Television Show Randomness

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 11:25 pm

Gangs of London, to air on Cinemax in the US.

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Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 11:35 pm

Breeders on FX

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Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 1:06 am

The Plot Against America on HBO

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Drazzil · Post by **Drazzil** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 2:10 am

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 1:06 am The Plot Against America on HBO

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Cool!

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 6:55 am

Does it have to be current?

Just finished watching all four seasons of Top Shot, where various shooters go up against each other for prize of 100K, and they have to use all sorts of different weapons, hand guns, rifles, primitive weapons (bows and arrows, crossbow). I think they even used rocks and slingshots. On, and cannons. Real authentic small caliber cannons. Season 4 they brought in the multi-shot grenade launcher. It was kinda entertaining.

Started on a history show called "American Guns", where they went over all the guns, from the French and British imports that helped us win the Revolutionary War down to modern stuff. I'm a couple episodes in, so I'm just on founding of Colt and how a guy by surname of Walker made Colt really famous by equipping the first Texas Rangers with the large caliber revolvers that became known as the Colt Walker (1847).

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Feb 19, 2020 11:55 pm

It's Randomness. It can be whatever.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Feb 19, 2020 11:56 pm

Temple with Mark Strong.

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Spectrum Originals.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 12:00 am

Beforeigners on HBO

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McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 1:46 am

I honestly didn't realize Cinemax was still around. The last I remember of them they were specializing in erotic films with names like Sudden Obsession and Dangerous Temptation, starring Tanya Roberts, Shannon Tweed and Ramon Estevez.

gilraen · Post by **gilraen** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 2:01 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 11:56 pm Temple with Mark Strong.

Looks pretty good...well, okay, I'll watch pretty much anything with him. The vibe is reminiscent of his character in Deep State (which we still need to finish watching almost 2 years later

)

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 7:39 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 12:00 am Beforeigners on HBO

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Watching episode one and this is deeper than it’s premise. Quite enjoying it and may start a thread on the show.

Buatha · Post by **Buatha** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:34 pm

McNutt wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 1:46 am I honestly didn't realize Cinemax was still around. The last I remember of them they were specializing in erotic films with names like Sudden Obsession and Dangerous Temptation, starring Tanya Roberts, Shannon Tweed and Ramon Estevez.

Ah, you bring back memories of my junior high summers in the early 80s. They always had some really crazy shit on late at night.

I remember a French film where a scientist figured out how to harness electricity from having sex...the prototypes required "attachments"...then were later modified to plates fitted under the mattress. Science!

JCC · Post by **JCC** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:39 pm

McNutt wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 1:46 am I honestly didn't realize Cinemax was still around. The last I remember of them they were specializing in erotic films with names like Sudden Obsession and Dangerous Temptation, starring Tanya Roberts, Shannon Tweed and Ramon Estevez.

I only watched those for the articles...

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:14 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 1:06 am The Plot Against America on HBO

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Roth's novel is amazing. If they really bring it to life on screen, it could make a brilliant 20th-century novelist matter in the America of the 21st.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sun Feb 23, 2020 9:10 pm

Vagrant Queen - SyFy

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Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sun Feb 23, 2020 9:21 pm

Run - HBO

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Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Feb 25, 2020 9:07 pm

Most Dangerous Animal of All - Zodiac Killer docuseries on FX

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Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Feb 25, 2020 9:08 pm

Betty on HBO

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Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Feb 27, 2020 1:28 pm

Get Even from BBC

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Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Feb 27, 2020 1:41 pm

Most Dangerous Animal of All - Zodiac Killer docuseries on FX

My wife would have loved that. She was fascinated with the Zodiac.

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Fri Feb 28, 2020 10:35 am

Kung Fu reboot incoming. Thankfully not starring a white guy.

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Fri Feb 28, 2020 2:08 pm

AWS260 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2020 10:35 am Kung Fu reboot incoming. Thankfully not starring a white guy.

Is this like the 2nd reboot now?

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Fri Feb 28, 2020 2:09 pm

Watched that American gun series to the end. Learned something.

From there on, went to "Forgotten Weapons", a one-guy show about this guy who's a firearms historian, Ian McCollum. He goes around the world inspecting and disassembles (and reassembles) rare, unique, and often forgotten weapons of history, and goes into context and history about the weapon's design. He's been at it since 2011 and by now have a couple HUNDRED episodes covering guns I never knew existed. Some are pretty darn obscure, but there are a few like... You knew there's the M1 Thompson submachinegun, and there's the M3 "Grease gun". But did you ever wonder what happened to the M2? Yes, it existed. And yes, he was able to take one apart and explain how it works, and how M3 was simpler and better. He also got access to a lot of the weird weapons, like a genuine H&K G11, the caseless ammo firing experimental assault rifle, but he also goes back into history, like the evolution of weapons from black powder to smokeless, and some weird stuff like the Khyber Pass and Chinese/Vietnamese shanzhai copies of weapons done with "primitive" tools.

https://www.forgottenweapons.com/chines ... oomhandle/

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Fri Feb 28, 2020 2:16 pm

AWS260 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2020 10:35 am Kung Fu reboot incoming. Thankfully not starring a white guy.

Apparently they do take female students now... But in an auxiliary school down the road, not on temple grounds. After all, they are supposed to be monks.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Feb 28, 2020 2:27 pm

Rumpy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2020 2:08 pm
AWS260 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2020 10:35 am Kung Fu reboot incoming. Thankfully not starring a white guy.
Is this like the 2nd reboot now?

Kung Fu: The Movie (1986)

Kung Fu: The Next Generation (1987)

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993-7)

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Fri Feb 28, 2020 3:46 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2020 2:27 pm
Rumpy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2020 2:08 pm
AWS260 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2020 10:35 am Kung Fu reboot incoming. Thankfully not starring a white guy.
Is this like the 2nd reboot now?
Kung Fu: The Movie (1986)

Kung Fu: The Next Generation (1987)

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993-7)

Ok, I guess I wasn't familiar with the 87 version. I mostly remember the 1993 version.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Feb 28, 2020 3:54 pm

87 was a failed pilot.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Mon Mar 02, 2020 10:34 am

Kasey Chang wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2020 2:09 pm Watched that American gun series to the end. Learned something.

From there on, went to "Forgotten Weapons", a one-guy show about this guy who's a firearms historian, Ian McCollum. He goes around the world inspecting and disassembles (and reassembles) rare, unique, and often forgotten weapons of history, and goes into context and history about the weapon's design. He's been at it since 2011 and by now have a couple HUNDRED episodes covering guns I never knew existed. Some are pretty darn obscure, but there are a few like... You knew there's the M1 Thompson submachinegun, and there's the M3 "Grease gun". But did you ever wonder what happened to the M2? Yes, it existed. And yes, he was able to take one apart and explain how it works, and how M3 was simpler and better. He also got access to a lot of the weird weapons, like a genuine H&K G11, the caseless ammo firing experimental assault rifle, but he also goes back into history, like the evolution of weapons from black powder to smokeless, and some weird stuff like the Khyber Pass and Chinese/Vietnamese shanzhai copies of weapons done with "primitive" tools.

https://www.forgottenweapons.com/chines ... oomhandle/

I think I watched the G11 one. I want to say that Brian posted it. It was pretty interesting.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Mar 04, 2020 8:50 pm

I Know This Much is True on HBO

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Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Mar 04, 2020 8:51 pm

Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children docuseries on HBO

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Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 11:16 pm

The Third Day - HBO limited series with Jude Law

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Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 11:18 pm

The Undoing - HBO limited series with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant

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Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:40 am

Motherland: Fort Salem

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Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:54 am

One Day at a Time gets a new home for S4.

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Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:09 am

Kind of ironic that a series that started on a streaming service is now running on a broadcast network. Kind of the reverse of what started happening with streaming services picking up cancelled network series.