What television series are you currently making your way through? (23 Viewers)

[nooleen]

it was fine til he got to the "we used to be great, gosh darn it" bit

 

[Unicron]

Re: The Newsroom, the one thing that bugs me about it was how all the events being covered are after the fact, they've seen them play out so the show is written so that the story is covered in the exact right way. Except for the main ark of Season 2 which was for a fictional story.

Also, it's every Sorkin show ever. He constantly uses pretty much the same stock characters and relationship dynamics. He loves the will they won't they male superior/female subordinate thing, and all the relationship arcs go the same way, it's in Sportsnight, The West Wing, Studio 60 and The Newsroom.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

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He seems kinda cranky

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

hey, wait a second

 

[Jill Hives]

Haters gonna hate. I love it and the West Wing because they are entertaining.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Haters gonna hate. I love it and the West Wing because they are entertaining.

Of course. And you generally have better taste than me anyway.

Someone sent this to me on another site because of my 'bizarro Atlas Shrugged' remark.
I'm not sending it because of the hate, but because you'll appreciate the last line.

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There's a bit more of Rand in Sorkin's writing than he probably cares to admit. All his shows are about heroic genius men who make big speeches (filled with the opinions of one A. Sorkin) where they convince people of things, and more importantly, remind everyone of how inherently superior they are. West Wing got away with it by being more of an ensamble, and because it's easier to get away with that trope when you're using the President of the United States (played by a fantastic actor) in the Great Man role.

But it gets less believable when your Great Man is just some news anchor whose main traits are being old and cranky. But at least it's not as ridiculous as Studio 60, which postulated a world where the fate of an entire TV network, if not television itself, rested on the creative genius of the head writer of a low-rated sketch comedy show. It's like 30 Rock, if Liz Lemon were Jesus.

 

[Jill Hives]

It's like 30 Rock, if Liz Lemon were Jesus.

She is Jesus.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Haters gonna hate. I love it and the West Wing because they are entertaining.

A love letter to your boy

The Man Who Could Be Hanks: Jeff Daniels’s Almost-Stardom «

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

News for fans of Luther

Luther Getting an American Remake -- Vulture

Which I am sexistly assuming that this is women

 

[dunderhead]

BBC mini series. Think its a mini series anyway, called Remember Me.

S'alright. Supernatural spook thing set in present day Yorkshire starring Michael Palin

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I watched the first episode of Peaky Blinders over the weekend. It wasn't bad. Heavily influenced by US dramas, Boardwalk Emipre in particular. It looked great, they made Birmingham in the 1900s look like a post apocalyptic hellscape and was very well acted. The script was a bit heavy handed in comparison to its US counterparts.

I'm watching this now.

Is anyone in the show using their own accent?

 

[David Kronenbourg]

I'm watching this now.

Is anyone in the show using their own accent?

I know. An Irishman playing a Brummie, an Aussie playing a Nordie and a Brit playing an Irish woman. Kind of dumb

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Rinsed season 1 of The Comeback. Funny shit.

Started Silicon Valley today. Also funny shit.

 

[george mcfly]

A love letter to your boy

The Man Who Could Be Hanks: Jeff Daniels’s Almost-Stardom «

Tom Hanks made it big because of his curly hair and Bachelor's Party.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Started Silicon Valley today. Also funny shit.

Funny shit alright. Stick with it. It has a strong payoff.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I know. An Irishman playing a Brummie, an Aussie playing a Nordie and a Brit playing an Irish woman. Kind of dumb

I'm only on episode two, but I think that Cillian Murphy kills the red-headed spy. After falling in love with her. Big foreshadowing with the horse murder here.

 

[GO]

Hammer House Of Horror from 1980..

13 episodes of pure quality spookiness

 

[Unicron]

Finished Sons Of Anarchy, usually terrible, but enough crazy stuff happened to keep me going.

 

[GO]

Finished Sons Of Anarchy, usually terrible, but enough crazy stuff happened to keep me going.

I had to give up on that halfway through season 5 I think it was.

It just got so bad

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Funny shit alright. Stick with it. It has a strong payoff.

Jared (Donald) is my new favourite character