Enlightened renewed. I need to catch up with it.
― gukbe, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
I'm a little more than halfway through s1 Game of Thrones and liking it. latest ep I watched (#7?) was totally epic
see for example damages, which definitely dropped in quality for s2 (but recovered in s3)
hm I felt like that one just got progressively more ridic as it went along and all their little tricks and quirks started to seem so stupid. not sure if I'm fully caught up to s3 though.
― chjips ahoy (sandbox dmr), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
great job hbo!
― j crunchwrap supreme, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
i thought s3 was pretty good! definitely better than season 2. i doubt very much theyll ever live up to season 1 but thats okay
― max max max max, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 01:51 (twelve years ago) link
sad about bored to death getting canceled but i cant believe a show that weird and location-specific ever made it to three seasons in the first place
i doubt very much theyll ever live up to season 1 but thats okay
i kinda think the format of the show makes it impossible for them to top that first season, i dont really think they have anywhere left to go its just variations on a theme or w/e now
― R.I.P.iest (Hungry4Ban) (є(٥_ ٥)э), Wednesday, 21 December 2011 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
i d/l a bunch of homeland episodes btw thread hyh
yeah damages is one of those shows that makes me wish cable networks were more open to the bbc style "just one season"/"miniseries" thing
― max max max max, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 01:57 (twelve years ago) link
why do you always hate on damages season 2, max, it hurts my feelings
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 02:02 (twelve years ago) link
tim olyphant marcia gay are you made of stone???
plus it's still all about the patty-ellen relaysh which season 3 is kind of less about
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 02:03 (twelve years ago) link
which was the season that closed with a wicked cover of leonard cohen's 'everybody knows'? i think thats still my fave damages moment~~
i think the storytelling in s2 is p incoherent, they do a bunch of things that dont make much sense and fuc w/the characters for the sake of ~twists~
― R.I.P.iest (Hungry4Ban) (є(٥_ ٥)э), Wednesday, 21 December 2011 02:07 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it's hard to argue with that but the, i don't know, EMOTIONAL PACING is still compelling
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 02:15 (twelve years ago) link
the storytelling is at least a little incoherent in all the seasons
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 02:16 (twelve years ago) link
"everybody knows" is season 3, i think
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 02:17 (twelve years ago) link
season 2 was still super watchable and gripping, it just wasnt season one which is still one of my favorite tv seasons of all time
― max max max max, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 02:31 (twelve years ago) link
they do a bunch of things that dont make much sense and fuc w/the characters for the sake of ~twists~
― kinder, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 02:37 (twelve years ago) link
it was like watching a mini buddy comedy every week. sad. love danson is so good in it!
danson also great in damages. waiting for netflix to get latest damages so i can catch up. but yeah, season 1 is by far the best, but it was SO good that i'm willing to put up with the other seasons.
― tehresa, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 02:46 (twelve years ago) link
i think the patty + ellen relaish in s3 is really complicated and exicting w/o feeling too artificial and it also has some gnarly performances from danson marting short and lily tomlin
― R.I.P.iest (Hungry4Ban) (є(٥_ ٥)э), Wednesday, 21 December 2011 02:55 (twelve years ago) link
dansons been having such a great late career renaissance, so proud of him, i met him once, gave him directions, seemed like a nice guy?
― max max max max, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 03:05 (twelve years ago) link
'thanks for telling where to find animal collective, max, and thats a handsome looking top hat' - actor ted danson
― R.I.P.iest (Hungry4Ban) (є(٥_ ٥)э), Wednesday, 21 December 2011 03:09 (twelve years ago) link
*must not rehash how badly Damages went to shit in s2*
― Simon H., Wednesday, 21 December 2011 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
ugh i hate you all
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 05:04 (twelve years ago) link
― R.I.P.iest (Hungry4Ban) (є(٥_ ٥)э), Tuesday, December 20, 2011 9:55 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Permalink
martin short is a total genius in damages season 3, it's true. to the rest of your comment i say whatever.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 05:14 (twelve years ago) link
fucking hell, i knew it was a risk reading a general tv thread
― Number None, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 05:14 (twelve years ago) link
shit, i'm sorry!
i won't protest too much. I wasn't hugely invested in Homeland anyway but i just read a vicious Boardwalk Empire spoiler elsewhere and i'm still reeling from that one. I really should keep up with the broadcast schedule of these things
― Number None, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 05:17 (twelve years ago) link
the rest of your comment i say whatever.
i was praising the show!!!
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 05:22 (twelve years ago) link
i know. now i am just being a jerk.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 05:23 (twelve years ago) link
:/
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 05:24 (twelve years ago) link
i don't really get season 3 (though i like it fine) and i'm all defensive about season 2.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 05:24 (twelve years ago) link
but did i know that you knew, thats the qn... or did you know i was pretending not to know that i knew that knew
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 05:25 (twelve years ago) link
have you been drinking, like i have?
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 05:25 (twelve years ago) link
what kind of a name is Aissa? do you guys think it's supposed to be Isa, the Arabic version of Jesus? that's pronounced "Eee-sa."
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 05:26 (twelve years ago) link
s2 and s4 have the most... problematic... 'ellen likes rough trade' storylines i think
yes... :((((
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 05:27 (twelve years ago) link
i haven't even seen season 4 and am afraid because people said it was so bad.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 05:28 (twelve years ago) link
I think it's a bad mispronunciation of isa
― max max max max, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 12:13 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't watch any tv forever and then I discovered Parks & Recreation and I love this show!
― april wowak, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 13:42 (twelve years ago) link
yeah so grimm which was never great to begin with obv has pretty much lost me at this point, its bad when yer monster of the week show gets kinda tedious
― PROVEN BY BOOZE SCIENCE, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
on the plus side started watching detroit 187 on netflix streaming and its pretty dope.
this got cancelled too i bet.
it did
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
someone should give christopher moltisanti another vehicle because he's cute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDPIK7Fz_g4
― sterl, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
hooray! the other day my sisters and i made our mom watch like six episodes from season 2 (basically any episode louis ck was in), and now she's a total convert, too. so excited for her to get to season three and see "ron and tammy 2".
also my youngest sister has got us watching the whole series of avatar: the last airbender. i had heard good things about it secondhand, but i'm really charmed and impressed by how fun and funny it is without being pandering or try-hard at all.
― reddening, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
av clubs top 30
― lord of snow and shadows (є(٥_ ٥)э), Wednesday, 21 December 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
oh man homeland huh this is really p good but gd lynne reed ;_;
― lord of snow and shadows (є(٥_ ٥)э), Thursday, 22 December 2011 04:59 (twelve years ago) link
god i know that fucking storyline. this show is p depressing imo.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 22 December 2011 05:03 (twelve years ago) link
srsly... everyone is so broken and desperate. but i was impressed that they made a p minor character seem so impt in just a couple of episodes partic bcuz she was so obv doomed after the stupid chief signed her death warrant. (cmon claire danes gets results!)
― lord of snow and shadows (є(٥_ ٥)э), Thursday, 22 December 2011 05:06 (twelve years ago) link
That A.V. Club list is one of the more interesting I've seen this year, and I definitely agree that their top four are the four best shows currently(-ish) on TV (if, perhaps, in a slightly different order). I'm a little puzzled by the Boss diss, but I'm glad to see Men Of A Certain Age show up. It was a quality, low-key show that's sadly probably going to be lost to the ages after two brief and, y'know, low-key seasons.
― In Your Velour Slacks (Hairplug Receipts), Thursday, 22 December 2011 05:30 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think Time's ten best episodes of the year list has popped up here yet. I definitely agree with the selection of the episodes that I've seen, but I keep feeling the need to draw special attention to "You're Getting Old" (and the follow-up episode, "Ass Burgers"). I think there was some discussion of it on the non-sandbox board. If you're a general fan who's fallen off the South Park bandwagon, I'd highly recommend checking these episodes out. Existential and bleak and introspective in a way South Park usually isn't. But still funny.
― In Your Velour Slacks (Hairplug Receipts), Thursday, 22 December 2011 05:35 (twelve years ago) link