One of the only shows that balances the truly bizarre and the mundane with serious panache
― Eris (Ross), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:07 (six years ago) link
this is easily the best show on television right nowdarius is maybe the most interesting character on televisionlast night's episode was as good as anything I've ever seenso happy that they're letting him get away with any goddamn thing he wants... no ads!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 6 April 2018 16:27 (six years ago) link
darius is awesome - totally chill existential dude
agreed this is the best show rn, second only to nirvanna the band/high maintenance which both wrapped up recently anyway.
― Droni Mitchell (Ross), Friday, 6 April 2018 16:33 (six years ago) link
ahhh jesus, Teddy!
― alvin noto (mh), Friday, 6 April 2018 20:38 (six years ago) link
I enthusiastically endorsed this show so many times over the weekend and was at a loss for words about, although I definitely tried to explain the premise of, the most recent episode
There's something about how there are so many moments about the absurdity of normal experiences that makes me kind of daydream about the characters
recent article here is good, btw:https://www.theroot.com/atlanta-donald-glover-and-the-invisibility-of-black-ge-1825116384
― alvin noto (mh), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 16:58 (six years ago) link
The Teddy Perkins episode was more rewarding to watch than the entire third season of Twin Peaks
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 17:16 (six years ago) link
Yeah great episode but ... nope
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 22:26 (six years ago) link
was teddy perkins ep double-length or am i just remembering that way because there was SO MUCH in it?
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 15:20 (six years ago) link
it was not quite double, but it was commercial free and long
― alvin noto (mh), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 15:22 (six years ago) link
35 minutes where the rest are usually 23 - 26 minutes, looks like
― alvin noto (mh), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 15:24 (six years ago) link
trying to remember if this was the first show I noticed variable run times on...maybe that was girls?
― akm, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 17:32 (six years ago) link
have you seen Fawlty Towers
― ҉ (sic), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 17:36 (six years ago) link
yes. did it have variable run times? I don't remember any of those being longer than 25 minutes.
― akm, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 17:56 (six years ago) link
netflix has broken time.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 18:13 (six years ago) link
a bunch of shows have had longer episodes lately, or variable length. Mr Robot, Legion, lots of HBO stuff, and I think years back there were some Lost episodes that ran long
― alvin noto (mh), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 19:07 (six years ago) link
high maintenance as well
― Droni Mitchell (Ross), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 19:14 (six years ago) link
wtf why would any of them be so short?
they range from 29 to 36 minutes.
― ҉ (sic), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 20:32 (six years ago) link
those are the numbers including commercials, I believe the one I mentioned was without
standard half hour shows are 23 - 24 I believe
― alvin noto (mh), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 21:00 (six years ago) link
Fawlty Towers aired in 1975 and had no commercials
current US network sitcoms can be under 20 minutes, in order to fit in more warnings about how you should buy these drugs that can kill you
― ҉ (sic), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 21:57 (six years ago) link
yes sure, I forgot it was up to about 30 minutes. my point is that some of these other shows run 35 minutes, 47 minutes, 90 minutes, whatever. that's a fairly new development in television.
― akm, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 22:34 (six years ago) link
36 minutes is over 30!
― ҉ (sic), Thursday, 12 April 2018 01:33 (six years ago) link
I'm not trying to win a fight or anything, just suggesting a programme with variable episode lengths, which you might have seen, that's slightly older than Girls.(televised Dr Who episodes vary in length from 19 minutes to 90, and that's older still, but not as likely to have been seen by Americans)
― ҉ (sic), Thursday, 12 April 2018 01:51 (six years ago) link
it depends on how you define the contemporary era, really
― alvin noto (mh), Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:00 (six years ago) link
i remember lots of people complaining about variable episode lengths with Sons of Anarchy
http://www.indiewire.com/2014/11/why-sons-of-anarchys-excruciatingly-long-episodes-are-ruining-the-show-68125/
― stormzy daniels (voodoo chili), Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:05 (six years ago) link
seems like a fairly common thing among FX shows
― stormzy daniels (voodoo chili), Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:06 (six years ago) link
I was going to praise them allowing variability in creative, cool shows but.... Sons of Anarchy
― alvin noto (mh), Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:13 (six years ago) link
Game of Thrones always had variable times
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:13 (six years ago) link
The first couple seasons of SOA were OK. I like to pretend they all died in a plane crash on their way to Ireland.
― Simon H., Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:16 (six years ago) link
Otm
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:22 (six years ago) link
fair
― alvin noto (mh), Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:53 (six years ago) link
Just watched last week's episode. Simply an astonishing piece of television. Was emotionally drained at the end. This season has been incredible so far. Does anyone know if it really was Donald Glover beneath all the prosthetics?
― groovypanda, Friday, 13 April 2018 23:04 (six years ago) link
pretty sure it was.
― DJI, Friday, 13 April 2018 23:17 (six years ago) link
Yeah, it wasOne of the articles about the episode mentioned that he stayed in character the whole time and a couple people on set didn’t know it was him
― alvin noto (mh), Friday, 13 April 2018 23:19 (six years ago) link
Found the egg eating scene forced af - weirdness for weirdness sake - but credit where credit is due - at least they're trying new things
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Thursday, 19 April 2018 07:23 (six years ago) link
i mean it was a weird episode transplanting michael jackson into a tim burton wonderland
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Thursday, 19 April 2018 07:33 (six years ago) link
omg the bibby episodethe outrageous formalism of itlike something unearthed from a contemporary account of commedia dell arte, Molière, i don't know what, somehow it felt like it was reaching across time
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 19 April 2018 10:46 (six years ago) link
I got kind of a Candide vibe where Bibby was constantly explaining that everything was going fine
― mh, Thursday, 19 April 2018 13:41 (six years ago) link
lol
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 19 April 2018 14:31 (six years ago) link
that was a good episode but man was it stressful to watch! I guess we learn something about the kind of guy Alfred is beneath the posturing because I was shocked he didn't put Bibby up against the wall about a dozen different times before he actually did.
― evol j, Thursday, 19 April 2018 14:33 (six years ago) link
it's illuminating to see the near infinite level of patience people have to attempt in order to cope with the mundanities of everyday life, especially when you know them in a different context and they're _not_
like thinking one of your coworkers is kind of quick to judge things, and then finding out they have to run eight errands after work, have two sick kids, and their wife can't find a job but none of that seems to provoke a strong reaction
― mh, Thursday, 19 April 2018 15:51 (six years ago) link
this show is really great. find it hard to binge which is a relief, each episode is so self-contained it's easy to take yr time with it
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Thursday, 19 April 2018 15:56 (six years ago) link
The real genius of that episode was in taking the played out barber/client dynamic and mining its absurdity by taking it out of the actual shop.
Plays on that bubbling anxiety you feel off of shit you wouldn't tolerate in any other professional environment, cause until you get a good cut you're completely at his mercy.
your barber has multiple side-hustles and is never shy about trying to put you onyour barbers personal life often plays out in real time as he cuts your hairyour barber will waste the fuck out of your timeyour barber is always on the fucking phoneAll of this is better than the alternative of sitting in some strange chair with a more reliable guy who doesn't understand your hairline.
From the nose, the height, the head shape and hunched shoulders did nobody else immediately realise that Teddy Perkins was Donald Glover?
― tsrobodo, Thursday, 19 April 2018 16:50 (six years ago) link
I was pretty sure, but was open to there being a twist in the plot
― mh, Thursday, 19 April 2018 17:16 (six years ago) link
Barber episode is easy to relate to. It’s like any experience with a dealer
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Thursday, 19 April 2018 18:27 (six years ago) link
There were a couple of times when I thought "I wonder" but tbh I was so caught up in the episode itself I didn't spend a lot of time thinking about it.
It was a lot more apparent on a second viewing with the knowledge it was Glover.
― groovypanda, Thursday, 19 April 2018 19:09 (six years ago) link
I could tell by his voice that it was Donald Glover (he uses a similar voice in Community when he is getting freaked out by something), also... Earn wasn't in any scenes with him. not that they couldn't do that
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 19 April 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link
the best part was the assumption that the whole wheelchair guy bit was a hokey ploy, until.. the twist!
― mh, Thursday, 19 April 2018 20:54 (six years ago) link
and if the epic piano man episode wasn't enough, the woods...
big ol' black boi deer guts...
https://i1.wp.com/urbanbellemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Atlanta-Season-2-Episode-8-Recap-Woods.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 01:47 (six years ago) link
freaked me out.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 01:48 (six years ago) link
the guy in the woods wasn’t his father but he kind of worries it is! and it doesn’t matter because all metaphorical journeys end
― mh, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 02:32 (six years ago) link