blacklist is more implausible than the previous one…, and more freaking addictive.
I thought this is an interesting insight on the boycott against Beasts of No Nation: http://goo.gl/RM4HTQ
I've only seen the first season. Does the Megan character become less redundant? I kept wishing the show was just James Spader settling old scores on his own.
I'm too chickenshit to watch this movie. :(
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Not a series, but it's on TV.
Maybe me too! :D
Started watching 2nd season of "The Americans" on Netflix a couple of days ago.
Murdoch Mysteries (6th season) and Rectify (2nd season) - like both but I really like Rectify. Supposedly Season 3 was available on Netflix in September, but not for me. I am hoping it comes online soon.
Are (fake) memorabilia (like pre-war firearms or watches) a business in the show?
A bit random, but this short scene from the U.S series "Friends" was highlighted on Reddit as being a neat slice of comedy that works with little context. I agree -- it's pretty clever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDDMfYQweNU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDDMfYQweNU)
Not funny, at all.
Not funny, at all.
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Not a lot of programming on the tube that interests me anymore me at this point, so decided to start netting some of the shows that gave us that terrific crime jazz. Starting with one of the "big boys", and what a start with Peter Gunn (1958-61)! Seven episodes in to Season 1 and I have to say I am hooked. Great one liners, cool hip daddy jazz, crime thumping beats from Henry Mancini, beatniks spouting coded phrases, and bulky cars all neatly wrapped 24 minute stories that keep you locked in. Even after episode one, the writers had me instantly caring about the main characters. Now that is good writing. Hey, when the hang out joint for the main cast is called "Mother's", that is all you need to really know. Youtube it up, folks!
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Starting with one of the "big boys", and what a start with Peter Gunn (1958-61)! Seven episodes in to Season 1 and I have to say I am hooked.
Bill, thanks for pointing out the availability of "Gunn" on youtube. I missed most of these shows when I was a kid (I believe they were on late, after my usual bedtime in the 50s). Tonight I watched the first episode and was immediately struck by Lola Albright. Good actress, great singer! I then watched a Burke's Law episode ("Who Killed Cassadra Cass"), a show I watched religiously in the 60s, and who should appear, in a bikini no less?...Lola! I was in heaven ;D ;)
Sarge
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Raced through season 1 of Treme and loved it. Will be binging on seasons 2, 3 and 4 over the next couple of weeks.
iZombie, or as I call it, Zombie Veronica Mars.
Actually, Zombie Veronica Mars sounds extremely enticing for any mind deformed after many years of watching trashy TV.
Just for the record: I say it as a real praise. :)
Dave, in all honesty, the only thing I enjoyed about New Orleans was Cafe Du Monde. Love me some beignets with those mountains of powered sugar and rich, delicious coffee. :)
Boy John - we must have been in different cities - LOL! ;) I've been to New Orleans at least a dozen times over the decades and always enjoy the experience - on our last visit, wife & I probably consumed six dozen oysters or more, and had some delicious food; heard some great music at our hotel and also at Irvin Mayfield's place on Bourbon Street and Jeremy Davenport's lounge at the Ritz-Carlton hotel (pics below) - shopped for art on Royal Street and bought several original prints; took a number of tours, one related to Katrina and another to the Louisiana swamp area (a favorite of ours over the years - the bayous, alligators, & Cajun food) - and a few more other things - bottom line, we love the city and actually may return early next year? Dave :)
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Sounds like you have a great time when you're there, Dave. Perhaps I'll need to go back at some point to get a better experience. We went around May and the humidity was almost unbearable for me. I could stand outside for what seemed like five minutes and my shirt was soaked in sweat. I think there was even one day where I showered three times and never felt clean. The next place on my agenda is Montreal, QC and I'll probably visit Quebec City as well. Toronto is another city I'd love to visit at some point.
Les Revenants Season 2
I have read comments saying that this French TV series is quite better than the American "The Returned."
Anyway, "The Returned" has just one season on Netflix so far.
I've read that as well.
According to IMDB, the US version had only season before being canceled. So any season 2 episodes should be in French, hopefully with subtitles if one don't understand French.
Currently in the middle of Season 1 of Endeavour. We saw the Pilot when it first came out, but have had a hard time finding time to watch much tv until recently. Great show. I particularly like his boss and their relationship. Very interesting, knowing the older Morse.
Hi John - we've always avoided the summer months on our visits (same as w/ the Carolina coast - prefer spring & early fall) - we've been to Canada many times, so all of your choices are great, and do try to go to Quebec City and stay at the Ch. Frontenac (pic below on the hill; restored old town below) - so much history there & great food, and of course w/ the French language, kind of like going to Europe. Ottawa is not too far away and is worth a visit. Dave :)
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One of the best in recent times!I agree. We are on to season 2. Thoroughly enjoying it. And amazingly, making time to actually watch some tv!
I agree. We are on to season 2. Thoroughly enjoying it. And amazingly, making time to actually watch some tv!
Quasi-binge-watched Better Call Saul. Enjoyed it immensely. In some ways I prefer it to Breaking Bad. It helps that the transition from Slippin' Jimmy to Saul Goodman seems more plausible than Walter White's transition from frustrated chemistry teacher to meth kingpin, though of course that can only be appreciated after watching the earlier series. I like the somewhat slow approach, too.Where is this currently binge-watchable? (Amazon?) I've been really wanting to catch it.
Where is this currently binge-watchable? (Amazon?) I've been really wanting to catch it.
Is it watchable if one hasn't followed Breaking Bad to the bitter end?
Netflix, using optical media.
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Finished my binge of all four seasons of Treme, and while the quality is consistent the whole way through its really the first two series that are the most original and essential viewing. The third and half-length fourth keeping us up to date with our favorite characters and bringing their stories to their conclusion, but is less about the specific experience of New Orleans, the music and politics becoming more like background detail.
As great as the second series is its easy to see why they had a sharp ratings drop and had to rethink their approach: its so unrelentingly dark, documenting the return of violence to the city after the "Dunkirk spirit" (shown in the first season) has worn down, and there's robbery or murder or rape in almost every episode, along with ubiquitous corruption of police and politicians.
For me recently, re-watching Rome for the second time and ended the first season last night w/ the murder of Julius Caesar - Dave :)I cannot for the life of me imagine where this is going to end!
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Quasi-binge-watched Better Call Saul. Enjoyed it immensely. In some ways I prefer it to Breaking Bad. It helps that the transition from Slippin' Jimmy to Saul Goodman seems more plausible than Walter White's transition from frustrated chemistry teacher to meth kingpin, though of course that can only be appreciated after watching the earlier series. I like the somewhat slow approach, too.
I cannot for the life of me imagine where this is going to end!
LOL! Not very far in the history of Rome - down to two episodes of the second (and last) season and Antony has just arrived in Alexandria (so now basically the Cleopatra movie w/ Burton & Taylor) - Octavian will emerge as the first Roman emperor and that's all she wrote - ;) DaveKeep us posted!
I'm watching Mr. Robot. It's intriguing but I'm a little concerned it might get Lost.....Orphan Black started strong then Lost it for me in the second season.
I knew Lost would go Lost seven episodes in -- how perceptive of me back in 2004! Saw two eps of Mr. Robot and plan to return to it.
I'm watching Mr. Robot. It's intriguing but I'm a little concerned it might get Lost...
It's almost inevitable if you mix conspiracy theories and mental disorders in the same plot. :(
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A guilty pleasure. Fellow in the glasses builds a "machine" that spies on everyone and periodically selects an individual as a "person of interest." This person will either be a victim of murder or be murdered themselves. These two try to stop that from happening. It's available on Netflix. It's network television (CBS) program so it's fairly episodic and light, but I find it comfort food television.
It's almost inevitable if you mix conspiracy theories and mental disorders in the same plot. :(I thought we had the presidential election series for that?
I thought we had the presidential election series for that?
For me it's a pleasure to watch because my cousin Jim Caviezel stars in it. 8)
I just started watching season 1 of Public Morals on TNT. It's set in the early 1960s in New York City's Police Public Morals Division. I really enjoy watching the cars used in this series. I am a big fan of classic autos, especially from the 1960s.
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Three or four episodes in and I'm struggling quite a bit with the fourth season. It feels like each character this time has its own narrative so it feels like watching half a dozen shows rather than one about this big unruly family. And some of those story lines are just not that interesting, somewhat cliched and forced. But I'll persevere, the first three seasons have been hugely enjoyable maybe this one will pick up some steam later on.
Jack Bauer in London with Chloe vs. Terrorists and feckless politicians and bureaucrats. Kiefer Sutherland says this is the end of the series for him.
Not bad for 10 days work. ;)
Only lasted a season...
Actually, there was a second season. Hasn't been released on DVD though. I found the episodes on usenet.
Sarge
If you decide to persevere, Season 5 is set for release (in the US at least) next week
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But you may want to pay attention to that first really negative review.
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Finished the remaining eight episodes of The Man in the High Castle. It's thoroughly enjoyable. One gets to finally see the man in the high castle, and it's not the person one wants it to be. (Not having read the book, I don't know if it is the same person, or even if the person it seems to be is the actual person, or if there is an actual person.) I loved the ending, with surprise appearances of American pop culture icons like Stanley Kubrick and Ronald Reagan. The show could end as-is, but given its success, a second season is coming. I shall watch that, too.
THE LEFTOVERS (season two) is excellent.
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Finished the remaining eight episodes of The Man in the High Castle. It's thoroughly enjoyable. One gets to finally see the man in the high castle, and it's not the person one wants it to be. (Not having read the book, I don't know if it is the same person, or even if the person it seems to be is the actual person, or if there is an actual person.) I loved the ending, with surprise appearances of American pop culture icons like Stanley Kubrick and Ronald Reagan. The show could end as-is, but given its success, a second season is coming. I shall watch that, too.
I fully enjoyed season one. I had some doubts about Justin Theroux, but his interpretation when he reads Patty's burial prayer was superb: the guy can really perform. :)
You need to see 2. :)
So this past August, film director David Fincher was going to start shooting a tv series for HBO that unfortunately didn't happen because of disagreement over finances. Actors were already selected and had been rehearsing for a month. A thread on reddit calling this fallout a "missed opportunity" got me curious about the source material.
It's a UK 12 episode (2 seasons) series called "Utopia." I just saw the first episode (made in 2013) and quite enjoyed it, and I can understand why people are bummed out that we won't get Fincher's take on this material. Nonetheless the original series seems to be decent enough and has quite a few fans.
I only saw the first episode and the subject matter seems to be a group of geeks obsessing over an obscure graphic novel that other characters are searching and willing to kill for. What I especially liked about it was how hyper-stylized it was.
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Anyway this is the first episode. An impeccable pilot.
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Season 5 of Hell on Wheels.
Loved this show, though it had the kind of inconsistency of characterization that drives me nuts. HBO was going to do a remake?
So this past August, film director David Fincher was going to start shooting a tv series for HBO that unfortunately didn't happen because of disagreement over finances. Actors were already selected and had been rehearsing for a month. A thread on reddit calling this fallout a "missed opportunity" got me curious about the source material.
It's a UK 12 episode (2 seasons) series called "Utopia." I just saw the first episode (made in 2013) and quite enjoyed it, and I can understand why people are bummed out that we won't get Fincher's take on this material. Nonetheless the original series seems to be decent enough and has quite a few fans.
I only saw the first episode and the subject matter seems to be a group of geeks obsessing over an obscure graphic novel that other characters are searching and willing to kill for. What I especially liked about it was how hyper-stylized it was.
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Anyway this is the first episode. An impeccable pilot.
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I've been bingewatching Major Crimes. I like Rusty's storyline, and GW Bailey has been a favorite since St. Elsewhere. I'm halfway through Season 3, at the end of which I have to decide on whether to buy Season 4 on Amazon Video. I've watched the DVDs so far. Does Amazon Video cut out the commercials, does anyone know?
Ripper Street, BBC via Netflix [basic]; have progressed through the first two seasons [still up] and have begun the now added Season three -- Yay.
In on episode 4 of the new War and Peace. Lily James is an adorable Natasha, I have a crush. It's not a bad series, I just wonder when the British will realize their efforts to adapt Russian classics just fail. It's the basic plot well adapted but without any of the soul behind the characters, without any of the Russianess. Some of my favorite parts of the book are just so dry or unexplained in the series, the entire character of Andre just seems like a stiff bore and the scene with the oak is never understood. Count Ilya also has little of the joviality which makes him so loveable. They didn't even smash their glasses when they toasted to the Tsar.
Ripper Street, BBC via Netflix [basic]; have progressed through the first two seasons [still up] and have begun the now added Season three -- Yay.
Terrific procedural detective series set in late Victorian era London, diving straight into the non-romantic world of poverty, desperate or simply dark sociopath behavior, etc. Each episode has a complete procedural story, while throughout the series the principal characters are very well-developed.
The BBC standards of their usual can full of excellent actors -- some better known than others -- cast in the principal roles through to the least of the incidental minor personages, the consistently high quality of the writing [replete with Victorian era usage and slang -- also wonderful and fun], and across the board very high production values make for a very high level of excellence, and it is highly engaging.
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Currently watching season 3 of Call the Midwife.
My favorite show of the '00s/'10s cusp. Loved Man Bangs, Lonely Boy, and Queen B.
Next week I'll start watching The Night Manager, from the John Le Carre novel. I thought it was going to be a movie but now I see it's going to be a series on AMC. The reviews are very good.
Starting on 29 Feb. here in Austria on BBC Entertainment I'll be checking out the BBC TV series Father Brown.Rather silly plots, especially in later seasons, but lots of quirky English rural charm.
Lately: Mad Men. I remember NikF posting about this (or perhaps a related) dance scene some (a long?) time ago. . . :D
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Yeah, you're right, it wasn't that one. It was this https://youtu.be/DKol_ThaMWc But it doesn't appear to be in her current repertoire. Currently she dances to 'Poinciana' by Ahmad Jamal, and more recently to parts of the second movement of Khachaturian's piano concerto. :laugh: And as far as the latter is concerned the 'dance' seems to consist solely of slowly swaying hips with her arms overhead moving in a snake-like manner - yes, it's not much, but we don't watch a lot of television and need to entertain ourselves somehow. ;DYes, I remembered what it really was. :laugh:
Anyway, what do you think of Mad Men? Enjoying it?
Hope you don't mind, but I replied to you in the television thread http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,24223.msg959236.html#msg959236I try to be zen about this... :P
One of the best shows ever:
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Just finished Bosch, season 2. If anything makes Amazon Prime worth $100, this is it. If you're an Angelophile, you don't want to miss it. Los Angeles is second only to Harry Bosch as a character in both Connelly's novels and this fine series. Season 2 incorporates story from Trunk Music, The Drop, and The Last Coyote.
Over the last while:
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Rewatched all three series of The Newsroom and enjoyed it even more this time around. A few problematic bits here and there (particularly in the first season) and some Sorkin foibles along the way, but I don't really mind those, and am glad someone is treating their audience as politically engaged and open to debate, even if it raises accusations of preachiness. And such a strong cast, the regular supporting actors really impressed me this time.
At the end I went online to see maybe what the critics had to say, maybe hear some pros and cons and hear about favorite episodes. I wasn't prepared at all for the avalanche of hostility the show inspired generally, or the unexpected outrage over one brief sub-story in the second to last episode (which I thought was handled respectfully).
I loved this show, and Aaron Sorkin's writing in general. I think I'll watch it again, now that I have Amazon Prime. I've hardly seen as effective a use of a pop tune in filmed entertainment as Mr. Goopy's "Fix You." (I liked the Gilbert and Sullivan ep on West Wing a lot, too.)
Speaking of Sorkin and music...Massive Attack's "Angel" in one very important bit of West Wing. I've seen West Wing right through a dozen times now, and that sequence gets me every time.
Which season and episode? The video on youtube is not from WW.
Just finished Bosch, season 2. If anything makes Amazon Prime worth $100, this is it. If you're an Angelophile, you don't want to miss it. Los Angeles is second only to Harry Bosch as a character in both Connelly's novels and this fine series. Season 2 incorporates story from Trunk Music, The Drop, and The Last Coyote.
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Icelandic police procedural. Small port town in the middle of nowhere, snowed in, stranded ferry, headless limbless corpse, murderer on the loose. Few episodes in, looks very good.
Is Better Call Saul a comedy, a drama, a drama with some comedy or a comedy with some drama?It weaves between all of those things with such dexterity that I'm not sure it deserves to be slapped with a label. Its most basic/naked story arc is tragic - lawyer with good intentions trying to redeem himself becomes, well, you saw BB right? - but for whole episodes at a time it's so entertaining that you forget where it inevitably must go.
I haven't seen it yet.
Thanks, Brian. I have never seen Breaking Bad. Could Saul still be enjoyable/understandable for someone who hasn't seen Breaking Bad?
Thanks, Brian. I have never seen Breaking Bad. Could Saul still be enjoyable/understandable for someone who hasn't seen Breaking Bad?I agree with Cato. There is a scene at the very start of the season which takes place after BB is over, but it shouldn't be incomprehensible - it's just the setup/framing device showing how low he falls in the end. Otherwise, there are a couple of inside jokes you won't get but that is the only thing.
Next week I'll start watching The Night Manager, from the John Le Carre novel. I thought it was going to be a movie but now I see it's going to be a series on AMC. The reviews are very good.I watched the first three episodes last week on the plane and have downloaded the final 3 from iPlayer for my next trip at the weekend. Really enjoying it. Apparently starts on AMC on April 19th in the US.
Thanks, guys! I plan to get going with Saul once Baskets and Horace and Pete finish for the season.
Bosch - watching w/ wife and both enjoying - on season two - Dave :)
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Always a year behind, I watched season five of GOT. More of the same, and while I appreciate how the series knocks off big characters every season, the show is getting a bit long in the tooth. At least this season there was a little White Walker action - tweaking Skynyrd roadies brandishing weapons is bound to look cool.
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Always a year behind, I watched season five of GOT. More of the same, and while I appreciate how the series knocks off big characters every season, the show is getting a bit long in the tooth. At least this season there was a little White Walker action - tweaking Skynyrd roadies brandishing weapons is bound to look cool.
...but now that Animaniacs have been added to Netflix, that might rise to the top of the list.
Currently dividing my time between Jane the Virgin, Worst Cooks in America, and Archer, but now that Animaniacs have been added to Netflix, that might rise to the top of the list.
I misread the second title and thought it was part of the first one. :-[ :DJane the Virgin, Worst Cook in America - all the ingredients of a hit series here! :laugh:
With utmost joy I watch "The Pallisers" a series based on the novels by Anthony Trollope made in the seventies. Highly enjoyable, and well remastered. I have it upscaled to 4 k.We loved the first two series of Endeavour, so very much looking forward to the third!
Another series I am watching is "Endeavour" the complete series three. Morse in his early stages of his career, magnificently played by Shaun Evans.
Started watching Documentary Now! I have a couple episodes down, and the The Hunt for El Chingon is first rate entertainment. Apparently, it satirizes HBO's Vice, which I've never seen, but everything in this episode is just perfect. Bill Hader and Fred Armisen play three sets of reporters (two sets get killed) on the search for a Mexican drug lord. It was made before Sean Penn's adventures, but it has an edge because of that real world bit of "journalism". Steven Michael Quezada (Gomez from Breaking Bad) plays the drug lord. Helen Mirren's intros for the special "50th season" are delightful. I look forward to more episodes.Where's this one viewable? Amazon, maybe?
I plan to check out The Frankenstein Chronicles which starts next week here on TNT Series.
Season 7 (Episode - No. - Title - Air Date)
1 54 "Prime Cuts: Season Six" April 24, 2016
2 55 "Manila, Philippines" April 24, 2016
3 56 "Chicago" May 1, 2016
4 57 "The Greek Islands" May 8, 2016
5 58 "Montana" May 15, 2016
6 59 "Tbilisi, Georgia" May 22, 2016
7 60 "Senegal" June 5, 2016
8 61 "Cologne, Germany" June 12, 2016
9 62 "Buenos Aires" June 19, 2016
Where's this one viewable? Amazon, maybe?
Thanks - starting with the "Grey Gardens" one now.
I watched using Netflix.
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Finally getting around to this, and pleased to find it every bit as good as people had been saying. Not at all a mere spin-off.
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The Bridge, series three
By far the strongest of the three, in my opinion
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Finished the six episode second season of Catastrophe. I liked it even more than the first season. ........Good stuff, and over in flash.
Hey, I just finished Better Call Saul (Season 1) for the first time!
How do you rate it?
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Homeland, season five
The best season so far, imo.
SPOILER ALERT (an old one, though):
I watched the first three seasons of Homeland, but after Brody's death I wasn't able to follow the series.
Your comment could be the encouragement I need. :)
Hi Gordo.
I found seasons 4 & 5 to be way better than season 3. A solid restart to the series.
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Finally getting around to this, and pleased to find it every bit as good as people had been saying. Not at all a mere spin-off.
I hope we eventually find out when/why he changes his name (I know he mentions it in a Breaking Bad episode...).
CBS books a new version of the classic "Hawaii Five-0" series, with Alex O'Loughlin in the lead role as Det. Steve McGarrett and Scott Caan portraying Danno. The detectives are part of an elite task force whose mission is to eliminate crime on the beaches of the Aloha State. Assisting McGarrett and Danno is former Honolulu Police detective Chin Ho Kelly, who has been relegated to a federal security patrol after being wrongfully accused of corruption. Chin's fresh-out-of-the-academy cousin, Kono, also joins the team as she tries to establish herself among the department's elite.
The classic story of "Roots" is retold in this miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel. The show paints a portrait of American slavery through the journey of a family that has a will to survive through many hardships. Malachi Kirby stars as Kunta Kinte, a proud and educated young man who uses those traits to empower himself when he is captured and sold into slavery. While he is enslaved, he challenges his fellow slaves to fight for their freedom as he continues working toward achieving his dream of escaping and returning to his homeland of The Gambia. The miniseries also stars Emmy winner Laurence Fishburne as Haley; Grammy nominee Anika Noni Rose as Kunta's daughter, Kizzy, who is bought by Tom Lea (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), who rapes and impregnates her; and Oscar winner Forest Whitaker as slave musician Fiddler, who mentors Kunta.
The TV series that I'm not currently watching:
Hart of Dixie - Dire! Everything about it is awful, cliche upon a cliche upon a cliche. Rachel Bilson is a pretty girl, but I'd be more believable as the Queen of England than she is as a thoracic surgeon. Couldn't finish second episode.
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The handheld cameras in "In The Thick of it" unfortunately made me seasick. And I usually don't get seasick in boats.
Bob Newhart's second series from the 1980's: Newhart.
Seasons IV and V are now available:
Great stuff!
The Expanse, season 1. Combination film noir, space opera, and spy thriller.
Sarge
Hi Sarge!Domo arigato.
This show is high on my list - worth watching? Thanks. :)
Thread duty ~
Just finished Season 1 of Mr. Robot
Hi Sarge!
This show is high on my list - worth watching? Thanks. :)
It is. Couldn't stop watching. I consumed the 10 episodes in three evenings (finished up just a few minutes ago). Be aware though that the sound editing can be abysmal, with noise and/or loud music interfering with dialogue, especially in the scenes with the detective on Ceres.
Sarge
Domo arigato.
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Fast, creative, unique and yes, funny.
What did you think of the fourth episode? The lack of dialogue was a little irritating (I fast-forwarded through some of it) but all was forgiven with the punchline that ended the episode ;D
Sarge
My wife and I watched all 60 episodes of Game of Thrones in 36 days from HBO Now. She had read the books, but neither of us had any interest in the show...we've never been so wrong about a show in our lives. Totally engrossing, with amazing production quality, a lot of the cinematography betters a good amount of what I've seen in the movie theater the past few years. Those familiar with the show, I believe, would agree that episodes 9 & 10 of Season 6 were phenomenal, and possibly some of the best TV has ever offered. I'm ashamed I waited so long to get into Game of Thrones.
The King in the North!!!
Recently:I entirely agree on season 1, and have season 2 on my list of priorities (with Bosch season 2 and Fargo season 2 as well)-
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Seasons one and two of Happy Valley, which I thought were every bit as good as the critics said.
My wife and I watched all 60 episodes of Game of Thrones in 36 days from HBO Now. She had read the books, but neither of us had any interest in the show...we've never been so wrong about a show in our lives. Totally engrossing, with amazing production quality, a lot of the cinematography betters a good amount of what I've seen in the movie theater the past few years. Those familiar with the show, I believe, would agree that episodes 9 & 10 of Season 6 were phenomenal, and possibly some of the best TV has ever offered. I'm ashamed I waited so long to get into Game of Thrones.I felt it was too soap opera-ish, which is ironic considering how I usually love anything fantasy related. But I didn't like the books either, so maybe that is part of the issue. I saw the first 3-4 episodes of season 1 and I just wanted them to get on with it already. I had no patience for the backstabbing and politicking. If I wanted that, I'd turn on the news. I've seen some excerpts of recent seasons and they do seem to have great production value.
The King in the North!!!
I felt it was too soap opera-ish,I agree, and lots of superficial playing for effect.....
I felt it was too soap opera-ish, which is ironic considering how I usually love anything fantasy related. But I didn't like the books either, so maybe that is part of the issue. I saw the first 3-4 episodes of season 1 and I just wanted them to get on with it already. I had no patience for the backstabbing and politicking. If I wanted that, I'd turn on the news. I've seen some excerpts of recent seasons and they do seem to have great production value.
Started streaming Preacher ~
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From Netflix. Cool concept.
^Plus a gratuitous nudity quota that makes Game Of Thrones seem prudish. Not that I mind looking on the female form, but they made it far too obviously sleazy and not at all in service of the plot.
Curb your Enthusiasm. I guess I'm a decade behind the times here (I watch very little TV or movies), but I ordered the first two seasons on DVD, and I'm finding the show and the characters absolutely hilarious. (I never watched or liked Seinfeld btw)
It is really funny to watch Larry argue with people over things that most of us would just let slide in the name of not pissing people off/getting your ass kicked. Although he is a complete jerk at times, it is hilarious to watch everything unravel for him. Some of the episodes are really masterpieces of comedy ("Beloved Aunt", and the one where he tries to get the prescription for his wife)
Curb your Enthusiasm. I guess I'm a decade behind the times here (I watch very little TV or movies), but I ordered the first two seasons on DVD, and I'm finding the show and the characters absolutely hilarious. (I never watched or liked Seinfeld btw)
It is really funny to watch Larry argue with people over things that most of us would just let slide in the name of not pissing people off/getting your ass kicked. Although he is a complete jerk at times, it is hilarious to watch everything unravel for him. Some of the episodes are really masterpieces of comedy ("Beloved Aunt", and the one where he tries to get the prescription for his wife)
Ken, the recent (7 hour!) documentary is excellent and makes for a nice follow-up:Oh cool. I did not know about that. Thanks for the tip.
My wife and I have been long term fans of the Inspector Morse series. Then we continued with Lewis, also fans. But lately we've been enjoying Endeavour, a prequel to the Morse series, with most of the main characters as younger men and just starting out with the Oxford police.
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Sasuke, aka Ninja Warrior. Also, Takeshi's castle.
Oh, yeah! Loved both when they were shown on local TV. Takeshi Kitano & Makoto Nagano! 8)
Not yet watched, but this Black Friday indulgence landed today, featuring the combination of Hyacinth Bouquet and Meriadoc BrandybuckGood stuff.
Was a great fan of Community. Just saw the first episode of season 6 (the one aired on yahoo screen). A horror, one of the most pointless things I can recall seeing on television. Biggest disappointment since the forth season of arrested development.
Have you guys heard about that show called "Rectifiy"? It's gotten some glowing critical praise and I believe it's on its last season (of 4, season length is under 10 episodes.)
It concerns a man on death row getting his conviction thrown out after multiple decades...and him having to adjust back to life in small town America.
Nicolas Le Floch, police officer of Louis XV, is the hero of a book serie by François Perot.
A TV serie in period costume has been made from these books. I find them quite well made in superb french language. Some ask which opera should they see to learn french. I think this serie is pretty good, because the quality of the dialogue.
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I've been SLOWLY going through the first season (of two, so far) of Amazon's BOSCH, based on the detective novels of Michael Connolly.After season 1 I wasnt sure I wanted to watch more, but I gave season 2 a try and it was much better.
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There is a central strong plot and mystery running through the season. The lead actor -- Titus Welliver--is one of those actors who has been around for a while and always does great in small roles and whose name you never learn, but he's very capable here and very much a leading man.
It has several "The Wire" alums in key roles. Bosch's police partner is the guy who played Marlo Stanfield, and the police chief is Lt. Daniels. But unlike that show "Bosch" is very much just a mystery thriller, and there's nothing wrong with that. ;)
Finished the first two seasons of The Flash - enjoying - Season 3 has been filmed but not yet available for viewing.
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Just watched the first episode of the fourth series of Sherlock! Very fun!I'll be watching them too when they're broadcast over here. There are reruns of the old episodes currently. :)
I'll be watching them too when they're broadcast over here. There are reruns of the old episodes currently. :)
Excellent! I feel I really must rewatch some of the older episodes because it has been SUCH A LONG TIME!Well I just noticed that they've moved to Netflix for the new series instead of the national broadcasting company. Good time to join for the free month, then.
I will say though, the idiosyncratic visual style of Sherlock, especially the on-screen text messages, is particularly prominent in The Six Thatchers. Perhaps it is overdone, but it does certainly look pretty cool if you ask me.
Nicolas Le Floch, police officer of Louis XV, is the hero of a book serie by François Perot.
A TV serie in period costume has been made from these books. I find them quite well made in superb french language. Some ask which opera should they see to learn french. I think this serie is pretty good, because the quality of the dialogue.
Merci Spineur, je vais voir si c'est disponible ici. Jamais entendu parler avant. Le Floch, c'est breton, non?If you DVD reader can handle zone 2. There are no zone 1 or 0 copies as far as I know.
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In our household, 2016 was the year of The Crown and, of course, Season VI of Downton Abbey (last year in the States and GB). Really great TV.
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The second season of The Man in the High Castle. Still not having read the source material, I'm guessing the second season strays from the original so much as to no longer make any comparisons meaningful. First season success led to bigger budgets, which shows in various displays of Nazi technology and a grand Berlin and so forth. This season, we get to meet the title character (Milton from Office Space, as it turns out), spend just a little bit more time with uncle Adolf, and one character gets to spend a prolonged period in an alternate universe, which ends up being a main theme in the show. As such, viewers get to see pre-hippie protestors protesting nukes in the US juxtaposed against acid dropping German youth safely ensconced in the capital of the Reich contemplating whatever they contemplate. The younger characters all become a bit less interesting, the big plot twist regarding one of them notwithstanding. This season the most intriguing characters, by far, are some senior baddies: Chief Inspector Kido from Imperial Japan, and Obergruppenführer John Smith. (I'm glad, because only Berdimuhamedow is perhaps more fun to type than Obergruppenführer in today's world.) Joel de la Fuente's seriousness in the former role is impressive, and Rufus Sewell as the latter plays devious and nasty but devoted to something concrete and understandable perfectly. The show has lost a bit of steam this season, probably since the novelty wore off, but any show that can make one root for Heinrich Himmler must be doing something right. The homage to the War Room and the Big Board from Dr Strangelove is also a nice touch. I'll watch season three.
Stranger Things (2016) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4574334/
I'm going to watch a couple more episodes in the company of my best friend/studio assistant/arch-nemesis.
One of the things that show is touted as, is a homage to "...Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, Stephen King, Robert Zemeckis, and George Lucas, among others." Certainly the first episode hinted at that, when it featured a shot of a little girl sitting at the dinner table looking back and forth between arguing parents a la 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'. But one of the biggest examples was the propensity to shoot most of the scenes in this episode from the eyepoint of a child, very low down - that's part of Spielberg's gig. Having said that, if they manage to do the equivalent of the Close Encounters interview scene using the same one light setup http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/actors-richard-dreyfuss-francois-truffaut-bob-balaban-and-director-picture-id1673535?s=594x594 that Zsigmond used and to the same effect -
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- I'll be impressed. :)
Otherwise, I'm finding it watchable and entertaining, albeit kind of undemanding.
e: also, if they obviously use anamorphic lenses (or process to look that way) it'll fit into the look of that era just fine. 8)
^ well, it's something to look forward to. :)
Stranger Things (2016) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4574334/
I'm going to watch a couple more episodes in the company of my best friend/studio assistant/arch-nemesis.
One of the things that show is touted as, is a homage to "...Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, Stephen King, Robert Zemeckis, and George Lucas, among others." Certainly the first episode hinted at that, when it featured a shot of a little girl sitting at the dinner table looking back and forth between arguing parents a la 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'. But one of the biggest examples was the propensity to shoot most of the scenes in this episode from the eyepoint of a child, very low down - that's part of Spielberg's gig. Having said that, if they manage to do the equivalent of the Close Encounters interview scene using the same one light setup http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/actors-richard-dreyfuss-francois-truffaut-bob-balaban-and-director-picture-id1673535?s=594x594 that Zsigmond used and to the same effect -
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- I'll be impressed. :)
Otherwise, I'm finding it watchable and entertaining, albeit kind of undemanding.
e: also, if they obviously use anamorphic lenses (or process to look that way) it'll fit into the look of that era just fine. 8)
Watched a couple of episodes of something called 'Timeless' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5511582/Gaaaaaa! I do remember that, as a kid.
Remember 'The Time Tunnel'? - that was more fun and the turtlenecks were cool. ;D
And turtlenecks are torture!
With my younger sisters:
Sherlock series 4 (finished it)
A Series of Unfortunate Events season 1 (finished it)
Gravity Falls (currently three quarters of the way through season 1)
Gravity Falls is a brilliant show. I was surprised. :o
Ciphers[edit]
At the end of every episode, there is a ciphered text in one of many substitution ciphers:
Season 1[edit]
Caesar cipher, hinted at by a voice in the opening sequence, which played backwards says "three letters back".[25] This cipher was used in episodes 1–6.
Atbash cipher, which is announced in an episode in Caesar cipher that it will be used this time.[25] This cipher was used in episodes 7–13.
A1Z26 cipher is a simple substitution cipher decoded by substituting the nth letter of the alphabet for the given number. It was used in episodes 14–19.
A combined cipher is a mix of two or more ciphers seen in the show. The first time such cipher has been used is at the end of "Gideon Rises". It's solved by converting to letters using the A1Z26 cipher, then flipping the letters with the Atbash cipher, and finally by using the Caesar cipher. Season 2's combined ciphers start with the Vigenère cipher.
A symbol cipher appears in the 2 part season finale. It also frequently appears in the journals. The symbols for Q, X, and Z are currently unknown.
Season 2[edit]
Vigenère cipher which is used in the end credits like all the other ciphers. The keyword for the cipher is hinted at by subtle clues in the episode. The voice at the end of the theme song hints at this cipher so when played backwards it says "Key Vigenère".
Season 2 also uses the symbol cipher mentioned above.
Been rewatching The Wire recently.You mean, like the American industry has done? ;)
S2 story arc does oddly run out of ideas near the end and just fizzles out rather than reaching any climax or denouement.
You mean, like the American industry has done? ;)
Season 2 is one of my favourites, actually. It's a few years since the last time I saw the series, though.
Thread duty: After finishing my first ever run through Breaking Bad (and yes, it's great - up there with The Wire, Mad Men and Sopranos), starting Better Call Saul.
........just keep the cat?......... 8)
I wonder what you'll think, because the story and themes are a lot darker than the TV shows you've previously mentioned. Are you familiar with Lynch's work? :)Not yet familiar with his works. I rarely watch TV shows that aren't comedies really. I'd be interested to try something new.
I've only watched the first episode of The Young Pope. It intrigues me, yes, but I don't think smoking cigarettes works as the sign of the demonic quite like it's supposed to, even if they are demonically smoked. Jude Law OTOH is demonic whatever he does, though I can't say why.
Season two episode one
I think doing two episodes a day is working well for me (apart from the feature length episodes 1 from both seasons), I'll probably almost have it finished by the end of the month. Then I'l' have the movie "Fire walk with me" to follow it up, before season 3 premieres 8) :D
Which are the "infamous" ones?
Well it's almost that time now, I've only got two episodes to go (+ FWWM) :o :o :o :o
Has anybody seen this swedish historical serie ?I bought this swedish serie and watched the first episode. I enjoyed so much the french serie Nicolas le Floch, 18th century police officer of Louis XV that I looked for a similar serie where "scientific" techniques (mostly autopsies), were used to solve criminal affairs. This one takes place in Stockholm at the end of the 18th century, and the police commissioner Daad, is a marine surgeon.
And, had to have this one as I watched these episodes every Friday night as a kid. They are not nearly as well written as The Twilight Zone, but these usually had more creatures or monsters and as a kid, that was what it was all about.
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And, had to have this one as I watched these episodes every Friday night as a kid. They are not nearly as well written as The Twilight Zone, but these usually had more creatures or monsters and as a kid, that was what it was all about.
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And welcome back. :)
I loved that one as a kid, too, Bill.
I thought Depardieu was terrible as well and gave up after 1,5 episode on Netflix....
Marseille is pretty bad. The city itself is beautifully shot, the cast is fine (haven't recognized Maruschka Detmers at first) and I'm a fan of Depardieu, and political thrillers is a fine genre but the script is simply dreadful, nothing but predictable plots and unbelievable characters. Made it to fourth episode but won't be finishing.
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Great fan of the series, but having seen it twice, I don't hanker for a 3rd run.
Some of my recent (and favorite) TV series - Susan & I are currently watching The Closer for a second time; just finished the current season of Tony Bourdain's Parts Unknown; Justified has ended and believe that Bones has only a season to go? And Longmire - a new season is coming?
Horatio Hornblower - own that package on DVD (no BD yet?) - watch yearly, so started in last night - a favorite - Dave :)
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I think "Bones" is a strikingly attractive woman. The 3 women I have discussed this with find her strikingly unattractive.
Hornblower is great, but Longmire got dreadful quickly. Even worse than Justified ;)
On Season 2
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^I finished a second run through all five seasons recently. I think the final season has become my new favorite.
Despite that, sitcoms aren't my thing at all.
No, not at all I'm a stone cold serious person without an ounce of humor or even sarcasm >:D
No, not at all I'm a stone cold serious person without an ounce of humor or even sarcasm >:D"I'm a ... person"
The series premiered on HBO in the United States on April 17, 2011, and its sixth season ended on June 26, 2016. The series was renewed for a seventh season, which is scheduled to premiere on July 16, 2017. The series will conclude with its eighth season in 2018.
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There was one particularly irksome statement by one presenter about how the Great War saw a battle with the most American casualties ever, a rather anti-factual statement that ignores the whole Civil War thing.
Not incorrect - there were 23k union and 28k confederate casualities at Gettysburg, the bloodiest engagement of the Civil War whereas the Meuse-Argonne offensive cost the US 124k casualities. Now Gettysburg was three day and the Meuse Argonne 47, but that goes to the changes in warfare where set piece battles of the course of a day or two became obsolete.
a few other favorites of ours may be coming out w/ new Seasons, i.e. Bosch...Dave :)
I'm on the third season of Bosch, not at the level of my faves, but entertaining.
Warfare had changed, true, but a forty-seven day full front offensive that lasted until armistice is not really just a battle, and the show did not provide proper context (army sizes, objectives, etc). On a hair-splitting basis, it can be construed as accurate, but that hair can be further split.
I just ordered the box set of travel shows by Michael Palin. Some I've seen, others will be new to me. I saw the one where he listens to a song by an elderly Bhutanese songwriter, then he sings his own song. What song would that be? Yes, it would be that one. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/cheesy.gif)I got that, the complete shows, cheap a year ago. A very mixed bag, but some really unusual stuff. We watch an episode now and then, working our way through.
I got that, the complete shows, cheap a year ago. A very mixed bag, but some really unusual stuff. We watch an episode now and then, working our way through.
I have been interested in the life of Wyatt Earp for eons. So when I saw the post here about the TV series Wynonna Earp I had to check out what it's all about. I read that this series is about "Wynonna Earp, the great grand daughter of Wyatt Earp...", etc. Funny, since Wyatt Earp didn't have any children but somehow ended up having a great grand daughter. I know that this series idea comes from IDW Comics, but you would think that they could have been a bit more historically correct. At least say Wynonna Earp is a great grand daughter of Virgil Earp (who actually had a daughter named Nellie and she had children).
So you don’t enjoy laughing? ???
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Nothing currently anything but I know what I'll be obsessively watching in a few weeks! ::)
(the new Twin Peaks)
EXCELLENT fun!
My first foray into Doctor Who territory, and I like it so far. Probably should have started with season one of the reboot but Netflix has it from here and it doesn't seem to matter much.
It has been ages since the last time I watched any type of broadcasted audio visual entertainment. I don't even have a TV or a Netflix account.
Not that I have something against it or people who watch it (or worse, some type of silly purism). It simply happened for one reason or another. :-\
Series 5 is wonderful, although 6 is probably the most problematic for me so good luck getting through that if you like what you see so far. :P
But you came in at a good starting point. Doctor Who seems to do that every so often, not necessarily with a completely new cast and showrunner, but just with a new place for newcomers to jump on.....the current series (10th since the reboot) has been designed like that even though the only real change of cast since the episodes preceding it is the introduction of Pearl Mackie playing Bill Potts....
Series 1 to 4 of the reboot have not aged well, and that doesn't seem to be a particularly unpopular opinion. That era of the show has its own fans who barely watch the current Moffatt era anyway, and I suspect the upcoming Chris Chibnall era of the show will be different yet again!
I would love to hear your thoughts on this. ;D
Do we have a Doctor Who thread at all?
I stopped watching it some years ago. It lacks a lot of the quirkiness of the original show. They are certainly running through Doctors at a good clip, which will present them with an important continuity problem relative to the old series: the Time Lords were supposedly limited to twelve regenerations. And that was an important plot point, since a number of stories in the Baker and Davison eras revolved around the Master's need to find a new body or new regeneration after hitting that limit. They seem to have ignored the problem when dealing with the Master in the new series, so my guess is they'll do the same for the Doctor.
ETA: I've lost count--how many actors have portrayed the Doctor already in the reboot? If I have it right Moffatt is himself the Twelfth Doctor.
So that is how they worked it? Thanks for the summary, I had forgotten that John Hurt was a Doctor.
The Keepers: heartbreaking doc series. (https://art-s.nflximg.net/3ed7e/24abeabc5a79386c8bde0f23ebedba243033ed7e.jpg)
What's gone wrong with people these days? Seems like mass infantilization with the endless popularity of super hero fluff.
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My first foray into Doctor Who territory, and I like it so far. Probably should have started with season one of the reboot but Netflix has it from here and it doesn't seem to matter much.
Yes, the level of nastiness and cruelty of those two priests (and other adults involved) seems almost surrealistic. Like a novel by Sade. :oI didn't know this was going to be about that. One can know about something, yet it's not the same as making yourself sit and listen to the survivors describe it in emotional detail. Whatever else the church is and was, good, great or otherwise, it is/was also evil. And evil in a totalitarian way. If a member tells me how totalitarian evil is the result of atheism I will say: look in the mirror! What is described on this show was repeated how many times in how many places? Oh the (in-)humanity!
Ripper Street
starts tonight; fifth and final series
No Drake though, which is a great shame.
entangled with the Secret Service and mad Russian aristocrats in underhand selling of armored tanks to White Russians during the revolution. Hell ensues.
Black Sails - 4th and final season - fine example of series that didn't start particularly promising and then got just better and better. The evolution of Luke Arnold's (who?) Long John Silver character was one of the most impressive feats, Toby Stephens also excellent as monomaniacal Captain Flint. Showrunners exhibited a fine touch in blending historical facts and fiction.
Wife and I have finished watching the newest seasons of TV series that we enjoy together - now trying to find one that I might enjoy, so decided on Dr. Who (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who) starting w/ the relaunched 2005 season - watched the first 4 episodes - enjoyed, but not sure 'how long' I'll last since the series is still on-going w/ a dozen or so 'Doctors' in the role - should I just continue or be selective? Thanks - Dave :)Well, if you liked it continue. Doctor Who is generally a show where you either love it or you don't. It IS very interesting to see the different Doctors and such, but if you don't like the premise/show, it won't matter. They have a certain level of consistency, with some really good episodes. I don't think watching one here or there will work as well. You'll miss references.
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Atelier - I haven't even heard of this, which is strange, because I still know a lot of people who would watch something like that simply to pick away and finds faults in the depiction of such a scenario. ;D
That wouldn't be much of a task, it doesn't slant much toward realism, even in a way it's shot: all golden hour and soft filters. Also, female lead looks about twelve (even though she's probably mid twenties) and some of the naivety of the story make me wonder what exactly was the target demographic, but then what makes Japanese culture so fascinating (for me at least) is that it seems most of the time not like different culture but a different planet altogether.
although in the main I've found them as open and friendly as hell.So, not very? 0:)
Perhaps the target of demographic is 'lovers of non-threatening women'.
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;D
Afterwards we ordered the second season from Amazon. Anyone have any comments, pro or con, about this sophomore effort?
I really liked it, perhaps even more so than the mostly superb first season. Its an entirely different dynamic with a different team, and they're deliberately making something that doesn't look at all like just a retread of the first season, which I think might have been a minus for some viewers.
See, I'm not surprised you've chosen Fiorentino in 'The Last Seduction' to illustrate your point. She would terrify the faint of heart. And I'll add that at least once in his life a man should have his soul crushed by such a character. I mean, what ya livin' for? ;D
e: look at her - you would gladly go to your doom. :laugh:
Well, if you liked it continue. Doctor Who is generally a show where you either love it or you don't. It IS very interesting to see the different Doctors and such, but if you don't like the premise/show, it won't matter. They have a certain level of consistency, with some really good episodes. I don't think watching one here or there will work as well. You'll miss references.
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Glow is comedy/drama about making of 80s female wrestling tv show. It's ok, watchable. Lots of perms, high cut leotards and leg warmers.
Would you say it is more comedy than drama?
I don't really know. I'd probably say it's more a drama because I rarely found it laugh out loud funny, but it is funny and it is made in that 30 min. episode format which is exclusively (I think) a comedy format. That horrible term dramedy is probably the most fitting.
Season four of Silicon Valley. The show has lost its mojo. There are still some funny bits, and some outstanding jabs at some tech (eg, VR is vaporware), and Haley Joel Osment is excellent in his role, but it's tired. Without TJ Miller, I don't know how the show succeeds going forward.I'm worried that they don't seem to have much of an idea for big plots aside from the same repeating arc of build a startup, lose it. There's a tension between the satire and the '90s-style nothing-ever-changes sitcom pattern.
I’m savoring a gradual survey of Batman. I don’t know that I ever heard of the supervillain The Mad Hatter, before.
Guys, how are the earlier seasons of Silicon Valley? Being that I am 46 and know nothing about computers, I assumed the show wouldn't appeal to me.
Guys, how are the earlier seasons of Silicon Valley? Being that I am 46 and know nothing about computers, I assumed the show wouldn't appeal to me.
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I don't laugh all that often, but I do laugh at that.
I hope Netflix airs new specials from Anthony Jeselnik and Doug Stanhope. In the meantime, this one is solid.
Jeselnik. What has he been up to anyway?
and half way through the sixth season of Homeland, which is shaping up to be the weakest season so far and completely unfocused. A pity after season five, which I thought the strongest.
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Well, and only 50-ish years late, Star Trek.
Watched “Tomorrow Is Yesterday” & “Court-Martial” last night, and dadgummit, I’ve become a fan.
Ozark. Part Breaking Bad, part Justified, and part original while still influenced by other ideas and reliant on stereotypes, Ozark is a curiously satisfying drama. Almost entirely laugh free, the very dark show follows Jason Bateman as his money laundering ways end up putting his family in mortal danger.
Well, and only 50-ish years late, Star Trek.
Watched “Tomorrow Is Yesterday” & “Court-Martial” last night, and dadgummit, I’ve become a fan.
I got 15 minutes into the first episode before deciding it's not for me (despite being a big "breaking bad" fan).
Rick and Morty season three. So far the episodes have been more connected together, which is off-putting to me. I tend to find it difficult to engage with series-long story arcs.
Rick and Morty season three.
Is it funny? 8)I'd say so :)
Rick and Morty season three. So far the episodes have been more connected together, which is off-putting to me. I tend to find it difficult to engage with series-long story arcs.
Is it funny? 8)
I'd say so :)
I would also equally say that Season 3 so far is more on the serious side. Still funny, but the humour is laced with the sadness of spoiler alerts for those who don't know what happened in episode 1 of the current season.
Glad to hear it! ;D My youngest son and I (Mrs. Cato does not find it amusing, and is rather appalled to hear us laughing at it!) thought Season II lost a little drive vs. Season I. Perhaps not enough wit and too many gross-out scenes? Nevertheless, we will be watching Season III this weekend!
The next two super villains in the queue are King Tut (Victor Buono)
Been watching "Better Call Saul" season two on Blu-ray. Damn good show! 0:)
Bookworm (Roddy McDowell), which I may never have seen before . . . so that is a temptation for this afternoon.
Been watching "Better Call Saul" season two on Blu-ray. Damn good show! 0:)
The Batusi!
Batman to King Tut: "I fooled you. I kept my reason by reciting the multiplication tables backwards."
Wife & I finished the first 2 Seasons and loved the series - Season 3 just ended airing in June, so will await the offerings? Dave :)
The Batusi!And, a miraculous recovery!
Batman to King Tut: "I fooled you. I kept my reason by reciting the multiplication tables backwards."
Sarge
And, a miraculous recovery!
I hope I didn't spoil it for you. I should have included a spoiler alert :DNo spoilage whatever, dear fellow ... like the fellow found in the sarcophagus, marvelous preservation!
Sarge
Which reminds me: which episode does one find Batman and Robin in a library, where they ask the librarian: "Have you seen any strangely dressed people in here today?" $:)
I recall it being a Riddler episode! ;)
David Hare's made for TV MI5 political thriller/action drama trilogy : most thoroughly recommended - with the likes of Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham-Carter, Christopher Walken, Rachel Weisz and (most of all) Bill Nighy, among others (!) how can you go wrong? Gripping, trenchant, wry, witty, revelatory, thought-provoking, did I mention fun...yes, fun, I am going to have to see them again so I can add still more positive adjectives.
Thumbs down from me. The modern equivalent of 50s hysteria movies about reds under beds IMO.
This 70's tv series is probably too politically incorrect to be repeated these days. And it isn't!! ;D One review describes the bar in the pub,which this sitcom revolves around,as containing every stereotype in the 70's sitcom book. Why watch it? I just like Hylda Baker. She just me,up! I've got a Region 2 dvd release,by the way. I remember back in the 70's she was very popular in the UK. Rich and quite famous. Every mimic worth his salt seemed to be doing an impersonation of her. In real life she actually sounded a bit posh! The kind of 70's tv you watch with the curtains closed,and someone at the door,keeping watch!
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“It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, fourteen hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore’s birth in 1858 to Eleanor’s death in 1962. Over the course of those years, Theodore would become the 26th President of the United States and his beloved niece, Eleanor, would marry his fifth cousin, Franklin, who became the 32nd President of the United States. Together, these three individuals not only redefined the relationship Americans had with their government and with each other, but also redefined the role of the United States within the wider world. The series encompasses the history the Roosevelts helped to shape: the creation of National Parks, the digging of the Panama Canal, the passage of innovative New Deal programs, the defeat of Hitler, and the postwar struggles for civil rights at home and human rights abroad. It is also an intimate human story about love, betrayal, family loyalty, personal courage and the conquest of fear.” Source (https://hollywoodonthepotomac.com/?p=52658)
The Roosevelts by Ken Burns - seven part 14 hour documentary is the usual Burn's fashion - Susan & I have been streaming from Netflix - just outstanding; synopsis below - highly recommended. Dave :)
I must check this one out. I love Ken Burns works and since F.D.R. is one of my famous distant cousins (6th cousin, 3 times removed) I'm always very interested in getting more information on them via books, films and/or documentaries. 8)
Classic! Was that an All in the Family spinoff, George?
I might start on Breaking Bad soon, I've already got the first season just lying around
Yep, Cranston is amazing ;DAaron Paul is wonderful also.
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This is what's far worse than death awaiting man. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/smiley.gif)There is only love or hate w/T&E!
Yeah, I love them but they can get tedious after a whileIt’s really hard to recommend them as most people will probably find it awful. I think much of their work is...well...awesome! It seems somehow impolite to mention them.
(http://www.startrek.com/uploads/assets/articles/07348d854de8d54c6ce9098218c0ff7f8ad4b57a.jpg)Leaving aside the galavanting naivete of the...oh...well...that IS star trek I guess.
It's pretty good :o
But DON'T GO ONTO RANDOM SHIPS OR PLANETS FLOATING IN SPACE, it's always a bad idea :laugh:
I might start on Breaking Bad soon, I've already got the first season just lying around
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What can I say. I love Robot Chicken and I can't get enough.
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I can't speak to the historical accuracy but this is very well filmed, written and performed. It looks great and I quite like the restrained direction. I remember it was only a few years ago that BBC period pieces had to have sweeping/whirling camera. None of that here.
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(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71wDSoi1LlL._SY445_.jpg)Great show. Unbelievable collection of talent on and off screen. Very accurate to my childhood.
Soooo good! This should have gone on so much longer than a mere one season. :-[
As a Trek franchise, it's a spectacular failure. It may work if you can think of it as a SyFy show with better production values. Even then, I found myself yelling at my TV too often (e.g. a ridiculous scene where a character starts reciting from Alice in Wonderland while being chased by a space monster.)The Klingon stuff was unbearable. I like the idea of making it darker. But something isn't right. I'll give it a bit longer. I'm not sure what they want it to be about. War? That's ok for a backdrop in ST. I don't like the JJ Abramification of ST. The movies are terrible. It's not primarily an action show. It should be about discovery.
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I can't speak to the historical accuracy but this is very well filmed, written and performed. It looks great and I quite like the restrained direction. I remember it was only a few years ago that BBC period pieces had to have sweeping/whirling camera. None of that here.
I haven't seen this yet. Thanks for this tip.It's really well done. I wish more of the period dramas were made for "grownups" like this. I mean it's not a bunch silly kids running around ruffles and lace.
I always love finding films that have to do with any of my ancestors. My 13 times great grandmother is Catherine Cromwell, the sister of Thomas Cromwell (so this makes Thomas my 13 times great grand uncle).
Just finished season 3 of Rick and Morty. Curious final episode, obviously some kind of prelude to yet another few episodes of development for the Smith-Sanchez family...........................
Finished MindHunter on Netflix which was very good.
Now watching Stranger Things 2 on Netflix.
Sticking with The Walking Dead because I've survived this far...
Just finished season 3 of Rick and Morty. Curious final episode, obviously some kind of prelude to yet another few episodes of development for the Smith-Sanchez family...........................
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We're almost finished with this, my wife (who is Vietnamese) and I. Phew. We're on #8 (out of 10). Nothing I can say really does this justice. I guess the best I can do is say that it's worthwhile to look at this. Really worth the steep time-commitment.
Really looking forward to seeing that one. I watched this just the other day:Yes that was really good.
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and thought it superb.
I have never seen a tv series so far (I know I am a bit late ;D), so I decided to start with The Sopranos and I'm watching the first season.The best ever are
It seems really well done.
The best ever areAt least you got these right ;)
I’m rewatching Frasier and Just Shoot Me. Great sitcoms. I get so tired of all the drama shows that are on TV nowadays and how people have seem to lost their ability to laugh.
At least you got these right ;)Columbo is a great show.
The Wire
Breaking Bad
Mad Men
Better Call Saul
Columbo
A Touch of Frost
Frasier
Morse
Lewis
Darling Buds of May
All Creatures Great & Small
Sherlock Holmes (with Jeremy Brett)
House of Cards
Sopranos
the Miniseries Band of Brothers
Somehow you missed Twin Peaks, which is the best :-* :DIndeed. I feel some people might not like it even though it's such a great work of art. There is nothing like Twin Peaks.
Indeed. I feel some people might not like it even though it's such a great work of art. There is nothing like Twin Peaks.
At least you got these right ;)
The Wire
Breaking Bad
Mad Men
Better Call Saul
Columbo
A Touch of Frost
Frasier
Morse
Lewis
Darling Buds of May
All Creatures Great & Small
Sherlock Holmes (with Jeremy Brett)
House of Cards
Sopranos
the Miniseries Band of Brothers
The best ever are
Deadwood
The Wire
The Larry Sanders Show
Breaking Bad
Mad Men
All in the Family
I love Lucy
Seinfeld
True Detective
Starting Stranger Things S1 episode 1, not sure what to make of it so far.That's definitely the sort of show it is, banking on nostalgia for '80s horror, sci-fi, and adventure movies of the sort Spielberg made back then. However, I am not a fan of Spielberg and I enjoyed it. I think the second season suffers a little because it cannot rely on mystery, so it has to ramp up the action, sort of like the difference between Alien and Aliens, only it is nowhere near as good a sequel as Aliens. I also think the reliance on CGI makes the threat less credible, it doesn't have the physical weight of something like The Thing.
I'm sort of getting Speilberg vibes, which isn't a good thing for me.......
I prefer more adult shows too, so :-\ But I'll reluctantly sit through a few more episodes and see if it pans out better or not....
Somehow you missed Twin Peaks, which is the best :-* :D
That's definitely the sort of show it is, banking on nostalgia for '80s horror, sci-fi, and adventure movies of the sort Spielberg made back then. However, I am not a fan of Spielberg and I enjoyed it. I think the second season suffers a little because it cannot rely on mystery, so it has to ramp up the action, sort of like the difference between Alien and Aliens, only it is nowhere near as good a sequel as Aliens. I also think the reliance on CGI makes the threat less credible, it doesn't have the physical weight of something like The Thing.
I just ordered the DVD-box of Season 3... not sure when it will be issued, but I'm on the (a)waiting list now, and I will be patient.
See you in 25 years?
;D
I gotta get that too, forgot about the DVD set: a worthy addition to my collection 8)
What year is this? ???
Gotta light? :D
I discovered that the last quote is from Season 3... which I haven't seen yet.
And I haven't checked the TP thread on this board, so I'm gonna be fresh and fruity when the box arrives... (in 25 years :P).
Oops, How's Annie then? :laugh:
Didn't realize you hadn't seen it....well you're in for the greatest (and perhaps polarizing, depends how you take it) experience of your life...... hope you enjoy it 8) I'm still buzzing over it
Oops, How's Annie then? :laugh:It was AMAZING!
Didn't realize you hadn't seen it....well you're in for the greatest (and perhaps polarizing, depends how you take it) experience of your life...... hope you enjoy it 8) I'm still buzzing over it
Each and every autumn, I want to see me some episodes of Heimat.
Germany in the 20th century, and the viewer is taken by the hand by members of the Simon family, living in a fictional village called Schabbach (Hunsrück, Germany).
They have to deal with local issues, world wars and family problems. One of them ("Hermännchen" = little Hermann) goes to Munich, to study music at the Conservatory. But it's not easy to really break away from his 'Heimat' (homeland).
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It's just great. It really is.
Lots of great music, too.
It was AMAZING!
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Watching Babylon Berlin, allegedly the most expensive TV production ever in Germany. The first "season" of 8 chapters is finished, and we're up to (at least, here in Spain) to chapter 4 (of a total of 8 ) of the second.
It's a story of political and criminal intrigue set in late 1920s Berlin, based on a series of novels by Volker Kutscher. The sets, costumes and general production values are first-rate, and so is the acting IMHO. The atmosphere of Berlin at the time (hyperinflation is gone, and the 1929 stock market crash has not yet happened) is very well presented, alternating between the carefree partying of the jazz age and the squalor in which some of the characters live. The storyline is gripping, although it becomes a bit sketchy at times.
Great fun! :)
Here's the English-language trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/v/j_qN5bFfOTE
The Tim Heidecker murder trial is amazingly entertaining :DIsn't it? I'm surprised how caught up in it I got. The prosecution is great! Poor Tim. I think he's done this time.
The Tim Heidecker murder trial is amazingly entertaining :DThe verdict is in! It’s a shocker!
The verdict is in! It’s a shocker!
Yes it was!! :oI suspect we'll be hearing more about this lone wolf on the jury.
I wonder if the prosecutors will follow it up or not (considering it was left open a little) or if we're now back to the Cinema again :D
One of my favorite movies is exactly episode 9 of the first series, entitled Hermännchen, a memorable masterpiece ;)
I suspect we'll be hearing more about this lone wolf on the jury.
Watched (= rewatched ;)) the first episode of Die zweite Heimat yesterday evening.I was slightly too young when the first "Heimat" was broadcasted in the 80s so I never watched it. In the mid/late 1990s (it stems from 1992, but I am pretty sure that I only watched it several years later, probably a repeat on TV) saw the second? series with the students in Munich in the 1960s, avantgarde music, free love and student protests but have to admit I was not that fond of it. (Often fairly boring...) I probably should check the original first one because I seem to recall that most reviewers found it far more impressive than the subsequent ones.
Two hours of great fun.
Hermännchen is into 'avant-garde' music.
And I caught myself on too much prompting. ;D
Looking forward to a nice autumn and winter time!
I was slightly too young when the first "Heimat" was broadcasted in the 80s so I never watched it. In the mid/late 1990s (it stems from 1992, but I am pretty sure that I only watched it several years later, probably a repeat on TV) saw the second? series with the students in Munich in the 1960s, avantgarde music, free love and student protests but have to admit I was not that fond of it. (Often fairly boring...) I probably should check the original first one because I seem to recall that most reviewers found it far more impressive than the subsequent ones.
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Rewatching this loose, often dark and compelling show.
I've seen a few of those. The ones with Fred Willard, Todd Glass, and Gilbert Gottfried are great.
My favorites - Super Dave Osbourne
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Rewatching this loose, often dark and compelling show.
Hilarious. His books is good too BTW.
We are now watching the Blue Bloods (2010-Present) w/ Tom Selleck et al - now filming the 8th season - on Episode 8, Season 1 and enjoying - and for me, my annual watch of Horatio Hornblower w/ Ioan Gruffudd & Robert Lindsay - I've purchased only 2 TV series, including this one, but considering getting the six seasons of Justified - :) Dave
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The Better Half loves both these. She loves quite a lot of Tom Selleck things actually ... ::)
In the Hornblower, she and her female friends actually especially like ... Robert Lindsay (Pellew). We both like the series a lot, and it might be time for a rewatch. I did like the books a lot too when I was younger.
We are currently hooked on:
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On Netflix: we are about halfway through it.
Michelle Dockery has been keeping busy, since her Lady Mary days. 0:)
WOW! We finished and were very satisfied: what a catharsis! Highly recommended!
Hello everyone! I'm currently seeing several, but the one I like the most (apart from the game of thrones) is undoubtedly Black Mirror, the truth is that it's a bit strange at first but little by little I've been hooked, and now I can not leave to see it, it's my favorite. Someone else who is watching? Greetings to all :D :DWelcome to GMG, Manuel! I haven't seen Black Mirror yet myself. I finished Indian Summers recently, a two-season drama series about the end of British rule in India. Beautiful visuals, strong characters and acting, good writing.
Just started watching season 5 of Ripper Street. I like Matthew Macfadyen as well as the only American in the series, Adam Rothenberg. I like Rothenberg's character U.S. Union Army captian and doctor, Homer Jackson.
Just started watching season 5 of Ripper Street. I like Matthew Macfadyen as well as the only American in the series, Adam Rothenberg. I like Rothenberg's character U.S. Union Army captian and doctor, Homer Jackson.
And don't forget Bronn! (Jerome Flynn, Dt. Sgt. Drake on the show.)
The third, and alas final, season of Detectorists. One of my favorite series ever.
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Love it! :laugh:
We are on season three as well. This is the final season, correct?
Well, no longer currently: last night I finished watching I, Claudius.That one I like even more! I think after Monty Python that's my favourite. Seen it 3 times.
That one I like even more! I think after Monty Python that's my favourite. Seen it 3 times.
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Last seasons of both. George Gently was probably my favorite British police series of all,
I'm partial to the "History Channel" myself, and am currently fascinated by "Hunting Hitler", which is in it's 3rd season. They've convinced me, at least, that Hitler didn't likely die in the bunker in Berlin, but instead escaped to South America (by way of Norway or Spain), along with Martin Bormann
I'm also watching "The Vikings", but am disappointed with the present season, as some of the best actors in the series have been 'killed' off (Linus Roache, Travis Fimmel, etc.), and it's getting a little boring (despite the efforts of the handful of good actors left on the show).
I've never seen it, but that has piqued my curiosity. What gives it such high marks?
The Black Mirror is just brilliant. PK Dick with smartphonesI've started watching that one a while ago too, and yes, it is brilliant.
Arkangel, Callister, Nosedive my favorites so far. Did not care so much for the pig f***ing episode
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Has anyone seen the British TV show based on Philip K Dick's work? I wonder if it's any good.
If you mean Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, I saw one episode, "Autofac", on Amazon. It was well done, and I enjoyed it, though there was nothing really original in the plot.I see. I'm curious what Black Mirror fans think of it and if it's much different - especially in the style of production. I also wonder if some of the stories will be more original than others.
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Finished this. Great stuff and really enjoyable. Hearst is guilty as the day is lengthy (imho - but that's NOT a spoiler: make up your own damn mind!). Also: can't believe Soliah/Olson (Minnesotan-in-hiding-gal and former SLA murderer and terrorist!) got off so easy. Really great series that shows you 1. how crazy those times were and
2. how anyone can make it back in America if they have fat stacks of cash, a media/promotional empire, and a wacky story (reminds me of someone else...)
People forget that there years in that era where there were 2000 bombings a year in America (mostly from left wing kooks but not all). The pilot episode of Barney Miller makes casual jokes about the frequency of bombings.I can't imagine. If I'm not mistaken, there were frequent airplane hijackings too. Crazy. I notice Hearst cynically using #metoo to play the victim fiddle one more time. Anyway, great series. Gripping and deep into those times.
I’ve gone back to The Twilight Zone. I fetched in a Used - Very Good Blu-ray set, so I am cherry-picking episodes disc by disc as I perform due-diligence QC. Thanks to both the excellent production values and the generally superb (never less than “very good”) content, I find this series evergreen.
So, which episodes have I recently watched, you ask?
“Mr Denton on Doomsday,” in which a sassy Martin Landau gets put in his place (though this is not the central story)
“And When the Sky Was Opened,” with Rod Taylor. The first time I watched this, years ago when I made my first survey of the series, I did not realize that the male lead from The Birds was the principal character here.
“Mirror Image,” with Vera Miles (Psycho) and Martin Milner (Adam-12); Vera Miles is so mousy here, you may not recognize her.
“The Chaser,” which is especially wicked fun.
“The Howling Man.” Just go ahead and watch it.
“Dust.” Pay heed to the magic!
I’ve gone back to The Twilight Zone. I fetched in a Used - Very Good Blu-ray set, so I am cherry-picking episodes disc by disc as I perform due-diligence QC. Thanks to both the excellent production values and the generally superb (never less than “very good”) content, I find this series evergreen.
So, which episodes have I recently watched, you ask?
“Mr Denton on Doomsday,” in which a sassy Martin Landau gets put in his place (though this is not the central story)
“And When the Sky Was Opened,” with Rod Taylor. The first time I watched this, years ago when I made my first survey of the series, I did not realize that the male lead from The Birds was the principal character here.
“Mirror Image,” with Vera Miles (Psycho) and Martin Milner (Adam-12); Vera Miles is so mousy here, you may not recognize her.
“The Chaser,” which is especially wicked fun.
“The Howling Man.” Just go ahead and watch it.
“Dust.” Pay heed to the magic!
I love the original series of The Twilight Zone as well as the original series The Outer Limits. As a child I remember watching them on TV back in the early 1960s.
I need to finish The Outer Limits . . . I stalled out at about the midpoint, no reflection on the series.
I need to finish The Outer Limits . . . I stalled out at about the midpoint, no reflection on the series.
Which version of The Outer Limits are you watching? I love the original 1963 series much better than the later 1995 revival. For me the same goes for the original The Twilight Zone as compaired to the 1985 and 2002 revival attemps.
Iirc, the first season is being released on bluray sometime later this month.
I can still remember being entertainingly terrified by The Galaxy Being as a young boy...
There is nothing wrong,
LKB
I’ve gone back to The Twilight Zone. I fetched in a Used - Very Good Blu-ray set, so I am cherry-picking episodes disc by disc as I perform due-diligence QC. Thanks to both the excellent production values and the generally superb (never less than “very good”) content, I find this series evergreen.
So, which episodes have I recently watched, you ask?
“Mr Denton on Doomsday,” in which a sassy Martin Landau gets put in his place (though this is not the central story)
“And When the Sky Was Opened,” with Rod Taylor. The first time I watched this, years ago when I made my first survey of the series, I did not realize that the male lead from The Birds was the principal character here.
“Mirror Image,” with Vera Miles (Psycho) and Martin Milner (Adam-12); Vera Miles is so mousy here, you may not recognize her.
“The Chaser,” which is especially wicked fun.
“The Howling Man.” Just go ahead and watch it.
“Dust.” Pay heed to the magic!
My own favorites:
The Howling Man
Time Enough at Last
To Serve Man
Walking Distance ( with an exquisite Bernard Hermann score )
And many others...
Picture if you will,
LKB
Impossible not to like the original Twilight Zone better, but I do enjoy the ’80s series. I only found out about the latter, from extras on the DVD series of the original series, which included (e.g.) a sample of the remade “A Game of Pool” (nothing could beat Jack Klugman & Jno Winters, to be sure!—yet I do enjoy Maury Chaykin in the Winters role) and “Dead Man’s Shoes.”
Offhand, “Shatterday,” “Nightcrawlers,” “The Library,” “Wong’s Lost and Found Emporium,” “The Misfortune Cookie,” “To See the Invisible Man,” “The Once and Future King,” and “Aqua Vita” (among yet others) are all strong stories which do the brand proud.
FWIW, I have not sought out the 21st-c. series.
Why is it unreasonable to expect later ‘revivals’ of The Twilight Zone to “match” the original? Let me count the ways . . .
First, Rod Serling created the idea for the series. (IIRC, he came up with the title on his own, but later learnt that it was a phrase in technical use by airmen.) Now, I do not mean only that the process is irreproducible because of the fact of Serling’s invention. There were commercial reasons which drove Serling to the invention, illustrated by a teleplay he had written about the lynching of a black man in the American South, in which the sponsors of the television show demanded sanitizing changes, lest it “offend” some of the audience (i.e., the sponsor’s consumers). Serling learnt, from repeated sponsor interference, that some of the important societal issues about which he was compelled to write, were not going to clear what was in effect The Censors. So he determined to write of them in the abstract remove of fantasy and science fiction.
Second, Serling the Writer dominated the series, in a way that would probably never be practical for any renewal of the show. Serling was apt (in an altogether artistically commendable way) to be harsher in self-criticism about repeating himself, or not writing up to his best, even than others. One may chalk this up to the exhaustive demands of furnishing stories for 30+ episodes each season . . . but that is already spinning off into a tangent.
Third, Serling enjoyed a degree of control over The Twilight Zone which any writer might envy. No studio which has taken, or may afterwards take, any interest in renewing the franchise will ever yield that to any artist. Consider Harlan Ellison’s experience with the ’80s series (even allowing for Ellison’s being a, shall we say, thorny character).
Fourth, the tone of the show is powerfully reinforced by the exceptional b-&-w cinematography (with the curious exception of the six or so second-season episodes which were shot on videotape, a regrettable economizing measure which, yes, was a matter of studio interference). It would be a next-to-impossible eccentricity for any TV show to be shot in b-&-w now (has anyone shot a b-&-w feature since Woody Allen’s Shadows and Fog of 1991?) The 1980s series (‘The New Twilight Zone’) of necessity compares badly on that head, because although it was shot on film, it was edited in video, so there are no original film negatives from which fresh prints might be made.
Other aspects of the original series (the exceptionally fine writing, the high-end musical scoring, the contemporary acting talent who were attracted simply because of the fine writing) are in theory achievable in comparable degree by any subsequent generation.
In theory.
So, with all these frank, manly confessions, I maintain that the ’80s series is well worth watching. “Quarantine,” “Red Snow” (directed by Night Gallery alumnus Jeannot Szwarc), “The Card,” “Shelter Skelter,” “The Girl I Married,” “The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon,” “Dream Me a Life,” “The Hellgramite Method” – these last three are from the third season. After the second, the show was dropped by the network, but they shot 30 22-minute episodes in Canada, in order to sell the series into syndication. By which I only mean to say that there are still shows at the top of their game, even in their “lame duck” era.
Karl asked about black and white. There have been a few since 1991. The Coens did The Man Who Wasn’t There, and a few years ago there was the wonderful film The Artist. There have been a few more. Schindler of course too.
Without searching wasn't the Ed Wood film with Depp B&W?
Recently:
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First season takes some time to get the tone right, but second, with Benetts, is fantastic. My favorite season.
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Quasi-binge watched the third season of Better Call Saul. It's every bit as good as the first two seasons, and maybe better. The only problem is that father time makes it difficult to accept some of the characters as younger versions of their ca 2010 selves.
All the episodes of Bosch 4 are available now on Prime.
2/3 of episode 1 of Treme. Which is 2/3 too much.
Then you didn't get to see the end bit with Louis Prima's "Buona Sera".
Besides a couple of quibbles I generally really liked the whole Treme series. What was it that turned you off?
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TD:
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Still excellent. And the "Horses" episode was as powerful as I'd heard it would be.
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Quasi-binge watched the third season of Better Call Saul. It's every bit as good as the first two seasons, and maybe better. The only problem is that father time makes it difficult to accept some of the characters as younger versions of their ca 2010 selves.
THE TERROR
Burned through four episodes yesterday. Want more.
Based on the Dan Simmons novel.
A few things. Steve Zahn. Too much just people dancing. Too much fuckity fuckfuck instead of dialogue. No characters really, except John Goodman. Irritating camera work. Steve Zahn.I liked Treme but it could be annoying at times. I'm not a fan of blues rock and didn't share the musical taste that the show rams down your throat. I understood where it was coming from - at the same time. It wasn't pointless, just gratuitous. It does beat you over the head in other ways too. I think it had some interesting characters but I'm not sure I'd ever be willing to revisit the whole megillah.
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Finished:
Justified, season 3
I enjoyed watching this one - How are you finding the show so far Simon?.
Nearly finished season four now and still enjoying the ride. I'll happily keep watching through to the last season. I particularly like Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder. And his cod evangelical talk in season one was so good I wish they'd let him keep at it.
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also: I expected The Crown to be good, but was surprised to find it to be excellent - one of the best things I've seen recently
Nearly finished season four now and still enjoying the ride. I'll happily keep watching through to the last season. I particularly like Walter Goggins as Boyd Crowder. And his cod evangelical talk in season one was so good I wish they'd let him keep at it.
also: I expected The Crown to be good, but was surprised to find it to be excellent - one of the best things I've seen recently
Yes to both! Justified when it was running was called by some critics the best series on American television.
Fargo
Season 1 so far is terrific.
Will Harry's Ohm speakers ever get hooked up?
On TV or in movies speakers aren't hooked up for the same reason they aren't in ads. The wires look messy.
Westworld - I watched the first season and if nothing else enjoyed the way some of it was lit (and with what appears almost like old uncoated lenses being employed to render skin tones particularly delightful - although nowadays I'm sure that's all added in post. Hahaha)
Revisiting A Nero Wolfe Mystery.The Timothy Hutton or the William Conrad?
Timothy Hutton. I wish I had some of his wardrobe.I wish I could fit some of his wardrobe.
Just started watching The Polar Sea on Netflix (or is it Hulu?). Fascinating series about the effects of climate change in the arctic told through the adventures of three sailors tackling the Northwest Passage in a tiny (40'?) sailboat. Scenery is incredible.This looks great. I recently saw the Blue Planet documentary series (with David Attenborough) about life in the oceans, touching also on how climate change, fishing and pollution affect it. Very much recommended.
I'm about a third of the way through the "remix" of Arrested Development's fourth season, released in anticipation of the new season which will apparently be out on Netflix around the end of this month. I actually quite liked the original cut, which was hugely controversial with fans, but the new version is much more like the classic show. You still have not enough scenes with the Bluths all together, but the pacing and flow is spot-on and the bigger story is much easier to follow, if still convoluted. Given the central idea that Michael is the only one keeping the family together, it makes sense that his finally having had enough of them would result in each of them going their separate ways and degenerating into even more extreme versions of themselves, and it's a typically clever structural gag from Mitchell Hurwitz that each episode of the original cut followed only one character apiece, but the new cut really delivers more of the classic AD vibe, and it actually makes it funnier because you're not having to piece jokes and storylines together from five different episodes. I like it a lot and I can't wait for the new season.
Amen to everything! 0:) My son and I watched about 7 episodes on Sunday, and found it much improved! Not quite as snappy (and no scenes (yet) with police clobbering George Sr. with a billy-club) as the first three seasons, but still fun stuff! And why divorce Maeby from the movie studio? That was always a plot with great satirical possibilities.
I still can't get over the transformed appearance of Portia de Rossi in AD season 4.
I am fascinated by the Arctic in general--would love to visit Finland/Lapland one day. I've made it as far as Bergen, Norway, but would like to go as far north as possible--polar bear gun at the ready (for self-preservation applications only!!)Cold and dark in the winter (though not during the few daylight hours when there's snow). There's no polar bears but the brown bear (grizzly bear is a subspecies) is dangerous enough if you mess with it (not that easy to come by one, though). The summers and winters in Lapland, with the sun either above or below the horizon continuously, are certainly an experience.
How's life in Finland??
Cold and dark in the winter (though not during the few daylight hours when there's snow). There's no polar bears but the brown bear (grizzly bear is a subspecies) is dangerous enough if you mess with it (not that easy to come by one, though). The summers and winters in Lapland, with the sun either above or below the horizon continuously, are certainly an experience.
Other than that, it's a socialist shithole with free health care and education and an orchestra in 23 cities (with only 9 cities with a population of over 100 K).
I shall be watching the drama about the Jeremy Thorpe trial on Sunday night.
Sounds interesting. What is it?A Very English Scandal, with Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw
Sounds interesting. What is it?North Star has posted the trailer. I remember the case very well.
North Star has posted the trailer. I remember the case very well.Thanks to both of you.
Thanks to both of you.
I remember it vaguely from high school in Canada.
Giving up on Curb Your Enthusiasm, just getting too prurient and vulgar.
I gave up on it too and for kind of similar reasons. And it's a pity, because I had really liked it.
It's pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good. 8)
That episode years ago when he cut the doll's hair? And the way he kind of casually tried to justify it to the little girl? Seems to me that all such stuff that's true to his character is lacking now - situations/scenarios are being forcibly introduced and imposed from the outside instead. Ah, it's probably just me - apart from when I was married I haven't owned a television and so that format (and the development within it) are still sometimes kind of alien to me. ;D
What TV series are you currently watching?
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One of my favorite sitcoms of all-time. Certainly in my ‘Top 3’ that’s for sure. I’m currently watching all eleven seasons over again for the fourth time. My main complaint about this show stems from the last two seasons (around the time that Daphne and Niles get married). I felt that the writing kind of took a backseat and wasn’t as inventive or clever as the earlier seasons, but there are still some great episodes in these last last two seasons.
It certainly starts out good, perfectly scripted and executed comedy. But it seems by the time they got to the fifth or sixth season they had exhausted every possible plot twist, and eventually got so desperate that they had to put Niles and Daphne together. At that moment I think it quickly degenerated pretty rapidly.
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A German Netflix series about the famous hospital, in 1888. Decent, not wonderful.
It's on my list! I like shows from across the world. This one is in the realm of microbiology, romance and drama?
One of my favorite sitcoms of all-time. Certainly in my ‘Top 3’ that’s for sure. I’m currently watching all eleven seasons over again for the fourth time. My main complaint about this show stems from the last two seasons (around the time that Daphne and Niles get married). I felt that the writing kind of took a backseat and wasn’t as inventive or clever as the earlier seasons, but there are still some great episodes in these last last two seasons.
Yes. Koch, Ehrlich, Virchow, and Behring, with some soap opera tossed in. No cats though.
Seconded. Frasier is one of the funniest sitcoms I've ever seen and it's fun to see the similarities between Sideshow Bob from The Simpsons and Frasier (minus all the murdering stuff) and the voice actors of Sideshow Bob's father and brother were the same as in Frasier too. So sad that John Mahoney died. :(
It certainly starts out good, perfectly scripted and executed comedy. But it seems by the time they got to the fifth or sixth season they had exhausted every possible plot twist, and eventually got so desperate that they had to put Niles and Daphne together. At that moment I think it quickly degenerated pretty rapidly.
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I just started to watch this. It comes through an Amazon premium channel which I ordered just for this series.
Please report back - 7 seasons mm? Is the channel mostly mysteries and police dramas?
I’ve been slowly making my way through The Sopranos again. Just finished the second season. It ends in dramatic fashion, but the real high point of the season is “You’re gonna cry now?”
Love that show, but we missed it the first time around. We have been watching an episode a week--in order--for over a year now--currently on Season 5 (Christopher Moltisanti went nuts at the rumor that his fiance and Tony were going at it). Don't spoil it for me please, but I get the idea that Adrianna is not long for this world!
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I just started to watch this. It comes through an Amazon premium channel which I ordered just for this series.
Well, a number of months ago, I purchased the entire JAG series, i.e. 10 seasons (nearly 230 episodes), from Amazon w/ some credit, so inexpensive - Susan & I are still watching and have started the 9th season a few days ago (do just a couple a night) - we are really enjoying and hard to believe the show ended in 2005 (a LOT of old news!). Dave :)
P.S. believe that NCIS was like a 'replacement' for JAG and is now on its 15th season - we might just rent the first season (only 10 bucks) - anyone have comments on the Mark Harmon series? Thanks.
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P.S. believe that NCIS was like a 'replacement' for JAG and is now on its 15th season - we might just rent the first season (only 10 bucks) - anyone have comments on the Mark Harmon series? Thanks.
Well, a number of months ago, I purchased the entire JAG series, i.e. 10 seasons (nearly 230 episodes), from Amazon w/ some credit, so inexpensive - Susan & I are still watching and have started the 9th season a few days ago (do just a couple a night) - we are really enjoying and hard to believe the show ended in 2005 (a LOT of old news!). Dave :)It's fun. Worth a shot - if you like it, 15 seasons ahead! If you don't, not much of an investment.
P.S. believe that NCIS was like a 'replacement' for JAG and is now on its 15th season - we might just rent the first season (only 10 bucks) - anyone have comments on the Mark Harmon series? Thanks.
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How many seasons did The Odd Couple run, George?
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Working my way through the thirty episodes across five discs of the French documentary series Architectures. Uniformly excellent. And I hadn't realised before that there was a connection between Xenakis an Le Corbusier.
Series 3. I think it’s the last season, no other seems to be in the works. I’ll miss it. Script and acting are top notch.
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I've seen couple of episodes of that series and indeed all were excellent. Thanks for the reminder, I definitely want to see the rest. There are six more volumes after the five in that box.
Kenneth Clark’s (a figure not much loved in the Spanish-speaking world ::)) Civilisation
Why is that?Lord Clark almost completely ignored Spain in his writings and his TV series. Regarding this point, in 1970 the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1970/11/17/archives/kenneth-clark-basks-in-civilisations-success.html) quoted him thus: “If I had been doing a history of art, I could not possibly have omitted the Spanish contribution. But the assignment was ‘civilization,’ and when one asks what Spain has done to elevate mankind, the answer is less clear. The great saints, the Jesuits in South America, ‘Don Quixote’ were enormous accomplishments, of course, but did the Spain of the 16th century help people to get more out of themselves? It jolly well did not!”...“Spain simply remained Spain and it was largely a repressive regime.”
Currently re-watching seasons 1 - 4 of Bojack in preparation for the September S5 release. One of the best series I've ever seen; animated or otherwise. Funny, moving, deep, troubling, disturbing, sad, hilarious, creative, and highly original.A good description indeed, and a great show.
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IMdB categorizes it as a comedy, but I'm not so sure it can even be comfortably placed into a single category.
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From Wiki: "Alongside having a satirical take on current events, politics, and show business, BoJack is lauded for its realistic take on dealing with depression, trauma, addiction, self-destructive behavior, and the human experience."
That's pretty accurate.
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We are working our way through...
Great paranoid fantasy, although too much of it is becoming ever closer to reality!
...Consider a more disturbing scenario. A Washington state couple grew concerned a few years ago when their 3-year-old son developed anxiety about going to bed. They didn’t know whether to believe the child when he told them that someone was talking to him at night. “Wake up, little boy,” he claimed he’d heard a voice in the darkness say. “Daddy’s looking for you.” The couple thought he was having nightmares, until they went to check on him one night and heard the voice too. “Look, someone’s coming,” it said as they entered their son’s room. A hacker had taken control of their baby monitor, the kind you can check through an app on your smartphone.
The popularity of internet-connected security cameras, locks and home alarms has skyrocketed despite regular reports that the systems are easily hijacked. A family in Houston was horrified to learn that a live feed from the webcam in their 8-year-old daughters’ room had been streaming online. The girl’s mother found out only when a woman in Oregon happened across the livestream and decided to contact the family. A security company determined that hackers were able to gain access to the webcam while the young victim was playing the online videogame Minecraft.
Government spying is a further privacy concern raised by the Internet of Things. In early 2017, WikiLeaks released a trove of documents purportedly revealing the Central Intelligence Agency’s ability to hack your internet-enabled television and turn it into a listening device. The same document dump indicated that the CIA has targeted Apple, designing malware that can infect “factory fresh” iPhones and snoop on users’ texts, phone and FaceTime calls, and internet searches. “Siri, why do I feel like I’m being watched?”...
What point are you up to in the series, Cato?
Ah...theres something I'd like to say now, but I better wait until you've seen to the end of this season.
I rererewatched The Jewel In The Crown from 1984. It's better each time...
...+1 One of the great series of all time IMHO.
Also, what a fine cast.
Yeah, Jewel in the Crown looks good on the remastered DVD. I know it was shot on 16mm film, but I suspect it was the 'long pitch' version of 16mm. Of course, you need the right equipment (and a good eye) to benefit and appreciate it.
Also, what a fine cast.
Season Three is finished! You may write now! :D
Heh. Just wanted to say that imo the series three finale set to Radioheads Exit Music is one of the best series ends of any show. Not just the execution of the reversal of fortune for our heroes and the total rout but the willing embrace of AI rule it finishes on. I was quite stunned when I first saw it.
We are now on The Sopranos Season Six.Marvelous Mrs Maisel, if you have Amazon streaming.
We are looking for a new comedy (tired of Frasier and Fawlty Towers after having seen them so many times). So, we just tried the first episode of The End of the F*cking World and found it to be only slightly amusing, and more than slightly disturbing, with two very unlikeable lead characters. Will not be back for more.
Way too hot around here, so I’m indulging...I watched all the series some months ago on my local cable network here in Spain. Great fun, and some very engaging characters (I have a particular fondness for Lady Felicia).
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Agatha Christie spin-offs, with the Cotswold setting intact, but the avuncular Father Brown replaces Miss Marple.
The series Spooks, which is much more recent, was shot on Super 16 and for that reason it's not going to be on Blu Ray.
This came off a Blu Ray forum:
Spooks was shot on Super16.
Whilst it's not impossible to source a BD from Super16 film (The Wrestler for example) the BBC are reluctant to go down that route. I think they did it with Pride & Prejudice, but decided that there wouldn't be any more after that. That's why there are no BDs of the earlier seasons of Merlin, until they changed the film stock from Super16 to 35mm series 4 onwards.
It's not just the BBC, Fox declined the opportunity to put The Shield out on BD because it had used Super16 film, which it deemed to be insufficient quality from which to source BDs.
Life on Mars was shot on Super16, and was later transferred to a HD master, which didn't look brilliant.
I got the Blu Ray of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) just yesterday. Somebody thought it was worth doing, and somebody was mostly wrong.
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Trying this one out on Netflix, to have some variety. The first episode was pretty good.
That's based on a Canadian play that was a run away hit for the Soulpepper Theatre Company. Haven’t seen the show but the play is very good.
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A modern British sitcom. Bunch of "kooky" 20-somethings basically squatting in disused hospital. Disappointingly middling, but I guess watchable for six twenty minute episodes. Doubt I'd go for second season if there was one. The girl who wrote it is supposedly quite talented and has another well reviewed show titled Fleabag. I might give that a go.
Have you seen this show, Drasko? I think it's quite funny. Also dark and touching at times.
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No, haven't heard of it. I'll give it a try, though my track record with US sitcoms is awful, don't think I ever finished a season of any. :-[
OK, I would say that this one is not conventional, for what it's worth. And if you have an interest in stand up comedy, I think you might like it.
Just started Iron Fist: Season 2.
Signed up for DC Universe streaming.
I have been watching Miami Vice on Blu-ray and also started Space: 1999 second series on Blu-ray.
I'm somewhat fed up with the modern style on TV shows (shaky camera + fast editing). Shows from the past are so much nicer, comfy. Slow editing and rational camera work. Miami looks real in Miami Vice while in CSI: Miami it looks fake, overprocessed and oversaturated (I hate that orange/blue saturation). It's an amazing difference. Also older shows are corny in way that only increases the entertaiment value. There are some modern TV show I like, but most of them are not for me.
Let me tell you what the younger generation thinks: eye-rolling boredom! And the farther back you go, the outcry becomes louder!Just because they are young and don't like it doesn't make them wrong! It's just nostalgic dreck to me (even in the seventies it was already this). So not a fan of Andy Griffiths myself. Even worse is Leave it to Beaver. Just shoot me now! :)
The topic recently came up among some of my 8th Graders, who were lamenting that their parents restrict television to certain stations broadcasting only things from the middle 1980's and earlier.
"The worst are those black-and-white shows, like Andy Griffith! OMG!!!" and the eye-rolling distaste was almost palpable. ::) ;)
Poor babies! :D
I have been watching Miami Vice on Blu-ray and also started Space: 1999 second series on Blu-ray.
I'm somewhat fed up with the modern style on TV shows (shaky camera + fast editing). Shows from the past are so much nicer, comfy. Slow editing and rational camera work. Miami looks real in Miami Vice while in CSI: Miami it looks fake, overprocessed and oversaturated (I hate that orange/blue saturation). It's an amazing difference. Also older shows are corny in way that only increases the entertaiment value. There are some modern TV show I like, but most of them are not for me.
Just because they are young and don't like it doesn't make them wrong! It's just nostalgic dreck to me (even in the seventies it was already this). So not a fan of Andy Griffiths myself. Even worse is Leave it to Beaver. Just shoot me now! :)
I do like some of the old What's my line shows...
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Only a few episodes in, but so far, a watered down version of his much funnier/darker podcast.
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Utterly hilarious and theoretically valid. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: What more can one expect of a sketch. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Well, I have been savoring a return to The Twilight Zone . . . 1/24 (http://henningmusick.blogspot.com/2018/09/back-in-zone-124.html) | 2/24 (http://henningmusick.blogspot.com/2018/10/zoning-in-224.html) | 3/24 (http://henningmusick.blogspot.com/2018/10/vegas-philippines-and-bus-depot-for.html)
Coincidence - few weeks ago I introduced a third(?) year film student to it.
An aside: ever noticed how the earliest episodes despite being shot on video don't seem to be lacking in comparison to the remainder being on 135mm film stock? Taking my pro hat off, it's because it was/good stuff.
In any case and more importantly, enjoy!
Actually the whole of the first season was shot on film. Shooting six episodes on video in the second season was a cost-cutting measure imposed by a suit at CBS ("Night of the Meek," "Twenty-Two," e.g.) On those, yes, the reduction in visual quality is palpable.
Yeah, the point I was making (and perhaps failed to make) was that it didn't detract from the consistency that was in place from the outset. And as ever, consistency is all.
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The second season of American Vandal. Here the intrepid high school investigative journalists set out to find the real identity of The Turd Burglar, who terrorizes a ritzy Bellevue private school. This season lacks the freshness of the first season, and feels even more contrived, though the opening episode is a hoot for those who can giggle at scatological humor. I guess there's a lesson in the series about the exposed and alienated lives of teens and the impact of social media and what not. (But then, my teen daughter informs me that certain social media outlets, such as Facebook, are for old people, and that people my age are out of touch.) Should I be concerned or happy that the producers hired Portland-area reporters to play Seattle-area reporters?
Bojack, season 5.It really is magnificent.
I do not have the words to express my love and admiration for this series.
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It really is magnificent.I’ve never even heard of the series, so must check it out....but, happy birthday, Karlo! :)
I’ve never even heard of the series, so must check it out....but, happy birthday, Karlo! :)Thank you, Rafael!
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Well I had a very different reaction to this show than most people. This has been talked about as some wild show, filmed by the True Detective guy (great show), as some wild mayhem that either made no sense, or was fun. I fount it to be a VERY run of the mill formula (after 3 Es): Put people in a weird situation with a device for flashback conjuring. Go to flashbacks to "get people interested in the characters" and then build to something and the journey is supposed to get people hooked and make them feel satisfied. I hate any most show that incorporates flashbacks as it's main device so I disliked this one. Perhaps I missed something in the later Es that turned out for the better. Maybe "something" happens. 3Es of character development was enough for me. I find this to be a very millennial kind of thing. Even lots of popular books do this. I can't remember great shows of yesteryear doing so much of this. Imagine if a show like the prisoner stopped every episode to tell you about his childhood to get you more interested in the character.
It's a lot more common now than it used to be, but there have been outbreaks of flashbackitis for ever. I recently rewatched the 1947 Brute Force, which is a very nice movie broken up by weak flashbacks. There was a serious outbreak in the late 60s.I thought I read somewhere that Howard Hawks said he was proud of never having used a flashback. I think today's generation is much more literal, and the one before, more literary. Anyone love Deadwood? I'm thinking, like, Al Swearengen recounting his boyhood indignities while receiving a certain sex-act vs. a flashback which SHOWS you the objective truth of early painful experiences.