General tv discussion thread - good, bad, axings etc etc

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Postby Wedgie » Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:44 pm

Watched about 5 mins of the first episode and just found it embarrassing and cringeworthy. Turned it off, wasn't in the slightest funny.
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Re: General tv discussion thread - good, bad, axings etc etc

Postby Banker » Thu Aug 09, 2018 5:19 pm

Wedgie wrote:Been struggling to find a new show to watch recently, so much rubbish.
Watched the first episode of Preacher, different! Will persist with it for an episode or two.


Have you seen "Alone"? Its probably my favourite TV show at the moment

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Re: General tv discussion thread - good, bad, axings etc etc

Postby Wedgie » Thu Aug 09, 2018 6:23 pm

Banker wrote:
Wedgie wrote:Been struggling to find a new show to watch recently, so much rubbish.
Watched the first episode of Preacher, different! Will persist with it for an episode or two.


Have you seen "Alone"? Its probably my favourite TV show at the moment


I'll give it a go. I have a media centre with kodi so basically have access to every TV show ever made.
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Postby Q. » Thu Aug 09, 2018 6:52 pm

Wedgie wrote:Watched about 5 mins of the first episode and just found it embarrassing and cringeworthy. Turned it off, wasn't in the slightest funny.


That pretty much sums up Americans in general
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Re: General tv discussion thread - good, bad, axings etc etc

Postby bennymacca » Fri Aug 10, 2018 5:54 pm

Booney wrote:Anyone watched the "Who is America" Sasha Baron Cohen series on Stan?

******* gold, scary, but gold.


It’s excellent. Shows how messed up America is
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Postby HH3 » Fri Aug 10, 2018 6:22 pm

Why am I not surprised

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Postby Jimmy_041 » Mon Aug 13, 2018 11:00 pm

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Postby Lightning McQueen » Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:30 am

Wentworth is on the cusp of becoming interesting or being totally unwatchable, it's getting very boring as they fill it full of drivel to drag it out over a season, shit acting and shit story lines going on ATM, a total let down to the first 5 series.
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Re: General tv discussion thread - good, bad, axings etc etc

Postby Booney » Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:35 am

bennymacca wrote:
Booney wrote:Anyone watched the "Who is America" Sasha Baron Cohen series on Stan?

******* gold, scary, but gold.


It’s excellent. Shows how messed up America is


The thinking persons humor. ;)

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Re: General tv discussion thread - good, bad, axings etc etc

Postby Magellan » Wed Aug 15, 2018 4:05 pm

bennymacca wrote:
Booney wrote:Anyone watched the "Who is America" Sasha Baron Cohen series on Stan?

******* gold, scary, but gold.


It’s excellent. Shows how messed up America is

The thing is, it's not telling you anything you probably already don't know, and for me his 'suck someone in and push the practical joke as far as you can' schitck is getting a bit predictable. I think he did a better job of showing up American ignorance as Borat. The characters are a bit lame, or plain daft (an Pom ex-con artist who paints with his shit - not surprisingly, he seems to have been dropped), and the only one who seems to do anything worthwhile is the Mossad agent. Some jokes simply flopped, like the alt-right guy in the gopher who interviewed newsreader Ted Koppel and argued about the Trump inauguration crowd.

I really like BSC and what he does (more often than not), and was really keen to see what he'd do, but I've become less and less enamoured by the show the more I watch it.
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Re: General tv discussion thread - good, bad, axings etc etc

Postby Booney » Wed Aug 15, 2018 4:35 pm

There's some dead flat spots, no doubt, there's also some very funny / alarming moments that whilst I'm not surprised by, I'm surprised by.
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Postby bennymacca » Wed Aug 15, 2018 7:16 pm

agree that his Mossad character is clearly the best
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Re: General tv discussion thread - good, bad, axings etc etc

Postby Magellan » Mon Aug 20, 2018 4:08 pm

Any fans of Rake out there?

I watched the first episode of season 2 last night, and was disappointed. As much as I've loved previous series (season 4 was also a bit of a dud) and Cleaver Greene as a character, I reckon this one has well and truly jumped the shark.
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Re: General tv discussion thread - good, bad, axings etc etc

Postby Wedgie » Tue Aug 21, 2018 7:47 pm

Watching Superstore atm, very similar to Community with a bit of Office about it as it's character based comedy but don't mind it, makes me giggle and helps pass time when I'm sleeping in. The boss is funny.
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Re: General tv discussion thread - good, bad, axings etc etc

Postby The Ash Man » Wed Aug 22, 2018 11:54 am

Wedgie wrote:Watching Superstore atm, very similar to Community with a bit of Office about it as it's character based comedy but don't mind it, makes me giggle and helps pass time when I'm sleeping in. The boss is funny.


I watch this too. Very easy to watch and some good laughs
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Re: General tv discussion thread - good, bad, axings etc etc

Postby Jimmy_041 » Wed Aug 22, 2018 12:23 pm

Magellan wrote:Any fans of Rake out there?

I watched the first episode of season 2 last night, and was disappointed. As much as I've loved previous series (season 4 was also a bit of a dud) and Cleaver Greene as a character, I reckon this one has well and truly jumped the shark.


I am a fan and totally agree - it was $hithouse
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Re: General tv discussion thread - good, bad, axings etc etc

Postby Jimmy_041 » Mon Aug 27, 2018 12:57 pm

I am onto Season 3 of Billions

Still enjoying it. They seem to be able to change direction but keep the general theme
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Re: General tv discussion thread - good, bad, axings etc etc

Postby Magellan » Tue Aug 28, 2018 10:11 am

Jimmy_041 wrote:I am onto Season 3 of Billions

Still enjoying it. They seem to be able to change direction but keep the general theme

Yep, Billions has managed to stay interesting over its lifetime. Big fan.
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Re: General tv discussion thread - good, bad, axings etc etc

Postby LMA » Thu Aug 30, 2018 10:01 pm

Magellan wrote:
Jimmy_041 wrote:I am onto Season 3 of Billions

Still enjoying it. They seem to be able to change direction but keep the general theme

Yep, Billions has managed to stay interesting over its lifetime. Big fan.


Freaked me out seeing the episode with ET with boobs
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Re: General tv discussion thread - good, bad, axings etc etc

Postby Jimmy_041 » Fri Aug 31, 2018 9:44 am

LMA wrote:
Magellan wrote:
Jimmy_041 wrote:I am onto Season 3 of Billions

Still enjoying it. They seem to be able to change direction but keep the general theme

Yep, Billions has managed to stay interesting over its lifetime. Big fan.


Freaked me out seeing the episode with ET with boobs


I watched that episode last night.
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