Television (no longer temporary)

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon May 24, 2021 5:17 pm

Regarding last night's penultimate episode of Mare of Easttown:

[+] spoiler: Holy crap was I stressed out by the kid in the bathtub scene.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue May 25, 2021 5:48 pm

Finally worked up to having the emotional bandwidth to watch the season 2 finale of Breeders. Now up to the opinion that was probably the best show on TV last year.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue May 25, 2021 6:00 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 5:48 pm Finally worked up to having the emotional bandwidth to watch the season 2 finale of Breeders. Now up to the opinion that was probably the best show on TV last year.

Great show. Season one was good, but I really got into the second round. It will be interesting to see where they take it next season.

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue May 25, 2021 6:06 pm

We really liked season one. Need to pick an enforced watch TV with my wife night. Fuck being in my 40s sucks.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue May 25, 2021 7:07 pm

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Tue May 25, 2021 7:15 pm

rass wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 6:06 pm We really liked season one. Need to pick an enforced watch TV with my wife night. Fuck being in my 40s sucks.

We have fallen into the routine of watching dvr'ed 'Top Chef' on Friday nights...because we are old and lame (and there's a pandemic).

That said: We are Team Shota all the way.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue May 25, 2021 7:32 pm

Homer. But yeah, this season has been exceptional.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed May 26, 2021 3:03 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 7:32 pm Homer. But yeah, this season has been exceptional.

They've done a great job dealing with pandemic issues. And they should always do the 'chef's table' idea for Restaurant Wars. Just a better experience.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed May 26, 2021 3:04 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 7:32 pm Homer. But yeah, this season has been exceptional.

They've done a great job dealing with pandemic issues. And they should always do the 'chef's table' idea for Restaurant Wars. Just a better experience.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed May 26, 2021 3:05 pm

I've gone back in on 'Gomorrah'....started watching Season 2 yesterday.

[+] spoiler: When will mobsters learn not to sit in the window seats of a cafe/bar/restaurant? It always ends poorly for them.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed May 26, 2021 3:08 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 3:05 pm I've gone back in on 'Gomorrah'....started watching Season 2 yesterday.

[+] spoiler
When will mobsters learn not to sit in the window seats of a cafe/bar/restaurant? It always ends poorly for them.

I read the book that series is based on. What an unrelentingly downbeat story.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed May 26, 2021 3:17 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 3:08 pm
DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 3:05 pm I've gone back in on 'Gomorrah'....started watching Season 2 yesterday.

[+] spoiler
When will mobsters learn not to sit in the window seats of a cafe/bar/restaurant? It always ends poorly for them.

I read the book that series is based on. What an unrelentingly downbeat story.

I just got it from the library thanks to the reading thread.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed May 26, 2021 3:29 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 3:05 pm I've gone back in on 'Gomorrah'....started watching Season 2 yesterday.

[+] spoiler
When will mobsters learn not to sit in the window seats of a cafe/bar/restaurant? It always ends poorly for them.

When my father was a parole officer in NYC, he had a well-known mafia member as a parolee. Whenever that guy came into his office, he rearranged his desk location so the mafioso was framed in the door to his office from the hallway, and his chair was out of the line of fire and in a corner with a view to the hallway. I don't remember which guy it was, but he was assassinated.

Reaper · Post by **Reaper** » Wed May 26, 2021 9:43 pm

Kids in the Hall have begun filming their new 8-episode run for Amazon. I'm stupid giddy about this.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed May 26, 2021 10:17 pm

Reaper wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 9:43 pm Kids in the Hall have begun filming their new 8-episode run for Amazon. I'm stupid giddy about this.

Retirees in the Hall

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed May 26, 2021 10:31 pm

Reaper wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 9:43 pm Kids in the Hall have begun filming their new 8-episode run for Amazon. I'm stupid giddy about this.

Dave Foley is probably still trying to pay off his divorce.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu May 27, 2021 9:16 am

One of the times I've laughed the hardest is the gay soldier scene in Brain Candy.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu May 27, 2021 11:20 am

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 10:31 pm
Reaper wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 9:43 pm Kids in the Hall have begun filming their new 8-episode run for Amazon. I'm stupid giddy about this.
Dave Foley is probably still trying to pay off his divorce.

His wiki page says he drinks up to 50 cups of coffee a day when he is on set. Jeebus!

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu May 27, 2021 11:27 am

Real cups or coffee maker cups?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri May 28, 2021 9:29 pm

Totally enjoyed the Friends thing.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri May 28, 2021 9:32 pm

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 9:29 pm Totally enjoyed the Friends thing.

Thinking about signing up for max to watch it and screeen a few movies for a month.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Fri May 28, 2021 11:38 pm

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 9:29 pm Totally enjoyed the Friends thing.

Same, although age and HD do not make a good pairing for this cast. There’s been a lot of work done on most of those faces.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Sat May 29, 2021 5:50 am

bfj wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 11:38 pm
Ryan wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 9:29 pm Totally enjoyed the Friends thing.
Same, although age and HD do not make a good pairing for this cast. There’s been a lot of work done on most of those faces.

Aniston still looks great.

travzilla · Post by **travzilla** » Sat May 29, 2021 7:09 am

A_B wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 9:32 pm
Ryan wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 9:29 pm Totally enjoyed the Friends thing.
Thinking about signing up for max to watch it and screeen a few movies for a month.

The parts where it was just the six of them on the old sets or doing the table read were so good. Very genuine and humanizing. The sit-down with Corden was just ok, and most of the featurettes and stunts were pure filler (the Lady Gaga thing was... kinda bizarre, and I think Lisa Kudrow agreed).

[+] spoiler: So do you think the Aniston-Schwimmer hookup they kept hinting at was real or something they kinda cooked up for this special?

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Sat May 29, 2021 8:21 am

The Sybian wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 5:50 am
bfj wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 11:38 pm
Ryan wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 9:29 pm Totally enjoyed the Friends thing.
Same, although age and HD do not make a good pairing for this cast. There’s been a lot of work done on most of those faces.
Aniston still looks great.

She does, but even her work is starting to show. It looks like Kudrow is the only one who hasn’t been obviously retouched.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat May 29, 2021 11:47 am

bfj wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 8:21 am
The Sybian wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 5:50 am
bfj wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 11:38 pm
Ryan wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 9:29 pm Totally enjoyed the Friends thing.
Same, although age and HD do not make a good pairing for this cast. There’s been a lot of work done on most of those faces.
Aniston still looks great.
She does, but even her work is starting to show. It looks like Kudrow is the only one who hasn’t been obviously retouched.

I was going to say the same thing, but less gracefully.

travzilla · Post by **travzilla** » Sat May 29, 2021 12:27 pm

The first question I had for my wife: Did Schwimmer color and style his hair as Ross for this special, or has he just been living with Ross hair for the last 17 years?

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Sun May 30, 2021 6:45 pm

Publicists reporting that Matthew Perry had been through dental surgery that day and THAT is why he was slurring some words and kind of out of it.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sun May 30, 2021 6:48 pm

bfj wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 6:45 pm Publicists reporting that Matthew Perry had been through dental surgery that day and THAT is why he was slurring some words and kind of out of it.

That's nice of them.

Post by **brian** » Sun May 30, 2021 8:14 pm

He was slurring words on The Good Fight so no...

I assume he had a stroke at some point; possible related to his past drug abuse which is really nothing to be especially ashamed of, but that’s Hollywood.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:37 am

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 6:49 pm Anyone else in on 'Mare of Easttown'?

Just watched all 7 episodes because it seems like a bunch of podcasts I listen to kept mentioning it. And I figured why not. I like a good murder mystery. Very good overall. British people pulling off that accent was excellent. The story's twists were great. It could've been tighter storytelling at times, but I recommend it.

But maybe I missed it...is the ice cream still in the bread box?

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Jun 09, 2021 4:33 pm

Just watched Loki Ep 1.

All. in.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed Jun 09, 2021 4:59 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Mon May 24, 2021 5:17 pm Regarding last night's penultimate episode of Mare of Easttown:

[+] spoiler
Holy crap was I stressed out by the kid in the bathtub scene.

God yes.

[+] spoiler: I read Rabbit, Run not too long ago also.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed Jun 09, 2021 5:01 pm

Johnnie wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:37 am Just watched all 7 episodes because it seems like a bunch of podcasts I listen to kept mentioning it. And I figured why not. I like a good murder mystery. Very good overall. British people pulling off that accent was excellent. The story's twists were great. It could've been tighter storytelling at times, but I recommend it.

The acting and writing (for the most part) were really good. But one thing kinda bugged me:

[+] spoiler: Why was the daughter yelling at Mare about 'knowing what she'd find in the attic'? How would Mare have know that was where Kevin was?
She just asked her to go check on Kevin...she didn't know that he had killed himself.

But maybe I missed it...is the ice cream still in the bread box?

[+] spoiler: the hiding of the ice cream in the bag of frozen vegetables is some advanced sneakiness

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Jun 09, 2021 6:18 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 5:01 pm
Johnnie wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:37 am Just watched all 7 episodes because it seems like a bunch of podcasts I listen to kept mentioning it. And I figured why not. I like a good murder mystery. Very good overall. British people pulling off that accent was excellent. The story's twists were great. It could've been tighter storytelling at times, but I recommend it.
The acting and writing (for the most part) were really good. But one thing kinda bugged me:

[+] spoiler
Why was the daughter yelling at Mare about 'knowing what she'd find in the attic'? How would Mare have know that was where Kevin was?
She just asked her to go check on Kevin...she didn't know that he had killed himself.

[+] spoiler: I figured it was just a response from a sibling that couldn't process grief appropriately, which seemed to be an underlying motif in the whole series. Which makes the setting choice really key. No way a story told like this happens in a sunny, happy area of America.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Jun 09, 2021 7:28 pm

Loki.

GoodKarma · Post by **GoodKarma** » Wed Jun 09, 2021 8:10 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 4:33 pm Just watched Loki Ep 1.

All. in.

Nice to hear...plan on watching tonight if the wife is out; will have to wait until Friday if she's in.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Thu Jun 10, 2021 12:25 am

Top Chef:

[+] spoiler: The Tofu challenge was pretty cool, although it was pretty much right in Shota's wheelhouse. It was weird that they didn't announce a winner, just who got eliminated.

I did wonder what would have happened if some of the 'Winning' chefs had jumped in to help Dawn with her plating after she cut her finger (those mandolines are scary). Were they told they couldn't help out?

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Jun 10, 2021 8:42 am

GoodKarma wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 8:10 pm
tennbengal wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 4:33 pm Just watched Loki Ep 1.

All. in.
Nice to hear...plan on watching tonight if the wife is out; will have to wait until Friday if she's in.

Are you a robot? Am I?

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Jun 10, 2021 9:11 am

tennbengal wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 4:33 pm Just watched Loki Ep 1.

All. in.

Strong start. Hopefully we continue to get a combination of the weirdness of WandaVision and the lead-duo chemistry of Falcon/Winter Soldier AND get a better-told story than the latter at least. Bonus points if something unexpected and of lasting consequence can happen by the end of it all.