I'm gonna start it tonight. Thanks for the reminder.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 19 April 2018 23:51 (six years ago) link
"If you can smoke and drink while doing it, it's not a sport" is my nomination for thread title unless you have one.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 19 April 2018 23:54 (six years ago) link
hah that's the one
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 19 April 2018 23:55 (six years ago) link
Is anybody watching Trust, the Danny Boyle JP Getty III series?
I'm really enjoying it, if maybe not quite as much as Donald Sutherland seems to be.
― DACA Flocka Flame (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 20 April 2018 00:12 (six years ago) link
i like it but the tone is a bit lighter/quirkier than i’d like.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 20 April 2018 02:00 (six years ago) link
yeah it's kinda goofy but moves along at a nice clip
― DACA Flocka Flame (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 20 April 2018 02:30 (six years ago) link
I went ahead and started a Bosch thread: "If you can smoke and drink while doing it, it's not a sport" - a thread for BOSCH
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 21 April 2018 04:23 (six years ago) link
Brockmire's back tonight
― louise ck (milo z), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 17:34 (six years ago) link
Watching Trapped on Amazon - an Icelandic murder mystery set in a small coastal town that's inaccessible due to a freak snowstorm. I'm 4 episodes in with 6 to go; when I'm done, I'll give The Handmaid's Tale season 2 a try.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 18:46 (six years ago) link
I don't think I can deal with any more shows involving murder, mystery, or small towns. I had to bail on Dark pretty much immediately.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 25 April 2018 18:50 (six years ago) link
I made it through 8 minutes of Dark.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 18:51 (six years ago) link
Which one is Dark? Is it a Netflix thing?
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 19:24 (six years ago) link
yeah, murder mystery in a small town plus time travel shenanigans. mainly my issue is the intense humorlessness
― Simon H., Wednesday, 25 April 2018 19:29 (six years ago) link
lol germans, right? :)
― mh, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 19:40 (six years ago) link
I did enjoy the first episode of Killing Eve, though slightly less than expected given it's a Phoebe Waller-Bridge joint
― Simon H., Wednesday, 25 April 2018 19:42 (six years ago) link
i thought dark was about as good as a small town child murder time travel mystery could be, although keeping track of who's who in one time period was a struggle, near impossible across three.
― lana del boy (ledge), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 19:48 (six years ago) link
yea killing eve is good, nearly too stylish/winking for me but ill keep watching def
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 19:54 (six years ago) link
my main issue w/ Dark besides the tone was trying to tell all the stone-faced sad men apart from each other. just seemed tiring
― Simon H., Wednesday, 25 April 2018 19:56 (six years ago) link
Dark was fine even if there were no interesting characters and the final episode was nonsense.
― it was stale, and I did not like it, as the man said, &c (seandalai), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 20:38 (six years ago) link
Trapped is one of the best Scandis though
Ugh only the first ep of killing eve is free on the website :(
― just1n3, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 21:46 (six years ago) link
Trapped is SO good
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 23:17 (six years ago) link
Does anyone else watch the Handmaid's Tale? I kind of want to start a dedicated thread but I have a feeling I'll be the only one porting in it.
― Right column Leftist (sunny successor), Thursday, 26 April 2018 15:23 (six years ago) link
there is a thread with "handmaid's tale" in the name that it's being discussed in
personally I tried the first couple episodes and couldn't shake the feeling it was persecution porn for #resistance libs
― Simon H., Thursday, 26 April 2018 15:25 (six years ago) link
Yeah I see your point and a lot of first season is like that but second season moves away from the novel and so far its really great.
― Right column Leftist (sunny successor), Thursday, 26 April 2018 16:37 (six years ago) link
I might give it a shot once The Americans is over and my grim drama slot opens up
― Simon H., Thursday, 26 April 2018 17:50 (six years ago) link
Episodes of The City And The City are stockpiling up here but I haven't peeked. Anyone here watching?
The best thing I can say about The Looming Tower is that Tahar Rahim is an incredible actor.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 27 April 2018 22:18 (six years ago) link
Three Fox shows cancelled. Would have liked one more season of LMOE, Brooklyn 99 is still funny, and stopped watching The Mick, though I liked it OK.
http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/the-last-man-on-earth-the-mick-brooklyn-nine-nine-canceled-fox-1202800397/
― nickn, Friday, 11 May 2018 07:14 (six years ago) link
The Expanse also cancelled and, if rumours are true, not looking good for Lethal Weapon.
LMOE can't have been helped by its bizarre scheduling but it seemed noticeable that the best episodes of recent seasons have been ones where the regular cast members are absent.
― groovypanda, Friday, 11 May 2018 08:00 (six years ago) link
I’m mad about the Mick and LMOE for sure. Word is that a final season of LMOE will be shopped to Hulu at some point.
― Right column Leftist (sunny successor), Friday, 11 May 2018 16:16 (six years ago) link
One other problem with LMOE was that Forte's character was frequently very annoying, which was his deal, but made the show hard to watch at times.
― nickn, Friday, 11 May 2018 17:26 (six years ago) link
show got really stale and the characters are all very inconsistent.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 11 May 2018 17:46 (six years ago) link
for some reason I kept assuming that show lasted maybe two seasons and am confused when confronted with anything that contradicts that
I like the actors and everything, I just didn't get why it'd be an ongoing thing
― mh, Friday, 11 May 2018 18:53 (six years ago) link
heck of a cliffhanger to go out on tho.
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 11 May 2018 18:58 (six years ago) link
yup
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link
Lucifer is gone too, which I really enjoyed.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Friday, 11 May 2018 23:36 (six years ago) link
damn shows are getting axed left and right
― Simon H., Friday, 11 May 2018 23:41 (six years ago) link
things got pretty heated on set at Lethal Weapon apparently so I’m not surprised they cancelled. bummer tho, i liked Crawford & Wayans together & enjoy the show;_; the Expanse tho ;_;
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 12 May 2018 04:03 (six years ago) link
I am confused by what happened on the LW set but I hope Crawford gets good/better work more in line w/ Rectify
― Simon H., Saturday, 12 May 2018 04:30 (six years ago) link
readimg btw the lines of the Deadline story it sounded like Crawford in one incident had a Christian Bale-flip-out-over-the-tiniest-thing reaction to noise nearby; and then got Wayans in the firing line of shrapnel while directing bcz he wasn’t paying enough attention? The crux tho is that the show is hampered by not having a laser-focused executive producer who can mediate the situation & run a tight ship to avoid dumb things like that. Stupid shit has been allowed to escalate & it’s hard to run a show that way. A shame, imoSorry for sounding like an Access Hollywood subreddit there, yeesh
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 12 May 2018 05:15 (six years ago) link
Brooklyn 99 picked up by NBC!
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/brooklyn-nine-nine-officially-revived-at-nbc-1111306
― nickn, Saturday, 12 May 2018 05:33 (six years ago) link
:D
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 12 May 2018 05:58 (six years ago) link
*Crosses fingers for The Expanse*
― groovypanda, Saturday, 12 May 2018 20:34 (six years ago) link
Seems like Crawford was a complete ass then. Shame, as he's a great actor
http://www.vulture.com/2018/05/damon-wayans-tweets-about-on-set-injury-clayne-crawford.html
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 09:24 (six years ago) link
maybe he didn't get that he was supposed to be like the mel gibson on the set of the original lethal weapon, not like the mel gibson getting pulled over by a cop in real life
both involve cops, maybe easy to confuse
― mh, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 14:23 (six years ago) link
wow that is disappointing
― Simon H., Tuesday, 15 May 2018 14:25 (six years ago) link
Although the hysterical replies to those tweets are quite amusing/depressing #NoClayneNoWatch
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 17:10 (six years ago) link
Although I remember being devastated as a kid when I found out Ponch & Jon from Chips hated each other in real life
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 17:13 (six years ago) link
I remember hearing that Jon thought he was going to be the star/heartthrob with a Latino sidekick, but the more charismatic (and better looking) Ponch got most of the attention. My sisters got teen mags back then and Ponch had much more coverage.
― nickn, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 17:44 (six years ago) link
Talk about self-delusion; Jon looked like a thumb in a blond wig.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 18:34 (six years ago) link