The TV Thread

[Logan007]

13 hours ago, MOBomberFan said:

I didn't see Letterkenny mentioned yet... It's a Canadian sitcom based in small town Ontario. This show is full of laugh out loud moments. The cold open speaks for itself. As far as I know it's only available on Crave right now.

 

Warning: offensive language and manscaping.

It's pretty funny, but I just find it a bit hard to keep up with some of the stuff they're shooting at each other.  Those guys talk so fast.

[MOBomberFan]

2 hours ago, Logan007 said:

It's pretty funny, but I just find it a bit hard to keep up with some of the stuff they're shooting at each other.  Those guys talk so fast.

Indeed they talk quickly. My wife grew up in Germany and has a hard time with all the different english accents and dialects, not to mention rate of speech. Despite that, this is still so funny it's her new favorite show... she just has to watch each episode 2 or 3 times to catch it all haha

[Jimmy Pop]

I tried getting Letterkenny on the XBMC/Kodi box. No such luck  

[The Unknown Poster]

I keep hearing the radio commercials for Letterkenny that are generally funny but that clip didnt make me want to see it.  Just seems sort of low brow.

If anyone is still watching Vinyl, last night was another great episode.  I was actually not convinced after the initial two hour (too long) premiere.  But it gets better every week.  Apparently they try to sign Elvis Presley in next week's episode...

[Taynted_Fayth]

12 minutes ago, Jimmy Pop said:

I tried getting Letterkenny on the XBMC/Kodi box. No such luck  

Ive recently been having some problems finding episodes, or full episodes of certain shows, one that comes to mind is Idiotsitter.  I think it might have to do with where its available.  I notice a lot of movies are generally uploaded overseas, I could see a similar thing with some tv shows, and this letterkenny looks like it's a canadian show not unlike Corner Gas

[Jimmy Pop]

1 hour ago, The Unknown Poster said:

I keep hearing the radio commercials for Letterkenny that are generally funny but that clip didnt make me want to see it.  Just seems sort of low brow.

If anyone is still watching Vinyl, last night was another great episode.  I was actually not convinced after the initial two hour (too long) premiere.  But it gets better every week.  Apparently they try to sign Elvis Presley in next week's episode...

I've been enjoying Vinyl. I figured I would. Huge fan of HBO (and the like) shows over most network ones.  It's much of the same crew that did Boardwalk Empire - Terrance Winter, Scorcese as writers, and Bobby Cannavale getting a lead role this time around. BE to me was pretty underrated by tv-watchers IMO, even though it did well at the awards shows.  Well worth the investment if you haven't seen it yet.

[The Unknown Poster]

1 minute ago, Jimmy Pop said:

I've been enjoying Vinyl. I figured I would. Huge fan of HBO (and the like) shows over most network ones.  It's much of the same crew that did Boardwalk Empire - Terrance Winter, Scorcese as writers, and Bobby Cannavale getting a lead role this time around. BE to me was pretty underrated by tv-watchers IMO, even though it did well at the awards shows.  Well worth the investment if you haven't seen it yet.

I own BE.  Love it.  I describe it to people as one of the writers/producers of Sopranos doing a re-telling of Sopranos but doing all the things the fans wanted but Chase never did (wife who cheats with an underling, war with New York etc).  Sorry, Spoiler Alert.

Love Bobby Cannavale as well.  And I think i mentioned before I had never seen Juno Temple and now Im in love...

[Jimmy Pop]

9 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

I own BE.  Love it.  I describe it to people as one of the writers/producers of Sopranos doing a re-telling of Sopranos but doing all the things the fans wanted but Chase never did (wife who cheats with an underling, war with New York etc).  Sorry, Spoiler Alert.

Love Bobby Cannavale as well.  And I think i mentioned before I had never seen Juno Temple and now Im in love...

I'm glad I'm not the only one!

Man, I just watched the Season 1 Trailer and now want to watch it all over again!

...I mean, of the best TV Theme songs of recent memory (Greenback Boogie in Suits is up there, too)...

Killer portrayals of old gangsters  Al Capone, Lucky Luciano and Nucky Johnson...

Not to mention THIS GUY....who makes a great Halloween costume

 

Edited March 15, 2016 by Jimmy Pop
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[The Unknown Poster]

5 minutes ago, Jimmy Pop said:

I'm glad I'm not the only one!

Man, I just watched the Season 1 Trailer and now want to watch it all over again!

...I mean, of the best TV Theme songs of recent memory (Greenback Boogie in Suits is up there, too)...

Killer portrayals of old gangsters  Al Capone, Lucky Luciano and Nucky Johnson...

Not to mention THIS GUY....who makes a great Halloween costume

 

it seems to be on HBO every night with back to back episodes.  I dont look for it but I find when Im about to turn off the TV and go to bed, I stumble upon it and cant stop watching.  And I agree, Richard was tremendous!  What a great character.  His "Scarface" moment at the whorehouse was awesome.  I was cheering in my living room!

Also love Chalky.  Everyone was good.  Great series.  And Vinyl is following suit. 

[Taynted_Fayth]

I really had a hard time getting into BE,  my dad would always pimp it out trying get me to buy in (we've watched many shows together as something in common, like GoT, Sons of Anarchy. TWD) I just cant handle large doses of Steve Buscemi,  even if he plays a good gangster

Edited March 15, 2016 by Taynted_Fayth

[Taynted_Fayth]

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2016/mar/15/xena-lesbian-warrior-princess-have-the-rules-of-tv-just-been-rewritten?CMP=fb_gu

 

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Xena: Lesbian Warrior Princess – have the rules of TV just been rewritten?

It’s been an open secret for 20 years, but at last everybody’s favourite leather-clad warrior is out and proud. Does it mark a step-change in the way women are portrayed on television?

 

 It takes two … Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor in Xena. Photograph: Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock

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In news as surprising as reports that Fozzie Bear probably has a Miles Davis poster on his bedroom wall, we can reveal that Xena Warrior Princess is gay. Or at least she will be when the series gets a reboot later this year.

In a recent Tumblr Q&A, the screenwriter and executive producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach, who is working with Rob Tapert and Sam “Spiderman” Raimi to bring Xena back to our screens, wrote: “There is no reason to bring back Xena if it is not there for the purpose of fully exploring a relationship that could only be shown subtextually in first-run syndication in the 1990s.”

The relationship to which he is alluding is the leather-studded “companionship” between Xena (played, much to the delight of New Zealanders everywhere, by Lucy Lawless) and Gabrielle (played by Renee O’Connor). It might have taken over 20 years to get there, but the girls are finally ready to make it official. This, explained Grillo-Marxauch, is because the show “will also express my view of the world – which is only further informed by what is happening right now – and is not too difficult to know what that is if you do some digging”. Unlike in 1995, gay marriage is now on the statute books or at least high on the news agenda in most countries where Xena will be syndicated. Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Mad Max: Fury Road have shown that multi-million dollar global franchises can bear the weight of speaking female characters. So a gay female lead character isn’t just a fun idea, but a viable proposition.

Of course, gay women are hardly a rarity in sci-fi, both on our screens and watching from our sofas. Gillian Anderson has had a huge gay following since she strode on to our televisions as Special Agent Dana Scully back in 1993; in 1995 Jadzia Dax in Deep Space Nine had her first lesbian kiss (albeit in a wormhole between the alpha and gamma quadrants of the galaxy); Admiral Helena Cain, played by heartthrob Michelle Forbes had a girlfriend in Battlestar Galactica and, more recently, Doctor Who’s Madame Vastra and Jenny Flint shared the show’s first lesbian kiss (yes, one of them is a lizard-woman but it still counts).

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 ‘The lesbian gaze often overlaps with the heterosexual male one’ … Xena in action. Photograph: Channel 5

Television producers have always been happy to include lesbian storylines in their shows, with the minor proviso that any relationship between women is either happening in another galaxy far far away, or that any sapphic antics take place in actual space, or that one of the women is wearing a rubber reptile costume. Just like socialism, multiculturalism, feminism and most other isms you care to mention, lesbian relationships have often been found in popular culture disguised through the alien, zero-gravity, intergalactic lens of science fiction because that is the easiest way to sneak them into public consciousness. And, for the thousands of young women and girls who have rewound and rewatched those few fleeting moments of lesbian lizard kissing or space admiral affection, sci-fi has acted as a catalyst – helping them to place their sexuality in a recognisable cultural context.

When it comes to Xena, there is also the obvious plus that the lesbian gaze often overlaps with the heterosexual male gaze. So, for male screenwriters, producers and directors, it isn’t a huge leap of imagination to create a character that appeals to a lesbian audience. To put it bluntly, you put a woman in a leather-strapped shiny-*** shield, send her jogging over a hill – and literally everybody’s happy.

So, while the makers of Xena: Warrior Princess should be applauded for finally writing an overt gay relationship, is it really breaking new ground? Or is the reboot just pulling at some low-hanging fruit? Well, to quote the show’s opening, “In a time of ancient Gods, Warlords and Kings, a land in turmoil cried out for a hero ... She was Xena.” So, you know, fingers crossed.

 

meanwhile, on the other side of bad tv land

Edited March 15, 2016 by Taynted_Fayth

[Jimmy Pop]

2 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

it seems to be on HBO every night with back to back episodes.  I dont look for it but I find when Im about to turn off the TV and go to bed, I stumble upon it and cant stop watching.  And I agree, Richard was tremendous!  What a great character.  His "Scarface" moment at the whorehouse was awesome.  I was cheering in my living room!

Also love Chalky.  Everyone was good.  Great series.  And Vinyl is following suit. 

So, so right. EVERYONE was good. Tremendous writing and acting.

Michael K Williams (Chalky) is in a new show I've been meaning to check out.... Hap and Leonard

 

[Logan007]

Haha, I liked Hercules.  That was a cool show.

Not sure who they'd get to play Xena.  She was pretty perfect for that role.

[The Unknown Poster]

18 minutes ago, Jimmy Pop said:

So, so right. EVERYONE was good. Tremendous writing and acting.

Michael K Williams (Chalky) is in a new show I've been meaning to check out.... Hap and Leonard

 

Did you know Winters said he had a role in mind for James Gandolfini if he hadnt died?  I wonder if he would have had him playing a very un-tony like character... I would have loved if he was a "Soprano" from the old country coming over.

[Jimmy Pop]

49 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Did you know Winters said he had a role in mind for James Gandolfini if he hadnt died?  I wonder if he would have had him playing a very un-tony like character... I would have loved if he was a "Soprano" from the old country coming over.

I did not. Do you mean had a role for Gandolfini in BE - or just in general?  Either way, it's too bad....another good one gone too soon.

The GF's going to have to sit through a few episodes tonight now.... I'm blaming you TUP!  

[The Unknown Poster]

1 minute ago, Jimmy Pop said:

I did not. Do you mean had a role for Gandolfini in BE - or just in general?  Either way, it's too bad....another good one gone too soon.

The GF's going to have to sit through a few episodes tonight now.... I'm blaming you TUP!  

Role in BE!  I recall reading Winters said he didnt want to try and bring James in at the beginning because everyone would compare it to the Sopranos.  In fact the person Nucky was based on resembled Gandolfini way more than Steve Buscemi but they wanted someone not like Tony.  So he said he had an idea for James for a later season.  Would have been awesome.  You're right though, BE seems to fly under the radar alot.  People talk about Sopranos, Game of Thrones etc but BE, not so much.

Oddly, my GF watched it but never loved it like she loved Sopranos.  But blame me!  Im taking the blame around here for everything from locked threads to the Watergate scandal so this is one blame I'll gladly take!  ;-)

[bigg jay]

The wife and I really enjoyed BE as well.  She still to this day hasn't seen an episode of The Sopranos (which blows my mind) so that's one I'm going to make her sit down & watch one of these days.

[The Unknown Poster]

Just now, bigg jay said:

The wife and I really enjoyed BE as well.  She still to this day hasn't seen an episode of The Sopranos (which blows my mind) so that's one I'm going to make her sit down & watch one of these days.

Whenever I hear someone say they've never seen the Sopranos it makes me very envious.  I WISH I could go back to a time before I had ever seen the Sopranos so I could watch it right now in its entirety for the first time.  It's the greatest TV show of all time, even when it was maddening at times.  I've watched the entire series many times (first run, repeats and then the gf bought me the entire series on DVD and we've watched it at least three times since).  Its THAT good.

[bigg jay]

Yep, I'm looking forward to watching it all again.  I haven't watched a single episode since it's run ended so while it's not new to me, it'll be as close as I can get.  I know there's stuff I either don't remember or missed the 1st time around.

[The Unknown Poster]

Just now, bigg jay said:

Yep, I'm looking forward to watching it all again.  I haven't watched a single episode since it's run ended so while it's not new to me, it'll be as close as I can get.  I know there's stuff I either don't remember or missed the 1st time around.

It flows WAY better when you watch it in succession on DVD.  The long delay between seasons hurt it a bit.  I remember thinking things didnt make sense or didnt  flow logically but when I watched the DVD's (binged), it was much more enjoyable.

[Taynted_Fayth]

I find that with a lot of shows, binge watching totally keeps you captivated then waiting for an hour once a week.  not that the build up in excitement doesnt have its own effect and reward, but many shows I start liking initially I can easily forget about.  

 

worst for me is TWD and GoT, shows i got into late so i was able to binge watch 4-5 seasons, but since they are still running it's like ugh you ***** i need more

[kelownabomberfan]

http://jam.canoe.com/Television/2016/03/15/22613535-wenn-story.html

[Jimmy Pop]

45 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Whenever I hear someone say they've never seen the Sopranos it makes me very envious.  I WISH I could go back to a time before I had ever seen the Sopranos so I could watch it right now in its entirety for the first time.  It's the greatest TV show of all time, even when it was maddening at times.  I've watched the entire series many times (first run, repeats and then the gf bought me the entire series on DVD and we've watched it at least three times since).  Its THAT good.

Then prepare to be envious...

We began Sopranos sometime in 2015, maybe summertime.  Just about to finish season 4. Still lots of "new" episodes to enjoy  

[The Unknown Poster]

7 minutes ago, Jimmy Pop said:

Then prepare to be envious...

We began Sopranos sometime in 2015, maybe summertime.  Just about to finish season 4. Still lots of "new" episodes to enjoy  

So jealous! 

[bigg jay]

58 minutes ago, Taynted_Fayth said:

I find that with a lot of shows, binge watching totally keeps you captivated then waiting for an hour once a week.  not that the build up in excitement doesnt have its own effect and reward, but many shows I start liking initially I can easily forget about.  

 

worst for me is TWD and GoT, shows i got into late so i was able to binge watch 4-5 seasons, but since they are still running it's like ugh you ***** i need more

You should be thankful you don't read the game of thrones books.  Waiting a few months for the next season is nothing compared to waiting 5-6 years between books!