i binge-watched the Good Place a couple of Saturdays ago & loved it. So much better than I thought it would be
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 18 September 2017 17:56 (six years ago) link
super curious to see how season two is handled; degree of difficulty is now much much higher
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 18 September 2017 18:02 (six years ago) link
yeah otm
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 18 September 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link
The Good Place is coming to UK Netflix soon, yay
― kinder, Monday, 18 September 2017 19:42 (six years ago) link
Season 2 starts tomorrow doesn't it?
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 07:38 (six years ago) link
yep!
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 September 2017 17:46 (six years ago) link
beyond pumped for season 2 of the good place. ted danson is such a treasure and this might be the best he's ever been
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 19 September 2017 21:24 (six years ago) link
Orville is... not bad?
― louise ck (milo z), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 00:54 (six years ago) link
I think Orville's okay! GOod place is great
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 01:07 (six years ago) link
I was expecting more comedy from Orville, and didn't care that much for the episode. I'll likely watch it again now that I know its tone.
― nickn, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 02:34 (six years ago) link
Lighter on comedy is what makes it okay to me - regular Seth McFarlane comedy would have been unbearable.
― louise ck (milo z), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 02:38 (six years ago) link
better things
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 02:43 (six years ago) link
watched about 20 minutes of Orville, it's not bad but it's strange that it was greenlit right as another Star Trek series was on the way. the fact that it's constantly advertised as "STARRING Seth MacFarlane" totally throws off what you expect the show to be. I wonder why MacFarlane is in it at all, he's still completely wooden onscreen. it's almost like the whole point of the show is for him to live out his childhood fantasy.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 03:01 (six years ago) link
otm
mr veg wanted to watch it & we literally sat in silence for the entire episode. it's ok i guess, just really dull. he's emulating star trek so slavishly that it sucks all the air out of whatever he's trying to do
plus i just dont enjoy him much in general
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 03:02 (six years ago) link
dude has a face for radio, as they used to say
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 03:05 (six years ago) link
he looks like a ventriloquist dummy, it weirds me out
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 03:06 (six years ago) link
the whole concept of the show is just so strange to me. it is so indebted to Star Trek that the "created by Seth MacFarlane" line feels entirely disingenuous. what I saw was actually *less* funny than any random episode of TNG - there was like one joke in that entire stretch, a cringey Star Wars reference. the thing was it actually was kinda decent, probably better than what the actual new Star Trek will be. but if you're gonna take it seriously then why make the entire thing look and feel exactly like a show that aired 30 years ago??
― frogbs, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 04:14 (six years ago) link
totally
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 04:29 (six years ago) link
peter david actually did the "exes captaining a ship" thing better in the new frontier novels, and those novels are super clumsy (although fun)
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 21 September 2017 14:20 (six years ago) link
Third episode of this season of YTW was fantastic, up there with the peak of the second season.
― louise ck (milo z), Saturday, 23 September 2017 04:53 (six years ago) link
We just binge-watched the entirety of Big Mouth, a new Netflix show about adolescence and how gross and confusing puberty can be, and it was hilarious and gross and accurate and heart warming. Some really groundbreakingly good female writing in it (getting first period and freaking out and dealing with that and all the rages and I HATE YOU MOM I WILL CALL YOU BY YOUR FIRST NAME) had me crying laughing.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Saturday, 30 September 2017 23:36 (six years ago) link
has You're The Worst jumped the shark? Last episode just made me feel empty, like they've lost the plot
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 30 September 2017 23:37 (six years ago) link
Tried watching the pilot of White Famous, former SNL castmember Jay Pharaoh's new Showtime show. I bailed after about 15 minutes, when Jamie Foxx appeared as himself, literally holding a conversation with Pharaoh's character while a naked woman who never gets a name bounces on top of him. The "joke" in the rest of the scene was that Foxx was wearing a small cheerleader's skirt and repeatedly exposing himself to Pharaoh while attempting to give him career advice. (Pharaoh plays a standup comedian attempting to become "white famous".)
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 30 September 2017 23:42 (six years ago) link
YTW is slowly turning into a misanthropic version of Spaced which I'm fine with tbh
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 1 October 2017 01:15 (six years ago) link
There have been a few moments where Gretchen has been like irl hipster Danerys Targaryen these past 2 episodes and I fkn LOVE it
Also having the dude from Eureka play her fuckboy is weirdly great casting
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 1 October 2017 01:47 (six years ago) link
I hadn’t considered that ensemble cast connection but, Simon, I think that’s a fair comparison
― mh, Sunday, 1 October 2017 03:28 (six years ago) link
Couldn't stand new ytw. I didn't think of game of thrones I thought it was an apocalypse now tribute or s thing
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Sunday, 1 October 2017 16:47 (six years ago) link
i think they were going for The Ring or something
Danerys stuff I meant more when she specifically fucks with Jimmy like last week when she stood on the table & yelled HEY DOT DOT DOT in his face
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 1 October 2017 16:56 (six years ago) link
Edgar literally said "Japanese ghost" and it was a hella obvious grudge/ring vibe
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 1 October 2017 16:59 (six years ago) link
i loved the HEY DOT DOT DOT in the premiere. haven’t seen any other episodes yet but i’m bummed if the writing is as uneven as it was at the end of last season :\
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Sunday, 1 October 2017 17:05 (six years ago) link
it’s pretty good so far.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 1 October 2017 17:20 (six years ago) link
Is anyone else watching the last season of Halt and Catch Fire aka the show with the coolest music supervision on tv― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 15 September 2017 15:45 (three weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 15 September 2017 15:45 (three weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This is so good right now. Haley putting on "Fish Heads" in the car <3
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 00:50 (six years ago) link
tales from the road
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 01:03 (six years ago) link
*tales from the tour bus, rather.
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 01:05 (six years ago) link
i binged through the second season of One Mississippi with my gal last night and hooboy it's good but potentially triggering. highly recommended but watch your step.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 01:06 (six years ago) link
most recent YTW ep was pretty good, i guess i'm still watching it so it didnt totally fall off a cliff, now that they're not entertaining the idea that shes about to get back w/ jimmy its improved
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 01:33 (six years ago) link
Anyone watching Great News? The last episode was a Tina Fey script and probably the funniest straight-up sitcom episode I've seen in ages.
The show as a whole is... not great. It's uncanny valley 30 Rock. Some great lines delivered by a *not quite* great cast. By this season has been better.
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 15 October 2017 18:58 (six years ago) link
s2 of Better Things has been *fantastic*
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 15 October 2017 19:15 (six years ago) link
omg the adult boyfriend in the first episode
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 15 October 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link
ready for autumn:
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― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 16 October 2017 10:48 (six years ago) link
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, October 15, 2017 2:58 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yea I watch this & enjoy
― johnny crunch, Monday, 16 October 2017 11:40 (six years ago) link
I did not even know this show existed until I saw a commercial for it during The Good Place. 'Oh, hey! Tina Fey has a new sitcom! I had no idea! (internets for more details) And this show I would like to watch and have never heard of is in its second season! Congratulations once again on your complete incompetence, NBC!'
― the scarest move i ever seen is scary move 4 (Old Lunch), Monday, 16 October 2017 12:17 (six years ago) link
Fey didn't join the cast until this season, though. The first season it was a sitcom about a young news professional whose endearingly wacky mom comes to work at her job. It looked like pretty much the worst thing ever.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 16 October 2017 12:50 (six years ago) link
Fey's just finished a guest spot but was amazing.
I's a fun punchline machine, but the lead is the weakest link, and almost every character is a 30 Rock analogue. I like Andrea Martin but she's suuuuper broad. Overall it's improving but still has a while to go before it reaches Happy Endings levels of sucking-to-suddenly-being-awesome.
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 16 October 2017 13:32 (six years ago) link
Ahhh, okay. Didn't notice it wasn't a Fey vehicle, but it is created and written by 30 Rock alumni so still potentially intersting.
― the scarest move i ever seen is scary move 4 (Old Lunch), Monday, 16 October 2017 13:39 (six years ago) link
hooray Dirk Gently is back
― Marcus Hiles Remains Steadfast About Planting Trees.jpg (DJP), Monday, 16 October 2017 13:49 (six years ago) link
new mike judge cartoon is real good, cartoon depictions of some country legend's stories. two part tammy wynette/george jones episode was great. highly recommended
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Sunday, 22 October 2017 03:11 (six years ago) link
Girlfriend Experience is back - Seimetz and Kerrigan split directing duties and are telling two different stories, with one ep of each airing every week. A neat idea, and seeing them work apart really sharpens the difference in how they direct. The sequence that opened Kerrigan's segment was maybe harder to watch than anything in the first season.
― Simon H., Monday, 6 November 2017 15:04 (six years ago) link
the first half you mean? yeah, it led to a yelling argument in my house.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 6 November 2017 15:20 (six years ago) link
yes, that one. and I suspect it started a lot of arguments in a lot of houses.
― Simon H., Monday, 6 November 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link