Television (no longer temporary)

Post by **brian** » Fri Aug 18, 2017 11:27 am

I like that it's a "realistic" view of police work. (Or as realistic as you can make it on TV.)

Lab tests take a few days (or weeks) to come back. They spend a lot of time just Googling shit or searching public records online to try and get answers about who owns a piece of land. It's definitely a much more realistic and nuanced view of police and police work than something like SVU or literally pretty much any show on a major network (this influence definitely comes from Connelly and his novels).

I think it really picked up steam in season 3.

[+] spoiler: I was pretty impressed after J. Edgar got shot

how it spent a good part of the episode showing what being the kid of a cop is probably really like between the discussion with J. Edgar's kids (and the older one even starting to show a bit of distrust of the police which really rang true) and the discussion between Maddie and Grace's daughter.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Aug 18, 2017 12:04 pm

Anyone else watching I'm Sorry on truTV? It's like Seinfeld, Curb, and the League, with a female comedy writer as the lead. Andrea Savage, Tom Everett Scott, Jason Mantzoukis, and Martin Mull are all regular characters. Seven episodes in and there are smaller appearances from Steve Zissis, Lizzy Caplan, Judy Greer, Nick Kroll, and Paul Scheer.

The Executive Producer list is a who's who as well Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, the Lonely Island guys, among others.

I really like it, and it was just renewed for a second season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdzxrlQg1vM

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri Aug 18, 2017 1:08 pm

govmentchedda wrote:Anyone else watching I'm Sorry on truTV? It's like Seinfeld, Curb, and the League, with a female comedy writer as the lead. Andrea Savage, Tom Everett Scott, Jason Mantzoukis, and Martin Mull are all regular characters. Seven episodes in and there are smaller appearances from Steve Zissis, Lizzy Caplan, Judy Greer, Nick Kroll, and Paul Scheer.

The Executive Producer list is a who's who as well Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, the Lonely Island guys, among others.

I really like it, and it was just renewed for a second season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdzxrlQg1vM

Yup. I appreciate the vileness, but it's a little too cringe-inducing for me.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Aug 18, 2017 1:59 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote:
govmentchedda wrote:Anyone else watching I'm Sorry on truTV? It's like Seinfeld, Curb, and the League, with a female comedy writer as the lead. Andrea Savage, Tom Everett Scott, Jason Mantzoukis, and Martin Mull are all regular characters. Seven episodes in and there are smaller appearances from Steve Zissis, Lizzy Caplan, Judy Greer, Nick Kroll, and Paul Scheer.

The Executive Producer list is a who's who as well Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, the Lonely Island guys, among others.

I really like it, and it was just renewed for a second season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdzxrlQg1vM

Yup. I appreciate the vileness, but it's a little too cringe-inducing for me.

With you on that. I'm getting old. I also think I've reached maximum Mandzoukas.

But on a more positive note, I binged Rick and Morty last night and twice had trouble breathing due to laughing so hard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw1cdRew-Zg

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Fri Aug 18, 2017 2:59 pm

brian wrote:
DSafetyGuy wrote:
brian wrote:
DSafetyGuy wrote:Anyone else watching "Snowfall" on FX? Looking for an outside opinion on it.

You never said where you land on it. Interested to know.

One foot in and one foot out. The preview for next week's episode has me staying in after being about to jump out part way through the most recent episode, but I'm starting to feel like I'm getting suckered in by the previews week after week. I'm hardly watching any series right now ("Animal Kingdom" - which is entertaining, but calling it good is a stretch - and "Jim Jefferies Show"), but I am close to cutting "Snowfall" loose even though I am getting little from it.

Shortly after I posted about the show, I checked the AV Club and saw they were reviewing it. I read the five episode reviews (problems with story lines, the issues with a lack of emotional involvement with characters, particularly Teddy) and found myself falling in line with a lot of thoughts.

For whatever it's worth, a couple of writers I respect (Sepinwall, Seitz) said the second half of the season gets much better.

Three episodes to go with this season and I think I will hang in there, in spite of the fact that I find Franklin to be pretty stupid (I thought about naive, but we're past that) and that Teddy will inevitably screw up whatever he is trying to do. If it wasn't on FX, I'd be out.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sun Aug 20, 2017 2:28 pm

We are watching "Handmaids Tale" (my GF loves the book) and all I can think is that the show must make Mike Pence super horny.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Aug 24, 2017 9:06 am

It's not fucking Young and the Restless, Dave. You don't need a disclaimer.

Post by **brian** » Thu Aug 24, 2017 10:06 am

Season Four trailer for BoJack is out.

https://twitter.com/RaphaelBW/status/900734890563350529

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Aug 24, 2017 10:09 am

Finished up Stranger Things this week. I liked it!

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Thu Aug 24, 2017 2:59 pm

Jerloma wrote:It's not fucking Young and the Restless, Dave. You don't need a disclaimer.

I think it's because Atwood is Canadian.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Thu Aug 24, 2017 7:09 pm

Jerloma wrote:It's not fucking Young and the Restless, Dave. You don't need a disclaimer.

Hah....yeah, didn't phrase that right. I love the book too, but I haven't read it in probably 20 years (at least). The GF did a huge paper on it just a few years ago when she went back to school, so she remembers it far better then I do.

All that said, its really good. Elisabeth Moss is a great actor.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:55 pm

Has anyone watched "The Defiant Ones" on HBO? 4 episode series about record producer Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre. Pretty cool show, well worth checking out.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:45 pm

I have not, but I've heard good things.

Steven Hyden did an interview with Adam Granduciel about the War on Drugs new album, and the article makes a point about Adam's music nerdiness because of how he was pissed about a comment Iovine made in The Defiant Ones. Apparently, in TDO, Iovine claimed that Springsteen spent weeks trying to get a drum sound right while recording Born to Run, and in a documentary about Darkness on the Edge of Town, Iovine made the same claim about that album.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Fri Sep 01, 2017 5:34 pm

Can't wait for this show!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/59 ... ries-pilot

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Sep 01, 2017 5:46 pm

govmentchedda wrote:I have not, but I've heard good things.

Steven Hyden did an interview with Adam Granduciel about the War on Drugs new album, and the article makes a point about Adam's music nerdiness because of how he was pissed about a comment Iovine made in The Defiant Ones. Apparently, in TDO, Iovine claimed that Springsteen spent weeks trying to get a drum sound right while recording Born to Run, and in a documentary about Darkness on the Edge of Town, Iovine made the same claim about that album.

Knowing how meticulous Springsteen was about recording those albums, he probably did the same thing for both.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 9:25 am

Today is a good day. Because this hit my email inbox:

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 9:39 am

DSafetyGuy wrote:
brian wrote:
DSafetyGuy wrote:"Snowfall"

For whatever it's worth, a couple of writers I respect (Sepinwall, Seitz) said the second half of the season gets much better.

Three episodes to go with this season and I think I will hang in there, in spite of the fact that I find Franklin to be pretty stupid (I thought about naive, but we're past that) and that Teddy will inevitably screw up whatever he is trying to do. If it wasn't on FX, I'd be out.

Out. Just need to delete the season pass.

Franklin is stupid (hey, I keep getting my ass kicked and robbed, yet I'm going to walk around these shitty neighborhoods in a completely foreign city in the middle of the night with my backpack, making me an obvious target) and completely lucks into finding out about crack (I highly doubt they'll ever re-visit the Black Panthers storyline again), although the trippy, cracked-out white girl does the best job living up to the name of "manic pixie dream girl" in the history of the type. Yet, somehow, in the season finale, Franklin does a 180 and grows up, turning into a polished small-scale drug kingpin in the span of about two days (it's not all his uncle's influence).

Just let me know at what point late in season two where Franklin's mom gets strung out on crack (and Franklin's skinny friend with the bucket hat will do it, too).

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 12:39 pm

Finished Season 2 of F is for Family, Bill Burr's animated show on Netflix. I liked Season 1, but Season 2 was a huge jump in quality. I love the new platforms for shows, as they were able to essentially make the entire season a 5 hour long episode with neat breaks. If you like Burr, this show is a must watch. As an added bonus, they have several legit LOL jokes at the expense of a sad, kindly elderly holocaust survivor. If you can make me laugh at a holocaust joke, you are a true comedic genius.

I'm 5 or 6 years late, but started watching The Americans, and I was instantly sucked in and blown away. I was excited to see it when it first came out, but my wife wanted to watch it with me, but never actually wanted to watch it, so it fell off the DVR. I always thought Keri Russell was cute, but she is so fucking sexy in this show.

Post by **brian** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 4:30 pm

Suck a dick, dumbshits!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM0r8sPuDBQ

Post by **brian** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 2:25 pm

BoJack officially renewed for Season Five.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 2:27 pm

brian wrote:BoJack officially renewed for Season Five.

How's season 4? I've been too busy to properly binge.

Post by **brian** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 2:37 pm

Rush2112 wrote:
brian wrote:BoJack officially renewed for Season Five.

How's season 4? I've been too busy to properly binge.

Believe it or not, me too. I've been on the road for the last two weeks. I'm planning on blazing up all weekend and binging BoJack after the CMU and Michigan games are done on Saturday.

Post by **brian** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 2:37 pm

I've somehow managed to avoid spoilers but I can't depend on that luck to last forever.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Fri Sep 22, 2017 10:15 pm

brian wrote:BoJack officially renewed for Season Five.

https://twitter.com/BoJackHorseman/stat ... 1933689857

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Mon Sep 25, 2017 12:34 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote:
Jerloma wrote:It's not fucking Young and the Restless, Dave. You don't need a disclaimer.

Hah....yeah, didn't phrase that right. I love the book too, but I haven't read it in probably 20 years (at least). The GF did a huge paper on it just a few years ago when she went back to school, so she remembers it far better then I do.

All that said, its really good. Elisabeth Moss is a great actor.

Once again, thanks J-lo!

We just finished this up last night. Hoo boy. I know it's been said a million times now, but living in the Trump era... This show freaks me the fuck out. For folks that know the book, are they still within its confines, or are we about to get into uncharted waters?

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Mon Sep 25, 2017 12:39 pm

Oh, and while I'm here:

I'm going to give a highly qualified thumbs up for the Netflix Original "American Vandal." If you haven't heard about it, it's a send up of Making of a Murderer and Serial (and other real life detective/documentary films.) It's pretty god damn funny, but you have to be OK with some pretty sophomoric humor (I'll freely admit this weakness).

I mean, the entire plot revolves around who at Hanover High spray painted dicks on 29 cars in the teacher parking lot.

But with that qualification... It's pretty well done, if maybe a little obvious with some of the "twists" and/or points in the case that come up for scrutiny. That said, if you are taking it as seriously as you watched real documentaries, you are a) doing it wrong and b) falling for the trap they are setting.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Sep 25, 2017 12:55 pm

I'll second the recommendation for "American Vandal." Very clever.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Mon Sep 25, 2017 1:05 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote:
DaveInSeattle wrote:
Jerloma wrote:It's not fucking Young and the Restless, Dave. You don't need a disclaimer.

Hah....yeah, didn't phrase that right. I love the book too, but I haven't read it in probably 20 years (at least). The GF did a huge paper on it just a few years ago when she went back to school, so she remembers it far better then I do.

All that said, its really good. Elisabeth Moss is a great actor.

Once again, thanks J-lo!

We just finished this up last night. Hoo boy. I know it's been said a million times now, but living in the Trump era... This show freaks me the fuck out. For folks that know the book, are they still within its confines, or are we about to get into uncharted waters?

This article is a good read and I think answers your questions.

https://io9.gizmodo.com/8-questions-we- ... 1796111126

That finale was incredible, wasn't it?

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Sep 25, 2017 1:29 pm

My wife says the Handmaid's Tale show is pretty true to the book.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Sep 25, 2017 6:15 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote:Oh, and while I'm here:

I'm going to give a highly qualified thumbs up for the Netflix Original "American Vandal." If you haven't heard about it, it's a send up of Making of a Murderer and Serial (and other real life detective/documentary films.) It's pretty god damn funny, but you have to be OK with some pretty sophomoric humor (I'll freely admit this weakness).

I mean, the entire plot revolves around who at Hanover High spray painted dicks on 29 cars in the teacher parking lot.

But with that qualification... It's pretty well done, if maybe a little obvious with some of the "twists" and/or points in the case that come up for scrutiny. That said, if you are taking it as seriously as you watched real documentaries, you are a) doing it wrong and b) falling for the trap they are setting.

We were all over American Vandal a week and a half ago in the Balls and Cock thread. Try to keep up! :^)

My daughter and I have watched six episodes so far. It is great.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Sep 25, 2017 8:41 pm

govmentchedda wrote:My wife says the Handmaid's Tale show is pretty true to the book.

The cult that inspired the book was located in my small town. Frightening. I need to read up. According to friends who were here at the time, I think the 1980s, they made a play for political power in town, and were essentially driven out.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 11:07 am

An episode of CYE broke out on Seth Myers last night and it's awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW8z0jeCoJo

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 12:32 pm

I may have mentioned this show before, but Toast of London is now on Netflix.

Absolutely absurd English comedy from one of the creators and writers of the greatest comedy of all time Father Ted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYjE8wPyu4Q

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 2:08 pm

Matt Berry is grand.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Wed Oct 04, 2017 6:29 am

The first episode of SNL was strong, especially Micheal Che calling Trump a bitch, but even Harvey Korman would've told Ryan Gosling to knock it off with laughing during a sketch.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Oct 04, 2017 8:48 am

The Gifted" was atrocious.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Wed Oct 04, 2017 10:45 am

Pruitt wrote:
Giff wrote:Pruitt, don't you have some connection to Paw Patrol?

Yeah, I wrote 7 episodes in the first two seasons.

"No job is too big, no pup is too small!"

Apropos of nothing, John Oliver did something with Paw Patrol in his latest episode. Can't remember the bit, unfortunately.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Wed Oct 04, 2017 11:06 am

Jerloma wrote:I think I'm going to hit that up next. I like that Neil Gaiman.

Just finished 11/22/63. Sort of a ridiculous premise but really well done anyway and I really liked the statement it makes about causal events in relation to time. Also, that actress is one of the prettiest women I've ever seen. She's even attractive as an 80 year old.

Yeah, I know the rules.

I need to monitor this thread more carefully. I had actually started the novel, but it just got kind of... I don't know, I just wanted it to get to the point.

The show had similar moments, but I really enjoyed it. Better as a movie/show than a novel, IMO. Weird as that may sound.

Might have a lot more to do with my attention issues these days.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Wed Oct 04, 2017 11:15 am

I'll go for the hat trick here...

I've been out sick the last two days, so I needed something to binge. Landed on Vice Principals, which I'd surprisingly not latched onto. (Well, given the sheer volume of shows out there, not all that surprising, as this is a show my wife almost certainly wouldn't like over the long haul.)

Pretty damn good. I get that McBride is kind of one note, but he actually starts moving out of that territory towards the end of the first season. A lot of other great comedic performances in here as well.

Looking forward to season two. Which I know is already out there with a couple of episodes.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Oct 04, 2017 11:27 am

Nonlinear FC wrote:I'll go for the hat trick here...

I've been out sick the last two days, so I needed something to binge. Landed on Vice Principals, which I'd surprisingly not latched onto. (Well, given the sheer volume of shows out there, not all that surprising, as this is a show my wife almost certainly wouldn't like over the long haul.)

Pretty damn good. I get that McBride is kind of one note, but he actually starts moving out of that territory towards the end of the first season. A lot of other great comedic performances in here as well.

Looking forward to season two. Which I know is already out there with a couple of episodes.

I go back and forth on it. They're both so over the top.