june gloom on 27/6/2012 at 17:40
> watch True Blood video
> first 12 seconds
> yell WHAT
> close tab
A friend of mine once said "I hate myself for crying at True Blood." I told her, "That's okay, I hate you too."
SubJeff on 27/6/2012 at 18:43
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
I am consistently amazed at the people who watch this dreck. It's the vampire equivalent of that terrible tits and blood gladiator show.
You know, I'm kind of coming around to your way of thinking with this current series. It's taking itself too seriously now when previously it was darkly hilarious campy as shit shtick that knew it and loved it.
Fafhrd on 28/6/2012 at 03:13
I totally forgot that Season 7 of Futurama started last week! I knew I was forgetting something else I was watching.
Scots Taffer on 3/7/2012 at 23:59
Holy CRAP s5 of Mad Men is spectacular
SubJeff on 4/7/2012 at 07:20
I keep hearing about this show. Is it worth going back and starting from the beginning now?
Sulphur on 4/7/2012 at 07:39
Yes.
(For added clarity: it's very much a long-form story, and while each season has an over-arching 'theme' that differentiates it, the characters and their arcs are what you're here for. You're going to be missing the richness of context watching these people interact, and will also be more than a little lost if you don't start at the beginning.)
Thirith on 4/7/2012 at 08:02
We've just watched Jekyll, a British miniseries that modernises the Jekyll/Hyde story. It's by Steven Moffat, who also did the modern BBC Sherlock. The series isn't as accomplished as Moffat's Doyle update, and it's definitely uneven (especially in terms of plotting and performances), but it's still good fun to watch.
Scots Taffer on 5/7/2012 at 05:08
There would be absolutely no point watching Mad Men if you don't start at the beginning.
What makes the fifth season so utterly amazing is the richness and depth that comes with four years worth of character development and plotting colliding with the shifting environment of social/sexual/cultural progression.
Mad Men at its best is a series of vignettes or short stories that have thematic consistency and form part of a broader arc over time, but the sheer number of big moments coming in swift succession this season is really driving home how long-form this show has always been and how novelistic the story is.
Thirith on 5/7/2012 at 07:35
dethtoll, you may want to stop your ears/close your eyes for this one. :p
We've started watching Angel S4 - which has reminded me that while I love Firefly and Buffy (well, most of it), Angel has never really clicked with me. I read so often that others love the show, but it never really falls into place for me. The characters, the situations, the actors - IMO they lack the charm to pull off the mix between cheese, wit and drama, as Buffy at its best does so well. I can see how they're trying to do a more grown-up version of the same thing, but the show remains strangely flat. I've heard that S4 is the weakest season and that S5 is much stronger, and I'm hoping that Spike's re-appearance will help... but it always confuses me to see people praising Angel, because it makes me think that I must be watching a different show that happens to have the same name, setup, characters, plots etc. but isn't quite as good.
Anyone else react similarly to Angel?
Angel Dust on 5/7/2012 at 10:33
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
There would be absolutely no point watching Mad Men if you don't start at the beginning.
What makes the fifth season so utterly amazing is the richness and depth that comes with four years worth of character development and plotting colliding with the shifting environment of social/sexual/cultural progression.
Mad Men at its best is a series of vignettes or short stories that have thematic consistency and form part of a broader arc over time, but the sheer number of big moments coming in swift succession this season is really driving home how long-form this show has always been and how novelistic the story is.
Sounds like
Mad Men will be the next series I watch. Is this current season the last?
