Anyone here watching Breaking Bad? There have been tons of ads for it and I eventually started watching Season 1 (it's on Season 4 now).
I never thought I would see the dad from Malcolm in the Middle get so rough and anguished.
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Anyone here watching Breaking Bad? There have been tons of ads for it and I eventually started watching Season 1 (it's on Season 4 now).
I never thought I would see the dad from Malcolm in the Middle get so rough and anguished.
I can handle the unrealistic superpowers, but the plot has so many obvious holes you can run an Airbus A380 through it.Quote:
Originally Posted by littlelolligagged
For instance:
* Why did they ask the sniper guy to listen to the cell phone when someone else could have just turned it on?
* How did the gun magically appear on the sniper guy in the hotel?
I forgot I thought Alphas was a possibilty, didn't watch it or record it.
I've been catching up on my teevee watching this evening, though. Chaos is so bad its hilarious, it was already canceled after the first season, though.
Burn Notice is still good, no surprise there.
Caught up on Falling Skies, I really like it.
And now I'm on to the least season of Friday Night Lights. I don't know if I've ever brought that one up or not, but it's really well done. All the football crap is a bit of a nuisance, but the show itself is good enough to make up for that. It's also finished, and while I haven't watched all of the final season yet I've heard really good things about it, so I am going to assume it doesn't go all to hell.
After I finish it I'll watch Game of Thrones.
*sigh* The list of shows I should watch is just going to keep getting longer and longer.
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Originally Posted by littlelolligagged
I'm on Season 3 of Friday Night Lights.
It's REALLY good.
I'm also 3 episodes into Game of Thrones. It's fucking brilliant so far. I love that it follows the book so closely too. It's not like those 'based on a story by..' It IS the fucking story. Fantastic.
Just finished it, was really pleased with how they finished it all up.
Now all I have left is Game of Thrones. Just started it, but then I suddenly wound up with a houseful of kids.
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Originally Posted by littlelolligagged
Not really something you want your kids to see
Yes, and not particularly something I want other people's kids to see, either.
Watched a few episodes of it, now. Good, but I think I'd like the book more. It just feels like things are being left out that shouldn't be.
I'm doing them in tandem. Read a chunk of the book, then watch the episode that matches it. 10 hours of TV will never cover EVERYTHING in such a big book, but it's the best book to film/TV adaptation I've ever seen.Quote:
Originally Posted by littlelolligagged
Wow, I've been watching TLC---Hoarding: Buried Alive! It's amazing there are enough people out there with this problem to create an entire show. :eek:
Another episode of "SyFy shoot itself in the foot": Eureka has been cancelled. Not to mention, that as it stands, they also shortened the remaining season 5, which means that a proper series finale is nigh impossible. Morons.
edit: Seems as if the press knew about the cancellation before the crew. Nice.
http://trekmovie.com/2011/08/09/syfy...on-not-amused/
I read somewhere that the reason Eureka got killed was that it was too expensive, and the producers couldn't cut costs enough and "maintain the quality" of their work.
So a choice between it sucking, or being pulled for losing money... sounds to me like the right call.
Well, the problem with that is:Quote:
Originally Posted by CitizenCain
It was the second-most favorite show on SyFy. And it wasn't that special effects heavy. So, considering those two facts, which science-fiction series will stand a chance?
Makes one wonder how something like BSG ever paid for itself in the first place if even stuff like Eureka is "too expensive".
I guess that leaves us only with crap like Alphas. Can't stand that show - all the characters in there must've had an exchange like: "Trade 50 IQ points for a random super power."
And that still leaves the question of that dickish move: "Tell the press first, then the cast" and the "let's pull the show at a moment, where they have no chance in hell to bring 5 seasons to a reasonable conclusion."
It becomes even more unrealistic. Take the clearly autistic guy. He suddenly decides to change all his routines and become more independent. Goes to show that they don't really understand what autism means - it's not puberty, for god's sake, where a youth can indeed change by night. It's a mental disorder!Quote:
Originally Posted by agamemnus
Or the "rosetta stone" girl - here we have someone who is supposedly able to decipher any and all codes - and yet is unable to use a simple thing like a keyboard or a piece of paper to express her meaning? Good grief...
Or the pheromone stuff - has no one ever heard of something like a "gas mask"? Hell, nose plugs would've done it!
They bought one more episode since then. Still kinda a dick move, since up until the cancellation, they'd been saying they were going to buy 6 more. But they do have a chance to try for a quick wrap up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Khendraja'aro
There must be more wrestling and ghost hunting available for them to fill their timeslots.
I didn't watch Eureka, but you can just copy my last rant at Syfy and paste it here, anyway.
I dunno, although, there's some series I've been hearing about that's using distributed computing among individual volunteers to render all their CGI... I thought about doing that, but decided to spend my GPU cycles making me 7 cents a day instead. Anyway, seems like that might be a good way to cut down on the cost of special effects, providing some faint glimmer of false hope.Quote:
Originally Posted by Khendraja'aro
Ultimately, I think it comes back to the root of most problems in life - the vast majority of people are stupid and vile. Which is reflected very heavily in the kind of moronic TV shows that are most popular and profitable. As much as I'd like to, I can't really fault TV networks for responding to consumer demands by offering up inexpensive, lowest-common-denominator reality TV... I too, would like to make huge piles of cash by exploiting throngs of idiots eager to debase themselves and showing it to other throngs of idiots eager to watch people debase themselves. Three cheers for human nature, I guess.
Yeah, I don't know about that... I just read one of the producer's tweets explaining the cancellation because I stumbled across it, and a lot of people seemed to care. I personally haven't seen any of Eureka, nor do I watch anything on the SyFy network, so far as I know. (Web downloads for my TV, no cable TV subscription anymore, so really no idea or care about what network airs the shows I buy.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Khendraja'aro
Hustle
Last season of Rescue Me, people
It's going pretty well, too
On lighter stuff, the new season of Hell's Kitchen has been satisfying in that the psycho this season is a nigress with an entitlement complex, some skill and more drama than you could shake a stick at.
New Futurama still had some good episodes
How is that, by the way? I kinda lost interest around Season 4 or 5 when he stopped being a complete drunken man-slut asshole (and thus, my kinda guy)... but if it picked back up again, I'd be happy to download (? provided it's in the Netflix library) the newer eps and give 'em a watch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nessus
Got myself the BBC iPlayer and am burning through the House of Cards trilogy, it is just as great as I remember it.
It's not exactly leave it to beaver, but he's probably shaped up a bit too much for youQuote:
Originally Posted by CitizenCain
I mean, I get my jollies from the fact that everyone's lives are constant downward spirals, with the seeming highs only promises of the coming plunges, so it's all good
But drunken asshole man-slut is a pretty small window into that panorama of human misery and futility of existence
You know
I recently watched all 3 seasons of Sons of Anarchy: Ron Pearlman, Katey Sagal and Mark Boone Jnr are all capture their characters well but the standout is Charlie Hunnam (Green Street Hooligans) as Jax Teller. (You see a lot of Deadwood's actors in this series)
It's really just another TV soap opera but with bikes, bullets and a MacBeth twist - yet it managed to keep me watching throughout the 3 series. Not many recent TV series have managed to do that.
Has anyone in the US seen Wilfred?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR0IQ-0yGyQ
This was a quirky little Aussie show until this season when they took it to the US, threw Elijah Wood into the mix and tweeked a few things, its a weird show that I struggled to get my head around at times but I also got plenty of laughs.
I haven't seen the US version yet but I expect it to be more "G" rated than the original.
WTF, my BBC iPlayer won't work in Turkey !!!!
There's a solution for that. Expat Shield.
I suppose any UK proxy or VPN would work too, but I'm guessing you don't have access to any of those handy.
It's the beginning of new teevee season.
I assume that the sucky shows won't be cancelled, and the ones I actually like will be, since that's the way it usually works. Anyway, if you watch one, post and let us know.
Well, the new season of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic just started
And this season of Eureka ended with a Bang.
At least the other series are starting up again.
Not sure yet what to make of Beverly Witches 90210, err, The Secret Circle. And still have to watch the pilot of Ringer, to see if that one is any good.
LOL, I'm amazed at how this has taken off; I know I'm not the only 30 yr old watching (with or without kids).Quote:
Originally Posted by Nessus
The fuckers opened with a cliff-hanger, too :mad:
http://generalzoi.deviantart.com/art...sion-254295904
Oh dear God.
Ponies!
Thought I'd give Harry's Law a try. It's nowhere near as funny as Boston Legal.
Denny Crane. :(
Recorded Revenge last night and watched it this morning.
I'm not sure I'm up for another prime-time soap, but it has potential, at least. I'll give it another week.