Jay 37,373 Posted November 9, 2014 Author Share Posted November 9, 2014 Saturday Night Live 40x05 Chris Rock / PrinceAbsolutely terrible. There was a sketch at the end that must have never been rehearsed or something, the actors literally stood there with clueless looks on their faces trying to find the cue cards on more than one occasion. This was bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 How was the extended Prince solo they hyped beforehand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted November 9, 2014 Author Share Posted November 9, 2014 We didn't watch it. He played for 9 minutes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Did he do Batdance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 David Chase hints at a Sopranos prequel:http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/sopranos-prequelFirst Twin Peaks and now maybe this, will Quintus finally admit we're living a Golden Age of television? Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Two shows does not a Golden Age make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Those are just two recent projects further supporting the fact that the golden age still isn't over. Watch this video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 David Chase hints at a Sopranos prequel:http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/sopranos-prequelFirst Twin Peaks and now maybe this, will Quintus finally admit we're living a Golden Age of television? Alex My dear Alex, I've been seen it for about 3 years, because we are. It's Steef who has yet to accept the truth - blinded by low rent BBC drama that he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Is BOARDWALK EMPIRE over after episode 8? Seemed....final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 Is BOARDWALK EMPIRE over after episode 8? Seemed....final.http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17332&p=1053028 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 That's settled then. While they rightfully gave more time to Nucky's early corruptions and poetically enhanced these episodes, the real stuff was almost comically cut short. There are so many loose ends it feels almost like a betrayal of the last 4 seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Glad I never took a chance on that one then, which I very nearly did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Its a reason i often start watching shows after they already finished. So i can find out if something that started out great eventually turned into mediocre shit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 The offscreen, between seasons death of Rothstein is the biggest offender in Season 5. Maybe they shouldn't have stuck to what happened to the real guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 It's a pity since the rest of it easily outshone 90% of other television series since DEADWOOD. Since Buscemi's character was only very loosely based on a historical figure i don't figure out the end either - he gets punished twice (by fate?) while people much worse than him come off smelling like roses. It just felt rushed and incomplete which is unusual with a successful HBO series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBard 71 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 So I've been watching How to Get Away With Murder.What the show depicts (and what it says about its writers):- Law students are arrogant, narcissistic, and irredeemable.- Law professors premise their classes with showing students how to practice law by focusing on how to acquit a murderer.- They attended the Quintin Tarantino school of flashback narrative technique.- All the characters (save perhaps the adult characters) are one-dimensional with a sole, dominant personality type.- If you're homosexual, you don't have any emotions that originate from some place other than your genitals.And those are just my observations so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 Yup. Every movie.10 episode Ash Vs Evil Dead series starring Bruce Campbell coming to Starz in 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 It's the Golden Age of TV, apparently. publicist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 Paget Brewster, Keith David join the cast of Community season sixI approve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Yup. Every movie.10 episode Ash Vs Evil Dead series starring Bruce Campbell coming to Starz in 2015Groovy...I'm still waiting for my Freddy vs Jason vs Ash movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 10 episode Ash Vs Evil Dead series starring Bruce Campbell coming to Starz in 2015Workshed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Don't get your hopes up too high, iIt's from the same people who brought us Xena The Warrior Princess.Anyway, this sounds pretty good (even though it's Nolan )Jonathan 'Interstellar' Nolan is developing and producing Isaac Asimov's Foundation series for HBO:http://www.thewrap.com/interstellars-jonah-nolan-developing-foundation-series-for-hbo-wbtv-exclusive/A serious sci-fi show on HBO?! Long live the golden age for TV!Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 We're living in it Alex, we're living right in the middle of it, and it is glorious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 Downton Abbey Season 5I ended up neglecting to write about this each week after the first 3 episodes, so here's a season wrapup instead.Overall, it may be the best season of Downton yet, if not that then it's at least the best season since the first 2. Seasons 3 and 4 had such a cloud of death and sorrow hanging over them the whole time, it ended up being more a bummer than anything else. This season was easily the funniest season. The first episode set the tone right away for the comedy to come, and it did continue throughout. The many subplots all got nice advancements bit by bit each week, and mostly concluded nicely in the season finale. Though there are enough dangling threads to make you want to watch the Christmas special and the next season, namely the Mrs. Bates twist and Tom and Daisy's goodbyes to everyone. I wonder how long this show will keep going, because right now I could see it running for 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 10 more years? Oh boy...no thank you.Maybe for Maggie Smith, but there are still too many dull subplots for that...Definitely an improvement from the last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 No I meant ten total, five beyond the five existing. Who knows. What do you think, they'll only do two more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I was think they'd go up to the Second World War, then wrap things up as that war ends. So that might have given us 3 more seasons.But apparently that's not on the horizon:http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/07/downton-abbey-world-war-ii_n_3718130.htmlSo I guess they'll draw out what remains of the 20s/30s in 2-3 seasons?The first season remains the best. I liked season 3 to some degree (with it's ups and downs), season 4 was a chore to sit through, and season 5 got the show somewhat back on its feet, even nothing remarkable really happens. If they can keep the momentum as consistent as they did this season, they should be good for the next. Speaking of which, have they renewed the show for a 6th season? I assume they did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 Yes, it's already been renewed for Season 6.http://www.eonline.com/news/595463/downton-abbey-renewed-for-season-6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 Well they've already covered 1912 to 1924 on the show (13 years) in 5 seasons.Most seasons begin 2 years after the previous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jay 37,373 Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 Do you watch the show BB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jay 37,373 Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 What do you think about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jay 37,373 Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 Mr Carson, Maggie Smith, and Mosely are awesome in every scene they have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jay 37,373 Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Homeland 4x07 ReduxHomeland Homeland Homeland, why do I let you do this to me? I should have known as soon as last week's episode ending so greatly and had me feeling like the show had finally found it's footing and a new hook on par with it's earlier brushes with greatness that it would follow it up with a subpar episode. I guess it's not like anything particular bad or cringeworthy happened in this episode, it was more that not a whole lot really happened. It was kind of cool seeing Lockhart show up and throw some weight around, and basically let the ISI know that he knows they're in league with Haqqani... but that's about all that happened besides Carrie's breakdown. I did appreciate the cinematic way in which that was filmed, though. I just can't stand that the ambassador's husband has become the smartest and most adept character on the show, and they've turned Quinn into someone who can't even notice another person being in the same apartment as him. Bah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Finished The Wire. Now it's on to Twin Peaks. Watched the pilot, and holy shit that was great. It's weird seeing that Lynchian style work for in a TV show format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 The underscore is great as well isn't it. Dated eerieness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 I've tried watching Twin Peaks a couple times. I can tell its good but I just haven't gotten hooked by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Brooklyn 99 2x06 Jake and SophiaAnother hilarious episode. Enjoyed Jake and Eva Longoria, enjoyed Amy vs Scully for the union rep, and Gina and Boyle's fight over the hotel room. That storyline still ended kinda weirdly I feel, but I suppose it might not be over just yet. I liked the continuity nod to showing how Jake's date went with Rosa's friend from a few episodes ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 The underscore is great as well isn't it. Dated eerieness!The whole thing is almost indescribable. Most of these elements shouldn't work, but they do. You have the realism of the opening sequence, and other great scenes scattered throughout that are very much grounded, but then you have classic Lynch moments like when her classmates find out about Laura's death (I don't consider this a spoiler as it's the crux of the entire show, discovered in the first 5 mins) through mostly non-verbal communication, they cut to a girl running and screaming across the school lawn, then cut right back to the classmates. It's a deliberate mood setter, but so off-putting that you barely have time to register it. Another Lynchian touch are the wild mood swings, like when Bobby is initially presented as a traditional "jock/bully" type, but there's that strange scene where he and his friend start barking at James in the prison cells, looking crazy. Weird stuff. Or the woman with the eye-patch yelling at her husband about drapes. You have comedy like the crying deputy, and tons of jokey material like one of my favorite exchanges so far:Cooper: Can you leave us, please?Morgue Attendant: Jeff(pause)Cooper: Can you leave us alone, please?And the music is just off the wall. The lounge-jazz music that follows Audrey around, or the same music (or similar) that turns on when Bobby snaps his fingers while being interrogated and then it just turns off. The eerie synth that crops up from time to time, the main theme music. All great.I can't wait to see all of these great characters breathe a little and stretch their legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 Modern Family 6x07 Queer Eyes, Full HeartsGood stuff. Finally enjoying the direction they're taking Haley's character. Still not sure what to think of Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 The underscore is great as well isn't it. Dated eerieness! The whole thing is almost indescribable. Most of these elements shouldn't work, but they do. You have the realism of the opening sequence, and other great scenes scattered throughout that are very much grounded, but then you have classic Lynch moments like when her classmates find out about Laura's death (I don't consider this a spoiler as it's the crux of the entire show, discovered in the first 5 mins) through mostly non-verbal communication, they cut to a girl running and screaming across the school lawn, then cut right back to the classmates. It's a deliberate mood setter, but so off-putting that you barely have time to register it. Another Lynchian touch are the wild mood swings, like when Bobby is initially presented as a traditional "jock/bully" type, but there's that strange scene where he and his friend start barking at James in the prison cells, looking crazy. Weird stuff. Or the woman with the eye-patch yelling at her husband about drapes. You have comedy like the crying deputy, and tons of jokey material like one of my favorite exchanges so far:Cooper: Can you leave us, please?Morgue Attendant: Jeff(pause)Cooper: Can you leave us alone, please?And the music is just off the wall. The lounge-jazz music that follows Audrey around, or the same music (or similar) that turns on when Bobby snaps his fingers while being interrogated and then it just turns off. The eerie synth that crops up from time to time, the main theme music. All great.I can't wait to see all of these great characters breathe a little and stretch their legs.Yes YESSSSS, you get it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 I bought Boardwalk Empire (Season 4) and True Detective on Blu-ray. Boy, I tell you one thing about the golden age of TV, it's getting expensive! Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 I hope you will like True Detective Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 He will but he won't want to be seen to Remember: Alexcremers is unique! Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 I thought he already watched it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 Why would you think that? He doesn't pay for HBO, he doesn't torrent... how would he have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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