i'm enjoying narcos well enough but damn i've never seen a show with such a transparently shoehorned-in audience surrogate lead character or one you could so easily remove from the narrative without losing a single thing that's interesting about the show. everything else is pretty great though, moura is on-point though not nearly what i imagine escobar was really like, pascal is great, etc etc.
― nomar, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:20 (seven years ago) link
Is there any good writing on TV out there?
If you mean writing about TV, no.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:45 (seven years ago) link
i mean emily nussbaum only won a pulitzer
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:53 (seven years ago) link
what can i tell you
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:59 (seven years ago) link
Thrusted Pelvis, some great moments throughout Affair S2, would def recommend. It gets better after the first two eps.
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 22:06 (seven years ago) link
Thanks ill check out Nussbaum. Yeah meant 'about'
― Spottie, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 22:19 (seven years ago) link
I was exaggerating for effect. Of course there are exceptions (Nussbaum, Mo Ryan usually) but the vast majority is trash, even moreso than with film because there's so much stifling consensus
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 23:18 (seven years ago) link
is TV bad now
― it me, Wednesday, 28 September 2016 06:37 (seven years ago) link
Literally watched the second episode of This Is Us just to see if they'd make the mistake of putting Mandy Moore in terrible old-age makeup. They did.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 13:18 (seven years ago) link
leafed thru the RS 100 list (US-UK-Canada, variety included) and absence of SCTV is disgusting.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 13:50 (seven years ago) link
sorry shoulda put that in alltime thread
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 13:51 (seven years ago) link
Yeah I dunno about that list.
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 15:14 (seven years ago) link
we should make a website that looks very official and just publish horrible lists of rankings that no one in their right mind would agree with
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 15:17 (seven years ago) link
isn't that what pitchfork is
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 15:18 (seven years ago) link
hard to say
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 15:18 (seven years ago) link
isn't that what ilx polls is
― a simba man (Will M.), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 15:39 (seven years ago) link
boom
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 28 September 2016 16:00 (seven years ago) link
I watched the Lethal Weapon pilot expecting MacGyver level garbage & actually kinda dug it!
... I know! I'm as surprised as you are!
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 29 September 2016 03:21 (seven years ago) link
i like that guy from Rectify figured he'd at least be good in it
― Spottie, Thursday, 29 September 2016 03:21 (seven years ago) link
he's p great! and love him in Rectify
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 29 September 2016 03:56 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, enjoyed the pilot but my expectations were super low. There were some so bad they're good moments but on the whole was pretty decent for a pre-watershed police procedural. Not sure I'll watch a great many more though.
Final season of Rectify starts next month. *Excited face*
― groovypanda, Thursday, 29 September 2016 12:15 (seven years ago) link
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, September 28, 2016 8:50 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
You expected that list to be anything but garbage? Your idealism truly knows no bounds.
― I Still Don't Regret My Crazy Town Neck Tat, and Here's Why (Old Lunch), Thursday, 29 September 2016 12:55 (seven years ago) link
Chuck OTM regarding Fleabag assessment. Still one of the most enjoyable series in recent memory though.
― Ross, Saturday, 1 October 2016 20:00 (seven years ago) link
The Night Of is good.
― chap, Monday, 3 October 2016 10:31 (seven years ago) link
I enjoyed the 3 episodes fo an Irish thing called can't cope, Won't Cope taht I caught on tv a few days ago. A bad taste comedy drama about 2 20 somethings from cork living in a shared house in Dublin and still being out of control. One is an art student the other is an office worker who has to hob nob with clients which she does with no discretion or idea of privacy which rapidly gets her into trouble.
― Stevolende, Monday, 3 October 2016 11:18 (seven years ago) link
That is 3 epiosdes which were shown together out of I think 5 that have been shown so far.
― Stevolende, Monday, 3 October 2016 11:19 (seven years ago) link
That Logmire is a wholesome fella, a real straight shooter.
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 3 October 2016 13:26 (seven years ago) link
saw the first ep of the new MacGuyver yesterday. yeesh. it was horrible w lots of bad-funny cliches.
also saw the first Lethal Weapon, which was really really good. well cast!
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 3 October 2016 23:39 (seven years ago) link
Watching Season 4 of Longmire on Amazon now. (Don't have Netflix, so Season 5 is out of reach for the moment.)
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 00:57 (seven years ago) link
Probably not in my top 10 but love some Longmire
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 01:19 (seven years ago) link
the last episode of Better Things (16 year old daughter doubts her future) finally broke through; I am suddenly much more interested.Third episode of High Maintenance was a low point but still pretty dang good.First episode of Queen Sugar was pretty good; probably gonna watch the other five in the next few days and will report back.
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Monday, 10 October 2016 14:09 (seven years ago) link
Night Of was great. i could have done without 90% of the eczema and cat 'plotlines' - we could have got the whole thing finished in 4 eps without that. and the prison stuff was just.... there. but anything Turturro and Dennis Box touched was gold.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 14 October 2016 08:14 (seven years ago) link
First half of Night Of much better than second half. Turturro owned the whole thing, predictably.
― chap, Friday, 14 October 2016 09:46 (seven years ago) link
A Fist Within Four Walls is well worth combing the dark.net for. 28-part martial arts set in Kowloon Walled City in the 60s.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fist_Within_Four_Walls
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 14 October 2016 10:34 (seven years ago) link
i want to watch bureau des legendes but i can't find it even in the "usual places"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 14 October 2016 10:59 (seven years ago) link
I think Season 1 is available on Amazon play, but I'm waiting for it to hit the t0rrentz myself.
― calzino, Friday, 14 October 2016 11:12 (seven years ago) link
Everything's coming back after summer breaks. So new seasons of all the long term shows.
Just binge watched through a load of last Week Tonight so up to date. Finding some of Jon Olver's quirks might be grating, especially if they are the bits taht would be picked up by anybody mimicking him. But am finding a lot of the rest pretty funny.
Also Full Frontal with Samantha bee. Really funny but keep getting reminded of Trevor and Simon by her polishing the fronts of her trousers.
Has Blackish lost a lot of its popularity? Seems to be being shared by only a couple of people and normally in a way that won't play on my memory stick.
― Stevolende, Friday, 14 October 2016 11:25 (seven years ago) link
Currently watching Deutschland 83 on Hulu. It's really good; I find it particularly interesting when they're discussing events that were also incorporated into The Americans.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 14 October 2016 12:06 (seven years ago) link
my wife and i are watching blackish. love it
― Spottie, Friday, 14 October 2016 16:43 (seven years ago) link
Amazon's Goliath is complete garbage and I am totally going to watch the whole thing purely because the cast is incredible
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 16 October 2016 10:58 (seven years ago) link
Atlanta is fucking great btw
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Sunday, 16 October 2016 20:18 (seven years ago) link
I wish Atlanta was aired two eps at a time though, like that Louis season that went to the 20 min format.
― calzino, Sunday, 16 October 2016 20:27 (seven years ago) link
i watched the first episode and then just binged the next five back-to-back-to-back and I agree with you wholeheartedly.
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Sunday, 16 October 2016 20:28 (seven years ago) link
Also wanna give a shout out to Queen Sugar; two eps in and it's my fave hour long drama of the moment.
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Monday, 17 October 2016 04:18 (seven years ago) link
I watched four eps of that I think, I really wanted to like it but it's just so damned corny and the scoring/soundtracking is insufferable
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 17 October 2016 04:20 (seven years ago) link
oh yah? I don't mind the corny as most of the acting is very solid (not so much "ralph-angel") and the soundtrack is solid I thought! Meshell Ndegeocello doing the music I believe.
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Monday, 17 October 2016 04:22 (seven years ago) link
the scoring is fine, it's the extremely on-the-nose needle drops I take offense to. that and the underlying, constantly nagging moral of "hey they'd all just be alright if they stuck together as a family"
I like that it makes basically zero concessions to white audiences, tho, and the kid is v cute
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 17 October 2016 04:31 (seven years ago) link
i imagine he will be sacrificed on the altar of drama in time
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Monday, 17 October 2016 14:32 (seven years ago) link
my dad is evangelizing Queen Sugar to me, I've been meaning to check it out
― ¶ (DJP), Monday, 17 October 2016 15:06 (seven years ago) link
well Meshell doing the music has sure got my interest
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 17 October 2016 15:41 (seven years ago) link