What TV shows are people watching?

JGuy Grungeman · 02-14-2016, 02:04 PM

I just tried out that new Lion Guard show, the sequel to Lion King. Meh.

Mr. Charlie · 02-15-2016, 09:00 AM

Horizon: Swallowed by a Black Hole

In summer 2013, the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way was getting ready to feast.

A gas cloud three times the size of our planet strayed within the gravitational reach of our nearest supermassive black hole. Across the globe, telescopes were being trained on the heart of our galaxy, some 27,000 light years from Earth, in the expectation of observing this unique cosmic spectacle.

For cosmic detectives across the Earth, it was a unique opportunity. For the first time in the history of science, they hoped to observe in action the awesome spectacle of a feeding supermassive black hole.

BBC iPlayer - Horizon - 2012-2013: 15. Swallowed by a Black Hole

Pretty good watch.

The Sky at Night: Planet 9 From Outer Space

On January 20 2016, two American astronomers made an extraordinary claim - they had found evidence for a ninth planet in our solar system, a planet 20 times further out than Neptune which would take up to 20,000 years to orbit the sun. It is a discovery that could completely rewrite our understanding of our solar system and how it formed.

As the world's biggest telescopes start scanning the skies searching for Planet 9, the Sky at Night team investigates. If Planet 9 exists, where is it and where did it come from?

In California, Chris Lintott meets the astronomers whose study of the distant Kuiper Belt led them to predict the existence of the planet. And while some scientists are still sceptical, Maggie Aderin-Pocock discovers how our models of the formation of the solar system and the discovery of similar exoplanets around other stars all support the existence of Planet 9.

BBC iPlayer - The Sky at Night - Planet 9 from Outer Space

Excellent. Enjoyed this a lot.

JGuy Grungeman · 02-15-2016, 02:23 PM

Another cartoon. For nostalgic purposes, I'm back in Recess. What a great show. The total dramatizing of average school life is done so well.

FRED HALE SR. · 02-18-2016, 11:36 AM

Just finished the entire season of Mad Dogs. Seriously this is one of the most incredible rides of a show i've experienced in decades. Its one of the best written and filmed shows i've had the privilege to watch in my entire life. Its set in Belize so the overall setting of the show is amazingly beautiful. The acting is top notch not only from the headliners but the newcomers who range in all ages and knock it out of the park. Seriously check this show out its a thrill ride. You will not stop watching it til its over.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...Fr21TyGhKEm_nw

Mr. Charlie · 02-19-2016, 11:19 AM

Northern Soul: Living for the Weekend

The northern soul phenomenon was the most exciting underground British club movement of the 1970s. At its high point, thousands of disenchanted white working class youths across the north of England danced to obscure, mid-60s Motown-inspired sounds until the sun rose. A dynamic culture of fashions, dance moves, vinyl obsession and much more grew up around this - all fuelled by the love of rare black American soul music with an express-train beat.

Through vivid first-hand accounts and rare archive footage, this film charts northern soul's dramatic rise, fall and rebirth. It reveals the scene's roots in the mod culture of the 1960s and how key clubs like Manchester's Twisted Wheel and Sheffield's Mojo helped create the prototype that would blossom in the next decade.

By the early 1970s a new generation of youngsters in the north were transforming the old ballrooms and dancehalls of their parents' generation into citadels of the northern soul experience, creating a genuine alternative to mainstream British pop culture. This was decades before the internet, when people had to travel great distances to enjoy the music they felt so passionate about.

Set against a rich cultural and social backdrop, the film shows how the euphoria and release that northern soul gave these clubbers provided an escape from the bleak reality of their daily lives during the turbulent 1970s. After thriving in almost total isolation from the rest of the UK, northern soul was commercialised and broke nationwide in the second half of the 70s. But just as this happened, the once-healthy rivalry between the clubs in the north fell apart amidst bitter in-fighting over the direction the scene should go.

Today, northern soul is more popular than ever, but it was back in the 1970s that one of the most fascinating and unique British club cultures rose to glory. Contributors include key northern soul DJs like Richard Searling, Ian Levine, Colin Curtis and Kev Roberts alongside Lisa Stansfield, Norman Jay, Pete Waterman, Marc Almond, Peter Stringfellow and others.

BBC iPlayer - Northern Soul: Living for the Weekend

Good watch. Their single-minded focus on music (not getting laid, or being hip and fashionable) reminded me of the psychedelic trance scene in the mid 90s.

JGuy Grungeman · 02-19-2016, 05:26 PM

My cartoon binge has mead me to my favorite cartoon that I like more than I should... Digimon. And actually, I'm quite impressed with the direction. Sure, the English dubbing is cheesy, but past that, I noticed some alright cinematography techniques. THe show is a well placed, movement heavy kind of show where things float in a strange view reminiscent of Inception or Dark City. And even though the show doesn't reach the same quality, it still has a cool directing style.

innerspaceboy · 02-20-2016, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman

Another cartoon. For nostalgic purposes, I'm back in Recess. What a great show. The total dramatizing of average school life is done so well.

Recess was fantastic. Saturday mornings I watch a project I put together which I've affectionately dubbed "RetroBox." I compiled a complete episode archive of 100 of my favorite child-of-the-80s and 90s kids' shows, Recess included.

I plan to port the drive to an old CRT television which I'll put in the bedroom so that I can watch cartoons while eating sugary kids' cereals in bed every Saturday morning.

Great stuff!

grindy · 02-20-2016, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman

Another cartoon. For nostalgic purposes, I'm back in Recess. What a great show. The total dramatizing of average school life is done so well.

I'm used to its German title, so I didn't realize at first what you're talking about.
I absolutely loved it as a kid and I could imagine that it'd hold up well even nowadays.

JGuy Grungeman · 02-20-2016, 05:03 PM

This is one of my favorite things.

Daipenmon - Wikimon - The #1 Digimon wiki

Riberry · 02-20-2016, 09:04 PM

I like Comedy Classes a lot. Which is telecast by LIFE OK.

02-14-2016, 02:04 PM	#3991 (permalink)
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02-15-2016, 02:23 PM	#3993 (permalink)
JGuy Grungeman Primo Celebate Sexiness Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,662	Another cartoon. For nostalgic purposes, I'm back in Recess. What a great show. The total dramatizing of average school life is done so well. __________________ I'm a pretty nice troll if you ask me.

02-18-2016, 11:36 AM	#3994 (permalink)
FRED HALE SR. Neo-Maxi-Zoom-Dweebie Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: So-Cal Posts: 3,752	Just finished the entire season of Mad Dogs. Seriously this is one of the most incredible rides of a show i've experienced in decades. Its one of the best written and filmed shows i've had the privilege to watch in my entire life. Its set in Belize so the overall setting of the show is amazingly beautiful. The acting is top notch not only from the headliners but the newcomers who range in all ages and knock it out of the park. Seriously check this show out its a thrill ride. You will not stop watching it til its over. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...Fr21TyGhKEm_nw __________________ " I slashed and burned thru my 15 minutes of fame."

02-19-2016, 05:26 PM	#3996 (permalink)
JGuy Grungeman Primo Celebate Sexiness Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,662	My cartoon binge has mead me to my favorite cartoon that I like more than I should... Digimon. And actually, I'm quite impressed with the direction. Sure, the English dubbing is cheesy, but past that, I noticed some alright cinematography techniques. THe show is a well placed, movement heavy kind of show where things float in a strange view reminiscent of Inception or Dark City. And even though the show doesn't reach the same quality, it still has a cool directing style. __________________ I'm a pretty nice troll if you ask me.

02-20-2016, 05:03 PM	#3999 (permalink)
JGuy Grungeman Primo Celebate Sexiness Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,662	This is one of my favorite things. Daipenmon - Wikimon - The #1 Digimon wiki __________________ I'm a pretty nice troll if you ask me.

02-15-2016, 09:00 AM	#3992 (permalink)
Mr. Charlie Shoo Thoughts Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: These Mountains Posts: 2,308	Horizon: Swallowed by a Black Hole In summer 2013, the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way was getting ready to feast. A gas cloud three times the size of our planet strayed within the gravitational reach of our nearest supermassive black hole. Across the globe, telescopes were being trained on the heart of our galaxy, some 27,000 light years from Earth, in the expectation of observing this unique cosmic spectacle. For cosmic detectives across the Earth, it was a unique opportunity. For the first time in the history of science, they hoped to observe in action the awesome spectacle of a feeding supermassive black hole. BBC iPlayer - Horizon - 2012-2013: 15. Swallowed by a Black Hole Pretty good watch. The Sky at Night: Planet 9 From Outer Space On January 20 2016, two American astronomers made an extraordinary claim - they had found evidence for a ninth planet in our solar system, a planet 20 times further out than Neptune which would take up to 20,000 years to orbit the sun. It is a discovery that could completely rewrite our understanding of our solar system and how it formed. As the world's biggest telescopes start scanning the skies searching for Planet 9, the Sky at Night team investigates. If Planet 9 exists, where is it and where did it come from? In California, Chris Lintott meets the astronomers whose study of the distant Kuiper Belt led them to predict the existence of the planet. And while some scientists are still sceptical, Maggie Aderin-Pocock discovers how our models of the formation of the solar system and the discovery of similar exoplanets around other stars all support the existence of Planet 9. BBC iPlayer - The Sky at Night - Planet 9 from Outer Space Excellent. Enjoyed this a lot.

02-19-2016, 11:19 AM	#3995 (permalink)
Mr. Charlie Shoo Thoughts Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: These Mountains Posts: 2,308	Northern Soul: Living for the Weekend The northern soul phenomenon was the most exciting underground British club movement of the 1970s. At its high point, thousands of disenchanted white working class youths across the north of England danced to obscure, mid-60s Motown-inspired sounds until the sun rose. A dynamic culture of fashions, dance moves, vinyl obsession and much more grew up around this - all fuelled by the love of rare black American soul music with an express-train beat. Through vivid first-hand accounts and rare archive footage, this film charts northern soul's dramatic rise, fall and rebirth. It reveals the scene's roots in the mod culture of the 1960s and how key clubs like Manchester's Twisted Wheel and Sheffield's Mojo helped create the prototype that would blossom in the next decade. By the early 1970s a new generation of youngsters in the north were transforming the old ballrooms and dancehalls of their parents' generation into citadels of the northern soul experience, creating a genuine alternative to mainstream British pop culture. This was decades before the internet, when people had to travel great distances to enjoy the music they felt so passionate about. Set against a rich cultural and social backdrop, the film shows how the euphoria and release that northern soul gave these clubbers provided an escape from the bleak reality of their daily lives during the turbulent 1970s. After thriving in almost total isolation from the rest of the UK, northern soul was commercialised and broke nationwide in the second half of the 70s. But just as this happened, the once-healthy rivalry between the clubs in the north fell apart amidst bitter in-fighting over the direction the scene should go. Today, northern soul is more popular than ever, but it was back in the 1970s that one of the most fascinating and unique British club cultures rose to glory. Contributors include key northern soul DJs like Richard Searling, Ian Levine, Colin Curtis and Kev Roberts alongside Lisa Stansfield, Norman Jay, Pete Waterman, Marc Almond, Peter Stringfellow and others. BBC iPlayer - Northern Soul: Living for the Weekend Good watch. Their single-minded focus on music (not getting laid, or being hip and fashionable) reminded me of the psychedelic trance scene in the mid 90s.

02-20-2016, 09:04 PM	#4000 (permalink)
Riberry Groupie Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 13	I like Comedy Classes a lot. Which is telecast by LIFE OK.