I do not particularly like Refn but Amazon tried so hard to bury TOTDY I remain tempted to watch it.
― Chris L, Monday, 10 February 2020 17:10 (four years ago) link
Oh no I just remembered I forgot to vote for the final season of Jane the Virgin! Was it on the list? I hope it shows up.
― tangenttangent, Monday, 10 February 2020 17:16 (four years ago) link
NARRATOR: But she had forgotten one thing...
― imago, Monday, 10 February 2020 17:20 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/NeYUhjy.jpg#66 (Tie) - Truthpoint (Adult Swim) - 25 points, 3 votes
OK, which one of you is @BARTSIMSON_REAL?
Truthpoint on Adult Swim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKUQwgNkc1c
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 10 February 2020 17:21 (four years ago) link
go ahead. keep screaming "Shut The Fuck Up " at me. it only makes my opinions Worse— wint (@dril) March 10, 2018
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Monday, 10 February 2020 17:24 (four years ago) link
Ahaha sorry everyone
― imago, Monday, 10 February 2020 17:26 (four years ago) link
This is obviously shit but I absolutely love it. Derek is so damn funny
― imago, Monday, 10 February 2020 17:27 (four years ago) link
It's the best sort of fiasco. Well, not the best - Tim and Gregg have that on lockdown - but a worthy pretender. *presses toilet effect button*
― imago, Monday, 10 February 2020 17:30 (four years ago) link
here's an equally subtle bookend
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 10 February 2020 17:31 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/E6VFKUm.jpg#66 (Tie) - The Boys (Amazon) - 25 points, 3 votes
What's good on Amazon Prime Video
The Boys on Amazon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06rueu_fh30
Derek is an absolute master of improvised weirdo irony. Dril is just... This show is all-out chaos.
― tangenttangent, Monday, 10 February 2020 17:32 (four years ago) link
Hated this
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Monday, 10 February 2020 17:35 (four years ago) link
if i ever am in the mood for brainless, testosterone-fueled ultra-violence, maybe i'll give this a shot.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Monday, 10 February 2020 17:47 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/zyiZCg0.jpg#66 (Tie) - Rick and Morty (Adult Swim) - 25 points, 3 votes
i'm mr meeseeks look at me rick and morty thread
Rick and Morty on Hulu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw6BrzB1drs
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 10 February 2020 17:50 (four years ago) link
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Monday, 10 February 2020 17:47 (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― imago, Monday, 10 February 2020 17:51 (four years ago) link
this was a weird season, didn't vote for it. but it was still funny even when it ventured a bit too far up its own ass.
only the snakes episode lived up to the towering highs of season 3.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Monday, 10 February 2020 17:56 (four years ago) link
a good show whose risible fanbase makes this low slotting feel more deserved than it is
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Monday, 10 February 2020 17:57 (four years ago) link
I didn't follow the nominations thread, so I'm curious what the criteria were for this poll. How was "series" defined: anything with multiple episodes? Also, I assume it had to air at least one episode in 2019, but are you voting just for the 2019 episodes or for the series as a whole?
― jaymc, Monday, 10 February 2020 18:09 (four years ago) link
Wow, the concept of Rick and Morty feels like a thing from the past for me, did not know it was still on
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 10 February 2020 18:12 (four years ago) link
As mentioned at the top of the nominations thread: "Any series of three or more episodes qualifies as long as at least one of the series' episodes has premiered somewhere in the world in 2019. Acceptable nominations: YouTube/Twitch streamers with a recognizable episode to episode continuity whether fictional or presentational, webseries, streaming series, cable series, game shows, news shows, animation, talk shows. Not acceptable nominations: sports, concerts, one-off documentaries or films, music videos."
Bearing in mind the quality of prior seasons is admittedly kind of unavoidable but these votes should have been cast in the name of the quality and enjoyability of episodes released in 2019; a vote for Riverdale today is not a vote for season one.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 10 February 2020 18:16 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/8MxfYco.jpg#66 (Tie) - Dear White People (Netflix) - 25 points, 3 votes
Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread
Dear White People on Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvPbJdDKKds
ty, ulysses
― jaymc, Monday, 10 February 2020 18:18 (four years ago) link
Did not Giancarlo Esposito was on Dear White People! Liked the movie, never saw the show. Anybody wanna rep for it as a fan?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 10 February 2020 18:21 (four years ago) link
I thought this was the best season of DWP so far! Hugely meta and even more cynical than usual.
― tangenttangent, Monday, 10 February 2020 18:22 (four years ago) link
do i need much backstory or can i just jump in at s3?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 10 February 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
Awwwww -- I am happy that two other people voted for DWP besides me!
why I like this show: 1. nostalgia -- not that I really want to go back to my time as a college student -- but it brings back memories (esp. w/r/t activists and other extra-curricular stuff)2. a lot of people I know (I am white, they are white) tune out and get defensive about social justice stuff re race because of the didacticism of how it's communicated, and I feel like this show illustrates these concepts in a way that is ... better appreciated by white people
― sarahell, Monday, 10 February 2020 18:27 (four years ago) link
my main issue with it is the character design, at the risk of sounding like a boomer there's just no personality behind it whatsoever, it looks worse than Family Guy
the writing is pretty good though
― frogbs, Monday, 10 February 2020 18:27 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/48tB1Ar.jpg#66 (Tie) - Big Mouth (Netflix) - 25 points, 3 votes
Big Mouth on Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70CN9XeDnf0
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 10 February 2020 18:28 (four years ago) link
I think the show really expanded and improved upon the themes of the movie. Plot-wise it doesn’t quite all hang together and a lot of it feels compiled with the urgency of renewal fears, but that’s heavily referenced in the script a la Arrested Development. In S3 there’s a nice show within a show. It’s really enjoyable as a whole and extremely of this moment.
xp hmm...I think start from the beginning. It sets up a lot of enigmas that are only just opening up in S3. You’ll fly through it in a few days though, I think
― tangenttangent, Monday, 10 February 2020 18:28 (four years ago) link
speaking of hideous character design xp
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Monday, 10 February 2020 18:29 (four years ago) link
sarahell otm
― tangenttangent, Monday, 10 February 2020 18:29 (four years ago) link
I tried to watch this and just couldn't. But it's placed low so I can't really hate...hate is reserved for the stuff you like en masse lol
― imago, Monday, 10 February 2020 18:37 (four years ago) link
weakest season of big mouth so far, not enough coach steve or shame wizard. some of it was too gross even for this show, and it wasn't as weirdly heart-warming as it's been in years past. still some belly laughs, though.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Monday, 10 February 2020 18:41 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/GwlsIB8.jpg#64 (Tie) - His Dark Materials (HBO) - 25 points, 4 votes
HIS DARK MATERIALS
His Dark Materials on HBO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APduGe1eLVI
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 10 February 2020 18:51 (four years ago) link
I'm teaching the first HDM book to a student of mine! We watched half the first episode of this and it looked pretty competently done. The books themselves, while very good, aren't free of fault (they're a bit fussy in tone and there are a few baked-in inconsistencies) so I'm fine with a bit of creative license. Seems fairly reverent though. I've only seen half an episode, as I say - maybe I'll watch some more at some point when the backlog is exhausted
― imago, Monday, 10 February 2020 18:55 (four years ago) link
Lack of Coach Steve was a massive boost to the last season of Big Mouth fuiudNot a lot of note seemed to happen compared to previous seasons tho
― nashwan, Monday, 10 February 2020 19:00 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/5UB50xk.jpg#64 (Tie) - Brockmire (IFC) - 25 points, 4 votes
Your Ten Favorite Shows Currently on Television
Brockmire on Hulu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt4IiGtyuTs
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 10 February 2020 19:08 (four years ago) link
^ highly underrated show in general and this season was as well written and acted as it has ever beenpost-Apu Azaria is among my fave actors
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 10 February 2020 19:10 (four years ago) link
HDM was a bit disappointing to me, a massive lover of the books.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Monday, 10 February 2020 19:10 (four years ago) link
What is this most similar to? I’ve never heard of it and it looks pretty great.
― tangenttangent, Monday, 10 February 2020 19:15 (four years ago) link
brockmire is one of those shows i get a bunch of promoted ads for and was convinced no one had actually ever watched so i'm very surprised to see this place
― na (NA), Monday, 10 February 2020 19:17 (four years ago) link
premise looks good! will check it out
― nxd, Monday, 10 February 2020 19:19 (four years ago) link
watched and loved the pilot years ago, but never kept up.
does this stream anywhere?
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Monday, 10 February 2020 19:20 (four years ago) link
as noted on the post, Brockmire streams on Hulu.it's very very good and very funny and very filthy.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 10 February 2020 19:26 (four years ago) link
here's another highly underrated show worth streaming on hulu:
https://i.imgur.com/6w1FREf.jpg#62 (Tie) - Ramy (Hulu) - 28 points, 4 votes
Ramy on Hulu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Ek09B9YaY
(NB that you do not need to know a thing about baseball to appreciate Brockmire; i imagine knowing something about baseball will only improve the show)
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 10 February 2020 19:28 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/X8D6hOJ.jpg#62 (Tie) - Documentary Now! (IFC) - 28 points, 4 votes
Documentary Now!
Documentary Now! on Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4wEp3U_LYE
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 10 February 2020 19:40 (four years ago) link
Last one for the day here; we'll add more over the week:
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 10 February 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/eQe7v4j.jpg#61 - SB Nation's Chart Party (YouTube) - 28 points, 5 votes
SB Nation’s Chart Party on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_SsIKgwvz4
Sad ending to the Terrace House saga, didn't know about thishttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/arts/television/terrace-house-suicide.html
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 20 July 2020 20:12 (four years ago) link
has been one of the biggest stories in the pro wrestling world this year, which is saying something. she had a very bright future, was one of the first women to perform at the january 4 tokyo dome show, the biggest annual event in japanese wrestling.
the one thing that stuck out to me before 'the truth' came out was how much faith TH fans seemed to have that the show was more authentic, less scripted than american reality TV. like maybe it's presented with more subtlety and ridiculous camera cuts so people assume it's more documentary-like, and general weebishness drives american fans to think japanese products don't lie like the american ones do
i checked in on the TH subreddit a lot after it happened and while there weren't any "she deserved to die" posts there was a massive amount of "[i wasn't the biggest fan of her]/[she was in the wrong in the laundry incident]/[she should've behaved better]... but she didn't deserve the abuse." like it's still reality tv, it's still bullshit, it shouldn't take someone dying for people to learn it's a presentation and shouldn't be taken at face value. dumbass wrestling fans seemed to get that immediately.
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Monday, 20 July 2020 20:48 (four years ago) link
*less ridiculous camera cuts, ykwim
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Monday, 20 July 2020 20:49 (four years ago) link
*.....fewer
More polls should include a link to the winners at the bottom of the thread so it's easy to find.Top 77 Television and Streaming Video Series of 2019
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 10 January 2021 16:00 (three years ago) link
it's not the bottom anymore
― shivers me timber (sic), Sunday, 10 January 2021 20:39 (three years ago) link