crocodile 8,012 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Realized just now that it's Boardwalk Empire. I always thought it was Broadwalk Empire.I don't know what to believe anymore.My world has just collapsed.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 This and Downtown Abbey, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 And Braking Bad.Hey that's actually not a bad title for this show.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I thought it was Breaking Dad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Crazy.I wonder why I never could find a Blu-ray boxset of Mad Man. And Twin Picks.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Mad Man: Fury Road is not out yet on Blu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Mad Man: Fury Road is not out yet on Blu.John Hamm plays secondary fiddle to Christina Hendricks in this one, though.And Cargo and The Why-er?Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Mad Man: Fury Road is not out yet on Blu.John Hamm plays secondary fiddle to Christina Hendricks in this one, though.And Cargo and The Why-er?KarolI thought it was The Why Her?Could have been! Me bad.Do you guys watch Lust?Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Prison Beak is recommended if you're a coke head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I called it Downtown Abbey until I saw the proper title written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Down Town Abbey?People really make that mistake????Only in America, surely!Wow. I never noticed, I just always read it as "town". I've never actually seen the show though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Easy mistake to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 No it really isn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 It really is if you'd only heard the title and never read it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I don't even watch the goram show. Stiff needs to get off his motherfucking high horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I just binge watched the BBC adaptation of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel. I have not read the novel so I can't say what was changed and how but on its own merits it was an intriguing idea to adapt this to the small screen. In essence a very typical British costume drama set in the 18th and 19th century but with a slight twist.The story presents an alternate history of Britain where magic exists but which has been dormant for 300 years and now two magicians, Strange and Norell, are destined to bring it back. The cast is excellent with a lot of familiar faces from British TV and movies lending the 7 episode mini-series a lot of credibility.The protagonists are wonderfully cast. Eddie Marsan as the diminutive, taciturn, somewhat nebbish and bookish Mr. Norrell is a perfect choice, an unlikely leading man whose rise and fall is a delight to watch. A British TV stalwart Bertie Carvel gives a lively performance as Jonathan Strange in contrast to the reserved Marsan, his character arc equally compelling as his co-magician's. Mark Warren has turned in some impressive performances over the years in all genres and his character the Gentleman might be visually slightly over the top but always menacing and otherworldly and the actor plays him with just the right balance of melodrama and subtlety. The series mines quite a lot of humour from the stiff upper lip society and the personalities of the main characters which keeps the proceedings from turning too dark and actually adds to the whole feel of the show. It is not the utter self-aware silliness of the Prachett TV adaptations but rather wry commentary on the personalities and society of the times.At times the effects budget allows for some wonderfully effective shots but it feels that the show was never going for the spectacular visual extravaganza to hold its audiences but leans much more to the period drama and performances than blue screen backgrounds and explosions. Only at the end the visual effects take on a more grandiose guise, which in part further enhances the story arc as there is a gradual build-up rather than continual flood of eye-popping and mind numbing effects. Sadly the score by Benoît Charest and Benoît Groulx is somewhat predictable and performs very well its function but not much more.The magic performed on-screen is often very subtle and usually left somewhat unexplained (apparently unlike in the novel which has a whole host of footnotes on the subject) retaining a mysterious, somewhat ephemeral feel throughout the story, which is all the better for it. The script often addresses the prominent subject of magic only in passing and focuses on other themes of the novel, like the whole notion of Englishness and the paralleling of science and magic in research and discoveries and "orthodoxy" of their doctrines and the lures of fame and glory. On the other hand you could say this series trusts the audience to fill in the blanks without the director and script holding their hand all the time and basically spelling out everything to them and in that way diminishing the magic by explaining it away. The series seems to say "Strange things happen with magicians and faeries and you just have to go along for the ride". And it is quite an enjoyable one indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmm 91 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I read the book when I was about 16 or 17, as I recall it was a long read and the font was tiny, plus there were loads of footnotes (most of them tinged with humour). I remember liking it but not much else. Maybe I should have a look at the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,481 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I just began Sons of Anarchy, that's good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I just began Sons of Anarchy, that's good!I'm interested in it. Currently I'm watching Californication, when that's finished I'll start with the biker gang. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,481 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I just began Sons of Anarchy, that's good!I'm interested in it. Currently I'm watching Californication, when that's finished I'll start with the biker gang.That's not very realistic, but that's entertaining. I just began season two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Buffy The Vampire Slayer season 4Starts out quite rocky, with a new setting, a few characters off to do their spin-off show (Angel and Cordelia) or ditched (Oz).The whole Buffy feeling overwhelmed by college seems a bit like a repetition of the first season where she was overwhelmed by her new high-school.I would say the first part of the season is serviceable, if nothing more. And the whole Initiative arc didn't really grab me so much. (secret government organisations have become such a cliché in TV now).It isnt really till Hush that thing start to take off. Hush is a truly fantastic episode. Love the way this usually extremely talky show manages to shut up for half an hour and be absolutely scary and captivating.After Hush the quality starts to improve a bit, and the arc gains in some interest. Though they really wasted Lindsay Crouse in her role, and Riley, while being the polar opposite of the ever brooding Angel, isnt a very interesting character.The big bad of the season is Adam, assembled from man, demon and robot parts. He's essentially a proto version of Ultron. Like most Whedon baddies he's eloquent, a bit too much to be truly scary, but more interesting then the Mayor I thought.I did like that the show drops a bomb right when you think the Initiative/Adam arc is really gonna kick off and they wake up Faith from her soap opera coma.After that the season goes on very much as usual. Evil diabolical plan, impending doom, the potential for heartbreak for Buffy (thankfully she (we) are spared this season. Nothing really out of the ordinary in the broad strokes. But some of the detailing is very interesting. The still annoying Xander get a girlfriend even m ore annoying then Cordelia, but she's really hot. Willow becoming a lesbian was handled rather well and while the initial break-up of the Scooby Gang seemed a bit convenient and forced, the final make-up is very satisfying and funny.Also interesting. The usual; big season finale happens...with one more episode to go. Restless finishes the season as the ultimate mind-fuck in 45 minutes of TV which would rival anything David Lynch did for Twin Peaks. Superb!Angel has two appearances in this season, both fairly pointless (unless you watch his show maybe) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Why are you watching teen shows, Steef?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 You'll love Season 5. It's dark, dramatic, a little angsty, and very operatic. I would have been content if that was the final season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I did like how they managed to neuter Spike, yet keep him quite interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Saw this and thought they must be delivering the props for the next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 You were driving a car and using a mobile phone?I hope you didnt have kids in the back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I can't remember, I was drunk at the time. Koray Savas and Dixon Hill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I am proud to say that I have never seen a single minute of "Downton Abbey". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 Every.Damn.Movie.The CW is making a "The Notebook" TV series(Yes I know it was a book first) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Those air refresher trees are poisonous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 You don't want Quint to live forever, do you?Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Not if drawstring pants come back into style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Drax is a writer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Kid, you must have me confused with David Selznick. I don't make major motion pictures, I make crap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 Every.Damn.Movie.CBS adds Training Day series to its roster of cop showsThis is getting ridiculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 I was about to say that was already a miniseries but remembered that was Traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Damn! Jason was right! What are the odds?! Boardwalk Empire S5 was not up to scratch. Damn! 6/10Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Oh no! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 My son says Mr. Robot is great. He says I should watch it. Does Jason agree?Jason ... The New Tomatometer ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted August 16, 2015 Author Share Posted August 16, 2015 Never seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Jay ... All the way!What do you think? Will Miss Clinton hire me for her campaign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 You deserve far better, Alex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted August 17, 2015 Author Share Posted August 17, 2015 Tracy Morgan, Miley Cyrus and Amy Schumer to host Saturday Night Live Wow impressive for Tracy Morgan, it seemed for a while that he might not live, then might never work again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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