Lodge 49 - The most humane, faith-restoring show ever. It unfurls quietly but magnificently, weaving a tapestry of obscure interconnected moments for the viewer to interpret. All of the occulty details are just so fun as well and seem to inspire a genuine child-like awe in the show's fanbase.
Terrace House - My #3. Like Albert said, it's not the best season, but as an entry point it's as good as any, and wow there are still some excellent and confounding moments. Unlike a lot of reality TV, it's genuinely unpredictable, because truths are usually harder won. The panel are still killing it, ofc.
Glow - Still excellent. So good at making me care about all of the characters.
― tangenttangent, Friday, 14 February 2020 17:31 (four years ago) link
Yamachan is the GOAT reality panellist yeah and he's only getting better
― imago, Friday, 14 February 2020 17:32 (four years ago) link
This Lodge 49 discussion is the first thing on the list where the discussion makes me feel like "I should give this show I've never seen that doesn't seem like my kind of show a chance."
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 14 February 2020 17:38 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/wJeQBEx.jpg#14 - BoJack Horseman (Netflix) - 90 points, 10 votes
Let's talk about BoJack Horseman, the new Netflix animated series (starring Will Arnett, Alison Brie, Amy Sedaris, Aaron Paul, etc)
Bojack Horseman on Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOGxOQxXjdo
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 14 February 2020 17:44 (four years ago) link
xpost Yeah, I'd seen bits and pieces of it after Better Call Saul and, tbqh, it seemed like just another in the long line of low-effort shows that AMC airs after their big hits and that get deservedly cancelled after a couple seasons, mixed with maybe like John from Cincinnati. But y'all are stoking my interest.
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2020 17:46 (four years ago) link
Lodge 49 is incredible, just a beautiful show
otherwise: you guys watch a lot of garbage
― Οὖτις, Friday, 14 February 2020 17:47 (four years ago) link
First half of Bojack S6 (the eligible part) was a return to form imo
― imago, Friday, 14 February 2020 17:47 (four years ago) link
Discussion of S6 part 2 is BANNED because we still have two episodes left btw
Really enjoyed the last few episodes (not much talk on the thread what's the deal? xp oh) despite the grim trajectory of...most of the characters but esp. the lead
― nashwan, Friday, 14 February 2020 17:48 (four years ago) link
did i vote? no. however: too low
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 14 February 2020 17:48 (four years ago) link
BANNED
― imago, Friday, 14 February 2020 17:49 (four years ago) link
also yeah too low etc
i c u
― nashwan, Friday, 14 February 2020 17:49 (four years ago) link
The surprise party episode and the church reenactment episode alone should have had this in the top ten
― imago, Friday, 14 February 2020 17:51 (four years ago) link
first half season 6 was pretty excellent, writing was top notch.
need to watch s6 part 2 again to decide which half i prefer, but it seems like the first half optimized the drama/comedy balance a bit better than the second?
either way, this was in my top 5.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 February 2020 17:52 (four years ago) link
lol yes, the surprise party episode was so good.
and don't even get me started on gary, the guy who i met at the gas station!
Out of curiosity, how did everyone come by this Lodge 49 consensus? I'm admittedly unattuned to the zeitgeist but I'm fairly sure I've never heard or seen anyone saying anything about the show one way or another.
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2020 17:55 (four years ago) link
^^^not in the lodge
― imago, Friday, 14 February 2020 17:55 (four years ago) link
Clearly.
it's okay, I'm not in the lodge either, I see tt go off and wonder what she's doing but she always comes back in the best mood
― imago, Friday, 14 February 2020 17:56 (four years ago) link
made a lot of critic top ten lists, but yeah i didn't see much discussion (and i don't know anyone irl who's seen the show that i didn't specifically recommend the show to)
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 February 2020 17:57 (four years ago) link
simon h has championed it around here and got quite a few of us to check it out i think.
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 14 February 2020 17:58 (four years ago) link
I admit I thought Bojack s5 was pure water-treading territory so I have yet to check out s6
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Friday, 14 February 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
it's very good imo
― sleeve, Friday, 14 February 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
4 > 3 > 2 > 6 > 1 >>> 5
― imago, Friday, 14 February 2020 18:00 (four years ago) link
s5 wasn't that bad, c'mon
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:01 (four years ago) link
definitely lesser than 2-3-4 but so are most things
All relative. S1 is still great. Sad horse show is all time
― imago, Friday, 14 February 2020 18:01 (four years ago) link
Out of curiosity, how did everyone come by this Lodge 49 consensus?
saw it discussed rapturously here + my brother was into it, but what sealed the deal was seeing some RIP tweet from the showrunner about how central Trish Keenan and Broadcast were to the aesthetic of the show and then I was like okay I'm in. It's amazing. Best original show of recent years, hands down.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 14 February 2020 18:09 (four years ago) link
oh yeah and DJI/my bandmate also repped for it
i voted for lodge 49 even though i haven't seen s2 yet. i don't love it as rapturously as some but i really appreciate the combo of mysticism and general financial insecurity. and it has david pasquesi, i.e. stu the meat man
― na (NA), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:11 (four years ago) link
it's a "critical favorite"
― na (NA), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:12 (four years ago) link
Hmmm, I am likewise intrigued by the Broadcast evocation.
And I do love me some Pasquesi but he's been in some, hmm, not great stuff.
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:13 (four years ago) link
he will always be THE MEAT MAN to me, but tbf Pasquesi is incredible in this, goes places I didn't know he had in him
― Οὖτις, Friday, 14 February 2020 18:14 (four years ago) link
and hey i just noticed s2 of lodge 49 is up on hulu now!
― na (NA), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:15 (four years ago) link
B Horseman one of my very favorite shows of the recent era but my memory of the 2019 eps is that they didn't quite rise to the level I expected (and indeed I don't remember them that well.) Still probably too low! (Didn't make my top 4 but would have been in my top 10 had I done 10.) I somehow can't get interested in Diane & Guy -- even the name seems to suggest they can't find much to say about the character.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:15 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/uDm8zFD.jpg#13 - Stranger Things (Netflix) - 100 points, 10 votes
A thread for Stranger Things, the "Goonies meets X-Files" new Netflix series (with SPOILERS!)
Stranger Things on Netflix Website
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEG3bmU_WaI
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:18 (four years ago) link
S3 was so much better than S2
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
lucky for you I'm already hoarse from previous booing
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:20 (four years ago) link
this show fucking sucks
― Οὖτις, Friday, 14 February 2020 18:22 (four years ago) link
Rewatched all of BoJack before second half of S6 and S5 was much better second time around. Free Churros is probably one of the (many) best episodes overall.S6 Part 1 was great and a travesty that Stranger Things has finished above it.
― groovypanda, Friday, 14 February 2020 18:23 (four years ago) link
"Free Churros" was the show at its self-indulgent worst for me lol
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:24 (four years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Friday, February 14, 2020 12:14 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
If/when y'all find yourself in Chicago, make a point of seeing TJ & Dave, the weekly two-man improv show he does with T.J. 'yes, that guy from the Sonic commercials' Jagodowski. It's the only improv I'd ever recommend to the uninitiated and I recommend it highly. They're both amazingly nuanced and intuitive performers. P.S. If Tracy Letts is sitting in for one of them, DO NOT SEE; Pulitzer Prizes apparently do not translate into improv performance skillz.
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
TJ and Dave are a fun show for sure.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:27 (four years ago) link
Stranger Things is good, eff the haters, and this season was quite fun. Ethan Uma Jr. was a swell addition to the cast. That said: did not vote for it.
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:29 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/3Ky6l2m.jpg#12 - Schitt's Creek (Pop US) - 101 points, 11 votes
Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread
Schitt’s Creek on Netflix Website
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mzdm3gzraI
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:29 (four years ago) link
I lost interest in Killing Eve pretty early on in s1 and no one seemed to think s2 was an improvement
This was my reaction to S1, I was kind of dumbfounded out some of the plot turns.
Loved the first two seasons of GLOW, and I threw some points at it for this poll mostly out of fondness for them, because I didn't like the third season at all.
And speaking of dreary sitcoms that I found completely unfunny...
I loathe Bojack. Tried watching the first episode again and bailed halfway through, never so much as a cracked a smile at its humor.
― Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:30 (four years ago) link
Everyone says this show is good, but I've always avoided it because of it's too-cute title
― may the force leave us alone (zchyrs), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:30 (four years ago) link
refuse to watch because canadian but I'm glad we finally produced a new series y'all enjoy, I guess
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Friday, 14 February 2020 18:30 (four years ago) link
couldn't make it through more than a few episodes of the first season, no matter how much I love Chris Elliott.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 14 February 2020 18:31 (four years ago) link