Thibs Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Any thoughts on Bosch? It started a little slow for me but I really got into it. About to finish season 4. Titus Welliver does a tremendous job portraying the old grizzled veteran cop who’s been to hell and back. I legitmatory felt sorry did him through different parts of the show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I love the shit out of Bosch. I've always thought of Welliver as a regular height Jay Thomas before this show. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 3 hours ago, Thibs said: Is this on USA? Yes though probably not till summer since it seems like it won't start till Suits ends and Suits season doesnt start till the end of March 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thibs Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 3 hours ago, driver said: I love the shit out of Bosch. I've always thought of Welliver as a regular height Jay Thomas before this show. Never been exposed to him before this. But man was he born for that role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thibs Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Posted that by accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I like Bosch. Season one was kinda shaky. The police made every mistake in the book letting that fucker escape and the manhunt afterwards was pretty halfhearted. All so we could get a cliche game of cat-and-mouse with a serial killer, a trope that sucks when it's done poorly. But I was told to stick with it and it was worth it. Made for a fun binge. Only thing I dislike about Bosch is that production on season five kept Welliver from appearing in the Deadwood movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 19 hours ago, Thibs said: Any thoughts on Bosch? It started a little slow for me but I really got into it. About to finish season 4. Titus Welliver does a tremendous job portraying the old grizzled veteran cop who’s been to hell and back. I legitmatory felt sorry did him through different parts of the show. I enjoyed the show, but a part of me couldn't separate the fact that if he was a real cop and not a TV character I'd be horrified at his very existence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 In my experience, real cops are exactly like that, minus the competence at actually solving crimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Craig H Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 3 hours ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said: YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS That first season is going to be really hard to top. Easily one of the best if not the best first season of TV I've seen just for how consistently good it was, for how much it subverted my expectations, and for turning what you think is a comedy on its surface into an incredibly heavy half hour of TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 On 1/27/2019 at 5:44 PM, Thibs said: Never been exposed to him before this. But man was he born for that role. First place I ever saw him was Sons Of Anarchy as Jimmy O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Crashing was really good last night and sets up something way too good to be true for Pete. I sat there watching thinking, "man, how is Pete going to fuck this one up." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Jussie Smollett from Empire was violently attacked last night in Chicago by 2 men wearing... those hats. The details are horrific and very, very likely racially & homophobia-based. He's been hospitalized but will be fine. Chicago PD is investigating. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 My British comedy venture has moved onto another show called The Detectorists. It's about two friends without much in common beyond both being avid vans of trying to find artifacts via metal detectors. It's like if you took the tone of The Great British Bake Off but made it into an offbeat comedy. Well-drawn characters in a singularly unique setting will always work. It's a really lovely, slow-burning show. (One of the co-stars was Garreth from The Office, too.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thibs Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 On 1/27/2019 at 4:50 PM, West Newbury Bad Boy said: I like Bosch. Season one was kinda shaky. The police made every mistake in the book letting that fucker escape and the manhunt afterwards was pretty halfhearted. All so we could get a cliche game of cat-and-mouse with a serial killer, a trope that sucks when it's done poorly. But I was told to stick with it and it was worth it. Made for a fun binge. Only thing I dislike about Bosch is that production on season five kept Welliver from appearing in the Deadwood movie. I think the police incompetence in that whole deal was done to get Bosch over. Especially the where Bosch said “fuck that” to letting them take the ankle locks off the dude. And then of course he escapes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 6 hours ago, Thibs said: I think the police incompetence in that whole deal was done to get Bosch over. Especially the where Bosch said “fuck that” to letting them take the ankle locks off the dude. And then of course he escapes. "Get Bosch over"? His attitude as a guy who always gets his man no matter what is enough to do that. I don't need everyone around him to be completely brain dead. I tend not to enjoy shows where bumbling incompetence is the only thing that makes a plot work. It's why I find Westworld such a chore. But that's not to say I don't enjoy shows with stupid characters. Quite a few board favourites have many wonderfully empty-headed fools (Sopranos, Wire, Parks and Rec, The Office, etc.). But those shows make more out of the stupidity than just moving a bad plot along because a minor character is wildly incompetent. And now, for the enjoyment of the class, an example of someone being stupid in the good way: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 2 hours ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said: "Get Bosch over"? His attitude as a guy who always gets his man no matter what is enough to do that. I don't need everyone around him to be completely brain dead. I tend not to enjoy shows where bumbling incompetence is the only thing that makes a plot work. It's why I find Westworld such a chore. But that's not to say I don't enjoy shows with stupid characters. Quite a few board favourites have many wonderfully empty-headed fools (Sopranos, Wire, Parks and Rec, The Office, etc.). But those shows make more out of the stupidity than just moving a bad plot along because a minor character is wildly incompetent. And now, for the enjoyment of the class, an example of someone being stupid in the good way: One of the funniest Justified moments ever. Dim Roman Reigns was awesomely dumb. Gosh...Does Justified have the most good dumb characters? Choo Choo, Stevie, Wynn Duffy, Dewey, Dickie, and way more that I'm not remembering. I mean, it's set...IN THE DEEEEEEEP DARK HILLS of eastern Kentucky, so you're not going to get a ton of savvy characters. Ah, this must be my monthly "I wish Justified would come back" moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 "Gimmicky dimwits who get in over their head" is something Leonard's work goes back to again and again. So Justified leaning on it so heavily feels right. Though Wynn isn't one I'd lump among the fools. In over his head? Like most characters on the show, yes, frequently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Talking about great dumb characters from Justified, and no one mentioned Coover...it's like you didn't even watch the show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 4 minutes ago, supremebve said: Talking about great dumb characters from Justified, and no one mentioned Coover...it's like you didn't even watch the show. I didn't think about Coover because...man...I kinda felt bad for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 13 minutes ago, Craig H said: I didn't think about Coover because...man...I kinda felt bad for him. After he threw the rat at Rachel, I pretty much thought he deserved everything he got. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 And he met his end hunting down Loretta in a jealous rage. Nothing to feel bad about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 On 1/25/2019 at 5:26 AM, RIPPA said: The Bridges thing is for a Super Bowl commercial - don't get your hopes up It's a Stella Artois commercial also featuring Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 How the hell is a commercial with The Dude not for some combo of Vodka/Kaluha? Or a fucking bowling alley? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Another case of "spend your advertising dollars on making your beer worth drinking". See also, Heineken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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