So what tv shows do you like?
On another thread I talked about not having enough time to read things that were recommended to me due to an already big reading list, and now here I am trying to find tv shows to watch. Well, I guess it's not just time but mental energy. I can only take so much reading especially about serious things.
A discussion about this was already started on another thread. Here's what we got so far:
boomerang
What are some good sitcoms / comedy shows to waste time on? I've been looking for some. Decent comedies are hard to find.
Doesn't matter if it's off the air
Webby
Try these;
Nathan Barley http://youtu.be/06AS8SiY3rw
The Mighty Boosh(I prefer series 3)
The Flight of The Concords.
boomerang
Ah The Flight of the Concords, good stuff! I'll check out the others.
One I've been watching lately and like a lot is "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia." I just started season 5.
Now I have to warn this can get offensive. Sometimes it crosses the line for me and I've even taken a couple breaks from the show after being upset by something, telling myself I'm done with it, but I always find my way back to it because usually it's within my limits of what I can put up with and it's one of the all time best shows for making me laugh.
Auld-bod
This should be a new thread, however I'll go in second bat with Kathy Burke & Tom Farrell’s ‘Gimme Gimme Gimme’. From the BBC, cir.1999, I thought I’d loath it, but somehow was won over. The couple who live downstairs are a bit weird.
p.s. i asked for comedies
p.s. i asked for comedies (cuz they're usually under half hour so fit better as a short break) but feel free to post any type of tv shows here. on air or off
if you want you can also put a quick blurb about the show or why you like it so we can get a sense if we might too
eastbound and
eastbound and down
metalocalypse
Top Boy. Compelling Drama set
Top Boy. Compelling Drama set on an East London housing estate. Great characters, fantastic use of language. An absolute winner!
It's on Netflix at the moment.
Days of Hope. Top notch
Days of Hope.
Top notch telly, the likes of which would probably never get made today. Written by Jim Allen, directed by Ken Loach. Jim Allen later wrote a book version. It was excellent as well.
Bit old school but if you're
Bit old school but if you're not from the UK you may have missed Spaced, which is just all round gentle wonderful comedy and doesn't make you feel anxious and uncomfortable like most good UK comedy.
However, if you do want to feel anxious and uncomfortable, I second Webby's suggestion of Nathan Barley.
Agreed, Spaced is ace. Though
Agreed, Spaced is ace. Though I wouldn't really call it old school. Seems recent to me.
Another favourite of mine from around the same time was Early Doors, and as with Spaced, the comedy was gentle. Dunno if it travels well mind, as it's dead Mancunian. For similar reasons, I don't know if Phoenix Nights travels well either but I reckon it's bob on.
For those who don't know Early Doors, here's a very short clip about Tommy's new job:
[youtube]RtWuV5b-iyg[/youtube]
The Thick of It, Sledge
The Thick of It, Sledge Hammer!, MacGyver, ...
Black Books
Black Books
Curb your enthusiasm?
Curb your enthusiasm?
radicalgraffiti wrote: Black
radicalgraffiti
You know what, I never took to that programme. Though I loved Father Ted and could watch it again and again and I really liked the IT Crowd, both from the same stable, I found Black Books pretty much unwatchable. That said, the Tom Waits stylee theme tune is great.
Reckon 15 Storeys High was a
Reckon 15 Storeys High was a great comedy that somehow seemed to pass a lot of people by.
That or I'm just wrong.
Veep, Inside Amy Schumer,
Veep, Inside Amy Schumer, iZombie, Daredevil, Person of Interest.
I watch a lot of comedy and
I watch a lot of comedy and see some of my faves have been mentioned already.
I'm gonna second: nathan barley, mighty boosh, spaced (big fan of Mark Heap in particular), the thick of it, black books, gimme gimme gimme, flight of the conchords.
I'll add:
Nighty Night and Hunderby (both dark and at times disturbing comedies from Julia Davis)
Green Wing (weird hospital comedy with big cast- I think Mark Heap in particular is so good in this as are Patricia Gomez and Pippa Haywood),
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (weird spoof of hospital-based supernatural show),
Man to Man with Dean Learner (spoof interview show),
IT Crowd (sitcom about IT workers),
Phone Shop (sitcom about working in a phone shop),
Peep Show (sitcom centred on two flatmates- lots of awkward and cringe moments),
Trailer Park Boys (spoof reality show set in a canadian trailer park),
Ideal (sitcom about a drug dealer in manchester),
House of Fools (Reeves and Mortimer silliness,
Toast of London (Matt Berry plays an actor struggling to get good parts/ reviews)
Benidorm (not sure why I like this but I do- sitcom about brits on holiday in spain)
There are loads of good sketch shows too- I've rewatched a few episodes of Smack the Pony recently which is worth a watch.
There's a new US comedy on 'now tv' or sky called Broad City which I am starting to get into.
Best non-comedy programme I've seen in a while was the BBC's new Sharks documentary.
i like letterman.
i like letterman.
Isn't it about time some po
Isn't it about time some po faced commie robot posted something along the lines of ' what's this inane nonsense doing on a libertarian communist website. Really, it's no wonder the revolutionary scene is in such a pitiful state. It's about time that...' drones on long into the night while every one else laughs their ass off watching great comedy on the telly.
What is this inane nonsense
What is this inane nonsense doing on a libertarian communist website? Really, it's no wonder the revolutionary scene is in such a pitiful state. It's about time that
Edit: just saw Webby's post
A Wotsit, you have some good
A Wotsit, you have some good taste, but some terrible taste! Gimme gimme gimme is so shit…
Anyway, these ones people have recommended are good:
nathan barley, mighty boosh (the first two seasons, the third one is shit), spaced, the thick of it, Veep, toast of London, IT crowd, Peep show, man-to-man with Dean learner, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace , flight of the conchords, eastbound and down
But also worth a mention are:
The inbetweeners, this is probably the most laugh out loud comedy of recent years (plus the second film, but the first one is a bit rubbish)
Arrested Development - probably the best comedy of the past decade
Community - maybe the second best comedy of the past decade
the last man on earth - a new show which is very funny, about basically what it sounds like
Cuckoo - Andy Samberg is an annoying hippie who comes to England
Brooklyn nine-nine - Andy Samberg is an amusing cop
modern family - good traditional sitcom
30 Rock - see above
Girls - indie comedy, not super funny but still pretty good
archer - funny animated comedy about an incompetent spy agency
the trip/the trip to Italy - Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon go to restaurants, eat and do silly voices
workaholics - Bro slacker comedy show
the increasingly poor decisions of Todd Margaret - David Cross comes to England for a job, also with Jon Hamm as himself
Clark and Michael - online comedy with Michael Cera and his mate trying to make it in Hollywood
fresh meat - student comedy
bored to death - great subtle comedy about a bored writer who decides to become a private detective
Anyway that's quite enough. I'm thinking I watch too much TV…
Quote: , mighty boosh (the
Come off it old son, next you'll be saying Adam and the Ants were better before they did Prince Charming or that Clash were better before they split up! Too absurd!
Steven. wrote: A Wotsit, you
Steven.
I just watched episode 1 for the first time since I was a teenager. Yeah, the script is pretty awful, I used to like Cathy Burke's stuff, but don't think I'll bother watching another episode of that.
I also enjoyed inbetweeners, fresh meat, arrested development, brooklyn nine-nine and archer so might try a few others off your list.
More shows I liked from the 90s/ early 00s are popping into my head now but won't keep listing.
Old. And you have to be able
Old. And you have to be able to parse Glaswegian,
Rab C Nesbitt
Has it's funny
Has it's funny moments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qfIw1p22F0
Also. No Shameless?
Also. No Shameless?
Silicon Valley is a pretty
Silicon Valley is a pretty good pisstake of the delusional business culture of Silicon Valley. Created by Mike Judge who made the excellent film Office Space (and the less excellent Idiocracy).
commieprincess wrote: Bit old
commieprincess
Yes. Loved Spaced. First time I heard the word "fattyboombatty" and have been using it ever since. The League of Gentlemen is another good comedy of the same era, albeit a bit more... odd.
I think the last piece of truly amazing telly I saw was the first episode of Black Mirror. It stayed with me for days. Found it online too:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22d9ig_black-mirror-s1-ep-1_shortfilms
I'm going to go proper old-school now and recommend Hancock's Half Hour. Brilliantly satirical and farcical.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejHKA2HI4TY
I was recommended Utopia, and found that pretty good too.
Jam
Jam
[youtube]Qpn7C6r-WEM[/youtube]
I think my favorite shows are
I think my favorite shows are Game of Thrones and Six Feet Under.
Game of Thrones is the second highest rated show on IMDb. I assume everyone already knows enough about Game of Thrones that I don't need to say anything. Or if you have questions, just ask libcom's very own Tyrion.
Six Feet Under ran from 2001-2005. I like it because it's about people and their pain, their struggles in life for meaning, happiness, etc. Even with its bleak focus it still has a sense of humor, though it's not a comedy. It's a "slice of life" kind of show, nothing extraordinary, it's the drama of the ordinary, and the show does a really good job of showing how interesting that can be. The characters are compelling and it's really well done.
Both shows have more death than perhaps any other show on tv, but that's just a coincidence!
A Wotsit wrote: Steven.
A Wotsit
I don't know this show, but you probably shouldn't be embarassed. I think we all have our "guilty pleasure" shows we might not want to admit here!
Webby wrote: The Mighty
Webby
Steven.
Eels up inside ya! Finding electrics where they can! Eels up inside ya! Finding electrics where they can!
Eels! Eels! Eels! Eels! ...
[youtube]0AckvdGbk4w[/youtube]
Nobody mention the Smoking
Nobody mention the Smoking Room
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=smoking+room
Gimme Gimme Gimme Case for
Gimme Gimme Gimme
Case for the defense: Quotes
Tom: Oh, what do you know about love?
Linda La Hughes: I know it's in the dictionary between labia and lust.
Linda La Hughes: Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? What a rip off! Phone a friend? What if you haven't got any friends?
Case against: It’s pure trash.
What’s not to like? Case dismissed.
The A-Team
The A-Team
Queer as folk
Queer as folk
boomerang wrote: Webby
boomerang
I believe you'll find it's 'finding AN ENTRANCE where they can'. Ew!
Cucumber was also pretty
Cucumber was also pretty good. By the same guy who did Queer as Folk - it's about gay relationships in Manchester and is sort of drama/comedy/tragedy.
Also, there's just this one pilot episode of 'Lizzie and Sarah' with Jessica Hynes and Julia Davis which is awesome and a big fat shame that it never got made into a series. Posh, retired, downtrodden wives kill their husbands.
Serge forward, Spaced is 15 years old - I don't think it counts as very current!
Quote: Serge forward, Spaced
15 years is VERY current when you're my age(and I suspect Serge's). You youngster have no idea. Youth wasted on the young, don't know you're born, blah blah blah, witters on ad infinitum...
commieprincess wrote: Spaced
commieprincess
Fookin'ell. It's not much more than yesterday.
Steven. wrote: archer -
Steven.
this is huge here in the states
Current US show called
Current US show called "Infomercials" on Adult Swim. Very dark and savage look at US culture funny in a "I don't really want to admit this" way.
My fave:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gMjJNGg9Z8
Finding an entrance... even
Finding an entrance... even better! I knew electrics didn't make sense but it's not like much else was making sense.
Anything that happened after high school seems current to me. When I was a kid and teen, each year felt like a world. Now the years, they slip by like eels.
Webby wrote: Top Boy.
Webby
I just watched the first 20 minutes and it's already really good! Gotta get to work soon though.
Link for those interested: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xw0f4l_top-boy-episode-1_shortfilms
Gimme Gimme Gimme, cheers
Gimme Gimme Gimme, cheers boomerang but don't worry, not embarrassed. I used to like it but my tastes have changed a bit in 15ish years is all. The quote about love Auld-bod posted made me chuckle though.
Jam- great recommendation! It is super dark but ace. Other Chris Morris stuff like Brass Eye (spoof investigative documentaries) and The Day Today (spoof news) also excellent.
Also enjoyed Smoking Room at the time but not watched since.
I recently watched Raised by Wolves- sitcom focused on a working class mum and her kids. Thought Rebekah Staton was really good in this and the dialogue is great.
Guilty pleasures because they
Guilty pleasures because they remind me of people I know:
Malcolm in the Middle, first series brilliant, never saw the rest.
Outnumbered – again first series, funny and painful - I really know these folk… the genius of allowing children to steal the show.
Auld-bod wrote: Guilty
Auld-bod
Outnumbered - brilliant, although I usually can't stand that bloke, whatever his name is. Jesus, his topical 'comedy' sketch show on radio 4 is cringeworthy beyond belief.
Best thing on Radio 4 is Ed
Best thing on Radio 4 is Ed Reardon's Week. Sublime.
Auld-bod wrote: Best thing on
Auld-bod
You seem to have forgotten the shipping forecast, but then I haven't heard Ed Reardon's Week, so...
My favourite thing on there used to be Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show. Just too funny - not to be confused with the shite TV show.
quite enjoying the goldbergs
quite enjoying the goldbergs
The State of Greenock..a
The State of Greenock..a series 5 minute mock-documentary episodes of when Greenock became independent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXeIm_wloKE
To close to the truth for comfort
snipfool wrote: quite
snipfool
it's on my bucket list.
I've just recently started
I've just recently started watching the first season of the Walking Dead. So far I'm finding it really good, made better by the fact that it differs quite a lot from the comic books- so its like getting two versions of the same broad story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qpoToJ2Au0
'bangin'!'
'cheeeers!'
The re-launch of The Basil
The re-launch of The Basil Brush Show in the noughties was superb.
xxzxcuzxme wrote: I've just
xxzxcuzxme
Yeah the first season was great. 2nd season they suffered a pretty big budget cut due to the Mad Men cast winning big pay rises. So maybe watch the 1st episode of season 2 and then skip to the last 3 or so. The middle of it is truly excruciatingly pointless. Things pick up in S3 although along with some great episodes in later seasons there's some real rubbish as well.
It's very frustrating because TWD had the potential to be awesome all round but they just keep messing it up in various ways.
Thanks for the tip - enjoyed
Thanks for the tip - enjoyed the first few episodes of the 'Smoking Room'. People sitting in a room puffin' their lives away. A good bit - "She calls me, 'Grandpa fuck-off'".
Can We Do It Ourselves -
Can We Do It Ourselves - Documentary
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/can-we-do-it-ourselves/
Been watching the sopranos.
Been watching the sopranos. Probably reading way to deep into it but it seems pretty critical of the individualist mentality of conservative masculinity. Tony Soprano spends time fuming about his deadbeat welfare queen sister but at the same time is cheating on his wife and running scams that bilk old people out of their social security money. Seems like a recurring theme of the show that Tony is quick to point to the flaws in other people while he is unable or unwilling to deal with the flaws of his own character.
The Sopranos is probably my
The Sopranos is probably my favourite TV show ever. I think it really raised the bar for TV drama. The storytelling, acting, writing was consistently good all the way through. I think it's well worth sticking with.
Until ‘The Wire’, I think
Until ‘The Wire’, I think ‘The Sopranos’ was the best thing on TV for a long time.
Tony Soprano is a great character, a likable individual, who ticks most boxes in a psychopathy checklist. Overall the most impressive thing is to show the mob as a capitalist business with a competitive management hierarchy.
history of eyeglasses
history of eyeglasses http://areena.yle.fi/1-2878 but you cant see it. It was informative and understandable for all Scandinavia.
Finished watching the first
Finished watching the first four seasons of The Wire. I think its the best drama series ever. But I haven't seen The Sopranos yet.
Anyone watching the season 2 premiere of True Detective tonight? I heard its not as good as the first season.
Agent of the Fifth
Agent of the Fifth International
I'm going to wait till the whole series is out and watch the lot in one go. I'm quite looking forward to it, though, as it kind of seems like it would be so rubbish (starring Vince Vaughn, directed by the bloke who did the Fast and Furious films…) but I'm sure as it's for True Detective it will be good!
Agent of the Fifth
Agent of the Fifth International
I've got the Clandestine Revolutionary True Detective Critical Studies Group convening in front of my TV tomorrow night.
Steven. wrote: Agent of the
Steven.
After watching the first episode, my feeling is that its overly serious and stylistic for no good reason. And the music sucks from beginning to end.
If anyone has to take the blame, it should be Nic Pizzolatto more than the director. It is his creation, writing all the episodes.
bastarx wrote: Agent of the
bastarx
I don't think there's much to critically analyze this season. Hopefully I'm wrong by season's end.
I'm nearly finished series
I'm nearly finished series three of Orange is the New Black - top drawer.
Few episodes into
Few episodes into Sense8...haven't decided if I like it yet
Edit: also, re the Wire vs. the Sopranos conversation....I'm with Fleur on this one. Sopranos is my favorite show of all time.
plasmatelly wrote: I'm nearly
plasmatelly
Nearly finished season one. Great characters. Great everything.
Not TV but finally watched Matewan last night. Just brilliant. It even had a cop that I liked!
Just watched the premiere
Just watched the premiere episode of Mr. Robot, about a programmer named Elliot being recruited to a hacker group with schemes to take down a big conglomerate, and wiping out all student debt and mortgages. It has a strong left wing political outlook, in which the main character espouses conspiratorial, anti-corporate and anti-consumerist views. This quote is an example:
Elliot
Most of the time the character is talking to himself in his head. It's all pretty entertaining to watch so far, even if you don't agree with the politics. I'll even say it may have the potential to becoming a top series everyone talks about.
Finally gotten around to
Finally gotten around to watching Sons of Anarchy. Lol, they actually quote Emma Goldman in the show, which given the context might piss people off here. I dunno. But I'm enjoying it. I keep on thinking of that episode of the Sopranos though where Tony and Christopher stick up a biker gang and spend the rest of the episode making fun of them...."We're with the vipers!" Would have loved to see a cross over episode of the two shows, haha.
Webby wrote: It even had a
Webby
Real person!
DekuScrub3 wrote: Finally
DekuScrub3
Sons of Anarchy just gets worse and worse, I watched it to the end for some reason but I would not recommend it, the sheer ridiculousness of it begins to get a bit dull as they desperately try to make a club based on being a bit of an anti-social wanker into some kind of sacred brotherhood and expect us to care about unlikeable, and quite dull, characters.
Also in spite of the editing and music it becomes pretty obvious that motorcycles are useless against cars. And Kurt Sutter has some derious issues that he decides to work through with his TV show.
Try Rectify, it's a bit of a slow burner but after 3/4 episodes I feel like there's something there.
Revolution has its moments.
Eh, I'm only ten or so
Eh, I'm only ten or so episodes in but enjoying it so far. I'm sure it will go downhill. Most shows do!
jef costello
jef costello
I'll second that, I watched SoA from start to finish and it got pretty boring and repetitive. 3 seasons would have been plenty to tell the story that it told.
Although if there was a cross
Although if there was a cross over episode between Sopranos and Sons of Anarchy it would probably cause a rift in the space time continuum since Drea de Matteo is on both shows.
The Mill S01+02 - simply
The Mill S01+02 - simply amazing! Did I miss it here or is it really possible that noone mentioned this before on libcom.org?;)
House of Cards S03 - better than S02, perhaps even better than S01.
Hoping to start watching Sense8 soon.
Hannibal is the best show
Hannibal is the best show since Breaking Bad, hands down, in my opinion. Absolutely brilliant, especially from the second half of the first season forward (it begins with more a focus on being a good procedural police drama and thus at first glance looks a little too much like a copy of Dexter -- but even at the beginning, you know its different). Season 2 was amazing. Season 3 is unlike anything I've watched before -- Bryan Fuller is doing a better 21st century David Lynch than Lynch himself. But we'll see what the revival of Twin Peaks brings. Anyways, its a real shame that Hannibal is canceled -- it was obviously a bad fit for American network TV from the start, and its surprising it lasted as long as it did. There's still talks that season 4 may appear elsewhere (or as a movie), but thankfully, even if it doesn't, because the show was always under threat of cancellation, each season finale is made to be able to double as a series finale.
The Wire, of course, is great. A similar HBO show, in my opinion, in a lot of ways is Deadwood. It's like The Wire of the old west, and offers a decent depiction of American manifest destiny expansionism and the rise of modern capitalism in the latter 19th century. It's got great acting and writing, and it is production-wise very raw. But just like Hannibal, its was canceled after 3 seasons.
The Americans is an awesome and intelligent show. Just don't watch it for communist politics. I think, right now, it and Hannibal are the best shows out there.
Mr. Robot is great too, so far, but I will reserve my ultimate judgement until the whole season is over. So far, though, it is very good. Again, though, try not to take its politics too seriously. It draws on some naive, occupy-esque leftism. But it does so intelligently, I suppose, and in many ways it is brave for doing so. It is also apparently a technically sound hacker show, which is something.
The first season of Better Call Saul was great -- as if anyone would have doubted that it would be!
Twin Peaks, of course, was an awesome show. Especially season 1.
X Files may just be my favorite show ever, and I am super excited about its revival this January.
Yes...I watch too much TV.
Quote: After watching the
HOW DARE YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION TO ME!
wojtek wrote: Quote: After
wojtek
Hmm, what's your opinion on the show? I didn't see you write anything about it.
I'm no mark kermode, but I
I'm no mark kermode, but I loved it - as I did galveston. lera lynn, the landscape shots are really good. the cast smashed it; i didn't know vince vaughn (dodgeball, the break up) and rachael mcadams (wedding crashers) could play those parts. i didn't completely keep up with the plot, but i don't care.
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/06/nic-pizzolatto-true-detective-season-2-better-than-season-1?src=longreads
wojtek wrote: the landscape
wojtek
The landscape shots were nice but to me they felt a bit disconnected from the rest of the show despite depicting (well) the places the story was set in.
On the large scale the story was better and more ambitious in season 2. I think they took on a bit to much though. They couldn't handle relationships beyond the almost absurdly male stuff.
The ending of the first season was crap beyond belief but up till then I loved it. I'm a sucker for the southern moody stuff though.
Just finally finished
Just finally finished American Gothic. Weak points and sometimes it just looks plain silly but the effects are surprisingly good and the themes are surprisingly dark from a one-season network show from 1996. Worth a watch, quite a few good actors in there.
Someone's at the door.
A bit of 'Nordic Noir' with
A bit of 'Nordic Noir' with the Mammon mini series. Top notch and available in the UK on 4OD http://www.channel4.com/programmes/mammon
Just finished watching The
Just finished watching The Devil's Whore (it's called The Devil's Mistress in the US) on Channel 4's catch-up facility. It's a historical drama set at the time of the English Civil War and assorted revolutionaries of the time, such as levellers, diggers and ranters, all feature in the storyline. Although the writers have taken a fair bit of artistic licence, it's a good tale with a strong socialist and feminist heart and I really enjoyed it.
jef costello
jef costello
the plod?
I remember watching American
I remember watching American Gothic when it first came out, but this is almost exactly as scary:
[youtube]I4xJvxSZ9aI[/youtube]
ETA: Also, I knew I recognized Sarah Paulson from American Horror Story from somewhere, and I just realized she played Merlyn in American Gothic.
petey wrote: jef costello
petey
The Sheriff actually, but it's kind of the motif of the series.
omen - I watched it when it came out too, no idea why I didn't finish it then, might have been scheduled badly back in the days when US imports were rare and badly treated on UK tv
Just finished watching Peaky
Just finished watching Peaky Blinders, six part miniseries setting Birmingham in 1919. Overall I'd say it was fairly good (up to the last episode I would set was very good, but the ending was a bit rubbish). It's focused on a criminal gang but in the background is the working class and revolutionary upheaval of the time and police efforts to stamp it out
There are two seasons of it
There are two seasons of it Steven.
Devrim
The second season is pretty
The second season is pretty damned good, too.
I haven't scrolled through
I haven't scrolled through the entire thread so someone may have mentioned it, but one of my current favorite shows is Steven Universe from cartoon network. It's the tale of a young boy maturing under the care of his ne'er-do-well dad and his three intergalactic lesbian revolutionary step-mothers. Seriously.
Resurrecting this thread,
Resurrecting this thread, Narcos is very good, and Making a Murderer is amazing!
Especially if you watch it and The Jinx, you get a great look at the criminal justice system in the US from the perspective of a rich person, and a poor one
Comedies (mostly
Comedies (mostly half-hour)
You're the worst - very black comedy that manages to show the loveable side of the main characters while letting them remain shitty people.
Married - IT's been cancelled but I enjoyed it. Quite low-key.
iZombie - silly and fun, a lighter Veronica Mars with zombies.
Master of None - Aziz Ansari's comedy series, took me an episode or two to get into it, ended up really enjoying it.
The last man on earth - silly and untaxing.
It's always Sunny in Philadelphia - you should have seen this by now.
serious stuff
Unforgotten - good well-written and didn't throw pointless diversions at us to create a twist every half hour, I'm lookig at you Broadchurch.
River - Frankly a stupid premise and often ridiculous but the excellent acting, especially of the two leads, made it work.
Better Call Saul - Liked it quite a bit in the end.
Rectify - really slow-burning and sometimes a little infuriating. Its good but I don't think I have the patience to sit down and actually properly watch hour-long dramas with my full attention.
Just binged Red Road over the
Just binged Red Road over the x-mas break. Pretty interesting show set in a fictional town/indigenous reservation in New Jersey and does a pretty good job of showing the relationship between the two groups, intra-indigenous struggles (over casinos) and much more within a pretty standard detective/crime drama. And it's only 6 episodes per season (two so far).
I am also liking the sci-fi show the Expanse. I read and liked the books that the show is based on; galactic politics (a sort of Cold War between Earth and Mars is going on, while the "colonized" outer planets is basically the sweat shop of the human race and there is a rebellion brewing), conspiracies, noir detective feel at points. Production values are pretty good, and the show is far less campy than most SyFy channel shows.
jef costello wrote: Comedies
jef costello
It is slow -- no doubt about that -- but I think its beautiful so far. In the middle of the second season right now
Anybody else catch the new
Anybody else catch the new Luther episodes?
jef costello wrote: It's
jef costello
It's appalling, but in a good way
My besties (from Phila in fact) gave me the DVD of Pushing Daisires, am liking it. Rapid-fire sort of comedy.
Khawaga wrote: Just binged
[quote=Khawaga]Just binged Red Road over the x-mas break. Pretty interesting show set in a fictional town/indigenous reservation in New Jersey and does a pretty good job of showing the relationship between the two groups, intra-indigenous struggles (over casinos) and much more within a pretty standard detective/crime drama. And it's only 6 episodes per season (two so far).
/quote]
Been meaning to watch that, the main character was in the Australian Secrets and Lies which was pretty good (not seen the american version with Ryan Philippe...)
Serge Forward
Serge Forward
Black Books was awesome, with many a classic moment for me. I can remember the episode where Manny (Bill Bailey's character) has too much coffee as being one of my favourites but there are many others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GM9GjGTdWg
Days of Hope is worth a watch, you can watch it youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u019DvYjY4
I also have fond memories of
I also have fond memories of Big Train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUEV4rnu5V8
What? No food shows? Diners,
What? No food shows? Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives?
Iron Chef-- the original Japanese edition-- the kitchen version of Godzilla?
My favorites: Floyd on Food; Floyd on France. Nothing like having a trained chef/self-trained alcoholic in the kitchen.
Pheonix
Pheonix Nights
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4qpoToJ2Au0
https://www.youtube.com/watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-QDyX3pEHc
Black Books is dependent on
Black Books is dependent on how much Bill Bailey is in the episode and how much of him I can stomach. It does have some very funny moments though.
Apparently The IT crowd got funny, but I gave up after a few episodes because it was just people shouting.
In case anyone was wondering Green Wing ws awful.
Episodes was quite fun, season two went to pot but it got back on track, it's not the best but it's fun enough. Community was great, it went to shit but you don't have to watch the last 2-4 seasons...
Better Off Ted - Clean cut nice guy works for evil corporation with sociopathic boss, hero-worhsipping science nerds and a sexy colleague. A lot of fun.
You're the Worst - Cynical and touching at the same time.
The Americans - all-american couple are kick-ass Russian spies. Pretty subversive for an american show. First episode goes a bit over the top with their sex-ninja skills but it's consistently good.
Justified.
Veronica Mars. iZombie (Veronica MArs the zombie)
Arrow - stupid as anything but usually lots of fun (sister show the flash is a less good ripoff)
Diners, Drive-ins and Dives is ok . There's a whole set of similar programmes, I quite like The best thing I ever made and Food and Drink with Michel Roux Junior, and there's an australian programme called Spice Trip that's quite good.
Episodes sadly gets
Episodes sadly gets absolutely awful. I always found the two main characters very annoying but Matt LeBlanc was enough to keep it entertaining for a season or two.
The IT Crowd is brilliant. I would try to stick with it. When I first saw Father Ted I thought it was just shouting so turned it off, and didn't give it a proper go until years later (actually thinking about it these two shows have the same creators as well. I guess they like shouting…)
The Green Wing is truly shit.
The Last Man on Earth is so good! As is Master of None.
I will give Red Road ago, sounds interesting.
I recently tried watching a few episodes of Luther as everyone goes on about it. But turns out it is fucking rubbish. Ridiculous plotlines, stereotypical, two-dimensional characters, absolutely full of cliches… Is everyone just so bamboozled because it has Idris Elba in it that they don't realise they are basically watching an over the top version of The Bill?
‘Detectorists’, series
‘Detectorists’, series one.
Very funny gentle English humour. Feel as if I’ve met these people. Watching the series is like consuming Maltesers, one is not enough.
Watched the first 30 episodes
Watched the first 30 episodes of Prisoner Cell Block H last month and I loved it.
New X files --- first episode
New X files --- first episode sucked, second was excellent, third was excellent AND hilarious. I will watch anything with rhys darby apparently
Hey look! The thread I
Hey look! The thread I started long ago is still going! That's great. I'm glad to get some TV suggestions from the libcom crew.
So not too long ago I watched the mini-series Wet Hot American Summer. It's a prequel to the movie by the same title. It's a comedy about a summer camp and focuses on the camp counselors who are supposed to be teenagers. In the movie most of them are actually in their late 20s to mid 30s, though. Then the mini-series was made 14 years later but is supposed to be the same summer/year, and they have all the same actors and actresses who are now mostly in their 40s! Still playing teenagers. A lot of the comedy comes from that, but it's just generally funny stuff. Also it has plenty of famous actors and actresses. One of the greatest performances in my opinion comes from Paul Rudd. He plays a douchebag who thinks he's so cool.
On Netflix but I found it online on one of the streaming sites.
infektfm wrote: New X files
infektfm
OMG, I used to LOVE X-Files when I was a kid! I haven't gotten excited about it being back on cuz I assumed it would suck. Glad to hear it's kickin ass.
infektfm wrote: New X files
infektfm
Yeah, that third episode was pretty amazing.
The 100 - it both manages to
The 100 - it both manages to be quite silly and quite realistic in it's depiction of society in the way that people keep ballsing everything up for the crappiest of reasons.
Guy and Hunter's european vacation - Hunter, his kid, is surprisingly nice and it's quite interesting to see them visit places, in fact I think it should be an hour rather than half an hour because they're skipping over all the interesting places that they visit/people they meet/food they cook.
Louie - tried it a while ago and wasn't too taken with it. Tried Horace and Pete, it was boring as fuck.
‘Detectorists’, series
‘Detectorists’, series two.
Very funny series where working class people are not simple minded, rather they're ironically self aware.
boomerang wrote: Hey look!
boomerang
Wet hot american summer is like one of the funniest things ive ever seen
Ok, so the Man in the High
Ok, so the Man in the High Castle is very good, even though it often felt like a "what if privileged white people were oppressed too?" sort of thing. Its still great, for fans of alternative histories and science fiction (the sci fi angle doesnt make itself known immediately)
There's a good new show
There's a good new show called "Trapped", it's Icelandic. I also rate the bbc quiz show Pointless for my post work chilling and my guilty pleasure is First Dates (exactly what you'd think) except that according to the demographics of people on the dates everyone in the UK is either posh or Northern.
I'm also looking forward to the new series of Fresh Meat this evening.
My best tv show of recent years was Top of the Lake.
I repeatedly watch Top Boy.
I repeatedly watch Top Boy. One of the best TV dramas I've ever seen.
Quote: I'm also looking
Sweet. I've been waiting for ever for the new season. It's been, what, two years since the last one?
What I've been watching
What I've been watching recently.
The Shannara Chronicles. Campy fantasy show based on the book by Terry Brooks.
The Magicians. Basically Harry Potter in university. Pretty good so far.
Fresh Off the Boat. 20 minute comedy about an asian-american family. It's pretty funny.
Anybody catch any of the new
Anybody catch any of the new season (4) of the Americans yet? I'm waiting for more episodes to come out so I can binge watch it -- so far its got as much, if not more, acclaim than the last season. I'm super stoked to see where things go!
I also watched the first episode of The Path on Hulu. It was interesting -- maybe a little stylistically over the top, but I'm still intrigued. It's got Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul (Jessie) and Hannibal's Hugh Dancy (Will Graham).
infektfm wrote: Anybody catch
infektfm
yeah, I'm waiting for all of it to binge watch. Currently watching the new season of Better Call Saul, which is good.
Although my favourite show at the moment is American Crime Story: The People Versus O.J. Simpson. Final episode is tomorrow, it is so good!
sounds interesting, I'll check it out. Hannibal was good for a couple of seasons, then the last one got so shit I didn't last more than one or two episodes
I do need to check out that
I do need to check out that American Crime Story -- I hear it's great!
I've only watched the first episode of S2 of Better Call Saul and I need to get on that. But that is definitely a show which requires binge watching for me, so I may wait until its all over before I make the trek.
But hey, you should really give Hannibal s3 more of a chance. It really becomes awesome around episode 6 or so, and has a great run until the end. Then again, I actually loved how the season started out, but sometimes I can be a pretentious avant garde snob in my tastes :D it was definitely slow-going at first, without much plot development. But it seemed appropriate given the trauma each character received at the end of season 2. I like how it all comes together mid-season, at any rate. There are some real classic Hannibal moments, and the end of the series is one for the books!
I realize I just said The
I realize I just said The Path might be stylistically over the top, but then I raved about Hannibal s3. Yes, I contradict myself hahah
Adventure Time, The
Adventure Time,
The Middle,
The Walking Dead
I think someone mentioned The
I think someone mentioned The Devil's Whore? I'm watching that at the moment, it's brilliant.
Preacher has been good so
Preacher has been good so far.
potrokin wrote: I think
potrokin
Yeah, proper revolutionary telly that. The sequel New Worlds is okay but not as good as the original.
Tv program about the low wage
Tv program about the low wage economy, it's making the rage rise up even though it's been sanitised. Ain't seen a rat yet.
Where can I find The Devil's
Where can I find The Devil's Whore?
Khawaga wrote: Where can I
Khawaga
Hell.
I fucking knew someone would
I fucking knew someone would make that joke! :)
You can find the Devil's
You can find the Devil's Whore on Channel 4's watch again facility. The sequel, New Worlds, is also available there.
Cheers, Serge.
Cheers, Serge.
Someone mentioned adventure
Someone mentioned adventure time -- I have to say, maybe the best american cartoon ever created!
Check out this adventure time critique of private property:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8PuFxU3UZM
basically teaches children about enclosure.
The Oblongs, it was a cartoon
The Oblongs, it was a cartoon from a while ago but it's still relevant and really funny.
Corporate - a new workplace
Corporate - a new workplace comedy on Comedy Central. It's more stylized than say, The Office, which tries to mimic a documentary. It's pretty funny stuff.
Rick and Morty - I have been catching up on this one recently. It's a pretty good cartoon, but it's not the greatest thing ever. It's praise has been overblown in some corners of the internet.
Twin Peaks: The Return - I've seen it all, and while I think its entertaining, I don't like it as much as the original series. Plus, I don't really know how to explain the story. Has anyone else seen this?
Nowhere Fast - Irish comedy
Nowhere Fast - Irish comedy series about a young woman who gets fired from a media job and ends up back home in the countryside.
The Mick - Sweet Dee from Sunny gets some kids.
Shut eye - Fake medium starts getting visions. It's the guy from Burn Notice but they don't let him do accents.
Crazy ex-girlfriend - crazy woman in a musical comedy drama.
The Good Place - Comedy about ethics and philosophy. Takes a little while to get going but I really like it.
Handmade in Mexico, nice BBC show about artisans.
Yes Chef - Very simple cooking show that doesn't fuck about with drama and stuff; people just cook and try to win. No one dedicates anything to their dead parent/kids/the troops.
Michael Tuesdays and Thursdays. Weird show about a guy who has been in therapy for 15 years and starts to wonder about his therapist, who is also struggling with the ethics of writing a book about him. There is a new series out now, but I haven't watched it because I'm worried they'll have fucked it up.
Get Krack!n - fake morning show from Australia, very funny, highlights a whole bunch of stuff about the way women are treated.
Powerless - a little uneven sitcom about people without superpowers working at a subsidiary of Wayne industries. It got cancelled and I can see why but in general it is good and some episodes and gags are really good.
Angie Tribeca - Police Squad with Rashida Jones and Wynn Duffy from Justified. Silly, rapid-fire gags, worth a watch.
Ginger Snaps - cartoon short series about a psychopathic ten year-old girl running a girlscout troop selling cookies like a mafia family.
Ghosted - Adam Scott and Craig Robinson team up to fight ghosts. Thjey manage to rein in CR and play off the charm of the two leads without going overboard (anyone who saw Mr Robinson will know how it goes when the director/writers like CR too much!) Also the supporting cast has Adeel Akhtar and Ally Walker who are good when they are there.
And McMafia was shite.
I watched the first episode of Peaky Blinders but it had too much intrusive music that pissed me off, it's one of thoise things that bugs me. And too much Jack White, two White stripes songs and a raconteurs song in one episode!
"You can find the Devil's
"You can find the Devil's Whore on Channel 4's watch again facility."
I can't get 4OD to play on my Ubuntu OS. It seems related to flash DRM. I tried various solutions found through search but no joy.
Haven't seen many TV series,
Haven't seen many TV series, or own a TV for that matter. Dexter was nice though, if you've been living under a rock this past decade. Oh and Star Trek TNG, if you've really been living under a rock. Don't really care for all the other Star Treks (I like their red and black uniforms; Patrick Stewart even calls himself a socialist, for whatever that's worth -- Labour I guess) . That's about all the television-related stuff I'm into. TV series are too time-consuming to keep up with and would cut into my other time-wasting activities.
I have completed four seasons
I have completed four seasons of Lost. It's good. It's more than just an island survivalist drama - with a bit of supernatural mystery playing an increasing role as the series progresses.
I've just been getting into
I've just been getting into Derry Girls - proper excellent show, would be intrigued what viewers who aren't familiar with NI context/accents make of it though.
Also,
Khawaga
Is Preacher the only example ever of an adaptation being considerably better than the original source material?
R Totale wrote: Is Preacher
R Totale
Nope, I'd say The Expanse is a much better example of that than Preacher. That show has just gotten better and better; the books are a bit pulpy and reads much more like fantasy in space, but the show turned it toward hardish sci-fi.
I actually lost interest in Preacher towards the end of season 1, it just didn't go anywhere in my opinion and then didn't bother with season 2. Does it pick up the pace?
Ah, I've not either read or
Ah, I've not either read or seen the Expanse so not too qualified to judge that one. And I really liked the second series of Preacher, but if I remember right one of the things I enjoyed was how well they conveyed a sense of lethargy and ennui, so maybe not recommended if you found the first one too slow-paced.
Quote: Ah, I've not either
Well, I guess you have to trust me on The Expanse, which I highly recommend, but don't bother with the books unless you really like reading before you watch something (it's an annoying tick I have, been meaning to read Good Omens for years, and even started a few times, but will finally get to it now that the show is debuting end of this month IIRC).
The pace in Preacher wasn't what bothered me, it just lacked a bit of direction IMO (and my partner didn't find it as interesting as me because she never read the comics). I've got Prime so I might give it another go.
Fleabag is perfect.
Fleabag is perfect. Hilarious, endearing, sad and unnerving. As I say, perfect.
I watched the first episode
I watched the first episode of Fleabag and felt like it was really trying to shock me, but it didn't really and I wasn't that taken with it beyond that. I would have given it another try but all the critics have been wanking over it so much.
The Good Place - I almost gave up, but it turned out to be a lot of fun, I feel like they are hitting the limits of their ideas, so it's lucky they don't have 24 episode seasons or they'd have hit a wall.
AP Bio - Dennis from It's always sunny in Philadelphia, very uneven but has some great moments.
Brooklyn 90 - should probbly stop, but still stick with it fo some reason.
Hotel Babylon - because I'm tired and getting old :)
This summer I plan to watch Derry Girls, catch up on the 100 (leave me alone, it's quite good) watch iZombie (Veronica Mars vs zombies), finally watch the second season of Rectify,(so slow, but I am intrigued, I really want to follow it where it goes) as well as the new season of Michael (tuesdays and thursdays) but as I plan to do loads of prep for work(to make my life easier), prepare for professional exams for money and job security, do some DIY, write a novel etc each summer and never do it who knows what my chances are...
edit: forgot to say if I liked half the show I mentioned last time
Nowhere Fast is very funny, The Mick is sometimes funny, crazy ex-girlfriend is great (Damn I have a season of that to watch too, Ginger Snaps is great too, there was supposed to be second season...
I think I might give up on ever starting Game of Thrones.
jef costello wrote: I think
jef costello
Don't do it or if you do only watch up til the end of the 4th season. The ending was a steaming pile of reactionary shit. IMHO it's actually worse than the ending of BSG which was another show I once loved that cruelly disappointed me.
Quote: trying to shock me I
I can’t imagine what gave you that idea?
Quote: Don't do it or if you
Haven't finished GoT, but from some online chatter I've heard most people were unhappy, then again the writing was on the wall as soon as they couldn't rely directly on the book. I agree with BSG, such a great show, at least up until mid-season 3, then most went downhill.
Speaking of shitty endings to shows:
Agent of the First Intl
You'll be disappointed in the ending...
These days I am mostly watching anime. Currently really enjoying Rising of the Shield Hero, Dororo, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress. Finished Love is War recently and it was fucking hilarious.
Has anyone seen Catch-22 or Chernobyl yet (are they even out)? I am interested in both of those, and Good Omens.
Chernobyl is out on Sky. I
Chernobyl is out on Sky. I think you only have till Tuesday before it gets taken down. I don’t got Sky so I haven’t seen it.
Who’s putting out Catch 22?
Catch-22 is a Hulu
Catch-22 is a Hulu production, I think, so not sure who would be offering it in Europe. I am in Canada so no access to Sky, though I think some HBO shows are made available on Crave.
Crave does all the HBO shows
Crave does all the HBO shows but the current ones are only available on the premium service, which has been threatening to cut me off for giving too many people my password. Apparently about a dozen people watching GoT at the same time at different locations was a bit of a red flag to them.
Watch Schitt's Creek, it's really funny and Moira Rose is now my esthetic goal.
They're all available on The
They're all available on The Pirate Bay and similar sites. I don't know why communists would pay for things that are free.
I've seen Chernobyl, its
I've seen Chernobyl, its pretty good, its very close to the actual events but it still plays like a cosmic horror. Wouldn't recommend watching it while eating though, they didn't skimp on the make up budget for the effects of radiation sickness.
Also its wound up the social media tankies, so we now have the spectacle of Stalin avatars rushing to the defence of the leadership of Comrade Gorbachev
bastarx because streaming
bastarx because streaming services are convenient, cost me as much as a couple of pints, is as expensive as a VPN access which I will need to pirate etc. In addition, these days you have to be much more careful about the files you download; there are a lot more dangerous fakes than there used to be, so more care needs to be taken. So again, more convenient to pay $10 or so. Streaming services were actually piracy killers for this reason, though since everyone and their dog has a streaming service these days, piracy is catching on again. If there's a show that is not on a streaming service I subscribe to, I do pirate or use a pirate streaming site. All of this has little to do with being a communist or not...
bastarx wrote: jef costello
bastarx
I have still never actually seen the throney gameshow, but I thought this article was an interesting possible explanation for that: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-real-reason-fans-hate-the-last-season-of-game-of-thrones/?redirect=1
Has anyone seen Good Omens? Kind of intrigued by that one. Have to say that I really wasn't a fan of American Gods.
EDIT: Wait, did GoT really have a dragon called Drogon in it?
R Totale wrote: EDIT: Wait,
R Totale
Yes. Named after it's masters dead husband Drogo.
Game of Thrones I’ve tried
Game of Thrones
I’ve tried to watch it but it’s just not happening - I just cannot bear the fantasy aesthetic. It conjures up visions of nasal voiced sixth formers, Dungeons and Dragons, prog rock, Warhammer shop populators and David Bowie’s terrible fucking hair do in that awful 1980s fantasy film. Glad it’s all done with.
I'm almost finished season 1
I'm almost finished season 1 of The tv version of "What We Do in the Shadows" and it's my current favorite show. It's a funny and endearing show about the everyday lives of murderous vampires.
Comrade Motopu wrote: I'm
Comrade Motopu
I’ve watched some of the TV show - it’s pretty similar to the film and is still pretty good, but the film is still better by quite some margin. Definitely check it out.
Quote: I just cannot bear
Dungeons & Dragons is awesome, Warhammer 40k is great, but each to their own, I guess ;)
While I do like fantasy, I much prefer sci-fi on TV. Still, good fantasy and sci-fi shows are few and far in between.
I loved What We Do in the Shadows so I'll definitively check out the TV show. I need some good TV these days, recovering from surgery so I have a lot of time on my hands.
New series of Killing Eve.
New series of Killing Eve. It's quite good. Also Nigel Slater cooking Middle Eastern food, it's pretty good.
Nearly finished watching the
Nearly finished watching the UK BBC dystopian series 'Year and Years' by Russell T Davies. Fictional drama based in the very near UK/World future. Scarrilly real by my estimation.
Edit: Disappointing end to this in the last episode. The 'rebels' win but only in conjunction with, by that stage, a subsidiary and presumed honest part of the existing state apparatus - the police!
Not sure if there's a
Not sure if there's a separate political TV thread and these have probably been discussed, but some ones I watched. Not necessarily the best TV but good enough to keep going with, from Netflix.
Aggretsuko - like an kids anime 9-5/Office Space: chosen by a small person and massively exceeded expectations for the whole family tbh.
Damnation - communist posing as a priest tries to organise farmers during the great depression.
Black sails - pirates fight the British empire.
Underground: feat. Harriet Tubman
Mike Harman wrote: Not sure
Mike Harman
You should do a blog of things to watch on Netflix because I spend hours flicking through it before deciding I'd be better off watching a repeat of Newsnight on iPlayer.
Chernobyl was amazing, watch it/download it if you've not seen it already.
Spikymike wrote: Nearly
Spikymike
Second this.
I'm watching the Netflix
I'm watching the Netflix thriller "Dark", some pure motherfucking filler. No, but it's OK so far. It's about time traveling and missing people and other fun stuff. It's supposed to be kind of like "Stranger Things" according to wiki, which I haven't seen. It's in German if you don't mind the subtitles.
Condor - I remember quite
Condor - I remember quite enjoying the book. The TV show makes the guy anti-government without being anti-American and tries to set out its liberal credentials while also completely ignoring them.
For example guy decides to quit because his algorithm says there is a 12% chance a guy is a terrorist and the CIA decides to execute him instead of doing anything else. But it turns out he is a terorist so the whole point about spying on citizens (the algorithm was for external use only) is immediately dropped and he no longer wonders about the morality of it all. Then it turns out it was all a big conspiracy...
It had its moments but I am not sue that I would recommend hit. Especially as pretty much evryone regularly stops to tell the main character how amazing he is for no real reason. "Oh hai Joe, did I mention that you are basically Jesus?"
"No, everything is my fault ;( "
"No, you are definitely Jesus."
someone gets shot or something explodes...
Derry Girls - finally watched the first episode, liked it.
Khawaga wrote: Speaking of
Khawaga
You was right about this. I can't believe there are people who defend that ending.
Lost's ending is probably one
Lost's ending is probably one of the worst I've ever seen; beats that of Battlestar Galactica and Game of Thrones easily.
Khawaga wrote: Lost's ending
Khawaga
Yeah, I was happy with Game of Thrones' ending and thought Battlestar Galactica's ending was decent, but Lost's ending was a complete pile of shit.
I thought both the GoT and
I thought both the GoT and BSG endings were steaming piles of shite, just to place Lost's finale in perspective of how bad it is.
It wasn't just the very
It wasn't just the very ending of Lost, the last 2 or 3 episodes, that was disappointing but the whole flash-sideways development. That was stupid. I'm not surprised many viewers are still confused about that, and it's relation to the main island story line. Even if you understand everything clearly, it still isn't good storytelling. All in all, I was entertained by the series, just letdown by the way things wrapped up.
Derry girls, watched all the
Derry girls, watched all the episodes, thought the end of the last one was a little cheesy. I did wonder if it relied too much on people being openly rude to each other for no reason.
And apparently Nowhere Fast didn't get ren ewed, which is a shame because that was very good
Am currently on the second
Am currently on the second series of Fleabag, and it turns out there's a casting decision that makes the new series of Stranger Things really disconcerting if you've also watched some of Fleabag (or vice versa if you do it in the other order I guess).
I loved Fleabag though I know
I loved Fleabag though I know there was someone on here that was less than impressed. What did you think?
I'm enjoying it, but I can
I'm enjoying it, but I can see why it might be a bit posh for some people, guess I'd recommend to people who like Peep Show or Bojack?
Posh?!!! I don’t see that at
Posh?!!! I don’t see that at all which I guess makes me posh? Excellent!!!
Considering this I’d recommend Steptoe and Son to restore your equilibrium.
Watched the first series of
Watched the first series of Fleabag and enjoyed it in a sort of bitter sweet way.
Better for belly laughs is the ‘Upstart Crow’, with the delightful Harry Enfield as John Shakespear – a true role model if you’re without a water closet.
I mean, I'm definitely liking
I mean, I'm definitely liking it, but I also thought this article made some solid points: https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/9kp43a/mental-health-tv-fleabag-middle-class
Never actually seen Steptoe & Son, and hadn't even heard of the Upstart Crow. For what it's worth, Derry Girls and Chewing Gum would be my recommendations for proper proley recent British comedies that are also good.
Gameface - the first episode
Gameface - the first episode you pmight worry it is another show about unsuccesful actors for a bit, but it turns out to be very funny, there is a second season that I haven't watched yet.
Watched the first couple of
Watched the first couple of Fleabag episodes but found it all a bit meh... and posh!
American Factory on Netflix
American Factory on Netflix depicting the culture clash when a Chinese company opens a large factory in Ohio, and the struggle for unionisation.
Good program on iplayer
Good program on iplayer called Amazon: What They Know About Us. I'd recommend it, especially if you have an Alexa, although I'd assume most people (everyone) here are sensible enough not to.
Craftwork wrote: American
Craftwork
Haven't seen it yet but the film won an Oscar and the director, Julia Reichert, said the following in her acceptance speech:
Fuck yeah.
The quote was repeated in various news articles covering the Oscars. A small but good thing for this statement reach such a humongous audience.
Quite good series of programs
Quite good series of programs on iplayer about Universal Credit.
I recently finished The Good
I recently finished The Good Place. A fun little sitcom but what makes it unique is they mix in philosophy, ethics, and other Big Questions. The last few episodes of the series are deeply satisfying. One of the best-ended shows in TV history.
Lucky Black Cat wrote: I
Lucky Black Cat
I only watched around three or four episodes and I thought it was truly fucking awful. Just sayin’!
Just started this, American
Just started this, American Factory I mean - I’m excited!
Lucky Black Cat wrote: I
Lucky Black Cat
I really liked it, but I thought the last ten seconds was unnecessary. One of my favourite recent shows.
The Good Place was great up
The Good Place was great up to a certain point and then it just became incredibly shite.
cactus9 wrote: The Good Place
cactus9
Agree, and that certain point was the end of the opening titles!!!
I like the Good Place,
I like the Good Place, although I haven't got up to the last ten seconds yet - have reached the last episode but it was too long for my attention span so I've put off watching the very end for now. I respect the fact that they were able to keep it interesting despite having to switch things up a great deal since the starting premise. I do think there's a bit of a tendency for shows that are very focused on showing the characters' personal growth to lose the spark a bit as they go on (thinking mainly of Parks and Rec here, arguably Broad City to an extent too), and the last series of the Good Place could probably be criticised for that, but I suppose the last few episodes are kind of an attempt to deliberately and consciously grapple with the problem.
Was a bit late on this one, but one of the best things I've been watching recently is Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, would recommend very highly, could maybe be compared to Bojack Horseman?
Noah Fence wrote: cactus9
Noah Fence
This made me laugh out loud. You get my upvote, good sir. But others here like the show so I'm in good company.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend -- just watched the trailer. Seems fun!
My favorite show of all time is Six Feet Under. No spoilers!!! -- I happen to know that someone on this thread is 3/4 way through the final season.