even this year I could safely make a top 30 without it
― Simon H., Wednesday, 6 December 2017 20:05 (six years ago) link
i think i may be over noah hawley tbh
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 20:13 (six years ago) link
yeah I didn't even bother w/ Fargo s3 despite the presence of Carrie Coon
― Simon H., Wednesday, 6 December 2017 20:15 (six years ago) link
she was great on it! but the "look at me i am a very talky inscrutably evil bad guy"/"look at me i am the silent heavy" schtick has finally turned into a formula.hawley's also something of a sadist about extended uncomfortable takes that are meant to inspire fight or flight and i don't need that right now.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 20:25 (six years ago) link
Legion was great. Can't wait for season 2.
― DJI, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 20:25 (six years ago) link
re: extended uncomfortable takes, I think the ASL on this season of Mr. Robot has to be around two minutes.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 6 December 2017 20:27 (six years ago) link
Legion was RAD RAD RAD
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 21:18 (six years ago) link
my top 10+ a few more for this yearLegionDirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency MindhunterMarvelous Mrs MaiselThe Good PlaceWestworldThe DeuceLeftoversRiverdaleGLOWGothamAmerican GodsBig Little Lies
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 21:25 (six years ago) link
I need to check out American Gods
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 21:31 (six years ago) link
it's made with you in mind methinks
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 21:32 (six years ago) link
it’s pretty great. Bryan Fuller at his Fuller-iest
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 21:41 (six years ago) link
though at times it reminds me of just how VERY 90’s the book was, especially “i am the internet” Tecnical Boy who is a facepalm on-screen no matter how you stage him
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 21:44 (six years ago) link
I never read the book as it came out right at the height of my "the only good thing Gaiman ever did was Good Omens" phase
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 22:17 (six years ago) link
it was my favorite thing
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 23:07 (six years ago) link
OK I feel a little churlish. Episodes 4 and 5 of Mrs Maisel address head-on the issues about standup taking time to get good at. I still think Bornstein and Lenny are too easily wowed at the beginning but I basically take it back.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 9 December 2017 10:44 (six years ago) link
american gods might be the worst fuller thing since Dead Like Me
― Simon H., Saturday, 9 December 2017 16:00 (six years ago) link
wut
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 December 2017 17:35 (six years ago) link
american gods is great, though it could've benefitted from another episode
― voodoo chili, Monday, 11 December 2017 18:14 (six years ago) link
in other news, i am gilmore-agnostic, never-seen-bunheads, but i watched the first two episodes of Mrs. Maisel and omg it's so good you guys
that would be how i'd approach it, so that's good to hear.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 11 December 2017 18:15 (six years ago) link
it's a miracle of a show. we are not worthy. some scenes i feel like great playwrights would be proud to have written. the scene where papa finds out she's got a job. ".. OK." and keeps coming back in. and going out. and coming in. they find all these moments.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 11 December 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
Everyone keeps talking about this Mrs. Maisel show! I guess I have to watch. Did anyone watch Happy?
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 11 December 2017 20:30 (six years ago) link
you have to watch mrs maisel, it’s the best!i watched the first ep of Happy & didn’t like it as much as I thought I would :/i’ll try a couple more but it feels like it’s v forced, like everyone’s trying too hard to be kerrrraaaazy
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 11 December 2017 20:40 (six years ago) link
I'm willing to try a second episode for Chris Meloni's sake
― mh, Monday, 11 December 2017 20:40 (six years ago) link
^ this
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 11 December 2017 20:41 (six years ago) link
he’s v handsome
he gets to be an ex-cop, be funny, and do comedic no-stakes violence as opposed to the heavy guilt complex of his past angry cop role
― mh, Monday, 11 December 2017 20:43 (six years ago) link
seems very similar to Wilfred, which I was hot and cold on
― voodoo chili, Monday, 11 December 2017 21:00 (six years ago) link
I really wanted to like Mrs Maisel, but the plotting is just so awful and contrived.The kids are completely. Like why even have kids in this show if all they do is move from sitter to sitter?Are we supposed to care about her ex? I can’t tell. Does the show want us to want them back together, cuz he just seems like a doofus most of the time. But then there are these flashbacks where he’s being witty or cool or whatever...There are also these scenes of forced hilarity that just don’t land for me. The scene where Midge takes over the city planning rally to talk about being blinded by makeup ads or whatever felt so false, with random crowd members turning to each other like “wow, this lady is on to something!” I mean, she’s a charming person, but she seems to get away with so much lame behavior. Maybe this will catch up with her at some point?I’m still watching, for now, but my wife and I are spending a lot of the show rolling our eyes at each other.
― DJI, Monday, 11 December 2017 22:42 (six years ago) link
Are we supposed to care about her ex? I can’t tell.
neither can she! sometimes he is cool and witty. other times he is a selfish dumbass. it's a key ambiguity of the show
agree the rally was over the top, almost like some kind of fever dream. i guess it's of a piece with her "coming out" as someone who can command a room but i agree it felt kinda off.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 00:03 (six years ago) link
And like she didn't even take a look at the horrible cards that the joke writer sold her on the way over to the gig while she was sitting on the subway?
I guess I'm being pedantic. The whole show has a kind of magical realism feel to it, so maybe the details shouldn't matter. I love the dialogue, and the actors are great, and great together. It's just all of the little stuff that bugs. Like did she really have time to do all of that stuff on her first night out?
― DJI, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 00:26 (six years ago) link
it’s meant to be very broad & heightened - like a screwball comedy or a musical without the musical numbers but yeah if you’re looking for measured & more grounded realism this ain’t that kinda show
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 00:39 (six years ago) link
If you're looking for measured & more grounded realism you want to avoid the works of Amy Sherman-Palladino in general.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 00:40 (six years ago) link
ding ding
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 00:44 (six years ago) link
watched one ep of Happy! and hated it tbrh. gratuitous, gory and a weird conceit with the shrek lite horse. not for me.otoh i just hoovered up s3 of Narcos, that was goood.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 01:43 (six years ago) link
I dunno if it's a good idea to compare the Preacher tv show to Happy or not but since they're both Grant Morrison comic adaptations its hard not to. And the thing that Preacher tv show does well is controlling the pace of the story ( I mean, to the point where they literally drip-feed plot points over multiple episodes). They're not adhering to the normal TV conventions of laying out the plot for the audience and restating plot points and having everyone explain who they are right away - and it's good because it's not exactly an everyday story.
Happy just seemed to be falling over itself to TELL you everything about the story right away and beat you over the head with how misanthropic it is. Plus it seemed to be showcasing a whole lot of the things I don't love about Morrison which is that it just feels like, idk, reddit humor when there's too much of it all at once.
But it could also be first episode teething problems. idk. I love Meloni though so I might not quit right away
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 03:18 (six years ago) link
Preacher doesn't have anything to do with Grant Morrison.
― Thomas Gabriel Fischer does not endorse (aldo), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 03:48 (six years ago) link
watching the new fubar show, pretty decent
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 04:23 (six years ago) link
ha lol shit ok thats one for “i always get those 2 mixed up thread” garth ennis & grant morrison ok cool yep good gonna go off and kill myself now bye
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 04:39 (six years ago) link
lol, i could see where those two examples would be easy to confuse tbh; happy! really does feel like an ennis story. not morrison's strongest work at all.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 04:41 (six years ago) link
Oh I really liked Happy. I LOVE Meloni though and thought he was excellent.
I am also enjoying the horribly named SMILF. Rosie O is really good and so is the lead woman. Plus, it has Connie Britton who is always good and one of the (ok two of since they're twin girls yes I looked it up) cutest kids I've ever seen on it. https://www.cbspressexpress.com/images/photos/thumbnail/2017/10/13/SMILF_100_10076.R.jpg
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 16:32 (six years ago) link
I'm intrigued by SMILF but no longer have Showtime. There has to be some free weekend or something over the holidays, right?
― mh, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 16:37 (six years ago) link
SMILF is the best worst named show on tv.that kid is an amazing actor
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:04 (six years ago) link
Two kids! Identical twin baby girls! Larry is a lady :).
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:27 (six years ago) link
I didn't know! Her chemistry with the kid(s) is amazingly honest and feels super real
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
Yep, totally agree.
The Run Lola Run themed ep was great.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
I guess the lead actress wrote the show and it's loosely based on her life but the whole thing feels very honest and real to me. I really like it.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:32 (six years ago) link
SMILF is the best worst named show on tv.
I think i only started watching in by accident because that name is horrible . wonder how many people will never give it a chance becasue of it ? it's a good show though.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 21:46 (six years ago) link
i saw a bit on freeview weekend but i thought it was one of skinemax-ish soft porns & changed the channel lol
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 21:51 (six years ago) link
I watched the SMILF premiere but didn't really like it. Fuck Boston and all who dwell therein, for one thing (not about baseball, so don't start), plus it just wasn't that funny or perceptive or anything, to me.
Just started watching Shut Eye on Hulu, which is about a ring of fake psychics in L.A. - Jeffrey "Burn Notice guy" Donovan is the lead, but Isabella Rossellini is the matriarch of the Romany gang that owns Donovan and his wife.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 22:32 (six years ago) link