The Expanse (still only at the end of S2 tho)Schitt's Creek (only in S3)Fleabag (finished)
Watchmen is solidly good and occasionally great. Its ambition and attempts at dealing w/very ugly and vv American issues are admirable.
― omar little, Monday, 2 December 2019 22:00 (four years ago) link
I just keep forgetting I'm watching it and get confused when it doesn't have KJ APA and Cole Sprouse in it.
Nancy Drew xpost
― So, your CV says you're a (checks notes) DJ and stand-up comedian (aldo), Monday, 2 December 2019 22:02 (four years ago) link
the annoying thing about 2019 tv is that my favorite shows were divided among over 15 different networks. watching all of them required a cable plan AND separate subscriptions to eight different services AND the occasional torrent for international stuff. it's just not sustainable.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 2 December 2019 22:19 (four years ago) link
Stuff I Liked A Lot This Year:Chernobyl (HBO)Ramy (Hulu)Fleabag (Amazon) (Season 2 only)The Expanse (Amazon)Bosch (Amazon)Billions (Showtime)Letterkenny (Hulu) (Seasons 1-4 only; I bailed eventually)Killing Eve (Hulu) (Season 1 only)Bonusfamiljen (Netflix)
Stuff That Was OK:Stumptown (ABC/Hulu) (stopped watching when I let my Hulu subscription lapse)Evil (CBS)
Stuff I Fucking Hated:Succession (HBO)
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Monday, 2 December 2019 22:21 (four years ago) link
oh yeah Bosch is tight, but i still haven't watched past S3.
i'm limited by my Amazon/Netflix/HBOGO access. i sometimes try to catch up to shows much later if they arrive on one of those options.
― omar little, Monday, 2 December 2019 22:23 (four years ago) link
Are there more than 20 of you who would like to do a 2019 TV poll?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, December 2, 2019 4:45 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
i would definitely be down, gonna need to jog my memory about what i actually did watch this year
― jacquees, full of cobras (voodoo chili), Monday, 2 December 2019 22:52 (four years ago) link
me too
― DJI, Monday, 2 December 2019 23:19 (four years ago) link
id do
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Monday, 2 December 2019 23:39 (four years ago) link
what the hell is Ramy
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 2 December 2019 23:52 (four years ago) link
Oh, Ramy is fucking hilarious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJTGvErCjSs
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 00:12 (four years ago) link
i am down for a poll!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 01:20 (four years ago) link
I'd definitely vote in a poll
Looking forward to the new Expanse next week to provide some relief on the day the UK likely shoots itself in the head
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 07:46 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DemM7UGmIg
― koogs, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 13:50 (four years ago) link
^ interesting for the periods where it changes a lot, and for the periods where it doesn't change.
also has a few things that didn't really make it to uk.
― koogs, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 13:52 (four years ago) link
i had to look up a bunch of these. I had no clue what NCIS, Cold Case or Chasing Amy are.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 13:58 (four years ago) link
Judging Amy.
first ep of Goliath S3 is tremendous
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 14:10 (four years ago) link
lmao I chronicled this earlier but I thought it was so bad it made me quit the show on the spot
― Simon H., Wednesday, 4 December 2019 14:38 (four years ago) link
oh man i loved it. quaid so deliciously evil. they've always had these cartoonishly malevolent villains.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 14:51 (four years ago) link
and... ileana douglas!!!! this show has always had such incredible women in it.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 21:21 (four years ago) link
"looks like the nut business is swingin..."
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 21:35 (four years ago) link
There's so much about this that reminds me of Breaking Bad. The southwest desert locations, the inventive camerawork, the mile-wide surreal streak, the cartoonish villains, the selfishness and venality, the beating pulpy noir heart. It's got better/stronger/more interesting women in it. I guess the big difference is that it's good guys/bad guys rather than a 'conflicted' lead and I have to say it's fucking refreshing. I love Billy Bob so much. 'I'm going to sue your ass in Blackwood County, you bet your ass I will'. GO OFF KING
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 5 December 2019 11:15 (four years ago) link
mrs fletcher is good, the porn stuff is a lil reductive but otherwise all the characters are really strong in their own way imo idk im digging it a lot
― johnny crunch, Friday, 6 December 2019 13:36 (four years ago) link
okay, let's do this.Best TV/Web/Streaming Series of 2019 - Poll Nominations Closing January 5
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 7 December 2019 07:21 (four years ago) link
using a Showtime trial and I’m getting into On Becoming a God in Central Floridanot everything is clicking for me a couple episodes in, but the deeply cynical turn that happens early in the series is amazing and Kirsten Dunst is killing it
― mh, Saturday, 7 December 2019 19:13 (four years ago) link
Started the end of the fucking world.
I don’t know. Why would he want to kill this girl who likes him?
― treeship., Sunday, 8 December 2019 00:35 (four years ago) link
Obvs thats kind of a dumb question. But he seems less plausible psychologically than the girl. Her performance is honestly quite good.
― treeship., Sunday, 8 December 2019 00:38 (four years ago) link
Work in Progress on Showtime's first episode was really good. Like really really good! I'm kind of excited by how good it is out the gate.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 9 December 2019 04:39 (four years ago) link
they should probably change the title
― 10,000 mani-gecs (voodoo chili), Monday, 9 December 2019 13:34 (four years ago) link
probably; it appears to refer to the hero's journey but it comes off sounding confused.it's very sharp.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 9 December 2019 16:04 (four years ago) link
Just started the BBC 2 show "Mum"Expect I'll knock out all three seasons before Monday.Why didn't anyone tell me about this? It's very well written and beautifully acted; perfect domestic dramedy theater.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 21 December 2019 23:06 (four years ago) link
oh and the second episode of work in progress cements it as a wonder for me; love what it's doing in every way.
(or is Mum considered uncool in the uk for some reason)
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 22 December 2019 01:33 (four years ago) link
I haven't seen Mum but it's on my list. Annoyingly the pan-BBC search that powers iPlayer won't find it so i have to use the A-Z listing.
Tonight I watched the first episodes of both Shrill and Work in Progress and both were fucking excellent, and both weirdly had small parts for Julia Sweeney, looking exactly the same in each one.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 6 January 2020 22:37 (four years ago) link
i knocked out all three seasons of mum pretty quick; if you like Shrill and Work in Progress, you'll love mum
All three are great!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 6 January 2020 23:11 (four years ago) link
I can't be bothered to google, so what's Work In Progress, and where can I watch Shrill?
― kinder, Tuesday, 7 January 2020 23:20 (four years ago) link
Work in Progress is a dark comedy on Showtime:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai8TD3aFn8M
Shrill is on Hulu
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 04:16 (four years ago) link
Shrill also on iPlayer
― Doubling down on out of date information (aldo), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 06:04 (four years ago) link
Ooh thanks
― kinder, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:28 (four years ago) link
re: julia sweeney and the legacy of Pathttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/arts/television/julia-sweeney-pat-snl.html
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:29 (four years ago) link
It’s also on the BBC tv app thing!
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:30 (four years ago) link
Shrill, that is.
Just started The Witcher and it's extremely entertaining so far
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:40 (four years ago) link
^^^ we loved it
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:42 (four years ago) link
I can't watch The Witcher because a) the name sounds like a thrash metal band from South America and b) Henry Cavill looks like one of those rubber human-shaped sparring dummies come to life.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 17:16 (four years ago) link
I couldn’t deal with that stringy video game hair.
― DJI, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 17:35 (four years ago) link
y’all missing the r-rated Xena, Warrior Princess you never knew you needed
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 9 January 2020 02:30 (four years ago) link
Yeah, that's a thing I definitely don't need.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Thursday, 9 January 2020 02:35 (four years ago) link
I need to pick The Witcher back up. I watched one episode and had to look up what was going on.
― Yerac, Thursday, 9 January 2020 02:50 (four years ago) link
and then I fell down a rabbithole of how action dudes do a several day course of dehydration to look really ripped for big scenes.
― Yerac, Thursday, 9 January 2020 02:51 (four years ago) link