[TV] Talk about the last TV you watched, the catchall thread

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

I also loved how the Power back, even if was just a music blast.

Edit: OH- the Adventure Time episode tonight was awesome too. I never know what to expect from this show, especially not a Cheers reference.
 
ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Watched the first episode of Game of Thrones today. I hadn't read the books and for whatever reason, wasn't really interested in watching the show.

And...I don't know. I liked it and might keep watching, but Christ, it's confusing. There are too many characters for me to follow, too many clans or houses or whatever, and a lot of political stuff that's either confusing or uninteresting.
 
Gusto

Gusto

ThatNickGuy said:
Watched the first episode of Game of Thrones today. I hadn't read the books and for whatever reason, wasn't really interested in watching the show.

And...I don't know. I liked it and might keep watching, but Christ, it's confusing. There are too many characters for me to follow, too many clans or houses or whatever, and a lot of political stuff that's either confusing or uninteresting.
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It's not for everyone.
 
Shawn

Shawn

Supernatural
I'm totally late to the party on this one. I only started watching a few months ago. I've made it through season... 5 I think I'm on? But shit. I can't think of much better entertainment on TV right now. "Suits" a close second.
 
CynicismKills

CynicismKills

Shawnacy said:
Supernatural
I'm totally late to the party on this one. I only started watching a few months ago. I've made it through season... 5 I think I'm on? But shit. I can't think of much better entertainment on TV right now. "Suits" a close second.
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My brother and I are just getting into season 6 of Supernatural. It's a great show, I can't believe I skipped over it after how much I enjoyed Buffy/Angel.
 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

ThatNickGuy said:
Watched the first episode of Game of Thrones today. I hadn't read the books and for whatever reason, wasn't really interested in watching the show.

And...I don't know. I liked it and might keep watching, but Christ, it's confusing. There are too many characters for me to follow, too many clans or houses or whatever, and a lot of political stuff that's either confusing or uninteresting.
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Give the first book a try. It does a much better job of introducing the characters, the houses, and the history of the world.
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

Shawnacy said:
Supernatural
I'm totally late to the party on this one. I only started watching a few months ago. I've made it through season... 5 I think I'm on? But shit. I can't think of much better entertainment on TV right now. "Suits" a close second.
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As much as I love Supernatural, It's far from being the best show on TV.
 
Shawn

Shawn

CynicismKills said:
My brother and I are just getting into season 6 of Supernatural. It's a great show, I can't believe I skipped over it after how much I enjoyed Buffy/Angel.
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Every episode is a treat. I love how the writers have really done their homework on legends and paranormal studies, and then thrown their own twists at us.
I especially enjoyed the apocalypse season, where we discover that most angels are pretentious ass-hats who are so damn bored that a war vs hell, that will wipe out 90% of the human population, sounds like a great way to pass some time. And most Angels come off as rightful dicks, including Castiel, who forever will be one of the best secondary characters on that show. My favorite line of his ever?

Sam: Are you.... drunk?
Castiel:No!..... yes.
Sam: What happened to you?
Castiel: I found a liquor store.
Sam: And?
Castiel: And I drank it.

His voicemail is awesome too.
"I don't understand... why do you want me to say my name? *random button pushing*"[DOUBLEPOST=1364797455][/DOUBLEPOST]
Bowielee said:
As much as I love Supernatural, It's far from being the best show on TV.
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Well I'll put it as one of my top shows. Doctor Who is up there too.
 
CynicismKills

CynicismKills

What I found interesting is, especially in the fourth season and beyond, how much better most supporting characters were than Dean and Sam. Cas, Bobby and one other especially (he comes into play in s5, don't want to spoil it for you). Season 5, to me, is the best of the bunch so far and I think you're really going to love it.
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

Shawnacy said:
Every episode is a treat. I love how the writers have really done their homework on legends and paranormal studies, and then thrown their own twists at us.
I especially enjoyed the apocalypse season, where we discover that most angels are pretentious ass-hats who are so damn bored that a war vs hell, that will wipe out 90% of the human population, sounds like a great way to pass some time. And most Angels come off as rightful dicks, including Castiel, who forever will be one of the best secondary characters on that show. My favorite line of his ever?

Sam: Are you.... drunk?
Castiel:No!..... yes.
Sam: What happened to you?
Castiel: I found a liquor store.
Sam: And?
Castiel: And I drank it.

His voicemail is awesome too.
"I don't understand... why do you want me to say my name? *random button pushing*"[DOUBLEPOST=1364797455][/DOUBLEPOST]
Well I'll put it as one of my top shows. Doctor Who is up there too.
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It's literally one of the only shows that I keep up with, so yes, subjectively I do love it, but there are much better shows on TV.
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, Breaking Bad....[DOUBLEPOST=1364800227][/DOUBLEPOST]This season is starting to lose some serious steam, though.
 
checkeredhat

checkeredhat

Finished the Wire.
Season 5 was a let down. Could have almost been a decent show on its own, but within the context of The Wire, with 4 seasons of character development before it, it didn't quite fit, and some of the characters just weren't themselves.
Not that it didn't have it's moments.
The series as a whole though... wow.
I get it.
I get why people say what they do about this show.
I'm one of those people now. I've convinced my brother to watch it already. Though, he's going to wait until Breaking Bad is finished, because I told him: I rewatched Season 5 of Breaking Bad after I watched the entirety of the Wire, and it wasn't as good as I remembered it. So far I'm not enjoying the Walking Dead or Game of Thrones as much as I did pre-Wire either. This is almost precisely what I feared would happen and why I was so reluctant to watch it in the first place. It hasn't outright ruined TV for me, as I feared it would, but I enjoy these shows just a little bit less than I did.

However, if the rest of Breaking Bad season 5 holds up to season 5 thus far, I might still prefer it. Season 5 of the Wire really was that much of a let down to me.
 
ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

I've yet to watch The Wire any further than Season 1. Not for a lack of interest, just haven't gotten around to it.

But I have a friend who once said, "There are two kinds of people in the world: those that think The Wire is the greatest show ever...and those that haven't seen The Wire."
 
checkeredhat

checkeredhat

ThatNickGuy said:
I've yet to watch The Wire any further than Season 1. Not for a lack of interest, just haven't gotten around to it.

But I have a friend who once said, "There are two kinds of people in the world: those that think The Wire is the greatest show ever...and those that haven't seen The Wire."
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I made this to compare it to the other well-received TV dramas I've seen:
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(Walking Dead is actually a projected score, as I still have a few episodes left to watch)
Next up is Deadwood. It comes highly recommended to me.
 
Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

Yeah I've been meaning to watch The Wire too, just haven't gotten around to it.

Just saw the new Hannibal show, and you know your protagonist is creepy when he creeps you out more than the character who is an actual cannibal. Either-way, I am interested with the premise and am looking forward to this season.

On the opposite spectrum of Hannibal/Parks and Rec/The Wire I saw an episode of that Kaijudo show the other day....yeah not the best thing I've seen. The girl character was kinda obnoxious, the nerd character was an annoying cliche, and the main character was boring. Good animation though, but its wasted on this crap series.
 
Frank

Frank

checkeredhat said:
I made this to compare it to the other well-received TV dramas I've seen:
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(Walking Dead is actually a projected score, as I still have a few episodes left to watch)
Next up is Deadwood. It comes highly recommended to me.
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Man....you like season 2 of Walking Dead better than season 5 of The Wire. That explodes my inner brain.

Deadwood is fucking cunt shit fuckity wonderful. Just don't go into it expecting huge resolution.
 
checkeredhat

checkeredhat

Frank said:
Man....you like season 2 of Walking Dead better than season 5 of The Wire. That explodes my inner brain.

Deadwood is fucking smelly lady part shit fuckity wonderful. Just don't go into it expecting huge resolution.
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Season 3.
Season 2 is actually ranked lower than any non-Dexter show in the graph.
 
Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf

My graph would have the worst second of The Wire having more worth to humanity and storytelling than everything ever shown as "The Walking Dead".



look, that's a hyperbole jerk thing to say, I REALLY enjoyed The Walking Dead pilot, it was a cool short film, everything since has been different shitty flavors of trash

ANYWAYS

ALSO Parks & Rec really rules.
 
checkeredhat

checkeredhat

Charlie Don't Surf said:
My graph would have the worst second of The Wire having more worth to humanity and storytelling than everything ever shown as "The Walking Dead".
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And if my chart (which people are taking way more seriously than they really aught to), were labelled "Worth to Humanity" this would be relevant.
But it's not, it's about how entertaining I found these shows, season by season. As somebody who self- professes to like Uwe Boll movies, you should be able to appreciate that what we find entertaining is not always what is the most well- crafted.
 
Wahad

Wahad

Yoshimickster said:
Just saw the new Hannibal show, and you know your protagonist is creepy when he creeps you out more than the character who is an actual cannibal. Either-way, I am interested with the premise and am looking forward to this season.
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I fucking love this show. It's almost too good to be true. Silence of the Lambs is one of my favorite movies of all time, and while I was a little hesitant getting into this show, Mikkelsen sells Hannibal like hotcakes. Hopkins was aggressive, cruel, yet still affable, in a way. But Mikkelsen plays it more temperate, polite, almost kind. It's insidious. The phonecall was amazing.

Fuller himself brings a lot of atmosphere, too, but this show was gonna make it or break it for me with Mikkelsen performance. Fortunately, he delivers in spades. And Eddie Izzard is going to be on the show in the future!
 
Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf

checkeredhat said:
And if my chart (which people are taking way more seriously than they really aught to), were labelled "Worth to Humanity" this would be relevant.
But it's not, it's about how entertaining I found these shows, season by season. As somebody who self- professes to like Uwe Boll movies, you should be able to appreciate that what we find entertaining is not always what is the most well- crafted.
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I was using worth to humanity just to be more of a pompous jerk, TWD stopped entertaining me, too
 
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