It's €15 per month for 3 channels overhere, I can't make up my mind. The advantage would be that Ronald and I can watch TV together a bit more as he does need subtitles a lot more than I do.
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It's €15 per month for 3 channels overhere, I can't make up my mind. The advantage would be that Ronald and I can watch TV together a bit more as he does need subtitles a lot more than I do.
So, The Following. Anyone seen that besides me? Thought it an interesting premise (if a tad unrealistic), could've done with a more "insane" counter part.
'Zat the one with Kevin Bacon?
If so, we've started recording the series - it started last night here. Will be checking out this week ...
Anybody watch The Tudors? I was scrolling through Netflix and saw it was available on streaming.
I'll be getting rid of cable in May; the price has become insane and there's only a dozen channels we actively watch. I'm hoping that Netflix, and if necessary, HuluPlus will help replace the need for cable. Anyone else use these two sites for primary "TV" watching?
The first season was ok, after that it gave me the feeling as if they were milking the story too much. Like watching history in real time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catgrrl
I heard that a great new series is streaming its entire first season on Netflix. "House of Cards". Kevin Spacey has a leading role. It's a political drama, based on a British show, originally based on a novel. Sounds intriguing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catgrrl
If Netflix can pull this off, it might change the future of all dramatic series. Instead of buying cable TV with tiered packages, Dish or Direct TV, with all its bundling.... we might be able to "buy" all shows ala carte. :up:
You know, Kevin Spacey is a great actor, but I have a hard time watching him after seeing him in Se7en all those years ago. For some odd reason I can't separate that character from him. So I really can't enjoy anything else he is in. :( Se7en is one of the few movies I can't ever watch again. It's one of two movies that I was livid after viewing. (The other was Serenity, but that was for a different reason. They killed off two of my favorite Firefly characters! I'm still steamed about that) Yes, I am an odd bird. :(
Livid?
Strange indeedy. 'Twas a great film. One of the few I liked Gwyneth Paltrow in, she annoys me normally. That scene when Freeman tells Paltrow that if she has the child, she must spoil it rotten, and her face crumbles. Always catches me; great scene, great acting.
Anyway, I'll stop going on about it now. :p
The original House of Cards was very good indeed. I wonder what it will be like in this new incarnation. I should be able to see it here in Turkey through my sat-tv service a day or so after it's made available in the US.
The people behind Burn Notice had a great thing going. Why the hell did they think it would be a good idea to bring in a shite character like Jesse??!?! :mad: who gets these stupid ideas??! Why do execs continue to let stupid writers do this sort of thing??? It's so unnecessary. Anyone can recognise the warning signs that identify this sort of useless character and just avoid writing them in.
So how come nobody told me about Utopia? I just saw the first episode and it kind of blew me away.
I found Hannibal to be interesting.
I think they were trying a little bit too hard. None of the characters seem particularly likable. I'll watch a few more episodes before deciding whether the show's any good.
"Defiance" is premiering soon. The promos look interesting, and the theme song is stuck in my head. :noob:
Looks like Syfy might start airing science fiction shows soon. I'm as surprised as anyone.
Syfy? Isn't that the Wrestling channel?
Nah it's a crappy "Sci-fi" channel - we get it here too.
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First episode of new season of Mad Men was rather underwhelming :|
I'll just say that the FBI in The Following is protrayed as dumber than CTU in 24...Quote:
Originally Posted by Khendraja'aro
Why do I have to love shows that get cancelled? :( :(
Now I have to find a replacement for Lie to Me
*woooosh*Quote:
Originally Posted by Timbuk2
:p
:mad:
I'm not sure we're supposed to find the characters likable, more-so interesting. What I'm worried about is that the production value will steadily drop as the season wears on after the first few episodes, or they'll run the route of replacing interesting with weird or outlandish for the sake of being weird/outlandish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loki
Besides that, saw the first two episodes of Orphan Black, mildly interesting, so we'll see how this goes. Not too fond of the New York City they threw together. Would've been completely happy with a nameless city, rather than a NYC that has Huxley as a subway stop, NYPD driving around Jaguars with Ontario plates, and Canadian money being the defacto currency. This should be fine for people who don't live in or know the area, but its distracting otherwise.
CNN premiered their new show starring Anthony Bourdain; an American chef on international epicurian escapades. Myanmar was his first stop....but he did a shitty job of explaining their local cuisine (even though it sounded tasty). While it's nice to learn the history and politics of any region, I thought it was going to be mostly an Ethnic Food show. He didn't explain where those chicken necks or fish heads came from, or how they were turned into tasty cuisine. :confused:
If it's "No Reservations" it's always been like that and I kinda like Bourdain's sociopathic high-functioning-alcoholic style :o for food, we can watch old eps of Good Eats
No, it's not "No Reservations", but a totally new series.
I'll give the show a few more chances. Next week is Koreatown in LA. Sounds interesting. 9pm on Sunday nights is a tough time slot for American parents whose kids are probably watching Game of Thrones.
I've sorta been able to replace Lie to Me with
1. Elementary, a remake of Sherlock Holmes with some prettyboy Brit in the role of Holmes as a recovering drug-addict police homicide consultant in NY and Lucy Liu as Watson. I was initially extremely skeptical but the show's grown on me. This version of Holmes is kinda like a combination of Sheldon Cooper, House and Benedict Cumberbatch's Holmes. The lead role is consistent yet full of surprises. The secondary characters start off meh but improve rapidly.
2. Leverage, about a group of master criminals led by a former... insurance claims investigator... who steal money from other criminals to help innocent victims. I'm not too keen on the two main characters--esp. Sophie--but they're growing on me. The secondary characters are deceptively simple and def. well-executed even though there's something about most of their faces that annoys me. We're both kinda heavily crushing on the waifish slightly androgynous and quite crazy Parker, played by Beth Riesgraf <3 the show's writing so far (early season 1) can def. use some tuning up.
3. White Collar, a show about a former master con-artist and fraudster who's released on probation into the custody of the FBI agent who busted him so that they can bust other con-artists together. This show could be sweet if they tightened up the writing and acting a little. The plots are good, the dialogue is natural and fairly good, but there're just a few too many lukewarm minutes. I thought one of the main characters was too pretty but he won me over quickly. It's kinda weird seeing Tiffany Amber Thiessen as a warm, sophisticated and wise middle aged party planner.
4. The Mentalist and Psych. The Mentalist was surprisingly good but I worry that it'll be too much murder-mystery and too little variety. I was pleasantly surprised by the lead role in this one. I thought they'd made a fatal mistake in casting him but he's proven to be just the right blend of winsome, obnoxious, tragic, playful. Psych... I really want Psych to rock, but the production values, writing and acting aren't up to par yet. I presume they'll all have improved by the end of the first season.
I'm working through The Mentalist now on the side. It is better than I expected, not great, but it works in the background while I'm doing other things. Cho is best character.
Psych's writing does get better, and when it's good, it can be very funny. There's not any continuity that matters much, so you could probably just skip to higher rated episodes.
The best parts of Psych are how his relationship with his dad and that cop evolve. There isn't any continuity with individual cases beyond season cliffhangers, but the subtle ways the episodes do build off of each other are what make it a fun show to watch.
I finished the first season of Top Gear US. I enjoyed it. Its scripted worse than a reality TV show, but its still funny and fun to watch. I don't watch much of the UK version beyond youtube highlights that go viral, but I thought the US attempt was pretty good. Wife and mom enjoy it too, which is... strange.
Still enjoying Doctor Who...after all these years.
Arrested Development is back, apparently. :up:
Watching Dexter in preparation for the final season. Best character drama I've ever seen.
Still watching Hannibal, but most of the characters remain not very likable. Hopefully once the show switches to a different network, they'll improve the character development.
Yeah Dexter is amazing. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Loki
Shame it's going to end this season. I don't get people who whine about the show lasting more than it should. I don't see the problem with "filler" seasons as long as they're good. I thought season 6 was good, even if it didn't bring the show any closer to its conclusion.
Filler episodes tend to get boring. Even without fillers, shows get more predictable and boring after a while, or get farfetched or preposterous. I prefer a show ending when it's still good, and stop once you run out of ideas to keep it fresh and exciting. Better to end well and leave a good legacy than to keep going and become mediocre.
Enterprise.
I loved the series, and thought is sucked big donkey balls that it was handled in such a ham handed way.
Were there some continuity errors? Yes, but I was able to over look them by the 2nd and 3rd season. the year long story arc was a great idea and the 2-4 episode mini arcs we a great idea as well.
I liked seeing Archer grow into his big boy pants when Earth was attacked and tucked away some of his naivete.
Too bad the series got cut before the Roumulan-Earth war.
I think they still had good ideas and weren't farfetched (unlike the plot of most of the Dexter books!); they just didn't move the overall story forward.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flixy
I can't read their minds, but it's certainly been good so far. Obviously the writers/producers felt they can't go on after this while preserving quality, otherwise they wouldn't cancel a good, popular, and money making production.
I think the guy playing Dexter wanted out. :(
Would you want to work with your ex-wife? :)
Plus tv shows are quite time consuming for an actor and rather limit other jobs you can do.