General Purpose US TV thread

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2017 23:57

asfish wrote:

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Designated Survivor is really shallow, but quite entertaining. We're four episodes in.

Hooten and the Lady has continued to delight me, against expectations.

I watched one Friday night and had done all 10 by Sunday, good show.

Not sure how much longer it can go on with key characters all knowing things and not speaking to each other though!

Woah! Episodes 7 and 8 are megashark vs. Giant octopus level quality. Episode 8 is probably below that. Christ. My Gran would have written and acted it better and she's been dead for almost 20 years.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Fri Jan 13, 2017 17:11

Fox are making a pilot based on the frankly amazing book 'The Passage' by Justin Cronin. It's a sort of post-apocalyptic vampire plague story, but far better than that sounds.

You really should read it. Or wait for the inevitably disappointing TV series.

I'm still excited.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5148

Colony has started its second season and is great.

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

Braindead is incredibly good. It's a sort of sci-fi comedy political drama about politicians getting infected by brain bugs from space. It's funny, and clever, and has Mary Elizabeth Winstead who is brilliant and lovely.
Sadly it was cancelled after just one season, but watch it anyway. It's on Amazon.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5148

I was quite happy to see it end. Not because it was bad - I loved it - but it got to the point, told a story in a funny fashion with amazing musical intros and then finished rather than dragging it out forever.

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

The 'previouslys' are amazing.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2017 20:08

This is my ringtone now.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Jan 20, 2017 8:44

Grim... wrote:

This is my ringtone now.

: D

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Jan 20, 2017 9:33

Two Broke Girls has done delightful outfits this week. Maybe last week.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Jan 20, 2017 9:46

Desigbated Survivor started off a bit silly, then git ridiculous. Watch it if you've got nothing else to.

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

MaliA wrote:

Desigbated Survivor

That sounds how the 4-year-old me would have pronounced it.

See also, trousoos and busgetti.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Jan 20, 2017 10:05

Findus Fop wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Desigbated Survivor

That sounds how the 4-year-old me would have pronounced it.

See also, trousoos and busgetti.

I have a cold.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Jan 20, 2017 10:11

Grim... wrote:

Two Broke Girls has done delightful outfits this week. Maybe last week.

It was last week. This week was about them being zombies, and was quite funny.

Meow-meow-meow-moew meow-meow-meow-moew meow!

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

Grim... I know you probably don't know any way of sorting this, but if I was to not watch S4Ep8 of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and it didn't keep saying "Media Error" then do you know how I'd go about trying to not watch it any more?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Jan 20, 2017 12:06

Ooh Sneaky Pete is out on Netflix. I enjoyed the pilot episode, hope this is decent.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5148

Russell, do you have a memory stick with you?

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Jan 20, 2017 14:22

Mr Russell wrote:

Grim... I know you probably don't know any way of sorting this, but if I was to not watch S4Ep8 of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and it didn't keep saying "Media Error" then do you know how I'd go about trying to not watch it any more?

You probably couldn't try again tonight.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

Zoidberg - thanks, but it's not a streaming thing.
Grim... - thanks, I definitely won't.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

Mr Russell wrote:

Zoidberg - thanks, but it's not a streaming thing.
Grim... - thanks, I definitely won't.

This didn't work and we haven't now seen it and I don't even know what we're not talking about anyway. Thank you.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:12

Dirk Gently on netix is ace. Davpaz looks like the Hobbit.

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

MaliA wrote:

Dirk Gently on netix is ace. Davpaz looks like the Hobbit.

I really enjoyed it, although some people upthread said they disliked Barnett as Gently. Which I can see, although he grew on me. He's the worst bit of the show, though. Obv Old Cop Toby Ziegler is the best bit.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:18

I think Barnett is great. Natty jackets, too, (if you have £800 to spend on one). I came into it knowing nothing, and it has been a delight.

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

MaliA wrote:

Natty jackets, too, (if you have £800 to spend on one).

The jacket changes colour several times during the show. This is never explained. I like that.

Also, it builds very satisfyingly to a solid ending which, despite the seeming incomprehensibility of the first half, was clearly well thought out from the beginning. And has an absolutely superb comedy moment from Chief Galen in the last-but-one episode. You'll know it when it happens.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38460

MaliA wrote:

Dirk Gently on netix is ace. Davpaz looks like the Hobbit.

Are you saying I look like Elijah Wood, or Martin Freeman?

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:45

DavPaz wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Dirk Gently on netix is ace. Davpaz looks like the Hobbit.

Are you saying I look like Elijah Wood, or Martin Freeman?

I..i..it"s pop culture. I am confused

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38460

If I do look like Elijah Wood, it's probably the 'ten-years-with-the-ring' Gollum version

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38460

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

Watched a couple of shows recently that are quite good, Shooter and Incorporated.

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

I've consumed a load of 2 Broke Girls having forgot that it existed. Turns out my love affair with it is well and truly over. I could barely raise a smile at most of the episodes I've watched so I think I'll leave it here unless I'm uber bored.

Maybe it's the whole Randy story. The actor playing Randy wasn't terrible but he wasn't likeable either.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2017 20:20

It's a terrible, terrible show.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2017 20:23

Oblig.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2017 20:25

Obliged.

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

It's utter shite. I never miss an episode.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38460

I can't bear it any more. The wife still puts it on though, so I can still look at the boobs.

*Stiflers Mom*

*Wild Cheering*

HNNNG

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

The Good Place ended really, really well. It's up there for B99 for me, and that's high praise. All six of the central cast are at the top of their game.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5148

Yep, I really didn't expect a plot twist there.

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

Always Sunny is back and it's glorious.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

I finished the first season of LUKE CAGE last night.

Overall it was pretty good, although by the end of the season I'd place it below Jessica Jones and S01 of Daredevil. (I didn't think S02 of Daredevil was as good as S01.)

The big problem I had with season one of NICK CAGE (as we call it), was:

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

Killing off Cornell Stokes halfway through the season and replacing him with the less interesting, cliched, cartoonish Stryker. For starters I think it's just bad form to establish the villain of the piece at great length, and then have him be killed by his own cousin, because we're already invested in the character and we wish to see GOOD triumph against EVIL.

And then to replace him with 'standard movie device #24 the brother with a grudge' seemed extra crap. The guy who played Stryker seemed to be a good actor and that, but the dude who played Cornell was far more effective IMO.

Compare and contrast with David Tennant's turn as Kilgrave in Jessica Jones and one surely has to conclude that Stryker was a poor choice for the ultimate villain of the season.

Not happy to see it end on a clear setup for season two either, with no real closure on the story arc of season one. They may as well have just put 'tune in next week' over the closing credits as that's basically all they did.

685/1000

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2017 10:26

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Always Sunny is back and it's glorious.

Started S10 last night. It's still superb. Frank is revolting. I love it.

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

Yeah I think Luke Cage squandered a lot of good elements with structural problems as you've described. It's becoming more clear to me that the Netflix Marvel stuff needs to be tighter. I'd love to see them do 6 episode seasons. I've felt all of them except for the first season of daredevil have to an extent fallen apart in the latter half.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2017 11:42

I loved Luke Cage, much more than either season of Daredevil (even though I enjoyed that too). Jessica Jones was best though.

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

LewieP wrote:

Yeah I think Luke Cage squandered a lot of good elements with structural problems as you've described. It's becoming more clear to me that the Netflix Marvel stuff needs to be tighter. I'd love to see them do 6 episode seasons. I've felt all of them except for the first season of daredevil have to an extent fallen apart in the latter half.

On six-ep seasons, great idea. Daredevil and JJ both felt flabbier than King Pin's arse at times.

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

Luke Cage's brother kept reminding me of the bloke from Fine Young Cannibals.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2017 11:47

markg wrote:

Luke Cage's brother kept reminding me of the bloke from Fine Young Cannibals.

That reminds me of the time I got 'She Drives Me Crazy' stuck in my head for about two weeks.

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

I liked Jessica Jones, but I think it might have benefited from having 5/6 episodes of her doing a case of the week, so we could spend more time with her as a PI, gradually introducing the Kilgrave stuff and then switching gears completely for the second half.

It was a little slow getting started, so I think using the format to have self contained stories setting the scene early on could have helped.

Basically all the Netflix stuff feels stretched a little thin. They either need to use the format properly, or trim it down.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2017 11:56

Lonewolves wrote:

markg wrote:

Luke Cage's brother kept reminding me of the bloke from Fine Young Cannibals.

That reminds me of the time I got 'She Drives Me Crazy' stuck in my head for about two weeks.

Never stop looking.

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

On THAT scene and the next series of Luke Cage:

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2017 11:58

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

Oh, good work.

Also that video is hella weird.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2017 11:59

Findus Fop wrote:

On THAT scene and the next series of Luke Cage:

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

ARGHHHHH I just got FYC-rolled

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

markg wrote:

Luke Cage's brother kept reminding me of the bloke from Fine Young Cannibals.

This is brilliant.

The season started good but got real shit towards the end. The episodes were too long without much happening. Luke spends almost an entire hour in a basement in one episode and seems entirely reluctant to beat everyone up so he can get out. Then he predictably does in the last 5 minutes.

GZA said it best "Make it brief, son, half short and twice strong." 'cause Method Man was in it, init.

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