The Jokeman Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 caught up on Marc Maron, really dark end to season 3. Now moving onto Transparent with Jeffery Tambor on Amazon Prime.I started that show with no idea what it was about and was shocked. I also recommend Prime members checkout Schitt$ Creek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) I didn't search this thread but has anyone started the Stephen King miniseries on Hulu of his 11.22.63 novel? I really enjoyed the book. James Franco stars and J.J. Abrams is involved as a producer. 8-part series; not sure if all episodes are available yet or they are being released one at a time. Edited February 23, 2016 by eball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maury Ballstein Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Kung Fu with Richie Finestra. Wow. Vinyl is insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) Vinyl on HBO seems pretty solid. Ray Romano as the number 2 guy is awesome. Bobby Cannavale's been cash money since showing up as Gyp Rosetti on boardwalk empire. Some are calling it the coked out rock and roll version of mad men. I like Vinyl okay, though I thought the murder thing was a little unnecessary. But, HBO (and most of America, myself included) loves their mobster stories! It is getting ripped pretty mercilessly by a lot of people. Cannavale is great...a lot to like about this show, though I am hoping it learns the art of subtly the longer it goes on. Edited February 24, 2016 by Buftex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) The New York 70's music scene is hugely interesting to me. I've read several books about it. But Vinyl looks super cheesy. Edited February 24, 2016 by Cugalabanza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maury Ballstein Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 The New York 70's music scene is hugely interesting to me. I've read several books about it. But Vinyl looks super cheesy. It's good. Second episode took off imo. Him and his new right hand played by Max Casella are entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 I am enjoying Transparent, it's interesting, however I think the portrayal of the lesbians and the jewish family are very contrived, way over the top, but I am 6 episodes in and am enjoying it very much. I started that show with no idea what it was about and was shocked. I also recommend Prime members checkout Schitt$ Creek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acantha Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) I didn't search this thread but has anyone started the Stephen King miniseries on Hulu of his 11.22.63 novel? I really enjoyed the book. James Franco stars and J.J. Abrams is involved as a producer. 8-part series; not sure if all episodes are available yet or they are being released one at a time.I didn't know they were doing one. I'll watch since I liked the book, but I have very low expectations. The Dome wasn't one of King's best books by a long shot, but the Hulu series was absolutely horrible. Outside of a very few, SK books have a long history of TV/Movie failure. EDIT: After I wrote that I was trying to think of different SK movies and I started remembering more good ones than I initially remembered, so I looked up a list online. Actually quite a few good ones (though still more bad ones). I'll stand by the TV statement though. Almost none of the series stuff worked out. Edited February 26, 2016 by Acantha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 I didn't know they were doing one. I'll watch since I liked the book, but I have very low expectations. The Dome wasn't one of King's best books by a long shot, but the Hulu series was absolutely horrible. Outside of a very few, SK books have a long history of TV/Movie failure. EDIT: After I wrote that I was trying to think of different SK movies and I started remembering more good ones than I initially remembered, so I looked up a list online. Actually quite a few good ones (though still more bad ones). I'll stand by the TV statement though. Almost none of the series stuff worked out. The Stand was the best CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 I didn't know they were doing one. I'll watch since I liked the book, but I have very low expectations. The Dome wasn't one of King's best books by a long shot, but the Hulu series was absolutely horrible. Outside of a very few, SK books have a long history of TV/Movie failure. EDIT: After I wrote that I was trying to think of different SK movies and I started remembering more good ones than I initially remembered, so I looked up a list online. Actually quite a few good ones (though still more bad ones). I'll stand by the TV statement though. Almost none of the series stuff worked out. I'm encouraged because of JJ Abrams' involvement, and I think the actual story was one of King's most interesting. I'll give it a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Saw an email from Netflix today House of Cards, Season 4, March 4th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Jerky Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Saw an email from Netflix today House of Cards, Season 4, March 4th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maury Ballstein Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Girls is pretty good this season. Wish they would kill Hannah off though. She's tha worst. On and off screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Girls is pretty good this season. Wish they would kill Hannah off though. She's tha worst. On and off screen. I haven't caught any of this season as the preview didn't looked promising if it's true Marni's getting married. I might binge watch it to catch up. I agree Hannah's the worst of the girls in the show but being she's creator/director/writer/everything she's never getting killed off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty McFly Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 I like Vinyl okay, though I thought the murder thing was a little unnecessary. But, HBO (and most of America, myself included) loves their mobster stories! It is getting ripped pretty mercilessly by a lot of people. Cannavale is great...a lot to like about this show, though I am hoping it learns the art of subtly the longer it goes on. yeah how is vinyl? Saw the commercial for it, is it fiction or based on a band? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Just finished Bloodline. A little too much drama at a few points between the two main characters, but on balance a very good show... set in Islamorada, FL. Thirteen episodes and a second season in the works so I've heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 i'm finally gonna bite the bullet and watch flight of the conchords after all these years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 SUITS~!!!!!! CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maury Ballstein Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 i'm finally gonna bite the bullet and watch flight of the conchords after all these years. Lucky you. Funny stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acantha Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 I'm encouraged because of JJ Abrams' involvement, and I think the actual story was one of King's most interesting. I'll give it a shot. I watched the first two episodes this weekend. The production quality is well above the standard Stephen King mini-series, and the acting is has been pretty good. They're trying to beef up the mysterious stuff a little more than the book did, which I really don't think is necessary. They went WAY overboard with that in the Dome and along with the horrible acting and scripts, it ended up a mess. The really disappointing thing is that they are completely glossing over the "being in the past" part of the time travel thing, which is what I expected to happen. There's just been too many time travel TV shows/movies. The really good thing about the book was the exploration of the extreme differences between the past and present (which was a really perfect niche for SK since he's so long winded in his character and environment build). Outside of "wow, this apple pie is amazing" they just basically ignored all of that, which IMO was probably the point of about 80% of the book. Anyway, it will probably end up being a pretty good watch overall; I just need to adjust my expectations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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