Television (no longer temporary)

Post by **brian** » Wed Jun 14, 2023 2:54 pm

Just kidding. Knew what you meant.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Wed Jun 14, 2023 3:21 pm

See, our problem is... or more accurately, the memory/retention stuff comes into play when we hit a certain amount of alcohol consumption. When we are chilled out about that, all good.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Jun 14, 2023 4:28 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 2:26 pm Half meaning 5 or 2.5?

5. Everything I've bought comes in 10 mg.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Jun 20, 2023 6:41 am

Watched the most recent Grand Tour (Amazon). Eurocrash. This is special #2 in season 5. Worst of the bunch. Camera work was so-so. The humor was not as good. The camera work, which is usually amazing, not so great. The locations were interesting but not amazing. The best part was the behind the Iron Curtain F1 cars.

Onto Gemstones and the next set of Breakpoint (Tennis' Drive to Survive) which comes out Wed.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Tue Jun 20, 2023 8:45 am

Well, I feel like a dumbdumb.

One of our favorite shows is Alone on the History Channel. Yes, they peel off the season-prior to Netflix, which is where my wife and I watch it. I guess the latest season dropped and I looked up History and streaming.

Turns out, all I needed to do was download the app to my Roku. (YouTubeTV doesn't carry History). I feel stupid, but the good news is that now we've got at least 2 full seasons, plus some spinoffs!

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Jun 20, 2023 8:52 am

I got my son hooked on Letterkenny. I'm currently watching Season 11 on my own, but just watched the first season with him. I'm sure he is missing close to half the jokes, but he is loving it. It's been interesting for me to go back and see the initial creation of the characters. Most haven't developed much since the first episode, which is actually kind of great. Biggest thing I noticed is that Tanis seemed to have hit the wall somewhere along the line (maybe she was pregnant or something), just looked weird in Season 10 or 11. I was wondering why I thought she was so hot, then seeing her in Season 1, she was way hotter than I remembered. And the first Bonnie McMurray episode, she looks like a child!

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Jun 21, 2023 7:57 pm

I have a feeling I’ve already posted this but don’t care enough to search. This looks great.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Jun 22, 2023 8:10 am

5 seconds in and I'm asking myself, is this a Boots Riley movie?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Jun 22, 2023 12:18 pm

Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:27 am ON THE RECORD TAKE: Aaron Rodgers should be the permanent host of Jeopardy

Alright look...

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Jun 22, 2023 12:38 pm

While the first quote is hilariously wrong, the second quote about legalizing psychedelics is 100% correct, at a minimum for medical use.

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Jun 22, 2023 12:40 pm

Every time I hear some idiot use the argument "there's a reason it's called ..." and point out some similarity between two words I wonder "have you ever heard of other languages?" Because I'm pretty sure that linguistic quirk only works in English. Or maybe words aren't magical in China.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Thu Jun 22, 2023 3:44 pm

The Big Door Prize on Apple TV is pretty good.

An incredible premise whereby people learn what their "life's potential" is, and how they react - even though most of the hints of their potential are pretty vague.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:36 pm

Been watching Based on a True Story on the 'Cock. It's pretty entertaining, reminds me a bit of Dead to Me and Santa Clarita Diet in tone, but not as zany as SCD or dramatic or dark as DtM.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:41 pm

Yeah, we plowed through Based on a True Story. I'm a Kaley mark and the rest of the cast is pretty solid.

She was on Smartless and talked about being pregnant and asking the producers* to rewrite her character to conform to reality as opposed to putting off production or splitting it in two.

Syb - Not much of a spoiler below, but it is a significantly different viewing experience knowing what's in the below. And by not much of one, it's information that could be noodled out with some googling, probably.

[+] spoiler: Bateman is one of the producers, and she's got an EP credit. That's not the spoiler. During her interview, they congratulated her on the show already being renewed for a second season.

ETA - Yeah, info is out there.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 7:08 am

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:41 pm Yeah, we plowed through Based on a True Story. I'm a Kaley mark and the rest of the cast is pretty solid.

She was on Smartless and talked about being pregnant and asking the producers* to rewrite her character to conform to reality as opposed to putting off production or splitting it in two.

Syb - Not much of a spoiler below, but it is a significantly different viewing experience knowing what's in the below. And by not much of one, it's information that could be noodled out with some googling, probably.

[+] spoiler
Bateman is one of the producers, and she's got an EP credit. That's not the spoiler. During her interview, they congratulated her on the show already being renewed for a second season.
ETA - Yeah, info is out there.

That's where I heard about it. Finished the show last night... it was pretty good. It was fun and moved fast, but not must watch. Only 8 episodes, and some were under 30 minutes, so I was kind of surprised when it ended last night. Kind of wished I waited until Season 2 came out so I don't have to wait a year and completely forget everything that happened when Season 2 comes out.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 7:45 am

We watched a couple of episodes of The Bear (first season) last night and I loved it.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Sat Jun 24, 2023 2:45 pm

I'm assuming you are aware (or were made aware and started watching that) the S2 just dropped this week. I hadn't heard and now I'm super psyched to watch that tonight.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Sat Jun 24, 2023 4:26 pm

Finished "The Big Door Prize" on Apple.

Meh.

[+] spoiler: Turns out that 10 episodes wasn't enough time to develop characters. Stay away.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Sat Jun 24, 2023 5:59 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 2:45 pm I'm assuming you are aware (or were made aware and started watching that) the S2 just dropped this week. I hadn't heard and now I'm super psyched to watch that tonight.

Saw the first two episodes of season 2, still great. I don't think I've ever felt the stress of the characters of a TV show as much as in The Bear.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sat Jun 24, 2023 6:06 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 5:59 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 2:45 pm I'm assuming you are aware (or were made aware and started watching that) the S2 just dropped this week. I hadn't heard and now I'm super psyched to watch that tonight.
Saw the first two episodes of season 2, still great. I don't think I've ever felt the stress of the characters of a TV show as much as in The Bear.

I love this show. I love it enough to abide my Hulu app not having the audio in sync with the video for S2E1.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 11:09 am

You're smarter than me, so don't take this as an insult... Have you tried pressing the rewind button? Just one quick jump back often fixes this issue for me.

The History Channel was driving me nuts last week, with the audio being a full 3 seconds off after it came back from commercial break. Finally figured out hitting the quick rewind once cleared it up.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 11:21 am

The Sybian wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 5:59 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 2:45 pm I'm assuming you are aware (or were made aware and started watching that) the S2 just dropped this week. I hadn't heard and now I'm super psyched to watch that tonight.
Saw the first two episodes of season 2, still great. I don't think I've ever felt the stress of the characters of a TV show as much as in The Bear.

I heard J Kenji Lopez-Alt (that guy has too many names) on a podcast talking about the show, and he said he could barely watch it because it gave him stress flashbacks to his days working in a kitchen.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 11:51 am

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Sun Jun 25, 2023 11:09 am You're smarter than me, so don't take this as an insult... Have you tried pressing the rewind button? Just one quick jump back often fixes this issue for me.

The History Channel was driving me nuts last week, with the audio being a full 3 seconds off after it came back from commercial break. Finally figured out hitting the quick rewind once cleared it up.

Smarter than you? I doubt that. I worked the rewind and fast forward button a few times, and backed out of the episode, then out of the whole app, but still off by at least a half second.

GoodKarma · Post by **GoodKarma** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 5:13 pm

Post by **brian** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 10:11 pm

Baby Billy’s back!!!!

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 7:41 am

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 6:06 pm
The Sybian wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 5:59 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 2:45 pm I'm assuming you are aware (or were made aware and started watching that) the S2 just dropped this week. I hadn't heard and now I'm super psyched to watch that tonight.
Saw the first two episodes of season 2, still great. I don't think I've ever felt the stress of the characters of a TV show as much as in The Bear.
I love this show. I love it enough to abide my Hulu app not having the audio in sync with the video for S2E1.

Ours was a bit off as well. Since this time last week we've watched all of season 1 and half of season 2. what a great show.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 8:17 am

City on Fire was a pretty terrible series with a very good soundtrack.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 8:29 am

A_B wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2023 7:41 am
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 6:06 pm
The Sybian wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 5:59 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 2:45 pm I'm assuming you are aware (or were made aware and started watching that) the S2 just dropped this week. I hadn't heard and now I'm super psyched to watch that tonight.
Saw the first two episodes of season 2, still great. I don't think I've ever felt the stress of the characters of a TV show as much as in The Bear.
I love this show. I love it enough to abide my Hulu app not having the audio in sync with the video for S2E1.
Ours was a bit off as well. Since this time last week we've watched all of season 1 and half of season 2. what a great show.

Before watching S2E2 I tried logging out and logging back in, then deleting the app and reinstalling it. STILL the audio is off enough to notice. I tried in the app on my phone this morning, and it still feels a little bit off. Going to try adjusting the TV's audio settings to see if that helps.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 8:58 am

https://www.linkedin.com/advice/0/how-d ... ideo-smart

This lacks some specifics, but looks like fiddling with your audio set-up might be a good path.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Jun 29, 2023 9:03 pm

The Xmas Eve episode of The Bear gave me about 8 anxiety attacks, and holy fuck...what a cast!

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Jun 29, 2023 9:03 pm

The Bear is awesome.

[+] spoiler: Holy fuck, episode 6. Everything about it was fucking nuts. And it's an hour long episode too. That damn episode deserves an award.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Jun 29, 2023 9:23 pm

Johnnie wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 9:03 pm The Bear is awesome.

[+] spoiler
Holy fuck, episode 6. Everything about it was fucking nuts. And it's an hour long episode too. That damn episode deserves an award.

Okay, that was definitely fucked up! It's not like it was a live episode or anything. Look at the timestamps! Crazy maths right there!

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Jun 29, 2023 10:33 pm

Jerloma wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 9:23 pm
Johnnie wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 9:03 pm The Bear is awesome.

[+] spoiler
Holy fuck, episode 6. Everything about it was fucking nuts. And it's an hour long episode too. That damn episode deserves an award.

Okay, that was definitely fucked up! It's not like it was a live episode or anything. Look at the timestamps! Crazy maths right there!

Years to weeks is actually a pretty simple maths.

Post by **brian** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 12:42 am

“I’m gonna fuckin’ kill you, Driving Crooner!”

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 6:53 am

brian wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 12:42 am “I’m gonna fuckin’ kill you, Driving Crooner!”

https://www.stickerbull.com/en-ca/produ ... cker-decal

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 6:22 pm

Slow Horses is so good.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 10:00 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 6:22 pm Slow Horses is so good.

The books are entertaining also.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 10:06 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 10:00 pm
Giff wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 6:22 pm Slow Horses is so good.
The books are entertaining also.

Haven't read the books but my dad has. Slow Horses is a lot of fun. Hoping to get a S3.

Post by **brian** » Sun Jul 02, 2023 1:34 am

brian wrote: ↑Sat Jun 04, 2022 4:38 pm I am more and more cognizant that the drunker I get the more I sound like Dr Steve Brule

I love this show so much….

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Sun Jul 02, 2023 6:39 am

We made it maybe 6 minutes into The Bear before we realized we didn’t want that kind of anxiety. So we watched Hijack instead.