that's more credit than I'll give for most of these shows
― Nhex, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
she *seemed* like a v good reason to watch
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
all I can say is Lexx taught me a very valuable lesson about approaching SF television with an incredibly skeptical eye
― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
but Lexx always looked bad from getgo!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
yes it did
I still tried to watch it
never again
― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 18:58 (eleven years ago) link
Only one ep left of Orphan Black for me to watch :(
The only thing that lets this show down sometimes is the casting. The guy who plays Beth's police partner is a one-note cliche. Every time he's on screen it feels like a video-game cut scene. The guy who plays Paul is terrible, straight from the JAG school of simmering glances and husky whisperings. SPEAK UP, SON. SPEAK THE FUCK UP.
Everybody else is pretty great though. MAX HEADROOM! Good god the man can act!
the time she played Alison pretending to be Sarah? And NAILED IT?
So good.
I love the moment when you realize that 1) the murder victim 2) the murderer and 3) the detective investigating the case.... are all clones of each other.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 21 June 2013 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
I actually like Art, but yes, Paul is very boring. Jordan Gavaris is great as Felix, though.
― Simon H., Friday, 21 June 2013 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
I really REALLY like Angela, Art's new partner
― DJP, Friday, 21 June 2013 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
Do we not have a dedicated OB thread yet? We should.
― Simon H., Friday, 21 June 2013 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
It hasn't aired yet but the first ep of Ray Donovan has leaked and it is very good. Liev Schreiber plays a murky leg-breaking hollywood fixer type character and Jon Voight is his just released dad who leers at a breast-feeding lady on a plane. It also has Elliott Gould in there, some good actors on board. Looks like a good series from the first ep.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 21:02 (eleven years ago) link
Everyone seems to love that pilot and I just don't get it. At all.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 26 June 2013 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
Whodunit is a very entertaining dumb summer reality show.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 21:35 (eleven years ago) link
Any interest in Under the Dome? Saw the first ep and will probably give it a chance.
― nickn, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 21:41 (eleven years ago) link
im kinda into this (ray donovan). its v over the top & *packed* w/ plot
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 21:42 (eleven years ago) link
was just about to post exact same thing - the story is interesting but the acting is so far pretty goddamn terrible. xp
― just1n3, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 21:43 (eleven years ago) link
It did suffer from trying to do too much, but there is a decent ensemble in there and I reckon it could be a good one.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 21:44 (eleven years ago) link
It really must irk Stephen King that The Simpons Movie beat him to it, probably while he was still arseing with his novel.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
like chuck klosterman/bill simmons are def like *flexing fingers* to bang out 20k words on this ray donovan pilot
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 21:54 (eleven years ago) link
"some very powerful people are gonna come after me now very powerful people da vinci code type shit"
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
Not just The Simpsons, I saw the German movie The Wall just a week ago. Similar scenario on a much more personnal scale.
― nickn, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
"It really must irk Stephen King that The Simpons Movie beat him to it, probably while he was still arseing with his novel."
I wonder if that's why in every interview* I've seen with him about it he states he's been working on the story for 17 years (or something like that).
* NB: one or two.
― nickn, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 22:34 (eleven years ago) link
pilot for Under the Dome was kind of fun - definitely got Stand-esque vibes from it
― Nhex, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 23:36 (eleven years ago) link
I hope Jeff Fahey didn't die at the end of ep 1 (exploding pacemaker), because he is ace.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 23:44 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9424087/on-set-show-ray-donovan
good line:Ray Donovan has USA Network bones — not at all a bad thing — but is weighed down by HBO ambition
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 27 June 2013 02:00 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/netflix-bbc-set-start-dates-for-gillian-anderson-series-the-fall-video/
gillian anderson and archie panjabi, in a crime thriller on nextflix soon!
anderson looks soooo perfect in this, my years of adolescent x-files fandom are really paying dividends now
― j., Thursday, 4 July 2013 07:37 (eleven years ago) link
she was awesome and gorgeous in Hannibal
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 4 July 2013 08:53 (eleven years ago) link
i think you shld watch this quality bbc crime drama, vg
― j., Thursday, 4 July 2013 09:24 (eleven years ago) link
I love The Fall but the Beeb need to realise a lot of their audience have been HBOised and have become accustomed to the season finale. Splitting it into two mini-seasons shows a lack of faith on their part.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Thursday, 4 July 2013 10:10 (eleven years ago) link
The new Luther got off to a cracking start.
― hewing to the status quo with great zealotry (DavidM), Thursday, 4 July 2013 12:02 (eleven years ago) link
srs nightmare material near the end there
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 4 July 2013 12:19 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone watching 'The Bridge' on FX?
Really, really good imo. First episode off to a ripping start. I was afraid the Aspberger's thing would be a bit on the nose but it seems to be handled ok -- and I seriously love the dude playing the Juarez cop Ruiz. He's so old and grizzled and beaten down, he reminds me a lot of Tommy Lee Jones' character in No Country For Old Men.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 12 July 2013 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
xp re: The Fall
I like to think that when the show reappears in 2014, real time will have elapsed. It will be over a year later, and events may or may not have taken place in the interim.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 12 July 2013 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
The Bridge is a remake of Broen, right? I only watched a few episodes, but that was okay. Can't say I'm interested in an Americanised version.
― hewing to the status quo with great zealotry (DavidM), Friday, 12 July 2013 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
Huh, I didn't know it was a remake!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 12 July 2013 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
It was originally set on the border of Sweden and Denmark I think? It's the US and Mexico in the FX version. The upcoming UK version will be England and France.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 12 July 2013 18:10 (eleven years ago) link
australian version will be Australia / NZ, taking place mainly on the water
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 12 July 2013 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
tbh border of US + Mexico is much more interesting to me than border of Sweden + Denmark
― Mordy , Friday, 12 July 2013 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
vikings vs vikings FITE
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 12 July 2013 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
Israel and Lebanon would be a good one.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 12 July 2013 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
It was uptight, by-the-book Swede vs slobbish, band-the-rules Dane, iirc. A lot of the Swedes are like THIS, Danes are like THAT jokes got lost in translation, really.xp
― hewing to the status quo with great zealotry (DavidM), Friday, 12 July 2013 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
xp have u seen the flick beaufort?
― Mordy , Friday, 12 July 2013 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
Haven't, but I'll look into it.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 12 July 2013 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
i need to tivo bridge like now
― how bad could it be to be stuck to the couch, forever... (forksclovetofu), Friday, 12 July 2013 23:16 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone watching 'The Bridge' on FX?Really, really good imo. First episode off to a ripping start. I was afraid the Aspberger's thing would be a bit on the nose but it seems to be handled ok -- and I seriously love the dude playing the Juarez cop Ruiz. He's so old and grizzled and beaten down, he reminds me a lot of Tommy Lee Jones' character in No Country For Old Men.
I'm in on this show. Loved the first episode and hope the vague eeriness maintains. I've been to El Paso a couple times and it does feel like the whole city is lit with dust and sodium vapor street lamps.
Actor playing the cop was on Weeds for several seasons. He's better here.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 14 July 2013 00:23 (eleven years ago) link
ok what matthew lillard??
― Mordy , Sunday, 14 July 2013 04:24 (eleven years ago) link
yup
he's not bad for a change
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 14 July 2013 04:27 (eleven years ago) link
this thread is for americans i guess but the french show "revenants" (being shown on the bbc w/ english subs) is remarkable (if you can get yr hands on it)
― max, Sunday, 14 July 2013 20:46 (eleven years ago) link
Les Revenants/The Returned is magnificent.
I'm also watching Top of the Lake, but it's a slog so far.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 14 July 2013 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
Top of the Lake is worth seeing out, not that I am saying it is perfect. Whatever you you say about it, you can't accuse Campion of complacency.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Sunday, 14 July 2013 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
Dedicated thread for Revenants/Returned fans: The Returned (French supernatural drama on Channel 4)
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 14 July 2013 22:34 (eleven years ago) link