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― 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
I quite enjoyed Supergirl, although it suffered a lot from being overly busy. The acting isn't brilliant, nor the scripting, but there are worse shows and actors out there. (Robbie Amell for example, or any of his other Tomorrow People alumni - Peyton List, Luke Mitchell - popping up in hero shows everywhere.)
I'm hoping it will embrace Silver Age goofiness but because of the power levels of Supergirl I suspect it'll be her vs the Kryptonians all the way through.
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Wednesday, 28 October 2015 08:17 (eight years ago) link
xp to myselfwould* = should
I digress. I'm still angry over Old Lunch's Muppets comments upthread. So many wrong observations. The Muppets isn't even one of the my top 5 or 6 shows on right now but lousy comparisons to 30 rock and complaints of having a sitcom share templates/elements from other sitcoms are really ignorant. How can you look in the mirror in the morning? How can the child in your heart not smile at green flailing arms? Let go of all the bad dramas you watch and let The Muppets tickle your 'hamster dance', goofball innocence that you seem to have purged from your life.
― The Once-ler, Wednesday, 28 October 2015 12:11 (eight years ago) link
You misconstrue! Partly because I haven't seen anything beyond the commercials for the new Muppet show, but more because I love (like deeply love) Henson-era Muppets and still watch that stuff all the time. I've been burned by enough post-Henson product to realize that it's probably just not for me. And a lot of the reason for my disfavor is that I think the newer performers aren't quite able to recapture what was so magical about what Henson & Co. did.
I'll grant you that I watch some bad dramas, though. Whattayagonnado.
― Hellmann's All-Beef Bolognnaise (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 28 October 2015 12:20 (eight years ago) link
Someone please alert me when modern-era Muppets do something half this brilliant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7Xo771IMco
― Hellmann's All-Beef Bolognnaise (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 28 October 2015 12:23 (eight years ago) link
Plus it was me who compared it to 30 Rock, but not before Once-ler had compared it to The Office.
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Wednesday, 28 October 2015 12:24 (eight years ago) link
It was the character to character comparisons that bothered me. Like Scooter to Kenneth (very different personalities). And who came first - Miss Piggy or Jenna?
Also the writing on 30 rock involved trying to hide a joke in every line; whereas The Office was more realistic on that front.
The Swedish Chef doing hip-hop is brilliant.
― The Once-ler, Wednesday, 28 October 2015 15:08 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, that was me too.
(I did comment a couple of posts later that actually the Muppets had always been like that and maybe it was 30 Rock borrowing from it.)
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Wednesday, 28 October 2015 15:18 (eight years ago) link
on last night's moonbeam city episode rad's list of blues names gag was excellent
― Mordy, Friday, 30 October 2015 02:53 (eight years ago) link
Best part of an episode that was probably the best yet.
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Friday, 30 October 2015 08:17 (eight years ago) link
the opening of this week's Limitless features a few seconds of X's "Los Angeles" and a prominently placed vinyl copy of the last Skeletonwitch album, clearly it is after my heart
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 02:11 (eight years ago) link
Adventure Time is back!
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 02:29 (eight years ago) link
yep, new ep every night for a while, then the 8-ep (!) miniseries.
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 02:31 (eight years ago) link
AXS broadcasts of NJPWscream queensmoonbeam citybrooklyn nine nineadventure time
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 16:05 (eight years ago) link
of shows airing atm, in roughly descending order of greatness:
LeftoversYou're the WorstJane the VirginCrazy Ex-GirlfriendAdventure TimeNathan for YouLast Week TonightKingdomThe KnickLimitless
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Thursday, 5 November 2015 04:57 (eight years ago) link
supergirl is incredibly cheese and silly but I like it (also true for the Flash, which I started watching on Netflix. haven't dealt with arrow yet beyond the first episode).
― akm, Thursday, 5 November 2015 05:18 (eight years ago) link
I'd say Fargo and Nathan for You are the two best shows currently running; they are compulsively watchable and super great for totally different reasons and both will make you uncomfortable.
Others in my current top eight:Last Week TonightYou're the WorstAdventure TimeDrunk HistoryThe KnickJeopardy
I'm about ready to toss The Affair and How to Get Away with Murder; they are both very stupid right now. I haven't tried Homeland yet this season. Supergirl was terrible.
I need to watch:The Returned s. 2Ash vs Evil Dead s. 1
I think I may like Crazy Ex Girlfriend! Need to watch a bit more but the fifteen minutes I caught of episode 3 were surprisingly clever.
Last season of Getting On starts next week, it's amazing television and you should all be watching it.
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 5 November 2015 05:36 (eight years ago) link