TV/Movies Megathread

[The Larch]

Isn't the pilot the Santa's Little Helper episode? I think that one is great.

Pick and choose from the first season. Take the great ones and skip the duds I say.

Yup, pilot is the Christmas episode.  I mean it's fine, but I never thought it was great.

I'd skip at least the first season entirely, if only because it was so damn ugly at first. When did the drawing improve, was it in the second one or later?

[Barrister]

Isn't the pilot the Santa's Little Helper episode? I think that one is great.

Pick and choose from the first season. Take the great ones and skip the duds I say.

Yup, pilot is the Christmas episode.  I mean it's fine, but I never thought it was great.

I'd skip at least the first season entirely, if only because it was so damn ugly at first. When did the drawing improve, was it in the second one or later?

That was from the Tracy Ullman show.

By the time the pilot came around the characters look pretty much like they do now.

[Admiral Yi]

Tried watching Nobel.  Norwegian miniseries.  The main guy is a sniper stationed in Afghanistan, so I think this is going to be an American Sniper rip-off.  But then he gets leave to see his seriously hottie wife (Tuva Novotny; pic here https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0637259/mediaviewer/rm750758656) and it goes right off the rails.  Brilliant plan to save the world by developing the Afghan oilfields  , except the evil Afghan war lord stands in the way.  Evil war lord's beautiful wife flees to Norway, evil war lord chases her down, sniper dude rescues her...and I give up.

[celedhring]

Finished watching The Deuce. Quite good overall, the wrapping up of all the storylines felt a bit rushed towards the end though. David Simmons says they always planned it as a 3-season show, but if that's the case I think they missed a trick by not continuing into the Giuliani era.

[Admiral Yi]

I don't think I've ever seen a teen show as self-indulgent as Skins.  Every single adult is a tosser.  Every single suburban middle class teen disappointment is a dire calamity.  It's a paean to infantilism and self-centeredness.

[The Brain]

I don't think I've ever seen a teen show as self-indulgent as Skins.  Every single adult is a tosser.  Every single suburban middle class teen disappointment is a dire calamity.  It's a paean to infantilism and self-centeredness.

Ass?

[Admiral Yi]

Ass?

Dude, it's a teen show.

[The Brain]

Ass?

Dude, it's a teen show.

Sweet.

[Sheilbh]

Really enjoying the Name of the Rose TV series. Turturro is spot-on as Baskerville and Rupert Everett is excellent as Bernardo Gui.

[FunkMonk]

Every time I watch Up it just destroys me   

[mongers]

Every time I watch Up it just destroys me   

The animation with the old man and the house?

If so I did like it, so maybe should give it another go and look for the deeper meaning you found, that which just went straight over me. 

[Eddie Teach]

It's a story of a man whose wife died without ever getting to take the grand adventure they'd always planned; no deeper meaning necessary. 

[FunkMonk]

Yeah, it's a pretty simple and straightforward story. Just told really, really well.

[The Brain]

What's a good costume drama TV series with a decent amount of butts and boobs?

[Admiral Yi]

What's a good costume drama TV series with a decent amount of butts and boobs?

The Tudors is decent, plenty of T&A.