have to admit the error of my ways with not giving search party season 2 a good chance, it's really grow on me. chantal is great
― kolakube (Ross), Saturday, 23 December 2017 23:39 (six years ago) link
*grown
whattayaknow, Maisel is very good! Will watch more.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 26 December 2017 03:13 (six years ago) link
and, sad to say, Search Party completely bellyflopped its last three episodes, wtf
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 26 December 2017 03:14 (six years ago) link
ulysses otm
seems like they also forgot the jokes on this season too, the key bit was probably the funniest part
― kolakube (Ross), Friday, 29 December 2017 02:30 (six years ago) link
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Kinda hope they get to make a movie or something to tie up where the end of season 2 leaves the series, as I guess it is cancelled. Second season was good, but it had more sadness and less zany from some of the side characters like the Rowdy 3 and Bart.
― earlnash, Friday, 29 December 2017 02:40 (six years ago) link
getting caught up on better things, which i like a lot, but is exactly louie m/l btw (and im fine w/), & the eulogy ep is overrated imo
― johnny crunch, Friday, 29 December 2017 02:44 (six years ago) link
XP maybe the worst thing to never have appeared on screen tbj
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Friday, 29 December 2017 02:47 (six years ago) link
Autocorrect - ever
johnny crunch otm
man, marvelous mrs. maisel is really good!
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 29 December 2017 03:03 (six years ago) link
deems you’ve never been more wrong Dirk is gr8
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 29 December 2017 03:14 (six years ago) link
Ya Ive only seen S1 but I loved it! But I can see why the Dirk actor/character could grate on some people.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 29 December 2017 03:19 (six years ago) link
s2 conceptually is even weirder than s1, v enjoyable!
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 29 December 2017 03:26 (six years ago) link
I have been meaning to check it out but the involvement of the toxic writer kid has kind of poisoned me, now
― mh, Friday, 29 December 2017 04:14 (six years ago) link
yeah that is a large downside, no question
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 29 December 2017 04:21 (six years ago) link
No ur wrong VG
U r
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Friday, 29 December 2017 12:30 (six years ago) link
um no its gr8 yr wrong it had to happen sooner or later deems
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 29 December 2017 16:16 (six years ago) link
I am not starting a TV show/vg thread to mirror the tombot/movie one and I don't care what u attempt
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Friday, 29 December 2017 16:52 (six years ago) link
Tell you what tho VG
Mindhunter is really clumsy and flawed but unabomber one is very good.
Don't @ me
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Friday, 29 December 2017 18:45 (six years ago) link
I'm going in on Dark
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 29 December 2017 20:10 (six years ago) link
deems did u just wake up rong today
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 29 December 2017 20:49 (six years ago) link
actualol
― infinity (∞), Friday, 29 December 2017 20:57 (six years ago) link
Specifically asked u not to @ me iirc
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Friday, 29 December 2017 23:07 (six years ago) link
Deems fell out of the challopian tube today
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Friday, 29 December 2017 23:15 (six years ago) link
i mean iti’m worried about u
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 December 2017 00:15 (six years ago) link
You are not. If I started agreeing with all and sundry you might be tho.
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Saturday, 30 December 2017 00:29 (six years ago) link
Mindhunter and manhunt unabomber is def worth a compare/contrast tho.
manhunt unabomber = protagonist surrounded by a papers spread out on the floor every 20 minutes it wasn’t BAD but it was v spoonfeeding & more mediocre than i wanted
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 December 2017 00:42 (six years ago) link
I felt exactly that about the other. I think unabomber is more compelling and much more even in tone.
Mindhunter is like glee but for murderers
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Saturday, 30 December 2017 00:47 (six years ago) link
who hurt u
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 December 2017 01:00 (six years ago) link
Hahaha
― infinity (∞), Saturday, 30 December 2017 01:02 (six years ago) link
in other tv news i started This Is Usi can’t decide if I like it or if my skeleton wants to leave my body but I am here bcz of Sterling K Brown and here i will stay
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 December 2017 08:10 (six years ago) link
I couldn’t take that show. And that’s coming from a Parenthood lover.
― Spottie, Saturday, 30 December 2017 16:55 (six years ago) link
Mrs Maisel was indeed one of the best things on tv this year. The only iffy thing about it was having Lenny Bruce as a character.
― Yerac, Saturday, 30 December 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link
Like, I wanted that show to just go on forever.
― Yerac, Saturday, 30 December 2017 17:07 (six years ago) link
i really liked the Lenny Bruce character.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 December 2017 17:27 (six years ago) link
xp I'm with you. I thought the guy doing lenny bruce had the voice down and was a decent actor but his physicality seemed cartoonish. in any case, having saint lenny as a deus ex machina is fine with me.Brilliant casting, great writing. I knew Borstein was a giant but Shaloub was a revelation. Occasionally too long on the Gilmore-y repartee but otherwise scripted perfectly. I only occasionally got in front of the plot. Would've been happy to binge another eight episodes tonight.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Saturday, 30 December 2017 17:28 (six years ago) link
all of her shows i want to go on forever. rip bunheads
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 30 December 2017 21:50 (six years ago) link
agree
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 December 2017 21:55 (six years ago) link
Agree.
Yeah, the Lenny Bruce character just always jarred me. He was fine, but he could've just been a fictional character and nothing would be loss. The costumes...*swoon*.
― Yerac, Saturday, 30 December 2017 21:57 (six years ago) link
otm. just outrageously, insensibly fabulous. you could have a museum exhibition dedicated to the clothing of S1.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 30 December 2017 23:13 (six years ago) link
my list of 2017 favs looks something like this (haven't seen deuce, halt 'n catch fire, or new twin peaks)
LeftoversBojackLegionGood PlaceBetter Call SaulRick & MortyMaster of NoneFeudAmerican GodsMrs Maisel
other great shows that didn't quite reach that level include American Vandal, Lady Dynamite, Sneaky Pete, BLL, B99, Fargo
― porg and bess (voodoo chili), Saturday, 30 December 2017 23:28 (six years ago) link
2017 12 best of the year for meAlways SunnyBetter Call SaulGreat British Baking Show Rick and MortyInsecureDifficult PeopleOne MississippiNathan for YouSMILFThe Rundown with Robin ThedeThe Marvelous Mrs. MaiselBilly on the Street
Runner upsLove You More (bummed this ain't gonna get picked up)BrockmireBaroness Von SketchBetter ThingsThe Good PlaceAt Home with Amy SedarisThe President Show
Well prepared BroccoliPBS NewshourJeopardyKen Burns Vietnam
Enjoyable trash watchingTop ChefInk MastersRosehavenDesus and MeroColbert's Late Show
Flawed or broken but worth noting neverthelessAdventure Time (spiraling down, needs to be put out of its misery)I Love Dick (went kerflewey after the sixth episode but great until then)Full Frontal (doesn't make good use of the cast, can't maintain a regular schedule, feeling less cutting)Game of Thrones (not a great show anymore, kinda hatewatching like the last few seasons of mad men)Curb Your Enthusiasm (how you say, "problematic")Search Party (last three episodes were a horrible belly flop)The Americans (had the feeling of half a season extended to a full season, hoping it bounces back next year)
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Sunday, 31 December 2017 19:16 (six years ago) link
OK so my best from this year a la Ulysses (btw RS just told me recentl ywho you are and it all makes sense now. I thought you were someone new! :) )
2017 Best
FleabagChewing GumSMILFNathan for YouDifficult PeopleYou're the WorstComplicated Love
Actual Trash but I love it anyway
90 Day FianceBefore the 90 Days
Show I should like but hate so much because it's depressing as shit and not even a little bit funny
Easy
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:28 (six years ago) link
Oh and I love Shameless so that's on there too even though I think it definitely peaked years ago.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:29 (six years ago) link
been rewatching key episodes of The Good Wife on Netflix and man when that show was at its peak it was so fucking good
― Simon H., Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:31 (six years ago) link
Find it odd there's rumours for a 3rd season of search party. Seems utterly pointless based on how it ended
― kolakube (Ross), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:40 (six years ago) link
I have decided I’m not going to keep trying to watch This Is Us. I dont care if America loves it. It’s like bad, corny Parenthood but it thinks it’s on some mindblowing Inception-level story construction. And the big guy Toby. NO. everything about his character’s behaviour gives me hives. I feel this need leave the room or stand outside during his scenes, whatever grand gesture he’s making or whatever illadvised hat he’s wearing to a party.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:46 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I'm out, too. I was hanging on for Randall and Beth, but everything else about that show blows dead dogs in the street. I might come back if they promised me that Kevin would get hit in the face with either a brick or a baseball bat every single episode, without fail. But if they ever skipped an episode, I'd be gone again.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:51 (six years ago) link
I watched one episode of that schlock fest and nope octopussed the hell out of there.
Should I watch the Gilmore Girls? I know, I know but they just talk so fucking fast and unrealistically that it always put me off.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:54 (six years ago) link