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TwoGunBob · Feb 9, 2017, 6:38 PM

@surreality Watching Taboo but there's something bothering me about it that I can't put my finger on. I should be enjoying the ride cause I love the period it's set in and everything about the show's production is awesome. I still find myself nitpicking this show so unfairly for some reason. I'm in it for the season but often left thinking plots and character motivations are a bit too plot convenient and character reactions artificial. Might just be my general mood these days, though.

jibberthehut · Feb 10, 2017, 3:38 AM

@Jaded He really is. It was jarring to walk into the livingroom with my husband watching justified, and then go back to the kitchen to bake and the Santa Clarita Diet be toggled on. So vastly different characters, the voice so different, but still that goofy smile and smirk. He was so much more softer spoken and his cadence was brilliant, then in justified, harsher, the twang, it's hilarious.

I'm finished already, going in for a second watching of SCD since I have no kids this weekend and can binge it proper. I want second season now please :taps her inner elbow: NOW PLEASE.

ThugHeaven · Feb 10, 2017, 5:03 AM

@TwoGunBob My husband doesn't like it either. I'm considering buying and watching it without him though, I'm really curious to see where it goes.

GangOfDolls · Feb 10, 2017, 7:01 AM

@TwoGunBob I like Taboo a lot but I'm struggling with two things.

I generally think Tom Hardy is excellent. His character in Peaky Blinders is reason enough to watch that series and Bronson is one of my favorite movies about ever. I mean, it's Bane for god's sake. But... his accent is awful.

Sometimes its Welsh, sometimes... its supposed to be British East Indies? Or something? Or? I often find myself super distracted by how its so inconsistent.

I don't find his relationship to Oona Chaplin's character interesting. I haven't seen this week's episode but so far, they haven't given that character anything to do but wear cute Regency era dresses and mope. If all that exposition about why they're what they are to each other weren't going on, I'd have no idea why she was in this story much less why he cares about her being there.

Auspice · Feb 13, 2017, 2:08 PM

I just finished the pilot for Legion and I think I'm already in love.

It's like Marvel meets Twin Peaks and it has Aubrey Plaza. I'm a happy camper.

Gingerlily · Feb 12, 2017, 7:32 PM

@Cupcake said in Good TV:

@Gingerlily Did you forget me? I am Offended.

I did not know you loved Reign also. Will you watch with me if @Coin doesn't get on it and catch up? I like live fashion analysis, it's important to my enjoyment of the show.

surreality · Feb 12, 2017, 9:14 PM

@Gingerlily said in Good TV:

I did not know you loved Reign also. Will you watch with me if @Coin doesn't get on it and catch up? I like live fashion analysis, it's important to my enjoyment of the show.

I do not know if you mean that in the love it or hate it way, but if you want something deeply funny (either way, honestly), you owe it to yourself to peek at this if you haven't already: http://www.genevievevalentine.com/2013/10/fall-tv-costume-hilarity-reign/

I quote: So! On the left, we have Anna Popplewell in a ballgown from the 1840s, On the right, we have a dress that wants to start a fight with me, because if we’re just going to pretend no historical things ever, don’t you dare show me a front-lacing waist cincher on the outside of a dress. You and I know better, dress; don’t pander to me.

As a former costumer, I sometimes revisit that specific page simply because it brings me such potent fits of the giggles.

You owe it to yourself to scroll down to the bottom ballroom photo analysis, because... you just do.

Cupcake · Feb 12, 2017, 9:42 PM

@Gingerlily Happily!

Arkandel · Feb 13, 2017, 2:08 PM

@Auspice said in Good TV:

I just finished the pilot for Legion and I think I'm already in love.

It's like Marvel meets Twin Peaks and it has Aubrey Plaza. I'm a happy camper.

It was excellent, I really liked it. I hope they can keep it up though - one of the issues non-Netflix shows have is they need to offer something every week, they can't afford to build and wait for a big payoff since current ratings matter so much. So I hope it doesn't go back to one of the tried-and-crappy monster of the week formulas.

If they pull it off it will be fantastic.

Coin · Feb 13, 2017, 3:09 PM

Legion was good. It didn't live up to the hype, but it was better than I expected. Which, really, is the sweet spot. So I'll be watching it.

Gingerlily · Feb 15, 2017, 11:33 PM

@surreality I actually legit love Reign. I'm a history dork but not the kind that gets annoyed when everything is wrong. Reign is super fun, its like a vaguely period soap opera. (I don't actually watch soap operas, but still!)

surreality · Feb 15, 2017, 11:37 PM

@Gingerlily I adore the hell out of the show and love the clothes for being just straight up gorgeous -- I just giggle a whole lot over things at the same time. It's like three kinds of fun in one.

Gingerlily · Feb 15, 2017, 11:42 PM

@surreality said in Good TV:

@Gingerlily I adore the hell out of the show and love the clothes for being just straight up gorgeous -- I just giggle a whole lot over things at the same time. It's like three kinds of fun in one.

Yessss, me too!

Auspice · Feb 19, 2017, 8:39 AM

I sorta wish I'd waited for the whole season of Legion to air before beginning to watch.
Just finished this week's episode (episode 2) and augh I want moar.

Auspice · Mar 1, 2017, 8:00 AM

I feel like I'm late to the Great British Baking Show. I've caught an episode or two of it at, like, other peoples' houses and I just found Netflix has 3 seasons.

I am absolutely in love with every single aspect of it. What US baking competition shows I've seen have always underwhelmed me (that Cake Wars one? so bland).

Ataru · Mar 1, 2017, 1:26 PM

@Auspice I discovered GBBO when I moved to the UK a few years ago. Became my favourite thing ever. There is an American version of the show, which you can track down from various sources. Its ... I saw the first season and while it had the same format as GBBO, it was distinctly American. After nearly 4 years here I'm much more sensitive to the American taste of things. But it is entertaining if you're wanting more.

Lisse24 · Mar 16, 2017, 2:00 AM

Imposters on Bravo.

Yeah, I know. Bravo does not hit one as the bastion of high quality serialized TV and yet here it is - a surprisingly funny drama about a guy hunting down the woman who conned him and cleaned him out. It may not be everyone's cup of tea, but people should definitely give it a try.

Bobotron · Mar 17, 2017, 1:04 AM

The 100 continues to make me want to THROTTLE THE WRITERS and yet COME BACK FOR MORE.

Season 4 has been kinda nailbiting.

Arkandel · Mar 18, 2017, 10:37 PM

(Spoilers free)

Iron Fist is much better than the critics seemed to think. I'm currently at episode... 6? 7? I've been binge watching so I've lost track, but so far it's pretty enjoyable.

The first three episodes in particular were stellar, I really wanted to see where they go with the story. There was a slump in the narrative after that the show's working on getting out, so maybe they were setting up pieces to have a payoff later in episodes I haven't seen yet.

Overall I really enjoy the way Netflix structures their Marvel stories. Due to its format there's never a reason to pull off a monster-of-the-week deal, and the whole thing feels much more personal. There's no filler, everything is put in there for a reason - not every subplot is my favorite (especially in this one, I thought Jessica Jones hit all the right buttons for me for instance) but all the pieces do have their place.

Jaded · May 18, 2017, 9:03 AM

So the various networks and online services are announcing their 'fall lineups.' Is there anything returning or new coming up that anyone is interested in, in particular?

Or maybe not interested in?