Quintus 5,399 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 I found it to be a very watchable 8 episodes worth in the end, just falling short of MUST SEE status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 It felt more like an 8 hour movie than an episodic television show The real story doesn't really begin until the second episode, the first has a lot of groundwork to lay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 4 minutes ago, Jay said: It felt more like an 8 hour movie than an episodic television show. This is what I figured. I don't expect the conventional 1 hour TV format to do it much justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Episodic tv is dead, sadly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 Seriously, Santa Clarita Diet is supposed to be a comedy but its heavily serialized, you can't tune into any random ep and know whats going on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,222 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Good riddance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Why? Does everything really have to be serialized? There's nothing wrong with a program which you can watch once in a while without having to commit to a full season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 That's the Joey in you talking, Steef. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 I'm sure many will agree! Not everything on TV needs to require ones complete attention. Sometimes its nice to just be watching something nice and light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Yes, like EastEnders! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Or Star Trek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Yeah. The American version of EastEnders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 55 minutes ago, Stefancos said: Sometimes its nice to just be watching something nice and light. Seinfeld! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Star Trek: TNG. The Naked Now. Very bad idea to do an episodes where they are all infected with virus that makes then act drunk as the second episode of TNG. Neither the writers nor the actors really knew the characters yet, so there's a complete lack of subtlty in the whole thing. Patrick Stewart especially acts like he's appearing in a regional pantomine. It's fun to see the cast drunk and horny. The Data/Yar scene actually gains depth later in the series. And the scene in Star Trek Insurrection where Geordi sees a sunrise for the first time is a moving conclusion of a wish spoken here. So in the canon the episode does have merrit. But its really mediocre tv sci-fi! Oh, and Wesley should have been killed off after this, on principle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 11 hours ago, Stefancos said: There's nothing wrong with a program which you can watch once in a while without having to commit to a full season. 8 hours ago, Stefancos said: Not everything on TV needs to require ones complete attention. Sometimes its nice to just be watching something nice and light. Completely and totally agree! I love serialized TV as much as anyone, but there absolutely needs to be "easier" content continuing to be created as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Well, personally, I can't agree. I don't think I have one episodic TV show in my top 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 I find it sad that you can't turn off your critical brain and enjoy some nice comforting, non serialized comedy from time to time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 But what if you just wanna have something to watch while you have dinner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 Exactly, that's what we throw on with dinner: Easy comedies. Of course, if we had kids, we'd have family dinners at the table without the TV on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 4 minutes ago, Jay said: I find it sad that you can't turn off your critical brain and enjoy some nice comforting, non serialized comedy from time to time It's because I associate it with bad TV shows. It's not a sad thing to avoid bad TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 1 minute ago, Jay said: Of course, if we had kids, we'd have family dinners at the table without the TV on. That's facist! Ask Lee, as a modern parent you teach them to look at the screen ASAP! Some peace and quiet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 We've been watching Cheers on Netflix, and while it's a syndicated sitcom that airs on reruns in random order, I believe it gains a lot by watching it in Netflix order. There's a story arc to the tension, romance, and inevitable breakup between Sam and Diane that would be lost in random order, especially if you start throwing episodes with Rebecca throughout. Carla is pregnant for a few episodes. Norm has a job, then loses it; he has his wife, loses her, then gets her back; and there are even some two part episodes in the first few seasons. I don't recall comedy series like Seinfeld or Friends having these storylines. Point is, I would not consider Cheers to be as linear as Breaking Bad, but it's got to be more than your average sitcom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Same for Friends. There are plot arcs that are years old in that show. Gives it more texture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 1 hour ago, Stefancos said: Star Trek: TNG. The Naked Now. It's a miracle that the show survived this episode and that DC Fontana stuck with it for a while after her script was butchered. This episode is basically important for giving us some insight into the new characters, their motivations and dreams and abilities under pressure. We see Geordi's eyes, we learn about Tasha's childhood, and see more of Riker and Troi's relationship. Yes, the Captain Wesley Crusher bit should have had him exiled somewhere, but remember this is first season TNG when Gene had a death grip on the writing and conflict, and his Mary Sue was a malaise for the rest of the adult characters. It's an embarrassing episode and might have worked later in the season. I still prefer it over, say, Code of Honor or even Skin of Evil. How an android can be infected by a poorly designed contagious human disease based on being drunk, even after he's gotten laid by a hottie, is perhaps the weakest bit of science fiction in the entire series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 It's rubbish. Needed to watch Call To Arms to regain my faith in the franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 You needed to watch a DS9 episode to regain your faith in TNG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 In Star Trek! The world of the Federation! Our world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Star Trek is just rubber forehead fantasy for a human future without Islam. Its false optimism has no hope in today's greedy world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Thats what I fear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 Santa Clarita Diet 1x04 The Farting Sex Tourist Santa Clarita Diet 1x05 Man Eat Man Santa Clarita Diet 1x06 Attention to Detail Santa Clarita Diet 1x07 Strange or Just Inconsiderate? Santa Clarita Diet 1x08 How Much Vomit? OK, I've figured out how to explain what makes this show not work for me, actually it's two (major) things. One is that these people don't talk like real people. Their entire language is writer's speak! They don't talk like normal people, everything they say sounds like its written by writers trying extremely hard to be clever and modern. It just doesn't work. And two is that the plot moves at a rapid rapid pace. Through three quarters of the first season, they've done as much storylines as other shows would have done in 4 seasons. The show barely spent time exploring Sheila's adjustment to being a zombie before it moved on to being about killing a new person each week to eat, barely exploring that before moving on to Joel killing as well, barely spent time exploring that before having another zombie show up for Sheila to interact with and share knowledge with, didn't even spend a whole episode on that before he was dead, etc etc. So on top of basically bad writing, the cast doesn't shine either. Both of the main kids are great, actually, but Barrymore and Olyphant are not. Barrymore was interesting in the first episode or 2 as she adjusted to her knew life, but has been one-note ever since, spouting out the ridiculous dialogue they write for her and acting so nonchalant about everything. And Olyphant is simply not a good comedy actor. He's been great in dramas and was OK in a small role on The Office, but as a leading comedy man here he just falters all the time. On top of all that, as I predicted the storyline where they try to figure out the cause of her condition is soooooooo draaaaaagggggggged out, moving a snail's pace while everything else in the show breezes by. Actually, they've been inconsistent with the timeline as well, with some episodes simultaneously referring to events to prior episodes as "a few weeks ago" in one storyline, and "the other night" in another storyline. Sloppy! Poor show, don't waste your time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Star Trek TNG - Manhunt An episode with virtially no plot at all. Troi's mum comes to the Enterprise suffering from Betazoid menopause which causes her to be horny as hell. She sets her sights on Picard who, instead of telling her that he's not interested, flees to the holodeck and a Dix Hill story that goes nowhere. Watchable, only just, because of some fun character scenes. (Say what you want about Majel Barret, she does always bring the house down) Bad episode though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 You watch TNG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Steef is slowly outgrowing Trek. Slowly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 6 minutes ago, Stefancos said: You watch TNG? What? No! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Nope. Why would anyone think that? Actually most of the mediocre episodes of TNG and even some of the bad ones have their charm. Doing the Lwaxana Troi ones today. Most of them mediocre, but entertaining. If you feel in the mood for broad, farcical nonsense. 2 minutes ago, BloodBoal said: What? No! You do! Admit it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 No! Why would I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 You watched all the films! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 But that was because you kept on harassing me via PMs, telling me I should watch them or you'd find me and kill me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Looks fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I'm watching: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Really? I would not have considered it on your level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 It isn't that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Marcy watched it and liked it, said it was "very romantic". I have no interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Alex is only watching it because it has Clara from Doctor Who, Jason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Finally decided to watch The Legend Of Korra. Watched Season 1 awhile ago but am starting over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 18 minutes ago, Jay said: Marcy watched it and liked it, said it was "very romantic". Well, it's more about the hardships of being the queen or ... being the husband of the queen. 18 minutes ago, Jay said: I have no interest. The Crown is next! 13 minutes ago, Stefancos said: Alex is only watching it because it has Clara from Doctor Who, Jason. She certainly is pleasing to the eye. Apparently the real Victoria wasn't pretty at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I liked The Crown. It's pretty much a really nicely dressed soap though. Generally great production all around, except for maybe the score, but even that has its moments in context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 2 hours ago, Alexcremers said: The Crown is next! She watched that one already too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 So Marcy and Alex watch and enjoy the same TV shows? Oh dear.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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