John from Cincinnati Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Reminder for anyone interested: Young Rock premieres tonight on NBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Cartoon Network vs. Nickelodeon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanChessgame Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Tim Burton's live action Addams' Family series for Netflix is back on and is now planned to be a spinoff focusing on Wednesday. "Titled Wednesday, the coming-of-age comedy, written by Smallville creators Al Gough and Miles Millar and to be directed by Burton, is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy. That’s where she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships." I like the concept but the outline makes it sound like more or less the same thing as that new Sabrina series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 KEVIN CAN F**K HIMSELF On AMC & AMC+ this summer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 We finished Ted Lasso. That is easily in my list of favorite TV series. I don't think I've watched anything that made me feel that happy or made me teary eyed with nearly every episode. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 7 hours ago, Craig H said: We finished Ted Lasso. That is easily in my list of favorite TV series. I don't think I've watched anything that made me feel that happy or made me teary eyed with nearly every episode. There's really something to this show coming along at the right moment culturally, where the show is designed to be warm and comforting and attempts to beat the cynicism out of any character who would dare be cynical in Ted Lasso's TV show. Add Sudeikis to the list of people who I didn't care for on SNL because SNL is trash but ends up being in a perfect thing afterward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 On 2/16/2021 at 2:09 PM, John from Cincinnati said: Reminder for anyone interested: Young Rock premieres tonight on NBC. My favorite thing about Young Rock is how Meltzer and the like are treating it like a documentary 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 CBS has announced that Mom will end after its current 8th season ends. Guess they decided the Anna Faris-less version wasn't working 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 4 minutes ago, RIPPA said: My favorite thing about Young Rock is how Meltzer and the like are treating it like a documentary Perhaps surprisingly, JC did not totally hate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister TV Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 1 hour ago, odessasteps said: Perhaps surprisingly, JC did not totally hate it. While they didn’t go overboard with the “that group of wrestlers were never in that location at the same time”, a lot of people need to remember the “repeat to yourself it’s just a show” line from the MST3K theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 There's no Expanse thread but I've been pretty vocal about the books being so, so much better. We're just starting Season 5 so I could be wrong but... (Season 5 spoilers:) Spoiler We meet Holden in episode 1 sitting in a bar and eating ramen. He's nudged by Monica Stuart to look into missing ships that might be affected by the protomolecule. That makes him go to Fred and starts his arc for the season, etc., etc. In the books, however, you have a whole section of how he got to that point and his mindset leading up to Monica approaching him. By this point, Alex, Amos, and Naomi have all been off the ship for a bit and he's going absolutely stir crazy. He's without purpose, without family, incredibly worried and self-conscious about Naomi leaving without letting him know what was going on. Lots of time in his head to set up the exact condition where he's going to actually listen to Monica's concerns. It's not about her or the concerns but about him and his mental state. In the show, he looks a little unkempt and casual and vaguely bored as he slurps the ramen and it's much more about her concerns driving him forward. Everything's dumber and more shallow and it's just about driving the plot forward mechanically. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 14 hours ago, RIPPA said: CBS has announced that Mom will end after its current 8th season ends. Guess they decided the Anna Faris-less version wasn't working I been watching since the beginning, and gave this season only one episode, and that one was nearly unwatchable. Anna Faris was the glue that held it together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 11 hours ago, Matt D said: There's no Expanse thread but I've been pretty vocal about the books being so, so much better. We're just starting Season 5 so I could be wrong but... (Season 5 spoilers:) Reveal hidden contents We meet Holden in episode 1 sitting in a bar and eating ramen. He's nudged by Monica Stuart to look into missing ships that might be affected by the protomolecule. That makes him go to Fred and starts his arc for the season, etc., etc. In the books, however, you have a whole section of how he got to that point and his mindset leading up to Monica approaching him. By this point, Alex, Amos, and Naomi have all been off the ship for a bit and he's going absolutely stir crazy. He's without purpose, without family, incredibly worried and self-conscious about Naomi leaving without letting him know what was going on. Lots of time in his head to set up the exact condition where he's going to actually listen to Monica's concerns. It's not about her or the concerns but about him and his mental state. In the show, he looks a little unkempt and casual and vaguely bored as he slurps the ramen and it's much more about her concerns driving him forward. Everything's dumber and more shallow and it's just about driving the plot forward mechanically. At the same time, they only have 10 episodes to work with and they're ending the series likely picking some things here and there from the remaining books. I thought season 5 was fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 2 hours ago, Kuetsar said: I been watching since the beginning, and gave this season only one episode, and that one was nearly unwatchable. Anna Faris was the glue that held it together. My wife is a huge fan of the show and she said this season without Anna was still good. I knew it wouldn't last without Faris. Allison Janney is wildly talented but she needs Faris as a foil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 Gillian Anderson has been cast as Eleanor Roosevelt in The First Lady (the new slight tweaked name for the Showtime series that was originally going to be called First Ladies) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Huh. Well, she managed to nail Thatcher, so this shouldn't be hard. It is weird to have someone as stunning as her playing dumpy middle aged women though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 We finally got around to The Plot Against America over the weekend. Riveting, horrifying, heartbreaking stuff with unavoidable connotations from the past five years. I was getting angrier and angrier as it went on... ...and then we got to the final scene, with people voting for President in a basketball gym with a FUCKING THREE-POINT LINE, and just like that the anger melted away because I was howling with laughter. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Hey man, they don’t call it an “alternate history” for nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Everyone knows the outside shot was first theorized by nazi scientists smuggled into the country after WWII. You can still see the horrifying remnants of their failed experiments today: Spoiler 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) That Frasier revival mentioned a few pages back is a go at Paramount Plus (whatever that is). No word on any cast members aside from Grammer. Edited February 25, 2021 by John from Cincinnati Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Paramount Plus is the "oh fuck we failed" rebranding of CBS All Access. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) Isn't John Mahoney dead? I don't think I could stomach Kelsey Grammar with just him and David Hyde Pierce. I'd rather Jane Leeves do a revival of THROB than Frasier James Edited February 26, 2021 by J.H. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 57 minutes ago, J.H. said: Isn't John Mahoney dead? Yes - he died in 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Hip Hop Uncovered on FX was fucking GREAT and if you have any interest in hip hop or black culture in America you should watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert s Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 (not sure where to post this, there does not seem to be a Star Trek thread and I think this fits better here than in the documentary thread) I have recently watched the Star Trek Deep Space Nine documentary they did in 2018. They did a pretty good job and had a funny thing going on during the credits where Nana Visitor (Kira in DS9) is arguing with the producer of the documentation Ira Steven Behr (showrunner of DS9 in the later years) about stuff they did not mention or cut from the documentary. But that is not why I am posting this. The last pre-credit scene is René Auberjonois (Odo in DS9) reminiscing about how in his obituary he now won't be described as being best known as Clayton Endicott III from Benson, because even though that was a great character, he was a nitwit, but rather as being Odo. While he was saying that, he was near tears. Auberjonois died about a year after the documentary premiered so I guess something like 2 years after the interview was conducted, but I guess by that time he knew that he was near the end of the road and I suppose Behr knew so as well (Auberjonois died from lung cancer). The documentary also featured quite some material with Aron Eisenberg (Nog in DS9) including an emotional interview excerpt near the end. Eisenberg died a couple of months before Auberjonois from heart failure and wasn't doing physically well either for quite some time, so that might also have been a concious choice. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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