General Television Thread

[brenchill]

3 hours ago, Benji said:

I'm watching episode three of it now. The first two were good, but this is amazing. Probably my favourite episodr of TV so far this year.

It certainly was something... different.  It's probably one of the most bonkers things I've ever seen on TV.  Long live lizard man.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Nearly a month old piece by now, but there's an interesting Vanity Fair article about the American Crime Story scene in which OJ threatens to kill himself in Kim Kardashian's bedroom.

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/oj-simpson-suicide-kim-kardashian-bedroom-american-crime-story

[Moses Julep]

16 hours ago, Benji said:

I'm watching episode three of it now. The first two were good, but this is amazing. Probably my favourite episodr of TV so far this year.

It was a really cool ep. I am only halfway through but I've enjoyed this mini-series. It's a cool nostalgia kick. Also is it me or do David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson just never really age?

[MalaCloudy Black]

Fuller House reviews are starting to come in and aren't terribly kind. I know, I'm as shocked as everyone else. AVClub's review of it called it a "porn parody without the porn".

EDIT: Oh my god, Stephanie Tanner is a DJ. DJ Tanner. 

[LL!]

I always kind of knew it would be bad, but when the trailer was all "WE ALL JUST SPEAK IN CATCHPHRASES! REMEMBER THESE WORDS WE USED TO SAY?" that was confirmed.

[=BK=]

I've never laughed at anything the way I laugh at "I'm not black, i'm OJ!!"

[Draevyn]

17 hours ago, Cloudy said:

Fuller House reviews are starting to come in and aren't terribly kind. I know, I'm as shocked as everyone else. AVClub's review of it called it a "porn parody without the porn".

EDIT: Oh my god, Stephanie Tanner is a DJ. DJ Tanner. 

Horrible or not I will be binge watching. I love nostalgia acts and Full House was always cheesy to be honest.

[Benjamin]

Oh man, the Vinyl pilot was almost two hours long. It's about a half hour too long, I felt some stuff could definitely have been left in the editing room, like the Led Zeppelin scenes. 

I thought I could watch both episodes back to back, but after the last one, my brain is a little burned out. 

[Maxx]

 

[Draevyn]

That looks pretty interesting. Tom Hardy is a lot like Johnny Depp to me in that he seems to be everywhere and yet I can't think of a movie of his that I don't like.

[Steeb]

Are Vinyl and Limitless worth watching, or no?

My series to watch list is getting too long, and I have too much recorded to waste time with guff, particularly as I haven't watched Jessica Jones yet, and Daredevil S2 is coming, let alone the return of Arrow and The Flash.

[C-MIL]

The only person I know that liked Vinyl said that it was so bad it's good.

[Benji]

Nearly at the end of Curb season six, and I am so glad Larry and Cheryl seem to be ending. The Nagging Wife trope is one of my least favourite things in entertainment. I already know Larry is an annoying twat, I think that myself most of the time I watch, and most of the other people are annoying too, but at least they're funny when they do it (like Jeff's wife).

[Lint]

watching Fuller House...and my crush on Jodi Sweetin has been renewed.  Much better looking since she's no longer a meth head

[Szumi]

Is Fuller House great? No. But is it perfectly acceptable viewing to pass the time, boost my spirits with nostalgia, and enjoyable? You got it dude. I enjoy all the tongue and cheek humor to poke fun at the original, and it's honestly just great seeing Kimmy Gibler, Stephanie Tanner, and DJ Tanner together again. 

Plus, Captain Awesome (Chuck!) is in an episode, and there's a Mexican wrestling based episode.

Oh, and I agree with Lint. I never thought in 2016 I'd say it, but I really wanna make sweet sweet love to Jodie Sweetin.

 

 

[Benjamin]

So there's going to be The Departed TV series that is "like Fargo", so I guess it'll be an anthology series? If so, I'm really interested in that.

[Draevyn]

On 26/02/2016 at 06:10, Steeb said:

Are Vinyl and Limitless worth watching, or no?

I watch Limitless and if you're looking for something unpredictable then this isn't it. I enjoy it but it's all pretty straight forward and predictable. It's still pretty good fun.

[Moses Julep]

I cannot, for the life of me, get into superhero shows. I like comic books, I like a good superhero movie, but for the life of me that whole formula of:

- Have characters spend five minutes dealing with overarching storyline 

- Villain of the week nonsense for 30 mins

- Have characters conclude by spending five mins with overarching storyline.

really does not work for me. I'm generalizing but it's like blah, which is odd because Buffy and Angel? God bless them. I guess it's a question of better dialogue and super likeable characters. Having said this anyone have good superhero shows to recommend?  

[Lint]

Daredevil and Jessica Jones

Oh and Agent Carter.  Being a limited run series it was a lot more focused and to the point

[Benjamin]

The 60's Batman TV series.