I'm also watching the third season of the BBC's Sherlock.
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I'm also watching the third season of the BBC's Sherlock.
Luther is excellent. Idris Alba one of my favorite Actors.
My List
The Olympics
Chicago Fire
Person Of Interest
Banshee
Shark Tank
Blue Bloods
NCIS L.A.
That's it for now
Thought last night was the best episode so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by buttslinger
Are either of you watching Line of Duty?Quote:
Originally Posted by Prospero
Caught up with episode one last night. Powerful stuffQuote:
Originally Posted by robertlouis
But I am beginning to agree with David hare, dame Helen and Howard Jacobson on all of this ultra violence
I didn't see the first series but I watched the first episode of In the Line of Duty, not surprised by the regulation canned muzak, the layers of corruption in the police service, the plot that presumably will end up somewhere in 'the establishment' whereas most police corruption centres around local gangs and criminals rather than 'high politics'. I also think the diet of murders is beyond parody and wonder if it is even possible to make a drama in which someone isn't slashed to ribbons or thrown or windows. It is one of the many reasons why I do not watch tv much these days. In fact I dont think tv has done justice to itself as an artistic medium since the 1960s and 1970s when plays were made with tv in mind, rather than the cinema. The tetralogy by John Hopkins, Talking to a Stranger, remains the high point of tv, since then it has decayed into cliches and tedious detective shows which all do the same thing. And where, after all, are the dramas about ordinary people and money, given that most relationships when they fail revolve around and sexual infidelity, money/and the lack of it, and arguments about children? Money has surely been one of the most dominant factors in people's lives, and most people don't plan to rob a bank or a mint of millions either.
It is the huge and bloody body count that David Hare and Howard Jacobson were talking about - and it was the dominance amidst this slaughter of women that Dame Helen was referring to.
From the Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/...e-9129353.html
Currently:
Shameless
The Walking Dead
Deadwood
I've never been a Western kind of guy, but I have one more episode to watch before wrapping up season one. I like it a lot.
I have spent the last two days working my way through the whole of the first series of House of Cards. I recall the original version on the BBC which was set in the Houses of Parliament, it had some good acting but was poorly written so I was hoping the American version would be an improvement. I paid £20 for the boxed set and I reckon it is worth £2. Who ever thought politics could be this clean?
One small point -when Zoe Barnes starts coming into the Herald with exclusives, the politics editor can't work out who her source is. One thing we have learned from the hacking scandal here is that newspapers -specifically the Murdoch press in these cases- used private detectives (some of whom were corrupt ex-policemen and their criminal friends)- so I can't work out why Janine didn't just hire a dick to follow Zoe Barnes, not least because the Chief Whip regularly meets Zoe in public places...like they do...and someone tell me where Kevin Spacey gets that accent -South Carolina via the Old Vic? And that re-union at the Sentinel -why didn't they sing Dixie?
NCIS, Criminal Minds, CSI, Person of Interest & Elementary
i've lost tracked of Boardwalk Empire after last year- (it got too slow and methodical in stretches) i may have to go to HBO-GO to get caught up on past shows enough for the this year's episodes.
i've finally sat down to see some of the NBC's Dracula series. i never would have thought that kind of network would be allowed the bloody violent graphics that they have been showing. Seems even more graphic than WB's Vampire Diaries. Thought only cable shows like HBO (true blood) or AMC (walking dead) could get away with that.
" THE STRAIN " (FX channel) has been terrific! - can be gory at times.
check out the brutal head-crushing in the opening pilot...!
i am very lukewarm on "GOTHAM". but i'll wait it out to see how it develops.
Coming out of the gates the last 2 weeks, i havent been that impressed.
i was watching HBO's the Leftovers" it's weird and you have to have patient
but it keeps giving you more intriguing mysteries to solve out. It's been given
the green light for season 2.
BTW "True Blood" final season, and finale show ..was plain awful and
very disappointing. A shameful ending for a classic series.
i am currently on the final season of Sons of Anarchy. what a cool series.
i have tried to wait and see waht the 2nd season of
" Orange is the new Black " because i did enjoy the 1st season.
But this 2nd season is looking like too much of a disinteresting comedy
show than a kick ass drama series.
i'm patiently awaiting "the Walking Dead" ...and premiere of "the FLASH" for October due date release.
Cheers :cheers:
I am rewatching shameless all over again on sky boxsets
Been into The strain since it started. Looking forward to the finale. The Knick is also a very good show. Sons of Anarchy, been great so far, wondering if Jackson will kill his Mother once he finds out she killed Tara? Gotham is intriguing.
Have finally embarked on "Breaking Bad"
Have fun,Great show.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prospero
I must say...I am a bit shocked that I like Gotham.
I thought I would hate it but it is surprisingly funny (Harvey Bullock is awesome) and the action is solid and based in reality thus far (that is no super natural or super human stuff yet). Plus interweaving the characters as they are does not bother me as much as I originally thought it would.
2 episodes in and i think I will continue to watch.
The one part of the show i don't like at all is anything to do with bruce and alfred. i find both characters/actors to bore me so far and would rather just see the Gordon/Bullock/criminal story lines.
Downton Abbey - Great show
A tv show called Transparent has been aired via Amazon, and I heard a review of it on BBC radio last Saturday, I was expecting it to appear as a thread but not so far. I haven't seen it, has anyone else?
Transparent (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
i meant to see Defiance ..as well as Dominion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jericho
hopefully they will eventualy be available on streaming.
i can't wait to see the Strain in 2015 again. Awesome series.
Right now it's about the Walking Dead, American Horror Freak Show (year of the circus freaks and sicko killing clowns) Constantine (NBC) and the Flash (WB)
Gotham is just not working out too well with me and i'm close to giving up on it
as I'm finding it boring and not what i thought/hoped it would be.
For all you folks that miss "Orange is the New Black"..do yourself a favor and watch the Australian show "Wentworth"...it's a take on an older series "The Prisoner (also called 'prisoner in cell block H')"...
It's gritty and terrific. Season one is very good, but season two is fucking excellent. It's on Netflix now.
...and don't fuck with Bea Smith.
The strain, the walking dead, 24 and murder in the first. Oh and Homeland!
Hi Television lovers,
I do not watch television very much. I watch, maybe, an hour a day and that is if i turn it on, at all. It hasn't been on once today, and i've been up since 4:30 this morning.
When i do, i like to watch, Modern Family. I like it because there is no laugh track. It's really funny enough to not need for a laugh track.
I used to enjoy, Arrested Development.
I, also, enjoyed the cooking show called, Chopped.
Chef Ramsey is a little too coarse, rude and crude, for me. He reminds me of what i hated most about working in a kitchen - a screaming chef.
I used to go home hating myself for working there.
I do watch Hell's Kitchen, or Masterchef once in a while but i do not go out of my way to watch that type televised abuse.
Actually, i really enjoy watching that older British Tv show called, Chef! on youtube, which, by the way, is all about a (rolls eyes) screaming chef lol, go figure, eh?
I think i enjoy it because it's not real abuse. You can see it on youtube if you enter, "Chef the British tv show". Everton, i think it's how his name is spelled, is really cute, too, i think.
When i watch television, i always mute the commercials. So annoying - strangers telling me what i want, and such.
What i really like are the old vintage tv shows from the 60' and 70s, when TV was a little more innocent and stlll funny. I think The Beverly Hillbillies is perhaps my all time favorite from that era.
Check out this episode:
The old truck comes speeding down the road, all out of control. When the truck crashes, Pearl says to her son, Jethro,
"I thought i told you to get rid of those old brakes."
What Jethro says back to her is completely hilarious.
Babe,
xoxo
The Blacklist, Salem, The Following, DaVinci's Demons, and I cannot WAIT for the next season of True Detective
Gotham, The Walking Dead, Game Of Thrones, South Park, American Dad, and my cardinal sin Gordon Ramsay Kitchen Nightmares USA
Walking Dead, House of Cards, Supernatural, Family Guy, and a few other shows that I cant think of right now :)
Once Upon A Time, Vikings, Sons Of Anarchy, Master Chef Junior, Ink Master, Star Trek Enterprise, South Park, Family Guy
The Strain
Sleepy Hollow
Waiting for season 2 of Leftovers how fustrating!!!
Chloe x
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Originally Posted by Dahlia Babe Ailhad
Babe,
xoxo
:claps Walking dead, Fast and Loud Demolition Theater, Graveyard carz
Looking forward to the finale of SOA.
Just started watching Veep with Julia Louis Dreyfus..the show was created by Armando Iannucci who also directed the movie In the Loop. The interesting thing is he's a Brit who created a show about an American vice presidential candidate and her bumbling, incompetent staff. I have no way of knowing if it's realistic, but I think it's hilarious. Highly recommend.
what's a TV show?:o
It does sound somewhat kinky :D
Love this show, can't wait for it's return. Also Banshee is back, along with House of lies. Looking forward to The Americans Wednesday.Quote:
Originally Posted by broncofan
...I would use that word to describe just about every episode of season one of Leftovers...wish I had a dollar for every time I found myself saying WTF is going on here now?Quote:
Originally Posted by sexyasianescorts
...also awaiting the new season of Ray Donovan, and Game o Thrones, Hell On Wheels and John Oliver and Veep (btw, w/ J Louis D as the actual Vice President, not a candidate as someone said earlier)
....sorry to see Newsroom end (desperately in love w/ Olivia Munn)
...not sorry to see The Dome end, or Utopia...anybody see those train wrecks?
...also, glad to see my favorite of all shows getting mentioned so often: Family Guy...never fails to make me laugh harder than anything else on
...lately, find myself enjoying one o my Mom's favorites...Shark Tank (also desperately in love w/ Lori Grenier)
I've been watching American Horror Story: Freak Show, Psych, Portlandia, and just recently One Piece (The anime). I'm getting psyched for Rick and Morty this year though, I just hope it airs soon :praying:
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Lots of references towards transwoman this season!
I know it is no longer on tv, but I have spent the last week watching all 17 episodes of The Prisoner, which aired in the UK between 1967 and 1968. I watched it at the time but probably not every episode. The series was unusual because it was dominated by one set -the resort village on the coast of Wales called Portmeirion- and because every episode concerned an attempt by an unidentified authority -assumed to be the British Government- to find out why its agent, Number 6 resigned suddenly from the service. Every attempt to force him to tell the truth fails until ultimately he succeeds in being released, though as he also appears to be promoted this might all have been a test to see if he was suited for the top job, the show is ambiguous on this and caused much controversy for refusing to offer viewers a simple story with a beginning, a middle and an end that they could easily understand, and which may also be the cause of its 'cult following'.
The Prisoner therefore does something quite different from other comparable tv shows of the era, such as Mission:Impossible, I Spy, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Avengers. 17 episodes is too long, dare one say that 6 would have been enough? The theme seems to revolve around the individual against the machine, individual liberty rather than the collective, eccentricity rather than conformism. There are times when it looks dated, but it has not dated as badly as some shows, and at times is quite intriguing. But I think only nerds and converts are likely to watch all 17 episodes. The man who made it happen, Patrick McGoohan left the UK for Los Angeles after the show and never returned, appearing in some so-so films and some episodes of Colombo.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061287/