Television Show Randomness

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Fri Sep 11, 2020 12:02 am

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:17 pm The Comey Rule on Showtime. Because this is what we want to relive right now.

Maybe we need to relive it. Or rather, some of us need to live it for the first time. But you're right: My first reaction was "too soon."

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sat Sep 19, 2020 11:21 pm

Moonbase 8 on Showtime

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sat Sep 19, 2020 11:33 pm

The Comedy Store on Showtime

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sat Sep 19, 2020 11:38 pm

Industry on HBO

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sat Sep 19, 2020 11:45 pm

Your Honor on Showtime

KKBlue · Post by **KKBlue** » Sun Sep 20, 2020 11:13 pm

The 2020 Emmys was really fun! Jimmy Kimmel was a really good host. Did you watch and enjoy it too?

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 9:29 am

Did not watch. Please tell me Randy Rainbow won something though. Even a leg lamp would suffice.

rittchard · Post by **rittchard** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 12:37 pm

KKBlue wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 11:13 pm The 2020 Emmys was really fun! Jimmy Kimmel was a really good host. Did you watch and enjoy it too?

Didn't watch it but was really happy for the Schitt's Creek crew. Well deserved.

KKBlue · Post by **KKBlue** » Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:15 am

Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 9:29 am Did not watch. Please tell me Randy Rainbow won something though. Even a leg lamp would suffice.

No major award but he was nominated.

rittchard wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 12:37 pmDidn't watch it but was really happy for the Schitt's Creek crew. Well deserved.

Totally agree! Was fun watching the excitement and surprise reactions from cast. Also, because of TV rules, every time someone said the name of the show, the title appeared on screen.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:34 am

I hear Schitt's is moving to Comedy Central next week, so we'll finally be able to stream it.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:36 am

KKBlue wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:15 am Totally agree! Was fun watching the excitement and surprise reactions from cast. Also, because of TV rules, every time someone said the name of the show, the title appeared on screen.

That's great.

I'm also happy to hear they won big. Great cast all around, but I've said it before and I'll say it again: Catherine O"Hara is a goddamn treasure.

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:12 am

I started watching The Walking Dead on Netflix a while back and have been doing a couple episodes a night. Overall, I love the show and the dilemmas it puts people into.

Some of the plot points irk me badly, though. I know I'm years late to the discussion.

Re: Negan

Spoiler:

You know, I get why he survived his first encounter with Rick and crew. He had them outgunned 20 to 1 and in a dire place of weakness.

What I don't get is why he ever got to enter the gates of Alexandria the first time. That very first time he knocked on the gate, casting a shadow and saying "Little pigs, little pigs, let me in" I would have expected the response to be a hail of fully automatic gunfire from the residents. Absolutely no better opportunity.

Yeah, they had Daryl. But with Negan dead, who carries the torch? It was painfully obvious that he ruled through fear alone, and fear never survives the tyrant's demise. His cronies would have been too busy killing each other for the top dog spot to get a shit about former deals and prisoners - or scattering to the four winds now that the terror was gone.

During that gate scene, all I could think of was Rick ripping a man's throat out with his bare teeth when no other option presented itself. The man who was capable of that wasn't dead. In fact, he should have been absolutely incensed after the deaths of Glen and Abraham. There shouldn't have been a moment's hesitation. "Wow. The balls on this guy, walking right up to our gate after what he did? Don't spare the bullets. In fact, go get me an RPG." ... All done.

Then every single scene where Negan's alone with Carl and Carl has Lucile for an hour. Really? The kid who knows exactly how and when to kill in order to save lives (and is filled with white-hot rage) is going to stand behind this man with his own weapon and just stare blankly?

Then Rosita getting her shot and it being bullshit luck he survives? WTF.

There's "Chief Engineer" Eugene, with his two pills of arsenic poison and the wives of Negan fully engaged with a plot to murder him, well out of risk of casting suspicion on Eugene, and he refuses? Because he's got an Atarii 2600 and pickles?

I'm at the point where Rosita and Sasha, up in a perch, waiting for a shot - and I'm sure they'll fail.

WTF is going on? Why is Negan living such a charmed life and why did Rick's group suddenly become slack-jawed idiots?

I know this all happens for the sake of "plot" and "tension" but when it's a show this good and it feels so painfully fabricated, it's annoying.

rittchard · Post by **rittchard** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 12:25 pm

Paingod wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:12 am I started watching The Walking Dead on Netflix a while back and have been doing a couple episodes a night. Overall, I love the show and the dilemmas it puts people into.

Some of the plot points irk me badly, though. I know I'm years late to the discussion.

Re: Negan
Spoiler:
You know, I get why he survived his first encounter with Rick and crew. He had them outgunned 20 to 1 and in a dire place of weakness.

What I don't get is why he ever got to enter the gates of Alexandria the first time. That very first time he knocked on the gate, casting a shadow and saying "Little pigs, little pigs, let me in" I would have expected the response to be a hail of fully automatic gunfire from the residents. Absolutely no better opportunity.

Yeah, they had Daryl. But with Negan dead, who carries the torch? It was painfully obvious that he ruled through fear alone, and fear never survives the tyrant's demise. His cronies would have been too busy killing each other for the top dog spot to get a shit about former deals and prisoners - or scattering to the four winds now that the terror was gone.

During that gate scene, all I could think of was Rick ripping a man's throat out with his bare teeth when no other option presented itself. The man who was capable of that wasn't dead. In fact, he should have been absolutely incensed after the deaths of Glen and Abraham. There shouldn't have been a moment's hesitation. "Wow. The balls on this guy, walking right up to our gate after what he did? Don't spare the bullets. In fact, go get me an RPG." ... All done.

Then every single scene where Negan's alone with Carl and Carl has Lucile for an hour. Really? The kid who knows exactly how and when to kill in order to save lives (and is filled with white-hot rage) is going to stand behind this man with his own weapon and just stare blankly?

Then Rosita getting her shot and it being bullshit luck he survives? WTF.

There's "Chief Engineer" Eugene, with his two pills of arsenic poison and the wives of Negan fully engaged with a plot to murder him, well out of risk of casting suspicion on Eugene, and he refuses? Because he's got an Atarii 2600 and pickles?

I'm at the point where Rosita and Sasha, up in a perch, waiting for a shot - and I'm sure they'll fail.

WTF is going on? Why is Negan living such a charmed life and why did Rick's group suddenly become slack-jawed idiots?
I know this all happens for the sake of "plot" and "tension" but when it's a show this good and it feels so painfully fabricated, it's annoying.

There's a live TWD thread I bumped recently, it might be better to discuss there, especially with the Season 10 finale coming this week. But anyway, yeah, there's a lot of WTF in the show with the big bads, all the way back to the Governor and as recently as Season 10 with The Whisperers.

Spoiler:

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:13 pm

Black Narcissus miniseries on FX

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Oct 01, 2020 7:46 pm

Between the World and Me on HBO

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Oct 01, 2020 7:48 pm

Big Sky on ABC

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon Oct 05, 2020 6:43 pm

Warrior season 2 has started. This show is one of my guilty pleasures. It’s Hell on Wheels with martial arts. That it’s from one of the creators of Banshee is just icing on the cake...the brutal, fist smashing cake.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Oct 06, 2020 11:00 pm

Roadkill

Hrothgar · Post by **Hrothgar** » Tue Oct 06, 2020 11:29 pm

Airwolf for 8 Cellos sounds surprisingly like Game of Thrones.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sun Oct 11, 2020 12:24 am

The Watch

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Sun Oct 11, 2020 5:32 pm

Hell yeah! Though they've taken some liberties that I'm not sure about.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sun Oct 11, 2020 6:48 pm

It’s apparently ticking off a lot of fanboys of Pratchett. But since I’m not one of them, I thought it looked fun.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Oct 12, 2020 10:03 pm

Murder on Middle Beach

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:58 am

hepcat wrote: ↑Sun Oct 11, 2020 6:48 pm It’s apparently ticking off a lot of fanboys of Pratchett. But since I’m not one of them, I thought it looked fun.

I am a fanboy. But not in the rabid sense. I'll handle any deviation in stride. And it's been a while since I last read one of the books. I'm just hoping for some of the humor and style to come through.

Zarathud · Post by **Zarathud** » Tue Oct 13, 2020 11:27 am

Pratchett wrote characters, old and young, pretty and not, with many warts. Many fans are upset because they’ve made so many characters traditionally younger and conventionally pretty.

Vimes is supposed to be an old and washed up cop who has seen (and drank) it all and often turned a blind eye, but sometimes cares despite his better judgment. How do you reconcile that with a young punk version?

A female Patrician who is an assassin turned governor could work, but that falls into a bunch of stereotypes of manipulating women. Pratchett generally challenged Stereotypes with his characters.

It’s set in a medieval world that’s becoming modern, and that juxtaposition creates a lot of the humor. For example, vampire AA meetings. Maybe this is the reverse, a modern world with medieval bits but that’s almost a different genre.

His widow is furious over the changes, not just the fans. I’ll watch but most certainly will cringe at times.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:35 pm

Go grab a free trial for AMC Plus streaming and watch the first few episodes of Gangs of London. I’m enjoying the hell out of it.

It’s from the creator of the Raid movies and stars a bunch of great British actors. The fight scenes are fantastic, I have to say. The story may get a bit cliche at times, but the lead bad guy (played by Joe Cole from Peaky Blinders) does a great job of making you think he’s just a mad dog, before pulling the rug out from under you and causing you to realize there was a method to his madness.

There’s also a plot twist with the other main character at the end of episode one I should have seen coming, but they did such a great job of downplaying the obvious foreshadowing that it actually caught me by surprise.

But man, those fight scenes.

I’m hiding this clip in a spoiler because it’s just brutal. Be warned.

Spoiler:

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Wed Oct 14, 2020 7:44 am

hepcat wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:35 pmBut man, those fight scenes.

I don't think I've seen violence that frantic or painful since Kingsman: The Secret Service.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Oct 14, 2020 9:19 am

The follow up scene with the newly minted crime lord of London in which the character we're following in that scene tries to explain what happened is great. The boss asks him skeptically if he really took on 6 guys, and the guy tells it was more like 8...but that he had a dart.

There's a fight scene in episode two with a "cleaner" clad only in his underwear and a pair of rubber boots (the reason for which I won't explain for gross out purposes) that's even more brutal.

The movie earns an R rating, that's for sure. But even when you're encountering some Hostel level violence, you're also seeing the intrigue and back room dealings going on during the restructuring that arises from the new crime boss taking over. He's rebuilding it all in his image, and it takes a while before you even realize that.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:06 pm

The Great North

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:12 pm

Alex Rider

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:32 pm

Breaking Beauty on Crackle

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sun Nov 15, 2020 1:12 am

By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem on Epix

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 8:32 pm

Dashing in December on the Paramount Network

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:47 pm

Heroes of Lucha Libre on Crackle

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:53 pm

Lennon's Last Weekend on Britbox

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 10:21 pm

Coyote on CBS All Access

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Nov 27, 2020 1:11 am

Mr. Mayor on NBC

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Fri Nov 27, 2020 1:17 am

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 1:11 am Mr. Mayor on NBC

That looks dumb, plus network tv, but...Ted Danson. I will most likely check it out.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Mon Dec 07, 2020 3:26 pm

If this isn't on topic, I don't know what is.

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Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 10:29 pm

Fraiser and Criminal Minds are returning.