General TV show discussion

[pooMonger]

the strain with the strong pilot.

[devilish]

Just binge watched Penny Dreadful. Actually quite enjoyed the schlockiness of it. I think it did justice to the style and atmosphere of the pulp nature from the original publications.

Interested in The Strain, I'll catch up tonight most likely. Also glad The Bridge is back.

[jayrock]

the strain with the strong pilot.

Very solid indeed

sweet

[DaBestSpoona]

Strain was okay.  Peter Russo from House cards with a wig LOL.  Old european dude with a pawn shop in Harlem, what?  The quirk about the milk was stupid.  The family issues with the main character, typical shit writing, and I feel like the audience will find another TV wife to hate.  WTF was up with cholo East LA gang bangers in NYC, and wtf is a french dude living in Jamaica Queens.

Edited July 16, 2014 by DaBestSpoona

[Magsåvningsreserven]

we're watching diff shows i think, because that was really cack

 

shit acting, atrocious lines and same old boring, clichéd conventions. hope it gets better, otherwise it's jsut another pastiche.

 

 

 

Ya Scandi is big in UK, I think that's where they sold the most units of that fisherman sweater the girl from the killing always wears. I haven't seen Borgen, you liked it?

 

yeah it's alright, worth a look if you've got time for an episode or two to make your own mind up. blanking on comparable shows at the moment.

 

+

 

watching the honourable woman, it's on bbc at the moment. it's another co-production with sundance so i'm guessing it'll be on their channel in the us like top of the lake--it's very good.

 

++

 

oh yeah, and second series of utopia started as well

Edited July 18, 2014 by Magsåvningsreserven

[Magsåvningsreserven]

Strain was okay.  Peter Russo from House cards with a wig LOL.  Old european dude with a pawn shop in Harlem, what?  The quirk about the milk was stupid.  The family issues with the main character, typical shit writing, and I feel like the audience will find another TV wife to hate.  WTF was up with cholo East LA gang bangers in NYC, and wtf is a french dude living in Jamaica Queens.

 

some additions: pale germans running a company called stoneheart, old hunter-type ofc is holocaust survivor, guy with awkward slap at conference with picture of daughter ready, etc etc etc

 

*oh yeah, YOU MUST DO THE EXAMS IN SECRET OR ELSE BLAH BLAH BLHA

Edited July 17, 2014 by Magsåvningsreserven

[Miso Moo]

Agree about The Strain, I hated the main character during the first scene. Slack writing indeed, cunt wife and cunt kid too, driving that fucking Defender, drinking milk. 

[Flash]

Started watching the sheild last night and I can't really get into it , About 3 episodes in ... Feel like I should stick with it but it just isn't measuring up to the hbo shows . I get the same feeling as when I watched SOA . SOA could have been soo much better if they didn't hold back so much , like what were they thinking introducing a porn studio and no nudity ?? Even the dialogue felt really censored And the Belfast episodes were cringey as fuck ( I'm from Belfast ) ... UVF doing a drive by in a black taxi and a priest the head of the IRA ...... Weak

Think ill maybe just rewatch the wire again

Edited July 18, 2014 by Flash

[conqueror]

the shield is incredible and is on a whole different level to soa which is mostly garbage.

[shoreman]

Yeah…The Shield gets wild in really unexpected ways and the secondary characters/cameos they introduce are really strong. 

 

"Belfast" season of SOA was easily the weakest, and a bit of a joke. But yeah, not on par with The Shield.

[Magsåvningsreserven]

anyone watched extant?

 

not much to make of it so far, as might expect it follows standard sci-fi conventions closely--but some of the futurology is quite interesting..

[Sagen Wort]

utopia is back on brehs

[jayrock]

Think ill maybe just rewatch the wire again

I'm on s02e07 watching for the first time right now (late pass)

Also, Nathan for you s02 is pretty amazing so far

Edited July 21, 2014 by jayrock

[-CMM-]

The Strain looks like it could be interesting, but the writing is so poor that the pilot was difficult to watch. The show seems to throw in every possible genre and TV cliche even though it completely detracts from the show. It looks like it belongs on ABC. Pretty disappointed since Guillermo del Toro is great and vampires seems right up his alley, I'll try a few more episodes though.

[jayrock]

Considering I just watched all of Penny Dreadful s01 I'll definitely give the strain some more episodes. Haven't watched this week's episode yet

Kinda losing interest in Tyrant, just overly fictionalized like a middle eastern House of Cards or something. Not bad, but not great

Halt and Catch Fire, I don't even know what's going on with this show - Gordon losing his mind, his wife making a move on her boss (duh), the boss not reciprocating (wat), who knows what's next for the Don Draper wannabe sales guy. I guess him and Cameron continue falling in love lol

Also need to watch this week's Masters of Sex and Last Week Tonight. The Wire has been taking up most of my free time lately, and while it's been good, marathon watching full hour long episodes can wear on ya after awhile. Not like Justified where cranking through 40 minutes at a time is a little smoother

[cdglove]

has anyone caught The Leftovers? I just finished the pilot and I thought it was fucking great, I had high hopes for the show and the concept and I think my expectations were met

[DaBestSpoona]

2nd ep of the strain was slightly better.  Still some wtfs like ppl dont notice bloodshot eyes and super pale faces, canceling an autopsy of 200+ bodies, nobody checks the morgue, nobody gives a fuck about a body with a smashed head.

[-CMM-]

2nd ep of the strain was slightly better.  Still some wtfs like ppl dont notice bloodshot eyes and super pale faces, canceling an autopsy of 200+ bodies, nobody checks the morgue, nobody gives a fuck about a body with a smashed head.

 

Haven't watched the second episode, but the same kind of stuff killed me in the pilot. Like when they find that huge coffin looking box that mysteriously showed up on the plane where everyone turned up dead on, and they just decide to go ahead and open it right there in the warehouse with no protection.

 

And the Peter Russo guy looks kind of ridiculous with that hair. And the whole good guy with a tough job who's going through a divorce thats hard on the kid and his gorgeous coworker that throws herself at him...

[Miso Moo]

Haven't watched the second episode, but the same kind of stuff killed me in the pilot. Like when they find that huge coffin looking box that mysteriously showed up on the plane where everyone turned up dead on, and they just decide to go ahead and open it right there in the warehouse with no protection.

 

And the Peter Russo guy looks kind of ridiculous with that hair. And the whole good guy with a tough job who's going through a divorce thats hard on the kid and his gorgeous coworker that throws herself at him...

Gets worse mate. Little girl turns up at her dads. Dude doesn't question how she got there, why no one is with her, why she was reported dead. 

[sombrero]

Second episode was a mess.  There are enough interesting elements to keep me coming back...but the show just ain't that smart.

[Sagen Wort]

utopia is back on brehs

ep 3 is out now

[jayrock]

So this is basically gonna be a crappy "horror" movie stretched out over 10-13 episodes

[DaBestSpoona]

Peter Russo played a good alcoholic on House of Cards but he's terrible as one on the Strain.  Bad directing? 

[jayrock]

Halt and Catch Fire was pretty decent this week, interested in how the remainder of the season plays out

[jayrock]

Brooklyn Nine-Nine is alright so far. Kinda started it on a whim

[sombrero]

LOL @ the bathroom scene with the rock star guy in the latest episode of The Strain. Dude is just like "Welp, see ya later."  I enjoy this show despite it being a bit of a goof.

[SSchadenfreude]

my pal turned me on 2 pod prikritie

"bulgarian mafia crime series"

 

1st ep wasn't bad

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlyGddJmwCg

[pooMonger]

holy shit the tyrant is boring as fuck.

 

it's like watching paint dry.  i'm done with it.

[jayrock]

LOL @ the bathroom scene with the rock star guy in the latest episode of The Strain. Dude is just like "Welp, see ya later." I enjoy this show despite it being a bit of a goof.

Lol what the hell was the doc looking at earlier? Just hanging on by a thread?

Goofy show for sure. Can't wait for the exterminator to save the day

holy shit the tyrant is boring as fuck.

it's like watching paint dry. i'm done with it.

But Jamaal! Don't you want to be remembered as the guy who blah blah blah blah blah blah

Halt and Catch Fire had a pretty good twist this week, the finale will hopefully be pretty good. I honestly don't know what they'll do to continue this story tho, might be one and done and not even a planned anthology like all the cool kids are doing

[Magsåvningsreserven]

so the honourable woman started in teh states, i really recommend it u guys

 

you can find first 5 eps on bbc's iplayer if you wanna watch it; tis good.