Colossal TV Show thread

Postby **eddy** » Tue Mar 02, 2021 11:29 am

I watched 4 episodes and sort of forgot about it, I liked it enough, just wasn't waiting for the next to hit every week. They sure did pack a lot into it

Postby **AuthorTony** » Tue Mar 02, 2021 12:14 pm

I think I made it 4 or 5 eps. I liked the characters and should have loved the show as it's right in my wheelhouse, but I just never got invested in it.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Tue Mar 02, 2021 12:16 pm

Into Season 2 of Billions.

Still enjoying it.

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Tue Mar 02, 2021 1:29 pm

Watched the Pele documentary on Netflix. It was good but left me wanting more.

We're about 6 episodes into Lupin. Might be my favorite show this year. Loved Omar Sy in Intouchables and he's great in this role as well.

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Tue Mar 02, 2021 9:11 pm

We just finished The Wire last night, really enjoyed it. Of course it was done by David Simon whose book was the genesis of my all time favorite show, Homicide: Life on the Street, which featured Clark Johnson of Season 5 as my favorite character, Meldrick Lewis. If you haven't checked that one out, you should.

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Mar 02, 2021 9:15 pm

I started The Wire last weekend.

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:59 am

Started True Detective last night. A little slow compared to the Wire but maybe I will warm up to it. Gonna have to because no way Mrs. F does not finish a show with Matthew McConaughey.

Postby **eddy** » Wed Mar 03, 2021 8:52 am

Definitely a slow burn, but that first season is so good

Postby **eddy** » Wed Mar 03, 2021 8:54 am

The animaniacs both old and new are terrific. It seems like it's just wacko, yacko and dot and pinky and the brain from the few new episodes I've seen?

Postby **blackjack68** » Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:01 am

Started True Detective last night. A little slow compared to the Wire but maybe I will warm up to it. Gonna have to because no way Mrs. F does not finish a show with Matthew McConaughey.

Just watch Season 1. Forget 2 and 3 exist.

Postby **shmenguin** » Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:50 am

Non-surprising Shmenguin take:

I rewatched True Detective season 1 last month and it’s actually a bad show. but great actors and great performances tricked us into thinking otherwise.

If you swap anyone else into the Cole role, they’re gonna come off as whiny reddit edgelords. And pay close attention to the dialogue in any scene with Woody’s wife. It’s soap opera blather. And then there’s just that none of it makes sense and is full of plot holes - particularly the finale.

The show runner got found out in seasons 2 and 3. It’s not like he was a genius then suddenly sucked. He got lucky with casting.

Postby **eddy** » Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:54 am

The mystery and atmosphere of S1 is absolutely tops for me. I don't care what is good or bad about it, that season hit something that few other shows have for me. I liked the 3rd season. 2nd season is no bueno.

Postby **Gaucho** » Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:26 pm

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:29 pm

So Amazon ends Bosch, only for there to be a spin-off series on IMDB TV, which is owned by Amazon? This one makes my head hurt.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:42 pm

I'll take Bosch in whatever way I can.

Postby **eddy** » Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:01 pm

What kind of show is Bosch?

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:40 pm

What kind of show is Bosch?

Cop show. First season is the worst (it's not bad, just mediocre). Greatly improves from there.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:24 pm

Hell yes.

Weird choice with the move to IMdB TV - which is free, but ad supported. But I'll take it.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:33 pm

I’ll take it as well, the set up is just so weird. Same show runner and writing room. It’s Bosch Season 8 with a different name and on a different streaming service.

Postby **NTP66** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:44 pm

@Dickie Dunn: It’s funny to me that ever since I started watching The Shield, I have seen cameos from the cast on new shows. Dutch was on Magnum PI a few episodes ago, I just realized that Connie is in SWAT, along with the captain (forget his character’s name in Shield, but he was the ex-cop who ran a security business and robbed homes to drum up business). On the latest SWAT episode - a show Kenny Johnson is on (WTF DID YOU DO, SHANE?) - Ronnie made a guest appearance.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:05 pm

@Dickie Dunn: It’s funny to me that ever since I started watching The Shield, I have seen cameos from the cast on new shows. Dutch was on Magnum PI a few episodes ago, I just realized that Connie is in SWAT, along with the captain (forget his character’s name in Shield, but he was the ex-cop who ran a security business and robbed homes to drum up business). On the latest SWAT episode - a show Kenny Johnson is on (WTF DID YOU DO, SHANE?) - Ronnie made a guest appearance.

Gilroy? And yea you’ll see that a lot. I believe SWAT is a Shawn Ryan show as well. He always uses a ton of actors from The Shield. Sons of Anarchy is another one with a ton of cameos from The Shield. Kurt Sutter wrote and directed a lot of Shield episodes and also played the creepy foot fetish Armenian.

Postby **NTP66** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:09 pm

Not Gilroy, the captain in SWAT - Patrick St Esprit

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:11 pm

At one point I did a deep dive into the events that inspired The Shield. Rampart scandal, CRASH unit, etc. Pretty crazy stuff with bank robberies and cops that grew up with Suge and did his bidding. Show was even originally called RAMPART before the LAPD asked them to change it.

Postby **NTP66** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:14 pm

I’m going to have to look into it.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:27 pm

Not Gilroy, the captain in SWAT - Patrick St Esprit

I remember that dude. One of my favorite “hey it’s that guy!” moments on a rewatch was Bert Kreischer as a peeping tom cuck watching his wife take in some BBC programming.