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Cornballer
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For the new page...
We certainly don't put up a lot of posts here, but it's understandable that you'd want some symmetry between this and the movie thread. It does make me a little nostalgic since we've been using this thread since January 2009.
We certainly don't put up a lot of posts here, but it's understandable that you'd want some symmetry between this and the movie thread. It does make me a little nostalgic since we've been using this thread since January 2009.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Eh, I don't really see the need to be honest. This thread has only gotten 20 posts this month - "general" TV GAF isn't anywhere near active enough to have monthly threads. Most of the TV discussion takes place in the respective show threads or topic specific threads (like pilots or cancellation) so having a "...and all the rest" thread like this one to compliment the other threads makes the most sense to me. Not really sure if it's viable to do one every month, but I guess we'll see!
Also, I can make the thread if no one else wants to. Cornballer? Anyone?
Also, I can make the thread if no one else wants to. Cornballer? Anyone?
Gintoki313
Banned
Family Guy - Latest Episode on FOX Sunday
After this episode I'm done with Family Guy. I seriously lost my shit after seeing that it was another time machine episode. Not only that but FG has just lost its flame to me anyways. All it is to me now is just a reason for Seth Mcfarlane to get himself to sing (I noticed he started singing a crap ton in FG now, the dude is in love with his voice). Also its not even about making people laugh anymore, its more about trying to see how far they can push people's buttons on jokes. What I mean by that is making very touchy jokes to see how far they can push it (ex: 911 jokes, child abuse jokes, and religion jokes etc). I never took offence to these jokes in the slightest but its hard to not notice them try to do this all the time.
At least this shortens up what I watch on Sundays animation program on FOX. Now I just watch Bob's Burgers and American Dad.
After this episode I'm done with Family Guy. I seriously lost my shit after seeing that it was another time machine episode. Not only that but FG has just lost its flame to me anyways. All it is to me now is just a reason for Seth Mcfarlane to get himself to sing (I noticed he started singing a crap ton in FG now, the dude is in love with his voice). Also its not even about making people laugh anymore, its more about trying to see how far they can push people's buttons on jokes. What I mean by that is making very touchy jokes to see how far they can push it (ex: 911 jokes, child abuse jokes, and religion jokes etc). I never took offence to these jokes in the slightest but its hard to not notice them try to do this all the time.
At least this shortens up what I watch on Sundays animation program on FOX. Now I just watch Bob's Burgers and American Dad.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Vert boil
Member
It would be a bad idea to do monthly threads, this and the movie thread are polar opposites. There is no culture or regulars here and it would just create some unnecessary work once a month for someone and then a few months down the line a mod would pop in and ask that monthly thread were stopped.
We don't know yet of community will continue to be a death sentence for smaller threads but I would expect a move there would have the opposite effect, drive-by posts that fuel the thread would slow down and the thread would become insular because only subbed people would post/know it existed.
Does anything really need to be done with this thread? It feels like the thread has just been caught up with a decision that has been made about problems in other thread that don't occur here.
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We don't know yet of community will continue to be a death sentence for smaller threads but I would expect a move there would have the opposite effect, drive-by posts that fuel the thread would slow down and the thread would become insular because only subbed people would post/know it existed.
Does anything really need to be done with this thread? It feels like the thread has just been caught up with a decision that has been made about problems in other thread that don't occur here.
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Just out of curiosity, what made you start watching One Tree Hill?
Well, to be honest, the females. ;P
The Librarian
Banned
I dunno. There really isn't a community going on here. I pop in every now and then, which seems to be the case with most people.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Aw, and you only had one (shortened) season to go! Shoulda stuck with it; there were a lot of crazy delicious plot lines in the final season.
Well I didn't watch them on TV. I was borrowing the DVDs from my friend who loved the show, but he didn't get the most recent DVDs (Maybe I only watched 6 seasons, pretty sure I had at least 2 left). I have since got Netflix which I could watch it on. I just need to jump back in I guess. Hopefully I will finish it up one day. I think I may have even ended on a cliffhanger... haha. I think they were at a ski resort in the last one I watched.
I watched the first episode of Rectify tonight, I really liked it. I read reviews beforehand that mentioned it was a slow burner, but the episode didn't feel all that slow to me. It really kept me emotionally invested the entire episode, and I'm really looking forward to watching the rest of the first season.
Abigail Spencer is beautiful.
Abigail Spencer is beautiful.
Hehe, that's understandable. I do love me some Sophia Bush
Bueno!
I love her voice so much.
I love when Dan redeems himself. And Nathan forgives him.
dem tears man
Lumpy Onion
Member
I think I want to start watching The Killing. How are the first two seasons? I remember hearing about people being let down by the series 1 finale. So yeah, worth watching overall?
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
hehe, yeah. I'm impressed that they were actually able to
redeem Dan - not just in the eyes of the other characters, but also in the eyes of the audience.
You need to look at the first two seasons as two halves of a single story. The main mystery isn't solved at the end of the first season like everyone expected, but everything is solved by the end of the second. Season one is pretty meandering and it also has a lot of red herrings, which, combined with the anticlimactic finale, caused a lot of people to stop watching. Season two fixes a lot of season one's problems (but not all of them) though and wraps most of the storylines up nicely.
The one thing that has remained consistently great across both seasons is the acting - the actors are great across the board. The unrelentingly dreary atmosphere is also very well done.
The upcoming third season, which will have a self contained story, has an almost entirely new cast (outside of the two leads) and focuses on a new investigation.
Lumpy Onion
Member
Thanks for the info. I think I will start it tomorrow and see how it gels with me. AMC has done me good so far so it's at least worth a shot. I am guessing I will be glad I waited till now so I can gobble it up on Netflix streaming.
I would not waste your time with it. I started watching it after I knew how much it was 'hated' and knew that S2 was better but it still was really average at best.
The pilot was pretty decent so I thought people were just wrong. Around episode 4 I knew they weren't so I just had to keep watching it to see how 'bad' it would get. And it does get a lot worse. There is so much time wasted on exactly nothing in that show. Not once, not twice, no, around 10000 times. You'll notice it pretty fast. S2 does get better at the end but never really enough to make it worth your time in my opinion.
The Danish version is much better. I don't consider it really great either but I do prefer it over the US remake.
e) changed some stuff
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Started watching Homeland. Saul's my constant, so dreamy. However, I started thinking Jessica was hot but now I can't unsee Michael Cera for some reason.
It's gonna be weird when she takes her top off.
June is here. I usually try and tackle a series or two (depending on the length of said series) each summer when June begins and most of the network stuff I watch is over. Today I started Alias. Enjoyed the first episode. I think depending on how I take to this show, I may try and catch up on Sherlock and maybe try Mad Men.
So, I have started to watch Greys Anatomy, people I know says it's really great so why the hell not.
And damn, this scene man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbhcrfzgnB0
And damn, this scene man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbhcrfzgnB0
Cornballer
Member
Interesting, short article about TV composers having to change their style up a bit because of binge watching:
- Variety: Binge-Viewing Gives Composers New Headaches
Random aside, I do wonder if we'd benefit from having monthly threads over in the OT for stuff like this (similar to the movie threads). I come across a few articles each week that are worth discussing in a general thread, but probably don't merit a new thread on their own. I'm not sure where to post that stuff at the moment, but I guess here is the best bet for now.
- Variety: Binge-Viewing Gives Composers New Headaches
Random aside, I do wonder if we'd benefit from having monthly threads over in the OT for stuff like this (similar to the movie threads). I come across a few articles each week that are worth discussing in a general thread, but probably don't merit a new thread on their own. I'm not sure where to post that stuff at the moment, but I guess here is the best bet for now.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Maybe we could try it for a few months and see how it goes?
Cornballer
Member
I think I'm going to post stuff in this thread during June, and we'll see how much content/interest develops. If people want a monthly thread where we can discuss these topics, then we can make one.
Anyway, an article from this morning:
- NPR's Linda Holmes: The Critic, The Viewer And The Episode Dump
Discussion of binge-watching, reviews of pilots, and other things on the minds of critics these days.
Cornballer
Member
Dunedain_Ranger
Member
I've been stuck on BBQ pitmasters mmmmmmm.
Decided to check out Continuum the other week, was up to date in 3 days. Really enjoying it I wish there were more episodes per session. Rachel Nichols is cute, nice to see a fair few actors from the various Stargate series's pop up.
Gonna be interesting to see how things are going to develop after
, Kellog is an interesting character i really like he is relativity neutral, I hope he doest go darkside I want him to walk the line between black and white but ultimately doing the right thing. If he goes bad then he will eventually be brought down.
Gonna be interesting to see how things are going to develop after
reveal to Carlos
It's nice to hear AD is in fact eligible for the emmy's.
Cornballer
Member
A couple recent blog posts that might be of interest to TV GAF:
- Film Crit Hulk on spoilers and how we consume art
After the intro it's more directed towards discussing film, but most of the points apply to tv as well. I like the way he writes, but the all caps gimmick drives me nuts sometimes. I typically use this to convert it.
Also:
- Ken Levine with a few thoughts on screener DVDs for shows that hope to be considered for primetime Emmys
- Film Crit Hulk on spoilers and how we consume art
After the intro it's more directed towards discussing film, but most of the points apply to tv as well. I like the way he writes, but the all caps gimmick drives me nuts sometimes. I typically use this to convert it.
Also:
- Ken Levine with a few thoughts on screener DVDs for shows that hope to be considered for primetime Emmys
I love FCH. Found that to be a pretty good piece if only because its main point is to slow down and just discuss, we jump into that "x is a spoiler y isn't spoilers suck spoilers DON'T suck" war too quickly when there's really no answer.
As for the Seitz I've been wondering if a new term will evolve for "television". I could see people using "series" more frequently maybe, as a catch-all to describe all serial pieces whether they're delivered all at once or over years and years. But who knows.
Cornballer
Member
- Onion A|V Club Crosstalk: Embrace the mystery: Is repeat viewing the best way to approach complex TV? *some Game of Thrones discussion/spoilers*
Agreed. I liked his advice on slowing down and his concerns about how we're losing discussion as a larger group as viewing 'pockets' become increasingly fragmented. He sort of lost me when talking about the four levels of artistic consumption, though.
Yeah I'm not clear on why dividing consumers into those four specific categories is necessary or how he decided to do it. but the intent, to point out that everyone is coming from a slightly different position when viewing and we should do our best to understand that in discussion, is nice.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
I'm actually watching Carnivale as well! I'm trying to watch two episodes per day - 7 and 8 are up next. It's pretty weird and confusing, but I like it.
hey GAF I have some free time coming up and with Mad Men's season ending I only have Dexter and Breaking Bad ahead of me in terms of TV so im gonna buy and jump in into something new (and among the highly revered) that I havent checked out yet. Now help me pick where to first:
The Shield
Deadwood
The Killing
Justified
24
The Americans
I kinda expect the responses to be mostly between The Shield or Deadwood, right?
also I could just give up on slowly going through the GOT books and just watch Season 2 already
The Shield
Deadwood
The Killing
Justified
24
The Americans
I kinda expect the responses to be mostly between The Shield or Deadwood, right?
also I could just give up on slowly going through the GOT books and just watch Season 2 already
Net_Wrecker
Member
1. Deadwood
2. The Shield
3. Justified
4. Catch up with Game of Thrones
5. The Americans
6. 24
7. The Killing
In that order.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Finish the ASOIAF books, then watch Deadwood and Justified.
Cornballer
Member
I don't know where I'd put GoT in there (depends on your preferences for medium, etc...) but the rest of that list is how I'd set it up. It also matters if you want to watch current shows or ones that are already completed.
I just started watching this on Netflix. Only three episodes in but I'm enjoying it.
Vert boil
Member
Over the past week or so I've been re-watching some recent (gettin' old) british comedies.
Made it through The IT Crowd, The League of Gentlemen and The Office (dawwwww). I'm so used to US version that I completely forgot about the name of the uk paper company. I was expecting them to say Dunder Mifflin.
Just started The High Life. I was shocked to find out that there are only six episodes and a pilot. I remember watching quite a bit more when it first aired.
Black Books is up next.
Made it through The IT Crowd, The League of Gentlemen and The Office (dawwwww). I'm so used to US version that I completely forgot about the name of the uk paper company. I was expecting them to say Dunder Mifflin.
Just started The High Life. I was shocked to find out that there are only six episodes and a pilot. I remember watching quite a bit more when it first aired.
Black Books is up next.
Femmeworth
Banned
Watched the first two episodes of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. The writing is so, so bad. Someone tell me it gets vastly better, because the animation is mediocre and I'm not fond of the artstyle. I just finished Justice League: Unlimited which, while being very flawed, makes this look even worse.
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