It fits that we're also talking about Key and Peele right now, cause they're linked in my min for how they throw in great effects and production design to help sell the jokes
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:26 (three years ago) link
nice to know others love the show as much as me.
this has to be the best film-to-tv translation ever, right?
― Bleeqwot (sic), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
(don't @l@n@ld@ me.)
Buffy?
― DJI, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 21:16 (three years ago) link
Fargo?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 21:17 (three years ago) link
The individual character-focused eps have been really good (Colin in the office, Jackie Daytona). Was the 'ghosts' one supposed to have been Nadja's? And I don't think Nandor has had one, maybe that's still coming?
Only three more left. :( On the other hand, three more left!
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 21:40 (three years ago) link
Good answers, but I was thinking in terms of a TV show that successfully transfers the concepts and/or spirit of a movie into the small/serial format.
(The Buffy movie has its charms, but the TV show is a massive improvement in every way, not just in repairing/restoring Whedon's supposed original tone. The Fargo TV shows are excellent, but don't actually bring anything from the movie beyond "crime story with character actors in" - the tone is complementary to the film, but the writing doesn't approach character or humour in the same way as the Coens.)
― massage angry pixels (sic), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 21:51 (three years ago) link
Make that sympathetic character - Hawley's villains and heavies are charming, sketched grotesqueries in a way that fits with Fargo and other Coen movies, but he appropriately uses the longer narrative and screen time to draw his chumps and protagonists with more depth.
― massage angry pixels (sic), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link
what about MASH?
― voodoo chili, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 22:09 (three years ago) link
Has any other story delved into the ingenious notion that vampires, having technically died, could be haunted by their own ghosts?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 22:10 (three years ago) link
Ooh, MASH. More or less same characters and, imo, better than the movie, iirc.
Friday Night Lights?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 22:11 (three years ago) link
Either M*A*S*H or Jugglos
― Boring, Maryland, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 22:30 (three years ago) link
FNL fer sure.
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 22:35 (three years ago) link
Girlfriend Experience too
There was a scene in last week's episode when Lazlo materialised in the cursed hat and Nadja did the most amazing look to camera, it's been my highlight of the whole show.
But it's Colin Robertson for me. I loved a couple of weeks ago when somebody just called him Colin and he corrected them to Colin Robertson, because that's what his actual name is and not a combination of Colin and Robertson.
― Mud... jam... failure (aldo), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 22:53 (three years ago) link
can you believe i'd never seen an episode of this until today, despite the fact that two, maybe three of its main five cast are cast-iron imago household favourites
happily i've now seen the pilot and am very excited for the rest
― imago, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 22:55 (three years ago) link
it feels like waititi/clement had these exact actors in mind before they committed to making it a tv show
― imago, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 22:57 (three years ago) link
M*A*S*H
― massage angry pixels (sic), Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:09 (three years ago) link
/what about MASH?/_(don't @l@n@ld@ me.)_/Ooh, MASH. More or less same characters and, imo, better than the movie, iirc./_(don't @l@n@ld@ me.)_/M*A*S*H/_(don't @l@n@ld@ me.)_
― Boring, Maryland, Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:11 (three years ago) link
Take it to the MASH thread
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:18 (three years ago) link
Has any other story delved into the ingenious notion that vampires, having technically died, could be haunted by their own ghosts?― Josh in ChicagoOoh, MASH. More or less same characters and, imo, better than the movie, iirc.― Josh in ChicagoFriday Night Lights?― Josh in Chicago
Ooh, MASH. More or less same characters and, imo, better than the movie, iirc.― Josh in Chicago
Friday Night Lights?― Josh in Chicago
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:49 (three years ago) link
lol irl
― massage angry pixels (sic), Thursday, 28 May 2020 07:29 (three years ago) link
Only as far as the first cursed hat episode, but its fun so far and I'm always a fan of Matt Berry even if he always plays Matt Berry.
"your hat is bleeding".
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 29 May 2020 05:22 (three years ago) link
Laszlo for me, his voice & intonations crack me up so much. Also a Matt Berry fanand i love erotic topiary and hats made of 100% witch skinhttps://youtu.be/Ism0pGLW47M
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 29 May 2020 07:12 (three years ago) link
This week's ep was the weakest in the season imo.
― Mud... jam... failure (aldo), Friday, 29 May 2020 11:55 (three years ago) link
Aw, it was still fun though. Greta Lee, the Seafarer's Song, the very last scene.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 29 May 2020 15:27 (three years ago) link
Blink-and-you'll-miss-it reference to Wannabe also being one of their songs.
― Mud... jam... failure (aldo), Friday, 29 May 2020 15:50 (three years ago) link
I thought this episode was fine, but ... how come Nandor didn't realize (redacted) was a not a vampire?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 May 2020 17:01 (three years ago) link
Was she actually in the room when he was there?
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 29 May 2020 17:11 (three years ago) link
Yeah, she blows the (I assume fake) blood vape in his face.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 May 2020 17:33 (three years ago) link
That was Guillermo?
― Mud... jam... failure (aldo), Friday, 29 May 2020 21:08 (three years ago) link
He does work through the open-plan living room when she's there, but iirc is deliberately avoiding direct contact
also, Nandor is a big dummy
― massage angry pixels (sic), Friday, 29 May 2020 21:27 (three years ago) link
Nandor is a total dummy.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 May 2020 21:29 (three years ago) link
Wait, has every episode had a post-credits stinger?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 May 2020 22:11 (three years ago) link
only a few
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 29 May 2020 22:11 (three years ago) link
Yeah Nandor is incredibly self centred, wouldn't necessarily notice/care that she wasn't a vamp.
― chap, Saturday, 30 May 2020 00:47 (three years ago) link
A disdainful "Terrifying" is already a meme in our house and we only saw the episode yesterday. Helps that I'm already much more like Matt Berry than I'd previously been willing to admit
― imago, Saturday, 30 May 2020 19:35 (three years ago) link
My vote is probably (as it stands) Nadja though, because the Demetrious have come along with their pushy Greek Cypriotness and taken TV comedy by the scroll of its neck
― imago, Saturday, 30 May 2020 19:38 (three years ago) link
What is her brother up to? Is there a third season of Stath?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 30 May 2020 19:57 (three years ago) link
There is this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTael05l-1I
― imago, Saturday, 30 May 2020 19:59 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 31 May 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 1 June 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
Can't believe we haven't done this:
Nandor = RoseLaszlo = BlancheNadja = SophiaDorothy = Guillermo (apologies to Colin Robinson)
confirmation that Nadja is the best.
3 eps in to the second season and it's just as strong as the first imo.
― neith moon (ledge), Friday, 3 July 2020 13:47 (three years ago) link
oops Guillermo = Dorothy
― neith moon (ledge), Friday, 3 July 2020 13:48 (three years ago) link
if you do Designing Women you don't have to omit Colin Robinson
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Friday, 3 July 2020 14:07 (three years ago) link
never heard of it!
― neith moon (ledge), Friday, 3 July 2020 14:12 (three years ago) link
nadja saying "colin robinson" is one of my favourite things.
jackie daytona episode and the colin robinson/evie the emotional vampire episode are both really great
― oscar bravo, Friday, 3 July 2020 14:19 (three years ago) link
When Colin meets the Actual Troll and keeps him talking/nodding off til sunrise, is the joke that his dick unpixellates as soon as he turns to stone some reference to statues not being obscene where real "people" are?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 20 July 2020 06:47 (three years ago) link
yes imo
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Monday, 20 July 2020 07:49 (three years ago) link
The local news episode is one of the funniest eps of the entire series
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 22 December 2023 17:18 (five months ago) link
it’s an incredible episode lol
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 22 December 2023 21:51 (five months ago) link
The opening scene where Nandor thinks he accidentally outed the vampire house is one of the funniest things this show has ever done
― frogbs, Friday, 22 December 2023 23:46 (five months ago) link
he does such a great job trying to claw that back
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Friday, 22 December 2023 23:53 (five months ago) link
where Colin Robinson is trying to be the weatherman and there is blood smeared all over the weather wall
IIRC it's him calling it schmutz that broke me like a twig.
Incredible episode.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Saturday, 23 December 2023 23:28 (five months ago) link
How did Guillermo only get one vote
He is the most adorable character in any show
― blurbing about music in architecture magazines (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 24 December 2023 00:18 (five months ago) link
Gizmo was the slow burn character, everyone else got to be very flashy right out the gate
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Sunday, 24 December 2023 00:20 (five months ago) link
Guillermo has gotten tiresome to me. Nandor has become my favorite character over the series.
― Expansion to Mackerel (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 24 December 2023 00:27 (five months ago) link
Last season was unrewarding wrt Guillermo imo but overall he’s my favourite. Love all the vampires equally
― blurbing about music in architecture magazines (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 24 December 2023 01:43 (five months ago) link
me after season 1: how did nandor manage to get 7 votesme after all 5 seasons: nandor is the best character and was robbed
― scanner darkly, Sunday, 24 December 2023 02:27 (five months ago) link
well, he is known as the relentless
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Sunday, 24 December 2023 02:49 (five months ago) link
“we drank the blood of some people but the people were on drugs and now i’m a wizard”
― scanner darkly, Sunday, 24 December 2023 03:03 (five months ago) link
Yes, last season of Guillermo was a real shrug.
― Daniel_Rf, Sunday, 24 December 2023 14:28 (five months ago) link
I can’t post about it without feeling like I’m spoiling it but the moment that x waves hello to Guillermo right before y happens will live in my head rent-free forever
― blurbing about music in architecture magazines (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 24 December 2023 16:15 (five months ago) link
starts again on BBC2 tonight at 10
― koogs, Tuesday, 2 January 2024 16:54 (four months ago) link
I thought last season at least did a good job of explaining why Guillermo wouldn't be able to hack it as a vampire but yeah the whole storyline was weird mostly because it was paced so strangely. the finale should've been like 3-4 separate episodes, they built up way too much tension only to have to dissolve things in a flash
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 January 2024 18:17 (four months ago) link