watched the pilot of Homeland last night. mandy patinkin is, indeed, awesome in it.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
i think when i saw the pilot i thought he was gonna be the toby zeigler, idk if that's been entirely correct though, his portfolio is a lil more muscular
― Never translate German (schlump), Tuesday, 29 November 2011 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
So I watched New Girl for the first time last night, since a girl I used to take improv classes with had a small role in it. It was better than I thought it might be, but it also felt kind of tame.
― Louis C.K. Williams (jaymc), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 17:01 (twelve years ago) link
thanks dan, watching grimm now.
― PROVEN BY BOOZE SCIENCE, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
2 BROKE GIRLS - most like 2 HUGE TITS (and some race jokes)
― I'm in the mood to party (J0n Arbuckle), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
okay lol
― OH NOES, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
they get muslim prayer slightly wrong in Homeland/pedantry. also this show is a huge bummer.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
could i make a living consulting with tv shows/movies about how to accurately portray muslims praying y/n?
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
i guess once i'd done it the first time i'd have put myself out of a job.
Horseshoe, what did you think of Emily Nussbaum's inaugural New Yorker column?
― Louis C.K. Williams (jaymc), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
The Rubicon opening music was p nice, and the motion design was also good but it was kind of 'lol connecting-random-shit-together conspiracy theories' which might have been actually what the show was all about..
― KP, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
the most recent episode of homeland kinda sucked :-/
― max max max max, Thursday, 1 December 2011 01:02 (twelve years ago) link
anybody watch The Rachel Maddow Show?
― Frobisher, Thursday, 1 December 2011 01:04 (twelve years ago) link
im still watching work of art & enjoy it a lot on the level of a reality show but this is v otm -
“They all reminded me of the people who would be at the dinner party in Beetlejuice.” —Paul F. Tompkins on Work Of Art contestants
― j crunchwrap supreme, Thursday, 1 December 2011 01:56 (twelve years ago) link
Yup. OTOH it's kind of impressive that it took them this long to significantly fuck up - first seasons are usually much dodgier.
― Simon H., Thursday, 1 December 2011 02:14 (twelve years ago) link
probs not the right thread, but Terriers is now up on Netflix Instant.
― gukbe, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
i was just coming here to post that!!! excited to finally watch it!
― n/a, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
is it worth the time?
― forksclovetofu, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
i really like enlightened also, tho feel like im the only person watching it
ive been kinda half watching this while i work on stuff and its def been improving as it goes, to the point where im really excited to watch the episodes properly
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
it was kinda perfect in the last ep that she finds out what cogentiva does is effeciency tracking shiz
also i love so much the casting of her peripheral coworkers - they dont @ all look like actors i wish i could find screenshots
― j crunchwrap supreme, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
i also feel like if hbo had tried to put it on sundays ppl would h8 on it so much
― j crunchwrap supreme, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
is House any good yet?
― Rolo Tony, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
holy shit community tnite
― Mordy, Friday, 2 December 2011 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
Terriers? Oh hell yes. But be prepared to be devastated when you get to the end and realize there are no more episodes...ever.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 December 2011 03:24 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, pretty much. (Unlike most other 1-season wonders, though, it wraps things up quite nicely.)
― Simon H., Friday, 2 December 2011 03:34 (twelve years ago) link
P&R was pretty light on the laffs tonight, but I guess it was more of a plot-advancing episode.
― dyao think i'm sexy (jaymc), Friday, 2 December 2011 04:18 (twelve years ago) link
It's Always Sunny also classic tnite
― Mordy, Friday, 2 December 2011 04:28 (twelve years ago) link
"Turned out Captain Tom was a junkie!"
― silby, Friday, 2 December 2011 05:03 (twelve years ago) link
yeah tonight's parks & rec was mostly about givin' the shippers what they want. did love the transcriptionist reading all of rob lowe's lines deadpan tho
― reddening, Friday, 2 December 2011 05:06 (twelve years ago) link
also joel mchale was on fire on community, i love it when he and shirley have plotlines together
― reddening, Friday, 2 December 2011 05:08 (twelve years ago) link
i love when they do the reverse seinfeld thing
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Friday, 2 December 2011 05:32 (twelve years ago) link
YESSSSSSSS
I love it when Shirley is awesome
― OH NOES, Friday, 2 December 2011 13:14 (twelve years ago) link
Just want to jump into this thread to say how jazzed I am about the David Milch/HBO/Faulkner deal.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/11/david-milch-on-william-faulkner-and-his-new-deal-with-hbo.html
― William (C), Friday, 2 December 2011 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
Man Luck better be fucking awesome.
― Simon H., Friday, 2 December 2011 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
Bit over a week til the premiere
― Number None, Friday, 2 December 2011 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
realizing that Katherine McPhee is in "Smash" = I am boycotting "Smash"
― OH NOES, Friday, 2 December 2011 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
(I was planning on catching at least one episode for potential roffles but ick no)
would not smash
― n/a, Friday, 2 December 2011 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
I thought this was really sharp, in the AV Club's recap of this week's Work of Art:
That’s why the recurring cash prize has become so irritating. It’s a lot less likely that a struggling artist is going to lash out with something subversive when a $25,000 check is being dangled over their heads. Big money is the most ham-fisted way for the show to both manufacture trite suspense and make the artists fall in line -- a gratuitous bully move by producers who are already blessed with a massive degree of control. So, anyway, enough.
― dyao think i'm sexy (jaymc), Friday, 2 December 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
Fucking hell! The couples hosting those dinner parties on Top Chef were the worst.
― Carnitas, Friday, 2 December 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
I can only assume that there was some sort of cross-branding with a attempted Real Housewives of Dallas series. Then Andy Cohen saw the housewives and their husbands and said 'Fuck it. These people are disgusting savages,' and killed the series.
― righteousmaelstrom, Friday, 2 December 2011 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
"an attempted"
That cigar was fucking gross and if you make salmon with a goat cheese filling, you gotta go home.
― righteousmaelstrom, Friday, 2 December 2011 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
i dunno if it's cause i'm single and half the fun from these shows is complaining about the fucking idiots on the screen to your other half or whatever but i officially lost interest in both work of art and top chef this season.
― Dranke, the German Drake Impersonator (forksclovetofu), Friday, 2 December 2011 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
KG's Monologue on Boss killed it tonight: "Whatever station you occupy, others have given you."
― sterl, Saturday, 3 December 2011 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
in one of the earlier episodes he said "I am a bad man and have done some BAD. FUCKING. THINGS." and i was like on the edge of my seat waiting for him to say that he was a motherfucker with some dark secrets
― i already regret not just being 'some dude' again (Mr. Stevenson #2), Saturday, 3 December 2011 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
Zajac's wife got a really good set of lines too. One of the best episodes of the series, I think.
― sterl, Saturday, 3 December 2011 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
i know this is out of season but i've been watching "bored to death" s2 on dvd and i really like it. it's really low key and low stakes and jason schwartzman is just kinda jason schwartzman-y but ted danson and zach galifiniakis are both really good in it and it makes me laugh. doesn't seem like it gets a lot of attention though.
― n/a, Sunday, 4 December 2011 05:00 (twelve years ago) link
between bored to death and damages, ted danson is one of my favorite actors right now! haven't seen him on CSI though lol.
I like how the last several posts directly/indirectly refer to--at the end of 2011 no less--actors from "Cheers".
― Tumblr Whites Off Earth Now!! (Sandbox Grisso-McCain), Sunday, 4 December 2011 05:47 (twelve years ago) link
just caught up on Revenge and omg she has a Japanese revenge guru.
― Roz, Sunday, 4 December 2011 18:44 (twelve years ago) link