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

The Expanse is back! Squeeeee

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

Bobby draper is well cast. Happy Chris.

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

Doors and corners

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

MrChris wrote:

Bobby draper is well cast. Happy Chris.

Is that the Martian marine?

TheVision · **Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2017 13:18

The wife and I started watching Vikings last week and got to the end of season one last night.

She likes it but I don't think I'm a fan. None of them are very likeable as characters and the fact that they make the English look stupid at every step of the way is really annoying me. Also, that snake pit that the king had? What was all that about?!?

I've no doubt that I shall carry on watching it but I'll be darned if I'm going to pretend to enjoy it.

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

A lot of it is loosely based on legend, including the snake pit.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2017 13:40

TheVision wrote:

The wife and I started watching Vikings last week and got to the end of season one last night.

She likes it but I don't think I'm a fan. None of them are very likeable as characters and the fact that they make the English look stupid at every step of the way is really annoying me. Also, that snake pit that the king had? What was all that about?!?

I've no doubt that I shall carry on watching it but I'll be darned if I'm going to pretend to enjoy it.

Snake pit? That's the current season (4)! You've a bit of rewinding to do.

TheVision · **Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2017 13:47

Nope. Definitely the first season. It's only briefly been in one episode though so far.

Kern · **Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2017 13:48

TheVision wrote:

they make the English look stupid at every step of the way is really annoying me.

Better than being the bad guys for a change.

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

Kern wrote:

TheVision wrote:

they make the English look stupid at every step of the way is really annoying me.

Better than being the bad guys for a change.

In any case the English are stupid. They just voted for Brexit.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2017 14:04

markg wrote:

Kern wrote:

TheVision wrote:

they make the English look stupid at every step of the way is really annoying me.

Better than being the bad guys for a change.

In any case the English are stupid. They just voted for Brexit.

Dei galne har mange morosame stunder som den vettige ikkje har.

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

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

MrChris wrote:

Bobby draper is well cast. Happy Chris.

Is that the Martian marine?

it is indeed

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2017 22:56

TheVision wrote:

Nope. Definitely the first season. It's only briefly been in one episode though so far.

*Googles* ah ok I forgot 1st snake pit. TBH I was whacked out on morphene for the first two seasons :roll:

Morte · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2017 18:52

Of possible interest only to me but in preparation for the new series of Samurai Jack, the Adult Swim website is streaming all the previous episodes back to back with no ads.

http://www.adultswim.com/videos/streams/samurai-jack

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2017 18:53

Is it good?

Morte · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2017 18:56

Excellent. Probably Tartakovsky's best work.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2017 23:33

TheVision wrote:

I watched the first episode of Santa Clarita Diet last night and thought it was fantastic. Can't wait to watch the rest of the series.

Yes.

Timothy Elephants made me laugh a lot.

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

Yeah - him and the daughter are fantastic

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2017 10:12

Morte wrote:

Of possible interest only to me but in preparation for the new series of Samurai Jack, the Adult Swim website is streaming all the previous episodes back to back with no ads.

http://www.adultswim.com/videos/streams/samurai-jack

Cor!

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

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia just keeps getting better and better, which at S12 is quite a feat. FIGHT MILK!!!!

And where has been Black Mirror all my life until now? It's probably the best thing i've ever seen on TV. That San Junipero episode... :'(

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

RuySan wrote:

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia just keeps getting better and better, which at S12 is quite a feat. FIGHT MILK!!!!

We've started rewatching it from the beginning. It starts better than I thought it might have, although it's extremely noticeable that all of the characters are only half as awful as they are in the current episodes. First truly great ep is Hundred Dollar Baby, for my money.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2017 15:28

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

RuySan wrote:

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia just keeps getting better and better, which at S12 is quite a feat. FIGHT MILK!!!!

We've started rewatching it from the beginning. It starts better than I thought it might have, although it's extremely noticeable that all of the characters are only half as awful as they are in the current episodes. First truly great ep is Hundred Dollar Baby, for my money.

I watched the first series and then got deeply suspicious of Danny DeVito joining and stopped watching. I should start again at some point.

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

For whatever reason, I just don't find It's Always Sunny funny. Not sure why, it feels like the kind of thing I should like. Suspect there may be a Seinfeld-like tipping point where everything slots into place and it all makes sense. But I've not got there yet (have watched half a dozen episodes).

myp · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2017 15:34

Curiosity wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

RuySan wrote:

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia just keeps getting better and better, which at S12 is quite a feat. FIGHT MILK!!!!

We've started rewatching it from the beginning. It starts better than I thought it might have, although it's extremely noticeable that all of the characters are only half as awful as they are in the current episodes. First truly great ep is Hundred Dollar Baby, for my money.

I watched the first series and then got deeply suspicious of Danny DeVito joining and stopped watching. I should start again at some point.

YES. I felt the exact same way.

But I ploughed on regardless and I haven't regretted a single minute.

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

DeVito is amazingly fearless in the role, too.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2017 15:37

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

DeVito is amazingly fearless in the role, too.

He's often the best thing about the whole show. And that's saying something.

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

Heh: http://uproxx.com/tv/how-fx-forced-the- ... -the-cast/

Quote:

McElhenney: We didn’t want to [bring him on the show]. We were forced into it. We had a show without him the first season, and then nobody watched it, and so John Landgraf — who is the President of FX — he called me in for a meeting and was like, ‘Hey, no one’s watching the show, but we love it and we want to keep it on, but we don’t have any money for marketing. We need to add somebody with some panache that we can hopefully parlay into some public relations story just so we can get people talking.’

We were really reticent to add anything … that might destroy the chemistry of the show. They started knocking around different names and Danny’s name came up, and we said, ‘I guess that kind of makes sense.’ …

Howerton: We were reticent to adding a “name” to the show, because we kind of liked that we were no-names …

McElhenney: Our first reaction was like, ‘No. I don’t think we want to do that.” And they were like, ‘Well, OK. Then the show is over.’ And we were like, ‘Oh, well, DeVito, huh?’

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

Findus Fop wrote:

For whatever reason, I just don't find It's Always Sunny funny.

I think I've said this before, but I just can't enjoy a show when I don't like any of the characters. I'm sure it's objectively very funny, but it's just not for me.

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

Cras wrote:

I think I've said this before, but I just can't enjoy a show when I don't like any of the characters. I'm sure it's objectively very funny, but it's just not for me.

And yet you still post here.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2017 15:51

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Heh: http://uproxx.com/tv/how-fx-forced-the- ... -the-cast/

Quote:

McElhenney: We didn’t want to [bring him on the show]. We were forced into it. We had a show without him the first season, and then nobody watched it, and so John Landgraf — who is the President of FX — he called me in for a meeting and was like, ‘Hey, no one’s watching the show, but we love it and we want to keep it on, but we don’t have any money for marketing. We need to add somebody with some panache that we can hopefully parlay into some public relations story just so we can get people talking.’

We were really reticent to add anything … that might destroy the chemistry of the show. They started knocking around different names and Danny’s name came up, and we said, ‘I guess that kind of makes sense.’ …

Howerton: We were reticent to adding a “name” to the show, because we kind of liked that we were no-names …

McElhenney: Our first reaction was like, ‘No. I don’t think we want to do that.” And they were like, ‘Well, OK. Then the show is over.’ And we were like, ‘Oh, well, DeVito, huh?’

I didn't know that, but I'm not surprised. It was very jarring have him appear in it for the very reasons they were worried about it.

But it worked out just fine, against all odds.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2017 16:07

Cras wrote:

Findus Fop wrote:

For whatever reason, I just don't find It's Always Sunny funny.

I think I've said this before, but I just can't enjoy a show when I don't like any of the characters. I'm sure it's objectively very funny, but it's just not for me.

The waitress is likeable (from what I've seen).

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

Curiosity wrote:

The waitress is likeable (from what I've seen).

Keep watching.

FUN FACT The Waitress is married to Charlie in real life. (And Sweet Dee is married to Mac.)

myp · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2017 16:13

Curiosity wrote:

Cras wrote:

Findus Fop wrote:

For whatever reason, I just don't find It's Always Sunny funny.

I think I've said this before, but I just can't enjoy a show when I don't like any of the characters. I'm sure it's objectively very funny, but it's just not for me.

The waitress is likeable (from what I've seen).

myp · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2017 16:23

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Curiosity wrote:

The waitress is likeable (from what I've seen).

Keep watching.

FUN FACT The Waitress is married to Charlie in real life. (And Sweet Dee is married to Mac.)

Glenn Howerton's wife guest-starred in The D.E.N.N.I.S. System too.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2017 16:54

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Curiosity wrote:

The waitress is likeable (from what I've seen).

Keep watching.

FUN FACT The Waitress is married to Charlie in real life. (And Sweet Dee is married to Mac.)

She's also in the wonderful Santa Clarita diet

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

Findus Fop wrote:

For whatever reason, I just don't find It's Always Sunny funny. Not sure why, it feels like the kind of thing I should like. Suspect there may be a Seinfeld-like tipping point where everything slots into place and it all makes sense. But I've not got there yet (have watched half a dozen episodes).

That's what happened to me. I didn't like the first few episodes because I found the humour to be too blunt. But after you get to know the characters you suddenly start to feel everything they do is hilarious like:

-What's the next disgusting or dumb thing charlie will do?
-What's the next horrible sociopathic thing Dennis will do?
-How they will make fun of Sweet Dee next?
-What's the next gay thing Mac is going to say.

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

Search Party is really good:
http://imdb.com/rg/an_share/title/title/tt5460226/

A group of self-absorbed Brooklyn millenials get drawn into investigating the disappearance of a college friend they haven't spoken to in years. It's true comedy drama, very funny at times but very dark and sad at others. Builds to a fantastic gut-punch of an ending. Alia Shawkat (Maebe from Arrested Development) is fantastic as the lead character.

myp · **Posted:** Fri Feb 10, 2017 23:31

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Search Party is really good:
http://imdb.com/rg/an_share/title/title/tt5460226/

A group of self-absorbed Brooklyn millenials get drawn into investigating the disappearance of a college friend they haven't spoken to in years. It's true comedy drama, very funny at times but very dark and sad at others. Builds to a fantastic gut-punch of an ending. Alia Shawkat (Maebe from Arrested Development) is fantastic as the lead character.

Netflix? Amazon?

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

4od, I think.

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

It's got some good elements, but I think it's got a weird scatterbrained tonal inconsistency that's detrimental to the show as a whole.

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

I really should make a start on Always Sunny, and it's on Netflix too. Taking on something that's twelve seasons in and still going is quite a prospect though, then again I note the running time of each episode is brief, Wiki says 18-25 minutes.

I'll fire it up tonight in the telly slot, which is once Hearthly Jnr has gone upstairs for her bedtime routines.

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

Watched the first episode of Legion. It's promising, but weird as hell.

Malc · **Posted:** Sat Feb 11, 2017 14:19

Cras wrote:

Watched the first episode of Legion. It's promising, but weird as hell.

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

Not sure about the action sequence at the end, but yeah I liked it overall.

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

LewieP wrote:

It's got some good elements, but I think it's got a weird scatterbrained tonal inconsistency that's detrimental to the show as a whole.

I liked that. Can't explain why, exactly, but I thought it worked.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sun Feb 12, 2017 13:23

Been watching the recent US remake of Dirk Gently.

First, I can see why MaliA likes it, as Dirk is basically his style guide.

Second, I can see why people might dislike Dirk as being over acted, but I really like him, especially as the series goes on (I think I've seen 5 of 8 episodes).

Thirdly, I think the supporting cast is excellent.

Overall I think it's really good fun, but each episode seems about 5-10 minutes too long. There are a lot of stylised and very 'Max Landis' elements, which I think is just part and parcel of the kinds of things he makes.

I will definitely watch the remaining episodes and will likely watch a second series, which is apparently being made.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14359

I love Friends (who doesn't) and I've just accidentally turned on The One With Brad Pitt (that's how I know it anyway).

It's almost certainly one of the best episodes they ever done did.

Why couldn't those crazy kids make it work?

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

Curiosity wrote:

I can see why people might dislike Dirk as being over acted, but I really like him,

This also sounds like Mali.

Quote:

Thirdly, I think the supporting cast is excellent.

So does this.

Quote:

Overall I think it's really good fun, but each episode seems about 5-10 minutes too long.

And, come to think of it, so does this.

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

*applause*

myp · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2017 0:15

Yeah that was good. For Chris

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