Re: What are you currently watching on TV?
Posted: Mon August 03, 2020 6:33 pm
The first one is puzzling. The second one is whatever.
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.
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.
I agree that it shows Christopher's irrational and desperate choices to try to break through. Love me some CleaverJorge wrote:That was thankfully just one episode long but it fits in with the larger arc of Chris looking for ways to break into show business... and it gave us DEFILER! And more time with Hesh. I'm okay with it
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.
I admit I've never seen The Sopranos. It's very possible that takes the #1 spot. But based on what I know about the show, I have a feeling it will underwhelm me. I want to be wrong about that, btw.Iholdthepain wrote:Ach(Sopranos)oooooo!durdencommatyler wrote:This is where I'm at, too.The Argonaut wrote:Mad Men is the best television show of all-time and I seriously doubt that anything will ever be better
the game show or the movie?doug rr wrote:the french connection is better than the sopranos
I would berate you for this, but I've never seen Mad Men, so...durdencommatyler wrote:I admit I've never seen The Sopranos. It's very possible that takes the #1 spot. But based on what I know about the show, I have a feeling it will underwhelm me. I want to be wrong about that, btw.Iholdthepain wrote:Ach(Sopranos)oooooo!durdencommatyler wrote:This is where I'm at, too.The Argonaut wrote:Mad Men is the best television show of all-time and I seriously doubt that anything will ever be better
So hotlennytheweedwhacker wrote:giving the americans a go...keri russell is so pretty
She’s never been one that’s turned my crank. And I really wish someone had taught her how to smoke a cigarette before she was on this show.VinylGuy wrote:So hotlennytheweedwhacker wrote:giving the americans a go...keri russell is so pretty
after this and what's her name from the andy griffith show, i find your taste in women very oddwease wrote:She’s never been one that’s turned my crank. And I really wish someone had taught her how to smoke a cigarette before she was on this show.VinylGuy wrote:So hotlennytheweedwhacker wrote:giving the americans a go...keri russell is so pretty
I don’t find her to be ugly, I just don’t think she‘s smoking hot.lennytheweedwhacker wrote:after this and what's her name from the andy griffith show, i find your taste in women very oddwease wrote:She’s never been one that’s turned my crank. And I really wish someone had taught her how to smoke a cigarette before she was on this show.VinylGuy wrote:So hotlennytheweedwhacker wrote:giving the americans a go...keri russell is so pretty
yeah it lost steam for me for sure...season 2 though, oh manJorge wrote:Not a fan of how Fargo season 1 wrapped up. In fact I'd say the whole stretch from the moment Key & Peele showed up felt a little weak compared to the rest of the season.
i just think she has a classic beauty to herwease wrote:I don’t find her to be ugly, I just don’t think she‘s smoking hot.lennytheweedwhacker wrote:after this and what's her name from the andy griffith show, i find your taste in women very oddwease wrote:She’s never been one that’s turned my crank. And I really wish someone had taught her how to smoke a cigarette before she was on this show.VinylGuy wrote:So hotlennytheweedwhacker wrote:giving the americans a go...keri russell is so pretty