i'm enjoying it. benjamin mckenzie really is great as the perpetually scowly gordon, and everyone else plays bigger nicely with him. donal logue is always a treat and sometimes i pretend to myself that i'm watching SuperTerriers. nigma reminds me SO much of a dude i went to high school with also. and penguin is FANTASTIC. if the canon would allow it, i would want this show to jsut go 45 minutes a week of "gordon and penguin vs. the universe"
― nerd shit (Will M.), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 22:20 (eight years ago) link
Hi TV ppl.
I'm going to have a lot of TV-viewing time on my hands for the next few weeks while recovering from surgery. I need a plan. I was thinking trying Show from My Youth that I missed (including Buffy, Gilmore Girls), but maybe Good Wife? I dunno, something that there are A LOT of so I can binge watch and then binge watch some more.
I considered re-watching The Sopranos but I think I need something different.
Oh, and I don't actually have cable or on-demand or anything like that, so I need a show I can watch online. Netflix, Amazon Prime preferred, but I could be talked into purchase.
What would you choose???
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:34 (eight years ago) link
Breaking Bad or The Wire are good base level, inarguably worth watching shows if you haven't seen either of them.Battlestar?
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:35 (eight years ago) link
Buffy doesn't hold up that well, I think Angel may be a better rewatch.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:38 (eight years ago) link
Or the X-Files. Pretty sure they're on Netflix still.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:39 (eight years ago) link
they are and i didn't know that!
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:41 (eight years ago) link
good wife!
― just sayin, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:45 (eight years ago) link
there is so much good wife
― just sayin, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:46 (eight years ago) link
top binge-watching recs from me (minus the Sopranos) would be Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Eastbound and Down, Freaks and Geeks, Twin Peaks
Battlestar gets so bad I would say only do that if you are prepared to stop at the end of season 3
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:47 (eight years ago) link
I've seen (and loved) Breaking Bad and The Wire. Hung with Battlestar for a bit, but not really my thing and fell off of it. I tried to start Gilmore Girls but it didn't stick, probably because I was drunk I mean tired and fell asleep.
X-Files is a great suggestion. And I have probably only seen a few episodes of 30 Rock.
xpost So Much Good Wife sounds like a good thing. Is it an hour? I was kind of leaning half hour since I'll be on opioids I mean resting, any quick hits you'd recommend?
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:48 (eight years ago) link
xp oh for sure. you'll know when you're done with battlestar, the signs are everywhere.
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:48 (eight years ago) link
do you have hbo go?
Twin Peaks on opioids uuuuuuuuuuh
Hmmm I don't have HBO to go atm, but maybe I can get it through the Roku for not too much $$$? I will look into it.
I've seen maybe 1.5 seasons of Mad Men. That may be good to pick up again?
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:50 (eight years ago) link
Gilmore Girls is a solid pick imo
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:51 (eight years ago) link
My mom is a huge GG stan, as is Stevie D and I mean I trust that man.
I'm glad I wasn't the only who got to a point in Battlestar where I kept going "why am I watching this? Why was I EVER watching this?"
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:52 (eight years ago) link
GG is awful garbage. I loved Mad Men start to finish (peak is around s3 and 4 imo)
you want easy 30-minute digestible chunks 30 Rock is not a bad way to go, it's p solid for its entire run
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:56 (eight years ago) link
Pssh. You're awful garbage. GG is wonderful garbage.
― Gary (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 00:08 (eight years ago) link
that style of dialogue is like nails-on-a-chalkboard to me, sorry
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 00:09 (eight years ago) link
Binging is probably the best way to vibe with that show. It's what worked for me.
― Gary (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 00:09 (eight years ago) link
xxxp good wife is 45min
― just sayin, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 00:16 (eight years ago) link
Can you compare GG to something else I may have seen? Style of dialogue is in the vein of what?
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 00:16 (eight years ago) link
everybody speaking in rapid-fire "witticisms" that aren't really that witty but are spoken as fast as possible so as to create the impression of wit
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 00:20 (eight years ago) link
literally makes me want to smash things, it's so irritating
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 00:21 (eight years ago) link
I made it through 1 and a half episodes
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 00:22 (eight years ago) link
yup. utterly unbearable
the cult mystifies me
― Number None, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 00:23 (eight years ago) link
Maybe try Friday Night Lights?
― I know when that Ott line zings (Spottie), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 00:30 (eight years ago) link
Sounds like I need to watch GG.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 00:37 (eight years ago) link
buffy holds up incredibly well, wtf
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 11 November 2015 00:52 (eight years ago) link
and angel totally does not. and GG is indeed unbearable garbage
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 11 November 2015 00:53 (eight years ago) link
The Knick S2 and Fargo S2 are both totally ace right now. The latest Walking Dead is very pedestrian right now, boring as fuck.
― xelab, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 00:57 (eight years ago) link
I really liked Friday Night Lights, especially after living in Texass. May give that a second go, but I really should use the opportunity to watch something new (to me).
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 00:58 (eight years ago) link
gilmore girls sounds like parenthood to me if that means anything to you.
my contemporary votes are High Maintenance (easy and cheap and fast), the Americans, Veep, Hannibal, Rick and Morty and Getting On
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 01:40 (eight years ago) link
Is Veronica Mars streaming anywhere?
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 01:46 (eight years ago) link
i watched it on amazon, i think it's still available there
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 11 November 2015 01:49 (eight years ago) link
Gilmore Girls is great BUT
patter is like Dawson's Creek x Buffy, loads of pop culture references & you have to really be in the mood for everyone talking that way. It makes mr veg visibly recoil, closed doors, the works lol
but the relationships are endearing & it's v funny & moving & MADE for rainy day watching & lots of great actors & fun cameos & the first 3 or 4 seasons are <3
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 02:26 (eight years ago) link
I wish ER was on Netflix or Amazon Prime, I'd binge hard on that. In my mind the first 4-5 seasons were really good but that was in the middle of my teens so what the hell did I know?
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 03:10 (eight years ago) link
Dramatic series that I own on DVD (all of which I would recommend for binge watching): Buffy, Angel, Breaking Bad, Twin Peaks, Gilmore Girls.
Okay, and Dallas. Okay? Is that okay with you? Geez.
― Gary (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 03:17 (eight years ago) link
I would also like to add ST:TNG and Homicide and the DC animated shows to that list.
― Gary (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 03:27 (eight years ago) link
I know I already raved about the music on Limitless, but tonight they had a high-speed montage set to Babymetal and I freaked the fuck out. Props!
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 05:03 (eight years ago) link
yeah its pretty fun!
― I know when that Ott line zings (Spottie), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 06:09 (eight years ago) link
Must see Limitless.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 12:00 (eight years ago) link
It's CBS though, right? WHich means I'll probably never see it.
can stream on the website no?
― I know when that Ott line zings (Spottie), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 16:04 (eight years ago) link
You're the Worst got MUCH better and MUCH darker
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 21 November 2015 19:22 (eight years ago) link
Getting only a bit more of a handle on my Good Wife appreciation. Maybe I do enjoy the non-Elsbeth characters as much as the writing and acting and milieu? Then again maybe I just like watching Chris Noth.
Enjoying Crazy Ex-GF more than I'd imagine I would something CW - the thing it leads into is panicked-search-for-the-remote unwatchable - but have a hard time shaking the sense that it's just Mindy with a white girl, plus songs. Why isn't she on anymore?
Have also been hooked by Quantico, which is ok, because I went to school with the showrunner. It is soooo his product. I preferred the one from the other showrunner I went to school with.
― Comprehensive Nuclear Suggest-Ban Theory (benbbag), Saturday, 21 November 2015 19:37 (eight years ago) link
Enjoying Man in the High Castle. Amazon seem to be great at sets and aesthetics.
― AJD, Sunday, 22 November 2015 21:59 (eight years ago) link
and plastering Nazi symbols on New York subways
― Comprehensive Nuclear Suggest-Ban Theory (benbbag), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 01:32 (eight years ago) link
i know i'm the only one fighting this fight and it's already lost, but my god: tonight's episode of Getting On contained one of the most touching moments i've ever seen on television and about four of the most awkward moments. Would love to see the original BBC series if anyone can point me to it.
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Monday, 30 November 2015 07:01 (eight years ago) link
^^^ditto. Great show despite acute pain I feel at every episode.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Monday, 30 November 2015 14:29 (eight years ago) link
I don't know why I get excited every time Top Chef starts up again. I watch five episodes and then lose interest every season for the last six.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 4 December 2015 04:42 (eight years ago) link