General Discussion: Favorite Films and TV Shows

Sodacake · **Posted:** Sun Aug 09, 2015 4:40 pm

i seriously can't believe HIMYM became so popular. it's just a retread of friends but not nearly as funny/good. i would seriously rather watch will and grace.

Adequate Gatsby · **Posted:** Sun Aug 09, 2015 5:26 pm

http://www.avclub.com/article/eve-its-finale-its-time-compare-how-i-met-your-mot-202733

Dreww · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2015 1:28 am

brien and nina like Mr Robot. anyone else? this show is pretentious bombast in the best fincher/aronofsky/boyle way. i love the stylistic excess and the pseudo-edgy tone and the breaking bad-rivaling emotional intensity and twists. i think my only real complaint so far is that it is too predictable in the way conversations are framed and edited in deliberately dissonant ways. soda is there a name for the technique they are using here, with the heads never matching?

Sodacake · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2015 10:26 am

i'm not sure if there's a specific name for the effect/technique, but it's effectiveness cannot be argued with. it's a fantastic way of creating distance between elliot and some other characters even when they're standing a few feet from each other. it reminds me of the scene in the king's speech where the king arrives for his first session.

poisson · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2015 11:57 am

Dreww wrote:

brien and nina like Mr Robot. anyone else? this show is pretentious bombast in the best fincher/aronofsky/boyle way. i love the stylistic excess and the pseudo-edgy tone and the breaking bad-rivaling emotional intensity and twists. i think my only real complaint so far is that it is too predictable in the way conversations are framed and edited in deliberately dissonant ways. soda is there a name for the technique they are using here, with the heads never matching?

Sounds pretty interesting, I think I'll check it out. I'm slowly immersing myself in cyberpunk lit, at a rate of like 1 per 6 months, maybe this will get the ball rolling a bit more. And damn it's on USA? I didn't know that was even a network anymore

corrections · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:11 pm **Posts:** 27988

Dreww wrote:

Mr Robot I am liking two episodes in. It feels like early Aronofsky plots meets current Fincher style.

So I just saw a random episode of that in the gym yesterday on closed captioning (because I couldn't change the channel). It looked marginally interesting but tough to tell

jumpman8828 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2015 1:01 pm

I saw an episode (the pilot I think) sometime in June and thought it was pretty fantastic. But I really haven't watched that much TV this summer and I'm not absolutely dying to start watching more. Maybe I'll get into it come winter time.

Sodacake · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2015 1:17 pm

it's worth getting into, imo. certainly more worthy of our time than season 2 of true detective was.

pgm · **Posted:** Wed Aug 12, 2015 8:59 am

Sodacake wrote:

i seriously can't believe HIMYM became so popular. it's just a retread of friends but not nearly as funny/good. i would seriously rather watch will and grace.

I liked the characters better than Friends, but I found Friends insufferable.

Sodacake · **Posted:** Wed Aug 12, 2015 12:32 pm

Sodacake wrote:

david simon is has a new miniseries coming out starring oscar isaac

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyD4U8nd4ho[/youtube]

and martin scorsese and mick jagger are producing a new show called vinyl with bobby cannavale set in the music industry during the 70's

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2irZnQMovI[/youtube]

and i'm really enjoying ballers. it's like entourage but good and not reprehensible.

Dreww · **Posted:** Thu Aug 13, 2015 12:28 am

MAD MAX ADVENTURE TIME MASH UP BE STILL MY HEAAAAAAAAAAAAART
http://nerdist.com/finn-and-jake-take-o ... ture-time/

Anpass · **Posted:** Thu Aug 13, 2015 11:47 am

Anyone watched Casanova S1 pilot on Amazon prime?
http://www.amazon.com/Casanova-Season-1/dp/B01347VO0K

ignatious · **Posted:** Sat Aug 15, 2015 1:32 am

What are the best conan remotes?

Sodacake · **Posted:** Tue Aug 18, 2015 2:32 pm

has anybody watched show me a hero yet?

corrections · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:11 pm **Posts:** 27988

Sodacake wrote:

has anybody watched show me a hero yet?

On my DVR but not yet

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