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
keep going but watch at 0.7x speed
Then watch Rectify at 1.3x speed
― Simon H., Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:56 (six years ago) link
was there a new season of fleabag in 2017?
― porg and bess (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:56 (six years ago) link
sadly there was not
― Simon H., Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:57 (six years ago) link
Probably not but it was new to me in 2017 and it was great.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:57 (six years ago) link
apparently not till 2019 :/
― Simon H., Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:58 (six years ago) link
as usual, you can blame Star Wars
agreed that it's great, bummer about the long wait
― porg and bess (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:58 (six years ago) link
That is too long to wait. Boo.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:58 (six years ago) link
you should watch Gilmore Girls!
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 21:29 (six years ago) link
ENBB I tried GG and just couldn't do it. Stop. . . BANTERING, ppl!
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 23:04 (six years ago) link
i forgot chewing gum. it was great!
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 23:47 (six years ago) link
wait Fleabag was 2017??
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 10:20 (six years ago) link
No, I was wrong (see above). It was 2016. Sorry.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 15:11 (six years ago) link
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, January 2, 2018 6:04 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ha, I'm glad I'm not alone. I will try it but any time I've seen parts of it I just want them to stop talking so much and I'm a talker! People don't talk like that. I will give it a go though. Maybe I'll be surprised.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 15:15 (six years ago) link
the banter is generally lighter in Maisel, which I appreciated but every once in awhile it gets outta control.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 15:17 (six years ago) link
Oh and I am still enjoying Happy. It's not perfect but Chris Meloni is delightful and you can just tell watching him how much fun he's having in the role.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 15:29 (six years ago) link
My wife and I just voted to dump HBO ($14.99/month via Amazon) and subscribe to MHz Choice ($7.99/month via Amazon), a channel that offers subtitled foreign TV shows. We're using it to watch Swedish crime dramas, starting with a series based on novels by Camilla Läckberg. I've read one or two of her books; they're pretty good. The channel offers shows in French, German, Italian and several other languages, too. Since my wife speaks German and Italian, this will be even better for her than me.
The Läckberg show - it's called Camilla Läckberg's Fjällbacka Murders - is hilarious. The main character is a female crime novelist who's married to a cop. And because it takes place in a small Swedish coastal town, she just a) happens to be around when the latest murder happens, or b) tags along with her husband the cop, because why not, right? My wife and I are waiting for someone to say, "OK, he's a cop, so I get why he's asking questions, but what's your excuse?" I mean, we never even get a scene of her sitting at a keyboard making a frowny face (universal TV shorthand for Writer Writin' Stuff), so she's basically just a nosy bitch. (Also, they have three kids who just disappear off to Grandma's house whenever it's murder-solvin' time.)
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 15:36 (six years ago) link
Just finished the Läckberg show, and have found our next candidate: Amazon says the lead character in Maria Wern "manages to sustain her female perspective and approach to life and endures what sometimes feels like an unwinnable battle against rage, death, evil and a harsh, male-dominated workplace." Sold!
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 7 January 2018 01:20 (six years ago) link
Not sure anyone else here watches it but The Magicians is back
― groovypanda, Thursday, 11 January 2018 11:01 (six years ago) link
I tried The Magicians again but I just can't take the clunky, contrived plot mechanics. When Bacchus was like (supposedly offhandedly) "dude there's a BACK DOOR for magic" I switched it off.
― DJI, Thursday, 11 January 2018 17:17 (six years ago) link
the pilot ep of alone together on free form network was really good/funny
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 00:08 (six years ago) link
Grown-ish (Black-ish spinoff) is SO goodi love it
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 00:34 (six years ago) link
i tried that 1 too, seemed fine but not for me
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 02:45 (six years ago) link