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Discussion => Video => Topic started by: luna on February 13, 2017, 11:15:50 PM

Title: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: luna on February 13, 2017, 11:15:50 PM
Am I the only one still watching the walking dead? Every episode feels like a fucking chore but for some reason I just keep watching. What a god awful show this has become
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: Dust on February 14, 2017, 12:20:35 AM
I didn't even bother with the mid-season finale.  I think we have it downloaded somewhere, but it's not a priority show whatsoever.  I think they make you hate it on purpose.

I've been watching Taboo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9QvSry2-CM) with Tom Hardy, which is pretty cool.  The cinematography is worth the watch.

Also, The Expanse and The 100.  Both worthy follow-ups to Battlestar.
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: luna on February 14, 2017, 08:52:43 AM
Ok the 100 I have in my list I think that might be up next.  We just finished a series of unfortunate events which was great. B had a bit of a fit talking to our cable company and cancelled HBO so now I'm missing all the stuff...trying to convince him to turn it back on
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: Goose on February 14, 2017, 01:49:09 PM
Am I the only one still watching the walking dead? Every episode feels like a fucking chore but for some reason I just keep watching. What a god awful show this has become

I've been watching, but I usually queue up a bunch of episodes then plow through a half-season as quickly as possible.  Its much more digestible that way.  So, I'll just be avoiding spoilers for the next couple months, then do an episode a night until I'm caught up.
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: Dust on February 15, 2017, 08:10:07 PM
100 starts like any other shitty teeny CW show, but stick with it.  The levels of fucked up that it builds towards are actually pretty neat.

Black Sails is back for its last season, which is also an awesome and enjoyable show, if you're in to pirates.

I also really liked Legion, which is a sort of an X-Men spin-off.  Never in a million years did I think that character would get a chance to shine, and it turns out that a series was the best idea to dive into it.

If I'm bored, I'll throw on an episode of From Dusk Till Dawn, just for the schlock.
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: TPD on February 15, 2017, 09:54:57 PM
100 starts like any other shitty teeny CW show, but stick with it.  The levels of fucked up that it builds towards are actually pretty neat.
I Agree! :D


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I also really liked Legion, which is a sort of an X-Men spin-off.  Never in a million years did I think that character would get a chance to shine, and it turns out that a series was the best idea to dive into it.
I still need to see that.

Current TV guilty pleasures are sadly a lot of CW programming. because at my heart I'll forever be a teen tumlbrina.
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: TPD on February 16, 2017, 01:51:47 AM
omg aubrey plaza is in Legion?!?!

loving this show. it's like hannibal meets fight club meets mad men meets good marvel movies. how it's on fox and maintains quality i'll never know!

edit: oooooh it's on FX... that explains it.

edit2: omg it's the fargo tv guy making this?

edit3: omg it's that dude from downton abbey in the lead?!?
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: chimera on February 16, 2017, 10:27:59 AM
We don't have cable anymore (well, the spouse has an antenna to pick up whatever channels he can) so any TV I watch now is on Amazon Prime.  I recently finished the third season of Mozart in the Jungle which is a show I like very much.  Right now I'm watching Z: The Beginning of Everything, which also appeals to the lit nerd in me.  And of course The Grand Tour, which I don't think is quite as good as Top Gear used to be, but it's charming enough.  And then various older shows from their collection - like I'm almost finished with the first series of Torchwood.

I managed to miss the latest Sherlock series and the most recent season of Empire, boo.

Otherwise I just watch old British cooking shows on YouTube.
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: Dust on February 16, 2017, 09:53:03 PM
omg aubrey plaza is in Legion?!?!

loving this show. it's like hannibal meets fight club meets mad men meets good marvel movies. how it's on fox and maintains quality i'll never know!

edit: oooooh it's on FX... that explains it.

edit2: omg it's the fargo tv guy making this?

edit3: omg it's that dude from downton abbey in the lead?!?
Yeah man!
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: Dust on February 16, 2017, 11:48:59 PM
I still love all of Community.

???
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: TPD on February 17, 2017, 09:55:24 PM
Word
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: luna on February 18, 2017, 05:11:12 PM
Is community still a thing? I had it recording but it stopped so i thought it was cancelled
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: Dust on February 18, 2017, 05:13:08 PM
Nah, it's been off the air for a couple of years now, but Chichi and I binged through it fairly recently, and it's easily one of my favourite shows. :)
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: luna on February 18, 2017, 11:02:48 PM
So good
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: Dust on February 19, 2017, 08:51:11 AM
If you guys aren't watching The Expanse yet, you should start.  Holy shit.
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: Aaron on February 19, 2017, 05:28:47 PM
I just started watching "The Flash" on netflix. It's good. It's cheesy fun. Like it isn't super dark and serious, but fun.

TV shows are hard for me to watch. I have what TPD has called TVADHD. I will be watching a show and just stop caring. Like completely not give a shit anymore. BUT I've also found that if I don't just plow through a show super quick that helps a lot too. I did get through the 2 seasons of "Penny Dreadful" super quick. But that was awhile ago... 
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: Dust on February 19, 2017, 05:41:18 PM
I didn't like Penny Dreadful much, and refuse to watch any CW show related to DC Comics.

Mostly on priciple, because I think DC sucks.  I hate Superman, as a character.  Batman is awesome when he's well-written.  But it's kind of apples and oranges when it comes to something like a Marvel story.  I'm a Marvel fan at heart, so I'm totally biased.

But the powers that be go and try to fuck around with things they shouldn't.  Constantine, the show, could have been their start in the right direction, but they took a character that is supposed to be so morally ambiguous that he can talk his way out of hell, and made him cute for network TV.

Weak sauce.

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Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: Aaron on February 19, 2017, 10:38:00 PM
I think a main factor in my liking of Penny Dreadful was that I plowed through it in a week or two tops.

I haven't seen Constantine the show. I thought the movie was pretty good for a horror/monster ish movie. Like not expecting a mind blowing movie it was pretty good.

I'm not big on Superman either. I didn't know it was CW, I'm pretty out of the loop as far as tv goes... We have cable, but it's mostly for my roommate to watch...


That being said, I'm still gonna watch The Flash till I get bored. Then odds are I'll stop for awhile and then might come back to it...
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: TPD on February 19, 2017, 11:15:56 PM
Is community still a thing? I had it recording but it stopped so i thought it was cancelled
it was back on yahoo for a year
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: Dust on February 19, 2017, 11:27:33 PM
it was back on yahoo for a year
The sixth season, which was made to be a pretty fun way to wrap the whole thing up.  That's going to be one of those shows that I'll be happy to go back to.
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: TPD on February 21, 2017, 01:24:26 PM
defintiely made up for the suckfest that was season 5.
so glad harmon was back on board.
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: Goose on February 21, 2017, 01:29:40 PM
If you guys aren't watching The Expanse yet, you should start.  Holy shit.
Agreed!  Just got caught up over the weekend, I'm loving how this show is moving now.  I found the first season a little sparse until the last few episodes when things started to click, and now its just amazing non-stop.
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: Dust on February 21, 2017, 01:38:35 PM
defintiely made up for the suckfest that was season 5.
so glad harmon was back on board.
Season 4 is generally the despised of the bunch.  Season 5 is when Harmon came back.  Honestly, I didn't mind season 4, I'm not sure why everyone complained about it.
Agreed!  Just got caught up over the weekend, I'm loving how this show is moving now.  I found the first season a little sparse until the last few episodes when things started to click, and now its just amazing non-stop.
Fuck yeah.  I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I like it more than Battlestar.  SyFy is really hitting their stride with this one.

And they're actually cussing in the show now!  I know that's a little thing, but if you mean to tell me that you're in a serious deep-shit conundrum, and you're not swearing every second word, you're either Mormon or existing in a world where vulgar language is apparently non-existant.
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: TPD on February 21, 2017, 02:35:42 PM
Season 4 is generally the despised of the bunch.  Season 5 is when Harmon came back.  Honestly, I didn't mind season 4, I'm not sure why everyone complained about it.

that's right. mixed up my seasons.
4 just felt off. it was very uneven.
heck, even season 5 referred to 4 as a gas leak year.
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: Dust on March 15, 2017, 09:40:37 PM
I still can't get enough of The Expanse.

Black Sails is nearing the end of its run.  Three episodes left, I think?  I'm going to miss those mother fuckers.  Seriously, there's a scene where they keelhaul (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keelhauling) a dude, and it's one of the most visceral yet amazing scenes I've ever watched.

And Legion is fun.  I'm calling Lenny as Shadow King!
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: TPD on March 15, 2017, 09:54:32 PM
I still can't get enough of The Expanse.

Black Sails is nearing the end of its run.  Three episodes left, I think?  I'm going to miss those mother fuckers.  Seriously, there's a scene where they keelhaul (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keelhauling) a dude, and it's one of the most visceral yet amazing scenes I've ever watched.

And Legion is fun.  I'm calling Lenny as Shadow King!
he totally is!
his dog (the one that was also lenny) is even named king.
that's the tip off. my older brother pointed it out. at one point he was even wearing old timey egyptiany robes.
total shadow king.
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: TPD on March 16, 2017, 10:56:35 AM
Omg. That Aubrey Plaza dance sequence set to club remixed Nina Simone...

*swoons*


swooning over shadow king is something i never thought i'd ever do...
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: TPD on March 16, 2017, 11:32:44 AM
HOLY FUCK. THEY FINALLY USED OH YOU PRETTY THINGS IN AN XMEN PROPERTY.
I'VE BEEN WANTING FOR THAT TO HAPPEN SINCE I GOT INTO BOWIE IN THE MID 90S.


OMFG.
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: Dust on March 17, 2017, 10:54:28 AM
Chichi and I are watching it later today.  I love how much she's nerding out about it, without even delving into the source material. :)
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: TPD on March 18, 2017, 09:09:24 PM
That's the sign of a good show. Probably the best marvel show ever. Which is weird seeing it's still under Fox control.
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: Goose on March 27, 2017, 03:40:04 PM
The Expanse keeps kicking ass.  Seriously, WHAT THE FUCK VENUS?  SERIOUSLY?!

Also, I'm so so happy to see Peter Outerbridge and Conrad Pla back on the same show together.  I hope they get some scenes together at some point.

I'm the only person who ever watched Regenesis.
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: TPD on June 26, 2017, 10:28:04 AM
so.... anyone else catch the nine inch nails on twin peaks?

https://youtu.be/QczxCxFRUf0
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: luna on June 26, 2017, 11:46:36 AM
I'm a few episodes behind
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: Goose on June 27, 2017, 08:34:47 AM
I think I'm the only human in this hemisphere that gives zero shits about Twin Peaks.
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: luna on June 27, 2017, 09:14:11 AM
But twin peaks! Lynch has so much more control this time around it is fucking weird
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: luna on July 03, 2017, 10:17:12 PM
Well that episode was....different...
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: TPD on July 20, 2017, 11:54:55 PM
it's like he don't give a shit because he gives a shit. it's amazing. i'm loving every second. even the 5 minutes of sweeping.
Title: Re: TV thread: whatcha watching?
Post by: luna on July 21, 2017, 05:48:48 PM
<3