I enjoyed You're the Worst but it's pretty retrograde in a lot of ways for a supposedly edgy show. Lindsay is the best character in that show and has a great moment in the S1 finale.
I strongly suspect the entire viewing audience has a crush on Kether Donohue. She's great.
I do kind of feel terrible for Arthur because he's so nice to her and she's just so mean to him.
btwn that and his incredible villainry on Review, Urbaniak is unusually visible this year.
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 20:45 (eight years ago) link
Anyone into Narcos? A reasonably familiar story with its fair share of macho gangster movie cliches, but really well told, well acted and really addictive.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Saturday, 3 October 2015 16:57 (eight years ago) link
Rick and Morty elevated its game considerably and the second season, when it was trying, was almost Adventure Time good.
Married was excellent throughout, mostly carried by A+ acting by what has to be the best supporting cast on television: Paul Reiser, Jenny Slate, Brett Gelman, Sarah Burns, John Hodgman, Rob Huebel, Amy Landecker, Kimiko Glenn... Judy Greer and Nat Faxon always on point too. Never seen Faxon in anything else but he's tailored for this. Dude's got an Oscar!
I enjoyed Review (and the last two episodes were brutal) but the show just wore me down with its sadism. Three stars.
Moonbeam City, Benders and Gigi Does It are hot garbage.
So the current watching list is:Last Week Tonight s. 2 - HBOYour Pretty Face is Going to Hell s. 2 - Adult SwimJeopardy s. 32 - ABCFear the Walking Dead s.1 - AMCDrunk History s. 3 - Comedy CentralHow to Get Away with Murder s. 2 - ABCYou’re the Worst s. 2 - FXXAmerican Experience - PBSPOV - PBSNature - PBSThe Affair s. 2 - ShowtimeInside the NFL - ShowtimeThe Simpsons s. 27 - Fox
... with these upcoming in the next two weeks:The Knick s. 2 - ShowtimeHomeland s. 5 - ShowtimeNathan for You s. 3 - Comedy CentralFargo s. 2 - FX
... and this stuff waiting to be tried:The Bastard Executioner s.1 - FXLimitless s. 1 - CBSMinority Report s.1 - FoxUndrafted s.2 - NFL Network
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 October 2015 06:57 (eight years ago) link
First ep of The Affair offers the Maura Tierney perspective which is great and long overdue but JEEEEEZUS what happened to the writing on this showthere's a bit where, at the dinner table with her four estranged children and apropos of nothing, she tries to get their attention by saying "Look! There's Justin Bieber!"And they all look up! AND ONE KID SAYS "WHERE?"I mean what the fuck is going on here
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 October 2015 07:00 (eight years ago) link
you're the worst is sorta stalled out but it's okay. i wish it was weirder; it's better when it's weirder.i love kether donohue (always think of her as the "high maintenance'' wife) but they need to chill out on her ability to cry on cue.I saw Desmin Borges in The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity some years back and he was fucking great. It's good to see him on teevee on a regular basis.I have a definite crush on Aya Cash. I think Chris Greere is being underutilized and falling back on stereotypes..
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 October 2015 07:05 (eight years ago) link
one ep in, How to Get Away with Murder is in a too-predictable Shondaland UP THE STAKES! WE MUST UP THE STAKES! death spiral. I loved Viola last year but she's teetering on the edge of cartoonish now. I'm in for another four soapy episodes but I really want them to calm the fuck down and tell a coherent story.
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 October 2015 07:07 (eight years ago) link
The Grinder was hilarious. It exceeded all my expectations. I think this one's a keeper! I wish I could say the same about Grandfathered.
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Monday, 5 October 2015 15:46 (eight years ago) link
BTW, I am highly recommending Catastrophe on Amazon. It's great!
― a literal scarecrow on a quaint porch (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 18:54 (eight years ago) link
If you were wondering which show this season would have elaborate musical numbers, jokes about abortion and suicide, and scenes with Nipsey Hussle (as himself) bemoaning patriarchy and recommending Simone de Beauvoir, it's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Tuesday, 13 October 2015 19:31 (eight years ago) link
I watched 5 minutes of that and realized I wouldn't be able to take it
― Nhex, Tuesday, 13 October 2015 19:32 (eight years ago) link
i may have taped thatyou know what's surprisingly watchable? Adam Ruins Everything
― a literal scarecrow on a quaint porch (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 13 October 2015 19:34 (eight years ago) link
i watched 4 eps of You're the Worst and liked it quite a bit
and I finally caught up on Review, Andy Daly is the best. Imaginary friend was so good
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 October 2015 19:59 (eight years ago) link
watched the first couple eps of s2 of the Last Man on Earth and once again the first episode shows promise of dealing with a novel premise and then they pull back in all the extra characters and it becomes much less interesting. still a basically funny character tho
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 October 2015 20:05 (eight years ago) link
with much shame i will admit i still really enjoy the show. Will Forte can do no wrong!i actually like most of the other characters, but did feel the disappointment when they brought the rest of the cast in. lol @ getting Will Forte to show up for 30 seconds and die.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 13 October 2015 20:13 (eight years ago) link
oh they'll bring Ferrell back
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 October 2015 20:16 (eight years ago) link
it has enough good bits in it (his coterie of imaginary friend balls, the central "romance", the casual destruction) that I'll keep watching but yeah I find the soap-opera aspects of the extended cast p snoozeworthy
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 October 2015 20:17 (eight years ago) link
The FlashThe GrinderFresh off the BoatScream QueensMarvel’s Agents of ShieldMindy ProjectBlack-ishBrooklyn Nine-NineBob’s BurgersLast Man on Earth
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Tuesday, 13 October 2015 20:50 (eight years ago) link
I wound up liking You're the Worst quite a bit and wanted to watch Season 2, but Hulu's fucked up deal with FX means I have to have a cable subscription to see the episodes online. Once again, IF I HAD CABLE I WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN A (PAID) HULU SUBSCRIPTION.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 13 October 2015 20:58 (eight years ago) link
I couldn't watch much of anything if I didn't have HULU. I have like 6 channels and no digital recording technology
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Tuesday, 13 October 2015 21:14 (eight years ago) link
The 'Paper Planes' joke made me forgive everything I don't like about Last man On Earth.
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Wednesday, 14 October 2015 07:18 (eight years ago) link
"I'm like Reese Witherspoon in that commercial for backpacks!"
<3 YTW, as always
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 October 2015 03:27 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwaOoWo0UOo
The new muppets show is like the good episodes of The Office.
Even though it's not a laugh-a-minute show, the muppets has me non-stop smiling for just the way they blend seamlessly into the normal world. The characters don't even feel fake and cartoony like the series-end versions of Office and Seinfeld characters.
― The Once-ler, Friday, 16 October 2015 12:17 (eight years ago) link
Weird, I thought it was like the average/bad episodes of 30 Rock rather than The Office. There are even a lot of direct parallels with 30 Rock - production of a tv show within a tv show is arguably the main one but Kermit = Liz Lemon, Piggy = Jenna Moroney, Scooter = Kenneth The Page.
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Friday, 16 October 2015 18:28 (eight years ago) link
fuck that show
― Οὖτις, Friday, 16 October 2015 18:31 (eight years ago) link
Any show featuring the Muppets that fits a "it's like _____ but with a _____!" is an instant fail.
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Friday, 16 October 2015 18:34 (eight years ago) link
That fits that template, I mean.
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Friday, 16 October 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link
Like, it shouldn't just be another sitcom that reshuffles elements from previous sitcoms. If you don't have a solid idea for a Muppet show that would only work as a Muppet show, leave it alone.
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Friday, 16 October 2015 18:36 (eight years ago) link
The more I think about it, maybe 30 Rock hijacked the general plot of The Muppet Showin the first place. Although maybe that makes The Muppets going for the writing style these days even more depressing.
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Friday, 16 October 2015 19:24 (eight years ago) link
i got through three episodes and that felt like more than enough.
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Friday, 16 October 2015 19:30 (eight years ago) link
It reminds me of that Kukla, Fran & Ollie revival from the '80s where they played punked-out veejays on a fictional music station.
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Friday, 16 October 2015 19:39 (eight years ago) link
can anyone vouch for peaky blinders? Was thinking about starting it.
― Spottie, Tuesday, 27 October 2015 19:27 (eight years ago) link
there was a joke on You're the Worst where as a revenge move one of the characters erases the other's netflix queue and his anguished cry is "All I can remember is Peaky Blinders!" and that's basically how I think of that show.
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 October 2015 19:31 (eight years ago) link
haha ok
― Spottie, Tuesday, 27 October 2015 19:32 (eight years ago) link
i gotta admit i am enjoying watching moonbeam city even if it's 70% due to the a e s t h e t i c
― nerd shit (Will M.), Tuesday, 27 October 2015 19:56 (eight years ago) link
i tried it for one episode, it involved the main character falling in love with a dolphin through his Avatar-inspired mecha-dolphin suit. ehhhhhhhhhhh. it does look pretty though.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 27 October 2015 20:06 (eight years ago) link
cor... its the bleedin pleaky blinders... and theyve come to knick our shit
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― just sayin, Tuesday, 27 October 2015 20:50 (eight years ago) link
Is there a general 2015-2016 season tv thread? I need to express some hate for a tv show.
― Exit, pursued by Yogi Berra (WilliamC), Tuesday, 27 October 2015 21:02 (eight years ago) link
go for it, hate is welcome here.
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 October 2015 21:10 (eight years ago) link
theres so many shows now i don't know what to do any more.
― Spottie, Tuesday, 27 October 2015 21:12 (eight years ago) link
i've said it before and i'll say it again: tivo solves a lot of watching problems
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 October 2015 21:13 (eight years ago) link
thats not my fave episode of the five so far. i think my faves are 5, 2 and 3 in that order, 1 and 4 not so much. i really hope they keep playing up the police department's rivalry with the fire department because shirtless studs with fire-hose jetpacks making hip hop air horn sounds is precisely as funny as it should be.
― nerd shit (Will M.), Tuesday, 27 October 2015 21:15 (eight years ago) link
erm thats xp to nhex re: moonbeam city
― nerd shit (Will M.), Tuesday, 27 October 2015 21:16 (eight years ago) link
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, October 27, 2015 4:10 PM
OK, I just wanted to say that the dialogue and acting in the Supergirl pilot was so bad I wanted to break my tv.
― Exit, pursued by Yogi Berra (WilliamC), Tuesday, 27 October 2015 21:25 (eight years ago) link
haha i couldn't even stomach the previews for that show.
― Spottie, Tuesday, 27 October 2015 21:27 (eight years ago) link
I saw a couple of enthusiastic reviews and gave it a shot. One of the worst hours of tv I've ever watched.
― Exit, pursued by Yogi Berra (WilliamC), Tuesday, 27 October 2015 21:32 (eight years ago) link
I was planning on watching but have seen some terrible reviews from ppl I trust & yeahhhh might have to pass
I'll always have Helen Slater
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 28 October 2015 00:00 (eight years ago) link
really not interested in the Berlantiverse but it keeps the comics nerds happy and creatives I actually care about working on non-superhero shit
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Wednesday, 28 October 2015 00:25 (eight years ago) link
CBS isn't on Hulu, so I generally don't watch anything on that network anyway
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Wednesday, 28 October 2015 01:23 (eight years ago) link
TVs current drama/action/suspense shows are tedious. If someone watches 5 or more of these shows each week they would be worried.
― The Once-ler, Wednesday, 28 October 2015 05:31 (eight years ago) link
You're The Worst has been weaker but holy shit the last episode was A+.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 28 October 2015 05:41 (eight years ago) link