I watched the pilot for Abbot Elementary and just got extremely sad and depressed
― castanuts (DJP), Friday, 7 January 2022 20:48 (two years ago) link
Loving Station Eleven. In some ways it's reassuring watching a show about a pandemic that's so much worse than covid. Our pandemic timeline is bad but the virus itself could have been much more catastrophic.
― that's not my post, Friday, 7 January 2022 21:25 (two years ago) link
Is there any comic relief in this show or is it all self-serious pathos? The Leftovers was obviously super dark, but also funny in its way.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 7 January 2022 21:28 (two years ago) link
There is definitely some humor, it's not all pathos. Excellent world-building that deepens as the episodes go along and they explore the different characters.
― that's not my post, Friday, 7 January 2022 22:14 (two years ago) link
Since everyone seems to be watching Yellowjackets...do people, like, actually have Showtime subscriptions? Or...
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, January 7, 2022 3:04 PM (two hours ago)
In Canada there's a pricey streaming service called Crave that gives you HBO + Showtime plus a few random movies and other things. I love Desus & Mero, but Showtime is otherwise mostly worthless (I am watching Yellowjackets though and will eventually get to the nu Twin Peaks). I did really like a doc on Dick Gregory I watched the other day, it's totally conventional formally but highly recommended especially if you don't know anything about him
― rob, Friday, 7 January 2022 22:40 (two years ago) link
Forgive the thread spam, but I wanted to note that your ten favorite shows on television that aired in 2021 are all nominated in the ILX TV poll, with voting ending this weekend:
ILX's Best Television of 2021 Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD / Voting Ends After January 31, 2022
If you like this show and you'd like to see it have a good showing in the poll (running in February) all you need to do is submit a ballot including it and your other favorites (3 minimum, 25 maximum, ranked by your favorite to least favorite) to forksclovetofu at gmail. It'll take five minutes; get to it!
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 20:57 (two years ago) link
single drunk female is surprisingly good!https://www.thecut.com/2022/02/finally-a-show-that-takes-millennial-drinking-seriously.html
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 7 February 2022 22:04 (two years ago) link
damn, this UK show Cheaters is pretty great
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 05:46 (two years ago) link
Current/recent faves:Severance (Apple+)Abbott Elementary (Hulu)Reacher (Prime)Top Chef Portland (aired last yr but just recently went up on regular Hulu)Morning Show (Apple+)I want these to be better than they are:Star Trek Discovery (paramount+)Bel Air (peacock) Bored now Gilded Age (Hbomax)Thought it would be sooo good but its so dry & airless, the only things keeping me watching are Baranski & Coons & even then just barely Fuckin NOPE The Endgame (Peacock)This is the same Blacklist template revamped with a new diabolical villain & Morena Baccarin is not the actresss to pull this off. I was done after 1 ep lol
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 6 March 2022 23:25 (two years ago) link
I'm loving Severance so far. Was briefly worried it might feel a bit stilted and slow-moving, but it's doing a lot more with its space than the one fragmentation metaphor it might look set up as from afar. Somewhere between Corporate, Lost and Six Feet Under.
― tangenttangent, Monday, 14 March 2022 23:04 (two years ago) link
the weirdness of it overall makes me not really anticipate the plot so much - i find myself enjoying it from scene to scene & its v enjoyable to watch in general i find
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 March 2022 00:08 (two years ago) link
I'm also digging Severance. It's definitely the show I look forward to the most right now. The work metaphors work for me, even as they are clangingly, in-your-face obvious. The show has such a great look, and the performances are delicious (Turturro and Walken!). With Dannemora and this, Stiller is batting 1000 right now. Everyone should be lining up to pitch him their off-kilter series ideas.
Not sure about making this a (non-limited) series, though. A little nervous that we could be in for years of chain-yanking and mysteries all the way down.
That last Outie-Helly video from a week ago was fucking chilling.
― DJI, Tuesday, 15 March 2022 00:23 (two years ago) link
A little nervous that we could be in for years of chain-yanking and mysteries all the way down.
So hoping for this to be the case!
But yeah, I agree that it's just very watchable. The way ideas are visually realised, especially in the props and set design, is ingenious! My favourite alternate world computer monitors in a while. Walken and the Optics & Design department are a real high so far, and I loved the alternate history painting being 'accidentally' circulated for the two departments.
― tangenttangent, Tuesday, 15 March 2022 17:13 (two years ago) link
Invasion (apple tv) mentioned precisely once itt and in a list w no review. Well I'm on the last episode now and here's my review
P u stinky!!!
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Saturday, 19 March 2022 03:49 (two years ago) link
yeah its not greati liked the divorce angle but that’s about it
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 19 March 2022 04:04 (two years ago) link
That part started good but the rest of it was just so meaningless for so long I lost interest (also so did they kinda!!! With that thread)
I think the only thing I've liked is the monk in the last episode lol
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Saturday, 19 March 2022 04:28 (two years ago) link
i started to question my choices once they did the military dudes. oof. nope.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 19 March 2022 05:01 (two years ago) link
We're enjoying The Afterparty on Apple. Teenager approved genre mash-up with a fun cast.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 19 March 2022 15:08 (two years ago) link
oh i keep meaning to watch that
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 19 March 2022 15:19 (two years ago) link
goes down easy with 30 min episodes
― that's not my post, Saturday, 19 March 2022 15:28 (two years ago) link
Five episodes into the K-drama/comedy/something Glitch and it's...really good? It's ostensibly about para-reality, UFOs, repressed memories, etc. but crosses that with a story about friendship, faith, and modern disassociation. Every turn into cults and crop circles countered with turns into cigarettes, boredom, and the sense that good questions are more important than good answers. Don't watch if you need to have everything explained.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 24 November 2022 12:27 (one year ago) link
I mean, Glitch is pretty badly reviewed but the criticisms thrown at it (meandering, takes to long to solve things) are exactly the reasons why I'm liking it.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 24 November 2022 12:35 (one year ago) link
don't know about favourite but this is what i currently record according to the pvr. a lot of this is just background during the day tbh
daily:ST: Enterprise (series 3)BlueyGhosts: USSimpsons (series 30)Bob's BurgersChasing Classic CarsOverhaulingScrapheap Challenge
weekly:secret genius of modern lifewheeler dealerstaskmasterhorne section tv shownew rick and mortyBangers and Cashtotp 1993outer limitsAstrid: murder in paris (recorded, not watched yet)Senorita 89 (recorded, not watched yet)QIClickHandmaid's TaleOnly ConnectUnversity ChallengeAussie Gold Hunters Mine SOSMaigretEdgar Wallace Mystery TheatreSky Arts Artist of the YearFrankie BoyleLouis TherouxBlown Away
the highlight is probably bob's burgers - its pun game is very strong, i like the kids' various obsessions, decent song every episode.
― koogs, Thursday, 24 November 2022 18:09 (one year ago) link
Taking "currently on television" to mean "aired in 2022":
The Sex Lives of College GirlsThe White LotusNever Have I EverThe RehearsalOnly Murders in the BuildingHeartstopperI Love That For YouSomebody SomewhereThe Marvellous Mrs. Maisel The Bear
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Thursday, 24 November 2022 18:52 (one year ago) link
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, November 24, 2022 4:35 AM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
I’ll check that one out — I’ve been watching Stranger, which is another K-drama, a slowly unfolding thriller set inside the world of the Seoul judicial system. Lots of twists, a crash course in learning the particularities of how things are run in Korea, lots of emphasis on the minutiae of interpersonal interactions and social presentation, and unlike a lot of shows I really have zero idea where it’s headed. Much of the stiff formality many characters engage in on a daily basis is pierced by the presence of the great Bae Doona as a cop who isn’t playing by the rules, which is more to say she’s just not fearful of the system vs someone who’s stepping out of line. It’s definitely meandering and takes patience but it’s refreshingly paced compared to a lot of the breakneck speed with which watercooler most watercooler shows tend to operate.
― omar little, Thursday, 24 November 2022 20:51 (one year ago) link
Some recent-ish K-dramas I liked, both (uncharacteristically for me) zombie-related:
- Happiness: our heroes are trapped in an apartment block with terrible people, zombies are outside, "zombie action Parasite" is not really accurate but there's a lot of social commentary
- Zombie Detective: poor guy wakes up a zombie, starts working as a private detective, I guess it's mostly a comedy?
I do enjoy how Korean shows are frequently incapable of sticking to a single genre
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Saturday, 26 November 2022 16:18 (one year ago) link
In rotation: Abbott Elementary (Hulu)The Big Brunch (HBO)Bobs Burgers (Hulu)White Lotus (HBO)Interview With The Vampire (Showtime)Atlanta (Hulu)Pennyworth (HBO)Wednesday (Netflix) out of rotation Peripheral (i had to bail, i keep falling asleep - will circle back at some point) League of Their Own (not feeling it? idk why) classic tv shows in rotationNight CourtTaxiSanford and Son X-Files
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 06:19 (one year ago) link
Here's what I've gone the distance on recently:
PistolThe Deep EndFor All Mankind (season 3)*Servant Of The PeopleExtracurricularHow To Change Your MindGlitchRussia 1985-1999: TraumaZone
Extracurricular is definitely worth checking out if you're into K-dramas but give it a shot even if you're not. In short, awkward model high school student has a darkly comic secret life as a crime lord. Violent hilarity ensues, but as with most K-dramas you can't really predict what happens. The creators of this go on to make Glitch.
I watched Servant Of The People when it first came out, but hadn't seen it since the Russian invasion. Season 1 is pretty much the set-up for the spectacular season 2 - if I had to single out any episode of season 2, it would be episode 4 where Zelenskyy (as Goloborodko) wakes up to discover that everyone in Ukraine has left the country because of open borders and ends up running everything in the country on his own. Shades of The Quiet Earth...
Disappointed by How To Change Your Mind. I think it's good for the history of how things have gotten to where they are now, but found it lacking in actual support or guidance for someone dealing with depression or PTSD now who's looking for possible avenues.
On deck: The Kingdom: Exodus, The Peripheral, Andor, Stranger, A Wilderness Of Error
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 06:42 (one year ago) link
Just wrapped up The Patient & The Bear - pretty good and holy shit great give me more now
Restarted The Peripheral now that it's built up some episodes & The English on Amazon. The latter was almost a bail after the first 5 minutes because it was so awkward and stilted but it has rapidly improved.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 07:05 (one year ago) link
due to a mix of a busy arts calendar and getting back to the ceramic studio and physical rehab and generalized anxiety which is making it more difficult to focus, I've watched about half as much teevee this year as last... and been on ILX about 1/4 as much as in past years! Weird correlations.
Even so, here's my 2022.
Nineteen Great ShowsSlow Horses s1 (starting s2 shortly)Single Drunk Female s1Marriage s1Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butthead s1Bust Down s1I Love That For You s1Our Flag Means Death s1The Rehearsal s1Barry s3Peacemaker s1Bluey s3Joe Pera Talks With You s3This Fool s1We Need to Talk About CosbyShe-Hulk s1The Kids in the Hall 2022Only Connect s17/18Youtube: Ryukahr Plays Mario (plot twist: he shaved)Letterman YouTube Channel (this has been a lifesaver this year)
Very Good to Pretty GoodAbbott Elementary s2Cunk on Earth s1Little Demon s1 Rick and Morty s6Mo s1 (great and then fell apart)Fisk s2The Simpsons s34 (surprisingly good!)The Other One s2Desus and Mero s4 (RIP)The Great Pottery Throw Down s5As We See It s1 (this should've been renewed)Youtube: DefunctlandYoutube: Video Game DonkeyYoutube: Grand POOBear: Iron BrosYoutube: Odd TinkeringYoutube: Iron PineappleYoutube: Action ButtonYoutube: Channel Five
Not Finished but Already Likely To Be Among the Best of the YearTraumazoneSort Of s2Handmade: Britain’s Best Woodworker s2Heartstopper s1Severance s1
Not Finished but Pretty Good with FlawsRebootSomebody SomewhereMs MarvelZen MotoringAll That Glitters
Coming Up ShortlyKindredLast Chance U Basketball
Top of the List of Should Watch/Will WatchAndorDark WindsThe PatientFleishman Is in TroubleMinxSerpent QueenInterview with the VampireAm I Being UnreasonableBlack BirdA Cut AboveDon’t Hug Me I’m ScaredThe DryLet the Right One InMoon KnightPachinkoSomewhere BoyStuff the British StoleWillowBetter Call SaulUrusei Yatsura 2022Mosquito CoastReservation DogsStagedHigh SchoolRamyAtlantaRanking of KingsGentleman JackFor All MankindUndoneThe US and the HolocaustStation ElevenCabinet of Curiosities
NoThe Bear Bad SistersHouse of the DragonRap ShitWe Own This CityBlown AwayEverything’s TrashWhite LotusKilling ItP-ValleyThe Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
Please Do BetterWhat We Do in the Shadows
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 3 December 2022 21:04 (one year ago) link
I should add The Kingdom to the "should watch" soon pile
I am on something of a media library building kick right now, anyone on my plex ring should sniff around a bit.
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 3 December 2022 21:09 (one year ago) link
gross
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 4 December 2022 12:50 (one year ago) link
xp any chance the 2021 tv poll surfaces?
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 4 December 2022 14:00 (one year ago) link
My favorite shows of the year
Reservation DogsAndorSeveranceSomebody SomewhereThe BearThe Old ManBetter Call SaulBarryOur Flag Means DeathMythic QuestThe OutlawsOnly Murders in the Building
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Sunday, 4 December 2022 15:18 (one year ago) link
Lol Tracer
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Sunday, 4 December 2022 15:23 (one year ago) link
yyyyyyeah i need to do that poll before the end of the year. been hard to keep focused. will try!
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 4 December 2022 21:24 (one year ago) link
EVERYBODY should be watching "Sort Of" btw. It was great in the first season and hasn't slowed down.
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 December 2022 07:21 (one year ago) link
Aggregated critics' list of best 2022 TV shows. Great to see Severance doing so well atm
https://www.metacritic.com/feature/tv-critics-pick-10-best-tv-shows-of-2022
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 6 December 2022 09:19 (one year ago) link
I’ll check that one out — I’ve been watching Stranger, which is another K-drama, a slowly unfolding thriller set inside the world of the Seoul judicial system.
Thanks for the rec omar! Digging this
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 29 December 2022 08:57 (one year ago) link
Forks, interested to know how you would improve WWDitS?
― But who are we doing it versus? (sunny successor), Sunday, 5 February 2023 12:16 (one year ago) link
curb your enthusiasmthe nanny (repetitions)
― CerebralCaustic, Sunday, 5 February 2023 21:39 (one year ago) link
xp, they blew up ALL the setups in the prior season except for the Laszlo raises an energy vampire one and ran that entirely into the ground. the show was set to be a bunch of individual character building arcs and Nadia and Gizmo in the Old Country, which would've been far preferable to recycling some now sorta stale plotlines.If Guillermo goes full fang, i could buy back in but I thought last season was by far the weakest it's ever been.
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 5 February 2023 23:44 (one year ago) link
A vampire vampire hunter would be interesting
― But who are we doing it versus? (sunny successor), Monday, 6 February 2023 00:41 (one year ago) link
You mean like Blade?
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 6 February 2023 01:17 (one year ago) link
I was thinking Vampire Hunter D
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 6 February 2023 01:41 (one year ago) link
Bit of a gap in the viewing schedule now. I’m constantly playing catch up so can’t really offer ten shows currently airing. I’ve got the new season of The Great lined up and ready. Otherwise have been engrossed in Happy Valley, as well as the usual pop pablum.
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Thursday, 1 June 2023 12:41 (one year ago) link
Really gutted Britannia was canceled. It has its up and downs but was quality entertainment.
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Thursday, 1 June 2023 12:43 (one year ago) link
Gallows Pole is incredible imo
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 1 June 2023 12:48 (one year ago) link
Will check it out thanks for the recommendation!
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Thursday, 1 June 2023 23:13 (one year ago) link
ive been enjoying high desert on apple.. it is funny, sortof coen bros vibes in a way
― johnny crunch, Friday, 2 June 2023 00:30 (one year ago) link