Quintus 5,399 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 3 minutes ago, Stefancos said: I was providing ironic hyperbole to Richard's post actually. Shameless was fine Ah, my bad. Sorry, sometimes it's hard to spot piss taking in text form (which is why it's great). Shameless was just a show I watched here and there early on in its run, in another life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 It struck me as a British and therefore better version of Roseanne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,338 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 5 hours ago, Stefancos said: Do you or don't you dislike Ross? I love Ross! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Oh dear.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 The writers hated Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,338 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Why? He's great. Just waiting to hear how he'll enter a room is a treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Tried a couple of episodes of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Nah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 4 hours ago, Quintus said: Tried a couple of episodes of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Nah. Just watch the ones for the stars you’re interested in. They’re only about 15 minutes each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 5 hours ago, Quintus said: Tried a couple of episodes of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Nah. You're watching that as a TV show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 No I'm watching it as a rotating microwave meal, duh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 It's not really a TV show to follow. it's just something to watch on a computer or phone when you got nothing else to do. Basically Koray is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 I watched the whole thing! The episode with Kramer was great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Thats certainly one of the best. Richards is quite honest about his very public breakdown and how it ruined him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 .... and he knows how to tell a story. Sadly, he hardly gets a job. I bet he can do a lot more than just playing Kramer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 I watched the first episode (Jim Carrey) and the Larry David one. Both were just eh. Jim Carrey was actually incredibly boring. At least they were only 15 mins apiece though. But anyway, I decided to use the time to watch Rick and Morty episodes again. That's basically my nothing else to do pastime at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 I guess if the subject matter isnt of interest to you I can see why it can be boring. Unlike Seinfeld it's a show about something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 The Crown Season 2 Never knew I would enjoy it as I did. The bad news is that it's over. The good news is that season 3 is coming! No longer with Claire Foy but with Olivia Colman as the Queen. And Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip. And Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret. Docteur Qui 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Whenever I see Tobias Menzies attached to something, I expect him to be following Ciaran Hinds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 His voice is awesome. He should do audio books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 2 hours ago, KK said: Whenever I see Tobias Menzies attached to something, I expect him to be following Ciaran Hinds... Carian Hinds needs to be in this show too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Or any show! So wasted on GOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 The Boondocks is coming back for another season. https://www.bubbleblabber.com/confirmed-the-boondocks-are-coming-back-with-a-new-season-on-adult-swim/amp/?__twitter_impression=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 I watched the first episode of Russell T Davies’ new show Years and Years. Stellar cast and with all the usual kitchen-sink trappings of RTD writing world-ending events. It’s Black Mirror meets Children of Earth. He really knows how to build a sense of dread and doom, but this time it’s World War 3 caused by Trump starting a nuclear war with China in the last days of his second presidential term (bonkers I know). Plus it has the extremely sexy Russell Tovey as the de facto lead character and a very hot gay sex scene. And Emma Thompson channelling Katie Hopkins/Piers Wagner as a shock commentator entering politics. I’m on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 10 hours ago, Docteur Qui said: it’s World War 3 caused by Trump starting a nuclear war with China in the last days of his second presidential term (bonkers I know). Bonkers ... or visionary? Discuss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Well it’s Russell T Davies, so... both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,714 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 I caught the first few episodes of The Twilight Zone (2029). It’s good. I know people are racking down on it, because it’s not scary enough, or doesn’t give you enough existential anxiety as Black Mirror, or whatever. But the show is good (or good enough), they all have that twist at the end - it’s the kind of classic story telling that requires that the writers and creators actually have to think before committing script to film. (If a TV-show can pull it of, why can’t Star Wars? I’m looking at you, sequel trilogy!) The only thing I find lacking is the title music. It’s not scary in the way that it should be! The notes are there, the theme is playing and all the pieces are in place... but it doesn’t have that punch. It doesn’t terrify me. It lacks some layer, or has added new ones, that prevents it from sending chills up my spine. Now, how’d they mess that up? Even though the creators have starred that they wouldn’t/haven’t deviate(d) from the classic theme at all - that’s clearly not true. Marcon Beltrami said in an interview: “The four notes that embody the theme served as the duo’s “jumping-off point” for how it could segue into something a bit more modern — and soon enough, a Hammond B3 organ, harmonic guitars, baritone guitars, electric bass, drums, woodwinds, and bongos were smoothly incorporated into what the composers describe as an “eerie vocal and an electric bass pattern.”” The music in the show’s good, it’s ok. It serves its purpose, so no complaints there if anyone is wondering. But did anyone else have the same feeling regarding the title theme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 On 6/2/2019 at 4:52 PM, rough cut said: 2029 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,714 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Que Twilight Zone theme... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 Wow! So last night, I finally remembered to check out Jeopardy!, to see the guy that's been winning so much lately. And after the first commercial break, I said to my wife "Wouldn't it be funny if we finally watch, and its the episode where he loses? AND THEN HE DID!! The woman who won made it look easy, too! I had to look up after if this was like, the first one filmed after his run began airing, but no, it was recorded back in March and his run started airing in April. She followed his strat of working from the bottom over instead of of top down and just schooled him really. Was interesting to watch @Disco Stu what did you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Gave up and stopped watching Castle Rock (Stephen King and JJ Abrams' revisit to Shawshank) midway through the third episode. It's incredibly slow and boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,176 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 3 hours ago, rough cut said: Que Twilight Zone theme... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 6 hours ago, Quintus said: Gave up and stopped watching Castle Rock (Stephen King and JJ Abrams' revisit to Shawshank) midway through the third episode. It's incredibly slow and boring. Thank you. Reviews were great and i waited and waited and waited... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Awful show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Deadwood: The Movie. It wasn't bad but to me it wants to provide too much closure. I prefer the 'open' ending of the last episode. It felt like it still could go anywhere. Also, projects like these always feel a bit like a reunion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 It provides closure? Great! Maybe now I can watch the show! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 It depends on the content. Stark open-ended ambiguity can sometimes work perfectly (The Sopranos), whereas in other shows a premature and unceremonious end can feel like cock blocking X10 (Firefly). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 As I understand it Deadwood was cancelled rather unexpectedly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Just now, Stefancos said: As I understand it Deadwood was cancelled rather unexpectedly. That's what I thought too, but I was quite surprised how well the last scene worked as a show's ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Discovery season 2 episodes 3 and 4 and two of the 4 short treks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 And? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 48 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: That's what I thought too, but I was quite surprised how well the last scene worked as a show's ending. Deadwood just got a feature length movie on HBO. Is this meant to be a series resolution or a prequel? I've never watched a minute of the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 6 minutes ago, Stefancos said: And? Well watch an episode or two tonight. Or we may give it a rest and try the Twilight Zone instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 1 hour ago, xWxzek said: Deadwood just got a feature length movie on HBO. Is this meant to be a series resolution or a prequel? I've never watched a minute of the show. The movie takes place 10 years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Just finished Good Omens! David Tennant and Michael Sheen are simply sublime and capture the characters in the book with miraculous accuracy, as does the rest of the cast and David Arnold's score is fitting too! It's a shame the series is so short, though I guess it follows the book - which reminds me - I must get back to finishing the book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Question: Is the whole Chernobyl series now available on demand in HBO? Because they have this free trial period.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Better yet, has the whole series been 'aired' yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 I believe it has, which is why I asked the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 It's finished already? Crap, I'll get started on it then, just in case someone spoils what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Apparently it's a 5-part miniseries and it has the highest rating for a series on IMDb ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 It's good. The opening and closing episodes are brilliant. It gets too procedural in between though, but a solid watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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