Television (no longer temporary)

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 9:58 pm

I tired The Leftovers. Very cool, different, I dig it, four episodes in. Holy Wayne is awesome.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 10:28 pm

howard wrote:I tired The Leftovers. Very cool, different, I dig it, four episodes in. Holy Wayne is awesome.

Excellent - strong episodes dead ahead.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 11:03 am

Fargo is so good.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 11:05 am

Watched the first episode of "Jessica Jones" last night. Very well done. Nice intro to the series and that final scene. Ugh, so well done.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 11:09 am

Giff wrote:Fargo is so good.

Harrumph, harrumph.

I loved the "You're a little touched, aren't you?" line.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 11:10 am

Tried watching "Man In The High Castle"....didn't work for me. Bailed out after 45 minutes...

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 3:54 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote:Tried watching "Man In The High Castle"....didn't work for me. Bailed out after 45 minutes...

Huh, I was planning on starting that. I love alternative history stuff, particularly WWII. My father has been raving over it.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 4:12 pm

BSF21 wrote:Watched the first episode of "Jessica Jones" last night. Very well done. Nice intro to the series and that final scene. Ugh, so well done.

How is Tennant in that?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 4:27 pm

Jerloma wrote:
BSF21 wrote:Watched the first episode of "Jessica Jones" last night. Very well done. Nice intro to the series and that final scene. Ugh, so well done.
How is Tennant in that?

Who?

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 4:30 pm

That's good, AB. Well done.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 4:33 pm

Jerloma wrote:That's good, AB. Well done.

Pretty sure I've used that exact same joke before.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 4:48 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote:Tried watching "Man In The High Castle"....didn't work for me. Bailed out after 45 minutes...

Well shit. I had no idea that the episodes dropped. Going to have to add this to the queue along with Master of None and Fargo.

I enjoyed the first episode when I saw it way back when. Sucks you couldn't get into it.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 4:51 pm

The Sybian wrote:
DaveInSeattle wrote:Tried watching "Man In The High Castle"....didn't work for me. Bailed out after 45 minutes...
Huh, I was planning on starting that. I love alternative history stuff, particularly WWII. My father has been raving over it.

I will counter review it - have seen first two eps and will watch rest, I think, off of those two. Very well done.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 4:55 pm

Blood and Oil is great bad television. I hope it's not canceled before something crazy happens to everyone.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 4:56 pm

The second episode of W/Bob and David aka "Mr. Show Redux" made me laugh out loud in three different spots at 7 in the morning.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 5:19 pm

Anyone catch Benders on IFC?

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 11:00 pm

Giff wrote:Anyone catch Benders on IFC?

I wanted to, but forgot about it. Checked On Demand, and they don't have the first 5 or so episodes.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 9:42 am

Speaking of The Man in the High Castle...their advertising campaign didn't go as planned.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 9:53 am

Is Jessica Jones OK for two grownups who don't care about any superhero universes one bit?

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:01 am

Ryan wrote:Is Jessica Jones OK for two grownups who don't care about any superhero universes one bit?

I've watched the first one. I'm admittedly a Marvel fan but I knew nothing of the JJ story line. You wouldn't know she even has a power until 40 minutes into the first ep. Give it a shot.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:02 am

Thanks, we're about to. I think we're looking at nothing but Netflix originals for about the next 5 picks.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:05 am

Ryan wrote:Is Jessica Jones OK for two grownups who don't care about any superhero universes one bit?

From what I hear, it's way more rated R-sy than most Marvel shit.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:15 am

Jerloma wrote:
Ryan wrote:Is Jessica Jones OK for two grownups who don't care about any superhero universes one bit?
From what I hear, it's way more rated R-sy than most Marvel shit.

This would definitely be correct.

Something that always gets me, and this isn't a spoiler but is said in the first episode, they never call superheroes "mutants" in the Marvelverse. Apparently it's because "mutant" is strictly something from The X-Men, but when they split the rights out, Fox Studios bought the rights to X-Men. I can't remember what the guy calls Jessica, but it's a flavor of it, but not quite the word "mutant" so they don't get the shit sued out of them.

At the end of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, there's a short scene with Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, who are both children of Magneto in Marvel canon, and the teaser refers to them as "miracles" because they still couldn't use the term "mutant".

That's it for this episode of "Fun with Copyright Law".

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 1:53 pm

Johnnie wrote:Speaking of The Man in the High Castle...their advertising campaign didn't go as planned.

Man, that looks awesome, I'm sorry I missed that. But, yeah one of the worst ideas in a long time.

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 6:21 pm

Anybody watching (watched) Red Oaks on Amazon? I've watched most of it. It's a good, but not quite great show. Paul Reiser carries the show the rich asshole club president.

duff · Post by **duff** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 9:02 am

Shirley wrote:Anybody watching (watched) Red Oaks on Amazon? I've watched most of it. It's a good, but not quite great show. Paul Reiser carries the show the rich asshole club president.

The wife and I watched it. Same sentiments as you. Starting on Catastrophe. About five or six episodes in. Not too bad. Also starting United States of Tara. So far so good.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 9:20 am

I liked Catastrophe. Had a minor issue with the last episode, but I'm happy that there is apparently a season 2 (airing now in the UK, I think).

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 9:22 am

rass wrote:I liked Catastrophe. Had a minor issue with the last episode, but I'm happy that there is apparently a season 2 (airing now in the UK, I think).

I loved Catastrophe, and yes, season 2 is on in the UK.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 11:05 am

BSF21 wrote:
Ryan wrote:Is Jessica Jones OK for two grownups who don't care about any superhero universes one bit?
I've watched the first one. I'm admittedly a Marvel fan but I knew nothing of the JJ story line. You wouldn't know she even has a power until 40 minutes into the first ep. Give it a shot.

It's dark, man. That first episode shook me a bit, and I'm generally not all that sensitive.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 12:34 pm

Finally finishing up Kimmy Schmidt, and it's not unreasonable to think that Erin from the Office had an amnesia event and became Jenna Maroney's nanny after Jenna found her a sugar daddy and retired.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed Dec 02, 2015 10:26 am

Just got caught up on Fargo. Wow...what a great great show.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Dec 02, 2015 11:18 am

"Honey, you gotta stop stabbing him!"

Moreta · Post by **Moreta** » Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:15 pm

"I didn't say I liked it. I said it was a surprise." I'm rooting for Milligan.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:21 pm

Brontoburglar wrote:Blood and Oil is great bad television. I hope it's not canceled before something crazy happens to everyone.

I can't say I'm surprised that I'm the only swamper watching this show

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:04 pm

I'm two episodes behind on Fargo, now. But have a watching party with two buddies tomorrow afternoon to catch up... can't wait...

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:20 pm

Watched the first two episodes of Superstore and the wife and I laughed a lot more than we were expecting. I think it's got potential.

RE: Fargo, count me in the Mike Milligan camp as well. I loved the build-up to the Undertaker and how the meeting ended up.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:30 pm

Into The Badlands does for martial arts tv what The Walking Dead does for survivor horror tv. You can probably take that positively or negatively.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed Dec 02, 2015 2:40 pm

howard wrote:"Honey, you gotta stop stabbing him!"

"They're not going to want him back if he's too cut up".

That line floored me. Like Dodd was a pair of pants or something to be returned to Sears.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Dec 02, 2015 3:02 pm

L-Jam3 wrote:Into The Badlands does for martial arts tv what The Walking Dead does for survivor horror tv. You can probably take that positively or negatively.

I'm not a huge martial arts fan, but I wanted to get in on something on the ground floor for once. I really dig it so far. Haven't watched Sunday's episode yet.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Wed Dec 02, 2015 5:43 pm

Brontoburglar wrote:
Brontoburglar wrote:Blood and Oil is great bad television. I hope it's not canceled before something crazy happens to everyone.
I can't say I'm surprised that I'm the only swamper watching this show

I tend to watch stuff my wife likes, until I can't deal with it anymore. I stopped watching Scandal for awhile, because it was getting to be too much. I'm back in, but feel myself losing touch with it again.

Anyways, I was into Blood & Oil until I heard they were canceling it. Decent cast and and interesting story. I mean, not different or new, but interesting.