kinuta Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 The Americans Superb performance by Lois Smith. Whatever sympathy there might have been for the two is being ripped away week by week as the show enters new and disturbing territory. Kind of reminds me of Walter White. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 The Americans Superb performance by Lois Smith. Whatever sympathy there might have been for the two is being ripped away week by week as the show enters new and disturbing territory. Kind of reminds me of Walter White. Appropriately titled, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 Black Sails Season Finale. This second season has been one great WTF bit after another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Coalition - a Channel 4 Drama-Doc about the events leading to the formation of the 2010 UK Coalition government. Discovered a few days later that it was written by an ex-student from where I work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 The format was stilted - a bit like watching a repertory band rehearsing it's standards. Except that the 'minor' players seemed to provide the excitement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 This week's episode of Elementary. I've watched the show since the beginning and it has steadily grown on me, I like the subdued mood. The stories are up to par without any flash and histrionics, quite often finishing in a minor key, which makes a nice change from the in your face tone commonly found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 This week's episode is on my list to watch today or tomorrow. I like the show a lot, like you I've been in it since the beginning and like the way it has unfolded. Both leads are doing good work imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 The Great War - BBC (1964) Rewatching this landmark 26 episode documentary at an episode per day. The definitive film record of WW1, it's power hasn't diminished after fifty years. None of the recent tv programmes on the event can begin to compare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 The season finale of Better Call Saul. This show surprised me being different than I anticipated, and excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 The Great War - BBC (1964) Rewatching this landmark 26 episode documentary at an episode per day. The definitive film record of WW1, it's power hasn't diminished after fifty years. None of the recent tv programmes on the event can begin to compare. I remember watching that in the late-70s when it was screened on the BBC for the first time since the 60s. I found it overwhelming. It was just as I started teaching and very much coloured the way I taught WWI at the time. It's interesting to read about what influenced it and how it influenced. It's now seen as very much a reflection of the anti-establishment/anti-military-industrial complex mood of the 60s (along with 'Oh What a Lovely War' and the rediscovered [and selectively chosen] war poets). Gary Sheffield's 'Forgotten Victory' has an interesting section on its place in the general historiography of the Great War. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duaneiac Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) I found the DVD set of Season 1 at the library so I checked it out. I was only mildly interested in the show, being as I live in the geographic Silicon Valley but am not a part of the actual "Silicon Valley" world. It's a pretty lame series. I think I laughed once in the very last episode, otherwise it's a show about very unlikable guys behaving badly. And maybe in the days of sitcoms past one could get away with having the characters engage in some outlandish act with no repercussions the following week, but not in this day and age. In one episode an adult male character picks up a young Latino boy at a gas station and brings him back home under the impression that the boy is a reincarnated version of his younger self (you see, he was on hallucinogenic drugs at the time, so it's funny). Nope, sorry, you can't put that in the script and then just ignore it like it never happened in subsequent episodes. In real life that character would be arrested and facing a lengthy jail term. In another episode the police happen to find a large marijuana grow in the garage of the same character's home. Again, you can't put that in the story and act like it never happened the following week. And of course there is the hackneyed storyline of a super hot successful woman falling in love with a socially awkward and unattractive male. I think I will pass on future seasons of this. Edited April 7, 2015 by duaneiac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dolan Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 The season finale of Better Call Saul. This show surprised me being different than I anticipated, and excellent. Is it really good? He was far and away the most entertaining character from Breaking Bad, but I haven't brought myself to watch this new series yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 It started off too slow for my tastes but it soon became a favorite show. I think if you enjoy BB and Saul there, it adds a dimension to this show, but it stands on its own too I believe. Check it out. Now watching "The Returned" on A&E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Right at the end of that first episode of Better Call Saul there is a payoff for fans of Breaking Bad with a promise of a lot of action in episode two, which was broadcast the next day by AMC (the premiere was on a Sunday). So, hardly an uneventful start. During the rest of the season, this show can take it slow with Saul and Mike in places precisely because we have known them for years. After yesterday's finale the stage is set for Saul to break bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dolan Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 It started off too slow for my tastes but it soon became a favorite show. I think if you enjoy BB and Saul there, it adds a dimension to this show, but it stands on its own too I believe. Check it out. Now watching "The Returned" on A&E. Sounds like I need to check it out. AMC has really been knocking it out of the park in recent years. The Walking Dead slipped a bit this past season, but even it is still pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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erwbol Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 I'm about to watch the first few episodes of Marvel's new Daredevil Netflix series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duaneiac Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 (edited) That's right -- Matlock does Pirandello in this 1976 television adaptation. Here, the setting is a TV studio where a cast is preparing to rehearse for a soap opera when they are interrupted by the mysterious appearance of the six characters. John Houseman plays the director and Andy Griffith plays the Father character. Mr. Griffith was a very good actor as any one who has seen A Face In The Crowd can attest. He is quite compelling at times here, but I wasn't fully buying his performance in this production. This was directed by Stacy Keach and his brother James Keach is also in the cast. Edited April 10, 2015 by duaneiac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 Marvel's DareDevil Wow, didn't see this one coming. A dark and violent noir masquerading as a comic book superhero show. I thought the first two episodes were very good indeed and totally eclipse shows like the camp and unwatchable Gotham. Forget the silly superheroes who don't get their hair mussed, this is the real mcoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xybert Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 Saw this on Facebook, and they commented that they wanted people to share, so here goes. I've never really watched Game of Thrones, but fans may get a kick out of this. This is a video of my cousins performing the GoT theme on accordians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM35A3uDCes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 Marvel's DareDevil Wow, didn't see this one coming. A dark and violent noir masquerading as a comic book superhero show. I thought the first two episodes were very good indeed and totally eclipse shows like the camp and unwatchable Gotham. Forget the silly superheroes who don't get their hair mussed, this is the real mcoy. Cool! Hope it comes out on disc so I can see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 Saw this on Facebook, and they commented that they wanted people to share, so here goes. I've never really watched Game of Thrones, but fans may get a kick out of this. This is a video of my cousins performing the GoT theme on accordians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM35A3uDCes I've never watched the show, but I enjoyed the video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 The Great War BBC 1964 Nearing the end. Epic and overwhelmingly powerful. One of the best documentaries ever made, only The World At War can compare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Elementary tonight...I'm probably slow on the uptake, but has this show devolved into essentially Murder, She Wrote? With Lucy Liu still aboard, I'm ok with that, by all means, but still, didn't it used to be quirkier and..better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 I found the series finale of Justified quite satisfying. "We dug coal together". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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