Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 The Golden Girls starts on Fox Classics from Season 1, Episode 1 tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 The Golden Girls is great. Even Quintin Tarantino one had a role on the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 I remember seeing bits of the show when I was a kid. I'll give it a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Yay! She's great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Homecoming Now that's some good TV! Delivered in succinctly packaged 30 min doses, this 10 episode thriller drama flirts with your expectations with a coquette-ish style and flair. Director Esmail sets aside the exhaustively anarchist angst of Mr. Robot, and handles this teleplay with far more patience, focus and maturity, all without compromising on his stylistic virtuosity. Some might be underwhelmed by the underlying premise of the conspiracy, but I personally love its relative simplicity. It's like a really good play, with the drama amped up to proper Hitchockian levels of personality. The nuanced performances of Roberts, Cannavale and Stephen James sells this world beautifully, but alongside Sam Esmail's scintillating direction, the music is probably the real star. So many fantastic selections of Herrmann, Carpenter, Ligeti, Vangelis, Donaggio, Young, Shire, etc carefully curated to perfection to help sell the many many psychological shades to this. It's just so nice to hear how powerful a good "score" can be. Great stuff! It's scratched just the spot that hasn't been scratched for some time by recent TV! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,312 Posted May 8, 2019 Author Share Posted May 8, 2019 Sweet, we've been meaning to check that out, just haven't had a chance. Looking forward to it, and the final Mr Robot season too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 I gave up on Mr. Robot halfway through season 2 for reasons I can't really remember. But I'm thinking about getting back to it again. Also, I realized I posted in the wrong thread! Woops. Do you mind moving the post Jay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,312 Posted May 8, 2019 Author Share Posted May 8, 2019 Mr Robot season 2 was un-good for a while, the subplot of Elliot being in the mental institution or whatever took way too long to resolve, but then holy shit, season 3 was fantastic, and the fact that they knew going into season 4 it would be the final season / end of the story gives me high hopes he will pull of a very satisfying show in the end. KK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,338 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Family Guy: send in Stewie, please. What a great episode. I'm so glad season 16 is finally re-focusing on Stewie and Brian, I was so tired of the uncountable stupid Peter episodes. JoeinAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Family Guy is fun because its gross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,338 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 AND totally absurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Never could get into it. I find it downright annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 I'm not a fan of it either. A lot of obscure Gen-X slacker stoner humour I was never really into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Family Guy was merely Seth MacFarlane's apprenticeship period for the later TV greatness of The Orville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Last night they had a mini walking dead reunion on The Kids are Alright. Eugune played Abraham's boss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Picked up the box set of The Invaders from 1967 from Quinn Martin starring Roy Thinnes. Gonna binge watch this and the Wandering Earth 流浪地球 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,504 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 As my friends are away for a couple of days, I've been munching my way through SHAMELESS. It really is the best thing on UK television, this century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,312 Posted May 9, 2019 Author Share Posted May 9, 2019 Better than Sherlock, Black Mirror, Downton Abbey, Broadchurch, Luther, and Doctor Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Actually, Shameless did start out really strong and held out well for many seasons. It was an honest to god council estate drama with a brilliantly funny naughty streak and a big tender heart. Unfortunately it went all out daft in later seasons and basically morphed into a parody of itself, which is where I left it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 I can’t stand the American version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Well I'm shameless when it comes to lovin' you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,312 Posted May 10, 2019 Author Share Posted May 10, 2019 I haven't seen either version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 First episode of The Crown. King George isn't dead yet but already I know I'm going to miss him. What an actor Jared Harris is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Did you watch season 1 first? (the gif you posted is season 2 i assume) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Harris was superb in The Terror of course, but Mad Men's Lane Pryce is how I'll always think of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 He's notable in The Expanse too, though underused from what I saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 6 minutes ago, Stefancos said: Did you watch season 1 first? (the gif you posted is season 2 i assume) Is it? No, it isn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 I thought Matt Smith only started featuring in it from season 2. Who plays Liz in the season you're watching? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Matt Smith plays in the very first episode of The Crown S1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 I stand corrected, I thought he joined in 2. Any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Yes! Very impressive! I checked ages ago when it was just released, saw the high quality, but wasn't in the mood for a costume drama and kind of forgot about it. Yesterday, I stumbled upon a top 10 must see Netflix shows, and was reminded again of The Crown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Handsomely veenered, but it's all made up tabloid fare aimed at those who still read the red tops. Not for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 The sexy companion from Doctor Who playing young Liz basically says it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,346 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Isn't Claire Foy the young Liz in The Crown? She wasn't a Who companion. Are you possibly thinking of Jenna Colman playing young Queen Victoria in that ITV drama, Steef? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 13 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said: Isn't Claire Foy the young Liz in The Crown? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 False alarm, i'm confusing Jenna Coleman playing Victoria with the Elizabeth II Series. Dunno how i did so? Coleman is a dead ringer for Victoria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,175 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Jarred Harris is in this, too? Damn, I might have to watch it after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,312 Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 Elementary, Life in Pieces, The Kids Are Alright, Whiskey Cavalier, Gotham, Lethal Weapon, Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Jane the Virgin are all canceled; Brooklyn 99, Good Place, Good Girls, Agents of SHIELD, Modern Family, The Rookie, The Orville are all renewed; no word yet on Abby's or AP Bio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Retaking GOT from the Bottom. At Season 1 Episode 5, I'm already all mixed up. Who was this Crazy King? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,312 Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 Robert Baratheon is the King of Westeros in season 1 of the show. Unless you are referring to "The Mad King", that is a nickname given to Aerys Targaryen, who was King of Westeros just before Robert was; Robert long with some others (Ned Stark, Tywin Lannister, Jaime Lannister) overthrew him 17 years before the first episode and Robert's been king ever since. Aerys Targaryen was the father of Daenerys & Viserys Targaryen, the blonde brother and sister over on a completely different continent (Essos) hanging out with The Dothraki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 The Mad King, you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Jon Aryn. Ah ok it's the father of this crazy queen that give the breast to his idiot kid. And this queen she's the sister of Catelyn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,312 Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 13 minutes ago, Bespin said: Jon Aryn. Jon Aryn was The Hand of the The King to Robert Baratheon, but he is poisoned just before the first episode begins. You find out later in the show who poisoned him. Quote Ah ok it's the father of this crazy queen that give the breast to his idiot kid. "give the breast"? What does that mean? Quote And this queen she's the sister of Catelyn. The current Queen of Westeros is Cersei (Lannister) Baratheon, who is married to Robert but secretly fucking her twin brother Jaime Lannister, which is why Jaime pushed Bran Stark out the window at the end of the first episode. Catelyn Stark's sister is Lissa (Tully) Arryn, who was married to Jon Arryn before he was poisoned. Now she is the head of The Vale because he is dead, but she's not a queen. Westeros only has one Queen/King, who rule the entire continent - the "7 Kingdoms". Each of the other kingdoms have their own "warden", ie Ned Stark is Warden of The North, Jon Arryn was Warden of The Vale, etc. Anyway, Lissa Arryn is the one still breast feeding her son, if that's what you were talking about up above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 I really can't watch this series without this "Spoiler" family three: Spoiler "to give breast" it exists in english, it's the same as in french. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,312 Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 I think if you go back up and read my edited posts (because you kept adding to yours), you'll find the answers you were looking for. If you research the show online, you will severely spoil yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 12 minutes ago, Jay said: Elementary, Life in Pieces, The Kids Are Alright, Whiskey Cavalier, Gotham, Lethal Weapon, Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Jane the Virgin are all canceled; Brooklyn 99, Good Place, Good Girls, Agents of SHIELD, Modern Family, The Rookie, The Orville are all renewed; no word yet on Abby's or AP Bio. Agents of SHIELD is renewed? Why was I under the impression that it was building up to a planned series finale? I don't actually watch, I just thought that it was wrapping up on its own terms for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,312 Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 I've never seen it either, but the 6th season just premiered 3 days ago, and it was already renewed for a season 7 before that even started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Kind of surprising, given how Marvel seemed to work hard to distance it from the movie universe and now that Disney+ series are premiering that are much more closely tied to the movies. I guess Agents of SHIELD will just exist over in its own space for a while yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,312 Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 I guess, theoretically seasons 6 and 7 will deal with the snap, I suppose. No idea if they'll factor in the 5 year time jump the movies are doing now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Act Of God (episode 4: the one with the fog) of The Crown Season 1 is easily the best one so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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