General Purpose US TV thread

nickachu · **Posted:** Wed Dec 03, 2014 17:48

Grim... wrote:

So I'm nearly there - halfway through the last episode.

Two things:

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a) They only just thought of deorbiting the Ark? That never crossed their mind before now?

and

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b) They can bring it down with near-pinpoint accuracy and it never crossed their mind before now?

Pah.

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They weren't sure if the earth was habitable, hence sending the kids down to essentially die first. And it wasn't exactly pinpoint as you'll see in season 2.

Also Season 2

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bitch guard lady needs to die and so does Finn.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Dec 03, 2014 17:58

For the first one, it's not that they had to wait - they'd decided to go. Then they stood around not knowing how to do it.

nickachu · **Posted:** Wed Dec 03, 2014 18:05

Grim... wrote:

For the first one, it's not that they had to wait - they'd decided to go. Then they stood around not knowing how to do it.

You need some plotholes to get the storyline going.
Oh well new episode tonight.

Morte · **Posted:** Thu Dec 04, 2014 5:25

asfish wrote:

Aquarius looks promising coming March 2015

Quote:

...though it won't get to the Manson family's murder spree until later seasons.

Spoilers man

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

Sons of Anarchy cameos: 1) Vic Macky and 2) Cordelia!

Morte · **Posted:** Fri Dec 05, 2014 10:43

So it looks like Preacher is finally a thing...

http://io9.com/its-official-amc-has-ord ... 1666626821

Whether or not we ever get to see it is another thing altogether though.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

They should get Jeremy Davies to reprise his performance as Manson.

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4299

Morte wrote:

So it looks like Preacher is finally a thing...

http://io9.com/its-official-amc-has-ord ... 1666626821

Whether or not we ever get to see it is another thing altogether though.

Someone in the comments on that link appears to be suggesting Cillian Murphy should play Cassidy. I can't think why anyone would even suggest that.

Paul Kaye or somebody. Not Bez-cheeked Murphy.

Morte · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2014 8:42

Finished watching the first series of "The Strain" last night...disappointing to say the least, nearly every character is dull as dishwater (Crying Woman, Big Bad Business man type) or just flat out annoying (leading man Doctor fellow...and his idiot child...and crying woman's mum), apart from David Bradley and the Rat Catching man.

Oh and I'm sure all super genius hackers look like super models.

Verdict: Silly but not in a good way.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

Sons of anarchy finale was ok. Most stuff was tied up well enough and it was a fitting end, but there were no surprises. Everything happened pretty much as you would expect.

I'm getting towards the end of series 1 of The 100, and it's not bad. It's a bit more visceral and surprising than you'd expect by the initial chintzy american-ness and beautiful people.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

Trooper wrote:

Sons of anarchy finale was ok. Most stuff was tied up well enough and it was a fitting end, but there were no surprises. Everything happened pretty much as you would expect.

I'm getting towards the end of series 1 of The 100, and it's not bad. It's a bit more visceral and surprising than you'd expect by the initial chintzy american-ness and beautiful people.

I thought there was some odd almost supernatural bits at the end, was an OK ending. Thing it had the least killings for the entire season in this episode as well!

Sure they could keep it running as well if they wanted to.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

asfish wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Sons of anarchy finale was ok. Most stuff was tied up well enough and it was a fitting end, but there were no surprises. Everything happened pretty much as you would expect.

I'm getting towards the end of series 1 of The 100, and it's not bad. It's a bit more visceral and surprising than you'd expect by the initial chintzy american-ness and beautiful people.

I thought there was some odd almost supernatural bits at the end, was an OK ending.

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Yeah, but it is based on hamlet, so there has always been a bit of a ghost theme throughout. It's been subtle, but they ramped it up a little for the last episode. The homeless woman is basically the ghost from hamlet, and appears to both gemma and jax when momentous things are happening, or choices need to be made. Only they can see her, I think.

gospvg · **Joined:** 7th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 2306

Annoyed no UK TV channel picked up the last season ,will have to wait on Netflix to show the last season.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

I watched the first episode of The Returned the other day; it was fucking awesome and assuming the rest of the series keeps up that quality it comes very highly recommended.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

TV Show started based on The Librarians films

Not surprisingly its called The Librarians :DD

3 episodes out so far, not watched it yet but the films were ok if not a bit low budget. A TV show should be ok though

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5146

We'd not see any of the TV Movies but downloaded the first couple of episodes of huge series and thought it was ok. Light Sunday afternoon family entertainment, but that has it's place.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

Looks to be a release of The Wire on the NG in 720p with most episodes around 1.5GB

Best I could ever find was SD at around 800MB

First 2 seasons out over the last few days, so hopefully a season a day will be released.

Was aware there are plans for a Blu Ray release of this show in 2015 so not sure if this is an early leak or if its been around for a while and I missed it.

Good quality and they display at 16:9 without having to stretch on my XBMC

Grim... · **Posted:** Sun Dec 28, 2014 15:39

It's a remaster (as The Wire was never filmed in HD), but apparently it looks "okay".

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

It looks pretty good compared with the SD stuff.

So started watching it, wow! What a great show 3 episodes back to back, which is a lot of us these days

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5146

Banshee starts again tomorrow.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

Caught up with all of The 100 now, it's getting really rather good, for what it is.

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Jan 08, 2015 23:29

One of the Amazon Prime pilots due for launch later in the month is an ACW drama ('Point of Honour'). A large number of re-enactors I know in the US were extras in it*, so might look into giving Prime a trial if it works on the Roku. Other than that, I know little about it.

*Thankfully, I'm not aware of that ('estranged friend' - Ed.) being involved so if I do watch it I won't feel as awkward as I did watching another major streaming-only show last year

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Jan 09, 2015 0:31

Trooper wrote:

Caught up with all of The 100 now, it's getting really rather good, for what it is.

I gave up about half-way through the second season.

nickachu · **Posted:** Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:00

Grim... wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Caught up with all of The 100 now, it's getting really rather good, for what it is.

I gave up about half-way through the second season.

I loved it

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Grim... wrote:

It's a remaster (as The Wire was never filmed in HD), but apparently it looks "okay".

More importantly than that, the aspect ratio has changed -- from 4:3 to 16:9. David Simon was involved, though, and says that some shots look better and some look worse, as you'd expect. But overall he wasn't unhappy.

This is better than the hack job that is SyFy's broadcasts of Buffy in widescreen. They literally just took the 16x9 production footage and broadcast it. There are crew members visible in the screen edges in some shots. Joss Whedon was hella-angry on Twitter.

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Jan 09, 2015 9:53

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

More importantly than that, the aspect ratio has changed -- from 4:3 to 16:9. David Simon was involved, though, and says that some shots look better and some look worse, as you'd expect. But overall he wasn't unhappy.

In the early years of widescreen tellies I used to get really annoyed by people just watching everying in fattyvision rather than switching to 4:3. Still irks me today but most sets switch automatically. Clip shows are now the worst offender but some are getting better.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

Loving watching the Wire, looks as good as any other 720p stuff

Found there are a few of these episodes missing on the NG is S4 and S5, but don't have to worry about that for a while!

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

Grim... wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Caught up with all of The 100 now, it's getting really rather good, for what it is.

I gave up about half-way through the second season.

What are you commute watching at the moment? I need something else now

I tried Boardwalk Empire, but it's just a bit too nudity based to watch on a busy train, really.

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

I've been watching Amy Schumer's show and it's hilarious.

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2015 16:45

Where are the mortals of this group, and by that I don't mean the script kiddies who know how to set up sickbeard, getting your dubiously acquired TV stuff from nowadays?

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

DBSnappa wrote:

Where are the mortals of this group, and by that I don't mean the script kiddies who know how to set up sickbeard, getting your dubiously acquired TV stuff from nowadays?

I'm just using proxies for the various big torrent sites as always.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

If you're happy to stream stuff and not bothered about HD, then this place is your best bet.

http://www.couchtuner.eu/

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

DBSnappa wrote:

Where are the mortals of this group, and by that I don't mean the script kiddies who know how to set up sickbeard, getting your dubiously acquired TV stuff from nowadays?

Still using torrents and using either a proxy for EzTV or another one (that i cant remember right now but can post the link for tonight)

For others like me who are manually grabbing things new Castle last night !

** edit ** - BT chat

http://www.bt-chat.com/browse.php

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2015 17:18

DBSnappa wrote:

Where are the mortals of this group, and by that I don't mean the script kiddies who know how to set up sickbeard, getting your dubiously acquired TV stuff from nowadays?

They're here: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6429

[edit]Totally misunderstood - sorry

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2015 17:21

Trooper wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Caught up with all of The 100 now, it's getting really rather good, for what it is.

I gave up about half-way through the second season.

What are you commute watching at the moment? I need something else now

I tried Boardwalk Empire, but it's just a bit too nudity based to watch on a busy train, really.

Here's the "Grim... (almost entirely) booby-free viewing recommendation" list (which you'll have seen plenty of already):
Buffy
Angel
West Wing
BS:G
Boston Legal
Constantine
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Archer
Scorpion
The Walking Dead
Firefly

Here's the Booby-tastic list:
Californication
Game of Thrones

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

Seen a fair number of those, but I have Scorpion on the list. I'm currently working my way through the rest of Arrow.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

I've recently started watching and very much enjoying Modern Family if anyone's looking for something lightweight and amusing to get into.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2015 17:28

Trooper wrote:

Seen a fair number of those, but I have Scorpion on the list.

People will tell you it's stupid. These people HATE FUN.

"ZOMG YOU CAN'T CHASE A JUMBO JET THAT'S FLYING TEN FEET OFF THE GROUND WITH A FERRARI THAT YOU'VE JUST HACKED AND PLUG A NETWORK CABLE INTO IT IN REAL LIFE"

I would call that a problem with real life, myself

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

I didn't like Scorpion. It either needed to be stupider and sillier, or significantly smarter. It's the Goldilocks problem.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2015 17:51

You HATE FUN.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2015 17:59

Grim... wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Seen a fair number of those, but I have Scorpion on the list.

People will tell you it's stupid. These people HATE FUN.

"ZOMG YOU CAN'T CHASE A JUMBO JET THAT'S FLYING TEN FEET OFF THE GROUND WITH A FERRARI THAT YOU'VE JUST HACKED AND PLUG A NETWORK CABLE INTO IT IN REAL LIFE"

I would call that a problem with real life, myself

"I'd give it a bloody good go, though"

myp · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2015 18:53

LewieP wrote:

I didn't like Scorpion. It either needed to be stupider and sillier, or significantly smarter. It's the Goldilocks problem.

Isn't that the opposite of the Goldilocks problem? You want it to reach for extremes rather than sitting between certain margins.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

And The Goldilocks Problem makes no sense, her only problem was falling asleep.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Oh no, I have a surfeit of options that will cater for every possible taste, whatever will I do.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2015 19:07

HATE FUN

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2015 19:29

Grim... wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Seen a fair number of those, but I have Scorpion on the list.

People will tell you it's stupid. These people HATE FUN.

"ZOMG YOU CAN'T CHASE A JUMBO JET THAT'S FLYING TEN FEET OFF THE GROUND WITH A FERRARI THAT YOU'VE JUST HACKED AND PLUG A NETWORK CABLE INTO IT IN REAL LIFE"

You can't.

Singham can.

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

Trooper wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Caught up with all of The 100 now, it's getting really rather good, for what it is.

I gave up about half-way through the second season.

What are you commute watching at the moment? I need something else now

I tried Boardwalk Empire, but it's just a bit too nudity based to watch on a busy train, really.

I have to recommend "the affair" just this last time. I don't remember it having nudity...

Kern · **Posted:** Sat Jan 17, 2015 10:14

Kern wrote:

One of the Amazon Prime pilots due for launch later in the month is an ACW drama ('Point of Honour'). A large number of re-enactors I know in the US were extras in it*, so might look into giving Prime a trial if it works on the Roku. Other than that, I know little about it.

General consensus on some ACW forums I lurk on is that the battle scenes are good, as is the amount of cleavage on show, but the rest is pretty dire. Probably won't bother playing 'spot the extra' then.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

Covert Affairs has been cancelled, not surprised really, we were sort of pushing ourselves to watch the last season as it was a bit crap

New show 12 Monkeys based on the film of the same name, 2 episodes so far.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

That 12 Monkeys remake is dumb as hell. Seriously dumb.

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