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Re: What are you currently watching on TV?
Posted: Mon July 27, 2020 5:28 pm
by epilogue
bada wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Wife never watched My So Called to Life when it was on originally. Just watched the first two episodes with her and she's just as hooked and impressed as I knew she'd be.
great show glad to hear its aged well....
It's amazing how visceral and modern it is. There are cheesy 90s TV camera movies and it could benefit from an HD or 4K transfer (or whatever it is folks do to make old shows look better now; I'm not up on all of that digital restoration stuff). But in terms of acting/writing/content this thing feels fresh and vital, still.
It's also crazy how much of it I remember. This show really hit and stuck with me. It's also crazy being able to watch it now and feel very different feelings, not just about the characters, but about myself. Thinking back on 15/16 year old me and what I thought/felt watching it for the first time is wild.
And my wife is blown away by the show. She said multiple times that she genuinely couldn't imagine what it must have been like to be 15 watching this. She already understands why people freak out about it so much and we're only 2 episodes in!
Re: What are you currently watching on TV?
Posted: Mon July 27, 2020 5:40 pm
by bada
durdencommatyler wrote:bada wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Wife never watched My So Called to Life when it was on originally. Just watched the first two episodes with her and she's just as hooked and impressed as I knew she'd be.
great show glad to hear its aged well....
It's amazing how visceral and modern it is. There are cheesy 90s TV camera movies and it could benefit from an HD or 4K transfer (or whatever it is folks do to make old shows look better now; I'm not up on all of that digital restoration stuff). But in terms of acting/writing/content this thing feels fresh and vital, still.
It's also crazy how much of it I remember. This show really hit and stuck with me. It's also crazy being able to watch it now and feel very different feelings, not just about the characters, but about myself. Thinking back on 15/16 year old me and what I thought/felt watching it for the first time is wild.
And my wife is blown away by the show. She said multiple times that she genuinely couldn't imagine what it must have been like to be 15 watching this. She already understands why people freak out about it so much and we're only 2 episodes in!
I think a lot of 90s shows were filmed on video tape and it's hard to impossible to upgrade without spending major cash on the process. My So Called Life and The Byrds of Paradise were two shows I was super into in '94 that got the axe after one season.
Re: What are you currently watching on TV?
Posted: Mon July 27, 2020 5:54 pm
by epilogue
I don't remember The Byrds of Paradise. I'll look that up.
Re: What are you currently watching on TV?
Posted: Mon July 27, 2020 5:56 pm
by epilogue
Wait... Seth Green AND Jennifer Love Hewitt???
Re: What are you currently watching on TV?
Posted: Mon July 27, 2020 5:56 pm
by epilogue
Is this thing available to stream anywhere? I need to watch this.
EDIT: Shit... doesn't look like it's available to stream or to purchase/rent.
Re: What are you currently watching on TV?
Posted: Mon July 27, 2020 6:40 pm
by bada
Yeah I haven't seen it or even heard anything about it since '94. I remember talking about the show in class and this kid was like why are you always going on and on about that show and I was like have you seen Jennifer Love Hewitt?!?! I think I'm the only person in the world holding to that show.
Re: What are you currently watching on TV?
Posted: Mon July 27, 2020 6:48 pm
by epilogue
This from wikipedia:
The Byrds of Paradise was unique in the inclusion of the local culture of Hawaii in the lives of the originally mainland Byrd family, rather than their maintaining a lifestyle nearly indistinguishable from that on the mainland with Hawaii's tropical scenery serving primarily as an attractive background.
has me really intrigued about the show.
Re: What are you currently watching on TV?
Posted: Mon July 27, 2020 6:58 pm
by bada
It was def very much like My So Called Life in that it was way realer than typical TV. Which is why it didn't last.
Re: What are you currently watching on TV?
Posted: Mon July 27, 2020 6:59 pm
by epilogue
bada wrote:It was def very much like My So Called Life in that it was way realer than typical TV. Which is why it didn't last.
Crazy how progressive (for lack of a better word) so much 90's TV was. It's a shame that didn't get the attention it deserved at the time.
Re: What are you currently watching on TV?
Posted: Mon July 27, 2020 9:29 pm
by doug rr
man vs food
Re: What are you currently watching on TV?
Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 1:09 pm
by Biff Pocoroba
Emmy nominations coming out this morning.
Re: What are you currently watching on TV?
Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 3:23 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
Biff Pocoroba wrote:Emmy nominations coming out this morning.
thanks
Re: What are you currently watching on TV?
Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 4:33 pm
by Biff Pocoroba
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Biff Pocoroba wrote:Emmy nominations coming out this morning.
thanks
There's just too much to keep up now. I've seen the list and there are shows I've only heard of in passing if at all.
Re: What are you currently watching on TV?
Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 4:42 pm
by Monkey_Driven
Mandalorian for best drama is a surprise.
Re: What are you currently watching on TV?
Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 6:30 pm
by The Argonaut
They're missing out on BCS again
Rhea Seehorn still not nominated!!!!
And neither Jonathan Banks nor Bob Odenkirk was nominated, wow
Re: What are you currently watching on TV?
Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 6:33 pm
by Jorge
The Argonaut wrote:They're missing out on BCS again
Rhea Seehorn still not nominated!!!!
And neither Jonathan Banks nor Bob Odenkirk was nominated, wow
Also they nominated... Gus? Weird
Re: What are you currently watching on TV?
Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 6:35 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
modern family is still on
Re: What are you currently watching on TV?
Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 6:35 pm
by The Argonaut
Jorge wrote:The Argonaut wrote:They're missing out on BCS again
Rhea Seehorn still not nominated!!!!
And neither Jonathan Banks nor Bob Odenkirk was nominated, wow
Also they nominated... Gus? Weird
Very odd, Gus is fine but didn't have nearly the role the other three had this year.
Rhea Seehorn is the best actor and Kim Wexler is the most compelling character on any current television show, I don't know how they're missing this
Re: What are you currently watching on TV?
Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 6:36 pm
by Jorge
Sometimes it feels like they're not actually watching the shows they nominate. Like that time Michael McKean delivered an incredible season-long acting masterclass and the Emmy voters nominated... Jonathan Banks, who is great but didn't really get much to do all season aside from look sleepy
Re: What are you currently watching on TV?
Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 6:38 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.