What Are You Watching

[JSngry]

Well see, that's the difference between us. I had a spell put on me once that I had to go to a chango to get lifted. And I spent the night once debating with Satan after oversmoking some really good hash.

But I've never seen Megan Boone run around in her drawers, except on TV.

So I think my choices speak for themselves - pretend versions of real-life experiences, or cute booty in panties. Real booty, real panties.

With those as the options, my mind 's made up before I even think about it!

[Shawn]

Megan Boone is just "average hot" for television, you can find much hotter out there.

[JSngry]

But not in a documentary like The Blacklist!

Currently midway through Season 5 of Mission Impossible, the one where Lesley Warren plays Dana, It's either Doug or Willy and the battle for world domination continues to be waged with parts from Radio Shack.

[jazzbo]

Hannibal, Season 2, season finale.

[JSngry]

Getting through Season 4 of the Dick Van Dyke Show, fixing to watch the episode where Laura gets her toe stuck in the tub. So ready to see Laura in the tub, SO ready.

Once Carl Reiner turned over the writing reigns to other people, it changed. Still funny, still great, but just not...Reineresque.

However, Laura in the tub in a few minutes, and, pretty soon, Buddy's Bar Mitzvah. And I think in Season 5, Laura gets a new do. That's what always distracted me about her in years past, that helmet head of hair. In a way, I regret the distraction, but in another way, I feel justified. So many beautiful women of that time got time-shafted by their hairspray, and Laura was one of them.

I'm a hair guy, for one thing. I notice.

[duaneiac]

I found this at the library and got a kick from revisiting some long lost friends.

This particular cartoon was not included on the DVD, but it's a good example of the humor of the show. There were enough gags aimed at adult viewers to hold their interest (how many 4 year-olds would appreciate a pun like "Mort Soil"?), but there was plenty of slapstick to appeal to kiddies like me back in those day. And dig the music, daddy-o!

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[A Lark Ascending]

Thrilling last episode of Series 2 of Peaky Blinders.

Nicely set up for a third series sometime in the future.

[Shawn]

The Affair. Excellent series, Ruth Wilson is mesmerizing to watch, she's a TALENT.

[JSngry]

Ok, Newsroom premier tonight - loved/hated it.

Loved - serious, relevant subject matter, impact of commerce on news media, impact of social media on news media, impact of pre-cyber thinking on progress of news reporting in general (pro and con), abilities to gain multitudinous amounts of relevant information at once by any means, etc. These are things that I like to see brought to the floor and not just glossed over or stipulated to in sound bites. More of this, please, and I know there will be.

Hated - heroic camera angles b/w complimentary uplifting super-hero move underscoring (was not Jeff Beal at one time some sort of "jazz musician" sorta/kinda?), overtly choreographed dialogue, "snappy" repartee that further nothing but its own snappiness. Playing to the balcony, if you will, albeit a very smart balcony. I just do not like that kind of thing. It might be brilliant, but many things are. Can't like all of 'em. Less of this, please, but I know there will be...or won't be...whichever is not the other. Sorkin could no doubt phrase it right, but the odds are that I would be equal parts grateful and irritated for/with the result are 50/50...seems fitting, somehow.

In that regard, manipulation failing on at least one intended target, I'm reminded of the story where the aspirational pimp says to the unattainable woman he was trying to turn out, "Damn woman, I try everything on you and none of it works. I never had none of it not work on at least ONE bitch. What's your problem?"

To which the lady coolly replies, "Could be that I'm not a bitch."

Anyway, the show is a rare, unlikely, and quite possibly unintentional triumph of substance over style, so what am I complaining about?

Also, The Comeback immediately following...missed the original run, and not sure if this new one will sustain interest, but I kept waiting for the point where I could walk away and just say ehhhh with real certainty, but that point didn't really come, so we shall see. One real LOL line for me, though, was, "That happened 10 years ago...well, not really 10 years ago...technology moves so fast these days..."

Hello, chronohumor, HELLO!

[jazzbo]

"The Affair" is pretty good, mainly for Ms. Wilson, who is so sexy.

Watched "Homeland" from last night. Poor Carrie.

Starting to watch last night's "Good Wife."

[A Lark Ascending]

Watched episode 4 last night (Maggie in Uganda) One of the most compelling pieces of TV I've seen in years. The slow drip tension as her tale was unpacked was brilliantly done.

[JSngry]

Watched episode 4 last night (Maggie in Uganda) One of the most compelling pieces of TV I've seen in years. The slow drip tension as her tale was unpacked was brilliantly done.

Yeah, that one was major. Up until then, the Alison Pill character epitomized in the extreme everything about this series that I disliked. Then in this episode, it epitomized everything I applauded about it.

No spoilers, but what happens to her afterwards is pretty much minus the pre-trauma cuteness, although in last night's season opener, there are signs that she might be getting it back. It involves serious-looking glasses, and music and camera angles and....that's too bad. But in real life, it would be ok.

[Shawn]

The witty dialogue is one of the primary reasons I watch The Newsroom...or any Sorkin-penned movie or TV series for that matter. That's also the reason I watch Preston Sturges movies and Joss Whedon TV shows. To me, "quotable dialogue" is one of the highest compliments.

[Buddha the Magnificent]

Found this lirttle jewel on Netflix streaming

MI-5 from BBC (aka, for some reason, Spooks). Pass the popcorn, pliz.

[jazzbo]

Castle.

[JSngry]

Piqued by what I saw of The Comeback this pat Sunday night, I went to HBO GO & started watching Season 1, from 2005.

Good god, what a never-ending walk with the demons that is. Comedy of the darkest type, and although we're supposed to think that the main character is a vain, clueless desperate woman (because she is), she's virtually heroic compared to most of the men around her, who are all that, plus despicable pigs.

I can see why it didn't get its audience the first time around, but here's hoping that this time, it does. Strong, smart, and dark. And yes, funny. But not comfortably.

[jazzbo]

Watched last night's "Fast 'n Loud" and "Misfits Garage." My little fix of Texas.

[kinuta]

"The Affair" is pretty good, mainly for Ms. Wilson, who is so sexy.

Watched "Homeland" from last night. Poor Carrie.

Starting to watch last night's "Good Wife."

I've been enjoying 'The Affair' too. I wonder how many viewers realise that the two leads are British.

Dialogue coaching has come a long way.

Homeland was intense. As you say , poor Carrie. I noted that it was directed by Carl Franklin.

Good Wife always has been the most consistent, reliably well done show around.

[kinuta]

Homeland

High tension.

[jazzbo]

Yes.

I find the two leads in The Affair are not always delivering well accentwise, but who really cares. Nice drama, I didn't expect one of the reveals the last few weeks.

Watched that and The Good Wife last night.

Right now Comic Book Men.

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[kinuta]

Law & Order UK

I'm not a fan of L&O but had a look at this on a pal's recommendation and am quite enjoying it.

It's very different to the US versions and comes across as more realistic, with the Crown Prosecutors losing cases 20% of the time.

[uli]

On netflix this Miriam Makeba portrait

[jazzbo]

Once Upon a Time (really don't like the Frozen storyline), and starting watching Game of Thrones Season 1 (Blu-ray). I did NOT get into Game of Thrones last time I tried, only got two episodes in and quit. But this time I'm enjoying it more. . . I'm halfway through. Also have Misfit Garage to watch later today.

[kinuta]

Peaky Blinders Season Two

Engrossing. When everyone in the show is an evildoer of one shade or another it becomes easier to root for the head smashing, bottle in the face Peaky Blinders.

Tom Hardy is a standout, when isn't he, as The Baker.

Sam Neill a really despicable baddy hiding behind his mask of authority and just begging a grim comeuppance.

[Shawn]

The Newsroom - season 3. Loving this season and heartbroken it's the last one.

Grey's Anatomy - It's a typical hospital show, nothing I haven't seen before but I enjoy the genre when the mood strikes.