erwbol Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 True Detective (Season 2). Not even close in comparison of quality and substance to the first season. I'll fight my way through the rest of the season but so far it's been a disappointment.I tell myself I keep watching True Detective to bear witness, but the real answer is that it's obviously my programming, and I lack the constitution for suicide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Hulu has a nice collection of 70s TV shows and I've been enjoying the nostalgia this week. Been watching season 1 of WKRP which was one of my favorites when I was a kid, still holds up nicely and is still quite funny. The infamous "turkey drop" episode had me in stitches, I still remembered it vividly and I haven't seen it since I was 8 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) How to Be Bohemian with Victoria Coren Mitchell Been enjoying this series of three programmes over the last few nights. Mitchell is not an 'arty-farty luvvie' (though she interviews a few!) so has just the right amount of scepticism (not to mention prudishness) to not be taken in by the more extreme sillinesses. Fascinating bit about Eric Gill in episode 2 which really pushes your acceptance of taboo breaking to the limits. Edited July 15, 2015 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 (edited) Case histories series 01 Edited July 18, 2015 by page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 (edited) Last Days in Vietnam (BBC4)http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b062mbngExcellent documentary about the events of April 1975 in Saigon from the US/South Vietnamese perspective.Done in the old fashioned way I prefer - original footage, testimony from eyewitnesses. No celebrity or has-been politician leaping about in front as part of their career portfolio. Never realised the famous picture of the queue on the stairs climbing onto a helicopter was from the suburbs and not the embassy. Edited July 18, 2015 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 Fun film in a lot of ways, not least of which in how it somewhat viciously skewers it's talking head sociologists and yet reaffirms their more basic premises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 True DetectiveGood performances, noirish photography and stylish production are all just about negated by a bewilderingly dense and complex script.Some of the conversations are bizarre to say the least.If the writers intention is to make the viewer feel stupid for not keeping up, they are more than successful in my case. Ray DonovanLove it, great show. Last Days in Vietnam (BBC4)http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b062mbngExcellent documentary about the events of April 1975 in Saigon from the US/South Vietnamese perspective.Done in the old fashioned way I prefer - original footage, testimony from eyewitnesses. No celebrity or has-been politician leaping about in front as part of their career portfolio. Never realised the famous picture of the queue on the stairs climbing onto a helicopter was from the suburbs and not the embassy. I saw that too and found it enjoyable and educational. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 This week's Hannibal. The DVR cut the last five minutes or so as the Indians game seems to have run late. ARGH. I've adjusted the end time.On to Humans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Catching up on Keye & Peele in the wake of their announcing the end of their Comedy Central series.Lots of reflexive LOL stuff from these guys, as well as some high-concept comedy as well, often within the same bit. Impressive.Also now have the Comedy Central Roku station, so discovering some things, like Broad City, which is looking to be one of those dry things that is funny in the cumulative...I love it when that happens.Also Why? with Hannibal Burris...still finding its pace, but then its good its damn good, and flying Lotus is on hand as DJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 True DetectiveGood performances, noirish photography and stylish production are all just about negated by a bewilderingly dense and complex script.Some of the conversations are bizarre to say the least.If the writers intention is to make the viewer feel stupid for not keeping up, they are more than successful in my case.It made me feel the writers are stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Nelson Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 At 2:45 EST - TCM will show Ingmar Bergman's 'The Magician' (1958) with Max Von Sydow and Ingrid Thulin as touring magician and his assistant.It's set in 19th century small-town rural Sweden where the local officials are suspicious of the 'powers' of the magician. For a Bergman film of this era, it's refreshingly not focused on death and dying but -- dare I say -- comedic. And it starts in 30 minutes !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 This week's Hannibal. The DVR cut the last five minutes or so as the Indians game seems to have run late. ARGH. I've adjusted the end time.On to Humans."Hello Dr. Lecter." "Hello Will."Bon appétit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Supernatural - season 6. I had stopped watching this show a few years ago, but since it seems like it's going to remain on the air forever (season 11 starts in the fall) I figured I might as well see what's been happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Kim Philby - The Spy Who Went Into The Cold BBC4 (2013) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 House Of Cards - season 3, US version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Big Bang Theory reruns. I could do this for about 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Big Bang Theory reruns. I could do this for about 5 years.I've watched the entire series a couple times now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Today, 125 years ago, Vincent van Gogh died.... A unique tv documentary of the life and the works of Vincent van Gogh. For 60 minutes we are travelling with Vincent in a geographical reconstruction of his life. The documentary shows beautiful pictures of which Van Gogh has drawn his inspiration for his works. A lot of the buildings still exist. Trough modern digital techniques the current image changes into the painting that was made by Van Gogh for over 100 years ago. The documentary begins in the basement of a museum in Mons, where they keep the first professional work of Vincent and ends in Auvers sur Oisewhere Van Gogh has been buried... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Ray Donovan marathon.Next up season one, episode eleven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Mr RobotStarted well but now I couldn't care less what happens.Fast succumbing to the overcomplex, incomprehension syndrome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Mr RobotStarted well but now I couldn't care less what happens.Fast succumbing to the overcomplex, incomprehension syndrome.I can't figure it out either.Needs more Christian Slater (maybe). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Mr RobotStarted well but now I couldn't care less what happens.Fast succumbing to the overcomplex, incomprehension syndrome.I can't figure it out either.Needs more Christian Slater (maybe).Needs a profound rethink into why it's following the misguided trend of multilayered, baffling complexity and get back to some decent narrative driven storytelling that doesn't first annoy then alienate the audience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Pretty inconsequential until people like Gato & The Fort Apache Band came along. Then it got good and stayed good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 True Detective final episode an I still don't know what I've been watching. More to the point, I don't care. A spectacular kamikaze dive from the first series into a swamp of incomprehension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 House of Cards: To Play The King (BBC) - Ian Richardson is wondrous...and I'm convinced he should have played a vampire at some point in his career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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