Television (no longer temporary)

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 12:24 am

TT2.0 wrote:okay so i've never seen the movie fargo or any episodes of the tv show...should i start with the show or do i need to see the movie? what is the show about?

They both stand on their own. The TV show shares the setting and tone, but not the plot or characters.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 12:27 am

You don't need to see the movie first. Enjoy!

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 9:59 pm

sancarlos wrote:You don't need to see the movie first. Enjoy!

I'm about halfway through the second season without seeing the first. The show is living up to the hype. Every time I finish an episode, I'm pissed I can't watch the next one. The cast is amazing, the story is somehow slow character development and action packed at the same time. I totally find myself rooting for evil half the time.

howard · Post by **howard** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 10:15 pm

The tv show stands alone; each of the two seasons stand alone nicely. However, if you watch the movie first, if you like the movie you almost certainly will also like the tv show. If you don't like the movie, you only have to hang in for two hours to get the payoff/a completed story.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:13 pm

Caught up with The Leftovers. Loved it. Not sure how they're going to pull this all together in only one more season. Unless there's nothing to really pull together and the mystery surrounding the supernatural stuff doesn't really get resolved but only exists for the setting.

Post by **brian** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:35 pm

Jerloma wrote:Caught up with The Leftovers. Loved it. Not sure how they're going to pull this all together in only one more season. Unless there's nothing to really pull together and the mystery surrounding the supernatural stuff doesn't really get resolved but only exists for the setting.

The showrunners already said they're never going to explain how or why it happened.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:39 pm

brian wrote:
Jerloma wrote:Caught up with The Leftovers. Loved it. Not sure how they're going to pull this all together in only one more season. Unless there's nothing to really pull together and the mystery surrounding the supernatural stuff doesn't really get resolved but only exists for the setting.
The showrunners already said they're never going to explain how or why it happened.

Oh. That sucks.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 5:30 pm

Are they gonna explain why you can't kill Justin Theroux? Are they gonna kill him a bunch more times? I hope so.

Post by **brian** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 5:33 pm

howard wrote:Are they gonna explain why you can't kill Justin Theroux? Are they gonna kill him a bunch more times? I hope so.

Being married to Jennifer Aniston has unlimited perks.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 7:23 am

I think I just made a mess of my DVR trying to record Angie Tribeca. I didn't want to just "Record Series" because I wasn't sure the DVR would be smart enough to not record every episode, because is an episode still a re-run if it first ran 5 hours earlier? So I tried to record each individual episode but DirecTV's guide interface sort of sucks and all of the episodes (purposely, I assume) have very similar descriptions and after individually recording like 12 episodes (there are only 10) I just gave up and recorded the series.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 7:51 am

Anybody here watch Mr. Robot on USA? Pretty good show.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 9:23 am

bfj wrote:Anybody here watch Mr. Robot on USA? Pretty good show.

Oiler keeps telling me I need to watch this. I really liked Malek in The Pacific. Need to finally finish Narcos first.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 9:25 am

Finished it the other night. Extremely hooked on the plot, not so much on the personal demons.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 10:21 am

I loved Mr. Robot. I think when season 2 rolls around it might warrant its own thread.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 10:26 am

rass wrote:I think I just made a mess of my DVR trying to record Angie Tribeca. I didn't want to just "Record Series" because I wasn't sure the DVR would be smart enough to not record every episode, because is an episode still a re-run if it first ran 5 hours earlier? So I tried to record each individual episode but DirecTV's guide interface sort of sucks and all of the episodes (purposely, I assume) have very similar descriptions and after individually recording like 12 episodes (there are only 10) I just gave up and recorded the series.

I have nothing to add to this other than: mmmmm, Sarah Chalke.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 10:43 am

rass wrote:I think I just made a mess of my DVR trying to record Angie Tribeca. I didn't want to just "Record Series" because I wasn't sure the DVR would be smart enough to not record every episode, because is an episode still a re-run if it first ran 5 hours earlier? So I tried to record each individual episode but DirecTV's guide interface sort of sucks and all of the episodes (purposely, I assume) have very similar descriptions and after individually recording like 12 episodes (there are only 10) I just gave up and recorded the series.

The DirecTV DVR will only record episodes when they debut. For example, if a cable network runs a new show at 10pm Eastern and Pacific (1am Eastern), the DVR will only record the first episode even though there are "East Coast" and "West Coast" feeds.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 10:51 am

Only if the people in charge of the guide put it in as new. I get stuff fairly regularly that are repeats, but which aren't indicated as such so the DVR just assumes its new.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 10:56 am

For absolutely no reason whatsoever, I had decided Mozart in the Jungle was about some do-gooder conductor that went down to the Amazon to teach indigineous people how to play classical music. And I wanted NOTHING to do with that...

Um. It's not about that. At all.* Watched the Pilot and second episode of the Season One with Mrs. NLFC last night and was immediately hooked.

* It's a comprehensive behind the scenes take of the NYC Symphony as it transitions from old school (and old) conductor to a new maestro. So, yeah, maybe still not for everyone... But the tension, intrigue and downright snake pit atmosphere makes for good TV.

This is an Amazon joint, btw. Which... I"m going to make that my excuse for my idiocy on the plot.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 11:13 am

Nonlinear FC wrote:For absolutely no reason whatsoever, I had decided Mozart in the Jungle was about some do-gooder conductor that went down to the Amazon to teach indigineous people how to play classical music. And I wanted NOTHING to do with that...

Um. It's not about that. At all.* Watched the Pilot and second episode of the Season One with Mrs. NLFC last night and was immediately hooked.

* It's a comprehensive behind the scenes take of the NYC Symphony as it transitions from old school (and old) conductor to a new maestro. So, yeah, maybe still not for everyone... But the tension, intrigue and downright snake pit atmosphere makes for good TV.

This is an Amazon joint, btw. Which... I"m going to make that my excuse for my idiocy on the plot.

Amazon is giving the show away this weekend (no prime necessary)

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 11:24 am

Nonlinear FC wrote:... But the tension, intrigue and downright snake pit atmosphere makes for good TV.

My dad returned to NYC after WW2, and found many guys he knew from the jazz music scene had succumbed to alcohol, drugs and women. He decided to look for and take gigs in the more serious music world, to avoid all of that (and play jazz after hours as a hobby, not a job.) He didn't make the NY Philharmonic or the Met, but he worked his way into the second tier of that world, chamber music, smaller orchestras.

And, he saw plenty of musicians around him in the classical music world succumb to alcohol, drugs and women. So he decided to college on the GI bill, to get a straight job. I'm sure he would endorse this show.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 12:02 pm

howard wrote:
Nonlinear FC wrote:... But the tension, intrigue and downright snake pit atmosphere makes for good TV.
My dad returned to NYC after WW2, and found many guys he knew from the jazz music scene had succumbed to alcohol, drugs and women. He decided to look for and take gigs in the more serious music world, to avoid all of that (and play jazz after hours as a hobby, not a job.) He didn't make the NY Philharmonic or the Met, but he worked his way into the second tier of that world, chamber music, smaller orchestras.

And, he saw plenty of musicians around him in the classical music world succumb to alcohol, drugs and women. So he decided to college on the GI bill, to get a straight job. I'm sure he would endorse this show.

Is that the reason people become musicians?

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 12:09 pm

I suppose if you fall in love with music young enough, before awareness of those motives.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 12:12 pm

BSF21 wrote:
I have nothing to add to this other than: mmmmm, Sarah Chalke.

Damn, Chalke and Rashida? Wheelhouse.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 11:31 pm

Rush2112 wrote:
BSF21 wrote:
I have nothing to add to this other than: mmmmm, Sarah Chalke.
Damn, Chalke and Rashida? Wheelhouse.

Something we can agree on!

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 12:19 am

sancarlos wrote:
Damn, Chalke and Rashida? Wheelhouse.

Something we can agree on![/quote]

Well that, the superiority of Colorado stouts, Canadian football, women bassists, and the lackadaisical memories of today's Air Force.

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 8:24 am

Really enjoyed the first couple of episodes of Angie Tribeca (though the first was maybe stronger than the second). But I'm a sucker for the running gag with the dog, so maybe I'm too easy a grader.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 9:54 am

rass wrote:Really enjoyed the first couple of episodes of Angie Tribeca (though the first was maybe stronger than the second). But I'm a sucker for the running gag with the dog, so maybe I'm too easy a grader.

I watched about 10 minutes of it, but according to my wife, I laughed way too hard at the front butt joke.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 12:07 pm

I've watched the first 48 seconds and I am all in.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 12:10 pm

Can you catch this On Demand or am I going to have to wait for them to air in order now that the release-binge is gone?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 12:11 pm

I am watching on tbs.com. Looks like episodes are available until tomorrow, then they will come out regularly in february. I'm gonna watch a few before then it looks like.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 3:15 pm

Another Amazon jam we just got started on: Fortitude.

First off, it's set on island off the Norwegian coast, so it's visually stunning. We just got a new UHD TV and this is definitely the first thing we've watched that has truly blown us away.

Anyways, it's a British-produced murder-mystery and the acting is amazing. Mostly folks you don't know that have long resumes... and Stanley Tucci.

I can't really get too much more into the plot without pretty quickly getting into spoilers... I'll just say that on a fairly busy weekend we made time to rip through 8 episodes. Highly recommended.

ETA: I don't usually struggle with accents, but about 10 minutes in my wife turns to me: "Can you understand WTF they are talking about?"

We turned on closed captions and things become much clearer.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 4:12 pm

I still have the season finale left but I'm 9 episodes through season 1 of Fargo. I have to ask...what's up with the fish? Are we really supposed to believe a tornado killed rich supermarket guy's friend and son via fish immediately after rich supermarket guy bailed on the ransom?

If this is answered in the finale, I guess don't answer it (or answer as a spoiler). If I just missed something, please let me know.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:22 pm

The latest episode of Brooklyn 99 was comedy gold. The Mumps episode.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 8:31 am

Pruitt wrote:The latest episode of Brooklyn 99 was comedy gold. The Mumps episode.

Oh man. My wife and I couldn't stop laughing. One of their best episodes for sure.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 9:44 am

[+] spoiler: The ending was bullshit. Maggie is supposed to be the completely by the book, moral compass for the entire show. All she ever cared about was justice. Then her husband murders an unarmed man which should undoubtedly put him under arrest and now she's all about vigilante justice? Fuck that.

(Fargo I)

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 12:05 pm

Jerloma wrote:
[+] spoiler
The ending was bullshit. Maggie is supposed to be the completely by the book, moral compass for the entire show. All she ever cared about was justice. Then her husband murders an unarmed man which should undoubtedly put him under arrest and now she's all about vigilante justice? Fuck that.
(Fargo I)

[+] spoiler: The character's name is Molly, not Maggie. And, she didn't send Grimley out to murder Malvo. I'd figure she saw it as self-defense.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 12:20 pm

sancarlos wrote:
Jerloma wrote:
[+] spoiler
The ending was bullshit. Maggie is supposed to be the completely by the book, moral compass for the entire show. All she ever cared about was justice. Then her husband murders an unarmed man which should undoubtedly put him under arrest and now she's all about vigilante justice? Fuck that.
(Fargo I)

[+] spoiler
The character's name is Molly, not Maggie. And, she didn't send Grimley out to murder Malvo. I'd figure she saw it as self-defense.

[+] spoiler: Gus Grimley killing Malvo has nothing to do with Molly. It's about Malvo turning Grimley into a predator, just like he did with Lester. (quoting something I read on the internet:) Malvo's death is actually a win for him, as he made Gus into a killer. Throughout the show his biggest enjoyment is making normal people turn nasty. That's why he takes such an interest in Lester, because he's a loser that Malvo wants to make into a predator. Remember the Shades of Green riddle Malvo gives Gus? "Why can humans see more shades of green than any other color? When you have the answer to my question you'll have the answer to yours." Humans see shades of green so they can see predators. Malvo is saying that he's a predator blending into the green. When Gus says "I figured out your riddle", it's because Gus has become a predator, he hid in Malvo's cabin and killed him. Malvo made Gus into a killer and "died on his own terms."

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:25 pm

Welp. Spoilers have jumped the shark.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:41 pm

I'm not sure how it has nothing to do with Mollie. She's a cop and there was a murder committed in her town and she's obsessed with justice and the law.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 5:21 pm

[+] spoiler: Killing Malvo is not justice? I don't care if he was unarmed, he was a mass-murdering psycho killer for hire and for fun, and he got his justice. On TV as in real life, justice more often than not is completely disconnected from the court system.

He killed Key and Peele, and you want a fucking trial? Forget that.