What TV shows are people watching?

**Frownland** · 01-18-2018, 09:06 AM

Catchphrases are a bad ting.

Trollheart · 01-18-2018, 01:39 PM

Oh I agree: catchphrases are ****. What are catchphrases?

This one, though, for once, just fit perfectly, and Forsyth is an institution in England, so it would be like, I don't know, Bob Hope hosting the show? Maybe not. I'm not up on who's popular in American gameshows, but whomever.

**Frownland** · 01-18-2018, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

This one, though, for once, just fit perfectly, and Forsyth is an institution in England, so it would be like, I don't know, Bob Hope hosting the show? Maybe not. I'm not up on who's popular in American gameshows, but whomever.

Years of pointlessly repeated jabber all for one good joke. I knew that British humour is more subtle than American humour, but you guys really run with it.

Trollheart · 01-18-2018, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Years of pointlessly repeated jabber all for one good joke. I knew that British humour is more subtle than American humour, but you guys really run with it.

Not to mention the casual racism and overt sexism that's just accepted, even expected, by British gameshow audiences. Here:

Chiomara · 01-18-2018, 03:14 PM

I kind of want to rewatch season 1 of True Detective. Never saw season 2 as it looked terrible. I read that Nic Pizzolatto will be the sole writer for season 3, so I'll definitely be watching.

True Detective season 3 release date set for 2019, Scoot McNairy added to cast
2019 is so far away :c (it'll be set in the Ozarks which I'm excited about since my grandfather's side of the family is from there)

Chula Vista · 01-18-2018, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Chiomara

I kind of want to rewatch season 1 of True Detective. Never saw season 2 as it looked terrible. I read that Nic Pizzolatto will be the sole writer for season 3, so I'll definitely be watching.

Season 2 was not that bad at all. I liked it when all was said and done. It's just that Season 1 set the bar so high.

I'll re-watch both seasons someday.

Ninetales · 01-18-2018, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Paedantic Basterd

I love Dirk Gently. It's like Heroes meets Monty Python, so perfect for me. Season 2 was a hair less brilliant than S01, but I was nonetheless very happy with it.

BBCA's cancellation of Dirk Gently was the deciding factor: I'm done with TV unless I know it has ended and the ending is known to be decent.

There's some hope of it getting picked up for streaming elsewhere, but I'm not banking on it.

the first season was quite good, it intrigued me where they were going to go with it all

Spoiler for thoughts:

The Batlord · 01-18-2018, 04:17 PM

TD S1 is like the best cop thing. Every time I rewatch it I still find myself getting my hopes up that some weird fiction element will jump out at me and mean that it was a closet sci fi horror show.

Chiomara · 01-18-2018, 05:06 PM

It was so good. It was basically everything I'd been wishing for in a show/film. (A southern gothic murder mystery with subtle fantastical elements that didn't feel corny + an amazing and almost palpable setting/atmosphere.) It just felt oddly real? Kind of how the new Twin Peaks season felt like a dream that you (and only you) were dreaming. And Louisiana/the deep south is the absolute perfect setting for stories of that nature due to how weird that part of America is in general.

Those of you who like TD should look into the show Broadchurch (first two seasons) if you haven't. They're very different shows, obviously but they have a somewhat similar feel.

The Batlord · 01-18-2018, 05:12 PM

And if you don't feel like the Rust of your own little world then it's probably because you're a boring normie.

01-18-2018, 09:06 AM	#5911 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Catchphrases are a bad ting. __________________ 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

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Oh I agree: catchphrases are ***. What are catchphrases? This one, though, for once, just fit perfectly, and Forsyth is an institution in England, so it would be like, I don't know, Bob Hope hosting the show? Maybe not. I'm not up on who's popular in American gameshows, but whomever. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018*

01-18-2018, 03:14 PM	#5915 (permalink)
Chiomara mayor of spookytown Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 812	I kind of want to rewatch season 1 of True Detective. Never saw season 2 as it looked terrible. I read that Nic Pizzolatto will be the sole writer for season 3, so I'll definitely be watching. True Detective season 3 release date set for 2019, Scoot McNairy added to cast 2019 is so far away :c (it'll be set in the Ozarks which I'm excited about since my grandfather's side of the family is from there) __________________ Χρυσοσανδαλαιμοποτιχθονία Tumblr - 8tracks - Spotify

01-18-2018, 05:06 PM	#5919 (permalink)
Chiomara mayor of spookytown Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 812	It was so good. It was basically everything I'd been wishing for in a show/film. (A southern gothic murder mystery with subtle fantastical elements that didn't feel corny + an amazing and almost palpable setting/atmosphere.) It just felt oddly real? Kind of how the new Twin Peaks season felt like a dream that you (and only you) were dreaming. And Louisiana/the deep south is the absolute perfect setting for stories of that nature due to how weird that part of America is in general. Those of you who like TD should look into the show Broadchurch (first two seasons) if you haven't. They're very different shows, obviously but they have a somewhat similar feel. __________________ Χρυσοσανδαλαιμοποτιχθονία Tumblr - 8tracks - Spotify