OT: TV thread

[LSCII]

Never seen "True Detective" but I'm a Jodie Foster fan, so I'll at least give it a look.

Season one is amazing. Season three was also very good. Skip season two, as it was pretty bad.

 

[GordonHowe]

Season one is amazing. Season three was also very good. Skip season two, as it was pretty bad.

Thank you.

I generally don't bother with television drama in any form. I prefer comedy.

Enough ballast these days,

 

[EverettMike]

Thank you.

I generally don't bother with television drama in any form. I prefer comedy.

Enough ballast these days,

Then definitely don't skip True Detective season 2.

 

[CDJ]

Season 1 of true detective is perhaps my favorite season of any tv show

 

[Concessionaire]

A couple of recent Netflix shows I can recommend (both are pretty violent):

• The Brothers Sun (with Michelle Yeoh) - funny at times, with entertaining fight scenes.
• Blue Eye Samurai (an English language anime) - high-quality animation and a surprisingly deep, layered story.

I really enjoyed both.

 

[LSCII]

A couple of recent Netflix shows I can recommend (both are pretty violent):

• The Brothers Sun (with Michelle Yeoh) - funny at times, with entertaining fight scenes.
• Blue Eye Samurai (an English language anime) - high-quality animation and a surprisingly deep, layered story.

I really enjoyed both.

Have you watched Warrior on max?

 

[Fenway]

Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie Norton, the wife of a guffawing, rubber-limbed sewer worker forever mired in a blowhard neighbor’s get-rich-quick schemes and other hazards of life on the classic 1950s sitcom “The Honeymooners,” died on Saturday at her home in Manhattan. She was 99.

Her son, Randy Charles, confirmed her death.

Ms. Randolph was the last survivor of a cast of four that dominated the Saturday night viewing habits of millions in the golden age of live television, and for decades afterward on rerun broadcasts and home video. Jackie Gleason (Ralph Kramden) died in 1987; Audrey Meadows (Ralph’s wife, Alice) in 1996; and Art Carney (Trixie’s husband, Ed Norton) in 2003.

Gleason was a genius and when he was wrong he owned it

 

[GordonHowe]

Interested enough to watch the second episode of "True Detective."

 

[smithformeragent]

Hey, True Detective is back and I have a snow day.

 

[smithformeragent]

Interested enough to watch the second episode of "True Detective."

Season 1 is a masterpiece.

Season 2 was underwhelming, and I remember very little of Season 3.

 

[EverettMike]

Season 1 of True Detective is the most fun I've ever had watching a TV show. The fan theories, based on incredible evidence, were f***ing amazing. The whole conversation around the show ruled.

 

[smithformeragent]

Season 1 of True Detective is the most fun I've ever had watching a TV show. The fan theories, based on incredible evidence, were f***ing amazing. The whole conversation around the show ruled.

Yep.

First show I remember immediately heading to Reddit after each episode to read the theories and speculation.

That and The Leftovers.

 

[EverettMike]

Yep.

First show I remember immediately heading to Reddit after each episode to read the theories and speculation.

That and The Leftovers.

The Leftovers is my favorite drama ever. I also think it's on the short list of best shows ever.

 

[smithformeragent]

The Leftovers is my favorite drama ever. I also think it's on the short list of best shows ever.

The episode “Two Boats and a Helicopter” may be my favorite episode of a tv show ever.

Masterful.

 

[EverettMike]

The episode “Two Boats and a Helicopter” may be my favorite episode of a tv show ever.

Masterful.

Every Matt episode is a 10/10. "No Room at the Inn" and "It's a Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt World" are both amazing.

The ending of NRATI is one of the best sequences ever.

 

[McGarnagle]

I kind of got roped into watching Young Sheldon when it hit Netflix. I had strong prejudices against it because I really didn't like Big Bang Theory, but if I knew that Annie Potts and Wallace Shawn were in it and would be carrying so much of the weight I would've watched it years ago. In the end it's far from the worst show I've seen.

 

[BostonBob]

In the end it's far from the worst show I've seen.

I think that was one of their marketing slogans: Our show may not be great but it's far from the worst show you'll see.

 

[GordonHowe]

I've never watched the show, though familiar its premise.

Some here are fans, so

‘For all Mankind’ Ends Its Greediest Season

In an interview, the showrunners discuss the space drama’s just-concluded fourth season, in which exploration gave way to exploitation.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Dreghorn2]

I've never watched the show, though familiar its premise.

Some here are fans, so

‘For all Mankind’ Ends Its Greediest Season

In an interview, the showrunners discuss the space drama’s just-concluded fourth season, in which exploration gave way to exploitation.

www.nytimes.com

It's a daytime soap opera in space.

 

[GordonHowe]

It's a daytime soap opera in space.

Most television drama is, which is why I don't bother with most of it.

I'll take comedy any day.

 

[Mione134]

It's a daytime soap opera in space.

Soap operas are the key for many an actor moving onto the movies and TV space. Most famous and talented actors have been on soap operas. It's 50-100 page dialog a day, sometimes only 1 take. Hardest job in the acting industry.


I love my soap operas.

 

[Gee Wally]

Last soap I watched was Dark Shadows.

 

[jgatie]

Last soap I watched was Dark Shadows.

I watched the Luke and Laura saga on General Hospital, but only because it was what every girl in school was obsessed with, so I figured it would give me an edge. Plus I had 4 sisters and we had one TV.

 

[BMC]

I watched the Luke and Laura saga on General Hospital, but only because it was what every girl in school was obsessed with, so I figured it would give me an edge. Plus I had 4 sisters and we had one TV.

I scheduled my college classes so I'd be done by 3PM when it aired & I was not the only one

 

[Mione134]

I scheduled my college classes so I'd be done by 3PM when it aired & I was not the only one

I used to have my mom tape my stories on VHS while in school.

I still watch what's left on tv and Peacock.

General Hospital.
Young and the Restless.
Bold and the Beautiful.

And Days of our Lives