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
I find Fargo beautiful to look at and listen to but kind of empty tbh
I did like what I saw of the last season of Getting On, kudos to HBO for giving a decent shot to such an obviously unpalatable series
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Thursday, 5 November 2015 05:39 (eight years ago) link
well this is the last six episode run so the entire series will be a little under 18 episodes and nine hours. It's not much longer than Olive Kitteridge and much cheaper
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 5 November 2015 05:42 (eight years ago) link
never even heard of that show, but since it has Todd from The Last Man on Earth, maybe I'll give it a shot
― Nhex, Thursday, 5 November 2015 05:44 (eight years ago) link
Mel Rodriguez is a really good and fun to watch actor but of the key four man cast of Laurie Metcalf, Alex Borstein and Niecy Nash he is actually the least engaging. They're all so goddamn good.
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 5 November 2015 05:47 (eight years ago) link
if it matters to you, Molly Shannon and Alia Shawkat are regulars as well
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 5 November 2015 05:49 (eight years ago) link
definitely enticing! haven't seen Alia Shawkat in years
― Nhex, Thursday, 5 November 2015 05:53 (eight years ago) link
Alex Borstein is best known as Lois Griffin on Family Guy and from Mad tvNiecy Nash is best known from Reno 911 and for a style network reality show called clean houseboth of them have knock out good acting chops and should be massive stars. it's a fucked up world.
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 5 November 2015 06:12 (eight years ago) link
i skimmed the amazon PILOT SEASON and most of it is hot garbage but the Tig Notaro/Nicole Holofcener "One Mississippi" pilot was perhaps predictably a pure gem and certainly the best thing I've ever seen diablo cody associated with. i hope to god they get at least a season out of that creative team
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Friday, 6 November 2015 06:00 (eight years ago) link
It's strange how hit or miss the Amazon pilots are. Almost all of the the comedies have looked like low budget syndication from 1992 but there are some well produced dramas (Man In The High Castle, the one with Hellboy).
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 6 November 2015 06:06 (eight years ago) link
I disliked the Red Oaks pilot, but the full season actually turned out to be pretty good. RIYL if you're a sucker for Adventureland. Hal Hartley directs an episode
― Number None, Friday, 6 November 2015 18:29 (eight years ago) link
Ash vs Evil dead is great great great
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 7 November 2015 05:20 (eight years ago) link
this ep of You're the Worst felt like a real leap; dark, unfunny, true and subtle. It's coming into its own as a pretty great show this season and every episode is very different from the next.
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 7 November 2015 05:56 (eight years ago) link
yeah that was way better than an episode of television called "LCD Soundsystem" had any right to be
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Saturday, 7 November 2015 06:27 (eight years ago) link
I haven't watched the latest but I thought even the last two before that were on another level.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Saturday, 7 November 2015 07:19 (eight years ago) link
it has been getting better but watching gretchen completely come apart when her dream was dashed was really brutal
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 7 November 2015 14:44 (eight years ago) link
what a difference a week makes:
Last Week Tonight s. 2 - HBOAdventure Time s. 7 - Cartoon NetworkGetting On s. 3 - HBOJeopardy s. 32 - ABCYou’re the Worst s. 2 - FXXThe Knick s. 2 - ShowtimeNathan for You s. 3 - Comedy CentralFargo s. 2 - FXAdam Ruins Everything s.1 - TruTVCrazy Ex-Girlfriend s. 1 - CW
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 20:09 (eight years ago) link
i may be proven totally wrong after a third episode of crazy exgirlfriend but it seems surprisingly good at jump and i like the politicsAdam Ruins everything is surprisingly fun! Worth a peek.
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 20:11 (eight years ago) link
The only shows I'm watching at this point:
The AffairYou're The Worst (loved Season 1, finally broke down and bought Season 2 from Amazon this weekend)Sleepy HollowEmpireThe Good Wife (literally only sticking around because this is the final season)MomHave given up on Fresh Off the Boat, Blackish, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 21:01 (eight years ago) link
It makes me sad that nobody else appreciates Gotham. İt's a good cast and has the campy feel of the 60s Batman show.
― AJD, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 22:14 (eight years ago) link
i'm enjoying it. benjamin mckenzie really is great as the perpetually scowly gordon, and everyone else plays bigger nicely with him. donal logue is always a treat and sometimes i pretend to myself that i'm watching SuperTerriers. nigma reminds me SO much of a dude i went to high school with also. and penguin is FANTASTIC. if the canon would allow it, i would want this show to jsut go 45 minutes a week of "gordon and penguin vs. the universe"
― nerd shit (Will M.), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 22:20 (eight years ago) link
Hi TV ppl.
I'm going to have a lot of TV-viewing time on my hands for the next few weeks while recovering from surgery. I need a plan. I was thinking trying Show from My Youth that I missed (including Buffy, Gilmore Girls), but maybe Good Wife? I dunno, something that there are A LOT of so I can binge watch and then binge watch some more.
I considered re-watching The Sopranos but I think I need something different.
Oh, and I don't actually have cable or on-demand or anything like that, so I need a show I can watch online. Netflix, Amazon Prime preferred, but I could be talked into purchase.
What would you choose???
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:34 (eight years ago) link
Breaking Bad or The Wire are good base level, inarguably worth watching shows if you haven't seen either of them.Battlestar?
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:35 (eight years ago) link
Buffy doesn't hold up that well, I think Angel may be a better rewatch.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:38 (eight years ago) link
Or the X-Files. Pretty sure they're on Netflix still.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:39 (eight years ago) link
they are and i didn't know that!
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:41 (eight years ago) link
good wife!
― just sayin, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:45 (eight years ago) link
there is so much good wife
― just sayin, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:46 (eight years ago) link
top binge-watching recs from me (minus the Sopranos) would be Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Eastbound and Down, Freaks and Geeks, Twin Peaks
Battlestar gets so bad I would say only do that if you are prepared to stop at the end of season 3
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:47 (eight years ago) link
I've seen (and loved) Breaking Bad and The Wire. Hung with Battlestar for a bit, but not really my thing and fell off of it. I tried to start Gilmore Girls but it didn't stick, probably because I was drunk I mean tired and fell asleep.
X-Files is a great suggestion. And I have probably only seen a few episodes of 30 Rock.
xpost So Much Good Wife sounds like a good thing. Is it an hour? I was kind of leaning half hour since I'll be on opioids I mean resting, any quick hits you'd recommend?
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:48 (eight years ago) link
xp oh for sure. you'll know when you're done with battlestar, the signs are everywhere.
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 23:48 (eight years ago) link