TV Thread

[Marty NopointeParticipant]

chicowalker wrote:

Anyone else watching Heroes reborn? It’s surprisingly not horrible. Some of the special effects are sub-Ziggy, but by limiting it to a 13 episode run their hands are forced into a more concise story.

Didn’t hate the first episode, but also haven’t bothered to watch any of the rest. The first episode of the reboot was certainly better than anything after season one.

[andrewParticipant]

This was probably on page 1 of the old board, but I’ll say it anyway. Last night I saw “The Jimmy” and “The Fusilli Jerry” on TBS last night. Tim Whatley and the Assman have offices in the same building.

[KevinParticipant]

Found it!

I don’t know what the hell is going on in The Leftovers, but the acting is so good, I don’t care.

[TommyfwParticipant]

I was up extra early today and watched the latest Leftovers.  I then got to drive an hour and think about the depths of Nora Durst’s mental issues.

It barely begins at “I pay prostitutes to shoot me”.  As crazy as Kevin is (not OUR Kevin allegedly) she hasn’t even plumbed the depths of her crazy.

 

[KevinParticipant]

Love the new Aziz Ansari show on Netflix.

[Blinded By The LombardisParticipant]

A staple of season one of “Fargo” was the not-so-subtle nods toward Coen brothers movies, some nearly word-for-word with their source material. I love the second season, but I haven’t noticed the homages this time around, save for Patrick Wilson’s warning to the Blomquists mirroring NCFOM. Maybe I’ve just forgotten my Coen brothers’ movies.

[KevinParticipant]

Blinded By The Lombardis wrote:

A staple of season one of “Fargo” was the not-so-subtle nods toward Coen brothers movies, some nearly word-for-word with their source material. I love the second season, but I haven’t noticed the homages this time around, save for Patrick Wilson’s warning to the Blomquists mirroring NCFOM. Maybe I’ve just forgotten my Coen brothers’ movies.

Think it was in the hair salon where Ted Danson said “all for a little bit of money”.

And of course sticking a dead body in a grinding machine.

[DoncabesaParticipant]

Hot damn, The Leftovers was absolutely amazing again.  So many ideas of where it can go, so good.

[LebronParticipant]

Kevin wrote:

Found it! I don’t know what the hell is going on in The Leftovers, but the acting is so good, I don’t care.

It really is that good

[DoncabesaParticipant]

Man Leftovers and Fargo are frigging relentless.  The exact opposite of that shitty walking dead, boring garbage.

[LebronParticipant]

The guy playing Virgil in Leftovers was familiar finally looked him up, was the captain on 21 Jump Street and one of the cops in Blues Brothers.

[KevinParticipant]

I didn’t know that Justin Theroux from The Leftovers wrote Tropic Thunder.

[LebronParticipant]

Iron Man 2 as well.

[Danny DubersteinParticipant]

The Bastard Executioner got the hook

[KevinParticipant]

Heard on a podcast yesterday that an alternative title for Fargo could be “When Does Ted Danson Die?”

[KevinParticipant]

Danny Duberstein wrote:

The Bastard Executioner got the hook

By Sutter himself!

‘Bastard Executioner’ Creator Kurt Sutter Axes Own Show
“I don’t want to write something that nobody is fucking watching,” the showrunner says.

[GreatWhiteDhaleParticipant]

The Man in the High Castle is getting good reviews. 97% percent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, but from the 4 reviews I have read or heard that number is a bit misleading as 3 of them were “it’s good” and the fourth loved it.

Come back, Regular Brian.

My agenda is truth.

[InThisTownParticipant]

It’s really good. It has the usual issues that a pilot that doesn’t get a straight to series order has in that there is way too much exposition through dialogue. “Well you should hate the Japanese because they beat and killed your father.” But that’s a necessary evil. So far the execution is like a B+ but the premise is an A+. Surprised I have never read the book.

The skinny guy from Road Trip who was the undercover cop in Breaking Bad does a great job of kind of playing this all-knowing guy who is kind of a stand in for the audiences questions.

[Danny DubersteinParticipant]

Listen I know it’s a comic book show but The Flash is killing it. Just so watchable

[GreatWhiteDhaleParticipant]

FCM, weren’t you going to watch a streaming show that was released last weekend? Either Mr. Show or the Aziz Ansari thing.

Come back, Regular Brian.

My agenda is truth.

[Danny DubersteinParticipant]

With Bob and David. I’m about 60% through. It’s funny as shit.

[DoncabesaParticipant]

Danny Duberstein wrote:

With Bob and David. I’m about 60% through. It’s funny as shit.

introduced the Mrs. to it, she never saw mr. show.  hardest I’ve laughed in like 3 weeks.

[chicowalkerParticipant]

Just finished reading man in the high castle. Great book but nothing in terms of plot. Be interesting to see how it’s adapted

 

furst ep of Jessica jones delivered

[DoncabesaParticipant]

chicowalker wrote:

Just finished reading man in the high castle. Great book but nothing in terms of plot. Be interesting to see how it’s adapted furst ep of Jessica jones delivered

On the last episode of Jessica Jones, pretty freaking fantastic.  Starting up the Man in the High Castle asap later this week.  My brother (who has same tastes as me) has said it’s amazing.

[InThisTownParticipant]

I’m out.

[DoncabesaParticipant]

InThisTown wrote:

I’m out.

No that’s fine, I’ll go.  You’re a better writer than me by far anyways.

[Danny DubersteinParticipant]

InThisTown wrote:

I’m out.

I never knew that you were in!

[KevinParticipant]

Oh no, The Leftovers is going all The Test Dream.

[LebronParticipant]

The Knick has been disappointing this season, feels like they are going down a bunch of storyline rabbit holes or not following up on others.

[LebronParticipant]

Kevin wrote:

Oh no, The Leftovers is going all The Test Dream.

With the Lindelof connection I was thinking Dead is Dead.  Again I think the acting has been fantastic so I don’t have a lot of complaints.  Plus a Scott Glenn going native cameo.

[KevinParticipant]

Dead guy on the poster? That’s weird!!

[Blinded By The LombardisParticipant]

Big “Miller’s Crossing” callout on “Fargo”.

[Patrick PassParticipant]

First two episodes of The Man In The High Castle were excellent. I’m in. I suspect I’ll binge it pretty quickly.

[Marty NopointeParticipant]

Does it count as a spoiler when HBO’s ad campaign is “Don’t worry, he’s still alive!!”

[KevinParticipant]

Blinded By The Lombardis wrote:

Big “Miller’s Crossing” callout on “Fargo”.

Lebowski too with that “Just Dropped In..” song.

[Blinded By The LombardisParticipant]

Kevin wrote:

Blinded By The Lombardis wrote:

Big “Miller’s Crossing” callout on “Fargo”.

Lebowski too with that “Just Dropped In..” song.

Episode was full of Coen callbacks, a little overboard with them, actually. Lots of musical cues, like TBL one you mentioned, and “O, Death” from O Brother, Where Art Thou. And “mater familias”, a nod to Clooney’s “pater familias” in OBWAT. And Danson’s “I’ll cut off my toe” line. Milligan: “Sometimes, there’s a man…”, etc.

[LebronParticipant]

Patrick Pass wrote:

First two episodes of The Man In The High Castle were excellent. I’m in. I suspect I’ll binge it pretty quickly.

I need to start it, every year around this time I do the free Amazon Prime trial so I get it for holiday stuff so I have 30 days to watch it.

 

[KevinParticipant]

Blinded By The Lombardis wrote:

Kevin wrote:

Blinded By The Lombardis wrote:

Big “Miller’s Crossing” callout on “Fargo”.

Lebowski too with that “Just Dropped In..” song.

Episode was full of Coen callbacks, a little overboard with them, actually. Lots of musical cues, like TBL one you mentioned, and “O, Death” from O Brother, Where Art Thou. And “mater familias”, a nod to Clooney’s “pater familias” in OBWAT. And Danson’s “I’ll cut off my toe” line. Milligan: “Sometimes, there’s a man…”, etc.

Friend of mine caught another Lebowski one that I never would have gotten.

Lou’s wife tells Karl that Lou can remarry anyone he wants after she’s gone except for “(Something) Knutsen. Bunny Lebowski’s real name was Fawn Knutsen.

[KevinParticipant]

If the Jessica Jones casting call says, “We need a grizzled old detective who’s the proverbial two years away from a full pension and is getting too old for this shit”, then Lester Freamon has to be on the top of the casting sheet, right?

[TommyfwParticipant]

InThisTown wrote:

I’m out.

Is this in relation to “The Man in the High Castle”?  I finished it yesterday.  I may have to watch the last episode over again because the ending was… Wizard of Oz inspired? Awful? Annoying? Ridiculous?

I haven’t been able to determine my thoughts surrounding this show.

[KevinParticipant]

Liv Tyler is the AJ Soprano of The Leftovers.

[Danny DubersteinParticipant]

Kevin wrote:

If the Jessica Jones casting call says, “We need a grizzled old detective who’s the proverbial two years away from a full pension and is getting too old for this shit”, then Lester Freamon has to be on the top of the casting sheet, right?

I had the same thought

2 or 3 episodes in and we both like it. That Trish…ooh fah.

[KevinParticipant]

Manning fanboy Tim Hasselbeck was trying to sell on WEEI that Peyton wasn’t benched, he’s injured, but even still, you can’t take Osweiler out right now.

That means he was benched, right?

[KevinParticipant]

Seriously. I go to my name, Activity, Delete, “Are you sure?” Yes, and it deletes there but yet it’s still here. I give up.

[LebronParticipant]

Kevin wrote:

Liv Tyler is the AJ Soprano of The Leftovers.

Good use of Grandmaster Flash in that episode.  Love the LT cross earring in the psychic from whatever ’90s ABC sitcom.

[KevinParticipant]

Lebron wrote:

Kevin wrote:

Liv Tyler is the AJ Soprano of The Leftovers.

Good use of Grandmaster Flash in that episode. Love the LT cross earring in the psychic from whatever ’90s ABC sitcom.

Holy shit! The Urkel show! Never watched it regularly, but should have caught that.

White Lines for a coke snorting scene. Real subtle.

[Patrick PassParticipant]

Kevin wrote:

Seriously. I go to my name, Activity, Delete, “Are you sure?” Yes, and it deletes there but yet it’s still here. I give up.

Its simple just completely erase the text thru edit and give us a TV thought

[BSF34Participant]

Danny Duberstein wrote:

Kevin wrote:

If the Jessica Jones casting call says, “We need a grizzled old detective who’s the proverbial two years away from a full pension and is getting too old for this shit”, then Lester Freamon has to be on the top of the casting sheet, right?

I had the same thought 2 or 3 episodes in and we both like it. That Trish…ooh fah.

Yeah the actress who plays Trish is a major POA.

Just finished the series yesterday. Liked it very much. Darker than a lot of the Marvel stuff.

Killgrave might be the best villain in the Marvel universe not named Loki.

Wait, what?

[Patrick PassParticipant]

Tommyfw wrote:

InThisTown wrote:

I’m out.

Is this in relation to “The Man in the High Castle”? I finished it yesterday. I may have to watch the last episode over again because the ending was…<span class=”d4pbbc-spoiler” style=”color: #111111; background: #111111;” data-color=”#111111″ data-hover=”#eeeeee”> Wizard of Oz inspired? Awful? Annoying? Ridiculous? </span> I haven’t been able to determine my thoughts surrounding this show.

I finished season 1 last night. Overall the show is as bleak and dark as anything I’ve seen on TV. But I kinda liked that. Just this overall feeling of brooding really comes thru consistently so you have to give them credit for that. I liked the show alot. At times its very slow and meandering, but that sort of adds to the darkness. The ending was wtf as you say. We’ll have to see where that goes. Glad I watched it. Now I have to decide if its worth keeping Amazon Prime or bailing before the 30 day trial expires.

[LebronParticipant]

I’m 6 episodes in and like you Pass just doing it through the 30 day trial.  I like it but I can’t see me keeping Prime for it.  Amazon does the Prime 30 day trial every year around Christmas and I usually sign up for it so I can send gifts easier, first time I have tried the streaming product. I think once my current cable agreement dries up in 18 months I will go exclusively streaming with products like this and HBO Now, especially if Brady retires.

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