Random TV Show Thoughts

[Stigmata]

yet larry david and JLD have somehow managed to keep making hilarious television… what’s been stopping jerry all these years?

@The Cat

That Unfrosted movie he directed on Netflix was pretty terrible. Like, complete corporate sanctioned star-studded pile of crap.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

That Unfrosted movie he directed on Netflix was pretty terrible. Like, complete corporate sanctioned star-studded pile of crap.

I'm glad you sat through it so I don't have to.

 

[The Cat]

Tony Hale is aging very well.

 

[Luminous]

That Unfrosted movie he directed on Netflix was pretty terrible. Like, complete corporate sanctioned star-studded pile of crap.

I liked it.

Disclaimer: I was on valium at the time.

 

[Totenkindly]

I liked it.

Disclaimer: I was on valium at the time.

Great, now that film has become a drug commercial/endorsement.

 

[Luminous]

Great, now that film has become a drug commercial/endorsement.

Yeah well, I was rewarding myself with silly tv and ice cream after having a medical procedure which the valium was for.

 

[The Cat]

This show was ahead of its time.
I think this one over any other really brought me all of my interests and made a cartoon out of it. Well this and Dino Riders.
I would love to see this show get a reboot while the original voice cast is still working. Owen Burnett might be the greatest character of all time.

The Gathering Parts One and Two are a perfect Changeling the Lost Chronicle.
Gargoyles in general is imo sort of Baby's first World of Darkness come to think of it.​

 

[The Cat]

"It's a Wonderful Night for Eyebrows."
"Max, get the paraphernalia wagon."
-The Grinch.

 

[ceecee]

Help! I'm in a Secret Relationship! | MTV

Travis Mills and Rahne Jones return to investigate even more jaw-dropping cautionary tales of people whose closest loved ones are betraying their trust and keeping them a secret.

www.mtv.com

I'm convinced they make these shows just so my husband can discover them and add them to his horrible reality TV lineup.

I should add that we have this magnet (My 600lb Life dr) on our fridge.

 

[ceecee]

I think one of my favorite things about the sopranos, is how well it illustrates the value of gentleman's agreements, considering how much of everything relies on them, one would hope everyone takes them seriously, and no one gets delusions of being able to take refuge within them, while trying to sneak around them. Trust. It's a hell of a thing. So is professionalism.

One of my favorite scenes of the entire series is when Tony starts whipping Assemblyman Zellman with a belt. Granted it's for other reasons - not just that he was a slime and politician but frankly that should be enough.

 

[The Cat]

All those mean nasty thin-skinned cancel culture troops -- led by the most nefarious nemesis mastermind ever!

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Words cannot describe how happy I would be in real life if this were true. Newman VS Jerry was the one peice of that show I wanted to know the backstory. But knowing would have ruined it, because it would be something most likely that makes Newman the good guy. I tend to think of Seinfeld when I'm making villains. The main cast were pretty villainous in that 90's network television. Like the Friends. The bad guys always think they're the good guys.

And Friends and Seinfeld make more sense when you factor in that when they're not on the show. They're secret supervillains. If you do this, an interesting thing happens and the sitcom reality becomes the same reality as the Incredibles.

 

[Totenkindly]

The 10 Best TV Drama Seasons, Ranked

From Season 5 of The Sopranos to Season 5 of Breaking Bad, we rank the best seasons from television's all-time great dramas.

collider.com

 

[Lexicon]

Random TV show thought: In nearly every True Crime doc show I've watched, people always describe the female victim as 'vivacious.' I never hear anyone describe a living person this way.

I'm starting to feel like the adjective itself is a death sentence.

 

[The Cat]

Random TV show thought: In nearly every True Crime doc show I've watched, people always describe the female victim as 'vivacious.' I never hear anyone describe a living person this way.

I'm starting to feel like the adjective itself is a death sentence.

OMG YES! In true crime being vivacious is like a terminal disease.

"She would still be alive if she werent so danged vivacious."

 

[The Cat]

*Dr House comes in looks at the slides, frowns shakes his head and walks out, Puzzled Drs Wilson and Cuddy pick up the xray and exchange worried looks. The results were clear. Young Callie Windom was vivacious with her whole life ahead of her and she brought joy and light to the lives of everyone she met. She was so talented and pure. She was doomed. If the vivacity didnt get her, all her many socially acceptable and selfless hobbies were bound to serve her up on a platter to the blood thirsty hands of fate.

 

[Totenkindly]

Not just vivacious, but typically also universally beloved, with a golden future and so much to look forward to.

Do assholes just not get murdered, or do they just never crawl out of their holes and interact with other humans in a way that gets them on a killer's radar?

 

[The Cat]

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Not just vivacious, but typically also universally beloved, with a golden future and so much to look forward to.

Do assholes just not get murdered, or do they just never crawl out of their holes and interact with other humans in a way that gets them on a killer's radar?

They do all the time, but people have a different reaction to that.

I'm not going to say the crowds are blood thirsty...But the implication.
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[Totenkindly]

Watched Episode 1 of Shogun today.

Really enjoyed it so far -- although I am going to do a momentary bitch about length. I don't think most series can handle full hour-long episodes, just as a pacing mechanism. they all feel about 10-15 min too long. I would rather see 12 episodes at 50 minutes apiece as needed, honestly -- same time, but just chunks better in terms of attention... although I know it might not break as well with story points.

I don't recall if I watched the TV series (I was 12 when it aired). I just knew what it was about and starred Richard Chamberlain, although for some reason I recall him being a priest versus just an English trader/explorer/ransacker. I did read the book (it had that great white cover with the hilt of a Japanese sword, although with a shorter hilt it might be a wakizashi rather than a tachi).

I love that 80% so far is in Japanese and subtitled. It feels pretty real. That whole scene the execution of one of Blackthorne's crew was horrific -- you can hear the guy screaming off in the distance throughout the entire next scene (which is just a discussion between two characters), so you have to strain a little but it's recognizably there. I like it's starting to interplay with the complexity of the situation, like the Japanese politics vs customs, and also how the Portuguese Catholics are asked to translate for the other European Anglicans but lie, which leaves it up to the Japanese personalities to decide who is lying and who is truth-telling in part by body language and prudence.

I didn't even recognize Nestor Carbonell right away! I haven't really seen him in Lost despite him being in other shows over the years.

 

[Totenkindly]

Lol yup. I know all of these. Wings was really big at the time, and Remington Steele.

And MAH-TIIIIIN!

32 TV Shows Gen X Watched Growing Up That No One Talks About Anymore

Why doesn't anyone remember these great shows?

www.cinemablend.com

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

Lol yup. I know all of these. Wings was really big at the time, and Remington Steele.

And MAH-TIIIIIN!

32 TV Shows Gen X Watched Growing Up That No One Talks About Anymore

Why doesn't anyone remember these great shows?

www.cinemablend.com

Most of these I don't know. I would probably enjoy Out of this World, or at least watch the pilot. It reminds me of a bunch of other crap I watched as a kid like Small Wonder. There was also this Australian show I watched about this girl who traveled to early 90's Australia from the year 3000. The Girl From Tomorrow, I think it was called.