dirk gently x 10
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 05:30 (six years ago) link
So y'all are saying The Girlfriend Experience should not be experienced with one's girlfriend? Duly noted.
― Your welcome. (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 12:59 (six years ago) link
The art direction in the Kerrigan episode is even more ludicrous than last season. So many sterile white rooms
Plus the ominous low level hum soundtracking every scene
― Number None, Tuesday, 7 November 2017 13:25 (six years ago) link
yeah I'm hoping he tones it down a bit in the rest of the season, I like how he directs but it's verging on self parody
― Simon H., Tuesday, 7 November 2017 13:29 (six years ago) link
I'm mostly there for the creepy sterile hotels and the low level hum parts
― mh, Tuesday, 7 November 2017 14:26 (six years ago) link
yeah I'm not saying I don't get a kick out it
― Number None, Tuesday, 7 November 2017 16:09 (six years ago) link
apple's version of a zipless fuck
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 17:10 (six years ago) link
Nirvanna The Band The Show season 2 is running now, it's pretty great so far!
― flippy bard (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 18:48 (six years ago) link
after painstaking research into what i want to start next, i've settled on Billions, i'm not sure what this means
― ur-oik (rip van wanko), Friday, 10 November 2017 23:53 (six years ago) link
here's a surprise: SMILF on Showtime is really goodalso the pilot to "Love You More" on Amazon is spectacularthe leads in both shows are women named Bridget who go topless so that's an odd coincidence
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 05:53 (six years ago) link
SWF had a topless Bridget Fonda. Makes you think
― ur-oik (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 05:57 (six years ago) link
Dirk Gently is back? Need to track that down...season 1 was some funny weirdness.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 05:59 (six years ago) link
s2 more of the same in the best way possible
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 07:20 (six years ago) link
huh, Amazon has a George Saunders pilot too
― Number None, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 07:49 (six years ago) link
I watched the SMILF pilot and didn't like it as much as I'd hoped.
Currently watching The Leftovers, which is really good. Ann Dowd (Aunt Lydia from The Handmaid's Tale, a mean-ass cult leader in this) is amazing playing people you really want to punch in the throat.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 13:07 (six years ago) link
Are you only on season 1 of The Leftovers? If so it hasn't even hit its stride yet!
― chap, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 13:56 (six years ago) link
Dirk Gently season 2 so far has been great, yeah. I really hope they are going where I think they are going with the interdimensional stuff.
― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 15:24 (six years ago) link
No, I'm about two episodes from the end of season 2.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 15:29 (six years ago) link
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not amazing but i liked this, id watch more
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:51 (six years ago) link
also am finally for some reason watching crisis in 6 scenes, its p decent imo, interesting that woody lifts the main premise from american pastoral
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:53 (six years ago) link
difficult people cancelledhttp://variety.com/2017/tv/news/difficult-people-canceled-hulu-1202615140/
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 17 November 2017 21:57 (six years ago) link
man the you're the worst recent episodes captured the truth of a reaction to someone spilling their trauma stories N' guts. People hear it and they dunno what to do with that info, as Edgar clearly has experienced.
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Monday, 20 November 2017 05:16 (six years ago) link
Search party is backSearch party is good
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 November 2017 05:28 (six years ago) link
oh shit!!!!! one of my favourite series ever. yes!!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 20 November 2017 09:45 (six years ago) link
is it retro? i can't remember. it feels retro. like 90s indie movie retro.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 20 November 2017 09:58 (six years ago) link
Damn shame about Difficult People, which I'll go as far to say is the best television comedy I've seen since The Larry Sanders Show.
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Monday, 20 November 2017 16:01 (six years ago) link
i imagine eichner's schedule/ other commitments probably are the main reason for the lack of renewal. he got real popular real fast.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 20 November 2017 16:39 (six years ago) link
love Search Party fell like the only one that watches this show though . nobody i talk to knows what it is
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 20 November 2017 18:36 (six years ago) link
everybody is cast so well in it. now that i think about it it actually anticipates American Vandal in some p key ways!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 20 November 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link
Portia is my favorite character ! the actress plays her perfectly
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 20 November 2017 22:02 (six years ago) link
I am cautiously excited about Runaways
― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP), Monday, 20 November 2017 22:08 (six years ago) link
Anybody out there watching mike judges new show? It's good
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Monday, 20 November 2017 22:14 (six years ago) link
I hated, hated the 1st season of Search Party - good performances but way too much lazy misanthropy in the script, and unearned smugness in its predictable "play with genre expectations". It was like Wet Hot American Summer if you replaced jokes with being yelled at by younger, better-looking people than you.
Anyway I'll try the second season, as I like the troupe and maybe now it's done trying to prove its smartness, it could settle into something more tolerable. OR NOT! But worth a shot.
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 20 November 2017 22:52 (six years ago) link
aw man yikes. i thought it was kinda... sweet?
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 20 November 2017 22:55 (six years ago) link
i guess the crew is mainly a bunch of dopey dickheads but there is something satisfying about seeing little flickers of humanity struggle to the surface
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 20 November 2017 22:56 (six years ago) link
Chuck has a good point about season 1. Had to warm up to season 1 of search party but I'm glad I did!
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Monday, 20 November 2017 23:04 (six years ago) link
Yeah I thought Alisa Shawkat and her nervous boyfriend totally brought it. And at least *blank* is dead now.
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 20 November 2017 23:07 (six years ago) link
Alia! Autocorrect should know better.
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 20 November 2017 23:08 (six years ago) link
The third set of True Detectives is now set: Carmen Ejogo and Mahershala Ali. I'm in.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 20 November 2017 23:41 (six years ago) link
@RossI think we talked about Tales From the Tour Bus up-thread. SO funny. Hope there's a season 2!
― DJI, Monday, 20 November 2017 23:42 (six years ago) link
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Sign of the times: using your Oscar win as a springboard to a season on an HBO series.
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Monday, 20 November 2017 23:43 (six years ago) link
DJI - yeah it's so good :) hope so too! Any country music fans owes it to themselves to check it out
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 00:40 (six years ago) link
search party is now next level imo
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 01:00 (six years ago) link
"dirty old motel" - ded
search party season 2 is good but man is the nihilism strong with this show. like watching people who don't know how to deal with life suffer, not really my bag, but it's some critique of the younger gen i guess...
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 04:03 (six years ago) link
tbf the scene where chantal's family embrace her was pretty amazing
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 04:07 (six years ago) link
IT'S TIME FOR WILL'S TV CORNER
i just mainlined all of YouTube Red's new(ish) show, Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television, which is basically a show that feels like it was built for me and almost nobody else (it is a super meta/4th wall cop procedural starring Ryan Hansen as himself, and for full enjoyment requires knowledge of who Ryan Hansen is (Veronica Mars and Party Down)). I bet there are a few ILXors out there who would enjoy it too, and the first two eps are free. The other two eps are on YouTube Red, so like, that's a thing, but give it a shot!
Also new Search Party is kinda almost TOO next-level for me now, like, i am really not having fun like i was before, which definitely feels like ~the point~, but also, fuck, that point ~sucks~
My Myself & I was a cute new sitcom that got canned almost immediately, too bad but also i had enough "cute wholesome sitcoms" to watch (fucking still watch modern family and fresh off the boat and blackish, among others, someone shoot me)
Looking forward to the dennis from Sunny/Patton Oswalt vehicle AP BIO but I think I just heard it's not out til March or something? Ok whatever
is high maintenance ever coming back? few things have touched the level that show hit, like, ever. between this and insecure and veep and silicon valley i honestly believe hbo is at an all-time high for quality shows, and i think game of thrones is a piece of shit (and new curb is a joke... but a watchable joke at least)
the orville and the new star trek are both very watchable and i don't care who knows that i think so
i like snl even when it's bad but this is has been DIFFICULT this year. heidi gardner has been a treasure tho, they better not waste her. and i look forward to more chris redd. also there's a guy named luke null who has had like 2 lines all season which is one of the saddest/most dickensian name situations of all time
halt & catch fire was a masterpiece and i am gonna be thinking about it for a long time. you're the worst kinda sucked this year but it's still great.
THANKS FOR READING WILL'S TV CORNER! PLZ LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE
― flippy bard (Will M.), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 09:04 (six years ago) link
oops, typo: other six* eps of Ryan Hansen on YT Red.
and clarification: new curb is /barely/ watchable
― flippy bard (Will M.), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 09:06 (six years ago) link
I thought the first ep of the new Curb was a little limp, but subsequent have been fine.
I'm also a dutiful Modern Family, Fresh Off the Boat and Blackish watcher (throw in Mom too) though I don't mind as much if I miss one now and then (esp FOtB).
― nickn, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 17:54 (six years ago) link
the good placezooice fantasythe walking deadnikitablack-ishbob's burgershalt and catch firez nationchef & my fridge
― scott seward, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 18:33 (six years ago) link