Favorite TV Show(s)

[iacas]

43 minutes ago, Hohjoe said:

 

I've seen the previews and those are typically the best part of a TV show or a movie. If the previews, and I believe they are, are any indication of the show then the show is terrible.

Nope. Violation. Disallowed.

[boogielicious]

9 hours ago, iacas said:

Nope. Violation. Disallowed.

😄

[Hohjoe]

12 hours ago, iacas said:

Nope. Violation. Disallowed.

Whatever.

In that case just remove my post and enjoy, the bad TV show IMHO, when it airs.

[iacas]

6 hours ago, Hohjoe said:

Whatever.

In that case just remove my post and enjoy, the bad TV show IMHO, when it airs.

That’s another violation. Taking it WAY too seriously. 😀

[dennyjones]

.. self deleting a less than appropriate comment.

Edited January 14, 2023 by dennyjones

[iacas]

Having now watched the first two episodes of Night Court… I can say it's not good. But… I can say that now, because I've actually seen it.

Bummer for John Laroquette. I generally like him.

[dennyjones]

9 hours ago, iacas said:

Having now watched the first two episodes of Night Court… I can say it's not good. But… I can say that now, because I've actually seen it.

Bummer for John Laroquette. I generally like him.

I tried to like it but it's just not good.   Bogie at best.   The jokes were dated and it just seemed to be a weak repeat of the original instead of something new.

[iacas]

58 minutes ago, dennyjones said:

I tried to like it but it's just not good.   Bogie at best.   The jokes were dated and it just seemed to be a weak repeat of the original instead of something new.

I get that sitcoms are tough. No time to tell a real story, easy jokes or slapstick crap… but yeah, this was bad.

[saevel25]

Watched the first episode of "The Last of Us", on HBO. I am in on this once. I liked it a lot. 

[iacas]

I watched Shooter over the past few weeks. Season 1 was pretty good. I thought his quest to get out from being framed was good.

Seasons 2 and 3… meh. They blended together, with season 2 not having a real ending, and they all felt a little fake: there were way too many people capable of pulling off headshots from 800 yards away. The storyline was not great. I got through it because I'd started it, but unlike season 1 they didn't even draw in some of the math about curvature of the earth, wind speed, elevation changes, etc. that I found interesting in the first season.

Instead, you have Gerald McRaney pulling off neck shots from a mile away. Not to mention that Isaac is now the partner/peer/co-worker of "Bob Lee"?

Also, so, so freaking annoying to have the main character named "Bob Lee" and have the characters all forced to say his name so so so often.

[ChetlovesMer]

23 minutes ago, iacas said:

I watched Shooter over the past few weeks. Season 1 was pretty good. I thought his quest to get out from being framed was good.

Seasons 2 and 3… meh. They blended together, with season 2 not having a real ending, and they all felt a little fake: there were way too many people capable of pulling off headshots from 800 yards away. The storyline was not great. I got through it because I'd started it, but unlike season 1 they didn't even draw in some of the math about curvature of the earth, wind speed, elevation changes, etc. that I found interesting in the first season.

Instead, you have Gerald McRaney pulling off neck shots from a mile away. Not to mention that Isaac is now the partner/peer/co-worker of "Bob Lee"?

Also, so, so freaking annoying to have the main character named "Bob Lee" and have the characters all forced to say his name so so so often.

I have to agree %100 with everything you typed. 

I read many of the Stephan Hunter books on which this story was based some time before the movie with Mark Wahlberg came out. I actually saw the movie on a plane and I was surprised to see during the opening credits that it was based on the book "Point of Impact" which I had read a couple years beforehand. I didn't know they were making it into a movie. Anyhow in the book and I think to some degree the movie, everyone calls him Swagger, not Bob Lee. 

In the books, Swagger is a Vietnam vet and quite a bit older than Mark Wahlberg. The movie follows the book pretty well. The show did a better job with the thing with the flag. Obviously, the book is pretty much always better than the movie. Although, the movie has Rhona Mitra in it, so it gets bonus points from me just for that. 

[iacas]

10 minutes ago, ChetlovesMer said:

I have to agree %100 with everything you typed. 

I read many of the Stephan Hunter books on which this story was based some time before the movie with Mark Wahlberg came out. I actually saw the movie on a plane and I was surprised to see during the opening credits that it was based on the book "Point of Impact" which I had read a couple years beforehand. I didn't know they were making it into a movie. Anyhow in the book and I think to some degree the movie, everyone calls him Swagger, not Bob Lee. 

In the books, Swagger is a Vietnam vet and quite a bit older than Mark Wahlberg. The movie follows the book pretty well. The show did a better job with the thing with the flag. Obviously, the book is pretty much always better than the movie. Although, the movie has Rhona Mitra in it, so it gets bonus points from me just for that. 

I'm talking about the TV show/series on Netflix, Chet.

I also saw the Mark Wahlberg movie (and liked it) years and years ago.

[ChetlovesMer]

17 minutes ago, iacas said:

I'm talking about the TV show/series on Netflix, Chet.

I also saw the Mark Wahlberg movie (and liked it) years and years ago.

Yeah, I was agreeing with you. Then I pivoted to talk about the movie, plus the books. I've seen/read all of the above. 

[iacas]

35 minutes ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Yeah, I was agreeing with you. Then I pivoted to talk about the movie, plus the books. I've seen/read all of the above. 

Okay, but this is the TV Shows topic. 😉

[iacas]

@nevets88 might appreciate this one…

So on The Rookie: Feds, a son in a legacy paper company hired two people to kidnap his daughter while he was attempting a coup of his father to take over the company. The daughter was the swing vote who would stop him.

As he's being arrested, I'm virtually certain the little song that plays is a direct tribute to Succession. I thought it was clever and well done and I appreciated the nod.

[billchao]

On 1/22/2023 at 11:23 PM, saevel25 said:

Watched the first episode of "The Last of Us", on HBO. I am in on this once. I liked it a lot. 

It’s excellent. I loved the storytelling in the original game (never played the sequel) and I think this adaptation is better.

[JetFan1983]

On 1/22/2023 at 11:23 PM, saevel25 said:

Watched the first episode of "The Last of Us", on HBO. I am in on this once. I liked it a lot. 

 

On 2/3/2023 at 11:29 PM, billchao said:

It’s excellent. I loved the storytelling in the original game (never played the sequel) and I think this adaptation is better.

Thanks for the recommendation, guys! Finished the fourth episode last night! Loving it so far. If I could redo this, I would wait until all nine episodes for season one aired before starting as it's kind of torture now that I have to wait for them each week. 

Not a perfect zombie TV show by any stretch, but pretty darn good. I like it more than the Walking Dead which I enjoyed for the most part. 

Anyway, the zombies are pretty cool in this. The show earns a birdie from me (so far).

Edited February 7, 2023 by JetFan1983

[Elmer]

On 1/13/2023 at 9:00 AM, Hohjoe said:

So, NBC is returning with a remake of Night Court? The original wasn’t that funny, and I would expect this version will be worse. Triple bogey.

 

The original Night Court not funny? That is ground for immediate disqualification. Night Court following Cheers made for the funniest hour of TV. 
Night Court took your typical mulitcamera sit com and turned it up to 11. 
The problem with most sitcoms is they are formulaic.
And no I have not seen the Reboot, so I have no opinion.
I no longer watch comedies aside from Bob's Burgers, which in my opinion is the funniest show currently on TV.  

On 1/22/2023 at 11:23 PM, saevel25 said:

Watched the first episode of "The Last of Us", on HBO. I am in on this once. I liked it a lot. 

 

16 minutes ago, JetFan1983 said:

 

Thanks for the recommendation, guys! Finished the fourth episode last night! Loving it so far. If I could redo this, I would wait until all nine episodes for season one aired before starting as it's kind of torture now that I have to wait for them each week. 

Not a perfect zombie TV show by any stretch, but pretty darn good. I like it more than the Walking Dead which I enjoyed for the most part. 

Anyway, the zombies are pretty cool in this. The show earns a birdie from me (so far).

I have never played The Last Of Us, but my kid has. 
I am enjoying the show going in blind. My kid is enjoying as a good adaptation of the video game.
The 3rd episode alone was one of the best scripted hours of TV I have ever seens.
I was so blown away by the initial viewing I watched it again!
 

I hope the Last of Us can keep the high level of storying telling going and not fall prey to TV execs, marketing and sweeps in the same way as The Walking Dead (the comic is superior)!