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Title: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: lepetitfromage on 31 Jan 2014, 09:26
Alright, I know that we've all got them. The shows that you watch that are just not important enough to have their own thread.

So, what are they? What are the "regulars" on your TV?



I've gone from watching a few things every so often to having a DVR that is a bit out of hand. Monday is 2 Broke Girls, HIMYM and The Voice. Tuesday is NCIS, Face Off, The Biggest Loser and New Girl. Sometimes The Voice results too. Tuesday is a busy night for my cable box! Wednesday is reserved solely for SVU. (American Horror Story is not watched when it's on but reserved for marathons post-season) Thursday and Friday are boring TV-wise. Sometimes Glee.


Monday through Friday at 7pm, I DVR Jeopardy. God help you if you delete Jeopardy.

When primetime shows are on hiatus, I generally stick to reruns of Modern Family and cartoons. (Bob's Burgers, The Simpsons, American Dad, Family Guy)


I watch too much damn TV.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 31 Jan 2014, 10:01
My DVR records a lot of stuff I end up not watching. I have it set to record Jeopardy every day at 3:30, but I never actually get around to watching it. My shameful guilt is that I watch the reality-show crap on the Food Network. Restaurant Impossible, Chopped, Guy's Grocery Games, that stuff.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: LookingIn on 31 Jan 2014, 10:27
I have turned into a regular on-demand viewer of "Big Bang Theory" and "Two and a Half Men", I tried watching "2 Broke Girls" but the current storyline is a bit annoying for my tastes.

I can't help it but I have watched just about every episode of "Mythbusters" since the show started, and it is just about the only show that I watch the night it airs. It's one of those shows that manages to balance fun with science and the five hosts have great chemistry and are a rare case of hosts who are the real deal professionals.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 31 Jan 2014, 11:54
Because I don't have a TV, I basically watch stuff when it's available on ITV player, iPlayer or Demand 5 (Channel 4 has yet to broadcast anything I can even remotely consider worth watching).

I will always watch Doctor Who, Call the Midwife, Waterloo Road, Doc Martin and Downton Abbey when they are on. Fortunately, they rarely overlap more than two at a time!

When I've got time off, like during a holiday week or a "reading week" like this one, where I've been set exactly 0 reading to do, I'll watch British crime dramas - things like The Bletchley Circle, Midsomer Murders, any Agatha Christie, Morse, Blue Murder, Scott and Bailey etc. For sheer mindless decompressing or entertainment while tackling mammoth piles of washing up I watch American crime dramas like NCIS or CSI.

For someone without a TV I guess I watch quite a lot of it, but it's the best way I've found of getting myself to cook, wash up or clean - it occupies my mind while I get on with various chores.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: The Seldom Killer on 31 Jan 2014, 13:52
Barmy, you should watch Utopia on 4OD, one of the best bits of contemporary British drama in a very long time.

I too only watch through iPlayer and 4OD. Waiting for Dr Who, am watching Musketeers, Big Bang Theory although it's pretty much jumped the shark, Uncle, Buzzcocks, HIGNFY, Mock The Week and the occaisional Graham Norton depending on the guests.

Also occasionally run through whole series on Quick-Stream.me if I'm unemployed or my wife is away for work. Game of Thrones, House of Cards and Orange is the New Black were pretty good this way.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Blue Kitty on 31 Jan 2014, 19:30
The shows I watch each week in no particular order are Community, the Michael J Fox Show, Parks and Rec, Sleepy Hollow, Elementary, Sherlock, Almost Human, At Midnight, Bob's Burgers, American Dad, Supernatural, Rick and Morty, and Archer
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Jimor on 02 Feb 2014, 21:15
Let's see. NCIS, NCIS LA, Hawaii 5-0, Big Bang Theory, Game of Thrones, Sherlock, Doctor Who and Burn Notice were the series I keep up with regularly. Though I only just got around to watching the last season of Burn Notice this weekend, so that's over now. I watch most of these online these days.

When I do browse cable, which is maybe 2 or 3 times a week at most, I'll almost always stop if Top Gear, Chopped, KItchen Nightmares/Restaurant Impossible are on. Sometimes home improvement stuff on HGTV, various stuff on Military channel, and I'll sample many of the reality shows, but don't watch any regularly except for a time a while back when I watched a lot of Hoarders for how fascinating that mindset is. I think that mostly sums up what I watch these days.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 03 Feb 2014, 03:38
I am obsessed with a handful of shit competitive reality shows, namely The Apprentice (UK) and Coach Trip. I tend to watch the episodes on YouTube/4OD in marathons with my friend Thom while talking about which competitors are idiots, which ones we'd sleep with and which ones should win. It's an appalling waste of time and I don't regret a second of it.

By myself, I usually watch stuff on Netflix. I have a Netflix account solely because It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, my favourite TV show, isn't available on Region Two DVD. But I also watch Arrested Development and The League on there as well as whatever other shit I find - I discovered Louis CK, now my favourite comedian, through Netflix.

As far as actual TV, I watch less these days because I have more of a social life but I often watch Channel 4's fucked-up documentaries like Secrets Of The Living Dolls or Sex Box while texting my current fling about it. Channel 4 really does love its blunt documentary titles. THE BOY WHOSE PENIS FELL OFF. THE MAN WHO HAD SEX WITH AN AIRING CUPBOARD. THE WOMAN WITH THE GLASS VAGINA etc.

I tend to fall asleep watching Family Guy on BBC3 at about elevenish. I hate Family Guy. Even though it sometimes makes me laugh, I generally hate watching it. I have no idea why I still watch it. I guess because I'm sick of everything I have on DVD. I much prefer American Dad, but I know that if I get to American Dad on BBC3, usually at quarter to midnight, I'm up too late and the TV has to go off.

I also watch Will and Grace in the morning, a show so terrible and dated that it makes me angry. My TV is smart enough that if you book something to watch it will actually turn itself on to change the channel to it, and so I do that most mornings because I hate Will and Grace so much that it forces me to get out of bed and leave the house for work to get away from it.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 06 Feb 2014, 05:03
Ugh, so the BBC went there with the stupid love triangle. WHY can we not just have one storyline where a woman is getting married to another woman and she isn't constantly being tempted by the hot man who she obviously is secretly mad about?
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 06 Feb 2014, 07:59
Yep, I watched that happen and knew it'd piss you off.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: LeeC on 06 Feb 2014, 08:02
Quote from: Barmymoo on 06 Feb 2014, 05:03
WHY can we not just have one storyline where a woman is getting married to another woman and she isn't constantly being tempted by the hot man who she obviously is secretly mad about?
'cause then there wouldn't be drama to interest the lowest common denominators?  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 06 Feb 2014, 08:35
Why is it that straight couples getting married and having normal relationships is enough drama but gay couples have to have some kind of weird "is she really gay?" dynamic before it is acceptable on TV? Heather Peace is one of my favourite actresses but I was really disappointed by that episode.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: LeeC on 06 Feb 2014, 08:55
I can't think of a drama TV show centered around a "normal" straight couple.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 06 Feb 2014, 10:08
Oh sure there's always drama, but it's pretty rare that the drama is that one of the couple is secretly pining for a member of the same gender despite considering themselves straight. Even if the character is bisexual (it's a bit ambiguous; she has a daughter and says she did love the father at the time, but since then has only been interested in women), it is irritating that they've made it look like she just can't resist how sexy the male teacher is. Dammit, I wanted to see an on-screen gay couple getting married, that's all!
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 01 Mar 2014, 00:43
I'm currently binging on old Daria episodes.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: J on 01 Mar 2014, 06:40
i've beer rather enjoying black sails. though i think it tries a bit too hard to be game of thrones.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Kugai on 01 Mar 2014, 12:09
Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 01 Mar 2014, 00:43
I'm currently binging on old Daria episodes.

I keep looking for the DVD's down here in Kiwiland - so far, nada.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 02 Mar 2014, 23:13
Are the streaming services also region-restricted?

EDIT: It looks like Amazon Global ships to New Zealand, and you must have multi-region players.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Wervelf on 07 Mar 2014, 23:53
Regulars on my TV are Big bang theory, Hannibal, Suits i pretty much watch anything that comes on provided i have time
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Blue Kitty on 09 Mar 2014, 09:39
I'm really enjoying USA's new show Sirens.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: TheCollyWolly on 10 Mar 2014, 22:21
I'm not saying House of Cards made my head explode and is my favorite show in the whole world, but oh yeah wait that's exactly what I'm saying and if you have Netflix you need to go watch it.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Blyss on 13 Mar 2014, 09:34
Currently rewatching all of Archer - and True Detective is pretty awesome.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: J on 13 Mar 2014, 10:38
true detective was completely awesome. matt mcconaughey is a scary motherfucker.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 13 Mar 2014, 11:24
Thank goodness, Nikki from Waterloo Road ends up jacking in the job and moving to Germany with her ex-now-current-fiancee.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: ev4n on 21 Mar 2014, 10:48
Quote from: Barmymoo on 31 Jan 2014, 11:54
I'll watch British crime dramas

Yes please!

Currently at home sick with stomach badness, and been watching Wallander (the british one).  I have learned 3 things:

- I kind of want to be Kenneth Branagh when I grow up
- I want to go to Sweden (4am Sunshine!  Beautiful fields!  The Sea!)
- I want to smack some sense into Wallander.  Very annoying person sometimes.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Blue Kitty on 01 Apr 2014, 17:11
How I Met Your Mother came to an end last night and from what I hear it was pretty disappointing
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: lepetitfromage on 01 Apr 2014, 17:15
I've been an avid fan for years and it didn't bother me as much as it seems to have bothered The Internet. I mean....yeah, definitely not what I was anticipating nor what I had hoped for, but it did make sense. Fucking Ted.  :facepalm:
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: J on 01 Apr 2014, 19:31
i've been working my way through the x-files over the course of the past few months. i'd totally forgotten how much fun that show was, in all it's 90s glory.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Blue Kitty on 02 Apr 2014, 18:15
Quote from: lepetitfromage on 01 Apr 2014, 17:15
I've been an avid fan for years and it didn't bother me as much as it seems to have bothered The Internet. I mean....yeah, definitely not what I was anticipating nor what I had hoped for, but it did make sense. Fucking Ted.  :facepalm:

Here's a nice write up on the finale (http://house-of-chemical-wolves.tumblr.com/post/81511591178/dear-how-i-met-your-mother-creators-to-say-i)

But it also makes people see Ted in a new light (http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/3220651-9-23-last-forever-20140331/page-9#entry16436125)
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Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 03 Apr 2014, 04:57
Well, that certainly makes me glad I didn't invest in the show at all.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: ev4n on 03 Apr 2014, 06:12
Quote from: Gareth on 03 Apr 2014, 04:57
Well, that certainly makes me glad I didn't invest in the show at all.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: lepetitfromage on 03 Apr 2014, 07:58
Ok, that Ted thing is blowing my mind right now. It's making me question so many things! The entire dynamic of Barney and Ted's relationship has changed for me. And I'm thinking WAY too far into this.


I can see where the author of the write up is coming from, but someone posted something really interesting on a commentary I read yesterday:


"It wasn't why they didn't belong together, it was why they didn't belong together at the time. Ted always needed to have kids, and Robin always needed to have a career. Neither one of them would have been happy if either one of them settled. Ted got his kids, and Robin got the career she always wanted. Neither one had any "what ifs" going into the relationship."


I'm really torn about how I feel about this. Either way, I'm saddened by the fact that there was significant character development that seems to have been thrown out the window. I understand that they filmed the part with the kids earlier, but I wish they had filmed multiple endings. They spent so much time convincing us all that Ted and Robin weren't meant to be together and then stuck them together anyway.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 03 Apr 2014, 08:00
It reminds me of the last episode of Friends. Just outright laziness disregarding years of story progression.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Blue Kitty on 03 Apr 2014, 18:18
I just watched Defiance, mostly out of boredom, and it's pretty ok. A pretty short season but I enjoy the sci-fi elements
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Lupercal on 08 Apr 2014, 14:05
Friends was very...tie this up with a nice bow kind of thing. Although I felt like 4 of those guys got what they wanted ('finally'), but Phebe and Joey are left just being themselves, which is way more normal than...pretty much everything else that happened. At least Fraiser ended somewhat openly.

Just started watching Star Trek again, started with Voyager. I then realised I should have at least started with Next Gen, worked through DS9 then gone on to Voyager but...I'm too invested in it now. It's a bloody good show.

Edit: 1000th post, most 90s post. Cool.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Blyss on 11 Apr 2014, 06:43
Quote from: Blue Kitty on 03 Apr 2014, 18:18
I just watched Defiance, mostly out of boredom, and it's pretty ok. A pretty short season but I enjoy the sci-fi elements

I thoroughly enjoyed the first season.  So much so that I picked up the game for my 360 in hopes of paying along with season 2.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 11 Apr 2014, 07:04
Quote from: Lupercal on 08 Apr 2014, 14:05
Friends was very...tie this up with a nice bow kind of thing. Although I felt like 4 of those guys got what they wanted ('finally'), but Phebe and Joey are left just being themselves, which is way more normal than...pretty much everything else that happened. At least Fraiser ended somewhat openly.

Just started watching Star Trek again, started with Voyager. I then realised I should have at least started with Next Gen, worked through DS9 then gone on to Voyager but...I'm too invested in it now. It's a bloody good show.

Edit: 1000th post, most 90s post. Cool.

Isn't Voyager just like, three basic plots? 'Hey, a way home! ...Nope we're even further away.' 'Maybe this alien race will help us! ...Nope, they're evil.' And there's a third one I can't remember.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Lupercal on 20 Apr 2014, 15:02
Only 6 episodes into Season 2 and there have been two instances of coming across a weird space mist that disrupts the ship and causes mayhem until they can all figure a way out of it.

One thing I am noticing is how the crew really pick and choose who they help. So Neelix, a guy who just happened to be floating around in a load of space debris, is allowed to be a part of the crew of Voyager. However, an episode where crew members are captured and forced into manual labour results in just those crew members being rescued at the end of the episode. The other humanoids in the labour camp are apparently left to be slaves/organ donors (and I'd assume the prime directive is pretty much broken once alien races capture crew members).

The third one might be a filler holodeck episode? Janeway loves her some Dickensian 'novel' programmes.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: J on 20 Apr 2014, 17:05
that's the third plot: janeway lets people die because prime directive
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: henri bemis on 20 Apr 2014, 19:56
It could/should have been actual, interesting conflict between Starfleet and the Maquis.  They really missed some good plotlines with that.

But I'll also take any episodes that focus on the Doctor.  And I really liked 7 of 9, even though the 'watch this show because boobs' part of her character is insultingly transparent.  I, uh... did tear up a bit at the end of "Drone."

I'll watch just about any cooking competition show I can - including the HORRIBLE Rachel v. Guy Celebrity Cook-off, and every variation of "Gordon Ramsay Yells At Americans Because That's What We Like."

As for things that aren't cheesy reality shows:  Scandal, Luther, Revolution (I like the second season much better), Defiance (I bought the game, too - should really pick it up again), Bob's Burger's, Supernatural, Sleepy Hollow, Key & Peele.  And I've been re-watching early seasons of Angel.

We don't have cable, just Netflix and Hulu+, but I wish Jeopardy was available on one of them because I would watch the shit out of it.  As though I don't watch too much TV already <_<.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: J on 20 Apr 2014, 21:45
personally, what i always thought they should have done with voyager is really commit to the idea of a 70+ year home. like,  don't even bother teasing with the 'will voyager make it home?' plots & fake wormholes & such.

instead, make them take the whole 70 years, and jump foreward a decade or so with each new season. have the characters get older, the ship its self change, kids get born, grow up, eventually take over. it could have been something really different.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: henri bemis on 20 Apr 2014, 22:03
I'd never thought about it like that, but that would be so good.  Damn.

eta: by the fricking gods, how could I forget Xena?  Everyone should watch Xena.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: BeoPuppy on 21 Apr 2014, 00:05
True Detective. I'm watching True Detective.

Is Louisiana really like that?

Brilliant show, though. Like it loads. This and Broadchurch pretty much the best thing so far.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: ev4n on 21 Apr 2014, 06:59
Tried out Doc Martin on netflix yesterday.  Kind of like.

The actress who plays the schoolteacher is beautiful.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 21 Apr 2014, 10:48
I love Doc Martin!
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Welu on 21 Apr 2014, 11:21
The only current shows I can think of that I follow weekly on regular TV or record (excluding RASSLIN') are Bates Motel and Modern Family. I can't name everything I'm currently watching on Netflix but Dead Like Me and Mythbusters are the main two. Now it's on Netflix I keep meaning to try watching Grimm again, partially because I know one of the extras in it.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: henri bemis on 21 Apr 2014, 11:44
Oooh, I forgot about Grimm.  I've been following the latest season, but didn't really watch the first two.  If it's on Netflix now, I'll probably end up watching it very soon.  It's cheesy as hell, but I kind of love it.  Monroe needs a spinoff, and Sasha Roiz is heavenly.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: BeoPuppy on 21 Apr 2014, 15:54
Finished with True Detective. A+, recommend.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Metope on 21 Apr 2014, 17:29
Oh man yes, what a great show! Can't wait for the next season, I wonder what that'll be about. It has a lot to live up to, that's for sure.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: J on 21 Apr 2014, 19:04
Matthew McConaughey is a scary motherfucker.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: BeoPuppy on 22 Apr 2014, 00:12
I just can't see how they will put together a second season. Different detectives, I'd think ... we've seen a fair bit of the lives of these gentlemen, no way that there is this other big case they've been working on. Unless they let the whole flashback structure go and focus on something new.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Blyss on 22 Apr 2014, 08:50
I'd be fine with new detectives for a second season - but man, how high was that bar set?  I'm not sure what they could do to live up to the first season's promise.

I look forward to it, but yeah, how the hell do you get that good again?
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: BeoPuppy on 22 Apr 2014, 09:35
Same with Broadchurch which is supposed to come back as well ... how?
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: ev4n on 28 Apr 2014, 11:44
Quote from: Barmymoo on 21 Apr 2014, 10:48
I love Doc Martin!

Netflix Canada had 3 seasons.  The finale to season 3 was a kick in the teeth.  :(
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: ev4n on 17 Jun 2014, 05:59
Finally have season 4 DVD for Doc Martin.  Huzzah.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: J on 18 Jun 2014, 15:36
heh, that's my mom's favorite show
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: ev4n on 19 Jun 2014, 07:25
Maybe I'm your mom?  Don't you have homework to do?   :police:
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: J on 19 Jun 2014, 22:52
no, my mom knows how Yo Mama jokes work.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 20 Jun 2014, 00:53
YOUR MAMA'S SO FAT THAT SHE HAS SOME WEIGHT RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS AND PROBABLY WON'T LIVE PAST 50

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Blyss on 12 Jul 2014, 20:30
Well, alrighty then... (http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/colin-farrell-puts-on-bade-for-true-detective-season-2-taylor-kitsch-in-contention-for-role-20140711)  I'm not sure how to feel about this...

I mean, Colin Farrell is a good actor at times, and horrible other times from my viewing experience...  I just don't know.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Lupercal on 14 Jul 2014, 03:02
Farrell is one of those guys who is really good when he's not in a serious role. Horrible Bosses, In Bruge, etc. Granted I didn't see Total Recall or A New York Winter's Tale but they both looked horrible. Interestingly, he's also playing the lead villain in an upcoming film that was supposed to be a sequel to Se7en.

Anywho, I'm just two episodes away from finishing the series of Fargo and it is absolutely brilliant. Another show, like Breaking Bad, that concentrates on characters and just kills it every episode.

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Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: ev4n on 14 Jul 2014, 07:43
Started season 5 of doc martin, and was sad to see that

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The series is spinning its wheels, and has been since the start of season 3.  I might be just about done.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: ev4n on 08 Aug 2014, 06:35
Quote from: ev4n on 14 Jul 2014, 07:43
Started season 5 of doc martin, and was sad to see that

 I might be just about done.

Aaaand now I am totally done.  No new ideas in several seasons now.  I love the setting, love the characters, but the plots are all things we've seen before.

I recommend the first 2 seasons, then stop.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: lepetitfromage on 08 Aug 2014, 08:23
Started watching season 3 of American Horror Story. I watched both previous seasons and enjoyed them but they both scared the shit out of me. The first season was terrifying (it was good but all I can actually remember is terrifying lol), the second season was scary but the story drew me in. Currently on the fourth episode of season 3 and I can't get enough of this story. It has scary parts but in general I can tell when they're coming and that makes them less scary but more important to the plot. Would definitely recommend!
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 21 Aug 2014, 06:02
Paging Akima to the TV thread. That's Akima to the TV thread.

Syfy will be running Firefly, starting  on Monday.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 30 Aug 2014, 11:36
I love BBC's New Tricks, but they're clearly scrabbling for plot in this episode - several whole minutes of slow-mo footage of the team bowling.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Blue Kitty on 30 Aug 2014, 19:36
The new season of Defiance just came to an end and the new season of Sleepy Hollow will be starting soon. Sadly a new season of Almost Human will not be coming back with Sleepy Hollow.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Lupercal on 01 Sep 2014, 01:27
Quote from: Barmymoo on 30 Aug 2014, 11:36
I love BBC's New Tricks, but they're clearly scrabbling for plot in this episode - several whole minutes of slow-mo footage of the team bowling.

Hows the new cast? The only current cast member I recognise is Dennis Waterman. Obviously I've seen Lyndhurst in Fools & Horses and Lawson in Star Wars, but have yet to catch more than a snippet of the new stuff.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 06 Sep 2014, 02:42
I miss the old cast, but the new characters are fleshed out and interesting. I particularly like Danny and his daughter who pops up occasionally (she's just gone away to university).
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 29 Sep 2014, 14:32
My girlfriend and I binge-watched a bunch of recent documentaries about people with bizarre habits, largely sexual.

One was Dogging Tales which makes some directorial and editing choices, possibly deliberately, that render the entire thing absolutely hilarious. One is that they intercut the entire thing with genuinely gorgeous footage of night-time wildlife and night-time countryside, as if trying to make an artistic case for this documentary that really is just about people who park their cars in one place and watch each other bang. The other is getting everyone involved to wear weird animal masks (because it's dogging, maybe?) which lends virtually no anonymity because they're mostly like domino-sized masks and loads of them have tattoos and really distinctive voices. It also makes everything about a million times funnier because any and all dialogue is now spoken by blank-faced, dead-eyed animal masks instead of people. The funniest shot in the thing comes when they cut together one of the doggers, an impossibly meek young fella who fantasises about being with two women and then fails to get a hardon with said two women while being filmed, with a shot of a wolf or a fox (I forget which) staring down the lens, as if to imply they were one and the same. Easily the funniest of the things we watched.

Secrets of the Living Dolls was the one I found the most disturbing. These guys basically dress up in massively unconvincing body suits (including faces) to look like women - or more accurately, really terrible sex dolls - then wear women's clothes and just kinda... hang out like that. I've got no issue with this whatsoever. It's completely harmless, not even slightly sexual, and people are obviously well within their rights to do so. The only one that worried me was the 70-odd year old man who got divorced over this habit, and when he puts on his (again, INCREDIBLY unconvincing) women's outfit and is asked by the interviewer what he sees in the mirror he says 'a very exciting female.' Now, this fella is not trans, in any sense. He identifies as male, he refers to himself as male, he makes no indication of any gender dysphoria whatsoever, but he puts on this suit and says that what he sees when he looks in the mirror is an 'exciting female.' That, to me, is signs of being delusional and so he (and only he) worried me quite a lot.

The last one was Married To The Eiffel Tower, one which I got altogether too wrapped up in. It's about objectum sexuals, people who are sexually attracted to objects. Again, nothing wrong with that if it's not hurting anyone, but... well, I think that if these folks aren't hurting anyone, they're skirting dangerously close to doing so, and even taking that out of the equation I was a little bit baffled by the rules they assigned themselves.

One of my main questions, not really an issue per se and it was addressed extremely perfunctorily in the show, was that every single one of these women (and yeah, they were all seemingly cis-women, not a bloke in sight) was polyamorous. They all have multiple objects they're in relationships with, and will bang around with basically any object they happen across in the course of the show. Considering they don't consider this just sexual but actually give names and genders to all their 'partners,' this was, again, something that struck me as a tiny bit delusional, but hey, as long as nobody's getting hurt.

One of the women was previously kicked out of a church she was a member of because she was having a relationship with the church organ. I thought this was a little bit harsh until she admitted that she once fucked the organ. Keep in mind, this is an inanimate organ, in a church.

Let's follow their trail of logic here - this woman considers this organ to be a sentient being, she even described it as being her boyfriend at the time. The vast majority of churchgoing Christians I know would consider sex out of wedlock to be a sin, and she wasn't married to this organ when they had sex, which is kinda bad enough in itself. But also, this organ is on church grounds. I can think of at least one Christian I know who considers out-of-wedlock sex to be fine (not that I've ever discussed with her why she feels that way because it's none of my business and I'm not a Christian so who cares) but I can virtually guarantee you that not a single Christian I know would consider having sex in the church to be okay. Are there children in this church? Were there any in the building when it happened, in what is a semi-public place? I'm not sure that's okay, folks.

And then there was the woman for whom the show was named, who is married to the Eiffel Tower... and promptly doesn't see it again for well over a year. Now, again, to follow the thought process of the women involved, I know a lot of folks on here are polyamorous and that's fine, I did that myself for a while too. But I would've thought the one you've married to generally gets priority, whereas this woman marries the Eiffel Tower, before disappearing for over a year. Does the Tower not get mad about this? Does it not miss her? How is this a strong foundation for a relationship? This woman also, at the end of the documentary, is implied to be basically rubbing her vulva up against the Eiffel Tower, in public, in broad daylight, when children are present, albeit not aware. Again, pretty sure that's not okay.

This woman has some quite severe mental health problems, she's ex-military and has PTSD as a minimum if I'm remembering right, and she then uses this as an excuse to berate a woman who was once a refugee from East Germany before the wall fell, because she's also in a relationship with the Berlin Wall and thinks the wall is unfairly misunderstood by everyone.

Out of everyone I saw in any of these documentaries, she was the only one that actually made me angry - I really got the sense that for the safety of herself and others, she needed to get some help, and pretty soon.

That post turned out longer than I expected.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: BeoPuppy on 06 Oct 2014, 13:03
http://morningafter.gawker.com/twin-peaks-is-back-david-lynch-to-direct-new-season-on-1642900651/+laceydonohue

... oh, holy fuck ...
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Aimless on 06 Oct 2014, 14:52
We've been catching up on White Collar. Still hella good and survived the infamous Season 3 syndrome :) Season 4 is awesome so far.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Aimless on 10 Oct 2014, 14:46
Saw the first episode of The Flash. It was... it was kinda crappy but I'll watch it and keep hoping.

It was certainly no Arrow. Iffy and uninspired casting, uneven script formed in the vacuum that lies within the heads of lazy and mediocre writers and (and then edited by boneheads), impatient poorly-paced plotting, tropes that are so cliché they've become obsolete, wish-fulfilment narrative of the least satisfying kind... it was just really not very good. I hate being a critic. But I think there's hope, as long as they ban anyone involved with the script for the pilot from coming anywhere near the scripts for the coming episodes.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 12 Oct 2014, 13:47
Started watching Dr. Who (2005+ era).

It's incredibly 2000s, but I'm hoping it gets better. The premise is great though, I find it hilariously British. I just wish they'd tone down on the Incidental Soundtrack. And I'm glad Mickey is finally gone (although by the last episode I've started to like him).
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 13 Oct 2014, 15:24
Okay Mickey returned which was nice but other than that, the second serial finale had too much crying going on. In all seriousness, the Dahleks are the best reason to watch this serial.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 13 Oct 2014, 19:54
OH my GOD the quantum locked beings are TERRIFYING.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 14 Oct 2014, 00:11
That's rather the point, no?

http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,29473.0.html
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: ev4n on 22 Oct 2014, 14:27
Quote from: Masterpiece on 13 Oct 2014, 19:54
OH my GOD the quantum locked beings are TERRIFYING.


\o/
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 23 Oct 2014, 01:20
Wait hang on, Masterpiece did you not know there's a Doctor Who thread?
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 23 Oct 2014, 04:34
Not until Pilchard pointed me towards it
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: BeoPuppy on 23 Oct 2014, 04:40
Easy to miss, it's bigger on the inside.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 23 Oct 2014, 04:50
I have so many tabs open typically that I lose track of what thread I'm in.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: SubaruStephen on 23 Oct 2014, 17:11
Grimm returns tomorrow  :-D, and Constantine looks interesting, but I'd really prefer Hannibal come on after Grimm (dat cliffhanger! :-o).
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Aimless on 01 Nov 2014, 06:20
Started watching Season 2 of Arrow after Felicity showed up on The Flash. Okay so first of all, the cast and the writers of Arrow are just so much better than the ones on Flash, so much so that just by touching the Flash they made Barry Allen's antics more enjoyable (okay The Flash has been improving slowly on its own too). I've really missed Felicity btw, she's a great character and I'd like for her and Barry to hook up just so she could spend more time on his dumb show :o

Enjoying the 2nd season of Arrow very much, although I foresee much emo drama and am honestly not so keen on Sebastian Blood or Black Canary atm. Nor am I happy to see River Tam in yet another nerd-friendly action-series :x

Oh yeah, saw the third series of Sherlock too and holy crap that show just gets better and better and WHY CAN'T I JUST GET MORE EPS NAO :(
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Aimless on 03 Nov 2014, 12:39
Season 2 of Arrow was so awesome that I couldn't decide whether to have faith in the show's future or prepare myself for the inevitable onset of Season 3 Syndrome, the terrible illness that's as sure to afflict my favourite shows as winter is to follow summer and autumn. Eight minutes into s03e01, I had hope held in a firm grip and was beginning to relax, WHEN SUDDENLY...

(http://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/10408946_10153295675253916_8328303367045829474_n.jpg?)

ARGH! :x

The writing and direction took a turn for the cheesy towards the last quarter of the season, and the finale didn't really live up to the standard set by the season 1 finale. Nevertheless, Arrow's probably my favourite live action comic book production right now. The core cast has been great, both in terms of writing and acting, and it's nice to have a show where most supporting characters are pretty solid. Laurel was just frickin' annoying or depressing for most of the season but I don't think I'll ever come to like hr character. Black Canary however turned out to be awesome, esp. when not in costume :o Felicity's probably my favourite "sidekick" ever, and I dunno how much of that is due to the writing as opposed to the actress's own touch. Diggle continues to make the most of his few lines and has a great chemistry with the others. The action-sequences remain top-notch for the most part. Roy has his ups and downs, but I liked his character for most of the season. Moira is on a fairly short list of characters I find compelling despite disliking them. She's a match for Mrs. Petrelli in this season :o Brother Blood was used to good effect and I even managed to overcome my hatred of Summer Glau the Ever Present. Slade was among my favourite characters up until the final quarter when he became a little too cartoonish. The rogues were decent, apart from a couple of circus clowns. Deadshot was awesome :o

I don't wanna spoil the season too much but if you enjoyed much of season 1 and haven't seen season 2 yet I can definitely recommend it. The production is top-notch, the cast has gelled together really well and the stupid-ball doesn't see much action, which is unusual for these kinds of shows
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Kugai on 26 Nov 2014, 21:58
In honor of the fact that Reboot is about to get an ... ummmmmm ... Reboot ........



Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 27 Nov 2014, 00:10
OH MY FUCK YES
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: ev4n on 28 Nov 2014, 09:53
Quote from: Gareth on 27 Nov 2014, 00:10
OH MY FUCK YES

This makes me so happy.  There are like a hundred shows that people get nostalgic about that do nothing for me, even if I watched them back in the day.  Reboot was awesome, though.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 02 Dec 2014, 05:44
The last episode of House is absolute dick.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: BeoPuppy on 04 Dec 2014, 01:21
You're still wrong.

I'm watching Orphan Black and enjoying the everliving hell out of it. It's pretty awesome.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 04 Dec 2014, 07:30
I'm watching Penny Dreadful, but I'm having a slight feeling that I'm just not getting it. It's great, I love the setting, atmosphere, direction and imagery, but the overarching plot is just so weak to me.

Maybe that's a reference to the Penny Dreadfuls of yore? I'm lost.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Kugai on 04 Dec 2014, 14:24
Quote from: BeoPuppy on 06 Oct 2014, 13:03
http://morningafter.gawker.com/twin-peaks-is-back-david-lynch-to-direct-new-season-on-1642900651/+laceydonohue (http://morningafter.gawker.com/twin-peaks-is-back-david-lynch-to-direct-new-season-on-1642900651/+laceydonohue)

... oh, holy fuck ...


https://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,30176.0.html (https://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,30176.0.html)
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Aimless on 18 Apr 2015, 14:44
"Video Game High School"! Clone High meets Kvothe Potter's Game... I wasn't expecting this to be the sweetest, coolest and most uplifting show on Netflix but damn :o original, surprising, great cast with awesome chemistry and a rocking soundtrack.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 18 Apr 2015, 19:31
What I said on Facebook.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Aimless on 09 May 2015, 15:58
Gotta admit I've really been enjoying the Flash lately. They've toned down the bogus science a lot, the plot is a lot more focused, the story is progressing at a good pace and, even though the stupid-stick is still there it mostly stays with Iris and Wells more than makes up for it. The latest episode kinda felt like they were phoning it in but I believe it's because they're focusing on making a spectacular finale.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Stoon on 20 Jun 2015, 21:58
OK, regarding the season finale of Orphan Black.

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Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: 94ssd on 21 Jun 2015, 06:05
I've annoyingly posted about it on other threads, but Justified remains one of my favorite shows. But despite going 6 seasons it never seems like it had much of a big fanbase? Is there anyone else here who has seen it?
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Aimless on 08 Jan 2016, 16:04
Finally surrendered and started watching "Making a Murderer". I guess "riveting" is a best thing you can say about the documentary itself, which may or may not be a good thing. The best thing you can say about the first Avery case is: W. T. F. Third of the way through and I've made sure not to read too much about the Halbach case so there should be surprises ahead. The ginger--who regularly binges on horrific tales of murder and torture and rape where people scheme and scream and cry--couldn't bear to keep watching so we're taking a break. The video of the inspectors with Dassey was just so fucked up.
Title: Re: The Miscellaneous TV Thread
Post by: Aimless on 15 Jun 2016, 11:45
I've noticed a pattern. When I'm initially interested in a show but resist watching it because of a negative impression based on the first few minutes, that first impression more often than not proves to be very wrong and I end up enjoying the show immensely if I continue watching.

I resisted Person of Interest for a very long time but we've been watching a few eps at a time for about a month now and it's been incredibly fun because it's basically a masterclass in this particular kind of TV storytelling. I'm a simple person so I love the format. It's got a good balance of seriousness and humor, easy-viewing and more heavy stuff. The casting is generally v. good with the main cast growing into their roles v. quickly. The greater story unfolds slowly but steadily, partly through excellent flashbacks. The premise as well as most of the stories are interesting not only to nerds looking to wind down but also to people with only a limited interest in the scifi elements of the show. There's of course a fair amount of handwaving involved in explaining some of the more tech-y things but that's generally for the better because it avoids bogging the show down with unnecessary realism when it's not in the service of the story.

As much as I like Finch and Reese, my favourite character (and actor) is, I think, Fusco, with Carter a close second. The introduction of Sarah Shahi (who I loved in the engaging but short-lived Life) was less than awesome, but she's slowly growing on me. She's unfortunately written and portrayed in a somewhat shallow manner. The same goes for Root, but her arc's been a little better and I think the writers are using her more effectively now so I can put up with her despite never having liked the actress in question. Seeing Keith Mars in the show and then seeing the depths to which he has sunk, that was kinda upsetting, and although I like seeing him on screen I feel like his potential was squandered on placating the fans.

When I really like a show, I tend to get very nervous around season 3, because that's when things often take a turn for the worse wrt quality of writing and direction as well as featuring a lot of bad fan-service,. But season 3 of PoI has, so far, been surprisingly good, despite some things that must have been influenced by careless focus-grouping. I think the final third of this season may be a little less satisfying than previous seasons in some respects but at the same time there's been a major development that I've been expecting since the premise was first explained in detail in season 1 and I think it has a lot of promise.

I don't wanna spoil anythying but some of you might like it if you stick with it :)