i gave up on that one. just can't take the lead actress. she's kind of plain looking, seems to always have the same concerned/angst-ridden look on her face and she can't act.Originally Posted by BobM
tried the Magicians too but it was just too damn convoluted.
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For anyone still interested, the final season of Person of Interest premiered this week.
Also, for any fans of 30 for 30, I recently watched the episode about the Duke lacrosse team. Another excellent episode but all I will say about the event portrayed in the show is, "holy shit! I had no idea!"
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
cbs.com has a streaming version of the episode with commentary from some of the creators/writers/directors. They talk over the audio, so don't skip watching the episode itself first.
Yes, I did. Shame it was such a short series.
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I have not seen all of the 30 for 30 episodes, but the ones I have seen have been very well done.
Does that mean they are bringing it back? I liked it, but the show only survived one season due to low ratings.
Started watching Magic City on Netflix. Set in Miami 1959. It's a slow show but not bad after 2 episodes. The clothing and cars are fantastic! Lots of nudity for those who tune in for that sort of thing...
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Just watched the first episode after reading your post. I spent time in Miami in the 70s and my mom grew up there in the 50s, so it was of interest. Pretty good, and yeah, a lot of nudity, which was not unappreciated.I was also there last Fall for the first time in decades, and it was great to see the vintage architecture, etc. again.
Has anyone else seen the first season of Grace and Frankie on Netflix? Awesome comedy. The second season just came out. Can;t wait.
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The Night Manager on AMC is pretty damned good.
No idea, I'm referring to season 1 in both cases, which are airing over here now.
Loved the first season...but this is a classic example in my opinion where one season would have been enough, where they could have wound up the story and intrigues in just one season, the back stories got more and more far fetched, contrived and thinner and thinner for every episode that aired.
Same for me, it's very good
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I've been *loving* this show. Too bad it's only six episodes.. halfway done already. Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston are excellent in it.
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Yeah, I remember you commenting on the show some weeks back. I'll admit there are some subjects that don't interest me and so I'll skip episodes, but of the ones I've seen:
I agree with some of your assessment. It did get more contrived, etc. But the point at which Carter & Fusco were brought into the fold was when the show began to hit its stride, imo, which was the end of S1 or the beginning of S2. All the dealings with HR and all the different Fed agencies, etc, made the show incredibly convoluted... and I loved it! But, yeah, sometime in S3 when they began to focus on the Samaritan story line was when the show started taking a turn for the worse. And when Reese & Shaw took on new identities was when they jumped the shark, I thought. I'm in for the final season but it's not like I'm gonna lament its passing.
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
Ah, ok. Yea, it only lasted one season. In fact they did not even show the last couple of episodes until later in the summer long after the original run of the show which was kind of strange. Anyway......I thought it was pretty good, and they wrapped up at least some of the loose ends at the end of the season.
Well, I was hoping for it to stay "Batman" if you know what I mean, that the good cops, including Carter and the reformed Fusco knew about our boys and approved of their deeds but didn't know who they were and didn't meet them, and that the boys would help out the good cops anonymously when they could. The whole HR thing for me was just crap writing, and it seemed that the writers were running out of ideas as each episode passed. Then in comes a young woman who is in symbiosis with the machine, who they lock in a cage (they jumped the shark right there IMO).....yeah, right, thanks, and good night PoI.....I'm going to watch something more realistic now.Yeah, I remember you commenting on the show some weeks back. I'll admit there are some subjects that don't interest me and so I'll skip episodes, but of the ones I've seen:
I agree with some of your assessment. It did get more contrived, etc. But the point at which Carter & Fusco were brought into the fold was when the show began to hit its stride, imo, which was the end of S1 or the beginning of S2. All the dealings with HR and all the different Fed agencies, etc, made the show incredibly convoluted... and I loved it! But, yeah, sometime in S3 when they began to focus on the Samaritan story line was when the show started taking a turn for the worse. And when Reese & Shaw took on new identities was when they jumped the shark, I thought. I'm in for the final season but it's not like I'm gonna lament its passing.
I've enjoyed POI all along. One little thing that bugged me a little was softening up the sociopath Shaw character into a wisecracking female Reese.
With me it's just gotham and supergirl
but cant find them online ( find on https://www.google.com only )
Anybody else seen or is watching The Real O'Neals? It's about a Catholic family with an uptight mother who's divorcing the father (who now lives in the basement) and their three kids, one of whom has just come out of the closet. A pretty funny show.
Does anyone else watch Archer besides Jerjo? if you've never seen it, here are a few lines of great dialogue from recent episodes:
Background: Archer and his co-horts are working undercover at a party to protect a valuable necklace worn by an actress when a group of burglars break in to steal it. The burglars are all wearing clown masks. Everyone at the party is taken hostage. Cheryl, the secretary for the agency where Archer works and who has masochistic sexual proclivities, turns out also to have coulrophilia (a sexual attraction to clowns) and she's very attracted to the leader of the burglars.
In reference to the leader of the burglars, she states, "he just soaks me."
And later, "Oh my God. I'm so turned on I think I'm actually getting dehydrated."
In last week's episode, a female client wants one of the women at the agency to seduce her husband to prove his infidelity.
Pam, the HR manager at the agency, says, "Aw, man. Lousy timing. My bush looks like I'm sitting on Jerry Garcia's face."
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
I'm waiting for Netflix Canada to add the latest season of Archer.. Absolutely love that show! Another animated show that makes me laugh out loud is Brickleberry. I'm about halfway through the second season and I think there has been only 1 so-so episode so far! WARNING: Those of you averse to non-politically-correct humour best stay away from this show.
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Have you watched Mr. Pickles? That show's insane. My son likes the adult animated shows like Family Guy, etc. (he's 17), but Mr. Pickles was so over the top gross it turned him off and he wouldn't watch more than just a couple.
Yeah, you should all be probably watching Archer
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Could I pitch a curve ball and divert our attention to that type of programme that has had many horrible names over the years: reality TV, docusoap, docurama etc., which shows various types of people at the normal work. Personally, I like to call them everyday life programmes.
(HOWEVER, I'm not interested in all those fake progs with no conclusive conclusons like Lost Giants and Lost Gold and Searching for Hitler, nor in staged "locked in" progs, like Big Brother, Paradise Hotel or the naked in the jungle or surviving on an island types)
My very favourites at the moment are:
Down East Dickering
Aussie Pickers
Salvage Hunters (UK)
and the two with the freaky curiosity shops in NY and SF.
On the competiton side of these progs, I'm really enjoying Forged in Fire.
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