i sorta hate watch Garfunkel and Oates; i'd like it to be better but i'm a sucker for the fred savage touch
the knick is getting lotsa salon type praise but mainstream overlooks it... it's such an auteuristic piece it doesn't really surprise me.
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 21:28 (nine years ago) link
Oh yeah I meant on here, it will probably have it's own thread by season 2.
― xelab, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 21:38 (nine years ago) link
See you on DVD next year, The Knick!
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 21:50 (nine years ago) link
wow, do we not have a knick thread? I guess we're just talking on the soderbergh thread? Start one!
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 22:08 (nine years ago) link
found myself surprised to really like Garfunkle and Oates too
― Nhex, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 22:45 (nine years ago) link
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/29/outlander-wedding_n_5896284.html
Part of what made it work was that neither character -- and by extension, the audience -- had their reactions or vulnerabilities mocked or belittled. Why shouldn't Jamie be nervous? What groom doesn't wonder if his presents -- and his performance -- will be acceptable? Why wouldn't a man be turned on by a woman's willingness to teach him new things? Why shouldn't Claire want to look at him -- and why wouldn't Jamie appreciate being seen? Why wouldn't he appreciate her body right back? Why wouldn't the camera want to see all of that? Isn't it weirder for the camera not to look? Every choice "Outlander" has made regarding its depiction of sex has made those moments sexier. I can't think of a reason that a large percentage of men wouldn't agree. In any event, Moore certainly isn't making the show just for straight ladies."Look, I read the book, I loved the book," he said in an interview with Buzzfeed. "When my wife and producing partner gave me the book, they weren't like, 'Oh, here’s a romance novel. See what you can do with it.' They said, 'Here’s a really good book.' I don't see any reason why men won't watch this show." It is an adventure tale, and that might be one reason for the people who don't watch it to dismiss it. More reasons some critics and viewers might shove it aside: It's on Starz; it's based on a book that women like; oh no, someone said the word "romance" (that last one may be the dopiest reason of all). People also used to dismiss the word "fantasy" in the fancier realms of cultural critique, but viewers and critics were able to see the serious intent of "Game of Thrones," which has, deservedly, been taken seriously as a work of art.It may not have the HBO imprimatur, but what "Outlander" is doing, especially with regard to sexuality, also deserves to be taken seriously. The very first sex act in the pilot depicted a clothed woman receiving oral pleasure, and that felt very much like a statement of purpose. The wedding episode proved that "Outlander" has no intention of backing away from that subversive agenda. In "The Wedding," it reinforced the idea that desire is worth exploring, wherever it originates, and that the female gaze has something to offer all viewers who are willing to look.
Every choice "Outlander" has made regarding its depiction of sex has made those moments sexier. I can't think of a reason that a large percentage of men wouldn't agree. In any event, Moore certainly isn't making the show just for straight ladies."Look, I read the book, I loved the book," he said in an interview with Buzzfeed. "When my wife and producing partner gave me the book, they weren't like, 'Oh, here’s a romance novel. See what you can do with it.' They said, 'Here’s a really good book.' I don't see any reason why men won't watch this show." It is an adventure tale, and that might be one reason for the people who don't watch it to dismiss it. More reasons some critics and viewers might shove it aside: It's on Starz; it's based on a book that women like; oh no, someone said the word "romance" (that last one may be the dopiest reason of all). People also used to dismiss the word "fantasy" in the fancier realms of cultural critique, but viewers and critics were able to see the serious intent of "Game of Thrones," which has, deservedly, been taken seriously as a work of art.
It may not have the HBO imprimatur, but what "Outlander" is doing, especially with regard to sexuality, also deserves to be taken seriously. The very first sex act in the pilot depicted a clothed woman receiving oral pleasure, and that felt very much like a statement of purpose. The wedding episode proved that "Outlander" has no intention of backing away from that subversive agenda. In "The Wedding," it reinforced the idea that desire is worth exploring, wherever it originates, and that the female gaze has something to offer all viewers who are willing to look.
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 2 October 2014 15:12 (nine years ago) link
Mulaney has okay acting, good casting, occasionally genuinely funny jokes (i laughed at the humidifier punchline) and i cannot imagine watching another episode for the life of me. laugh track/ "filmed before a live studio audience" HAHAHAHAHAH joke HAHAHHAHAHA joke HAHAHHAHAHAH setup setup joke HAHAHHAHAHAHA pacing is fucking horrible. i can't do a multiple camera sitcom setup at all any more.
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 October 2014 18:53 (nine years ago) link
dug martin short martin-shorting it up
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 01:14 (nine years ago) link
lowest-rate new comedy premiere in a long time apparently
― Simon H., Tuesday, 7 October 2014 01:16 (nine years ago) link
*rated
― Simon H., Tuesday, 7 October 2014 01:17 (nine years ago) link
i enjoyed it but i fear it is doomed for the ax
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 01:18 (nine years ago) link
So, we can start listing Twin Peaks itt right?
― Eric H., Tuesday, 7 October 2014 01:27 (nine years ago) link
Currently on, roughly in order of interest: The Eric Andre Show, Adventure Time, Looking (this is pretty great!), Black Sails (still gotta watch the first ep but pretty jazzed about it), Justified (first two episodes of the new season are a definite improvement), Broad City, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Jeopardy, Antiques Roadshow, Nature, Mike Tyson Mysteries, Frontline, Moyers, Real Sports, 30 for 30, Regular Show
coming back within the next week or two and excited about it: The Americans, How to Get Away with Murder, Last Week Tonight
coming back in the next week and i guess i'm watching?: The Blacklist
on hiatus and eagerly awaiting eventual re-up: Transparent, The Knick, Married, Drunk History, You're the Worst, Homeland, The Affair, Hannibal, Getting On (super quick mini season was as good as anything on tv ever), Louie, Nathan for You, Silicon Valley, True Detective, Game of Thrones, Veep, Fargo, Hard Knocks, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, Inside Amy Schumer, Orphan Black, The Returned, Review, Inside Comedy, Happy Valley, The Venture Brothers (good special!)
on hiatus and kinda sorta looking forward to eventual re-up: blackish, The Strain, Survivor's Remorse, Masters of Sex, Key and Peele, Simon and Garfunkel, Family Tree, Children's Hospital, Your Pretty Little Face Is Going to Hell, Almost Royal, Mad Men, Rick and Morty
it's early but I think I don't want to watch these anymore: Man Seeking Woman, Togetherness
am getting into the habit of watching the first ten minutes, turning it off and then wondering why i watched the first ten minutes: The Simpsons, Girls, Modern Family, Archer
checking in on to see if it gets better: The Nightly Show, Workaholics
Still to be watched: Agent Carter, SHIELD, Gotham, 12 Monkeys, Babylon, Backstrom, The Librarians, The Missing, Olive Kitteridge, Penny Dreadful, Outlander, Intruders, Rectify, Worricker, Crossbones, An Honorable Woman, The Fall
Tride and Denied: Halt and Catch Fire, Tyrant, Flash, Arrow, Over the Garden Wall (sorry Mordy), Gracepoint/Broadchurch, Constantine, Mulaney, Marry Me, The McCarthys, Red Band Society, The Leftovers, Doctor Who, Marco Polo, Orange is the New Black, House of Cards, Hemlock Grove, Ray Donovan, Bob's Burgers, The Daily Show, Sleepy Hollow, Maron, The Goldbergs, Brooklyn Nine Nine, Benched, Utopia, The Comeback, Turn
I guess I gotta buy this sooner or later: High Maintenance
on the to-tivo list: izombie, Wolf Hall, Last Man on Earth, Odyssey
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 11:58 (nine years ago) link
oh and add tim and eric's bedtime stories to "kinda looking forward to re up"
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 12:02 (nine years ago) link
Hey forks, just checkin', but did you know there was very recently a second super quick mini season of Getting On?
― Fudgebelch (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 12:24 (nine years ago) link
the one that was as good as anything on tv ever?
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 12:26 (nine years ago) link
I don't have much to add to my usual list except that I agree that the final season of Justified is thankfully returning to form and that the final season of Parks and Rec is unfortunately not really doing a whole lot for me (it feels like they've finally relented and just turned it into a live-action Simpsons). Oh, and Enlightened (which is nowhere near being currently on) is fantastic.
― Fudgebelch (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 12:28 (nine years ago) link
newest archer was really good, forks. u should probably watch the entire ep.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 15:27 (nine years ago) link
also most recent parks + rec was a very sweet natured bottle ep
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 15:28 (nine years ago) link
You mean the Leslie & Ron ep from last week (haven't watched last night's episodes yet)? Because, yeah, that was the first one that felt right and that I unequivocally liked this season.
― Fudgebelch (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 15:30 (nine years ago) link
yes that's the one i meant
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 15:30 (nine years ago) link
my current list:adventure time, steven universe, kroll show, it's always sunny, broad city, workaholics, parks + rec, bob's burgers, eric andre, comedy bang bang, newsreaders, archer, NXT, lucha underground, new girl, mindy project, brooklyn nine nine
super excited for new hannibals.
forks what is simon + garfunkel? i'm assuming u meant garfunkel + oats? but in case u didn't i would really like to watch a serial show about simon + garfunkel.
btw ur so wrong about over the garden wall, fyi.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 15:34 (nine years ago) link
OTGW's on my DVR, still gotta get to that
― Nhex, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 15:36 (nine years ago) link
cartoon network: still the most consistent show provider of all
― Nhex, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 15:37 (nine years ago) link
between cartoon network/adult swim + comedy central i probably don't really need any other channels
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 15:40 (nine years ago) link
I've probably watched 50 episodes of Impractical Jokers in the last 3 months (and nothing else really, outside of Packer games)
― Abstinence Hawk (frogbs), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 15:45 (nine years ago) link
lol i do watch occasional episodes of impractical jokers
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 15:46 (nine years ago) link
the Bingo punishment literally made me fall off the couch
― Abstinence Hawk (frogbs), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 16:05 (nine years ago) link
Marry MeGothamMarvell: Agents of ShieldMulaneyNew GirlThe FlashParks and RecJane the VirginHart of DixieBobs Burgers
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 20:50 (nine years ago) link
so you're the Mulaney fan!
― Simon H., Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:00 (nine years ago) link
I only watch, like, five shows currently airing. The only new one (and one I'll happily talk up) is Agent Carter.
Stuff I'm kinda looking forward to watching (most of them probably five years or so from now, if I'm being realistic): Better Call Saul (obvs), Daredevil, 12 Monkeys, Last Man On Earth, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, iZombie, and, uhh...The Odd Couple? (which feels wrong but I like pretty much everyone in the cast so we'll see)
― Hairpiece Trough (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:11 (nine years ago) link
Agent CarterBob's BurgersArcherThe FlashStar Wars: RebelsNew GirlWalking DeadMarvel's Agents of SHIELD
. . . and that's about it. Just started watching season 1 of Orphan Black on Amazon streaming. Watched the 12 Monkeys pilot and first episode and was kinda meh.
― Οὖτις Δαυ & τηε Κνιγητσ (Phil D.), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:13 (nine years ago) link
Broad CityBob's BurgersNBA GametimeCheck Please Bay AreaJeopardy
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:17 (nine years ago) link
i'm into better call saul and netflix' marvel stuff... maybe the comedians? josh gad is okay.
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:29 (nine years ago) link
How's Star Wars: Rebels going? Tempted as its part of the "New Canon" and it's co-produced by Greg Weisman of Gargoyles fame (well, it was).
Bob's Burgers is still strong, actually, yet strangely unheralded in general, maybe due to proximity to the McFarlane shows...
― Nhex, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:45 (nine years ago) link
Rebels is pretty uneven so far - just not sure the characters they've got are the right ones to carry this section of the franchise forward. OTOH they've already gotten James Earl Jones, Frank Oz and Billy Dee Williams to reprise their roles. It's a good looking show, though, I'll give you that.
― Οὖτις Δαυ & τηε Κνιγητσ (Phil D.), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:59 (nine years ago) link
Now that I'm not ON IPHONE I can be a little more specific - it's not that I mind the characters much, it's just that 9 episodes in they aren't real well-defined except for the kid and the ex-Jedi, and that rather than showing us much of "the beginnings of the Rebellion," what little plot development there has been has been more about "will ex-Jedi be able to overcome his own doubt and successfully train the kid as a Jedi while keeping him from his own instincts for anger and revenge?" Which is not as interesting to me, which has been covered before in SW Episode III, and which has only played out in very low-stakes ways so far. Some of the action animation has been good, and the voice work is pretty good overall, but for the only SW property on the air right now it isn't doing much on the whole. Honestly, the best thing in the show is the relationship between the alien and the kid. They bring out the worst in each other in often funny ways. And I do like how much of the design work -- the planet Lothar, the alien, the droid -- is based directly on early McQuarrie stuff.
― Οὖτις Δαυ & τηε Κνιγητσ (Phil D.), Thursday, 29 January 2015 00:02 (nine years ago) link
First ep of "Black Sails" delivered.
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 January 2015 00:22 (nine years ago) link
was def planning to 100% ignore this thing -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Slap_(U.S._TV_series)
but i trust cholodenko as an exec producer & directing at least 1 epi so
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 29 January 2015 00:54 (nine years ago) link
shit i meant this for that rollling tv thread o well
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 29 January 2015 00:55 (nine years ago) link
Wow, backstrom. Couldnt get to the opening credits
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 January 2015 01:02 (nine years ago) link
detectorists, new girl, booze traveler, brooklyn 99, broad city, lucas bros moving co, shit only 6
― elouise (anky), Saturday, 31 January 2015 07:12 (nine years ago) link
thread makes me wish i had time to actually watch TV shows :(
― I dunno. (amateurist), Saturday, 31 January 2015 08:42 (nine years ago) link
Lucas bros otm
― Mordy, Saturday, 31 January 2015 13:59 (nine years ago) link
seen the first two eps of The Slap - promising. a couple of interesting stylistic elements.
― Simon H., Saturday, 31 January 2015 15:10 (nine years ago) link
JustifiedThe FallHouse Hunters InternationalReviewBackyardigansThe Killer Speaks
― Jeff, Saturday, 31 January 2015 18:10 (nine years ago) link
Maddow, Matthews, Lawrence, Letterman, not-Ferguson (or the occasional Conan), News Hour, Charlie, Mindy, Seinfeld reruns, Shondaland
― Banned on the Run (benbbag), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 04:45 (nine years ago) link
I have run out of patience with Togetherness; the kick the can episode with its ongoing "marriage is hard guys!" hobbyhorse, the will-they-or-won't-they temptress/szhlub sideshow and the cardboard cutout hipsters sorta proved to me that there's nothing for me.Never liked The League, not a fan of baghead, just don't think i like the mumblecore aesthetic of the Duplass bros.
the last episode of Man Seeking Woman featured a japanese penis monster named tanaka. very much done with that now as well.
I got through the first episode of The Slap, that shit is lame.
High Maintenance was fucking brilliant and worth 8 bucks.
Better Call Saul is exciting. Jinx is very good! Workaholics is better this season! Archer and Girls are not.
My biggest surprise is how much I'm enjoying Looking. Good acting, good scripting, likeable characters.
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 February 2015 07:14 (nine years ago) link
oh and Fresh of the Boat is terrible. Sitcoms are the pits. I kinda gave up on blackish too.
i think archer is great this season - big bounce back from the last
― Mordy, Monday, 16 February 2015 14:35 (nine years ago) link