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markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16559

Yeah, we're up to ep9, it's great. I love the batshit crazy brutality played for laughs.

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

Curiosity wrote:

Is this available via Netflix/similar or did you watch it when you were in America?

It's on Netflix, I think?

devilman · **Posted:** Mon Nov 20, 2017 14:39

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Curiosity wrote:

Is this available via Netflix/similar or did you watch it when you were in America?

It's on Netflix, I think?

Only the first season, at the mo.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25593

Weevil been watching Designated Survivor. The first series is brilliant. The second series is nowhere near as good as they introduce a load of inplausibky irritating characters with bad accents to deal with ridiculous situations. Also, the female FBI agent is just plain bad at her job. She should be dead 70 times over by now.

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

We've reached the bit in Parks and Rec where Rob Lowe and Adam Scott join the cast and boy, this is great stuff. Just delightful, with a strong cast all bringing their A-games.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Nov 20, 2017 21:11

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

We've reached the bit in Parks and Rec where Rob Lowe and Adam Scott join the cast and boy, this is great stuff. Just delightful, with a strong cast all bringing their A-games.

It's probably my favourite comedy of all time. Everyone is amazing and I love it.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25593

The sheriff chap in Stranger Things reminds me of Grim...

myp · **Posted:** Mon Nov 20, 2017 21:53

Mimi wrote:

The sheriff chap in Stranger Things reminds me of Grim...

He reminds me of Kern.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25593

Huh. Oddly (considering Kern and Grim... do not look much alike) I can kind of see what you mean.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Mon Nov 20, 2017 22:14

Lonewolves wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

We've reached the bit in Parks and Rec where Rob Lowe and Adam Scott join the cast and boy, this is great stuff. Just delightful, with a strong cast all bringing their A-games.

It's probably my favourite comedy of all time. Everyone is amazing and I love it.

I need to watch it again. I watched the first episode and it was like a bad version of The Office. Everyone says it gets better in series two, but meh.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Nov 20, 2017 22:15

Curiosity wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

We've reached the bit in Parks and Rec where Rob Lowe and Adam Scott join the cast and boy, this is great stuff. Just delightful, with a strong cast all bringing their A-games.

It's probably my favourite comedy of all time. Everyone is amazing and I love it.

I need to watch it again. I watched the first episode and it was like a bad version of The Office. Everyone says it gets better in series two, but meh.

Season 1 is very meh compared with what comes after.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Nov 20, 2017 22:20

Lonewolves wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

We've reached the bit in Parks and Rec where Rob Lowe and Adam Scott join the cast and boy, this is great stuff. Just delightful, with a strong cast all bringing their A-games.

It's probably my favourite comedy of all time. Everyone is amazing and I love it.

Rob Lower is amazing in PnR

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25593

Curiosity wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

We've reached the bit in Parks and Rec where Rob Lowe and Adam Scott join the cast and boy, this is great stuff. Just delightful, with a strong cast all bringing their A-games.

It's probably my favourite comedy of all time. Everyone is amazing and I love it.

I need to watch it again. I watched the first episode and it was like a bad version of The Office. Everyone says it gets better in series two, but meh.

We watched the first two or three episodes of season one and it was awful. Just dragged its bum, and we dropped it. A year or two later we for some reason decided to try it again and, really, it’s just amazing. It’s so wonderful. Stick with it, push through the first but if awkwardness and it becomes an absolute joy in the same kind of way that Brooklyn 99 is a joy.

devilman · **Posted:** Mon Nov 20, 2017 22:51

Mimi wrote:

Curiosity wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

We've reached the bit in Parks and Rec where Rob Lowe and Adam Scott join the cast and boy, this is great stuff. Just delightful, with a strong cast all bringing their A-games.

It's probably my favourite comedy of all time. Everyone is amazing and I love it.

I need to watch it again. I watched the first episode and it was like a bad version of The Office. Everyone says it gets better in series two, but meh.

We watched the first two or three episodes of season one and it was awful. Just dragged its bum, and we dropped it. A year or two later we for some reason decided to try it again and, really, it’s just amazing. It’s so wonderful. Stick with it, push through the first but if awkwardness and it becomes an absolute joy in the same kind of way that Brooklyn 99 is a joy.

I really enjoyed Parks and Recreation, but I can't stand Brooklyn 99. When I used to have E4, I'd put it on when there was nothing else to watch, but I rarely made it to the end of an episode.

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

HOT DAMN that's a hot take.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Mon Nov 20, 2017 23:14

Giphy "angry terry":
https://media3.giphy.com/media/hN8pMm9um2dNu/giphy-loop.mp4

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Nov 21, 2017 9:45

Mimi wrote:

Huh. Oddly (considering Kern and Grim... do not look much alike) I can kind of see what you mean.

I haven't seen this so checked it up on IMDB. Yes, I can see what you two are getting at (this v this)

Hope I can rock a hat like that in my 40s.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38463

It's that strong manly jaw Kern. A job well done.

devilman · **Posted:** Tue Nov 21, 2017 10:13

devilman wrote:

Started watching '13 Reasons Why' yesterday. It's about a high school student who kills herself and leaves a set of tapes for those who drove her to it. With there being thirteen people and thirteen episodes, I was perhaps expecting something a little more focused perhaps; at times it feels like some teen soap opera trying to teach kids morals about how their actions affect others without them realising just how much. Still, I've watched five episodes now, so I'll see how the other eight go. I saw there's a second series being filmed though, so not sure how that'll work.

Ending up bingeing on the rest of this yesterday,

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

partly to get up to Clay's tape to find out what he'd actually done, and by then I wanted to get to the end of the season, so I watched the rest too. That last episode was very well done and was a tough watch for me, mainly due to the actress playing Hannah's mother.

Not really sure what to expect from a second season - I think another couple of episodes would have been enough to wrap everything up, but I'll still be watching it anyway.

GazChap · **Posted:** Tue Nov 21, 2017 10:13

I watched one episode of Parks and Rec and thought it was beyond terrible. How long does it take to get better?

myp · **Posted:** Tue Nov 21, 2017 10:51

GazChap wrote:

I watched one episode of Parks and Rec and thought it was beyond terrible. How long does it take to get better?

Season 2 is much better. Season 1 is only six episodes.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:03

Can you skip it without missing too much?

Because I also started watching it, and it was dire.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38463

We also watched the first 2 and gave up. I feel like I've seen all the best bits in Imgur memes, though.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:06

You miss the reason why and how Leslie and Anne become friends but not a lot more.

It's two hours of your life. I'm sure you've wasted more time on worse things. Like the Expendables or Deadpool.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:09

Or listening to your opinions on things.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:10

Grim... wrote:

Or listening to your opinions on things.

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

If you don't like Parks and Rec there's probably something very deeply wrong with you.

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

Bamba wrote:

If you don't like Parks and Rec there's probably something very deeply wrong with you.

I gave up 15 minutes into the first episode.

....

Oh.

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

In other news, flashback dead Punisher wife looks disconcertingly like Tracy Emin around the edges.

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

The Punisher is great. Best Marvel/Netflix stuff since Daredevil. Does that same thing that all these shows do where it slows down and puts to my attention on under-developed sideplots, but you get to see a lot of Punishment. The dynamic between The Punisher and his partner is really well developed. It get quite brutal, but that's what I wanted to see.

He's not in a costume for most of the show, if that bothers you, but I think that worked great.

Edit: Make sure you've seen both seasons of Daredevil before you watch The Punisher, but none of the other stuff connects to it.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16559

I think it's just cruel to suggest that someone who hasn't seen it should sit through two seasons of Daredevil first.

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

Heh.
I liked Daredevil.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16559

Yeah, it wasn't all that bad. At least he didn't say that they had to watch Iron Fist.

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

Oh jesus, indeed. God he was a terrible character. The Protectors or whatever it was would have been a gazillionty times better without him in it.

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

LewieP wrote:

The Punisher is great. Best Marvel/Netflix stuff since Daredevil. .

Uh, Jessica Jones was after Daredevil, so you appear to be saying DD was better than JJ, which is incredibly wrongheaded.

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

Well I think Daredevil season 1 is still the best Netflix show. And The Punisher is prominently featured in season 2.

Spoiler for what I heard about Daredevil season 3

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

Kingpin is back as primary antagonist.

Edit: JJ is good too for the most part, but DD is better.

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

Cras wrote:

LewieP wrote:

The Punisher is great. Best Marvel/Netflix stuff since Daredevil. .

Uh, Jessica Jones was after Daredevil, so you appear to be saying DD was better than JJ, which is incredibly wrongheaded.

No, it's empirically correct.

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

Cras wrote:

which is incredibly wrongheaded.

Consider the source.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Nov 21, 2017 21:49

JJ was significantly better than DD1.

I didn’t finish DD2.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Nov 21, 2017 22:51

Mimi wrote:

Weevil been watching Designated Survivor. The first series is brilliant. The second series is nowhere near as good as they introduce a load of inplausibky irritating characters with bad accents to deal with ridiculous situations. Also, the female FBI agent is just plain bad at her job. She should be dead 70 times over by now.

2/3 of the way through S1 and it's terribly written, poorly acted and the only good bit is the press secretary guy. Yet, I cannot stop watching it.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Nov 21, 2017 22:55

MaliA wrote:

Mimi wrote:

Weevil been watching Designated Survivor. The first series is brilliant. The second series is nowhere near as good as they introduce a load of inplausibky irritating characters with bad accents to deal with ridiculous situations. Also, the female FBI agent is just plain bad at her job. She should be dead 70 times over by now.

2/3 of the way through S1 and it's terribly written, poorly acted and the only good bit is the press secretary guy. Yet, I cannot stop watching it.

I hate everyone in it. Especially jack bauer's wife. Everyone is ridiculously one dimensional and shallow.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Nov 21, 2017 22:58

MaliA wrote:

Mimi wrote:

Weevil been watching Designated Survivor. The first series is brilliant. The second series is nowhere near as good as they introduce a load of inplausibky irritating characters with bad accents to deal with ridiculous situations. Also, the female FBI agent is just plain bad at her job. She should be dead 70 times over by now.

2/3 of the way through S1 and it's terribly written, poorly acted and the only good bit is the press secretary guy. Yet, I cannot stop watching it.

I hate everyone in it. Especially jack bauer's wife. Everyone is ridiculously one dimensional and shallow.

And the other president dude? Can only Jack Bauer see him?

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

Curiosity wrote:

JJ was significantly better than DD1.

I didn’t finish DD2.

I'd generally agree with this. I did finish DD2 but didn't massively enjoy it--especially The Punisher parts--so I'll be giving The Punisher series a miss. I'm looking forward to The Defenders though which is nudging ever closer to getting watched given that I binged The Orville the other day.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Nov 21, 2017 23:10

MaliA wrote:

Mimi wrote:

Weevil been watching Designated Survivor. The first series is brilliant. The second series is nowhere near as good as they introduce a load of inplausibky irritating characters with bad accents to deal with ridiculous situations. Also, the female FBI agent is just plain bad at her job. She should be dead 70 times over by now.

2/3 of the way through S1 and it's terribly written, poorly acted and the only good bit is the press secretary guy. Yet, I cannot stop watching it.

I hate everyone in it. Especially jack bauer's wife. Everyone is ridiculously one dimensional and shallow.

And the other president dude? Can only Jack Bauer see him?

And why do they use street view to recon a location but are surprised when they pop elsewhere and it isn't there? Why didn't they use satellite view?

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

MaliA wrote:

Mimi wrote:

Weevil been watching Designated Survivor. The first series is brilliant. The second series is nowhere near as good as they introduce a load of inplausibky irritating characters with bad accents to deal with ridiculous situations. Also, the female FBI agent is just plain bad at her job. She should be dead 70 times over by now.

2/3 of the way through S1 and it's terribly written, poorly acted and the only good bit is the press secretary guy. Yet, I cannot stop watching it.

One of those shows I'd compulsively watch, all the while chastising myself for so utterly wasting my time.

Have swerved S2, I'm done with it.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Nov 21, 2017 23:29

Bamba wrote:

Curiosity wrote:

JJ was significantly better than DD1.

I didn’t finish DD2.

I'd generally agree with this. I did finish DD2 but didn't massively enjoy it--especially The Punisher parts--so I'll be giving The Punisher series a miss. I'm looking forward to The Defenders though which is nudging ever closer to getting watched given that I binged The Orville the other day.

What! The Punisher bits were the redeeming feature of S2. The Elektra stuff made me nearly fall asleep.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Nov 21, 2017 23:31

Don't Trust the Birch duo hotter than 2 Broke Girls duo.

Discuss.

Also, the former way better than the latter.

Clowee positive role model.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Nov 21, 2017 23:37

Findus Fop wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Mimi wrote:

Weevil been watching Designated Survivor. The first series is brilliant. The second series is nowhere near as good as they introduce a load of inplausibky irritating characters with bad accents to deal with ridiculous situations. Also, the female FBI agent is just plain bad at her job. She should be dead 70 times over by now.

2/3 of the way through S1 and it's terribly written, poorly acted and the only good bit is the press secretary guy. Yet, I cannot stop watching it.

One of those shows I'd compulsively watch, all the while chastising myself for so utterly wasting my time.

Have swerved S2, I'm done with it.

There was a point the script writers said "that's ace", who passed it on to the editors "who said "nailed it!" And everyone thought it was a good day's work.

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

Lonewolves wrote:

Bamba wrote:

Curiosity wrote:

JJ was significantly better than DD1.

I didn’t finish DD2.

I'd generally agree with this. I did finish DD2 but didn't massively enjoy it--especially The Punisher parts--so I'll be giving The Punisher series a miss. I'm looking forward to The Defenders though which is nudging ever closer to getting watched given that I binged The Orville the other day.

What! The Punisher bits were the redeeming feature of S2. The Elektra stuff made me nearly fall asleep.

I'm aware that I can't really justify that comment but something about the set-up just didn't work for me. Partly because I don't think your man who played him is good enough to be a lead actor, but also because all the philosophising was bollocks: Frank Castle's a murderer and DD isn't. The Punisher as a character is very difficult to make sympathetic and i just don't think think they managed it which made all the agonising nonsense.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Nov 22, 2017 2:05

Curiosity wrote:

JJ was significantly better than DD1.

I didn’t finish DD2.

Exactly

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