Hot Heart Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 Been watching a few new shows besides the usual (Game of Thrones). Louie. Really liked that first episode. The doctor bit was hilarious, just the whole thing. His nonchalant attitude, his condescending, uncaring explanation. And the garbage men thing was a funny little scene. And the second episode featured the lovely Yvonne Strahovski so that was always going to be a winner. And then there was the episode with the fat girl. Whoa. Now that was brilliant stuff. Such a great performance, and a really lovely little story. 24: Live Another Day Decided to watch for two reasons 1. The aforementioned Yvonne Strahovski 2. It's in London, so I can see all the silliness (ridiculous travel times, heh) It's been okay. Never actually bothered with 24 after seeing a couple of episodes many years ago. It's so absurd but played so adorably straight, that you have to love it. Jack getting into a situation where he has to press the Enter key on a laptop across the room during a massive firefight or in a car being chased by a drone launching missiles. But really, the standout has been the Kate Morgan character. She is probably the most interesting character in the show, and is sort of developing into a female Bauer. Also you get a vengeful Cateyln Stark as the baddie (wih red-haired daughter, too). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 The last 2 episodes of Louie have been amazing. Aside from Freaks And Geeks, I think this the only other show to talk about teenagers smoking weed in a real way. While both shows can be seen as anti-weed, theyre way more ambiguous than that. Nonpreachy. Love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Gerbs, one show you should check out for the lulz is The People's Couch. It's on Bravo. Basically, a show where they make fun of reality shows. I'm not sure if anyone is really watching this show, but it did allow me to see more reality shows than I was aware of. It's a fun to watch with friends, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 (edited) We have a British equivalent of that called Gogglebox and it is absolutely brilliant. edit: Actually just reading up about it seems People's couch was franchised from gogglebox so definitely similar though the US version looks a bit less down to earth. I love all the people on it except the Tapper family who are very loud. Look at the gay dude on the lefts face when his boyfriend says "we all like a bad boy". It's 12 seconds in. Classic. Edited June 11, 2014 by TheFlyingGerbil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Ha! Someone was sleeping on the couch that night. Do you notice how clean the homes of these people tend to be? My house isn't glamorous, but it isn't as pristine as these people's "homes". For sure, it looks like interior decoraters all came into these "homes" before they filmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) Just watching the last episodes of Revolution. Man, it sure sucks to be Charlie, or the actress who plays her for that matter. She was the lead. Then she got major hate in early season 1, toned down in the latter half, and now she's demoted to being the chick who gets to roll her eyes and judge people. Every damn episode. EDIT: Well that's that. I was hoping they were going to do something with the nano. But I guess they didn't have time to rewrite/re-shoot the final episodes. Oh well. Edited June 13, 2014 by eleven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Wait is that the "all the electricity suddenly stopped" one? Did that actually turn out to be any good in the end? I know the trailer came out and everyone was all "Wha?" then it just kind of dropped off the radar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 I liked it except for the ridiculous subplot about the nanotech and whatever it was doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Yeah. The revolution plot of Revolution I think is standard fare post-apocalyptic stuff. Many nations rising after the figurative bomb fighting for control. The nanotech was kinda just in the background after season 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Yeah, it should have been "No one knows why the blackout happened, and no one ever will know. Here's some sword-fighting." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Orange is the New Black. Season 2. I finished watching the whole season a few days ago, just forgot to post some thoughts. I rarely, if at all, read interviews and articles talking about TV shows. If I do, it's when I'm specifically looking for something. Anyway, it was mentioned last year that OITNB would focus less on Piper, instead the attention would be divided among the rest of the ensemble cast. After the first episode, which is still Piper-centric, I kinda felt sad, because I do like watching Pipers... activities... in the prison. Turns out, those other women are interesting too. Especially Lorna (the italian driver, with the lipstick). That is such a fun episode. She seems like a nice girl, why would she be in prison? What else... hmm... It turned out the later Piper plot/story were BORING AS HELL. I hate Alex Vause. She is boring. Piper is boring when they're together. I wanted to fast forward with this shit. Oh, and boobs. There must be some kind of rule in that everyone should show boobs. Seriously, you think she won't show her boobs? She fucking will! Goddamn. I'm not a boob person, but I never thought I would react badly to seeing boobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 (edited) . Do you notice how clean the homes of these people tend to be? I think if you had a camera above your TV and you know some few million people were going to be watching your living room for half an hour each week, you'd keep the place pretty neat i don't think it's a reflection of what their homes are actually like. Gogglebox is brilliant. I also have a sweet spot for Made In Chelsea. It's obviously 98% facade, but it's so worth it for whenever people are absolute c***s to each other. Especially Spencer. Good god, I genuinely think Spencer is the most compelling TV villain of all time. No matter the show. I'd happily argue the point. Ive tried to convince my partner to watch it, but every episode she's seen has been super dull with no arguments/ confrontations. It'll happen sometime... Edited June 19, 2014 by kenshi_ryden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Why didn't anyone tell me how good Orphan Black is?!?!?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 I want to watch it, but it hasn't been available on any streaming sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 (edited) I watched the first season, I'm curious and I'll eventually watch the rest of it but I didn't really think it was as good as I've read it was. I think it's the lead's attitude that throws me off. She's a druggie (or former) with a daughter, and she never seemed to do anything right (before the show, that is). Thankfully, the situation she's in is really, really interesting. Edited June 23, 2014 by eleven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) True Detective. This is a good show. Started of kinda boring, at least for me, but it does pick up on the 2nd and 3rd episodes. They had to set things up and that's not always exciting. The show gives me a "Twin Peaks" feel. They're both murder mysteries, people move hella slow, the score is creepy, and honestly the whole thing they're dealing with is fucking creepy. I'm typing this at night and I'm creeped out I need to turn the lights on. Anyway yeah, it has that twin peaks creepy feeling but then it hooks you at the end of each episode and you just want more of it. Haven't watched the finale yet, but yeah if you haven't watched it yet, well, i suggest you give it a go. Edit: Oh, and also, Alexandra Daddario... Wow... Edited June 24, 2014 by eleven 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 A new show is starting up called Dating Naked. It is exactly what it sounds like. People are naked on dates. I'm watching as soon as it starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 I wonder how that would work out... I assume they would date at home. Maybe they should order take-out and surprise the delivery guy. There's an existing show where to people who don't know each other meet on an island, naked, and they attempt to survive for a month (i think). I watched 1 episode and man, the dude was almost dead in like 3 days, due to extreme sunburn and the lady was doing all the things and being resentful for it. I'm too lazy to look up the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 Naked and Afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 (edited) Probably mild spoilers, nothing vital. Just don't think about it too much (oh but since I said it, now you're going to. You can't help it. I'm not sorry). Finally watched Season 2 of Orphan Black. Though I don't like really like the lead (Sarah, and she is so boring this entire season, with only one thing on her mind), one thing I can say is she is great at performing all those different parts. They all had different mannerisms and attitudes and she pulls them off perfectly. However, that dance party was idiotic. It feels really... off.. detached from the rest of the episode. It felt forced. It's like they're saying "Hey we can put this all in one scene! Amazing eh?". I did not like that one bit. Some people apparently like it. Fuck em. Now this part is really spoilers, no joke. You really don't want to read this I'm serious. It's a real plot twist you definitely don't want to know if you haven't watched the show (even if you think there's only a slight chance you may want to watch it so you think it may be ok to peek, don't). Please don't read it. Seriously. Spoilers from the first word. That plot twist though... Male clone. I wonder if he could do different personalities like Tatiana does. They all seem to be serious guys with serious faces. Two of them are military (Mark was, AWOL according to his talk with... father i forgot the name). Then the other is a caged animal. I wonder how different they could be. Or maybe they're ALL military, and have different purposes? Yes, probably likely. Probably Mark has orders we don't know yet.And where the fuck was Tony? I thought it was Tony when Felix said someone was downstairs wanting to meet their sisters. What's the point of Tony anyway? He's a trans clone. Ok. Now they have a male clone. Well, male clone is definitely more interesting, than figuring out what Tony's regime is doing to his body (if it would have unintended side effects or whatever). I don't know. I'm babbling. He's introduced then put on a bus on the same episode. Maybe just to drive the point that there ARE more of them. I don't mind. He acts like Sarah anyway. Edited June 29, 2014 by eleven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Holy shit, "Lucky Louie" loves using "fag" more than Scorsese loves using "fuck." That's a lot of fucking fag. Its a little weird to see a show by Louis CK be so politically incorrect. There's even a whole skit about one of his friends acting like a retarded person so he can get free pizza. I dont feel like you can make fun of that stuff anymore nowadays. The show is also very by the numbers plotwise. Its like any other sitcom, but with hilarious dirty jokes. If you like CK, its totally worth watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 The Blacklist. I like it. James Spader is smug as shit. It's pretty good, it's definitely worth watching between seasons of <insert what you think is the most exciting TV in the past few years is> and <insert what you think is the best written show you've ever seen>. Concept is interesting, it's executed fairly well, but the cast though, I'm not sure. I like Reddington (Spader), and the other lead, Lizzy. But the rest of them are pretty much filler. Catch up to it before fall comes and the series you're watching comes back. I could see another season of this show being good. I just hope they don't stretch out the underlying plot they have now into a third season (and a season is 22 episodes long!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 So I just heard it today... Heroes is coming back! As Heroes Reborn in 2015. They said it'll have a new cast, but Claire's dad will be returning. I wonder if he'll be the focus of the show? Anyhoo... Season 1 was awesome, but it all went downhill, until Season 4. I thought it started to be good again, with Season 3's ending kinda being a semi-reboot (long standing plots closed). I hope badass future Peter Petrelli makes a cameo (or a cast member as a villain), and not that sissy we got in seasons 2, 3 and 4. I'm gonna go and rewatch Season 1 now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 I did like S1 of Heroes for the most part. I really liked the Peter/Nathan/Syler stuff. I suppose Hiro was amusing, but I hate all that prophetic bollocks that a lot of shows do (except Game of Thrones, where it's somewhat in the background of actual dramatic machinations), and the Nikki/Micah stuff was p dumb. Anyway, Peter made a good hero, Nathan was a good 'reluctant' hero, and Syler was a decent villain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 there was a fourth season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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