General Television Thread

[livid]

@tristy Are you familiar with our Lords & Saviors, Raylan Givens and Boyd Crowder? 

Mr. Robot is a good one though, it's really rebounded again in season 3.

I would also suggest Sneaky Pete if you have already watched Justified. Even if you haven't because it's good on it's own but it definitely fills the Justified hole in your heart after you finish that. 

[LittleDaniel]

taskmaster is amazing!  i'm a little worried about the us version, but, like, if they stick to the format it should be fine.  i mean, they even did a show with tv executives or something instead of comedians and that was still funny.

[tristy]

22 minutes ago, livid said:

@tristy Are you familiar with our Lords & Saviors, Raylan Givens and Boyd Crowder? 

Mr. Robot is a good one though, it's really rebounded again in season 3.

I would also suggest Sneaky Pete if you have already watched Justified. Even if you haven't because it's good on it's own but it definitely fills the Justified hole in your heart after you finish that. 

Is Justified on Netflix? If so, I'll check it out. Also, isn't Sneaky Pete an Amazon show or something? I guess I should have prefaced this by saying I need shows that are on Netflix or US television.

[livid]

Ahh I thought maybe the Mr Robot thing suggested you might have Amazon as Justified and Sneaky Pete are both on there. 

[tristy]

Oh, no, I've been DVRing Mr. Robot this season since it started. I'll probably get started on that Sunday since that's my day off.

[Monkey D. Lars]

Going to start watching Jean Claude van Johnson today and I'll bet that I will have a wonderful time!

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

Anybody watch Taskmaster: Champion of Champions?

Spoiler

I thought the challenges were a little boring (yoga ball & coconuts challenge was far too easy and blowing something off the table wasn't much fun). The miracle challenge was okay and I liked the live challenge. It's really the panellists that made me enjoy it though. Noel getting a lizard costume was so Noel. 

I feel like the downfall of Champions will be that it's short, so they won't develop as much of a rapport with one another. And I feel like a lot of them won't be as wild as some contestants we've seen in other seasons. Rob, Josh and Katherine all feel like people who take it relatively safe. 

 

[Benjamin]

Riverdale is incredible. Just the right amount of silly for me.

[Adam]

Justified is really good. Love Walton Goggins and Timothy Olymphant in that.

I read the other day that Netflix has picked up Fargo S3 and Brooklyn Nine-Nine S4 for UK from next month, which is excellent news. I recently finished season 2 of Fargo and have been desperate to see the next installment, it's such a fulfilling show.

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

58 minutes ago, Adam said:

Justified is really good. Love Walton Goggins and Timothy Olymphant in that.

I read the other day that Netflix has picked up Fargo S3 and Brooklyn Nine-Nine S4 for UK from next month, which is excellent news. I recently finished season 2 of Fargo and have been desperate to see the next installment, it's such a fulfilling show.

Exactly the two things I am waiting for to show up on Canadian Netflix. 

[LittleDaniel]

19 hours ago, Kevin "McD"allister said:

Anybody watch Taskmaster: Champion of Champions?

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I thought the challenges were a little boring (yoga ball & coconuts challenge was far too easy and blowing something off the table wasn't much fun). The miracle challenge was okay and I liked the live challenge. It's really the panellists that made me enjoy it though. Noel getting a lizard costume was so Noel. 

I feel like the downfall of Champions will be that it's short, so they won't develop as much of a rapport with one another. And I feel like a lot of them won't be as wild as some contestants we've seen in other seasons. Rob, Josh and Katherine all feel like people who take it relatively safe. 

 

I really like how competitive some of the earlier champions (like Katherine Ryan) are.  Like, the last series ended in a group hug and Katherine comes out trying to make sure she gets points and no one else does, I love it.

I have the same reservations about it that you do, especially the length, but hey they're also filming another series of regular Taskmaster so at least we have that to look forward to.

[Skummy]

On ‎15‎/‎12‎/‎2017 at 15:28, Lars Kuyt said:

Going to start watching Jean Claude van Johnson today and I'll bet that I will have a wonderful time!

It's so much fun. Better than I thought it would be.

[Benji]

I heard about it but didn't look into it. I just read what the show is actually about and that it's only six episodes. I could get into that.

18 hours ago, Adam said:

Justified is really good. Love Walton Goggins and Timothy Olymphant in that.

I read the other day that Netflix has picked up Fargo S3 and Brooklyn Nine-Nine S4 for UK from next month, which is excellent news. I recently finished season 2 of Fargo and have been desperate to see the next installment, it's such a fulfilling show.

I love S1 and S2 of Fargo, I have had the third on my Sky box since whenever it aired over here but for some reason can't bring myself to start it. I think it's because I know it needs my undivided attention.

[Benji]

The Orville's opener is okay. Not great, but it got a fair few laughs. Probably could have done with being shorter for the most part.

[Colly]

Yeah I thought that, there were probably only half a dozen gags in there, the rest was a fairly sincere Next Generation homage even down to the fadey cuts etc. It wasn't horrible, but it was kind of just there. 

[GoGo Yubari]

11 hours ago, Santa with Benjles said:

I love S1 and S2 of Fargo, I have had the third on my Sky box since whenever it aired over here but for some reason can't bring myself to start it. I think it's because I know it needs my undivided attention.

I also think it's the only season of the show where there's a real "you have to see through the weaker portion" thing going on. Halfway through the season a certain character shows up and shit takes off, but the first half is a whole lot of table-setting that spends a lot of time with a plot element that I don't think is all that interesting.

[Josh]

Co-signed on that. Although there’s a really unique episode in the first half that’s pretty amazing.

[MDK]

I love Tom Hardy in Peaky Blinders. I just don't think any other actor could get away with doing that character like that. 

[K]

Watched three seasons of Cuckoo and three seasons of Uncle recently. Both very nice, and both featuring Esther Smith who I love now.

[livid]

2 hours ago, MDK said:

I love Tom Hardy in Peaky Blinders. I just don't think any other actor could get away with doing that character like that. 

To be fair, that's like 90% of his career.