Television

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed May 03, 2017 12:11 pm

tennbengal wrote:Also, Better Call Saul continues to be awesome.

I love Mike's storyline right now.

Post by **brian** » Thu May 04, 2017 11:51 pm

Hope you all had a blessed Cinco de Cuatro.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed May 10, 2017 9:45 pm

I'll say it. Peet looks kinda broken. And I used to be a huge fan. Brockmire pretty funny though.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed May 10, 2017 10:11 pm

A_B wrote:I'll say it. Peet looks kinda broken. And I used to be a huge fan. Brockmire pretty funny though.

Well. Episode two makes me rethink.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu May 11, 2017 8:31 am

A_B wrote:
A_B wrote:I'll say it. Peet looks kinda broken. And I used to be a huge fan. Brockmire pretty funny though.

Well. Episode two makes me rethink.

Which part?

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Thu May 11, 2017 9:02 am

Giff wrote:
A_B wrote:
A_B wrote:I'll say it. Peet looks kinda broken. And I used to be a huge fan. Brockmire pretty funny though.

Well. Episode two makes me rethink.
Which part?

I've got a guess.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu May 11, 2017 9:38 am

She is 45, had 3 kids.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu May 11, 2017 9:42 am

BSF21 wrote:
Giff wrote:
A_B wrote:
A_B wrote:I'll say it. Peet looks kinda broken. And I used to be a huge fan. Brockmire pretty funny though.

Well. Episode two makes me rethink.
Which part?
I've got a guess.

That would be it.

Post by **brian** » Wed May 17, 2017 10:28 am

Arrested Development Season Five is officially a go.

This fucking quote from Mitchell Hurwitz:

In talks with Netflix, we all felt that that stories about a narcissistic, erratically behaving family in the building business — and their desperate abuses of power — are really underrepresented on TV these days

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed May 17, 2017 11:12 am

So I saw something online this morning....they are making a "Big Bang Theory" prequel?

In picking up the comedy to series, CBS has also released Young Sheldon's formal logline, filled out its cast and set the pilot director. The project will revolve around a 9-year-old Sheldon Cooper (Armitage) as he lives with his family in East Texas and attends high school. The concept was originally described as Malcolm in the Middle with a young Sheldon. Lance Barber, Raegan Revord and Montana Jordan have also joined the cast. Details on their roles are being kept under wraps, though sources tell THR that Revord will play a young version of Sheldon's twin sister Missy; Barber will play George, Sheldon and Missy's father and Mary's husband; and Jordan will play George Jr., Sheldon's older brother.

So...officially out of ideas?

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed May 17, 2017 11:58 am

DaveInSeattle wrote:So I saw something online this morning....they are making a "Big Bang Theory" prequel?

In picking up the comedy to series, CBS has also released Young Sheldon's formal logline, filled out its cast and set the pilot director. The project will revolve around a 9-year-old Sheldon Cooper (Armitage) as he lives with his family in East Texas and attends high school. The concept was originally described as Malcolm in the Middle with a young Sheldon. Lance Barber, Raegan Revord and Montana Jordan have also joined the cast. Details on their roles are being kept under wraps, though sources tell THR that Revord will play a young version of Sheldon's twin sister Missy; Barber will play George, Sheldon and Missy's father and Mary's husband; and Jordan will play George Jr., Sheldon's older brother.
So...officially out of ideas?

Doogie Howser in East Texas.

btw, speaking of officially out of ideas, I saw in the paper today that they are re-booting Roseanne with all the original cast. I would've thought that John Goodman had had enough of being around Roseanne Barr.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed May 17, 2017 12:12 pm

Dan should be dead though

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu May 18, 2017 5:55 pm

Anybody else watch the debut episode of American Epic on PBS? The series is about the history of American popular music, executive produced by Jack White, T-Bone Burnett and Robert Redford. The first episode focused on The Carter Family and on the birth of Memphis blues. I enjoyed it.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Fri May 19, 2017 3:18 pm

sancarlos wrote:Anybody else watch the debut episode of American Epic on PBS? The series is about the history of American popular music, executive produced by Jack White, T-Bone Burnett and Robert Redford. The first episode focused on The Carter Family and on the birth of Memphis blues. I enjoyed it.

Watched the performance the Alabama Shakes did with '20s equipment on the YouTubes. Fantastic.

TT2.0 · Post by **TT2.0** » Sat May 20, 2017 12:31 am

Ryan wrote:Dan should be dead though

that was one of my issues...another being that both versions of becky have signed on

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon May 22, 2017 9:35 am

That one scene is last week's Fargo was one of the most humiliating things I've seen on camera on a TV show.

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon May 22, 2017 7:38 pm

Giff wrote:That one scene is last week's Fargo was one of the most humiliating things I've seen on camera on a TV show.

The first season the BillyBob character did the take a shit in the middle of the conversation diss (aka the Lyndon Johnson). But, yeah.

Twin Peaks? Nothing? geez, you guys. "My log has a message for you." Lynch at the top of his game.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue May 23, 2017 8:50 am

Would I be completely lost watching Twin Peaks if I've never watched the previous series/movie? We got Showtime so the wife can watch it, and I'd like to give it a shot.

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue May 23, 2017 12:14 pm

Well, I watched the original, the movie, rewatched them recently in anticipation of the new series. I am completely lost; and that is kinda the point. Lynch loves to fuck with us, intentionally making things unclear, and later explaining only some of it all.

But you only need a few minutes of explanation to get up to speed the major plot points. If you like Lynch movies, with just a little background on Agent Cooper, 'Bob', a few other characters and the Black Lodge, it is worth a shot.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue May 23, 2017 12:35 pm

I watched the entire season of Legion and I can only tell you my pants fit uncomfortably because of Syd.

That French Guy · Post by **That French Guy** » Fri May 26, 2017 3:03 am

Fargo is still one of my favorite shows, but I m starting to feel they push the "every character, no matter how minor, has to have excentric / weirdo behaviour" decision à bit too far.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue May 30, 2017 7:25 pm

Pruitt wrote:Just did the online Jeopardy test.

Pretty happy with how it went.

Now for twelve months of nail biting.

Just did it again.

Looks like I may have got 43/50. Probably not enough to open the door to fame and fortune.

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue May 30, 2017 9:14 pm

What the hell? They usually do the test later in the year. I just last month dropped out of the contestant pool, (for 18 months after the audition you are in the pool. I was not called.) so I am eligible to test again.

I was selected for an audition with only a 38/50. I was surprised, 43/50 may be enough for you. (Especially as a Canuck.) Best of luck.

eta: just did tonights test, for practice, ripped off a 41.

[+] spoiler: bitching about the simple ones I missed. Palette. and fucking glowworm.

test is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dblCm-Ms_Uo

answers here: https://jboard.tv/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4 ... 20#p248616

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed May 31, 2017 5:36 am

Looked at the answers and I got 42/50.

My nightmare is that I will be selected for the show and the categories will include The Civil War, Physics and European Monarchs.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Wed May 31, 2017 10:12 am

32. I hope tonight/tomorrow when I take it is more to my liking.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed May 31, 2017 10:46 am

I was pretty lucky with the categories and the science questions were actually things I knew. (Which is rare)

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed May 31, 2017 10:54 am

I've been saying for years that someone needs to make a TV show about a dystopian future where today's Conservatives get their wish and are able to replace the Constitution with the Bible. I never read the book, but holy shit The Handmaid's Tale is great TV. Dark as fuck but awesome dark. Especially of interest because if we don't wake the fuck up...it could really happen.

Post by **Shirley** » Wed May 31, 2017 11:38 am

howard wrote:What the hell? They usually do the test later in the year. I just last month dropped out of the contestant pool, (for 18 months after the audition you are in the pool. I was not called.) so I am eligible to test again.

I was selected for an audition with only a 38/50. I was surprised, 43/50 may be enough for you. (Especially as a Canuck.) Best of luck.

eta: just did tonights test, for practice, ripped off a 41.
[+] spoiler
bitching about the simple ones I missed. Palette. and fucking glowworm.
test is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dblCm-Ms_Uo

answers here: https://jboard.tv/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4 ... 20#p248616

I only got 27. There were several that I knew, but just brain froze and couldn't think of the word(s).

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed May 31, 2017 12:13 pm

Jerloma wrote:I've been saying for years that someone needs to make a TV show about a dystopian future where today's Conservatives get their wish and are able to replace the Constitution with the Bible. I never read the book, but holy shit The Handmaid's Tale is great TV. Dark as fuck but awesome dark. Especially of interest because if we don't wake the fuck up...it could really happen.

Gunna have to give this a shot. 2nd person to recommend it this week. I'll add it to the queue with everything else.

Unrelated, anyone here watching American Gods? It's trippy, but pretty cool.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Wed May 31, 2017 1:47 pm

Johnnie wrote:
Jerloma wrote:I've been saying for years that someone needs to make a TV show about a dystopian future where today's Conservatives get their wish and are able to replace the Constitution with the Bible. I never read the book, but holy shit The Handmaid's Tale is great TV. Dark as fuck but awesome dark. Especially of interest because if we don't wake the fuck up...it could really happen.
Gunna have to give this a shot. 2nd person to recommend it this week. I'll add it to the queue with everything else.

Unrelated, anyone here watching American Gods? It's trippy, but pretty cool.

Read (OK, listened) to the book, but it's fun seeing how they've adapted it to the screen. Also it makes we wanna go back and watch Sucker Punch again for Miss Browning.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Jun 05, 2017 8:30 am

So, Leftovers ended. And the entire run remains one of my favorite shows ever. Just so damn good.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Jun 05, 2017 8:10 pm

tennbengal wrote:So, Leftovers ended. And the entire run remains one of my favorite shows ever. Just so damn good.

Sold! I was so enticed by the concept of the show and the trailers look so good, but several people told me they hated the last couple episodes of the first season and talked me out of watching. Back in the queue.

Post by **brian** » Mon Jun 05, 2017 11:33 pm

Don't see how Carrie Coon doesn't win an Emmy for Best Actress. That last episode...maybe the best finale for any show ever.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:02 am

Was that like a Cersei body double thing or is that really her?

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:04 am

Also, nobody is remotely disappointed that we never really found out what happened here?

[+] spoiler: Maybe, I'm wrong. Are we definitively calling it rapture?

Post by **brian** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:16 am

Jerloma wrote:Also, nobody is remotely disappointed that we never really found out what happened here?

[+] spoiler
Maybe, I'm wrong. Are we definitively calling it rapture?

No body double. (At least according to her interview with Sepinwall).

And I'm not disappointed. The way they presented it is entirely consistent with a show that is mostly about relationships and faith. Kind of brilliant how they played it out actually.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:41 am

Jerloma wrote:Also, nobody is remotely disappointed that we never really found out what happened here?

[+] spoiler
Maybe, I'm wrong. Are we definitively calling it rapture?

Not me. I am content, like the theme song for season 2, to let the mystery be. Maybe she did crossover, probably she didn't. But whether she did or not doesn't bother me.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:50 am

brian wrote:Don't see how Carrie Coon doesn't win an Emmy for Best Actress. That last episode...maybe the best finale for any show ever.

She's amazing. And I am still stunned that Leftovers was really her first TV/film work. All stage prior to that. The interview with Sepinwall and her was indeed a great read.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:50 am

They pulled that out again for the finale. Love that song.

tennbengal wrote:
brian wrote:Don't see how Carrie Coon doesn't win an Emmy for Best Actress. That last episode...maybe the best finale for any show ever.
She's amazing. And I am still stunned that Leftovers was really her first TV/film work. All stage prior to that. The interview with Sepinwall and her was indeed a great read.

She's on Fargo now too.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 10:28 am

Yeah, Fargo has been on my hope-to-get-to-it list for awhile now, and the fact that Coon is in season 3 gives me additional incentive to start the series.