[Abyss]

Gothos, on 26 May 2014 - 12:29 PM, said:

Thought that Twin Peaks would be a good addition to my library of shit I have watched that deserves it.

However, both me and the gf fell asleep halfway through the pilot. It's a bit... static. Gonna give it another go in days to come, of course.
Should I watch the movie first?

Negative on the movie. Watch the show S1, slot the movie in between the first and second season.


Personally i found the movie weak and the second season sort of falls apart, but S1 is fun weirdness.

That said, what you see in the first few eps is pretty much what you get. A few new layers of mystery and relationships develop, but really it's all about the weird.

[Abyss]

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK.
I was sceptical about this show, but it's mostly clever and at times hysterically funny, with some great acting.
It's walking a bit of a line for me between predictable and novel, but i'm enjoying it far more than I thought i would.

CLONE WARS FINAL SEASON.
Watched the first two eps. Please tell me this gets better.
After the action and turmoil of S5, this was just a weak start to what should be a major plot point.

YOUNG JUSTICE RE-WATCH.
Marathoned the first season. Someone remind me why this was cancelled and replaced with Teen Titans Blargh?


ORPHAN BLACK
Anyone watched this? I've seen enough to accept that the lead actress is the most talented thing ever but the bits and pieces i've seen seem wooden, hamhanded and at times cheesy - is the show actually any good?

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 26 May 2014 - 02:25 PM, said:

CLONE WARS FINAL SEASON.
Watched the first two eps. Please tell me this gets better.
After the action and turmoil of S5, this was just a weak start to what should be a major plot point.

The final season is called "THE LOST MISSIONS" on purpose, it really is a collection of a few different story arcs, the most impressive and cerebral of which are the three that concern Yoda taking Qui-Gon's instructions on how to become a Force Ghost apres death...there is one other arc I really liked, but I can't remember the titles. This makes about HALF the final season worth it, and the other half kind of blah.

[worry]

Orphan Black is awesome. It's a little stiff when it comes to the cop scenes, especially at the start, but everything else is right on the money. I suppose it's also a little bit constrained in its budget, having to use Canadian dollars and all, but overall it goes hard (and continues to improve).

But then again, I liked the Twin Peaks movie (a lot) more than much of season 2, (particularly post-mystery, and even more particularly, Super Nadine).

[Abyss]

Rageun Cajun, on 26 May 2014 - 05:04 PM, said:

McLovin, on 26 May 2014 - 12:09 PM, said:

About halfway through the DVR backlog of HELIX.

Whoever chose the music for this series needs his/her head examined. Is this supposed to be a comedy?

Several of the storylines are quite stupid. And here again we have the Star Wars problem - a base full of the most brilliant minds, and they all act like idiots.

I'm sticking with it since iirc this is just a one-season story, but if you're debating watching, I'm inclined to say skip it.

I thought Helix was quite a fun show. It gets into some strange shit. Also S2 is greenlit.

S2 is indeed confirmed.


I watched the whole S1 but at times it was pure hatewatch just to see what news depths of stupid they could sink to.

The series starts decent with potential, starts to sink, rises to greatness when Jeri Ryan shows up, spirals down into sheer bad at times eyebleedingly so, and then almost but not quite rallies for the finale.

The music is supposed to be ironic, by the way. I actually enjoyed that element.

I cannot recommend it with a straight face ... but if S2 can build on its strengths it might actually become something good.

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

Yes, watch Orphan Black!

[Jakovasaurus]

Awwww.... the spelling bee is on right now.


Got up and nailed it like a boss.

This post has been edited by Jakovasaurus: 30 May 2014 - 01:10 AM

[McLovin]

Abyss, on 26 May 2014 - 05:27 PM, said:

I watched the whole S1 but at times it was pure hatewatch just to see what news depths of stupid they could sink to.

Once The Scythe showed up I could no longer be bothered. Last two eps deleted.

On to the backlog of GRIMM.

[Primateus]

Briar King, on 27 May 2014 - 12:55 AM, said:

Anyone remember 2010's craptastic film Legion??? Well SyFy is picking up 25 yrs after the movie with a follow up show and I'm kinda looking foward to it.

https://m.youtube.co...h?v=cunfnspXANM

Well, I'll give it a chance, just because it features Anthony Head!

[Kruppe's snacky cakes]

I've been pleasantly surprised by The 100. It's LESS teeny bopper than what I expected. Considering it's on CW, it could have been Dawson's Creek In Space...but it's not.

[worry]

For those who are caught up on Louie (minus tonight's episode), a fantastic analysis of Elevator 6/Pamela 1: http://lareviewofboo...6-pamela-part-1

[amphibian]

worry, on 10 June 2014 - 07:51 AM, said:

For those who are caught up on Louie (minus tonight's episode), a fantastic analysis of Elevator 6/Pamela 1: http://lareviewofboo...6-pamela-part-1

I was talking over this earlier with @thewordy on Twitter. There's a big problem with how Louie presented the Pamela section - which has some extremely serious sexual assault/male-female dynamic issues being put into play by his character's actions - without an actual real world context or a continuation the next week into a serious exploration.

Instead, we got an unrelated episode or rather an episode that pivoted completely to explore what Louis CK's view on what being a young man may mean. I don't get that. The pivot from sexual assault shown on tv, which is a brave and bold move, to Louie feeling guilty over stuff as a kid is not an apt one. It's like looking at a particularly heavy Malazan moment, let us say the meeting featuring Tavore, Korbolo Dom and Mallick Rel, and cutting away mid-moment to see Korbolo Dom as a child, before returning to what happens.

Yes, the cutaway (used rightly) can make us feel for both sides, but what Korbolo Dom and Mallick Rel are in the midst of doing is a tremendous thing that deserves our full attention. It is a violation and the best way we can respect those violated is to not look away, to confront, to think, to consider and to act. That's why Louie should have moved the In the Woods episode somewhere else in the season. He should have ended it with the full run of Elevators (1-6) and Pamelas (1, 2 and 3).

I'm hoping Pamela 2 and 3 show the same courage and the same willingness to confront the ugliness that the character Louie's actions represent in Pamela 1. Just like he had the courage to show his youngest daughter character being yelled at for being life-endangeringly stupid and his rejection of reassurances offered to him and to the younger daughter by the older daughter. That took gumption and it was right to do.

Erikson has the courage to show us the right ways - or at least to show the violations in full, before wending us readers back to the greying zones.

That was heavy and probably way more than you meant to provoke, worry. Hope this is worth the read.

[worry]

I did read it and I understand the complaint, but I also have the same hope you do -- and I actually absolutely do think he's going somewhere bold with it, because his standup has been preoccupied with the subject matter lately, so actions will have consequences/follow-through. As far as pushing the flashback story in between the Pamela episodes, I agree it wasn't ideal, but I'm in wait-and-see mode. There may be a confluence of events in Pam 2&3 (or not). Ultimately I don't know if it was meant to be a narrative trick or just the way these scripts could fit (two forty five minute episodes that contain one story couldn't be paired with any others, but Elevator 1 and Elevator 6 could be and were, by necessity). If it turns out there's no narrative reason for this particular placement, home viewing (by which I mean DVDs etc) would easily allow one to watch Into the Woods before Elevator 1. Commercial-reliant TV just isn't as obliging to Louie's long-form stories as it is for the short ones.

[amphibian]

On the other hand, Louis CK has near total control over what happens regarding his show. He's been given that freedom by Landsgraf and the others at FX.

Thus far, he's displayed enough sensitivity that I can indeed wait and see, but the vast, vast majority of comedians wouldn't earn that trust regarding this topic. It's not something I've always felt strongly about, but lately, I've been seeing things differently.

[tiam]

Utopia season 2 is out soon and the entire thing is on 4od at the moment for anyone who fancies it. Very good stuff

[Tiste Simeon]

We are finally on S5 of Fringe. It is a really cool concept and we loved S4 but for some reason I get the impression that everything in this season kind of makes the previous 4 seasons irrelevant. I mean the whole thing with William Bell and David Robert Jones from last season? Doesn't really matter any more. The alternate universe? Forgotten about. Spent 4 seasons with all this stuff being a major part of the plot and now it just seems like it was all introducing the characters so we know their backstory for this particular arc... I hope I am wrong (still got just over half the season to go) and as I said I am enjoying it, I just hope that some of the other major arcs have a bit more relevance then they currently appear to.

[worry]

Have faith!

[McLovin]

And I still agree.

[QuickTidal]

On the flight home I finally got to watch a bunch of BROOKLYN 99 eps, and I was almost rolling in the aisles laughing! Great show!

[Tiste Simeon]

QuickTidal, on 15 June 2014 - 12:30 PM, said:

On the flight home I finally got to watch a bunch of BROOKLYN 99 eps, and I was almost rolling in the aisles laughing! Great show!

Yeah man that is the most consistently funny show on at the moment. The whole cast is superb.