What TV shows are people watching?

Chula Vista · 09-27-2017, 09:55 AM

No, but I've heard the show is very faithful to her story.

LoathsomePete · 09-28-2017, 07:45 PM

It's been a while since I've seen a really good satire show, but it was worth the wait. Essentially it's a pisstake on super serious investigative shows like Making a Murderer and Serial. The punchline is that a high school news paper journalist is doing an investigative series on another student who is accused of spraypainting penises on all the teachers cars. The student is your typical high school screw up, so it's pretty easy to believe he did it, especially when there are holes in his alibi. Anyways, I don't want to give up too much of the plot, but I will say it is some of the funniest shit I've seen all year when it comes to satire. The humor is very much juxtaposition based, and the greatest comparison I can think of is the British show Brass Eye.

Definitely would recommend.

Thelonious Monkey · 09-28-2017, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

It's been a while since I've seen a really good satire show, but it was worth the wait. Essentially it's a pisstake on super serious investigative shows like Making a Murderer and Serial. The punchline is that a high school news paper journalist is doing an investigative series on another student who is accused of spraypainting penises on all the teachers cars. The student is your typical high school screw up, so it's pretty easy to believe he did it, especially when there are holes in his alibi. Anyways, I don't want to give up too much of the plot, but I will say it is some of the funniest shit I've seen all year when it comes to satire. The humor is very much juxtaposition based, and the greatest comparison I can think of is the British show Brass Eye.

Definitely would recommend.

Thank you, I needed somebody to vouch for it. I'm starting to distrust a lot of Netflix originals these days. Will check it out.

**Frownland** · 09-28-2017, 08:02 PM

I'm gonna check it out too.

Kind of on topic, but have Netflix recommendations been ass for anyone else or is my device on some dated nonsense?

**Frownland** · 09-28-2017, 08:55 PM

Just finished the first episode, hysterical stuff. Here's to hoping it doesn't get run into the ground.

Thelonious Monkey · 09-28-2017, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I'm gonna check it out too.

Kind of on topic, but have Netflix recommendations been ass for anyone else or is my device on some dated nonsense?

Been ass as in? I mean it used to rec me stuff I wanted to watch but not anymore. But I can't tell if that's down to me or Netflix.

**Frownland** · 09-28-2017, 09:03 PM

Up until about April or May, I thought that it was consistently recommending great stuff to me. I don't recall any good recommendations from Netflix since then.

Saying that something is ass is referring to the scent of asses, not the sexiness.

LoathsomePete · 09-29-2017, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Just finished the first episode, hysterical stuff. Here's to hoping it doesn't get run into the ground.

That was my main concern as well, but after binging the entire season last night I can safely say that it never loses steam, and actually ends on a much more emotional gut punch note than I anticipated.

djchameleon · 09-29-2017, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Up until about April or May, I thought that it was consistently recommending great stuff to me. I don't recall any good recommendations from Netflix since then.

Saying that something is ass is referring to the scent of asses, not the sexiness.

That's around the time they switched over to the whole thumbs up/down system and away from the stars. So maybe it has something to do with that.

Chula Vista · 09-29-2017, 12:04 PM

Finished up The Handmaid's Tale last night with Eps. 8, 9, and 10.

1. Man, Elisabeth Moss is so brilliant in this.

Spoiler for Spoiler:

2. Re: Serena Joy. I fell head over heals in total love with Sarah Walker during the 5 seasons of Chuck. I absolutely loathed Serena after only a few episodes.

Spoiler for Spoiler:

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LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	It's been a while since I've seen a really good satire show, but it was worth the wait. Essentially it's a pisstake on super serious investigative shows like Making a Murderer and Serial. The punchline is that a high school news paper journalist is doing an investigative series on another student who is accused of spraypainting penises on all the teachers cars. The student is your typical high school screw up, so it's pretty easy to believe he did it, especially when there are holes in his alibi. Anyways, I don't want to give up too much of the plot, but I will say it is some of the funniest shit I've seen all year when it comes to satire. The humor is very much juxtaposition based, and the greatest comparison I can think of is the British show Brass Eye. Definitely would recommend. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

09-28-2017, 08:02 PM	#5684 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I'm gonna check it out too. Kind of on topic, but have Netflix recommendations been ass for anyone else or is my device on some dated nonsense? __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

09-28-2017, 08:55 PM	#5685 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Just finished the first episode, hysterical stuff. Here's to hoping it doesn't get run into the ground. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

09-28-2017, 09:03 PM	#5687 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Up until about April or May, I thought that it was consistently recommending great stuff to me. I don't recall any good recommendations from Netflix since then. Saying that something is ass is referring to the scent of asses, not the sexiness. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

09-29-2017, 12:04 PM	#5690 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Finished up The Handmaid's Tale last night with Eps. 8, 9, and 10. 1. Man, Elisabeth Moss is so brilliant in this. Spoiler for Spoiler: That scene where she's locked in the backseat pleading to be let out so she can see her daughter, and then her going off on Serena Joy with a string of expletives spewed through abolute rage - wow! Acting doesn't get any better than that. 2. Re: Serena Joy. I fell head over heals in total love with Sarah Walker during the 5 seasons of Chuck. I absolutely loathed Serena after only a few episodes. Spoiler for Spoiler: I want to see Serena burned alive at the stake in episode 1 of season 2. Nice range of acting by Yvonne Strahovsky being able to pull off both Sarah and Serena so convincingly. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”