It's the sixth version of The Swamp. What could possibly go wrong?
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Whoa, no shit?
A coworker recommended the show today and we have similar tastes. My wife is out of town this weekend so I think I will check this out.
Watched the first NYC episode. She is funny, and a likable head case. It's interesting watching her when she thinks the crowd isn't with her. She is so self conscious she turns the entire set into talking about how the crowd isn't getting her, and dwells on it afterwards, and it really wasn't that bad, she could have told worked her way out of it.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Wed Aug 14, 2019 8:29 amYeah, stick with the NYC crew. The woman from up above, alone, could carry a show.The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 10:11 pmPerfect show for my mood tonight, thanks, hadn't heard of this. Just watched the first episode, and while I love the idea of the show, and it's well made, I can't stand 3 of the 4 comedians from the LA group. The black woman was funny and really sexy, but all 3 guys where fucking annoying as fuck. The gay guy MK is just not funny, and his roommate Simon is just trying to be so annoying and repeating an annoying thing 50 times until he gets an uncomfortable nervous laugh. And he was even more annoying off stage. The Bible Thumper with the wife and kids wrote some good jokes, but his delivery is terrible. Watching the 3 awkward guys trying to talk to the judges was painfully uncomfortable. The Christian dude just rambling at how self conscious he is, begging for a compliment or a clue as to whether he is accepted, and the judge saying, "you need to project more confidence." Awesome. Really hoping the NYC comedians are more likable.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 9:46 am Nope, Amazon's "Inside Jokes" which was all about various stand-ups journey to Montreal's comedy festival. Highly recommend that show if you're into stand-up.
I watched 1.5 episodes and I don't care for it at all.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Wed Aug 14, 2019 11:20 amPerfect show for "wife is out of town this weekend."
I went into it not expecting to like it. Caught me off-guard how good it was. Realized after first ep credits Adam McKay and Will Ferrell are exec producers and it has McKay's fingerprints all over it, which explains how subversively good it is even while chronicling a 1% type dynasty.
We watch. I can't help but compare it to Billions. I think I prefer Billions.
I don't watch Billions, and am probably full up on shows like this. But I do trust Adam McKay and have loved the tone in Succession.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:07 pmWe watch. I can't help but compare it to Billions. I think I prefer Billions.
Eh, Yellowstone could have been good, but it's dumbed down to the nth degree. If you think a morality play where the guy who owns more land than anyone else in the United States is "the good guy", then maybe you'll like it, but otherwise it's probably more of the same above.A_B wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:15 pm You see, a lot of these shows are about powerful people staying in power by exploiting non powerful people. That's Billions, Succession and Gemstones for sure, and part of why i didn't like The Boys. I don't need more of that storyline in my life right now. I need some excapism.
I have heard Yellowstone is good. Do the bad guys always win?
Right there with you, and that's why I was late to Succession. But McKay did so damn well with The Big Short and even with Vice (which I thought I would hate but did not although I did come away still loathing Cheney so that's ok), and has his eye on that world in the appropriate way that I am good with Succession so far. But it's why I didn't watch it on first go round and have skipped Billions and am not sure I can stomack Gemstones ( although I will probably try it).A_B wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:15 pm You see, a lot of these shows are about powerful people staying in power by exploiting non powerful people. That's Billions, Succession and Gemstones for sure, and part of why i didn't like The Boys. I don't need more of that storyline in my life right now. I need some excapism.
I have heard Yellowstone is good. Do the bad guys always win?
Yeah, I don't know enough about it, but I believe it's about a bunch of ultra rich people who do bad things.brian wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:19 pm I don't know that I would characterize Succession like you (AB) have, but I get where you're coming from. I wouldn't say the Roys "always win", I think it would be more fair to say that the current climate in the United States -- in fact for the last half-century, is that the rich can do no wrong and will always be bailed out unless they do something extreme like Madoff or Epstein.
Given that, it's hard to perceive a realistic scenario in our society where they could ever really get the comeuppance they are due.
That's somewhat accurate, but I think you might be surprised how much you like it. For starters all of the characters at various times are made to suffer for their avarice.A_B wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:21 pmYeah, I don't know enough about it, but I believe it's about a bunch of ultra rich people who do bad things.brian wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:19 pm I don't know that I would characterize Succession like you (AB) have, but I get where you're coming from. I wouldn't say the Roys "always win", I think it would be more fair to say that the current climate in the United States -- in fact for the last half-century, is that the rich can do no wrong and will always be bailed out unless they do something extreme like Madoff or Epstein.
Given that, it's hard to perceive a realistic scenario in our society where they could ever really get the comeuppance they are due.
I'm rooting for Ryan Bingham.brian wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:17 pmEh, Yellowstone could have been good, but it's dumbed down to the nth degree. If you think a morality play where the guy who owns more land than anyone else in the United States is "the good guy", then maybe you'll like it, but otherwise it's probably more of the same above.A_B wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:15 pm You see, a lot of these shows are about powerful people staying in power by exploiting non powerful people. That's Billions, Succession and Gemstones for sure, and part of why i didn't like The Boys. I don't need more of that storyline in my life right now. I need some excapism.
I have heard Yellowstone is good. Do the bad guys always win?
I'm wondering if we'll ever see him again. I'm certainly hoping he comes back, but I'm not sure what circumstances would allow it. The show certainly alluded to it. I'm just not sure I'm going to be able to stay with it after this season. The show just keeps getting dumber and dumber. I had high hopes from the first couple of episodes that it might be a show that would have the guts to not have a "good guy", but then it became obvious Sheridan wants us to identify with Kevin Costner for some damned reason, which goes back to my criticism that I'm not sure how you're supposed to identify with someone who is so rich they're the single largest landholder in the United States, but everyone else around him is actually "bad". It's ridiculous.Giff wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:28 pmI'm rooting for Ryan Bingham.brian wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:17 pmEh, Yellowstone could have been good, but it's dumbed down to the nth degree. If you think a morality play where the guy who owns more land than anyone else in the United States is "the good guy", then maybe you'll like it, but otherwise it's probably more of the same above.A_B wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:15 pm You see, a lot of these shows are about powerful people staying in power by exploiting non powerful people. That's Billions, Succession and Gemstones for sure, and part of why i didn't like The Boys. I don't need more of that storyline in my life right now. I need some excapism.
I have heard Yellowstone is good. Do the bad guys always win?
I'm all in on it as well. What amazes me more than anything else is that I thought you used to have to like or care about the characters in order for a show to be successful. In Succession every single character is an objectively terrible person yet I'm not rooting for them to "lose" (whatever losing looks like for each character)...I just want to see stuff happen regardless of the result.
Yeah, that is kind of where I am. My dvr is loaded with movies (mostly real old Film Noir). I just don't have the time or inclination to binge television series'. (And, I'm retired so I got more time than most of you. But, I am also lazy.)
I'm the opposite. My DVR rarely has more than 2 hours of my stuff on it. Between HBO, Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, I don't watch much on TV. I went about 10 years without HBO, so missed a bunch of shows. I was an early Netflix subscriber in the DVD days, but quit before streaming and waited years before rejoining, so I have a ton of shows I want to catch up on. Then I did a free month of Hulu, and I'm trying to finish several series I watched that moved to Hulu (The League, Archer, Horace and Pete's, I started watching Rick and Morty...)
The shaky camera work on Succession really drives me bonkers. There are definitely jokes, comatose Kendall (beginning of Season 2) sucks, cousin Greg is great, Roman can be great, Cox is perfect in his role.
I'm about there as well, and I really enjoyed it too. I picked it up on my trip up and back to Canada (coincidentally) for Oiler's bachelor party, and then once I got back to life with a family, haven't incorporated it into shows that my wife and I enjoy together. Lyonne is great.
Yes. Yes. Let the Letterkenny flow through you.|The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2019 11:10 am Somehow I failed to include Letterkenny on my Hulu binge list. I just can't stop watching! The dialogue is fucking brilliant, and the harsh cuts from the Hicks to the hockey players to the drugged out dance crew and their unique speech patterns is amazing. There isn't a wasted word in the script, yet virtually no plot. And just about every female character is sexy as fuck.
I'm on Season 4, and the character twists of the 2 gay hockey players catcalling Jonesy and Reilly and the preacher dude and the dance crew swapping styles was hilarious.
I don;t watch "The BAchelor" or "Bachelorette," but I am hooked on "Bachelor In Paradise." Watch with my wife and daughter and the heckling we thros at the TV brings us closer as a family!Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 9:57 amIf you want to truly come over to the Dark Side, start watching Love Island.
If you're not heckling, you're not living.Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 12:57 pmI don;t watch "The BAchelor" or "Bachelorette," but I am hooked on "Bachelor In Paradise." Watch with my wife and daughter and the heckling we thros at the TV brings us closer as a family!Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 9:57 amIf you want to truly come over to the Dark Side, start watching Love Island.