Hardwick wasn't particularly funny. It was the content and the content the all-comic panel reacted to.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 13:54 (ten years ago) link
sounds like Talking Bad/Dead - tolerable if the guests are good
― Nhex, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 15:38 (ten years ago) link
yeah Hardwick has pretty much never been funny but if it's just the latest way for CC to load up a show with comedians it seems like it could be a decent distraction on the rare occasion i feel like staying up past Colbert
― deez so unusual (some dude), Tuesday, 22 October 2013 18:57 (ten years ago) link
so Hardwick is kinda acting as the DJ Khaled of television then?
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 19:07 (ten years ago) link
that is a harsh diss on Khaled right there
― Nhex, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 19:09 (ten years ago) link
WE THE NERDIST
― deez so unusual (some dude), Tuesday, 22 October 2013 20:32 (ten years ago) link
One of those weird meta things - on Trophy Wife this week she makes a scene of hiding out and eating a bag of Let's potato chips, the imaginary brand from last season on Community.
― Nhex, Saturday, 26 October 2013 17:09 (ten years ago) link
http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2013/07/lets-potato-chips-have-appeared-in-community-orange-is-the-new-black-every-show-ever/
― polyphonic, Saturday, 26 October 2013 20:33 (ten years ago) link
yeah finding out that things morley cigarettes, heisler beer, and (presumably let's potato chips) were the result of a using the same prop supplier and not some elaborate in joke was kinda disappointing.
― balls, Saturday, 26 October 2013 21:08 (ten years ago) link
oooooooh.
― Nhex, Sunday, 27 October 2013 02:17 (ten years ago) link
The Blacklist is really really really lazy. Choice cliches from tonight:
"The car isn't holding the bomb - the car IS the bomb!"
"It'll take at least two hours to evacuate everyone in a 20 mile radius!""We have 10 minutes."
― Nhex, Tuesday, 29 October 2013 03:30 (ten years ago) link
i liked the almost human pilot enough to watch a second episode. generic cyberpunk setting + generic police procedural = actually kinda watchable to me!
― Mordy , Wednesday, 20 November 2013 00:16 (ten years ago) link
'so do you feel EMOTIONS like a REAL HUMAN BEING??' sigh
― j., Wednesday, 20 November 2013 00:21 (ten years ago) link
brooklyn 99 going pretty ok so far.
chelsea peretti (first-date girl from the s1 episode of louie) annoys me considerably tho.
terry crews doing some good work there.
― j., Wednesday, 20 November 2013 00:23 (ten years ago) link
you have to suspend disbelief pretty significantly to buy Peralta, but the show makes me LOL so I do it easily
― Lesbian has fucking riffs for days (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 00:35 (ten years ago) link
chelsea is rad fuiud
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 01:28 (ten years ago) link
and its getting funnier each week
joe lo truglio is KILLING me, dude is so consistently funny
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 01:29 (ten years ago) link
I've always loved his work, particularly on The State and similar themed projects, but it's kind of nice to see him in a more traditional setting because he does it very well. He's a weirdo, but for once, he's not significantly weirder than the other characters around him.
― Lesbian has fucking riffs for days (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 01:30 (ten years ago) link
peretti is the best thing about the show imo
― Clay, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 01:32 (ten years ago) link
the show is already really solid, great cast all around
― Nhex, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 02:03 (ten years ago) link
k this episode was ace. so many great moments, especially:
*Boyle INSISTING on bringing up his blog*Terry breaking the 8-ball*Pizza sauce prank*The cop/firefighter turf war*Gina scaring the interviewee
― Lesbian has fucking riffs for days (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 02:18 (ten years ago) link
her bit on the witness stand in the previous episode was great
'to be candid...'
― j., Wednesday, 20 November 2013 02:38 (ten years ago) link
lol yes and the blinking!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 02:56 (ten years ago) link
so the crazy ones is just one ongoing exercise in brand partnerships right
― lollercoaster of rove (s.clover), Saturday, 7 December 2013 05:05 (ten years ago) link
Getting On (HBO, sorry) is fucking nonstop amazing right out the gate. Everyone has to watch this right now.
Masters of Sex has loads in favor of it and is consistently getting tripped up on its own feet with too many plots and counterplots that keep stirring the pot before anything gets even half baked. I'm hoping it calms down next season and trusts the actors to carry it a bit more.
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 7 December 2013 05:08 (ten years ago) link
anyone been paying attention to these sundance shows, are they really so good or is this another AMC bubble for people to latch onto
― my whole family is catholic so look at the pickle i'm in (zachlyon), Saturday, 7 December 2013 05:49 (ten years ago) link
Rectify and Top of the Lake are fantastic. Les Revenants/The Returned is pretty good.
― Simon H., Saturday, 7 December 2013 05:53 (ten years ago) link
I loved Rectify. I thought Top of the Lake was good at times. The Returned was superb...until it wasn't.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 7 December 2013 07:04 (ten years ago) link
Rectify is fantastic.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 7 December 2013 07:41 (ten years ago) link
Anyone watching Almost Human? I was behind & watched the first two tonight, am totally on board. Good chemistry between the handsome blue-eyed fellow & Karl Urban, some good laugh out loud moments between them in ep 2
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 7 December 2013 07:44 (ten years ago) link
i watched it a little and found it decent. i find the trend of 2 hour pilots really off-putting, though, the show is too light to pull that off. i liked how quickly they got to an episode about sex robots, though.
― some dude, Saturday, 7 December 2013 13:10 (ten years ago) link
trophy wife gets funnier every episode
― Mordy , Thursday, 12 December 2013 04:43 (ten years ago) link
I dunno, I watched last week's, and I still have that problem where I find it cute/charming but not actually ha-ha funny.
― Simon H., Thursday, 12 December 2013 04:45 (ten years ago) link
i'm digging it, but it's true, a lot of it rides on how likeable the cast is
― Nhex, Thursday, 12 December 2013 04:46 (ten years ago) link
its a really nice ensamble. i feel like they've hit a groove.
― lollercoaster of rove (s.clover), Friday, 13 December 2013 16:16 (ten years ago) link
In which Alessandra Stanley compares OITNB to Clueless: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/arts/television/alessandra-stanley-sizes-up-2013-tv-fare.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=1&
― Murgatroid, Sunday, 15 December 2013 18:53 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpVoUvLdErw
― balls, Sunday, 15 December 2013 18:55 (ten years ago) link
Never forget, 2013's best response to Alessandra Stanley's bullshit, courtesy of Chris Hayes: http://www.salon.com/2013/10/14/nyt_calls_chris_hayes_a_hollywood_diva/
― Murgatroid, Sunday, 15 December 2013 19:00 (ten years ago) link
hahaha
― balls, Sunday, 15 December 2013 19:01 (ten years ago) link
i still like almost human it's like gotham central in transmet universe
― Mordy , Thursday, 19 December 2013 05:07 (ten years ago) link
yeah I'm still loving it
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 19 December 2013 05:16 (ten years ago) link
i should give it a shot huh?
― Nhex, Thursday, 19 December 2013 05:21 (ten years ago) link
it doesn't really do subtle character sketches, it's very pulpy. i hope they make it weirder and weirder as it goes on
― Mordy , Thursday, 19 December 2013 05:24 (ten years ago) link
For the end of the year, I think what would be interesting is if everyone reading this thread gave a list of new shows they're sticking with and a list of shows, both new and otherwise, that they're giving up on (or thinking of doing so).
New shows:
The Originals (Best New Show 2013 - but I'm a Vampire Diaries fan)Sleepy HollowThe Tomorrow People (such trash, and not even that enjoyable tbh, but I keep on watching this for some reason, maybe cause it's hard to change the channel after Arrow)Trophy Wife
Shows I'm (close to) giving up on:
Agents of SHIELD (I'm reallyyyy close to giving up on this one - gonna see how they resolve the "midseason finale" cliffhanger and if that isn't resolved in a satisfactory manner, I'm out)Awkward (I've liked this show a lot and last night's finale was fantastic but it also felt like a series finale since the creator/"showrunner" is leaving the show so I don't know if I want to ruin the neatness of the entire arc so far)NashvilleRevenge (see Agents of SHIELD)
― Murgatroid, Thursday, 19 December 2013 05:30 (ten years ago) link
New Shows:Sleepy HollowAlmost Human
Giving up onWalking DeadAgents of SHIELD (havent officially given up but cant be fucked watching)White Collar
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 19 December 2013 05:41 (ten years ago) link
The AmericansOrphan BlackOrange Is The New Black
Shows I'm close to giving up on:
Revenge, for the same reasons as Murgatroid gave. This series has gone some stupid places, but if what they've teased as happening is really what happens, I may be done.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 19 December 2013 05:41 (ten years ago) link
mordy kinda selling me on almost human. bailed on agentzzz of shield, bailed on nashville a while back (ok show, just expendable), loved revenge season one, lost track w/ season two and haven't really looked back. i could see myself catching up on netflix at some point. i think the only new show i actively watch is brooklyn nine nine? it's kinda come into its own though it's nowhere near its ceiling (i hope). very much mean to check out masters of sex cuz i love period drama and i've heard good things and i find lizzy caplan very very interesting. has anyone experienced this feeling i've had of late where you'll hear some show that you've been meaning to check out whenever you finally somehow find the time has gone to hell and you get this odd sense of relief? in my case thinking here specifically of homeland and sons of anarchy.
― balls, Thursday, 19 December 2013 05:49 (ten years ago) link
i'm so relieved that homeland - whose second season i couldn't finish - is getting terrible and i never have to go back to it
― Mordy , Thursday, 19 December 2013 05:53 (ten years ago) link
New shows:Brooklyn-99 - like Parks & Rec skipped ahead to season 2 - they're already on good footing, awesome castTrophy Wife - knew nothing about this beforehand, turns out to be mildly charming w/likeable castThe Blacklist - utter garbage, but I love James Spader and am endlessly entertained by him in this stupid stupid show. I mean they had one episode where they brought Tom Noonan on as a serial killer called The Stewmaker, and that was one of the better episodes.Super Fun Night - probably cancelled, pretty middle of the road in quality, but as with these other shows I like the cast and hope they end up in better produced/written sitcoms
On the fence:Agents of SHIELD - only watched the first 4 eps or so, mean to catch up, but i'm not super enthused about itRaising Hope - never really a top shelf show to begin with and eventually succumbing to the My Name is Earl curse of diminishing returns, but Garret Dillahunt / Martha Plimpton have supplanted the leads (great move) and this is probably the final season anyway so I'm hanging in there while they burn off double Friday episodes
Good returning stuff:How I Met Your Mother - final season, shockingly good compared to the crap last few seasons that were so up and down, the renewed focus is good. Sentimentality hooray!New Girl - still climbing in quality, bringing back Damon Wayans was a great moveThe Walking Dead - just as dumb, just as fun as ever, show's basically been consistently watchable since end of season 2Misc Cartoon Network stuff I continue to love: Adventure Time, Regular Show, Steven Universe (new and charming)
― Nhex, Thursday, 19 December 2013 05:54 (ten years ago) link
S2 of Revenge was pretty much garbage but S3 has been quite redeeming but like you said with Nashville, it also feels so expendable at this point.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine would be great if it was just Andre Braugher and Chelsea Peretti but I can't stand Andy Samberg as a lead (he's only tolerable in small doses).
I've never gone from being super-excited about a show to giving up on it quite as quickly as I have with Homeland.
― Murgatroid, Thursday, 19 December 2013 05:55 (ten years ago) link