I enjoy lots of television that appears to be men making forceful points in long form dialogue at each other (possibly written by someone who loves coke) but you just have to recognize for what it is
― mh, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:21 (six years ago) link
terrible?
― with your tight body and horrific androgynous monster face (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:22 (six years ago) link
i don't think i could ever force myself to watch Frasier again.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:32 (six years ago) link
that show is a motherfucker with secrets.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:33 (six years ago) link
Cheers is still good imo
― mh, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
cheers is still good.
frasier is like the original version of The Good Place. everyone is in hell.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:39 (six years ago) link
cheers is all-time imo
― with your tight body and horrific androgynous monster face (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:42 (six years ago) link
The suits in the West Wing are hilarious. Bradley Whitford looks like the kid from the end of Big half the time.
― trishyb, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 17:07 (six years ago) link
There was one good story in that Didion doc from a former housemate, about the two of them sitting at the breakfast table, Didion in shades munching on almonds and coca-cola, neither of them speaking.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 17:17 (six years ago) link
The first season of Cheers has a few duds but the scripts are amazingly good. Danson and Coach are the best together. And I have a much greater appreciation for Diane now I'm an adult (and more Diane-like).
Thanks for the HACF recommendation above. It's still heavy-handed but much improved about six episodes in.
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link
Although cheers isn't on Netflix uk :/
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 20:27 (six years ago) link
Yeah that’s weird, all the ones I mentioned were on the mobile app earlier and now they’ve gone
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 20:43 (six years ago) link
They seem to have some kind of technical problem today. Site was down earlier for a little while.
― trishyb, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 21:18 (six years ago) link
And I have a much greater appreciation for Diane now I'm an adult (and more Diane-like).
OTM, we are just a few episodes into a traversal of season 1 and Diane is really great. Obv I couldn't stand her as a child.
Also, how lucky were these guys to have Rhea Perlman, holy crap
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 21:33 (six years ago) link
West Wing seasons 1-4 rule the school who wants to fite me ( s6 & 7 are very watchable , season 5 is not good & hard to watch. But non-Sorkin WW generally mishandles Toby in a way that still irks me) :D
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 9 November 2017 02:39 (six years ago) link
Fauda
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Thursday, 9 November 2017 05:41 (six years ago) link
The West Wing's handling of female characters is so bad and the politics (or lack thereof, more accurately) are lame but it's still watchable.
― louise ck (milo z), Thursday, 9 November 2017 06:11 (six years ago) link
"Thanks for the HACF recommendation above. It's still heavy-handed but much improved about six episodes in."
i don't usually do that thing that people do like: "no really it gets way better after the first 10 episodes!" because that just seems like work and life is -kinda- short but that show gets WAY better after the first season. but the first season sets all the gears in motion.
― scott seward, Thursday, 9 November 2017 13:58 (six years ago) link
also: KUNG FU YOGA was a hoot last night! one of the best recent jackie chan movies i've seen. he is not a young man anymore but he's still got it. also: full tilt jackie chan bollywood dance number at the end! kinda made me deliriously happy to see that.
loving a lot of these later in life fuck hollywood chan/yun-fat/li movies. they get the royal treatment instead of having to make timecop 6 or some shitty thing like that.
― scott seward, Thursday, 9 November 2017 14:03 (six years ago) link
I'm sure I said this already but I completely skipped s1 of H&CF and never regretted the move, it's actually kind of neat to work out the backstory shit on your own
Just finished American Vandal, I think it might be the best thing Netflix has done.
2nd only to Bojack. Really sharply written and acted, and also weirdly disturbing at the end?
― Simon H., Thursday, 9 November 2017 14:09 (six years ago) link
Was really excited about diving into American Vandal, but now I am torn, since I am not a fan of Bojack.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 November 2017 14:27 (six years ago) link
yeah i've tried to get into bojack so many times - i can't pay attention to it.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 9 November 2017 14:28 (six years ago) link
they're nothing alike afaik?
― mh, Thursday, 9 November 2017 14:36 (six years ago) link
It was a somewhat facetious comment on my part in response to anyone saying any show is second to Bojack, which I really don't like. I know Vandal is totally different.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 November 2017 14:41 (six years ago) link
3 episodes into American Vandal. It's hilarious and extremely well-done :D
― imago, Friday, 10 November 2017 16:02 (six years ago) link
i should watch american vandal with maria. i stopped after a couple of episodes.
― scott seward, Friday, 10 November 2017 16:17 (six years ago) link
Monster Hunt is excellent by the way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRXTOw1InAE
if you like quiet movies that are like plays and basically set in one room i recommend Warehoused. Mexican movie. i liked it a lot. watch it when you can be quiet. just two actors. they are both really good.
― scott seward, Friday, 10 November 2017 16:24 (six years ago) link
holy shit American Vandal expands into something incredible and way, way beyond its initial premise
― imago, Saturday, 11 November 2017 00:05 (six years ago) link
the final episode is incredibly troubling & haunting, but also contains 2017's funniest tv moment. a pause-for-ninety-seconds-while-laughing moment
― imago, Saturday, 11 November 2017 00:07 (six years ago) link
I wish it existed when I was in high school, because I feel like it’s a work where you can return to it and have a different understanding of the characters
― mh, Saturday, 11 November 2017 00:16 (six years ago) link
this Atypical show is alright. kind of cliched and stupid but the daughter saves it
― akm, Sunday, 12 November 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
I don't think anyone's mentioned Dark Matter] yet? Production values aren't great, but it grows into its campiness and then actually becomes great.
― Entree 3000 (Leee), Sunday, 12 November 2017 18:33 (six years ago) link
this sounds like my shit but 3 seasons my god
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 12 November 2017 21:14 (six years ago) link
Finally watched Force Majeure, something I'd been meaning to watch for a while. The buzz about the director's new film helped motivate me. By focusing very closely on seemingly minor events, the film gently reminds us of some bigger truths, such as: what does it mean to be a good father? Some great acting too. I'm now eagerly looking forward to seeing The Square.
― o. nate, Sunday, 12 November 2017 21:45 (six years ago) link
for sure.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 12 November 2017 22:15 (six years ago) link
i love force majeure so much. i think i watched it three times.
― scott seward, Monday, 13 November 2017 03:50 (six years ago) link
My Own Swordsman is great by the way. so entertaining and cool. if you are looking for a really funny Chinese movie to watch.
― scott seward, Monday, 13 November 2017 03:51 (six years ago) link
Gonna throw my hat in on American Vandal too after finishing it up tonight. Really smart and well done. Funny too of course, but that didn’t seem like the driving force. Not at all what you’d expect from a mockumentary about a dopey teen accused of spray painting dicks on cars.
― circa1916, Monday, 13 November 2017 05:22 (six years ago) link
i finished it today too because of the talk here and i kinda feel like i didn't need to watch the whole thing. i have a lot of movies to watch. but it's okay.
― scott seward, Monday, 13 November 2017 05:40 (six years ago) link
it should have been shorter. but it was glorious.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 13 November 2017 09:21 (six years ago) link
it was never really about who did the dicks
― mh, Monday, 13 November 2017 14:44 (six years ago) link
it was about ethics in dicks journalism
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 13 November 2017 15:38 (six years ago) link
no movie I've ever watched with my folks has ever made them angrier than Force Majeure
― Simon H., Monday, 13 November 2017 15:39 (six years ago) link
score one for force majeure!
― scott seward, Monday, 13 November 2017 16:02 (six years ago) link
you should have seen how disgusted my mother-in-law got when i was drunk one christmas and decided that dario argento's inferno was going to be our annual holiday movie to watch together as a family.
― scott seward, Monday, 13 November 2017 16:04 (six years ago) link
watched grizzly man with my parents one christmas night - they were kind of into it tho annoyed/bemused by poor timmy.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Monday, 13 November 2017 16:19 (six years ago) link
Dark Matter starts off slowly, but the plotting gets lean and fast within a few episodes and is humming from there on out.
― Entree 3000 (Leee), Monday, 13 November 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
It's also been cancelled so there won't be a 4th season which means it basically ends mid-story.
― groovypanda, Monday, 13 November 2017 21:23 (six years ago) link
finally started Halt and Catch Fire and am about 3/4ths of the way through the first season
all of these people are relatively insane, I have to remind myself it's just a show so I don't get anxious!
― mh, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 22:34 (six years ago) link