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[GitarooMan]

Just want to chime in on the Bloodline talk, I think it's a great show, the location does a lot to really drive up the atmosphere, and it fits in with the slow burn. Really good performances too, especially Mendelsohn. I strongly recommend people check it out and I think it should have been nominated for Best Drama.

 

[mm04]

Knock Knock, nobody's there.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Scanning through Netflix--well, actually, I just found an API to dump everything they have, and then put it in a list--looking for stuff I've never seen. So far I did A-D. It's a pretty short list. Of the list, and after excluding all the South Korean soaps and competition ghost hunting renovation garbage, I was left with this:
Being Mary Jane: The Series
The Buccaneers (1995, UK)
The Code (2014, Australian)
Coma (2012)
Danger 5 (2015)
Darknet (2013)
Delete (2013)
Dicte (2013, ?Danish?)
DTLA (2012)

Anyone watched any of these things?

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Scanning through Netflix--well, actually, I just found an API to dump everything they have, and then put it in a list--looking for stuff I've never seen. So far I did A-D. It's a pretty short list. Of the list, and after excluding all the South Korean soaps and competition ghost hunting renovation garbage, I was left with this:
Being Mary Jane: The Series
The Buccaneers (1995, UK)
The Code (2014, Australian)
Coma (2012)
Danger 5 (2015)
Darknet (2013)
Delete (2013)
Dicte (2013, ?Danish?)
DTLA (2012)

Anyone watched any of these things?

I've seen DTLA - it's a porn-y gay drama that feels like a webseries in all the worst ways. I'd avoid it unless you're really desperate for gay themed media.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Scanning through Netflix--well, actually, I just found an API to dump everything they have, and then put it in a list--looking for stuff I've never seen. So far I did A-D. It's a pretty short list. Of the list, and after excluding all the South Korean soaps and competition ghost hunting renovation garbage, I was left with this:
Being Mary Jane: The Series
The Buccaneers (1995, UK)
The Code (2014, Australian)
Coma (2012)
Danger 5 (2015)
Darknet (2013)
Delete (2013)
Dicte (2013, ?Danish?)
DTLA (2012)

Anyone watched any of these things?

I remember burning through Darknet. It's an anthology series, horror based but most of it centers around technology in the modern era being used against us. It's worth the time, not a terrible time commitment.

I only watched one episode of Danger 5. It's an Australian superspy comedy. It reminded me of Archer and Garth Marenghi's Dark Place. Except not as enjoyable for me. Then again, I only gave it 1 epiaode.

 

[Milchmann]

Danger 5 is the source of this gif:

 

[firehawk12]

Since I'm in the business of saying nice things about the least liked shows on Netflix; the first episode of Grace & Frankie is the single greatest thing Netflix has made. I'm not even being hyperbolic, but you should not approach the show as a comedy rather as a funny drama series.

Yeah, it's a dramedy. And it serves an audience that is basically ignored by television, which is part of why I found it appealing. Also, unlike Modern Family, the gay couple actually kiss each other and aren't gay just because they are swishy. lol

Scanning through Netflix--well, actually, I just found an API to dump everything they have, and then put it in a list--looking for stuff I've never seen. So far I did A-D. It's a pretty short list. Of the list, and after excluding all the South Korean soaps and competition ghost hunting renovation garbage, I was left with this:
Being Mary Jane: The Series
The Buccaneers (1995, UK)
The Code (2014, Australian)
Coma (2012)
Danger 5 (2015)
Darknet (2013)
Delete (2013)
Dicte (2013, ?Danish?)
DTLA (2012)

Anyone watched any of these things?

Danger 5 is mentioned above... it's fine. The first season is a perfect absurdist parody of 70s shows. The second season, not so much.

The Code is an okay thriller series. I think I just watched it because it was Australian though. Season 2 is coming soon, if it hasn't come out already.

 

[Ben Morales]

Your wish was granted a few years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_Murder_Club_(TV_series)

Oh wow, and Angie Harmon was in it? I bet if it came out now it would do better.

 

[firehawk12]

Stump: if you haven't you should really just watch the gleefully anachronistic flapper crime serial Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, starring a sexually liberated and sassy lady Private Investigator in roaring 20s Australia.

lol

 

[Clevinger]

Huh. I had no idea Playing House (that Lennon Parham, Jessica St. Clair show) got renewed for a second season. I quit watching midway because I figured it was deader than dead, and because it wasn't that amazing. Guess I should catch up.

I take that back. I just finished season 1 and by the end I liked it a lot. I guess it just didn't click for me quite as fast as BFF did.

 

[Femmeworth]

Stump: if you haven't you should really just watch the gleefully anachronistic flapper crime serial Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, starring a sexually liberated and sassy lady Private Investigator in roaring 20s Australia.

Oh, that's good?

lol

*hesitation*

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Will Demons get a proper ending? Or was the decision to cancel made after production wrapped up?

Starz, along with all the actors, are referring to the season as the "conclusion" and "the end of the journey", among other things ("we get to go out on our own terms", "questions will be answered", "no big cliffhanger"), so I'm assuming that means they were told fairly early on - if they were told at all, that is. Maybe the decision to end the show was purely a creative one? Anyway, the season was in the oven for a really long amount of time so I'm guessing that's why.

Actually...

The decision to end Da Vinci’s Demons was done after Season 3 was shot, so the producers didn’t necessarily plan the season finale as a series finale. Still, Albrecht promises “a very satisfying conclusion” and a satisfying way for fans to get to it by getting access to the entire final season on-demand the day of the premiere.

 

[firehawk12]

Oh, that's good?
*hesitation*

It's well-made and quite fun to watch, so there's maybe a 50/50 chance for you to actually enjoy it.

Also, firehawk12 is the one who got me to watch it in the first place. I presume he's lol'ing because my description is so perf.

Yes, I'm laughing at the fact that I sold it to icarus. The show is charming, but it is what it is in terms of its politics. Miss Fisher is basically the most progressive woman in the 20s, fighting against sexism, homophobia, racism, classicism and any other injustice you could think of. All while solving murders each episode.

This will either break the world for you because of the anachronistic nature of it all, or make it that much more fun to watch as she schools the rest of Australia in 21st century identity politics. lol

 

[berzeli]

Scanning through Netflix--well, actually, I just found an API to dump everything they have, and then put it in a list--looking for stuff I've never seen. So far I did A-D. It's a pretty short list. Of the list, and after excluding all the South Korean soaps and competition ghost hunting renovation garbage, I was left with this:
Being Mary Jane: The Series
The Buccaneers (1995, UK)
The Code (2014, Australian)
Coma (2012)
Danger 5 (2015)
Darknet (2013)
Delete (2013)
Dicte (2013, ?Danish?)
DTLA (2012)

Anyone watched any of these things?

The Code was solid for what it was, but just as with Secrets & Lies I found it a bit overhyped. Danger 5 is a good time and not a massive commitment so it's worth a shot.

Yeah, it's a dramedy. And it serves an audience that is basically ignored by television, which is part of why I found it appealing. Also, unlike Modern Family, the gay couple actually kiss each other and aren't gay just because they are swishy. lol.

I wouldn't even call it dramedy, just a drama series that happen to be very funny at times. But then again I haven't caught up on the entire season so that may colour my opinions of it.

Stump: if you haven't you should really just watch the gleefully anachronistic flapper crime serial Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, starring a sexually liberated and sassy lady Private Investigator in roaring 20s Australia.

This is the bestest explanation of that show. It's so incredibly trashy and stupid, yet I watched it and enjoyed it.

 

[DiscoJer]

Stump: if you haven't you should really just watch the gleefully anachronistic flapper crime serial Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, starring a sexually liberated and sassy lady Private Investigator in roaring 20s Australia.

Isn't that based on a book series? I remember reading one like that, I don't remember much beyond it being the 1920s, her being a flapper, Australian, and she had a Japanese boyfriend

 

[the_firewithin]

wait so Welcome to Sweden isnt even getting to finish the run. NBC pulled it completely?

 

[beat]

CTV has decided to air season 2 of Spun Out after all: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...ahead-despite-j-p-manoux-court-case-1.3149725

It's hard for me to convey how much I hate this show, BTW.

 

[Bladenic]

I don't know how useful these figures are, but these are basically the types of shows that would not get a nerd fanbase.

I mean, how many people (other than me) want to see Martin Sheen and Sam Waterson deal with coming out to their families and discuss wedding plans? Let alone show their appreciation of the show on the internet? lol
It's show that makes Looking seem mainstream despite having four "big name" actors.

Bloodline I feel is about as quiet as Damages ever was anyway and probably doesn't have the same type of "engaged" audience.

Grace and Frankie was great. Not like outstanding or even must watch TV but a nice dramedy series that explores various challenges of life as an older man/woman/etc.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Grace and Frankie was great. Not like outstanding or even must watch TV but a nice dramedy series that explores various challenges of life as an older man/woman/etc.

.

 

[Father_Brain]

Danger 5 is great fun if you like Darkplace, Archer, or the general idea of pulp SF/spy parody involving Nazis. Biggest caveat is that S1 sets a high bar of insanity early on that it never quite matches again (

Spoiler

the time-traveling stop-motion Nazi dinosaurs episode

), but S2 is completely batshit all the way through. It's only two short seasons and manages not to wear out its welcome by the end.

 

[beat]

Life in Pieces - got flashbacks to Modern Family's pilot, I guess that's the point. The cast looks fun, I'll have to see more though.

What'd you think of Life in Pieces? I think it looks like a more silly Modern Family.

I saw this previewed on THR as "A comedy, written on spec, about one family told through separate stories of its different family members." and I can't help but wonder if they really meant it was a MF spec script with the names changed...

Edit, sorry, NBC's Superstore is described as "A comedy about a group of employees at a big box store who quickly learn that there’s much more to their ho-hum jobs — like love, friendship, and the surprises of everyday moments – than they thought." and I just have to say I have worked at a big box store and my eyes just rolled all the way out of my head at this description.

 

[Lashley]

Community confirmed as definitely never coming back

 

[ezekial45]

Community confirmed as definitely never coming back

Yeah, I saw that coming. I still hope a movie is possible in the future.

 

[Sober]

Community confirmed as definitely never coming back

It's okay, fans will not go quietly into the night without a movie to complete the stupid six seasons and a movie prophecy.


/puke

 

[Lashley]

It's okay, fans will not go quietly into the night without a movie to complete the stupid six seasons and a movie prophecy.


/puke

I enjoyed the series, but I wouldn't pay to see a movie of it.

 

[Sober]

I enjoyed the series, but I wouldn't pay to see a movie of it.

It'd very likely be a tv movie anyway, not a nationwide theatre thing.

 

[TheSeks]

It'd very likely be a tv movie anyway, not a nationwide theatre thing.

I'll save some time:

30 mins of stupid jokes
another 30 mins of rocks falling. Everyone starting with Joel McHale, dies.

/Fin.

#RIPinPeaceCommunity

 

[Sober]

I'll save some time:

30 mins of stupid jokes
another 30 mins of rocks falling. Everyone starting with Joel McHale, dies.

/Fin.

#RIPinPeaceCommunity

Oh I thought it was gonna be the one where Abed's character development finally sticks or shows instead of him learning the moral of the story and then promptly being stereotypical Abed all over again.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Community confirmed as definitely never coming back

Thank goodness. Now they just need to get the movie out of the way.

 

[Penguin]

Do we have any type of update on the Titans TV series for TNT?

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Rick and Morty was the highest rated series on cable on Sunday, even outrating True Detective! :O

 

[Patryn]

Do we have any type of update on the Titans TV series for TNT?

Last I read, they had to change the name of the potential show to something like Blackbirds, because the movie side of WB clamped down and claimed the name.

 

[dead souls]

Community confirmed as definitely never coming back

Does this mean its annoying fans are finally going to go away?

Spoiler

I know I'd never be that lucky.

 

[American Eskimo]

It'd very likely be a tv movie anyway, not a nationwide theatre thing.

If Firefly can get a movie theater movie, then so can Community

 

[firehawk12]

A Community movie only makes sense on a streaming service like Netflix. But since it's Sony, I bet it will be a Crackle exclusive.

 

[Pluto]

Community confirmed as definitely never coming back

Should have ended after season 2. season 3 had already lost most of its charme, every other episode felt like "look, we're clever!".

 

[excelsiorlef]

I don't know how useful these figures are, but these are basically the types of shows that would not get a nerd fanbase.

I mean, how many people (other than me) want to see Martin Sheen and Sam Waterson deal with coming out to their families and discuss wedding plans? Let alone show their appreciation of the show on the internet? lol
It's show that makes Looking seem mainstream despite having four "big name" actors.

Well you just sold me on that show. Martin Sheen and fucking Jack McCoy as gay lovers getting married?!

So gonna check that out.

 

[firehawk12]

Well you just sold me on that show. Martin Sheen and fucking Jack McCoy as gay lover getting married?!

Why are they not the stars!!!!????

Their wives are played by Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin (the eponymous Grace and Frankie), so it really is four veteran actors playing off each other.
(And all four have been on Sorkin shows, which is a weird coincidence).

It's not going to be a show that has a GAF thread where people talk about the cinematography or speculate about whether aliens are taking over the world or if Martin Sheen is actually a Cthulu monster, but it's a decent show about a specific demographic of the American population that is completely ignored in American media.

Although that said, I don't want to make it seem like this generation's Golden Girls either. It's fine, but I'm not going to go overboard. lol

 

[TheSlySoul]

Should have ended after season 2. season 3 had already lost most of its charme, every other episode felt like "look, we're clever!".

While I liked past season 3, it definitely lost its charm after that point. At least it isn't a zombie like Family Guy.

 

[way more]

Is it getting another season on Yahoo?

McHALE: No. They wanted to. But all of our contracts were up after six years. All the actors on the show, almost without exception — their stock has risen significantly and it’s out of the pay rate that is affordable to make the show. So you’re not going to be able to get Alison Brie or Gillian Jacobs at a normal television salary anymore. There is just not enough money to be able to pay for the show.

http://www.metroweekly.com/2015/07/from-soup-to-nuts-an-interview-with-joel-mchale/

Yahoo was eager to make another season but actors greed got in the way. I guess we know now why they all stuck around so long, it was for the money.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

I think I can see what a Whispers Season 2 would be about, thats all I want even if it hit a ratings low

 

[American Eskimo]

Title is incorrect.

Joel says Yahoo wanted another season but actors contacts were up and moving on

 

[Stumpokapow]

Title is incorrect.

Joel says Yahoo wanted another season but actors contacts were up and moving on

That doesn't make the title incorrect, unless they've decided to renew the Cape.

 

[Jest Chillin]

Title is incorrect.

Joel says Yahoo wanted another season but actors contacts were up and moving on

Anytime a show ends it's considered cancelled. The details don't change the terminology.

 

[Bladenic]

I remember when Community was a good show 3 years ago.

 

[American Eskimo]

That doesn't make the title incorrect, unless they've decided to renew the Cape.

Anytime a show ends it's considered cancelled. The details don't change the terminology.

The thread said Yahoo cancelled it. That implies poor ratings or lack of interest.

Yahoo didn't, the actors did. That implies the actors are tired and ready to move on.

 

[Jest Chillin]

The thread said Yahoo cancelled it. That implies poor ratings or lack of interest.

Yahoo didn't, the actors did. That implies the actors are tired and ready to move on.

I understand what you're saying but that's not how it works in TV. Even when a series comes to a natural, planned, end.. like say The Sopranos or Lost, it's labelled as being cancelled.

I don't know why that is. I'd assume it's due to some technical aspect of tv programming or something along those lines. Either way, that's just how it is.

 

[American Eskimo]

I understand what you're saying but that's not how it works in TV. Even when a series comes to a natural, planned, end.. like say The Sopranos or Lost, it's labelled as being cancelled.

I don't know why that is. I'd assume it's due to some technical aspect of tv programming or something along those lines. Either way, that's just how it is.

I've seen shows.referred to as ended rather than cancelled all over the place.

No one says Friends or Lost were cancelled.

 

[Stumpokapow]

The thread said Yahoo cancelled it. That implies poor ratings or lack of interest.

No it doesn't.

Yahoo didn't, the actors did. That implies the actors are tired and ready to move on.

No it doesn't.

I've seen shows.referred to as ended rather than cancelled all over the place.

No one says Friends or Lost were cancelled.

Yes, and it would be correct to say both that Community ended and that Community was cancelled, just as it was with any other show that ended.

 

[TheAbsolution]

I've seen shows.referred to as ended rather than cancelled all over the place.

No one says Friends or Lost were cancelled.

That's because they came to a natural end.
Community did not.