that was a fun read [Remote Control]. I wasted a lot of hours watching that show in college :P
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 4:54 pm
by DSafetyGuy
DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 2:10 pmKari Wuhrer...
I saw her in person once in LA, mid-90's. Still tremendous.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 6:00 pm
by DaveInSeattle
tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 2:31 pm
btw, in case anyone else in here are secret Kathryn Hahn admirers and do not know about it, her HBO series Mrs. Fletcher is fantastic. Also, you get the full Kathyrn Hahn, if you are into that sort of thing.
I read that book...kinda can't believe they made it into a series.
mister d wrote: ↑Wed Oct 28, 2020 1:57 pm
We very much enjoyed Cobra Kai, although the season 2 cliffhanger seemed a bit much.
That is a charitable way to describe it. But agree on both.
Holy crap that was a bit much...
Still love Johnny though.
He is the only reason to watch.
Johnny’s IG session made every dumb thing this series has ever done and will ever do worth it.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 9:42 pm
by A_B
We watched two episodes of cobra Kai and I’ll just say there’s a reason those actors didn’t really have great careers. Glad they’re cashing in but the acting and storytelling fucking sucked. Ham handed.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 9:48 pm
by rass
The kids love it. Not entirely sure I would have kept with it if it was just up to me. Which I guess would have been my loss given my previous post.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 9:55 pm
by mister d
A_B wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 9:42 pm
We watched two episodes of cobra Kai and I’ll just say there’s a reason those actors didn’t really have great careers. Glad they’re cashing in but the acting and storytelling fucking sucked. Ham handed.
Man do I only half agree with this.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 9:57 pm
by bfj
A_B wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 9:42 pm
We watched two episodes of cobra Kai and I’ll just say there’s a reason those actors didn’t really have great careers. Glad they’re cashing in but the acting and storytelling fucking sucked. Ham handed.
I think it’s meant to be cheesy/schlocky/ham handed. They know they aren’t making Masterpiece Theatre.
A_B wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 9:42 pm
We watched two episodes of cobra Kai and I’ll just say there’s a reason those actors didn’t really have great careers. Glad they’re cashing in but the acting and storytelling fucking sucked. Ham handed.
I think it’s meant to be cheesy/schlocky/ham handed. They know they aren’t making Masterpiece Theatre.
Probably but the lady and I are right in the wheelhouse for nostalgia. We actually watched karate kid one and two before starting. And it just doesn’t work for me. It’s ok. Lots of shows in the sea they won’t all work.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 10:32 pm
by duff
My daughter's favorite birthday present was her Cobra Kai tee.
Read and realized I still don't understand the ending. I guess Jack died and is a kind of purgatory. I get that. But why do all the other characters (like Sawyer and Judith) have their own scenes of remembering if this is just for Jack? I guess it's been ten years since I've seen it, so I'm forgetting a ton of what happened.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 2:51 pm
by brian
I think it makes more sense for me, but I agree I'd like to go back and re-watch it the whole show from beginning to end, which I've been meaning to do one of these days anyway. Ten years out might be an appropriate time.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:25 pm
by MaxWebster
oh man i'm a sucker i know, but Lost is probably my favourite show ever. I'm probably too apologetic about it but I loved it - it's actually better on a rewatch because the episodes that kinda sucked (early season 3 if i recall had a few - esp that Nikki/Paulo one, the one with Bai Ling) just fly by and are just blips rather than waiting like a month for the next one when it was originally on.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:14 pm
by DSafetyGuy
Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:48 pm
If by any chance you're looking for a good show for young kids (3-7) that is really cute and fun for adults - check out Bluey on Disney plus.
Seconded, even though the boy is aging out of it shortly after we found it. Although it was good he found it.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:50 am
by The Sybian
MaxWebster wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:25 pm
oh man i'm a sucker i know, but Lost is probably my favourite show ever. I'm probably too apologetic about it but I loved it - it's actually better on a rewatch because the episodes that kinda sucked (early season 3 if i recall had a few - esp that Nikki/Paulo one, the one with Bai Ling) just fly by and are just blips rather than waiting like a month for the next one when it was originally on.
I started watching Lost halfway through the series. I tried to follow along with the real-time Swamp thread as I watched episodes. I don't even remember how far I got into the series, but I fell off when my son was born and meant to get back to it. Then the last couple of seasons, all I heard were grumbles about how bad the show was getting, then it seemed like everyone hated the ending and everyone was shitting on it, something about everything being a dog's dream or something, so I never went back.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:37 am
by MaxWebster
why do you hate dogs?
;D
i don't know, i loved the ending. without giving anything way (hopefully) i think people want/wanted answers for everything, meaning all the weird pseudoscience-y shit that happened. and you're not getting all the answers. I just read that article and one of the quotes in there I agreed with, to paraphrase - it was more about the people and their relationships.
(but i still got enough answers to make it a great ride for me. dammit i could definitely watch it again now...)
MaxWebster wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:25 pm
oh man i'm a sucker i know, but Lost is probably my favourite show ever. I'm probably too apologetic about it but I loved it - it's actually better on a rewatch because the episodes that kinda sucked (early season 3 if i recall had a few - esp that Nikki/Paulo one, the one with Bai Ling) just fly by and are just blips rather than waiting like a month for the next one when it was originally on.
I started watching Lost halfway through the series. I tried to follow along with the real-time Swamp thread as I watched episodes. I don't even remember how far I got into the series, but I fell off when my son was born and meant to get back to it. Then the last couple of seasons, all I heard were grumbles about how bad the show was getting, then it seemed like everyone hated the ending and everyone was shitting on it, something about everything being a dog's dream or something, so I never went back.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:56 am
by tennbengal
MaxWebster wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:25 pm
oh man i'm a sucker i know, but Lost is probably my favourite show ever. I'm probably too apologetic about it but I loved it - it's actually better on a rewatch because the episodes that kinda sucked (early season 3 if i recall had a few - esp that Nikki/Paulo one, the one with Bai Ling) just fly by and are just blips rather than waiting like a month for the next one when it was originally on.
Binged it with q a few years ago - it was a tremendous re-watch binge style.
MaxWebster wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:25 pm
oh man i'm a sucker i know, but Lost is probably my favourite show ever. I'm probably too apologetic about it but I loved it - it's actually better on a rewatch because the episodes that kinda sucked (early season 3 if i recall had a few - esp that Nikki/Paulo one, the one with Bai Ling) just fly by and are just blips rather than waiting like a month for the next one when it was originally on.
I started watching Lost halfway through the series. I tried to follow along with the real-time Swamp thread as I watched episodes. I don't even remember how far I got into the series, but I fell off when my son was born and meant to get back to it. Then the last couple of seasons, all I heard were grumbles about how bad the show was getting, then it seemed like everyone hated the ending and everyone was shitting on it, something about everything being a dog's dream or something, so I never went back.
Ymmv. I also loved the show and the last few seasons. And was fine with the ending. Like I said to max, it is a tremendous watch now streamed - no commercials and can string multiple eps back to back and the story still pops.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:46 am
by Rush2112
Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:48 pm
If by any chance you're looking for a good show for young kids (3-7) that is really cute and fun for adults - check out Bluey on Disney plus.
My kids are totally into it. Has just enough adult humour. Does a really great job of tugging at some heart strings as well.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:45 am
by tennbengal
Wandavision still fantastic.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 1:20 pm
by Pruitt
tennbengal wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:45 am
Wandavision still fantastic.
Last night's episode was wild - turned Wanda from seeming like a crazed villain into a very sympathetic and tragic character
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 2:18 pm
by brian
Watching Murder on Middle Beach and just finished the first episode and hope the final three live up to how amazing they’ve managed to build the tension from Ep. 1.
Especially recommended for those of us with father issues.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 2:24 pm
by brian
About as good an hour of setting up a documentary as you can do. Thin, Blue Line good.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 2:36 pm
by brian
All happy families are alike, but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way (Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina).
Goddamn if that isn’t one of the truest things ever written.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 8:41 pm
by Nonlinear FC
Holy shit dude... This is incredibly well done.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 8:42 pm
by rass
The second Cobra Kai starts taking itself the slightest bit seriously I’m out but it’s so big and dumb and goofy that I can’t quit it yet.
Glad I get a bit of break until the next season though.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:14 pm
by DaveInSeattle
I saw someone (Alan Sepinwall?) on twitter mention this series, so I watched the first episode this morning while on the wind trainer.
Pretty good. Only 10 episodes, so I can crank it out pretty quick.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:43 pm
by brian
Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Mon Mar 01, 2021 8:41 pm
Holy shit dude... This is incredibly well done.
My HBO Max is barfing with this TV so I can’t watch last two eps until moving into to new place this week but it’s really really good. I hope the finale can pay it all off.
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 1:14 pm
Apparently tonight on Discovery the son of a friend's Battlebot is fighting. Ribbot appears to be 1 and 1. Trying to get a top 32 position to qualify for the knockout round.
Love me some Battlebots. Ribbot has looked good, but realistically I think there's about 5 bots that can win the tournament. So cool that he participated though.
So checked in on Ribbot. The #20 seed beat the #13 seed and #4 seed to make the round of 8. Take on a team from Brazil #5 seed
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:35 pm
by brian
Tanya was giving me shit about watching the Mary Tyler Moore Show which I’ve never seen before saying I have a crush on her, but while that’s not true I’ll own it. That was a hot, hot woman.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:28 pm
by bapo!
brian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:35 pm
Tanya was giving me shit about watching the Mary Tyler Moore Show which I’ve never seen before saying I have a crush on her, but while that’s not true I’ll own it. That was a hot, hot woman.
I've been reading Richard Burton's diaries. He was miserable and hated everybody. He described some party he attended in 1967 or 1968, trashing everybody in attendance by name. But there was one woman there named Mary who everybody was in love with. Had apparently appeared in some tv show with Dick Van Dyke. Of course. Mary Tyler Moore would be the one person Burton and everybody else adored.
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 1:14 pm
Apparently tonight on Discovery the son of a friend's Battlebot is fighting. Ribbot appears to be 1 and 1. Trying to get a top 32 position to qualify for the knockout round.
Love me some Battlebots. Ribbot has looked good, but realistically I think there's about 5 bots that can win the tournament. So cool that he participated though.
So checked in on Ribbot. The #20 seed beat the #13 seed and #4 seed to make the round of 8. Take on a team from Brazil #5 seed
Sweet 16 on tonight!
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 8:45 am
by Pruitt
sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:46 pm
I had a major crush on her when i was twelve.
So did I. That Rob Petrie was a lucky guy - dream job, dream wife.
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:20 pm
by Giff
sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:46 pm
I had a major crush on her when i was twelve.
Same. Except you had to watch whatever else came on after her because they only had one station back then and I got reruns all night long on Nick at Night.
I assumed she cast a new spell? Spells? Invisible roooons?
And you sound like my kids on the white Vision thing. They wanted the two of them making out by the end of the episode. Got to leave something for the next movie/show.