And blasting a choral reef with a torpedo is not cool!
― xelab, Saturday, 12 July 2014 19:53 (nine years ago) link
fucking hell, red wine spelling.
― xelab, Saturday, 12 July 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link
first ep of last ship is so fucking stupid but pretty fun, jingoistic nonsense and all."badass sir..."[me from my couch] "....BADASS!"".... BADASS!"
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 13 July 2014 07:10 (nine years ago) link
the lowest type of military hardware worshipping dreck
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 13 July 2014 07:12 (nine years ago) link
I am deep into the second season of Hannibal; this show is fucking awesome.
Married and You're the Worst were surprisingly well-written first episodes. Was expecting less, both are pretty solid!
Satisfaction was kinda stupid but at least equal opportunity stupid? More of a guilty pleasure. Rush, even less so and probably not worth watching the second episode. Welcome to Sweden is garbage unfortunately.
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 21 July 2014 02:38 (nine years ago) link
The KnickDrunk HistoryYou're the WorstMarriedThis Week TonightHard KnocksRectify (on Season 1 still)Masters of Sex (maddeningly inconsistent but still very very good when it's good, they overextended themselves with guests and subplots and have left all sort of shit dangling in the wind)Adventure Time Nathan for You (just now ended)
I also am watching The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, Doctor Who, Simon and Garfunkel, Regular Show, Attack on Titan, The Quest (lol), Real Sports
STILL need to crack Leftovers, The Strain, Outlanders, The Last Ship, Intruders, Tyrant, Black Sails, Homeland, Halt and Catch Fire, Crossbones, lots more.Tivo makes it easy to get a whole series queued up and then hard to get around to watching it
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 16:50 (nine years ago) link
i saw the first ep of the strain and thought it was terrible, nigh unwatchable
― Mordy, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 17:03 (nine years ago) link
I like 'married' & 'youre the worst' ok too, tho the latter feels oddly like a constant advertisement for whiskey and trendy eyeglasses
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 17:15 (nine years ago) link
married is good -- not wall to wall laughs but usually a good moment or two each ep. I really like Nat faxon.
Meltdown is fun.
A friend of mine begged me to try out Nathan for You, i watched a couple of eps including Dumb Starbucks but I just found myself totally nonplussed by the whole thing. And he sounds like Tina from Bob's Burgers which was super distracting.
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 17:18 (nine years ago) link
HA! Wow you're right about that.
― Evan, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 17:25 (nine years ago) link
Though I love Nathan For You myself
― Evan, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 17:26 (nine years ago) link
dramas get the short cuz most i don't watch in real time and those i do have been burning me
The Mindy ProjectKroll ShowCommunityDrunk HistoryBrooklyn Nine-NineBachelor/Bachelorette/Bachelors In ParadiseKey & PeeleHouse HuntersUnsungTrue Detective
Watching You're The Worst and hopeful they'll get past every episode climaxing with them saying "what are we? what's happening here?" after a misunderstanding. New Girl and Justified are breaking my heart. Loving Scandal through season 2 and Parks & Rec from halfway through season 2 to wherever I am now (3-4ish).
― da croupier, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 17:27 (nine years ago) link
actually replace true detective on my list with girls, the former really being a mini-series
― da croupier, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 17:29 (nine years ago) link
the strain is fun-bad, and has one legitimate excellent performance courtesy of David Bradley IMO. but if the occasional idiotic plot gymnastics to set up absurd (if fun) horror/action sequences aren't tolerable, stay away. the dialogue is also crappy. THAT SAID, it has what Walking Dead lacks - self-awareness about its genre absurdity.
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 17:35 (nine years ago) link
counting things that finished airing earlier in the year and only traditional "series":
The AmericansHannibalGame of ThronesThe LeftoversVeepSilicon ValleyYou're The WorstMad MenThe BridgeOrange is the New Black
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 17:42 (nine years ago) link
I love The Strain. For practical/special effects alone it's GREAT! I really liked the books -- took me an episode or two to get past the cornyness of the show but I really like it.
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 18:05 (nine years ago) link
Doctor WhoOrphan BlackGame of ThronesBig Bang TheoryCommunityParks and RecreationModern FamilyThe MiddleAmerican DadBrooklyn Nine-Nine
honorable mention to Attack on Titan, Black Lagoon, The Goldbergs, Bob's Burgers and Archer
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 18:16 (nine years ago) link
I really need to catch up on Veep. Completely missed last season.
― Evan, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 18:36 (nine years ago) link
couldn't find room for The Knick in the top 10 but it's also very good if not yet great. for miniseries, Fargo, Sherlock and True Detective were all great in various ways, though Fargo definitely exceeds them all and it was awesome to see it win the miniseries Emmy.
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 18:39 (nine years ago) link
I still find thread title astonishing... 10 out of, what, the 30 you watch?
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 18:41 (nine years ago) link
So Fargo is in the same universe as the movie? Are we supposed to believe that something else interesting happens in a place like that? What are the chances.
― Evan, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 18:42 (nine years ago) link
i DO watch like thirty shows a week.
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 18:47 (nine years ago) link
No, all the characters in the Fargo miniseries are different (though some are modeled on chars. in the film), plus it's about 20 years in the future. Trust me. It's great, and it manages to be its own thing while honoring the source material.
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 18:57 (nine years ago) link
I should give those anime shows a chance, haven't seen a good series in a while
― Nhex, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 18:59 (nine years ago) link
HannibalOrange is the New BlackAdventure TimeSpace DandyStephen UniverseWWE RawThe Hotwives of OrlandoThe Knick
― Mordy, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:00 (nine years ago) link
Nhex, I think Attack on Titan is incredible. So much bleakness, so much awesomeness.
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:02 (nine years ago) link
My Fiance was roommates with the creator of Steven Universe back in college.
― Evan, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:03 (nine years ago) link
djp, how does it compare to deadman wonderland? similarly disturbing?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link
It's a very different beast from Deadman Wonderland; the dread/despair is of a wholly different flavor and the scale is much, much different. It's also a good bit more straightforward that Deadman Wonderland. I wouldn't go to Attack on Titan if you're looking for surreal headfucks, but if you dig bleak extinction stories with a flickering ray of hope in them, it's a good one.
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:09 (nine years ago) link
I watched the first two episodes of Attack on Titan. One of the coolest animated series I've seen. I need to get back on that.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:10 (nine years ago) link
DJP, that description is somehow exactly what I wanted to hear, I'll definitely give it a shot.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:12 (nine years ago) link
watch in original language + subtitles, or is the dub good?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
The first five episodes are flat-out incredible IMO. It remains good after that but it's really a show that rewards blind sequential watching.
I am enjoying the dub on Adult Swim; I'm sure it also rules with subtitles.
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
oh cool, looks like adult swim is gonna start rerunning them from the beginning on the 31st?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link
Set those DVRs, folks. It's a great show.
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:21 (nine years ago) link
my niece is super into Titan, am curious
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
This looks really good. And it's on Canadian Netflix, unlike absolutely all other TV shows and movies.
― jmm, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link
I've also really been enjoying Black Lagoon, which is kind of an criminal buddy show in the same general vein of (but inferior to) Cowboy Bebop (only set on Earth among competing criminal factions, so without a lot of the gonzo imagination), but they just did an intentionally unpleasant storyline revolving around the kidnap and abuse of a female high school student that was really, REALLY difficult to watch and almost impossible to recommend to anyone else.
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:32 (nine years ago) link
Black Lagoon is the result of Japan watching Tarantino. Titan is super popular, the 1st volume of the manga has been in the weekly US top 10 for the last year.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
A friend got me to watch You're The Worst on FX - it's kind of terrible, but fairly entertaining.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:39 (nine years ago) link
Attack on Titan is a great comic, the animation is pretty much a shot for shot recreation
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:40 (nine years ago) link
this entire conversation is making me want to bump The Middle off of my list for Attack on Titan
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link
I'll never understand what people see in The Middle.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
It's an oddly likable show, not one I'll go out of my way to watch, but I'll catch reruns.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:51 (nine years ago) link
I didn't like Malcolm in the Middle either fwiw and that's what it reminds me of the most.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:53 (nine years ago) link
dan do you have/would you like cbrs of the first ten books of AoT?
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:58 (nine years ago) link
I do not have and I would like that very much
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:59 (nine years ago) link
just hit ya.
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 20:04 (nine years ago) link
dude you rule
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 20:17 (nine years ago) link
I hadn't seen The Middle in a long time (couple of seasons I guess) and then I caught a new episode back around Memorial Day while at my parents' house and I was scandalized by Brick having a deep teenager voice.
― Everyone's a closet ned. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 20:20 (nine years ago) link