DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:The first season of that was great and I binged it in a weekend. I would do the same starting tonite for season 2 but with the College Footballgasm upon us, I will probably not get to it for a few weeks.
Excited for Narcos season 2 as well! Wonder how they'll keep it intriguing after Pablo dies.
SPOILER WARNING: Prestige Television Discussion
I'm going to wax poetic about the awfulness of Roadies for a bit. Feel free to skip even more than you might usually skip my ramblings. The obvious problem was the mere glorification of what is, in actuality, a dull drag of a job. It was so over the top as you knew it was going to be just because it was a Cameron Crowe project and therefore possessed the credulity-fucking, shit-eating-grin he puts on everything ever. But let's get past that obviousness. So many things did not work on this show. #1, the bizarre love life of the main girl. Look, I like Imogen Poots, gorgeous woman. Honestly, only reason I stuck with it to the end. But good lord, none of that made sense. I did not buy for one second the whole will they or won't they between her and Reg. It didn't feel genuine. He appeared to be 20 years older than her. And then they keep dropping that the bass tech likes her too and also Christopher House and none of it went anywhere. It went nowhere. I did not feel like any of these people would actually be attracted to each other in real life. And that was like 40% of the show.
The endless stream of guest stars I guess was the purpose of the show but again, that's ass, my dude. A 24 year old kid who once worked as a grip for Pearl Jam does not get a private audience with John Cougar Mellancamp. It was just all ridiculous. The old guy was stupid. Hated the character. Hated it. Hated that they spent an entire episode with him telling some ridiculous story about Lynard Skynard on a bus. Hated that he died and literally all of rock and roll came out to the funeral of a roadie – and not even their roadie. Then they mounted him like a stuffed deer and people hugged the body. It was possibly the most insane thing I've ever seen on television.
The rotating string of openers was dumb. Again, the show existed for the purpose of having guest stars but it was ridiculous. That was basically the show: "the structures of a television program about rock music dictates we do _____ despite the fact that _____ never happens in real life." The show was ill conceived.
Honestly – and this is probably the most Smackie-esque thing I've ever said – I only stuck with it to the end to see if Imogen Poots would take her top off since it was Showtime. She did not. Instead she told Reg she had never had sex sober which was weird and seemed a little disturbing.
The endless stream of guest stars I guess was the purpose of the show but again, that's ass, my dude. A 24 year old kid who once worked as a grip for Pearl Jam does not get a private audience with John Cougar Mellancamp. It was just all ridiculous. The old guy was stupid. Hated the character. Hated it. Hated that they spent an entire episode with him telling some ridiculous story about Lynard Skynard on a bus. Hated that he died and literally all of rock and roll came out to the funeral of a roadie – and not even their roadie. Then they mounted him like a stuffed deer and people hugged the body. It was possibly the most insane thing I've ever seen on television.
The rotating string of openers was dumb. Again, the show existed for the purpose of having guest stars but it was ridiculous. That was basically the show: "the structures of a television program about rock music dictates we do _____ despite the fact that _____ never happens in real life." The show was ill conceived.
Honestly – and this is probably the most Smackie-esque thing I've ever said – I only stuck with it to the end to see if Imogen Poots would take her top off since it was Showtime. She did not. Instead she told Reg she had never had sex sober which was weird and seemed a little disturbing.
Thanks for listening; I feel better now that I got that off my chest.
Julian, wrote:I only stuck with it to the end to see if Imogen Poots would take her top off since it was Showtime. She did not.
Good to know. I'll pass.
vansmack wrote:Julian, wrote:I only stuck with it to the end to see if Imogen Poots would take her top off since it was Showtime. She did not.
Good to know. I'll pass.
At least some good has come from my ordeal.
The whole Roadies episode about Lynard Skynard was clearly a Crowe vanity episode, as he wrote and directed it… It wasn't even a good story about them, should have given up there and then. and how about the whole episode about saying Cincinnati, who breaks into a house to steal eggs and then leaves when they see a possible dead body on the floor. the roadies were clearly too young and squeaky clean to believable from the git go. oh well..
not only was the endless music guests annoying, but the "song of the day" montages even worse… plus lots of the old "wise" characters spouting about bands the young "clueless" didn't know about… oh well again.
not only was the endless music guests annoying, but the "song of the day" montages even worse… plus lots of the old "wise" characters spouting about bands the young "clueless" didn't know about… oh well again.
Hated Roadies. Prayer circle? The banter bw the male and female lead annoying. Should have spent time at 930 club or on tour for more legit roadie experience and it's sad could have been a great story.
Liked Stranger things certain moments of the sci fi I dealt with but I'm not a big sci fi person. Loved the kids. Actually wish there were more set or story detail in regard to that year but enjoyed and music too. Hated Winona's acting and inability to run.
i have no shows to share it's been quiet for me after Stranger Things….much has been recommended all share the theme of violence so im really just looking for a basic drama show or movie to get immersed in….never liked Ray Donovan….nor Cards…or GoT so I am hard to please perhaps.
Liked Stranger things certain moments of the sci fi I dealt with but I'm not a big sci fi person. Loved the kids. Actually wish there were more set or story detail in regard to that year but enjoyed and music too. Hated Winona's acting and inability to run.
i have no shows to share it's been quiet for me after Stranger Things….much has been recommended all share the theme of violence so im really just looking for a basic drama show or movie to get immersed in….never liked Ray Donovan….nor Cards…or GoT so I am hard to please perhaps.
Could not stop watching Narcos season 2 last night. The direction of episode 5 was great, there is a foot chase that happens and the shots are some of the best of the entire series. In episode 6 they had a steady cam/single shot during a raid and it was great. Can't wait to finish up this season.
My only gripe is how sympathetic they TRY and make the Escobar family? Or are you supposed to not sympathize for them? Pablo is just so delusional and his wife is so enabling that it makes me grit my teeth, but they flip it around and make you feel for them. Maybe it's just damn good TV. I always find myself snapping out of it and saying "No. They're pieces of shit.
OMG Pablo is swaying me too! That bastard!!
My only gripe is how sympathetic they TRY and make the Escobar family? Or are you supposed to not sympathize for them? Pablo is just so delusional and his wife is so enabling that it makes me grit my teeth, but they flip it around and make you feel for them. Maybe it's just damn good TV. I always find myself snapping out of it and saying "No. They're pieces of shit.
OMG Pablo is swaying me too! That bastard!!
Two thumbs up on Season 2 of the Affair.
K8teebug wrote:
I absolutely loved it all. I think you will like it.
Eggos forever.
I can't believe she went back to Steve.
I wrote:
I can't believe she went back to Steve.
Why does it surprise anyone that women are just as shallow as men?
vansmack wrote:I wrote:
I can't believe she went back to Steve.
Why does it surprise anyone that women are just as shallow as men?
To be fair he did fight the Demagorgon and refuse to leave and wanted to win her back and maybe wasn't the biggest of the dickheads and it could have been his friends who peer pressured him into being a dick…. BUT, I was also surprised at this.
DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:I knew immediately upon seeing them still together they would be leaving the season open ended. A thwarted will-they-or-won't-they relationship is a plot line people eat up with a spoon and the eventual relationship change fan service is the easiest plot point ever.vansmack wrote:I wrote:
I can't believe she went back to Steve.
Why does it surprise anyone that women are just as shallow as men?
To be fair he did fight the Demagorgon and refuse to leave and wanted to win her back and maybe wasn't the biggest of the dickheads and it could have been his friends who peer pressured him into being a dick…. BUT, I was also surprised at this.
See also: The Office (American version)
I hated Pam/that guy's relationship on that show. It felt so GOD DAMNED shoe horned into the entire fucking series. I only watched a few episodes of that show and it still felt like too much.
Chris Pratt and Aubrey Plaza on Parks & Rec? That's a TV show relationship I can handle.
Chris Pratt and Aubrey Plaza on Parks & Rec? That's a TV show relationship I can handle.
But that IS what happens in high school. We're just all too old to remember.
Narcos season 2. Dang. Great direction in the last handful of episodes. Thought it was great that Murphy's final monologue was cut off. Really put a nail in the story. Interested to see where it goes from here…
^that took a level of effort I was suprised I was willing to sustain and I can't believe how long it took me to 'get it'
SidebySide wrote:
^that took a level of effort I was suprised I was willing to sustain and I can't believe how long it took me to 'get it'
Personally, I would have slowed it down just a bit for "full effect"…
Apparently, (at long last) The Larry Sanders Show is coming to HBO Go on Friday.