Can anyone explain Mortimer and Whitehouse Go Fishing to me? I tried an episode and it was opaque.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 04:12 (four years ago) link
as someone born in the 90s, i am blissfully ignorant of dark crystal.
and these stills aren't convincing me to take the plunge lol
as someone born in the 70s, i saw Dark Crystal as a kid, thought it was fine at the time, but have no desire to revisit it
― sarahell, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 08:47 (four years ago) link
I don't watch enough telly to vote in any meaningful way, but would have voted for Gone Fishing. It's a bit like the Trip in that it's beautiful to look at and it happens to have two old men enacting their dotage in it. The difference here is that it's done with a real light touch.
I'm not a big fan of the 'it gets better in season 9!1!!!' argument but this definitely benefits from accumulation (after 3 episodes, I basically dozed through the rest with my eyes open).
― Ngolo Cantwell (Chinaski), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 12:11 (four years ago) link
it reminded me of the thing Alan Plater said about the best bits of writing on Z Cars being when they were just sitting in the car and chatting about nothing, it was a welcome change from the constant pressure for things to happen on tv
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 12:23 (four years ago) link
xxp: Still have the warm feels of seeing Dark Crystal at age 10 (and Time Bandits at 9). I recall my playground mates would hum the deepest chords we could manage, mimicking the urRu/Mystics.
They seem absent here.
I'd hope DC:AOR has less CGI, greenscreen, and impossible/weightless camera movements than the highlight reel of the trailer. Just charmless for me.
― forgotten even to the sea (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 12:31 (four years ago) link
You should definitely give it a go. There's obviously some CGI but it's done with real puppets and sets and had a charm of its own because of that. It's also got a very good story and is absolutely gorgeous to look at.
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 12:58 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/UneC7qZ.jpg#53 (Tie) - Euphoria (HBO) - 30 points, 3 votes
Euphoria on HBO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziMUD0_TTg0
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 13:46 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/b1j3nxB.jpg#53 (Tie) - Bosch (Amazon) - 30 points, 3 votes
"If you can smoke and drink while doing it, it's not a sport" - a thread for BOSCH
Bosch on Amazon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnVtSOTfbEU
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 14:06 (four years ago) link
hey it's the man in black
― nxd, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 14:11 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/WY1WlGj.jpg#53 (Tie) - 63 Up (ITV, UK) - 30 points, 3 votes
7-Up (The Michael Apted documentary series)
63 Up Website
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugw7hUoJ0C0
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 14:22 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/VOylam0.jpg#48 (Tie) - Veronica Mars (Hulu) - 30 points, 4 votes
Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars on Hulu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt0QuaQ0huk
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 14:45 (four years ago) link
The new season of Veronica Mars seemed about on par with season 2 and 3, though I completely forgot it existed from after I finished watching it until right now.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 14:55 (four years ago) link
#48 (Tie) - Tuca and Bertie (Netflix) - 30 points, 4 votes
Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread
Tuca and Bertie on Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZybYIJtbcu0
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 14:57 (four years ago) link
^ harshly done by
that said I still haven't seen the final one or two
― nashwan, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:00 (four years ago) link
Never before has a single episode torpedoed my liking of a show as much as the Sex Bugs episode of this did. Struggled on for one more but I was done. Shame as this could have been pretty good
― imago, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:02 (four years ago) link
opening minute was enough to torpedo my interest
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:04 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Dkr6v5b.jpg#48 (Tie) - The Dragon Prince (Netflix) - 30 points, 4 votes
The Dragon Prince on Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc2gmVTb6-k
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:09 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/O1yCI0A.jpg#48 (Tie) - Pose (FX) - 30 points, 4 votes
Pose on FX Website
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJFCY2mITHY
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:23 (four years ago) link
Not familiar with a lot of these Netflix shows but ... lotta parents of young kids voting here?
― 🚶♂️💨 (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:23 (four years ago) link
Sometimes kid content is great on its own terms. I'm going to be voting (quite high) for the latest Shaun The Sheep in our movie poll for example
Would be nice if a few fans of these shows turned up and talked about why they like them though. Do your job ILX!
― imago, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:26 (four years ago) link
(I don't have kids. I am a kid.)
― imago, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:27 (four years ago) link
Paw Patrol's gotten pretty repetitive in its later seasons which is why I didn't vote for it
― frogbs, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:31 (four years ago) link
dang this is going fast
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:31 (four years ago) link
totally forgot about the new veronica mars episodes, gotta check those out.
i watched and guiltily enjoyed all seasons of bosch but couldn't bring myself to vote for it since i had no memory of what the most recent season was
― na (NA), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:33 (four years ago) link
Paw Patrol With Five Little Buses Pregnant Elsa Scares Pikachu
― imago, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:33 (four years ago) link
would you say it's in... TURBO MODE
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:34 (four years ago) link
To Be Filed Under: Oh How the Mighty Have Fallen
https://i.imgur.com/g7PqUe7.jpg#48 (Tie) - Game of Thrones (HBO) - 30 points, 4 votes
HBO's adaptation of Game of Thrones - Thread 2. There are a lot of nerds.
Game of Thrones on HBO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlR4PJn8b8I
I'm still waiting for a single one of my poll selections to show up! I gather at this point that I must like shows that are either very popular or universally hated.
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:35 (four years ago) link
these vids are thankfully mostly gone from YouTube but still when you search "Paw Patrol" the first few results are not of the show but rather of grown-ass men playing with Paw Patrol stuffed animals. they have like 50 million views each.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:37 (four years ago) link
Sometimes kid content is great on its own terms.
I love Horrible Histories, better than GOT tbh
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:38 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/F4Egnij.jpg#46 (Tie) - Stath Lets Flats (Channel 4) - 33 points, 4 votes
Rolling UK Comedy Thread - "Ricky Don't Lose Larry David's Number
Stath Lets Flats on Channel 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOc_2z34CUc
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:46 (four years ago) link
There's my #1. Jamie Demetriou has saved British comedy
― imago, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:50 (four years ago) link
It's covered in...brack
So far 2 things I've watched and 0 that I voted for.
― Chris L, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link
Obviously you don't have to be a Londoner of Greek Cypriot extraction to love this, but everything - the gleeful nonsense dialogue, the pinpoint characterisation, the mounting physical absurdity - is both reminiscent of the absolute heights of UK sitcoms past and something rather syncretic and new. It feels absolutely attuned to the cultural backgrounds of all of its characters while allowing them to stretch out and be wonderfully idiosyncratic. Above all, it's hilarious. S1 was great but S2 is a masterpiece and will take less than 3 hours of your time to devour. Do so if you've ever giggled at Alan Partridge or Fawlty Towers.
― imago, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:56 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/rJXHdiq.jpg#46 (Tie) - Kingdom (Netflix) - 33 points, 4 votes
Kingdom on Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l-yByZpaaM
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 16:01 (four years ago) link
Two of my four votes, 63 Up and Kingdom, have already placed. Gonna privilege my own taste here and say they're this low because they weren't widely seen. 63 Up, in particular, is the best thing about death and its approach I've seen this year and maybe ever. (Kingdom, of course, is also about death but in a very different way....)
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 16:05 (four years ago) link
Kingdom: I really like zombie stuff and have watched a lot of such shows, many of which take the form "it's zombies + [genre x]" but "zombies + court intrigue" is the best such combo I've seen.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 16:06 (four years ago) link
Checking from my phone but hope that’s not a remake of LvT’s Kingdom.
Stath Lets Flats is so wonderfully observed that you are almost instantly invested in the lives of each character. It also has the best uses for absurdity in contemporary UK TV. Everyone should watch it now.
― tangenttangent, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 16:06 (four years ago) link
It also has the best uses for absurdity in contemporary UK TV.
tbf we are currently watching something else that will place later, and which runs it pretty close in this regard (and would have done for my #1 slot too if I'd seen it a week earlier)
but yeah
― imago, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 16:09 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/aatf5mI.jpg#45 - The Good Place (NBC) - 35 points, 5 votes
The Good Place on NBC
The Good Place on Hulu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnq6IRgt4yE
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 16:13 (four years ago) link
too low!
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 16:14 (four years ago) link
Man, if we'd done this poll last year
I mean, final season was still good I guess, but...the wheels were idling a bit
Still haven't watched the final episode for some reason
― imago, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 16:15 (four years ago) link
oh, i guess most of this would've been the beginning of s4
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 16:15 (four years ago) link
even a weak season of TGP should still be higher
As I say, last year it would have been unthinkable to not put it in my top ten but this time I couldn't even be bothered to vote for it. I wonder what changed. Maybe I did, man
― imago, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 16:18 (four years ago) link
GOT too high!
Dragon Prince keeps getting better, it's not quite as good as Avatar or Korra at their best but this last season did some challenging things that the other two shows haven't.
― Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 16:24 (four years ago) link
yeah, fess up GOT voters
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 16:30 (four years ago) link