I like The Following also -- my husband said Kevin Bacon signed a 5 year deal with Fox, so hopefully that means it will be on for a while. I'm also really liking The Americans on FX.
I watched the first couple of episodes, not the entire series. I'm guessing it turns out that she overcomes her issues, and therefore the message is one of empowerment? From what I watched she hadn't. And it was depressing in a sense because it felt like it reflected common real-life teenage problems. That's all I was saying.
Last night's Walking Dead was actually not bad. I had expected a lot more action based on the preview, and I was glad to see a slower pace being used, something I think really benefits the show.
The fact that it reflects real-life problems is the appeal. Snuffing that out in favor of a world where everyone's happy all the time is boring. And yes, she gains confidence in herself - but she doesn't have to lose weight or transform to do it. And she doesn't.
I think I mentioned this in one of your threads, but if you like those, check Generation Kill. It's also a miniseries and really, really good. T and I just marathoned the entire Archer series. Rolling on the floor funny.
I'm hooked on "The Following" it's such a different show. I loved the latest episode with the Sheriff, intense!
Omg just heard Joss is coming out with a pilot for a new show called Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. fuck yeah. sorry, fanboy moment.
There was a Hallmark special on the other night, Remember Sunday, with Zachary Levi and Alexis Bledel. It wasn't the kind of program I usually seek out, but it was surprisingly well done. Zachary played an astrophysicist who suffered a brain aneurism, and as a result his short term memory no longer functions, His long term memories are intact, but whenever he goes to sleep he forgets everything that occurred during the day. It's not the first such story I've seen, but this one had plenty of warmth, and believable, dimensional characters.
I started watching The Vikings, engaging stuff. Supernatural's been a favourite for a while. Oh and The Americans, about KGB spies in the early eighties living in USA-good storylines and acting.
^ I binge-watched all 7 seasons of Supernatural last summer before season 8 started. Great show, although the continuity and tight story construction drops off pretty heavily after season 5. Still a great show - Cas is my favorite, I have to say.
The best worst show on television is back tonight, True Blood. After the utter insanity of last year, it's hard to predict where the show is going. Rumours are circulating that Spoiler Eric Northman dies this season, but that seems to be rumoured every year and I'll believe it when I see it. Will Billith be the villain of the season, or is he still (was he ever?) good at heart? Will Pam manage to make Tara worth watching? (no) Will Tara finally die? (I wish) Will Andy's fairy babies actually show up and effect the plot in any meaningful way? Will Sookie finally have a plot that doesn't revolve around sex? Will Alcide finally have a plot that doesn't revolve around his abs? Can this show pull off a subplot as simultaneously absurd and nonsensical as last year's Ifrit debacle? (safest bet of all!) Let us take a moment to remember Russell Edgington, still my all time favourite television villain. He died doing what he loved, eating fairies.
I almost read that as best show on Television, and i was about to start a rant (though i loved True Blood until season three started).
Ha ha yeah, it's an excellent terrible show, perfect summer television, but it's not even close to the best show on HBO alone. I mean, I love it, but I don't even know if I'd go so far as calling it good. Entertaining though.
I've got Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead. All i need. Never a fan of having a lot of loved shows at once. Sounds silly i know, but last thing i want is more than 10 hours a week of television time. Hell, five even.
Game of Thrones is my go to show when I want to watch something good, but each season is so short. Speaking of it, I loved that the show's portrayal of the Spoiler Red Wedding changed things just enough from the books to still surprise me. I wasn't expecting it to be that effective on screen.
The Red Wedding was the worst thing in the world for one simple reason. Facebook went CRAZY that day. CRAAAZZZZY. It was easy to tell who had read the books, and those who have not. Was sad too, cause why must people get worked up over THAT, when there is so many issues in reality nobody ever gets so emotional over.
Yeah, a lot of the reactions to it were hilarious. I don't think any scene in a fantasy book has stuck with me as much as the Red Wedding, but my only negative reaction when I read it the first time was to put the book down and take my dog for a walk. I guess it shows how good a storyteller Martin is, and how well Weiss, Benioff, and the whole cast and crew have made it work on screen, to elicit that kind of reaction. I guess that's the role of entertainment, to give people something to care about so they don't focus on what matters.
I'm a little late to the I Love GoT party, but does anyone follow the Gay of Thrones recaps on Funny or Die?
Tried two shows recently; Downton Abbey- Watched the first season and was highly impressed. Its strongest points are the phenomenal acting, beautiful recreation of 1910's England, and multiple storylines. Loved the pilot; one of the very best I have seen. However, the series weakened as it went along, suffering from occasional predictability and contrivance, and a couple of unfortunate character arcs. Overall though, it's very good, and I'm looking forward to the next two seasons. Arrested Development- I had resisted watching this for years , but my girlfriend, a huge fan, talked me into giving it a chance. I made it through the pilot episode, but I had to physically force myself to sit through the second episode. God, that was some awful garbage. And honestly, I blame the lazy, by-the-numbers writing, indistinguishable from a dozen other dull hipster comedies. David Cross, Jessica Walter, and Jeffery Tambor are all very talented, but even their efforts can't elevate this trash. Comedy is highly subjective, but I'm not a fan.
^^AD has some of the least lazy, most clever writing of any TV show. It took me a while to get into it when I first started, but my problem was that I was coming into it expecting solely slapstick comedy, when in reality, the comedic style of AD is a combination of dry humor, slapstick, brick jokes, and much more. You're coming into it pretty wrong if you think it's garbage. Speaking of, season 4 was a masterstroke. The entire thing was like an Easter egg hunt of brilliant continuity and interweaving storylines that cracked me up and amazed me. Seriously, the amount of planning and writing to go into that story is amazing; considering the fact that it was filmed around every actor's schedule was even more so. On the RW, I have to agree. I read the books, and even I was shocked and amazed by how well it was pulled off. They really do that episode 9 sucker punch very well, and I loved every second of it.
