road trip conceit lazy
as opposed to the detailed, intricate concepts behind the previous Between Two Fernses, the CBB TV show, and Michael Bolton's variety show?
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Tuesday, 3 September 2019 21:36 (four years ago) link
Yes. Road trip is what comedies do when they don't have enough ideas to fill an entire script.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 3 September 2019 21:57 (four years ago) link
(with exceptions, of course!)
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 3 September 2019 21:58 (four years ago) link
seems like an excuse to hang sketches together, like those other Aukerman shows and the last long-form Ferns
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Tuesday, 3 September 2019 22:13 (four years ago) link
Sixth season of The 100 is up - not bad for a CW sci-fi show but it's always rushing forward with 'what terrible thing can happen before this commercial break' and would be much better with a little pacing.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Thursday, 5 September 2019 02:58 (four years ago) link
Season 2 of the 100 was pretty great
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 5 September 2019 16:40 (four years ago) link
I watched the first episode of Samurai Gourmet with one of my daughters, and she gave me so many WTF glares then refused to watch another one. Can't say that I particularly want to watch another one, either, but hey, for a novelty it was an otherwise harmless 18 minutes.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 5 September 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
Season 3 of Documentary Now is up, feat. "Original Cast Album: Co-op."
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 6 September 2019 02:09 (four years ago) link
does documentary now ever get really funny and not just authentic? I liked the thin blue line one but the rest is just ok
― or something, Friday, 6 September 2019 10:23 (four years ago) link
watched ep 1 of The Family.got bored.worth spending time with the rest, or is it as drawn out and tedious as ep 1 ?
― mark e, Friday, 6 September 2019 11:20 (four years ago) link
well, they at least stop showing that image of them playing touch football. I am stalled around episode 4 and may not pick it back up.
― Yerac, Friday, 6 September 2019 12:05 (four years ago) link
aren't there only 5 total? the re-enactments end after ep 1 iirc. that is what i found irritating about the beginning. idk if i can recommend it. my reflexive near-constant disgust about "the family" has finally begun to fade at least.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 6 September 2019 13:48 (four years ago) link
Those re-enactments were killing me. The part about the National Prayer Breakfasts were really interesting mostly because I had no clue what that involved.
― Yerac, Friday, 6 September 2019 13:53 (four years ago) link
Yeah re-enactments in general are unbearable. when "the family" went international is where i almost lost my mind -- i keep coming back to the phrase "nonconsensual diplomacy" and having waking nightmares thinking about it :(
so yeah i guess i would recommend it because it's real and monumentally fucked up
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 6 September 2019 13:57 (four years ago) link
I was going back and forth between 20 minutes of The Family and 20 minutes of K Burns Vietnam doc here and there and that was probably not the best idea.
― Yerac, Friday, 6 September 2019 13:59 (four years ago) link
oh my GODrapidly cycling waking nightmarethe vietnam doc was excellent though, i'd recommend that to anyone
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 6 September 2019 14:02 (four years ago) link
otm
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 September 2019 14:21 (four years ago) link
It's very good. I was watching them back to back to really amp up my distrust of white men.
― Yerac, Friday, 6 September 2019 14:25 (four years ago) link
Anyone watching the Sasha Baron Cohen (in serious mode) Israeli spy thing?
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 9 September 2019 15:56 (four years ago) link
i blew through all 4 seasons of Schitts Creek last week and onto s5 on demand - i’m so in love
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 9 September 2019 17:50 (four years ago) link
It's the best show (haven't seen season 5 yet, still refuse to buy anything on demand)
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 9 September 2019 17:57 (four years ago) link
My wife loves that show (Schitt's Creek)! She keeps prodding me to give it a chance.
― DJI, Monday, 9 September 2019 18:04 (four years ago) link
weird to see some cbc content break out of the can con ghetto. I've only caught an episode or two but it seems a cut above
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Monday, 9 September 2019 18:04 (four years ago) link
at first it seems like just a fish out of water comedy about awful people, which is fine, but it really blooms into something much richer & enjoyable over time. it has really blown me away
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 9 September 2019 19:56 (four years ago) link
and Levy & O’Hara are just *chef’s kiss*
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 9 September 2019 19:57 (four years ago) link
I kind of feel like one's taste for ott Chris Elliott plays a role in one's appreciation for this show.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 9 September 2019 19:58 (four years ago) link
The new Simon Amstell stand-up is excellent.
― tangenttangent, Monday, 9 September 2019 20:02 (four years ago) link
The Schitt's Creek characters all have lovable qualities that bloom over the course of the show's run, which lifts it well beyond its ridiculous premise.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 9 September 2019 20:03 (four years ago) link
cosigning the love for Schitt's Creek, imo once you get past the first few episodes it's all uphill
― sleeve, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 04:55 (four years ago) link
you mean downhill, right?
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 14:26 (four years ago) link
sorry I meant "increasing in quality" but mangled my metaphors
― sleeve, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 14:29 (four years ago) link
<3
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 14:29 (four years ago) link
uphill and downhill are both bad, right? lol
― Nhex, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 15:10 (four years ago) link
Los Tigres del Norte Live At Folsom Prison!
― ShariVari, Sunday, 15 September 2019 15:36 (four years ago) link
“Unbelievable” is really good. I’d read the original article on the case that it’s based on so I knew where the story was going but it was still a gripping watch. Toni Collette awesome as usual but I was really impressed by Kaitlyn Dever and Merritt Wever too.
― Roz, Sunday, 15 September 2019 16:42 (four years ago) link
Toni Collette awesome as usual
I think she's very bad but seem to be the only person in the world with this opinion.
― ban golf (jed_), Sunday, 15 September 2019 17:43 (four years ago) link
you're terrible, jed_
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Sunday, 15 September 2019 21:24 (four years ago) link
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cM-jDMIziT0/WNLUSwTEqWI/AAAAAAADSn0/HwQsK6NAfRwDJrulXEBnnyjs_MMcaHgTQCLcB/s1600/toni%2Bcollette%2Bmuriels%2Bwedding.gif
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 15 September 2019 21:46 (four years ago) link
the rest of the world agrees with you, it's fine :D
― ban golf (jed_), Monday, 16 September 2019 00:47 (four years ago) link
finished S1 of schitts creek and I love it but GOD the vet boyfriend and mutt are just charisma voids. granted they have some serious competition but they can't leave the show quick enough to suit me
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 16 September 2019 14:31 (four years ago) link
s2 shakes things up more
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 September 2019 18:02 (four years ago) link
I will watch Toni Collette in p much anything
xp
― Οὖτις, Monday, 16 September 2019 18:09 (four years ago) link
the bearded dude was one of the worst characterssuch a void!! i continued to find the vet excessively wholesome but that is what this show is about i guess
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 16 September 2019 18:11 (four years ago) link
i thought it was funny that two ridic attractive dudes just happen to live in the town
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 September 2019 18:15 (four years ago) link
But one of them is named Mutt Schitt, so a lot to overcome...
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 16 September 2019 18:22 (four years ago) link
wait his last name was Schitt too?!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 16 September 2019 18:25 (four years ago) link
yep he’s Roland’s son
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 September 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link
Has anyone here braved The I Land yet?
Is it so bad it's actually entertaining or just plain terrible?
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 07:08 (four years ago) link
I am on episode 4. It's pretty bad. Everyone is a shitty character making stupid choices although there is kind of a reason for that. And it's Neil Labute! And I could not figure out who this brawny guy was and it was Alex Pettyfer!
― Yerac, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 11:51 (four years ago) link
We are actually bailing on it. I think were about to stop on episode 3 but then ended up doing something else while episode 4 started playing.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 12:06 (four years ago) link