iamtheman Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 the 3rd series has been great for me. the simon/comic book guy episode and the nazi ones were brilliant. and im loving rudy. funny as hell whether he's debating crimes siamese twins could get arrested for or telling a bloke he's got a lovely pussy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig The Hunter Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Glad I didn't bother with Pan Am now that it's been canned. Â Been really enjoying the new season of Bored to Death. Just got the finale to watch. No idea when Sky Atlantic will get round to showing it though. Â Thinking of waiting on Channel 4 showing Homeland, but with the reviews it's been getting, the temptation to get the jump is there - especially as there's no news from C4 on broadcast dates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted November 30, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted November 30, 2011 There's a documentary on BBC Four tonight about chess legend Bobby Fischer. Watch it. Even if you don't give a fuck about chess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted November 30, 2011 Moderators Share Posted November 30, 2011 Sounds good. He was crazy, that man. Â Speaking of chess, anyone remember Channel Four's misguided effort into making it like a proper sport in 1993 with Nigel Short vs Garry Kasparov with all kinds of bells and whistles and sports style punditry? Â Wonder why it didn't take off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Thunderplex Posted November 30, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted November 30, 2011 Just seen the final episode of Walking Dead before the mid season break. Â Holy shit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted November 30, 2011 Moderators Share Posted November 30, 2011 (edited) It's such a terrible, terrible show, but the last five minutes were pretty great. I think a lot had to do with the amazing music cue. Â I'm at that stage where I'm just sticking with it out of some weird sense of commitment now, like I was during S2 of Heroes. Edited November 30, 2011 by Woyzeck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikeymike83 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 I know I'm extremely late with this but, I've been on a six month journey from start to finish of Entourage. I absolutely love the programme and having watched the very last episode this morning, I find myself like an hormonal teenager after that glimpse of something new to lock away in my memory. Although greatly clich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalaxyV.2 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Not having Misfits at the moment. Loved the first two series, and I actually think the new guy Rudy is good in it. But I couldn't give a shit about anyone else. Simon's new character is annoying (I miss old, nerdy, Simon). A shame, as it was superb when it first came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted November 30, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted November 30, 2011 I watched Walking Dead season 1, was ok- nowhere as good as I hoped. A bit too much like Lost and less like the decent US shows such as Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 (edited) Aye, The Walking Dead is atrocious. It feels very much like LOST + ZOMBIES, except Lost hid much of its shiteness under mysteries for most of the run. TWD doesn't really have much mythology beyond the traditional zombie outbreak stuff, and so has always been at the level of Bad Lost. Worse, actually. Lost always had much better characters and dialogue than TWD, where near enough every conversation is the worst kind of ham-fisted shite (although the Sun and Jin bits would give it a run for its money). There was a bit with the two sisters on a fishing boat in season one that felt like The Room with slightly better actors. Â Anyway, I still watch it religiously. I'm growing more involved with Shane's character, and I can't tell if it's because the actor's good or bad. And that ending was fantastic. Â <-- click on 'spoiler' to show/hide the spoiler I was sure it was going to be Hershel's wife coming out of the barn. Great moment when it turned out to be the missing girl. When would they have put her in the barn, though? It wasn't that long after she went missing before some of the group landed at the farm, was it? Presumably Otis brought her to the barn and he died before hearing there was a girl missing from Rick's lot. Â [close spoiler] ");document.close(); Edited November 30, 2011 by King Pitcos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Don't really get the Walking Dead hate. I mean, the script was shockingly bad in places (the "fishing" sequence in series 1 was the worst primetime scene I've ever seen) but generally it delivered what you wanted - post-apocalyptic zombie goodness. Is Season 2 worse then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted November 30, 2011 Moderators Share Posted November 30, 2011 Don't really get the Walking Dead hate. I mean, the script was shockingly bad in places (the "fishing" sequence in series 1 was the worst primetime scene I've ever seen) but generally it delivered what you wanted - post-apocalyptic zombie goodness. Is Season 2 worse then?  S2 has the most leaden pacing of any show, ever. The acting's pretty horrible too. And it takes itself so, so seriously. It's a fucking zombie TV show, and 90% of every episode is somebody delivering a really long, badly written monologue in a super serious way that belies how fuck-awful it is. Structurally, it makes no sense either.  And regarding the barn thing  SPOILER - Highlight the black box to read yeah, they confirmed that Otis brought her to the barn. But how a 10 year old girl is supposed to have gotten infected (yet not actually killed), captured and brought to the farm in the short amount of time between her going missing and the boy getting shot is beyond me.   Shane spends every episode looking like he's caught the waft of shit on the air, although Dale's got the permanent wide eyes of a man who's currently soiling himself, so at least that goes together. It's just bad. And what the fuck did the guy at the CDC centre whisper to Rick if  SPOILER - Highlight the black box to read it wasn't that Lori is pregnant?!   There's absolutely no way the writers even bothered to take a guess at what it might be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted November 30, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted November 30, 2011 I gave up after the first episode. I don't know if it was because I'm just fed up of zombies or if it was because it was shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted November 30, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted November 30, 2011 just polished off the first season of Ice Road Truckers, loved it. Them Discovery type reality shows are just comfort watching for me, enjoyable shit. Â Season 9 of the latest season of Dexter was amongst the best in the shows history too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bus Surfer Posted December 7, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted December 7, 2011 No spoilers here but Boardwalk Empire season 2 is superb. Just watched ep 11 and I'm craving more. Â Watch that shit. Â I think The Walking Dead picked up too recently. Shame we've got that massive break now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts