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

Did you watch Black Sails, that was alright.

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

Having seen a couple of clips of a Malkovitch interview on The Wil Wheaton Project, I'm not convinced.

BertyBasset · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 334

asfish wrote:

Crossbones- "Set during the golden age of piracy in the 1700s and centers on legendary pirate Blackbeard"

Has John Malkovich is it so should be good, also its about Pirates, whats not to like?

One episode out so far

Got it downloaded, not watched it yet.

Reviews are a bit "meh".

Impression I get is that it's worth watching to see Malkovich and Richard Coyle facing off against each other but, other than that, it's a bit bland (ie. your enjoyment is mostly dependent on you being a fan of those actors).

I like both actors so I'll give it a go, not expecting too much though. We'll see...

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

If you haven't watched Alpha House, watch Alpha House.

Grim... · **Posted:** Sat May 31, 2014 22:03

Okay.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

John Goodman! Bill Fucking Murray! It's very funny.

Grim... · **Posted:** Sat May 31, 2014 22:51

I have it.

I shall watch one tomorrow night.

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

I don't know who the red head is in 24: Live Another Day is but I'm finding her somewhat alluring. She's a beaut.

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

Emily Berrington, apparently. It must be the pearly blue eyes.

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

Really everyone: Just watch Silicon Valley.

Elrich is absolutely hilarious.

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

BertyBasset wrote:

asfish wrote:

Crossbones- "Set during the golden age of piracy in the 1700s and centers on legendary pirate Blackbeard"

Has John Malkovich is it so should be good, also its about Pirates, whats not to like?

One episode out so far

Got it downloaded, not watched it yet.

Reviews are a bit "meh".

Impression I get is that it's worth watching to see Malkovich and Richard Coyle facing off against each other but, other than that, it's a bit bland (ie. your enjoyment is mostly dependent on you being a fan of those actors).

I like both actors so I'll give it a go, not expecting too much though. We'll see...

Watched it the other night, thought it was Ok, but not 100% sure if I will keep on with it, a few more episodes are needed before I make my mind up!

Started watching Fargo last night, its brilliant and better still my wife likes it as well so its something we can both watch during the TV drought period we are in at the moment.

Also for fans of Orange is the new Black S2 of that airs tomorrow.

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

Would appear that the TV drought is almost over! Lots going on in June

Returning Shows

Orange is the New Black 6th June
Major Crimes 9th June
Suits 11th June
Defiance 19th June
Falling Skies 22nd June
True Blood 22nd June
Covert Affairs 24th June
Wilfred 25th June
Under the Dome 30th June

New Shows

Dominion- Angels on Earth plot 19th June

The last Ship “In the series, a global virus pandemic nearly obliterates the earth's population, forcing the crew of a naval destroyer to confront the reality of their new existence in a dangerous new world where they are among the only survivors” 22nd June

Tyrant “Tyrant tells the story of an unassuming American family — Barry, Molly and their kids — drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle East nation” by the same people who did Homeland 24th June

The Leftovers – Set after the Rapture takes place 29th June

Not an exhaustive list either! Stuff I watch or in the case of the new shows will try

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Jun 06, 2014 9:12

asfish wrote:

TV drought

Seriously?

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Jun 06, 2014 9:15

Californication, GoT, Orphan Black, Hannibal (finished now, granted), 24, Silicon Valley, Penny Dreadful, and those are just off the top of my head!

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

Grim... wrote:

Californication, GoT, Orphan Black, Hannibal (finished now, granted), 24, Silicon Valley, Penny Dreadful, and those are just off the top of my head!

Watching 3 of those plus Mad Men and Fargo and Crossbones! Still updates are very thin on the ground, normally I will have 3 or more things a day

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

Grim... wrote:

Californication, GoT, Orphan Black, Hannibal (finished now, granted), 24, Silicon Valley, Penny Dreadful, and those are just off the top of my head!

It depends what you're watching of course but certainly my episode calendar has almost completely emptied in the last few weeks. Of all the stuff I was watching only Game of Thrones and Veep are currently showing and they've only got like two episodes left. Now that I'm single though I might spend less time watching TV and more time playing games so I'm not in a rush to fill my schedule back up again; plus I've got a backlog of things like Black Mirror and the excellent looking The Returned that I should investigate. I need to try out Silicon Valley though as I suspect it'll resonate strongly and Alpha House looks like it could be good as well.

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

I'm loving the break - means I can try and catch up on the stupid backlog.
Finished off season three of Person Of Interest last night.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Jun 06, 2014 10:17

Bamba wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Californication, GoT, Orphan Black, Hannibal (finished now, granted), 24, Silicon Valley, Penny Dreadful, and those are just off the top of my head!

It depends what you're watching of course but certainly my episode calendar has almost completely emptied in the last few weeks. Of all the stuff I was watching only Game of Thrones and Veep are currently showing and they've only got like two episodes left. Now that I'm single though I might spend less time watching TV and more time playing games so I'm not in a rush to fill my schedule back up again; plus I've got a backlog of things like Black Mirror and the excellent looking The Returned that I should investigate. I need to try out Silicon Valley though as I suspect it'll resonate strongly and Alpha House looks like it could be good as well.

There's no excuse for not loving Californication.

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

Yes indeed.

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

No one looking forward to the new season of "Orange is the new black"? It's out today.

The first season was brilliant

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

I am. Top show.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25586

Orange Is The New Black is back on (Series 2) today. Brilliant show if you've not seen it. Some great characters!

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25586

Sorry RuySan, I was looking at a different page.

As you were...

sdg · **Posted:** Sun Jun 08, 2014 21:13

About nine episodes in to orange is the new black season two. Love it.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sun Jun 08, 2014 23:22

Two episodes in to S1 of OitNB.

Fun!

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:29

Craster says that you only really see boobies at the start of S01E01. Is that true?

Curiosity · **Posted:** Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:32

Grim... wrote:

Craster says that you only really see boobies at the start of S01E01. Is that true?

I've not seen two episodes, but they did cram all the boobs into the first few minutes, more or less.

It's still worth watching though, somehow!

They did include the redhead from That 70s Show though, so that's good.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:42

I'm not watching it because of the boobs. It felt a bit much for the train, you see.

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

You wouldn't want to watch episode 3 on a train, for sure.

Edit -- of S2. I now see you're talking about S1.

sdg · **Posted:** Mon Jun 09, 2014 21:36

Finished series two of OitNB. Amazing. Now need to wait a year for the next one :'(

might rewatch it all to cheer me up.

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

Cancelled shows, that I had either started watching or downloaded

• Intelligence
• Dracula
• Legit
• Crisis
• Believe
• Star Crossed
• The Tomorrow People
• Almost Human
• Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
• Hello Ladies
• Californication

Grim... · **Posted:** Sun Jun 22, 2014 10:06

Almost Human? Bugger, I was going to watch that.

Californication wasn't cancelled as such, it was a planned ending.

The only other one I watched was Dracula, and it was rubbish.

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

Almost Human hung by a thread but in the end didn't make it. If you watch it anyway, watch the episodes in the intended order -- like Firefly, Fox fucked about with the broadcast ordering.

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

Some new shows

Dominion- Cross between Game of Thrones and Supernatural

Last Ship- " a global virus pandemic nearly obliterates the earth's population" crew of a navy destroyer are all that are left etc

Also True Blood S7 started today

Not watched any of the new stuff yet as my parents have been staying for the last 4 days. Last night we had to watch Country File, followed by Antiques Road Show :DD

Curiosity · **Posted:** Mon Jun 23, 2014 11:35

Seriously? True Blood is still a thing?

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

I watched the pilot of "The 100" the other day. It was fucking awful, but as it is a CW show I think, I expect it will last another 10 seasons...

Curiosity · **Posted:** Mon Jun 23, 2014 12:23

Trooper wrote:

I watched the pilot of "The 100" the other day. It was fucking awful, but as it is a CW show I think, I expect it will last another 10 seasons...

Is that a prequel to "The 4400"?

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

No, it's a show about a guy who plays an online quiz on his xbox.

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

Trooper wrote:

I watched the pilot of "The 100" the other day. It was fucking awful, but as it is a CW show I think, I expect it will last another 10 seasons...

The 100 looks like a load of teen fluff at first but it really does improve hugely and has been renewed.

Halt and Catch Fire has been great so far, as has Penny Dreadful.
The Last Ship started last night so I've got that to watch this evening.

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

Dr Zoidberg wrote:

Trooper wrote:

I watched the pilot of "The 100" the other day. It was fucking awful, but as it is a CW show I think, I expect it will last another 10 seasons...

The 100 looks like a load of teen fluff at first but it really does improve hugely and has been renewed.

Really? Hmmm.... It would have to improve a lot!

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16557

So to summarise, there's fuck all on at the moment?

Fargo was great.

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

So glad they ended it properly though.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jun 23, 2014 13:33

Californication.

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

markg wrote:

So to summarise, there's fuck all on at the moment?

Fargo was great.

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

So glad they ended it properly though.

Yes, it was very good, but the show is still full of those bullshit moments that annoy me like

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

billy bob thornton never getting caught despite being completely uncautious. I had to tell myself that he was some kind of demigod like Judge Holden in Blood Meridian to take the show seriously

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

Or Gus basically murdering a man and coming away with a bravery medal or something. Or maybe i just don't know anything about american justice

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

New HBO show The Leftovers

http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-34506

A Rapture type plot in a small town, not started watching it yet, but HBO stuff is usually OK

myp · **Posted:** Tue Jul 01, 2014 11:16

Has anyone been watching Community?

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14488

Perception and Unforgettable have both started their 3rd season in the last week or two - also the pilot for the new CW show 'The Flash' has leaked online (and is not bad)

Slightly Green · **Joined:** 26th Aug, 2010 **Posts:** 2069

asfish wrote:

New HBO show The Leftovers

http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-34506

A Rapture type plot in a small town, not started watching it yet, but HBO stuff is usually OK

managed to get about 1/2 way through the 1st episode, hasn't grabbed me at all

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

Watched the first episode of Penny Dreadful last night, thought it was pretty good.

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

http://whatculture.com/tv/31-hottest-ne ... tion.php/2

New stuff on the way.

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

http://whatculture.com/tv/31-hottest-ne ... ion.php/13

They are making a TV show of Preacher (Just about the best comic book series ever)

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