You're not the only one, I love it too. Working my way through season 2. I like it because it just a mash up of the best elements of Lost/BSG/Earth 2, even some of the actors. Solid acting, badass female characters, interesting twists. I hope it has a good run.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 15:29 (eight years ago) link
it got picked up for a 3rd season.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 15:35 (eight years ago) link
That Aziz Ansari show is likeable but oh my god there are no jokes, no funny lines. It's like a sitcom with no "hilarious consequences". Like, the vetting procedure on Netflix and Amazon productions seems really lax.
― please don't shampoo your eyes (stevie), Monday, 16 November 2015 12:01 (eight years ago) link
That actually sounds like something I feel like watching right now
― Nhex, Monday, 16 November 2015 14:42 (eight years ago) link
That's actually both a good descriptor and not a negative as far as I was concerned. I like but don't love Aziz, and don't know his standup at all. Anyway this has a bit more depth than I was expecting.
― a silly gif of awkward larping (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 16 November 2015 20:04 (eight years ago) link
It was more of a dramedy? I didn't think the lack of punchlines seemed out of place at all.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 16 November 2015 20:13 (eight years ago) link
The Man in the High Castle - we have a thread on this or just thoughts? I enjoyed it, but kind of ran out of episodes when I wanted more.
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 30 November 2015 21:28 (eight years ago) link
i was wondering why we didn't have a thread, wanted to start one last week
anyway, yeah, i liked it too but agree that it stopped just as the hook was really getting set for me
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Monday, 30 November 2015 21:38 (eight years ago) link
thought the production value was very impressive
ppl in our imagined alternate realities, imagining us over here
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 30 November 2015 21:50 (eight years ago) link
speaking of sundance, anyone watch the Red Road series? Lisa Bonet! Tom Sizemore!
― scott seward, Monday, March 23, 2015 2:20 PM (8 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Did you watch this, Scott?
This is a HUGE sleeper. The plotting is increasingly complex but it's so tightly written that you don't realize how much info is coming on board. I started inhaling episodes before realizing the two seasons are only six episodes ea. Maybe it'll take a nosedive (I have four episodes to go) but for me this is easily up there with the consensus "best" cable dramas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huu_dLA5hGk&index=78&list=PLfJMfBbRvIsgmvEp9upKV-EK1v4gvq0Ir
― Hadrian VIII, Sunday, 6 December 2015 15:05 (eight years ago) link
The first few eps of Man in the High Castle have been interesing, definitely great production values and an engaging story, but it has plot hole that just feel massive. I almost have a hard time giving it my full attention because I spend so much time thinking about all the inconsistencies and things that are under-explained or just implausible about their alternate reality.
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Sunday, 6 December 2015 16:24 (eight years ago) link
I watched the first two episodes of the man in the high castle. I found it mostly enjoyable, but yeah, lots of stuff which doesn't make sense.
It particularly bothers me that "the grasshopper lies heavy" is a movie. What a completely inefficient way of distributing subversive material in 1960s America.
― silverfish, Monday, 7 December 2015 02:41 (eight years ago) link
Still <3 MASH.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 7 December 2015 02:53 (eight years ago) link
I've been rewatching Family Ties on Amazon Prime. I'm impressed by how funny it still is, and how in amongst the corny stuff they handle heavy stuff (mostly) pretty well.
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 7 December 2015 03:27 (eight years ago) link
cannot rave abt "Rock This Boat: New Kids On The Block" enough, nine 19-minute episodes of a reality show abt NKOTB superfans on the NKOTB cruise. It is so OTT manufactured and ridiculous (also: sloppy and horribly edited) on top of its already batshit premise and so-bad-its-good and I am having too much fun watching it.
― cory artangel (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 7 December 2015 17:56 (eight years ago) link
filing under: things i would never watch unless stevie recommended them
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Monday, 7 December 2015 18:06 (eight years ago) link
I can only imagine what the passenger list is like for a NKOTB cruise, will give it a look
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 7 December 2015 19:17 (eight years ago) link
enjoying Detectorists.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 04:11 (eight years ago) link
detectorists is great
― just sayin, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 04:14 (eight years ago) link
"Did you watch this, Scott?"
finished the first season of red road and moving on to the second. too bad it got cancelled. i really like it. so far sundance channel is 2/2 with me cuz i really like this and rectify.
― scott seward, Saturday, 12 December 2015 03:34 (eight years ago) link
Good! I liked the second season even more I think. The Jean storyline really opens up in season two—not sure I've ever seen such a harrowing and convincing (?) portrait of a schizophrenic.
― Hadrian VIII, Saturday, 12 December 2015 18:34 (eight years ago) link
second season was way better than the first: Jean is more tolerable, and less time spent on boring Harold
― sarahell, Saturday, 12 December 2015 23:35 (eight years ago) link
cannot rave abt "Rock This Boat: New Kids On The Block" enough, nine 19-minute episodes of a reality show abt NKOTB superfans on the NKOTB cruise. It is so OTT manufactured and ridiculous (also: sloppy and horribly edited) on top of its already batshit premise and so-bad-its-good and I am having too much fun watching it.― cory artangel (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, December 7, 2015 11:56 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― cory artangel (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, December 7, 2015 11:56 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Woah what year was the cruise? PP's sister somehow fenagled her way onto a NKOTB cruise back in the day.
― UYD: Oxys, Percs, Vics, Addys, Rit-Dogs and Xannys (sunny successor), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 03:36 (eight years ago) link
of course she did, being his sister
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 04:35 (eight years ago) link
Best of Enemies, the Buckley vs. Vidal doc, is up.
― (please no long guns of any kind) (Eazy), Thursday, 17 December 2015 16:59 (eight years ago) link
Limmy's Show is on U.S. Netflix. Glaswegian absurdist sketch-comedy. He has a strong accent so maybe strictly 4 my scotophiles.
― Karl Rove Knausgård (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 17 December 2015 17:52 (eight years ago) link
true crime thingy Making a Murderer up Friday
http://nyti.ms/1T2MVjw
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 17 December 2015 18:30 (eight years ago) link
it looks like king of the family guy but i'll probably watch it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFzrvMS6P8g
― scott seward, Thursday, 17 December 2015 18:38 (eight years ago) link
I dunno, it seems like it might have actual jokes instead of winking offensive references ala Family Guy.That 70s Show + All In The Family + King of the Hill isn't a bad starting point for a sitcom.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 17 December 2015 18:54 (eight years ago) link
bill burr is generally okay. I dunno about that though.
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 December 2015 19:24 (eight years ago) link
it kind of already exists too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecQkZ_xIQJQ
― scott seward, Thursday, 17 December 2015 19:29 (eight years ago) link
netflix has been overrun by scottish people! someone call donald trump. they make t.v. shows in scotland?
rab c. nesbitt! limmy's show! empty! burnistoun!
okay, maybe that isn't exactly an invasion...
― scott seward, Friday, 18 December 2015 02:07 (eight years ago) link
Guys, "Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films" is a blast.
― circa1916, Friday, 18 December 2015 04:12 (eight years ago) link
Seconded
― Are you fondeling the computer. (stevie), Friday, 18 December 2015 09:21 (eight years ago) link
started watching helix which is actually not that bad for a syfy show and billy campbell's raspy whisper just gets raspier and whisperier over time.
― scott seward, Friday, 18 December 2015 12:29 (eight years ago) link
i hear *making a murderer* is supposed to be really good/intense/nuts. true crime doc mini-series. my tolerance for true crime kinda low though. 10 episodes and 10 years of filming. went up today.
― scott seward, Friday, 18 December 2015 18:36 (eight years ago) link
― scott seward
the only one I can really recommend whole-heartedly is limmy's show. it's a sketch show and episode 5 is probably the highlight of that season, though it may help to watch one or two episodes before it so you get the general feel of the show. he has a thick Glaswegian accent.
burnistoun is a decent enough sketch show, also with reasonably thick Glaswegian accents (actually all of these shows are Glasgow-based). I straight up recommend you don't watch either rab c nesbitt or empty - although if you watch and enjoy burnistoun then empty is a sitcom by the same writers.
― Karl Rove Knausgård (jim in glasgow), Friday, 18 December 2015 18:42 (eight years ago) link
this making a murderer show is p good i like watching old depositions of ppl trying to squirm out of past statements its a+ entertainment
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 19 December 2015 01:52 (eight years ago) link
Looking forward to that one.
― Jeff, Saturday, 19 December 2015 01:55 (eight years ago) link
damn the turn this takes and the timing is amazing, better than fiction could come up w believably
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 19 December 2015 02:02 (eight years ago) link
theres some killer audio/video footage in this omg, reminds me some of capturing the friedmans already
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 19 December 2015 02:07 (eight years ago) link
wow @ someone making this https://twitter.com/RealStevenAvery
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 19 December 2015 03:26 (eight years ago) link
I'm intrigued by that cause i lived in a market that got network TV out of Green Bay when that all happened and it was constantly on the local news and was super crazy.
― joygoat, Saturday, 19 December 2015 03:33 (eight years ago) link
Only watched the 1st ep (which is on YouTube) but I'm intrigued, the case reminds me of Rectify
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Saturday, 19 December 2015 03:59 (eight years ago) link
if this shit was fake it would be a massive work of art; its still wildly well constructed to the extent its documented & edited & assembled
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 19 December 2015 04:19 (eight years ago) link
credit info online on this is not easy to find, its makers have 71 and 91 twitter followers respectively rn, im gonna make a thread for this
https://twitter.com/allHshttps://twitter.com/filmgreek
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 19 December 2015 04:24 (eight years ago) link
I liked "A Very Murray Christmas" a lot. Looking forward to the next full-length Sofia Coppola joint.
― o. nate, Sunday, 20 December 2015 01:01 (eight years ago) link
Best Of Enemies is good but I'm finding Buckleys preening, affected manner and risible politics very hard to stomach.
― Are you fondeling the computer. (stevie), Sunday, 20 December 2015 21:34 (eight years ago) link
i really liked the first season of Helix more than i thought it would. such a crazy show. but very entertaining. only watched the first episode of season two and that episode alone is completely nuts. also has a weird alternate timeline thing going on a la Lost in season two. i guess it stems from Lost. back and forth in time. and they are on an island.
anyway, if you like madcap scifi virus shows, you should check it out. also if you like the arctic circle. and sorta zombies but not really zombies. just viral people. i give it an A for effort given that they didn't have a ton of money to work with.
― scott seward, Sunday, 20 December 2015 22:07 (eight years ago) link