You're the Worst (tried again for last season's sake, still as bad as i remember it became)
Feel the same. The 3rd season was my high point, with the "Twenty Two" episode that focused on Edgar. Last season was hit or miss and this season just hasn't worked for me. Maybe a bit like Californication, in "how many chances does someone deserve?".
Deadly Class, binged all the comics from my library, so enjoying that.
The Magicians is my current DVR must-have.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Thursday, 21 February 2019 18:27 (five years ago) link
oh shit, yeah! I forgot PEN15! It's up and down in terms of quality from episode to episode but when it's good (racism episode, masturbation episode) it is VERY good. I'm three eps away from finishing.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 21 February 2019 18:33 (five years ago) link
And let's also add in the new Desus and Mero on Showtime... and maybe SMILF? First two eps were a step down from last season but Rosie O'Donnell is worth the price of admission.
Currently curious about Good Trouble and Shrill.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 8 March 2019 16:47 (five years ago) link
PEN15 ends strongly; well worth watching.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 8 March 2019 16:48 (five years ago) link
The Widow, on Amazon Prime, is really good. It's basically a noir story (everyone is betraying everyone else) set in Congo and Rwanda.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 8 March 2019 16:51 (five years ago) link
CORPORATE
― na (NA), Friday, 8 March 2019 16:54 (five years ago) link
oh yeah, i knew i was forgetting something! Corporate got A LOT better this season; basically the best thing on Comedy Central.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 8 March 2019 16:56 (five years ago) link
the newest one about "The Tragedy" was a little try-hard-cynical but there have been some amazing eps. the episode where matt is determined to go see a rock show on a weeknight and the episode with makeup for men are ones that jump to mind
― na (NA), Friday, 8 March 2019 17:14 (five years ago) link
Veep coming at the end of the month, Killing Eve on April 7. Feel like i should try Barry and The Good Fight at some point. I gotta torrent the new episodes of Fleabag shortly.
Here's some other upcoming things of potential interest:
Now Apocalypse on Starzhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho1YcutJLb8
Love Death and Robots on Netflixhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA16mcJylmI
Abby's on NBC (Michael Schur's take on Cheers... maybe they'll cut the laughtrack?)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4FvHs1pzoQ
I Am Richard Pryor on Paramounthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5RJUaFIKvE
Hanna on Amazonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v75RmNuZgTs
Finding Justice on BEThttps://www.bet.com/shows/finding-justice/about.html
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 8 March 2019 17:43 (five years ago) link
and one more: In the Dark on the CWhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoo1CDCBYy8
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 8 March 2019 17:46 (five years ago) link
I watched a couple of eps of Hanna & it’s ok but it doesn’t have the edge/intensity that the movie had. tv hannah is no saiorse, thats for sure!i dunno, maybe too quick to judge tho
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 March 2019 18:17 (five years ago) link
I'm avoiding Hanna precisely because I love the movie and seriously doubt they'll be able to match not only the intensity but also the incredible creepy/weirdness of it (especially Tom Hollander's character).
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 8 March 2019 18:23 (five years ago) link
NA otm about those two eps of Corporate. I also liked the "working on labor day" ep, if only because it gave Lance Reddick so much room to show offhttps://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/lance-reddick-corporate-comedy-central-christian-deville-1201976685/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRgqrsXhxog
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 8 March 2019 18:25 (five years ago) link
I need to catch up w/ Corporate, clearly.
Found Hanna the movie largely forgettable, so if the series can't even live up to its meagre standard, zzz
Those trailers are pretty much all terrible, too. The Araki/Sodes show could be decent.
― Simon H., Friday, 8 March 2019 18:28 (five years ago) link
...ok I'm almost caught up on s2 of Corporate and it's fucking great. tons of tiny, killer little jokes - "we've stolen their meds!" in the barely-audible voiceover for Boys Gone Bonkers for example
― Simon H., Saturday, 9 March 2019 18:05 (five years ago) link
the corporate guys were on colbert on friday and they just bombed, was quite funny. by the end, colbert suggested they just sit and say nothing, so the last thirty seconds of the interview was them all looking uncomfortable.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 10 March 2019 19:06 (five years ago) link
seven year binge watch for you:https://adage.com/creativity/work/lexus-takumi-documentary/1028916
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 10 March 2019 21:06 (five years ago) link
This post is two months late but I finally watched the Pen15 pilot and I don't remember the last time I disliked a show this much - maybe Mr. Robot?
pandering nostalgia + distancing technique (adults playing themselves as teens) for people who think themselves too good for the real thing (teen sitcoms) = no more for me thx
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Monday, 8 April 2019 17:31 (five years ago) link
so the show is good
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Monday, 8 April 2019 17:37 (five years ago) link
So good!
― DJI, Monday, 8 April 2019 17:52 (five years ago) link
it gets off to an uncertain start, but it's a much better and less cynical show than you're giving it credit for
and the use of adult actors allows them to explore subject matter that would be impossible with real teens
― Number None, Monday, 8 April 2019 17:53 (five years ago) link
Pen15 was awesome
― badg, Monday, 8 April 2019 20:46 (five years ago) link
it looks v good
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Monday, 8 April 2019 20:47 (five years ago) link
This was exactly the impression I got from all the fawning press coverage. Definite pass.
Currently watching My Brilliant Friend, which is pretty great. The kid playing the titular friend is one of the most intense kid actors I've ever seen - it's an amazing performance.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 8 April 2019 20:56 (five years ago) link
I watched the first ep of pen15 and didn’t think much of it but eventually went back to it and it’s hilarious
― just1n3, Monday, 8 April 2019 21:33 (five years ago) link
I thought pen15 was superior to Sex Education, which was also overhyped but I just didn’t think it was very clever or funny.
― just1n3, Monday, 8 April 2019 21:35 (five years ago) link
I only watched all of Sex Education to keep picking up all the real life vs TV continuity errors.
pvmic I know
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 13:08 (five years ago) link
posted on a torrent thread but: i'm thinking about cord cutting and would like to get on board with a good US TV torrent site if anyone has recommendations or invites...?will also settle for guess papers, spare gmail accounts and/or YSI
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 11 April 2019 20:44 (five years ago) link
Does your ilxmail work?
― alomar lines, Friday, 12 April 2019 00:14 (five years ago) link
loved PEN15. good to great writing and great performances.
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Friday, 12 April 2019 00:16 (five years ago) link
gracias for invite, will explore!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 12 April 2019 04:56 (five years ago) link
Enjoying What We Do In The Shadows so far
― groovypanda, Friday, 12 April 2019 10:36 (five years ago) link
Torlock works very well. A lot of the sites are blocked by the major ISPs though so you might need a mirror site. (And always advisable to have robust anti-virus protection in place before visiting torrent sites).
― groovypanda, Friday, 12 April 2019 10:39 (five years ago) link
last episode of What We Do was the strongest yet by far. had to rewind the werewolf/vampire showdown just to watch it again. The wrinkle of Mark Proksch’s character really pulls the room together.also pen15 is amazing. if you haven’t at least watched through the drum solo your opinion is invalid.
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 13 April 2019 04:07 (five years ago) link
v glad that Lodge 49 is back in August. everyone should catch up on that one in time.
― Simon H., Saturday, 13 April 2019 04:11 (five years ago) link
^ seconded. I’m going to rewatch it soon so all the threads are fresh. It has the most likeable characters I’ve seen in TV for a while and I can’t wait to see how it all develops.
― alrakis morissette (tangenttangent), Saturday, 13 April 2019 07:29 (five years ago) link
Just watched the first episode of Ramy on Hulu. First of all, I'm immediately in the tank for any show that reveals the SHOCKING TRUTH that there's more to life in Jersey than Springsteen and the Sopranos, so the fact that the show's actually smart and funny as hell is just a bonus.
Really glad Bosch is back, too. And season 2 of Better Things just popped up on Hulu, so I'll be watching that, too.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Saturday, 20 April 2019 16:56 (five years ago) link
Ramy is really good! Like surprisingly good!What else goes to the top of the pile right now? Veep, Barry, Patriot Act, Desus and Mero, Fleabag s2To a lesser extent GoT, the fairly bad first round of the nba playoffs, last week tonighti should probably be watching brockmire, killing eve, The New Negroes, Chernobyl, Gentlemen JackI suppose i should try Fosse/Verdon and What We Do in ShadowsBetter Things has not been good, it's become a sort of watered down, self-satisfied Louie and that makes me sad.I'm about to switch out to a cord cut set up for the first time in over a decade. Cable through ad-free hulu is $60 or so, Plex, Criterion, Mubi, Amazon Prime, Netflix, HBO, Showtime, PBS app... kinda feel like all my bases are covered but still feel weird about it. Can't necessarily see everything I want but I'm not really doing that anyway, so...
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 01:42 (five years ago) link
Currently watching Bosch and Game of Thrones thru Amazon, Billions and Ramy through Hulu. Didn’t like Killing Eve s1 (free on Hulu) enough to pay $20 for s2 on Amazon.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 02:07 (five years ago) link
loving without reservation: GoT, Patriot Act, Fosse Verdon, new Project Runway, Riverdale, the Good Fight, Sabrinatotally stupid but I like it anyway: Gotham, Whiskey Cavalier (HATE the name. so much) forget to watch but still enjoy: Man in the High Castlemaybe/meh: What We Do In The Shadows, Killing Eve gave up/nope: Hannah, The Enemy Within
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 04:51 (five years ago) link
Hannah's no good, eh?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 04:55 (five years ago) link
i didn’t like itsaoirse ronan made that character and this new girl just doesn’t get there imo
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 05:16 (five years ago) link
Bosch is good shit. It's got so much good L.A. location porn, and so many Wire actors doing good work. And 24 actors, too. The storylines are nicely ambitious for a cop show. S1 was a little rough in spots but it really picked things up in S2. I'm onto S3 now.
― omar little, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 05:37 (five years ago) link
i need to go back to Bosch, i never did get caught up- been watching old eps of Good Wife & Titus Welliver makes me feel a certain type of way
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 05:55 (five years ago) link
there's not a season 2 of Killing Eve yet, is there?
― kinder, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 07:15 (five years ago) link
Oh right, there is. That was quick. It's not on over here yet.
― kinder, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 07:17 (five years ago) link
I don't think PWB had any involvement with S2 as she was busy doing other stuff
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 07:36 (five years ago) link
re: Fosse/Verdon and What We Do in Shadows
ive tried both and the latter is fantastic, p much exactly what one would expect (with bonus Matt Berry!), and the former is good -- my gf loved it, and all that jazz is her fave movie
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 14:30 (five years ago) link
I'm loving WWDITS. I'm not necessarily sold on the location (although that was partially overcome last week with the story in Manhattan) but the cast is seriously strong and the addition of the new vampire types is inspired.
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Thursday, 25 April 2019 13:13 (five years ago) link
I Think You Should Leave on Netflix is excellent and just about 75 minutes for the whole season. These are not series! These are a special chopped up!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 25 April 2019 20:13 (five years ago) link