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
ramy and d now! are shows i've been planning on checking out, but as i mentioned before: there are too many shows.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Monday, 10 February 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
always found Documentary Now! more "impressive" than actually funny
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Monday, 10 February 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
didn't vote for any YT shows, but i love chart party. jon bois is one of the world's funniest people.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Monday, 10 February 2020 19:42 (four years ago) link
Jon Bois rules obviously
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Monday, 10 February 2020 19:42 (four years ago) link
oh damn I should've voted for this, it's weirdly transfixing
― frogbs, Monday, 10 February 2020 19:43 (four years ago) link
Had to vote Bois. Bob Emergency and Saddest Punt were truly exceptional content and he's an original
― imago, Monday, 10 February 2020 19:44 (four years ago) link
if you guys wanna enjoy jon bois in text form, check out his old 'breaking madden' and 'nba y2k' series on sb nation.
https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2014/6/3/5772796/nba-y2k-series-finale-the-death-of-basketball
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Monday, 10 February 2020 19:44 (four years ago) link
Also one of a very few people worth following on Twitter. And yeah, a deep dive is strongly recommended. Wait til you reach his Farming Simulator videos...
― imago, Monday, 10 February 2020 19:45 (four years ago) link
61 - SB Nation's Chart Party (YouTube) - 28 points, 5 votes62 (Tie) - Documentary Now! (IFC, stream on Netflix) - 28 points, 4 votes62 (Tie) - Ramy (Hulu) - 28 points, 4 votes64 (Tie) - Brockmire (IFC, stream on Hulu) - 25 points, 4 votes64 (Tie) - His Dark Materials (HBO) - 25 points, 4 votes66 (Tie) - Big Mouth (Netflix) - 25 points, 3 votes66 (Tie) - Dear White People (Netflix) - 25 points, 3 votes66 (Tie) - Rick and Morty (Adult Swim, stream on Hulu) - 25 points, 3 votes66 (Tie) - The Boys (Amazon) - 25 points, 3 votes66 (Tie) - Truthpoint (Adult Swim, Stream on YouTube) - 25 points, 3 votes71 - Infinity Train (Cartoon Network, stream on web) - 25 points, 2 votes72 - The Witcher (Netflix) - 20 points, 4 votes73 - Jessica Jones (Netflix) - 20 points, 3 votes74 (Tie) - GeoWizard's Mission Across Wales (YouTube) - 20 points, 2 votes74 (Tie) - Ainori Love Wagon: Asian Journey (Netflix) - 20 points, 2 votes74 (Tie) - Nailed It! (Netflix US) - 20 points, 2 votes74 (Tie) - Too Old To Die Young (Amazon) - 20 points, 2 votes
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 10 February 2020 19:47 (four years ago) link
that weird interactive webpage he did about the distant future of football was amazing, I've never seen anything like it
― frogbs, Monday, 10 February 2020 19:48 (four years ago) link
That's his ultimate masterpiece so far, yes
― imago, Monday, 10 February 2020 19:50 (four years ago) link
17776 (if anyone would like to check it out)
― tangenttangent, Monday, 10 February 2020 19:54 (four years ago) link
A great first day!! Though perhaps I’m a bit biased... A couple of interesting things to try out too.
― tangenttangent, Monday, 10 February 2020 19:55 (four years ago) link
if you only watch one documentary now ep the company cast recording satire is the one to see
― Mordy, Monday, 10 February 2020 19:59 (four years ago) link
i saw richard kind do a song from that on a late-night show with no context, and it was glorious.
interested in that one and the bowling one (mainly for tim robinson reasons)
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Monday, 10 February 2020 20:02 (four years ago) link
Voted for Documentary Now! but suffers for lack of Bill Hader this season.
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 10 February 2020 20:06 (four years ago) link
Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere, but does Documentary Now continue to be a remake of a famous documentary each episode or do they deviate from that formula?
― tangenttangent, Monday, 10 February 2020 20:06 (four years ago) link
No, they stick with pastiching existing docs.
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 10 February 2020 20:08 (four years ago) link
Aah I see. It’s a bizarre premise for a show. Maybe I’ll get around to watching more some day.
― tangenttangent, Monday, 10 February 2020 20:20 (four years ago) link
nailed it is the only one so far i voted for, and that was kind of a throwaway vote - it's cute but repetitive, i mostly voted for it because i like watching it with my kids
― na (NA), Monday, 10 February 2020 20:34 (four years ago) link
Did I vote for Jessica Jones? Anyway, I really disliked one of the main plot developments, but I'll add that season 2 is better than most people give it credit for. Season 1 is still the best Netflix Marvel thing by a wide margin though.
― Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Monday, 10 February 2020 21:49 (four years ago) link
Documentary Now! the only thing I've voted for so far, exclusively on the strength of the Co-Op ep.
― 🚶♂️💨 (Eric H.), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 02:32 (four years ago) link
i watched two episodes and liked it but got hung up on the glaring and unavoidable fact that it is meant for children and the script reflects that. i may need to retry.they just wrapped "book 2" btw!
they just wrapped "book 2" btw!
I get this, but IMO Infinity Train is kinda like Steven Universe in that it obviously wants to get some important messages about self-worth and acceptance through to the kids, but the whole scifi/fantasy setting provides a lot to enjoy for adults too, who may find the messages a bit too obvious. (Not saying that it's as good as Steven Universe - what is? - but it's still very enjoyable.) The concept of having each episode take place in a separate train car/micro-world provides with a lot of space to do cool and surreal imagery, and they also apparently intend each season to have different protagonists with different issues means that they shouldn't be stuck repeating the same themes. They already did that in the second season, and it went into some pretty dark and deep waters for a Cartoon Network show (don't want to say anything more not to spoil it). So based on the two seasons so far (they're very short, only ten 10-minute episodes per season), I feel IT has a lot of potential for both kids and adults.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 11 February 2020 09:52 (four years ago) link
Never heard of Documentary Now! and it's not showing on UK Netflix so guess it's US only?
Thought I was the other voter for Too Old Too Die Young but just checked my ballot and it's not on there. Great show though (if not for everyone) and glad that stuff like that can get made these days even if Amazon did their best to bury it before it was even released.
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 11 February 2020 10:47 (four years ago) link
I got excited when this poll mentioned Documentary Now is on Netflix but it's not in my country. Still have yet to see an episode
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 11 February 2020 11:47 (four years ago) link
I've really only enjoyed the Doc Now episodes with Hader and/or Mulaney involved, but those are great. Hader as the James Carville type in the War Room parody is one of my favorite comedic turns of the last few years.
Criterion is including the DN parody of the Mayseles Brothers' Salesman as an extra on their reissue of that movie.
― Chris L, Tuesday, 11 February 2020 13:20 (four years ago) link
Haven’t seen Documentary Now! but I did just want to mention (since there doesn’t seem to be any discussion about it) that I think HDM deserves its low position.
― very avant-garde (Variablearea), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 14:35 (four years ago) link