looks like amazon prime. which i don't have.
― scott seward, Thursday, 6 October 2016 22:22 (seven years ago) link
Me neither.
― look at the morning people (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 6 October 2016 22:35 (seven years ago) link
Freaks and Geeks!
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Thursday, 6 October 2016 22:47 (seven years ago) link
wtf why is that a power point
― akm, Thursday, 6 October 2016 23:44 (seven years ago) link
protip for Expanse fans: say it out loud as "X Pants"
super fun
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 7 October 2016 00:09 (seven years ago) link
ex panz
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh π), Friday, 7 October 2016 03:23 (seven years ago) link
First episode of X-Pants was fun, thanks to whoever mentioned it
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 8 October 2016 15:31 (seven years ago) link
Detectorists back
― los blue jeans, Sunday, 9 October 2016 01:49 (seven years ago) link
watched Iliza Shlesinger stand-up special even though i'd never heard of her but bobcat goldthwait directed it and that's why i watched it. i figure he knows funny. ANYWAY, i laughed at parts of it but mostly i was just so impressed by how she commanded/moved around the stage and how well she expressed herself. she kinda reminded me of a motivational speaker at times or maybe even an old susan powter infomercial. but in a good way! she had so much control over her voice and body and it was impressive.
now you can tell me how horrible she is and the worst stand-up you've ever seen in your life.
the feminism/body image part was the best part. the long shark tank thing at the end was really long but i admired her commitment to it. and it did get gradually more insane and i appreciated that.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 12 October 2016 16:03 (seven years ago) link
meanwhile, the whole special is on youtube.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 12 October 2016 16:05 (seven years ago) link
god, Easy is such a weird show. occasionally compelling, but half of it feels like clumsy product placement for Chicago microbreweries and coffee roasters. and i feel like every episode ends with a close-up of someone's face as they unhappily accept their adult decision to stay in a relationship. i feel like i have a pretty good idea of Joe Swanberg as a guy in his mid-30s who is married and likes craft beer and also would like to sleep with other women.
and that episode with the South American couple had such a weird tone, very rapey.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Wednesday, 12 October 2016 16:47 (seven years ago) link
that was my least favorite one. i still haven't watched the rest.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 12 October 2016 17:06 (seven years ago) link
i think i stopped when i saw the next one start cuz i saw marc maron.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 12 October 2016 17:18 (seven years ago) link
lol all those comments scaring me off
― Nhex, Wednesday, 12 October 2016 17:42 (seven years ago) link
the rest are Maron sleeping with a college student, one half of Garfunkel & Oates having a threesome with Orlando Bloom, a kind of nothing-y one about actors, and Hannibal Buress playing it straight as a journalist writing about Dave Franco's underground brewery (featuring a truly silly amount of product placement for Half Acre/Dark Matter/Revolution/etc). yeah.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Wednesday, 12 October 2016 18:05 (seven years ago) link
I was kind of into the idea of watching it but I think I just lost my motivation
Is ilx's own Jeff visible in the background of any beer-related scenes? Seems essential
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh π), Wednesday, 12 October 2016 18:06 (seven years ago) link
i had no idea the businesses in that show were real. my knowledge of chicago is basically...windy...oprah.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 12 October 2016 18:10 (seven years ago) link
the first one made me wince in that "please don't tell me this is what being married to me is like..." kinda way. but i'd like to think that i'm not that bad.
also, just the shlubbo married or dating good looking woman is way too common on netflix. also, all lesbians are really hot.
i dunno, i still kinda liked the slice of life thing. i would tell people to watch the first three episodes anyway.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 12 October 2016 18:13 (seven years ago) link
the wince/cringe thing with straight couples in comedy/drama has kinda ceased to be interesting to me. it's rarely done well. i can take it in a stand-up routine or something blissfully insane like 30 rock. there is some movie on hulu with a million people in it all about texting and the internet and masturbation and its such an unfun cringe-fest. i think todd solondz and neil labute still have a LOT to answer for. it usually just feels like a shortcut/shorthand for universal truth about ennui or dread or frustration. people know what people are like. dig deeper, schlubbo. or write better.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 12 October 2016 18:17 (seven years ago) link
"Easy" just feels like it ropes in every millennial cue and trope possible. It was enjoyable to watch at times but laughably on the nose.
― Ross, Wednesday, 12 October 2016 18:19 (seven years ago) link
i think todd solondz and neil labute still have a LOT to answer for.
i cant even think of specific reasons but this feels v much like a truth bomb
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Wednesday, 12 October 2016 18:59 (seven years ago) link
Neil LaBute has a post-apocalyptic vampire show coming out on SyFy
is something I just found out the other day
― Number None, Wednesday, 12 October 2016 19:57 (seven years ago) link
13TH is on Netflix, yes?
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 October 2016 20:03 (seven years ago) link
yes.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 12 October 2016 20:25 (seven years ago) link
i think one of the bleakest shows i've seen recently is The Super. so bleak. bleaker than Hoarders. just misery with no redneck comic relief a la Cops. or at least the ones i saw didn't have it. The Super himself is some sort of psychological terrorist. He's every authority figure ever in one guy. i couldn't take too many episodes. if you like artless and sad cinema verite reality t.v. i highly recommend it.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 12 October 2016 20:29 (seven years ago) link
seriously might be one of the worst and most abusive shows i've ever seen. which is saying something. just one guy yelling at people with all kinds of problems episode after episode. and its all about how HE is the one suffering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QszBNVHEqYg
― scott seward, Wednesday, 12 October 2016 20:38 (seven years ago) link
every super has a fucking martyr complex
― still lists its address as the recently razed home of βMorrisβ the (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 12 October 2016 21:08 (seven years ago) link
if you like artless and sad cinema verite reality t.v. i highly recommend it.
β scott seward, Wednesday, October 12, 2016 4:29 PM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ty this is amazing
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 13 October 2016 01:56 (seven years ago) link
she kinda reminded me of a motivational speaker at times or maybe even an old susan powter infomercial. but in a good way! she had so much control over her voice and body and it was impressive.
β scott seward, Wednesday, October 12, 2016 11:03 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i got the same vibe and could only stomach about 12 minutes of this. reminded me a bit of megachurch preachers too, so broad and well-drilled. when the third hashtag was put up as a subtitle to a gag i had to check out. can see why she fills big rooms tho. like @girlposts has 6M followers, that kind of thing.
― goole, Thursday, 13 October 2016 18:11 (seven years ago) link
it does get better. but i guess you will just have to take my word for it. she sets up her girly girl routine to lead into a long thing about feminism, etc, and its actually pretty cool.
i watched an earlier special called War Paint on Youtube and i liked it even more. there are some really crazy bits in that one.
― scott seward, Thursday, 13 October 2016 18:22 (seven years ago) link
i tried an earlier one too, maybe that one?
she just gave me the feeling of like expertly executing the form of standup w/o generating any laughter at all
― goole, Thursday, 13 October 2016 18:29 (seven years ago) link
i gotta say i thought the john mulaney specials were hilarious
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 13 October 2016 18:31 (seven years ago) link
"she just gave me the feeling of like expertly executing the form of standup w/o generating any laughter at all"
see i totally laughed when she did a routine about the sarah mclachlan spca commercial and then brought her dog out onstage and sang the sarah mclachlan song. i like her funny voices too. plus, she does this weird long bit about wanting to be a witch pharmacist at cvs and its not typical stand-up at all. more like creative writing. so, i give her an A for effort.
― scott seward, Thursday, 13 October 2016 19:15 (seven years ago) link
she writes a LOT for one show. must be pages and pages of material.
― scott seward, Thursday, 13 October 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link
i will check out john mulaney too though.
"Easy" makes Chicago look so lame I really hate it
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 13 October 2016 19:19 (seven years ago) link
it makes it look like a semi-suburban college town.
― scott seward, Thursday, 13 October 2016 19:23 (seven years ago) link
chicago, that sleepy little town
― mh π, Thursday, 13 October 2016 19:32 (seven years ago) link
tbf whole swathes of chicago do kinda look and feel like a semi-suburban college town
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 13 October 2016 19:32 (seven years ago) link
f u expat
― na (NA), Thursday, 13 October 2016 19:36 (seven years ago) link
that's part of its appeal!
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 13 October 2016 19:39 (seven years ago) link
The criticisms of "Easy" are all valid. I kinda like it though
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Thursday, 13 October 2016 20:04 (seven years ago) link
it's watchable. i like the format best.
― scott seward, Thursday, 13 October 2016 21:35 (seven years ago) link
i thought the episode w/ the rape was actually quite good albeit extremely sad & upsetting because it was about something & i thought had a kind of purposefulness the other ones lacked but i might be giving it too much credit just for that
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 13 October 2016 21:50 (seven years ago) link
maybe its an elementary point, though
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 13 October 2016 21:51 (seven years ago) link
I watched the first Iliza Shlesinger special, War Paint. I remember her leaning extremely hard on her airhead-woman voice and her ability to convincingly imitate a goat. If you took those parts out I think there would be about five minutes left over.
― JRN, Thursday, 13 October 2016 22:48 (seven years ago) link
just one guy yelling at people with all kinds of problems episode after episode. and its all about how HE is the one suffering.
in re: the super, yeah I didn't watch season 1 ep 1 first, but that one is rough esp where he like returns to visit the cleaned-up house and demands the woman be grateful to him cuz of how much money he spent; some other eps have nice glimmers of hopefulness idk I still like it
― johnny crunch, Friday, 14 October 2016 12:18 (seven years ago) link
def found Easy uneven & agree w a lot of the crit above but generally did like the format/concept
― johnny crunch, Friday, 14 October 2016 12:27 (seven years ago) link
Vikings is kinda the better Sons of Anarchy.
β scott seward, Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:16 PM (six months ago)
just started watching this ... trying to come up with a better nickname for it than Johannsons of Anarchy
― sarahell, Friday, 14 October 2016 19:04 (seven years ago) link
Easy definitely suffered from watching High Maintenance at the same time, for me.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 14 October 2016 19:09 (seven years ago) link