The Returned (French supernatural drama on Channel 4) xpost
― Clay, Monday, 24 March 2014 22:03 (ten years ago) link
The returned is really really good
― just1n3, Monday, 24 March 2014 22:13 (ten years ago) link
The Hunt was great.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Monday, 24 March 2014 22:27 (ten years ago) link
The keep is not worth keeping.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 25 March 2014 00:55 (ten years ago) link
the help can't be helped
― espring (amateurist), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 00:57 (ten years ago) link
the returned will keep you on the hunt for a second helping
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 01:07 (ten years ago) link
watched first ep of returned a few nights ago -- really enjoyable.still a stan for the scando-fun of ANNIKE BENGTZON: CRIME REPORTER.
― ian, Tuesday, 25 March 2014 01:07 (ten years ago) link
The Grey is well shaded.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 25 March 2014 01:42 (ten years ago) link
i liked the returned, found the ending a bit too cryptic, then realized there was gonna be a second season
(but im L O S T - shy)
― socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 03:23 (ten years ago) link
The Returned is one of the best things I've ever found on Netflix.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 11:14 (ten years ago) link
I've been ignoring it because I thought I was confusing it with The 4400 or some other terrible show but now I will watch immediately! Also the French title is "Les Revenants" which is fascinating because a revenant is a terrible monster even in English. Spooky!
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 13:12 (ten years ago) link
ya i felt like a bit of a dummy not realizing before that revenant just means comer-backer
― socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 13:20 (ten years ago) link
or like, comer-againer
The spookiest thing to me is that I'm understanding some words of French. If I don't post again inside 12 hours, someone call the authorities, okay?
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 13:30 (ten years ago) link
im sure you'll be back
― socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 13:41 (ten years ago) link
lol yeah it's the 4400 vibes that have me not wanting to touch it. and i watched the whole run of that damn show
― Nhex, Tuesday, 25 March 2014 13:51 (ten years ago) link
still a stan for the scando-fun of ANNIKE BENGTZON: CRIME REPORTER.
Yes! I will watch pretty much any Scandinavian crime stuff but this was really fun.
The Returned is genuinely great. Easily the best programme aired in the UK last year.
― Yuri Bashment (ShariVari), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 13:57 (ten years ago) link
not watching the Returned because it shares a plot element with the 4400 is like not watching Deadwood because you didn't like Wild Wild West.
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 14:04 (ten years ago) link
thanks, now imagining Deadwood with giant spider robots
― Nhex, Tuesday, 25 March 2014 14:22 (ten years ago) link
might have been an improvement
― socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 14:22 (ten years ago) link
I wanted to watch the Returned but now ILX tells me it has a cryptic ending because there was supposed to be another season. Is this going to be endlessly frustrating?
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 25 March 2014 15:12 (ten years ago) link
I'd like to return to the returned.
so few shows have satisfying closers, I try not to use that as a factor in watching
― Nhex, Tuesday, 25 March 2014 15:13 (ten years ago) link
This is a "village" where everyone knows each other but there are multi-story apartment buildings and a bus system? France, man.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 15:14 (ten years ago) link
Series 2 airs this year, iirc. It's not like it was cancelled before they had a chance to resolve things.
― Yuri Bashment (ShariVari), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 15:17 (ten years ago) link
i think they pushed back filming ssn 2 to 2015. the French and their vacations.
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 15:23 (ten years ago) link
i started watching Lonesome Dove last night.I love Tommy Lee Jones, fyi.
― ian, Tuesday, 25 March 2014 15:30 (ten years ago) link
lonesome dove is incredible. kind of a pioneer (lol?) in kinda grim and violent tv as well
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 15:31 (ten years ago) link
oh man I love lonesome dove
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 15:40 (ten years ago) link
I thought the implication was that it was cancelled before it's time. Good to know it'll have a second season, which will no doubt end with satisfying closure.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 25 March 2014 15:58 (ten years ago) link
Whatever, this show is THE CREEPSIEST.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 18:19 (ten years ago) link
i do like it, im saying i thought it was unsatisfying because i assumed it was the end of the series—didnt realize there was more to come
― socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 18:25 (ten years ago) link
maybe. there were two episodes more than their should have been. i'm worried about the sustainability of the creepy; feel like the mystery's getting explained away and stretched too thing.
― r. bean (soda), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 21:52 (ten years ago) link
I would actually be completely satisified if the eight current episodes were the series total, but I'll watch more if they make it, that's for damn sure.
I like the Returned so much it actually kind of made me want to watch the 4400! But I shouldn't, right?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 08:15 (ten years ago) link
The first season or two of the 4400 isn't bad for basic cable sci-fi, then it went off the rails.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 08:17 (ten years ago) link
Things on my list expiring 4/1:
NellAmerican GigoloThe DeadMommie DearestEverything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007Farewell to the KingThe Van
I haven't seen any of these.
― weatheringdaleson, Wednesday, 26 March 2014 14:21 (ten years ago) link
So The Returned is the French TV show version of the movie They Came Back?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 March 2014 14:27 (ten years ago) link
Yes, they carry the same title in France. The TV show is meant to be much better (i haven't seen the film).
― Yuri Bashment (ShariVari), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 14:37 (ten years ago) link
I watched the first episode last night. Thought it was pretty great.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 26 March 2014 15:16 (ten years ago) link
The Punk Singer (Kathleen Hanna doc) is up
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Thursday, 27 March 2014 22:32 (ten years ago) link
Oh nice.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 27 March 2014 22:44 (ten years ago) link
All the adult women on The Returned have really small breasts and never wear bras. It's weirdly specific.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Friday, 28 March 2014 01:49 (ten years ago) link
sold!j/k
― Nhex, Friday, 28 March 2014 02:11 (ten years ago) link
haha
― socki (s1ocki), Friday, 28 March 2014 02:33 (ten years ago) link
I've been watching a lot of Oddities lately. US shows that last twenty minutes when the adverts are taken out are dangerously easy to keep watching back to back. It's a Science Channel programme about Obscura, a weird antiques shop in NYC.
Highlights so far include a guy from New Jersey who'd accidentally ended up buying an Nganga as part of a storage lot auction.
― Yuri Bashment (ShariVari), Friday, 28 March 2014 14:14 (ten years ago) link
most/all of the situations on that show are setup/scripted but you still see some neat stuff; i deploy the fast-forward button liberally
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 28 March 2014 15:59 (ten years ago) link
the steve jobs movie with ashton kutcher in it is on this apparently
― markers, Friday, 28 March 2014 16:01 (ten years ago) link
so there's your friday night plans
A high school friend was on Oddities (steampunk goggles). He came off like a dick (not inaccurate iirc) and I loled at his Jimmy Cagney accent - dude lived in suburban Texas for his first 19 years.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 28 March 2014 18:34 (ten years ago) link
Chaki was on the San Francisco spin-off.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 28 March 2014 18:48 (ten years ago) link