Jay 37,373 Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia Season 15 It's honestly quite impressive how long this show has gone on for, and how they've continued to make good tv and stay relevant the entire time. Sure, of course the show is "past its peak", but their modern, short seasons are still better then a lot of comedies made these days. This season is one of the better ones they've done in a while! The first half of the season was a bit inconsistent, but the roller rink episode was really funny, and then the whole back half of the season in Ireland was great, the change of location and storytelling was super welcome and refreshing. I really liked it. I wonder if 8 episodes is the new norm of if they'll go back to 10 In related news, the Always Sunny Podcast is absolutely hilarious (and interesting), and the best product they've put out since the peak years of the show! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,714 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Invasion IMDB No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 Yea, there's been a lot of bad buzz about that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,471 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 14 minutes ago, rough cut said: Invasion IMDB No. Here's why the show is shit: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,714 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 The show was exhausting! I kept waiting for it to get good, or for any of the characters to develop any likeable traits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 Seems like the last 3 years or so of TV has had lots of really good comedies, and very little really good sci fi / fantasy content. Hopefully 2022 changes that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,401 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 On 11/01/2022 at 1:22 PM, Jay said: Seems like the last 3 years or so of TV has had lots of really good comedies, and very little really good sci fi / fantasy content. Well... The Expanse. Season 6. Well done everyone. I hope there is more to come. (There are three more books and they more than hinted at them.) If you haven't checked it out, it's well worth your while. It's "good" from the get go. But there are so many threads and you're not clear how they connect for... a while. So just enjoy the ride. It's an international thriller in space. Also an amazing series of books. Oh, and the Clinton Shorter score is pretty terrific too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 The Witcher S2: I'm sorry, guys, but I feel like quitting with it. It's just not good. Will The Wheel Of Time (on Prime) be any better? Hmm, something tells me it won't. Why is a good Fantasy show so hard to pull off?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,371 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 15 minutes ago, AC1 said: The Witcher S2: I'm sorry, guys, but I feel like quitting with it. It's just not good. Will The Wheel Of Time (on Prime) be any better? Hmm, something tells me it won't. Why is a good Fantasy show so hard to pull off?! Couldn't stand "The Wheel of Time" longer than 10 minutes. Not good. A24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,471 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 My mom watched The Wheel of Time. She liked it, but then again she loves stuff like Game of Thrones and Vikings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 40 minutes ago, Edmilson said: My mom watched The Wheel of Time. She liked it, but then again she loves stuff like Game of Thrones and Vikings. I like Game Of Thrones too but that doesn't mean I like all these new wannabees as well. Far from i! So far GOT is the only Fantasy I liked. BTW, vikings really existed, it's not Fantasy! GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JNHFan2000 2,968 Posted January 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2022 Finally started with Succession. Halfway through the 1st season. Wow this show is amazing! I love it so much. Jay, Docteur Qui, bruce marshall and 1 other 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,471 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 59 minutes ago, AC1 said: BTW, vikings really existed, it's not Fantasy! Yeah, but it's a medieval story with swords, wars and power disputes, it's enough for her to like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 - Thor Haga 7 hours ago, AC1 said: BTW, vikings really existed, it's not Fantasy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephariel 451 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Squid Game. What a show. Not just creative but extremely well written. Also, the score is sparingly used, but tremendous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,350 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Breaking bad, one episode to go. I really didn’t need this last season. - Mike dead was moving, but I didn’t like it. - Lydia is Fring’s superior? Yeah, right. - Didn’t need Todd. - We spend four seasons trying to keep Jessie around and then ditch him in two episodes. - Andrea dead, fuck yeah, why not. - Hank and Gomy dead, no! - Skyler gets protection but cops fail to guard back of the house? Yeah, right. They should have combined Gus’ death with Walt fleeing etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,371 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Breaking Bad season 4 has the perfect ending. They could have left it there. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 Lydia is absolutely not Fringe's superior, not sure how you came to that conclusion. He was the absolute top of the chain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positivatee 327 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 7 minutes ago, Jay said: Lydia is absolutely not Fringe's superior, not sure how you came to that conclusion. He was the absolute top of the chain. Quote Lydia Rodarte-Quayle was the Head of Logistics at Madrigal Electromotive GmbH, and was based at their office in Houston, Texas. She supplied methylamine to Gustavo Fring prior to the collapse of Gus' Drug Empire, and later aligned herself with Walt's Drug Empire and eventually with Jack Welker's Gang. At some point she became a secret partner to Gustavo Fring and Peter Schuler in their secret meth operation, assisting Fring in his distribution network and helping him procure necessary chemicals, equipment and resources to aid in his expanding empire. https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Lydia_Rodarte-Quayle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,471 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Anyone watching Archive 81 on Netflix? I've seen the first three episodes, which are decent but could've been much better and creepier. But the central mystery is compelling, so I'm gonna watch it until the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 My wife is watching it. I'll ask her what she thinks of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 I tried to watch episode 3 last night but I fell asleep. Not sure if I will continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 11 minutes ago, AC1 said: I tried to watch episode 3 last knight but I fell asleep. Not sure if I will continue. Obviously you didn't because you woke up, and posted this. A24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,968 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Finished with Succession: Season 1. I love this show!! I hope the other seasons are as good as this. This might be the best series of the last 20 years bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 I'd say all 3 seasons are pretty equally good as each other Nothing tops that Season 1 finale though, for me, that was incredible JNHFan2000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 To all UK viewers: does anyone know where I can find the last season of BROOKLYN NINE-NINE? Netflix doesn't have it, and I want to see what happens after the baby arrives. Also, I miss Gina like a sonofabitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 https://www.justwatch.com/uk/tv-series/brooklyn-nine-nine tells me it simply is not yet available in the UK In the US, season 8 is free on Hulu, or can be purchased on any of our VOD services https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/brooklyn-nine-nine Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 ...but, also.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Watching Ghost,the BBC version, and the CBS version, the similar and dissimilar in wonderful ways. Both shows are surprisingly touching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 We're watching the US version, it's light and fun We'll probably watch the UK original this summer after the US's season 1 is over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 For one reason or another, I couldn’t watch "American Horror Story" Season 7 when it came out, any more than the following ones. So I’m in the catch-up. Called "cult", the 7th season was... interesting, but I must admit I was used to more "supernatural" subjects. Starting from a Presidential Election that polarizes people, the series makes the tour of the great cults, the great sects that America has known... Pretty freaky! Tonight... Season 8: Apocalypse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Succession S1 E1 I might be judging too early but I have a feeling that every character is made to be awful & rotten because that's what the HBO crowd loves to see. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,968 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 20 minutes ago, AC1 said: Succession S1 E1 I might be judging too early but I have a feeling that every character is made to be awful & rotten because that's what the HBO crowd loves to see. That's kind of true. But I think it's a good representation of the world the show is about. They're of course not awful all the time. But this series is soooo good. I'm at Season 2 Episode 7. And it's so cool that basicly the whole show is talking. But it's done so incredibly well and the writing is sooo good. I'm really invested in what's happening. My sister wondered how it could not be boring if it's only talking. And I explained to her that for example: In something with action you get an action scene every now and then. But here the action scenes are verbal. And it's insane. I'm sometimes on the edge of my seat. That's the tension, shock and excitement that the show is able to build. And I for one like it very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 The success of this show is a perfect metaphor for our decadent world where billionaires own 99 percent of the world's wealth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 I'm sure it perfectly reflects the reality of that world but I don't want it to be that strongly stated all the time. I have the same problem with Ozark. Awful & rotten characters as a trademark, a selling point. Spoiler At least the kid got a Patek Phillipe ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 On 18/01/2022 at 6:35 PM, Naïve Old Fart said: To all UK viewers: does anyone know where I can find the last season of BROOKLYN NINE-NINE? Netflix doesn't have it, and I want to see what happens after the baby arrives. Also, I miss Gina like a sonofabitch. It ended in the US in September ... for it not to have been on E4 by now seems odd. Am enjoying BBC1 drama The Tourist, starring Jamie Dornan as a dude whose car gets deliberately ran off the road in Australia. After waking up in hospital with amnesia, he sets about piecing together exactly why someone would want him dead. And when it's done, it looks like its Sunday night replacement will be the final season/series of Peaky Blinders. Stoked for that! bruce marshall and Naïve Old Fart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Shalom, mate, shalom! Copy that, for Peaky, but...how will they handle Aunt Polly's absence? Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Hopefully she'll be written out in an appropriately respectful way. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 46 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said: Hopefully she'll be written out in an appropriately respectful way. By that you mean getting shot in the head?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 PEAKY is still on the air? My, how far British tv has fallen! Leave the gangsters to American TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 At the risk of being unrespectful, I didn't like the Peaky Blinders mother, so it's no big loss to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Maybe no big loss, as a character, but Helen McCrory was an exceptional actor, and her death is a great loss to the profession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Is Sam " The Ham" O'Neill still stinking up that show?😝 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 What, similar to how you're still stinking up this forum? No, he's not in it any more. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,471 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Just finished Archive 81. The show starts off a little boring, then things get really dark and intense on episodes 4 to 6, which are the best of the season. However, instead of building the tension, episodes 7 and 8 have a lot of exposition explaining the mysteries (I think it would be great if they left some unanswered). Worst of all, the climax of the show is not even that scary. Spoiler They finally show the Other World, but it's just a creepy version of the world the characters were living. In the end, it's a decent season, but it could've been better and darker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Succession S1 E2 I didn't notice this during the first episode but I get it now, it's a comedy show! And it's precisely the comedy that balances out my previous concerns about the show. Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Community: Season 2 Simply perfect. The two finals episode are such terrific pastiches, giving Göransson the opportunity to make two beautiful score ala Morricone/Williams that deserve a proper expansion. KK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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