Yeah, I'm out, too. I was hanging on for Randall and Beth, but everything else about that show blows dead dogs in the street. I might come back if they promised me that Kevin would get hit in the face with either a brick or a baseball bat every single episode, without fail. But if they ever skipped an episode, I'd be gone again.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:51 (six years ago) link
I watched one episode of that schlock fest and nope octopussed the hell out of there.
Should I watch the Gilmore Girls? I know, I know but they just talk so fucking fast and unrealistically that it always put me off.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:54 (six years ago) link
keep going but watch at 0.7x speed
Then watch Rectify at 1.3x speed
― Simon H., Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:56 (six years ago) link
was there a new season of fleabag in 2017?
― porg and bess (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:56 (six years ago) link
sadly there was not
― Simon H., Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:57 (six years ago) link
Probably not but it was new to me in 2017 and it was great.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:57 (six years ago) link
apparently not till 2019 :/
― Simon H., Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:58 (six years ago) link
as usual, you can blame Star Wars
agreed that it's great, bummer about the long wait
― porg and bess (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:58 (six years ago) link
That is too long to wait. Boo.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 20:58 (six years ago) link
you should watch Gilmore Girls!
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 21:29 (six years ago) link
ENBB I tried GG and just couldn't do it. Stop. . . BANTERING, ppl!
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 23:04 (six years ago) link
i forgot chewing gum. it was great!
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 23:47 (six years ago) link
wait Fleabag was 2017??
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 10:20 (six years ago) link
No, I was wrong (see above). It was 2016. Sorry.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 15:11 (six years ago) link
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, January 2, 2018 6:04 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ha, I'm glad I'm not alone. I will try it but any time I've seen parts of it I just want them to stop talking so much and I'm a talker! People don't talk like that. I will give it a go though. Maybe I'll be surprised.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 15:15 (six years ago) link
the banter is generally lighter in Maisel, which I appreciated but every once in awhile it gets outta control.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 15:17 (six years ago) link
Oh and I am still enjoying Happy. It's not perfect but Chris Meloni is delightful and you can just tell watching him how much fun he's having in the role.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 15:29 (six years ago) link
My wife and I just voted to dump HBO ($14.99/month via Amazon) and subscribe to MHz Choice ($7.99/month via Amazon), a channel that offers subtitled foreign TV shows. We're using it to watch Swedish crime dramas, starting with a series based on novels by Camilla Läckberg. I've read one or two of her books; they're pretty good. The channel offers shows in French, German, Italian and several other languages, too. Since my wife speaks German and Italian, this will be even better for her than me.
The Läckberg show - it's called Camilla Läckberg's Fjällbacka Murders - is hilarious. The main character is a female crime novelist who's married to a cop. And because it takes place in a small Swedish coastal town, she just a) happens to be around when the latest murder happens, or b) tags along with her husband the cop, because why not, right? My wife and I are waiting for someone to say, "OK, he's a cop, so I get why he's asking questions, but what's your excuse?" I mean, we never even get a scene of her sitting at a keyboard making a frowny face (universal TV shorthand for Writer Writin' Stuff), so she's basically just a nosy bitch. (Also, they have three kids who just disappear off to Grandma's house whenever it's murder-solvin' time.)
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 15:36 (six years ago) link
Just finished the Läckberg show, and have found our next candidate: Amazon says the lead character in Maria Wern "manages to sustain her female perspective and approach to life and endures what sometimes feels like an unwinnable battle against rage, death, evil and a harsh, male-dominated workplace." Sold!
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 7 January 2018 01:20 (six years ago) link
Not sure anyone else here watches it but The Magicians is back
― groovypanda, Thursday, 11 January 2018 11:01 (six years ago) link
I tried The Magicians again but I just can't take the clunky, contrived plot mechanics. When Bacchus was like (supposedly offhandedly) "dude there's a BACK DOOR for magic" I switched it off.
― DJI, Thursday, 11 January 2018 17:17 (six years ago) link
the pilot ep of alone together on free form network was really good/funny
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 00:08 (six years ago) link
Grown-ish (Black-ish spinoff) is SO goodi love it
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 00:34 (six years ago) link
i tried that 1 too, seemed fine but not for me
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 02:45 (six years ago) link
boooo
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 03:09 (six years ago) link
The End of the Fucking World (on Netflix in the US) is well worth the trouble, though it flubs the landing and begins to wane and wobble in the last episode or two with the writing for the supporting cast.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 04:34 (six years ago) link
in retrospect thought the end of the fucking world was trash
― kolakube (Ross), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 04:36 (six years ago) link
i was sold for the first four episodes are so; it lost its way around then. bears very little resemblance to the comic!
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 04:47 (six years ago) link
Anyone else watching Lovesick? So in love with this show right now
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 05:17 (six years ago) link
meeeeeeeeei’m halfway through s3, binged the first 2 yesterday.really loving itmakes me harken back to my first 2 share houses after uni (minus most of the romantic angst)
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 05:28 (six years ago) link
Dark ist gut! It's more like Lost than Stranger Things, though. But, you know, good Lost, not final season Lost.
― Dan I., Tuesday, 16 January 2018 16:29 (six years ago) link
Didn't realize it until recently, but "soap opera/thriller about intertwined families in a small town that is experiencing a supernatural/science-fictiony event" is kind of a not-uncommon genre, isn't it?
― Dan I., Tuesday, 16 January 2018 16:33 (six years ago) link
which is to say it kind of reminds me of the Leftovers, too.
― Dan I., Tuesday, 16 January 2018 16:34 (six years ago) link
Or Fortitude!
― DJI, Wednesday, 17 January 2018 02:47 (six years ago) link
i think it's kinda cool that Grown-ish is kinda bad but still watchable in almost the EXACT same way that A Different World was.
― scott seward, Thursday, 18 January 2018 18:45 (six years ago) link
the newest ep about the basketball player was kinda dumb & boring :(
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 18 January 2018 19:47 (six years ago) link
First ep of The Chi did not hit expectations. Acting is generally good but the writing is superstandard and the plot had enough cliches to fit in on any episode of whatever law'n'order is these days. Willing to give it a few episodes to figure it out but my guess is this will more likely need a season or two to, um, properly season.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 18 January 2018 19:52 (six years ago) link
i thought the writing of the first episode of The Chi was good, especially the brother's speech at the funeral. There were some holes/implausibilities in the plot for sure.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 18 January 2018 19:57 (six years ago) link
it is mystifying to me that people like this is us
― horseshoe, Thursday, 18 January 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link
i agreei watched 3 episodes waiting to not hate it & bailed.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 18 January 2018 20:01 (six years ago) link
i wonder if it's because sterling brown is so good? but that just makes me mad, like his talent is being thrown into a hole of poop.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 18 January 2018 20:02 (six years ago) link
xp i gave all credit to that funeral speech (which included him talking about how his dead 16 year old brother was a virgin) to jason mitchell, who was lifting the material up imo
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 18 January 2018 20:04 (six years ago) link
no, the line about how this shit didn't even seem real rang deeply true to me. that actor is great, for sure.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 18 January 2018 20:05 (six years ago) link
and, regarding this is us, i adore mandy moore and still can't bring myself to watch it.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 18 January 2018 20:08 (six years ago) link
i love milo v, mandy & sterling, but they are def wasted. whole thing plays like a tin-eared, bad faith version of a Lifetime moviei hate the Toby guy so muchSO much
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 18 January 2018 20:35 (six years ago) link
i watched the this is us pilot and thought it was horrible. and I really liked Parenthood.
― Spottie, Thursday, 18 January 2018 21:15 (six years ago) link
co-sign
― Simon H., Thursday, 18 January 2018 21:16 (six years ago) link
i really wanted to love this is us to replace the Parenthood hole in my heart and i like a lot of the people on it but the tearjerk trolling is over the top even for melodrama. every episode has to end with some lump in throat moment. i didn't make it through the first season. which seemed endless.
― scott seward, Thursday, 18 January 2018 21:17 (six years ago) link
i liked seeing jess and mandy in the flashbacks. that would have been a good show. cut out everyone else.
― scott seward, Thursday, 18 January 2018 21:18 (six years ago) link