TV IV Couch Chat: Merry New Year's Eve, Fuck You England

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Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

poo poo, hope he makes it out okay.

Manos del Sino posted:

Deadpool

In TV news, I'm really looking forward to the coming season of True Blood. I know people think it has deteriorated greatly over the years, but I prefer to think that it was always trash. Enjoyable trash, but trash.

I've also been bingeing on trashy reality cooking shows, specifically old seasons the US MasterChef and Hell's Kitchen. What other shows fit that sort of niche? I used to watch a lot of Iron Chef, but it's a different sort of contest, and I caught some crappy Kitchen Casino a couple weeks ago... I don't think I'll be revisiting that one.

I'm a fan of Cutthroat Kitchen, which is basically Chopped with sabotages.

# ¿ Jun 7, 2014 12:50

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# ¿ May 9, 2024 22:07

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

If nothing else the last season of True Blood gave us that utterly bizarre episode that was half gore-filled slaughterfest, half maudlin memorial for a minor character with a lot of grieving.

# ¿ Jun 23, 2014 03:30

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

Seasons 5 and 6 are a bit of a downhill slide but not bad enough to completely skip. I still enjoyed them & laughed at Andy.

# ¿ Jun 28, 2014 23:06

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

I've been watching House on Netflix, and since they didn't get the rights to the Massive Attack song that was in their credits for network airing, there's some random other Massive-Attack-sounding composition for the opening credits. Now I'm used to that and would probably find the Massive Attack credits weird if I heard them.

# ¿ Jun 29, 2014 16:38

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

That was cool for sure, a nice surprise. Kyle Chandler deserved it.

I Ido hope Jon Hamm eventually gets an Emmy for playing Don Draper even if the show isn't as strong as earlier seasons.

It's a bit of an always a bridesmaid situation; it kind of sucks for him that Cranston was so reliably stupendous.

# ¿ Jul 11, 2014 05:22

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

I heard they're doing a spinoff of the Office with Rashida Jones' character. It might be set in Indiana?

# ¿ Jul 11, 2014 18:55

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

For only $8000 you can have a small speaking role as a ruffian who makes trouble for trick-or-treaters.

# ¿ Jul 17, 2014 03:43

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

For me, it'll always be the episode where Homer gets raped by a panda.

# ¿ Jul 22, 2014 21:34

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

zoux posted:

I was not allowed to watch the Simpsons because Bart was so disrespectful.

Same here, mostly. I didn't actually watch the show with my parents' permission until I was in high school.

# ¿ Jul 23, 2014 02:19

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

So does anyone know what HBO has lined up for the second half of 2015? True Blood and Boardwalk Empire are wrapping up this year. They're fine up until Game of Thrones ends in June, but they'll have a big hole in their schedule after that.

# ¿ Jul 28, 2014 06:50

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

I think WGN has baseball games and reruns of Family Matters.

Granted, I think I last watched it 10 years ago, so it probably has reruns of Family Guy now.

# ¿ Aug 4, 2014 14:58

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

DirtyRobot posted:

I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THE ONLY REASON I KNOW THAT IS BECAUSE MY MOM LOVES THOSE BOOKS. OKAY GUYS!?

It's cool man, my wife likes those books a lot so I've already seen the first episode of the show. It is not good.

# ¿ Aug 5, 2014 16:39

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

zoux posted:

Ask your wife what "that scene" is.

Oh, it's most certainly when the male lead is captured, beaten and raped by a gay villain, but I bet that's gonna be later in the season.

# ¿ Aug 5, 2014 16:50

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

GreenNight posted:

Every show is a bad show except for Breaking Bad and The Wire right?

Nothing's been good since Cheers.

# ¿ Aug 10, 2014 17:39

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

Regy Rusty posted:

I just watched The West Wing episode "17 People" and it is one of the best episodes of television I have ever seen. Just felt like I had to come in here and say that, well bye.

Yeah that's a really good episode and everything from that to the end of the season is stellar. West Wing was a hell of a show when Sorkin was on his game.

So where could a law-abiding gentleman watch The Good Wife? From the beginning that is...

# ¿ Sep 10, 2014 04:10

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

Manos del Sino posted:

After reading more than a few praises for Taxi Brooklyn, I decided I would give the show a chance. Having just finished it, I feel like I was punk'd.

Seriously, the show is awful. Did I just not read the posts about it closely enough? Because drat.

Well, don't forget it was Irish Joe basically saying all of that.

So yeah, you were punk'd.

# ¿ Sep 13, 2014 19:37

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

Mu Zeta posted:

I would love it if I was a 45-year-old woman.

It is really really romance novelly, but decent despite that. My wife is super into the book series so I've been dragged along, but there are some decent performances. Tobias Menzies is having fun as a villain, at least.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2014 03:27

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

Why? As everyone knows, the only comedic actor worth paying attention to is Jim Parsons from The Big Bang Theory. Any other actor's attempts to be funny are mere sophistry compared to his mordant wit.

# ¿ Sep 17, 2014 15:30

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

Man, House got weird in its last few seasons. I just saw a dream sequence in which he blew away his zombified coworkers.

Edit: and now there's a song and dance scene

Chamberk fucked around with this message at 05:25 on Sep 21, 2014

# ¿ Sep 21, 2014 05:07

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

Tuxedo Jack posted:

That's quite literally the only episode of BTAS I remember, because I have dreams all the time that have words in them, and I use that as my "lucid key" to realize I'm dreaming.

Thanks, Batman!

I thought I was the only one.

Well, it's not quite the same - I have a hard time falling asleep, so sometimes I try to visualize words as I fall asleep and if I can't create coherent sentences, I can tell I'm at least half-asleep.

Also I remember the BTAS episode where they talk about how they almost got him.

# ¿ Sep 26, 2014 04:13

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

I stopped watching OUAT in the middle of last season, in which it was revealed that literally every single character is related somehow, and their great-grandpa is Peter Pan.

# ¿ Oct 14, 2014 15:35

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

I'm watching Sleepy Hollow. It's pretty fun.

# ¿ Oct 16, 2014 05:38

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

radlum posted:

I watched the last episodes of Season 3 last night. The musical episode was really forced and dumb, but I loved all the songs, Rock the Torah has been stuck in my head for hours. I've yet to see the last season, it makes me sad that they didn't get to give the series a proper finale.

It all ends well enough - the season finale can work well as a series finale. It's still not as bad as My Name is Earl ending on all those cliffhangers long ago.

# ¿ Oct 19, 2014 21:56

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

Mom is actually pretty good because Allison Janney is fantastic.

I'll be sad to see A to Z go. It was cute.

# ¿ Nov 1, 2014 14:43

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

That's actually a bit of a trend. Some people are moving into smaller "tiny" houses that are more sustainable and don't waste energy. There's even a "Tiny House Hunters" edition.

I mean, I couldn't do it. But apparently some people are.

# ¿ Dec 21, 2014 22:41

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

Mo0 posted:

And then he starts talking about how Mom is, like, the best comedy ever, and he becomes Schrodinger's Troll.

It's not genius level stuff but Allison Janney is a hoot

# ¿ Dec 25, 2014 08:47

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# ¿ May 9, 2024 22:07

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

GI_Clutch posted:

I think Love It or List It is better for eyeroll factor. Everyone wants an open concept home. Then they find out that that wall they want to remove has wiring, duct work, etc. running through it and they can't get what they want and throw a fit. Even better is when they find a really big issue such as mold or a crumbling foundation during the renovation and get really upset that most of their reno budget has to go toward keeping their house from becoming unlivable. What?! I can't get my new bathroom because you want to stop my house from falling apart? I didn't sign up for this!

Yeah that poo poo is great, I love when they freak out.

# ¿ Dec 25, 2014 22:06

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