General Purpose US TV thread

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16560

Huh? I used eztv or some mirror of it just last night.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Nov 26, 2015 11:19

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5156

Showbox is apparently decent, and there's plenty of pirate bay proxies if that's your kind of thing.

Morte · **Posted:** Thu Nov 26, 2015 11:55

Aye...what those fellows say. No torrent sites are blocked over here so it's Liberty Hall.

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

krazywookie wrote:

Morte wrote:

Jessica Jones is now on US Netflix...not sure about the UK Service.

Just waiting for it to turn up on other 'platforms'

Where are the other "platforms" these days? Eztv is dead and im struggling to find another source...

Google for "tpb proxy" or "kat proxy". It's one extra step but still works perfectly fine for all my downloading needs.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

And although EZtv 'died' - it came back (if you google a proxy of it its there and works fine - its still my first port of call for US tv (closely followed by KAT)

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Thu Nov 26, 2015 14:34

BertyBasset wrote:

Just a heads-up for sci-fi fans....

There's a new US tv series called "The Expanse". Big-budget stuff. Apparently they had a 5-million dollar budget for each episode.

Not due to start airing until mid-December but the first episode has been made available to watch on-line (and, by extension, can now be downloaded from the usual scene-release and torrent sites).

The small handful of reviews I found all said it was excellent. One basically said it was shaping up to be the best new sci-fi show of the past 10 years.

That's all really. I've downloaded it but not watched it yet.
Just passing this information on. Don't shoot the messenger if it's crap !

Just downloaded this. I read the book it's based on earlier this year, which to be frank, isn't brilliant. However, I suppose it was an interesting premise, so looking forward to watching this this evening.

krazywookie · **Posted:** Thu Nov 26, 2015 22:02

Ah, thanks for all that although I have tried those things recently and it's always resulted in failure. Im pretty sure actually that my pc is fucked right in the software and I need to reinstall the os but I lent the disc out ages ago and dont want to buy another license so the pc must languish a while longer.

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Thu Nov 26, 2015 22:38

DBSnappa wrote:

BertyBasset wrote:

Just a heads-up for sci-fi fans....

There's a new US tv series called "The Expanse". Big-budget stuff. Apparently they had a 5-million dollar budget for each episode.

Not due to start airing until mid-December but the first episode has been made available to watch on-line (and, by extension, can now be downloaded from the usual scene-release and torrent sites).

The small handful of reviews I found all said it was excellent. One basically said it was shaping up to be the best new sci-fi show of the past 10 years.

That's all really. I've downloaded it but not watched it yet.
Just passing this information on. Don't shoot the messenger if it's crap !

Just downloaded this. I read the book it's based on earlier this year, which to be frank, isn't brilliant. However, I suppose it was an interesting premise, so looking forward to watching this this evening.

Just watched this and really enjoyed it. The book it's based on, Leviathan Wakes won't win any awards for originality but it's a pretty decent and very solid space opera/western. The programme seems to be taking the book and applying some serious bucks, not only in production values but also in writing and directing. It's good, if not great. Doesn't spoon feed in any shape or fashion and seems to be taking its time in letting the narrative unfurl pretty similarly to the book. Give it a look guys.

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

Found a couple of shows...

Wicked City, a detective show set in LA in the early 1980's. Watched one episode last night and its very good. The plan for this show is that each season will be one story set in a different time period based in LA each time.

This season features a great 80's soundtrack and last night at lot of the action was in the Whiskey a go go club and had Billy Idol playing on stage (well I guess a guy dressed up look like him) all made for a great show

Prey, not watched this yet, but plot is around a new species of human appearing that preys on the current species. Liked the idea but not sure my wife will be too keen. Will give it ago next week when she goes to one of her exercise classes!

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

Quote:

Wicked City, a detective show set in LA in the early 1980's. Watched one episode last night and its very good. The plan for this show is that each season will be one story set in a different time period based in LA each time.

This has been cancelled after 3 episodes, with 8 made over all :facepalm:

It was really promising as well, not had a show I liked pulled for a long time!

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

"Google for "tpb proxy" or "kat proxy". It's one extra step but still works perfectly fine for all my downloading needs."

Or just go here for a one-stop solution : https://unblocked.pe/

Morte · **Posted:** Mon Dec 07, 2015 18:38

Ash Vs Evil Dead this week was sublime.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Dec 07, 2015 18:51

Morte wrote:

Ash Vs Evil Dead this week was sublime.

Right? The level of violence was off the chart!

Morte · **Posted:** Mon Dec 07, 2015 19:37

Death by bacon slicer!

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2015 15:34

Finally watched the last couple of episodes of Daredevil.

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

An okay end. The last fight had a few fun bits in it, but there were a few kinda tired old tropes in the last couple of episodes.

Wesley's death was just atrociously done, and almost stopped me from watching the last couple of episodes.

"Hi, I'm a man known for his meticulous planning. I run the Wilson Fisk empire and am his right hand man. I am basically a criminal mastermind who is specifically known for his ability to plan and to foresee issues and make sure eventualities are covered.

Watch me insist I am alone while I interrogate a woman who hates me, threaten to kill everyone she ever loved, and then hand her a gun! Imagine my surprise when she kills me with the gun I handed her!"

I also think there was a bit much 'action offstage', when there'd be ten men with guns, we hear some punching sounds, and then they're all down and out.

And Fisk's escape from the truck has been done about a zillion times before, so it had literally no impact (much like the bullets of the cops with loads of cover versus the baddies who were stood in the middle of the street, right... strange how the baddie cops were earlier crack shots who couldn't miss!).

The FBI not even speaking to Fisk's other half was silly, as was Daredevil's ability to hear the conversation Fisk was having in the truck.

Also, the Stick storyline kinda vanished. Thought that was coming back at some point. Maybe in season 2.

Overall it was good, but just seemed rushed towards the end and relied on characters being stupid and too many shortcuts.

I'd happily watch a second season though. The guy playing Murdock was cool, and red hair girl is lovely.

Morte · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2015 9:33

Oooo, over the next three nights SyFy are showing the Childhood's End mini-series. They better not cock this up.

Morte · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2015 9:44

In other US TV news, I saw this on io9...

Quote:

The Dark Tower

Following the news that Matthew McConaughey had been approached to play either the lead or the villain in the long-in-development film, Deadline is now reporting that Idris Elba is the frontrunner to play gunslinger Roland Deschain, the hero of the piece.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

Idris Elba will soon be Bond, The Doctor, Roland Deschain, Kermit the Frog and Jesus Fucking Christ.

Morte · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2015 14:34

DavPaz wrote:

Jesus Fucking Christ.

This is obviously the dark and gritty version of the story.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2015 14:47

Not sure about Edris for Roland. He's obviously based on Clint Eastwood. He needs to be a knarly ugly old man.

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

DavPaz wrote:

Idris Elba will soon be Bond, The Doctor, Roland Deschain, Kermit the Frog and Jesus Fucking Christ.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

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

Grim-beard... the noisy wrote:

Not sure about Edris for Roland. He's obviously based on Clint Eastwood. He needs to be a knarly ugly old man.

That kind of thinking just leads to you casting a second-rate Eastwood lookalike though; that works on the page but is rather more clunky in an adaptation. Might be better to inject some breathing room between the Eastwood cliche and the character. There are other Western tropes you could mix in, for example.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2015 15:56

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

Idris Elba will soon be Bond, The Doctor, Roland Deschain, Kermit the Frog and Jesus Fucking Christ.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

Festive Warrior wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

Idris Elba will soon be Bond, The Doctor, Roland Deschain, Kermit the Frog and Jesus Fucking Christ.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Well, natch.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Grim-beard... the noisy wrote:

Not sure about Edris for Roland. He's obviously based on Clint Eastwood. He needs to be a knarly ugly old man.

He's utterly beautiful.

I don't know how every man and woman on this planet is not head over heels in love with him.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

And I totally want him to be Bond. He'd make an AWESOME Bond.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Dec 16, 2015 2:14

I have episodes 1, 3 and 4 of The Expanse.

That's a bit odd.

Episode 2 is due out in a few hours, though.

Morte · **Posted:** Wed Dec 16, 2015 6:33

First episode of Childhood's End was pretty good...a bit uneven but the reveal at the end was well handled.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Grim-beard... the noisy wrote:

I have episodes 1, 3 and 4 of The Expanse.

That's a bit odd.

Episode 2 is due out in a few hours, though.

There have been a few times that's happened - normally something is held back due to something in the real world (e.g. Supergirl episode 4 was pushed around with ep 5 since it had a 'terrorist' and it was the week of the Paris attacks , there was another cop show that had an episode pushed around because of the Boston Bombing (Castle?) and it had similar themes)

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:18

The Man in the High Castle - 2 episodes in and it is superb. Beautifully shot, real sense of desperation from all sides. I really like it.

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

I've seen two as well, and it's definitely good TV. They seem overly fond of annoying background noises though - hissing TVs, ringing phones...

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

Weirdly we decided to dip our toes into The Man in the High Castle last night as well, and watched Ep 1.

Really nicely realised, it looks great. The rebel chap who got captured was a tad hammy and obvious. Rufus Sewell is nicely unpleasant.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16560

We've seen them all, really good. Can't wait for season 2.

nickachu · **Posted:** Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:48

Has anyone mentioned Manhattan? The 2nd season is pretty much over now I think, really good slow burner of a show.

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:55

Grim-beard... the noisy wrote:

I have episodes 1, 3 and 4 of The Expanse.

That's a bit odd.

Episode 2 is due out in a few hours, though.

Heh. I discovered exactly the same last night. DLed ep 2 this morning.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:56

Cap'n Gingerbeard wrote:

They seem overly fond of annoying background noises though - hissing TVs, ringing phones...

Much like The West Wing.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5156

nickachu wrote:

Has anyone mentioned Manhattan? The 2nd season is pretty much over now I think, really good slow burner of a show.

Me. Got the last episode to watch tonight.

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

Grim-beard... the noisy wrote:

Cap'n Gingerbeard wrote:

They seem overly fond of annoying background noises though - hissing TVs, ringing phones...

Much like The West Wing.

Much, much more noticeable. And they linger on it, too. Guy sitting in a chair puffing on a cigarette, TV crackling away loudly. For like, 30 seconds.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16560

I never even noticed it, although I'm sure I would now you've mentioned it.

nickachu · **Posted:** Wed Dec 16, 2015 23:49

Dr Zoidbeard wrote:

nickachu wrote:

Has anyone mentioned Manhattan? The 2nd season is pretty much over now I think, really good slow burner of a show.

Me. Got the last episode to watch tonight.

Me too! I wanna see a big kaboom!

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11843

Started watching mithc, got to ep5 liked the first two a lot, seems to drift of a bit in the next few. Disappointed to hear that it isn't a single season show with defined conclusion.

Kern · **Posted:** Sat Dec 19, 2015 9:31

Finally, there's an Amazon Prime app for the Roku, so I can actually access this stuff through my telly.

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

I've been watching "The Man in the high castle" (4 episodes) and i'm not entirely convinced to the changes they made to the book. I know it's a show and they had to add something so fill it, but:

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

Changing the book to a movie can be a good idea, since it's easier to show on the tv, but it just reveals the twist too soon

Same with the Joe Blake character. In the book he was a stone cold nazi that was revealed later on, not the conflicted individual on the show.

But what annoys me most is the existence of a resistance movement. In the book, America had truly lost the war and people were hopeless. It's a much more interesting scenario, and made the books written by the Man in the High Castle so much more important.

There's this need of having every character to be almost an action movie hero. In the original story, Frank was just a common guy who wanted to make a living from doing jewelry, for example. Same with Juliana, which just wanted to have a regular life before accidentaly meeting Joe Blake.

It's still worthwhile though. The cast is good. The main actress is excellent, and is very pretty in a "Hollywood golden-age" kind of way.

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

She's bloody lovely. I always think with adaptations like this that you're probably better off pretending you've never read the book, however. See also The Walking Dead.

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

I'm usually not very picky when it comes to these adaptations, but as a huge Phillip K. Dick fan, i'm kind of annoyed how his works are always adapted to hollywood clichés, when his books are always about the opposite.

For example, in the book Juliana gets intimate with Joe shortly after meeting him, but obviously god forbid having a promiscuous heroine on an american tv show.

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

BTW, Fargo was excellent. Kirsten Dunst was brilliant as usual.

Trousers · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3073

It's on UK Netflix now but the only mentions I can see of it are in this thread - finished Jessica Jones last night.

That is some damn good telly. The characters are that finely crafted that all the superhero stuff does just seem normal and the reactions to it all are actually what people would say and discuss with other having been confronted by someone with powers. And it deals with how those individuals cope with the power and how isolated it makes them. This is no consequence-free zone - it even talks about people killed by the alien invasion in Avengers - it's a very ground level series.

Tennant and Ritter are both excellent and Kilgrave is a compelling adversary that you can absolutely believe in, not only his powers, but his sociopath nature and what happens when you do live without consequence.

Can't recommend it highly enough.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Jan 06, 2016 11:03

Are there boobies? I tend to avoid boobyTV on the train.

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

Grim... wrote:

Are there boobies? I tend to avoid boobyTV on the train.

Unlike the journalist in this story.

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