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I thought it was far from the worst in this series, but I hope they don't drag this out for the duration of it.Originally Posted by John
I watched the US version of The Killing and thought it was alright. Does the original have the same story?
I have no idea.
Black Sails got really good towards the end of the first season (last two episodes were ace, mainly because they actually started doing some pirate-y stuff) so I've ploughed through into season two. Hopefully it keeps up the good work.
Marcella continues to be impenetrable yet intriguing, and Anna Friel's cosmetic surgery continues to steal the show.
A scene featuring a camwhore being threatened has just drawn the comment 'imagine doing that as a job, her heating bill must be sky high' from my gran. Spot on, gran.
It's weird, I've now caught up with Quantico (the show that I mentioned was Saved By The Bell meets Weekly Cop Show) and it's SO much better since the break. Every episode deals with the characters struggles in a much more intelligent way. There's far less emphasis on the training stuff being involved with people making out, it has emotion without being Glee meets the FBI. I can only hope they end this series well and then end it, and since that's never happening I can only hope that everything wraps up nicely and we end up moving onto a different generation of agents or something. For once I doff my hat to the schedulers as I'd never have lasted 23 episodes of it's first run.
This story is working perfectly towards a climax with you never knowing who the bad guy is and once they reveal it, it'll become the most boring "I WAS A GREAT AGENT AND THE FBI SCREWED ME" (it's clearly an insider, but who and for what is always a good plotline) good cop / bad cop thing that every show does.
edit: Although one character is probably the least convincing autist you've ever seen. His act seems to be appearing gormless and out of breath and then saying everything as quickly as possible. It's terrible even though the base character is interesting.
Orphan Black is back!
@phonics
Castle, Arrow, Quantico and now Orphan Black. TV is back boys.
They're giving Orphan Black one of those talkshow things, and HBO will be doing the same for Game of Thrones. I'd say those better not become a thing, but they already are. Such nonsense.
Castle.
On season 5 of X-files now. This is around the time when I started watching it more sporadically, back in the day.
They're giving Orphan Black one of those talkshow things, and HBO will be doing the same for Game of Thrones. I'd say those better not become a thing, but they already are. Such nonsense.
Castle.
Talk show things...? As in the actors sit around and talk about the show, or... ?
It's basically a podcast about the episode that just ended but on TV.
Chris Hardwick from The Nerdist did it for Walking Dead and now every show seems to want one.
Ooh, right. I think I may have seen something similar in Sweden about some show (probably game of thrones).
That is absolutely fucking retarded. It's like filming a bunch of spotty geeks discussing whether Trek or Wars is best, or what the perks of different versions of Dungeons & Dragons.
The update at the start of the new Orphan Black season is not nesrly comprehensive enough given how long it hasn't been on. I can barely remember what happened.
So bad.
I'm halfway through season 3.
I'm a twit
Couldn't even watch the whole thing. Diabolical.
Neither could I.
Christ knows who is actually going to watch it.
Nope. Not having that.
And that's a film which wasn't that good to begin with being trodden on. Imagine when the Lethal Weapon trailer appears.
That Angie Tribeca thing looks so so awful.
I don't want to think about it.Nope. Not having that.
And that's a film which wasn't that good to begin with being trodden on. Imagine when the Lethal Weapon trailer appears.
It's absolutely brilliant. I've only seen one trailer for it but if that was representative then they got their marketing wrong in a big way.
A fair plan, but getting punched in the head hurts more if you're not ready for it.
I've only seen the one currently running on E4 and it looks terrible. Is it worth a go then?
If you like The Naked Gun, yes.
The humour is very similar.
Season two of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt has appeared with very little fanfare. That's tonight's viewing sorted.
Shit, I thought it was out in a few months time. Smashing.
Watched Daredevil recently which was pretty awesome. Also House Of Cards is warming up nicely. Shit just got real
You watched both series of Daredevil and Jessica Jones, Raoul? All three are great.
Arrow is so lol. It's really bad but I can't stop watching (apart from the Flash focused episodes, I skip them)
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Watched one episode of Kimmy Schmidt last night and I've been humming, whistling, and singing the theme song all day today. It's a disgrace.
No, it's a miracle!
Yep, all good. Looking forward to Luke Cage as well.
I'll be interested to see how they time the releases of Iron Fist and then The Defenders. I suppose given the relative patience Marvel have shown so far it might not be until 2018 that we get The Defenders unless they go to 3+ Netflix series a year to fit in all four of the characters they have planned and more often.
It's scheduled to begin filming in 'late 2016' after Iron Fist which is filming right now.
I'd guess Iron Fist around March 2017, then Defenders in June and Jessica Jones season 2 around September/October.
The amount of Malcolm In The Middle on ComedyXtra is making slobbing in front of the telly far too easy.
Forgot how funny it is.
I'm a twit
It's brilliant, isn't it? I binge through it every now and then.
Loved it as a kid and just as good now, a lot of clever jokes and storytelling.
The second season of Kimmy Schmidt was about on a par with the first one in pure comedy terms, but they managed to address some of the darkness of that backstory and slip some emotional stuff in. The third episode was a bit crap overall but, much like 30 Rock, there are still enough brilliant throwaway jokes in each episode to sustain it.
The third was one of those 'address the critics' things, but it had the sight gag of a gay black man in whiteface playing a Geisha so that's fine.
It's miles better than Modern Family etc.
Every single character is so well developed you can't help but love them all. Craig.
Hadn't really thought about that but you're right, there's more depth to the characters than most comedies.
Hal's half-crying exasperation is always great. He's got to be up there with the best telly actors of the last twenty ish years.
He is, but for Breaking Bad only. I could never really get into Malcolm in the Middle. It's not terrible, I just never saw the genius other people seemed to be watching.
I went off it slightly when Jamie came in to it.
More for BB, but there can't be many who have done both comedy and drama so well.
I'm up to Season 3 of the West Wing after failing to stick to the 'West Wing Weekly' schedule.
Two Cathedrals is massively over-rated but apart from that, and a few moments of horrific sexism, still great.
Marcella is still all over the place but I'm finding it oddly watchable. That could be because I'm locked into finishing it due to watching with my gran and so have resigned myself to it, but I reckon it's pulling the standard Scandi-Noir trick of doing just enough to keep you in while telling you basically fuck all. It's written by the same bloke behind The Bridge, so it should come as no surprise that it has a mentally abnormal female detective at the centre of it, yet the fucker keeps finding new ways to make her be a cunt.
I'm gonna binge that once it's over because I fucking loved The Bridge.
I'm on season 2 of The Killing right now and it's great too. The Scandis know how to make good TV.
Nobody ever laughs, audience included. They can weave a narrative, but fuck me it's grim.
Is The Night Manager worth watching?
Watched all of Episodes, great show.
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