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Re: Best television of 2015
Posted: Tue December 08, 2015 5:24 pm
by epilogue
Monkey_Driven wrote:Fargo is the answer here team.
I'm so behind on this. But the first 3 episodes alone make me want to agree with you.
Re: Best television of 2015
Posted: Tue December 08, 2015 5:24 pm
by epilogue
Fargo, Mr. Robot (still need to finish both), Mad Mean, Game of Thrones, the most recent season of Sunny... all things I'd put in the conversation.
Re: Best television of 2015
Posted: Tue December 08, 2015 5:25 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.
Re: Best television of 2015
Posted: Tue December 08, 2015 5:29 pm
by epilogue
tragabigzanda wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Fargo, Mr. Robot (still need to finish both), Mad Mean, Game of Thrones, the most recent season of Sunny... all things I'd put in the conversation.
Was Sunny good again? The last season on Netflix is pretty dismal. I have a real bi-polar relationship with that show.
I liked the last season that's on Netflix more than most. So maybe don't trust me here. But I thought S10 was the strongest the show has been in four or five years. The opening episode is an instant classic and easily one of the best episodes of the entire series, I think.
There's also a really great episode that's all one tracking shot, no commercials when it aired. They seem like they're having a ton of fun and trying to find ways to keep the show fresh and interesting. But again, I'm not as down on S8 & S9 as most folks are.
Re: Best television of 2015
Posted: Tue December 08, 2015 5:35 pm
by jwfocker
Fargo is just so impressive. Top notch story telling.
Really pleased it got renewed for a 3rd season.
Re: Best television of 2015
Posted: Tue December 08, 2015 5:41 pm
by tommymtcom
Fargo is on another level at the moment. Best show on TV.
Re: Best television of 2015
Posted: Tue December 08, 2015 5:47 pm
by EJ
tommymtcom wrote:Fargo is on another level at the moment. Best show on TV.
Re: Best television of 2015
Posted: Tue December 08, 2015 6:24 pm
by The Argonaut
Man Seeking Woman deserves a mention. This one was actually the best new show of the year.
Re: Best television of 2015
Posted: Tue December 08, 2015 6:28 pm
by The Argonaut
durdencommatyler wrote:The Argonaut wrote:JJ hadn't been involved since the pilot, which makes the fact that....
Sorry
I've never seen anything that indicates that JJ had an idea for the end of the show, let a lone that Damon & Carlton used his idea. I have seen a lot of talk that points toward that being inaccurate, however. In fact, it's pretty widely regarded that a lot of what ended up in Fringe was originally in JJ's Bible for LOST (not the ending, however).
If you have any links or articles or interviews you can point me toward in support of what you're saying, I'd love to see/read them. I'm more of a LOST nerd than anything else (Star Wars, Trek, comics, etc). So, I'd like my knowledge of the show to be accurate.
I don't know where I got the idea from. I'll have to look into it later.
Re: Best television of 2015
Posted: Tue December 08, 2015 6:28 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
The Argonaut wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:The Argonaut wrote:JJ hadn't been involved since the pilot, which makes the fact that....
Sorry
I've never seen anything that indicates that JJ had an idea for the end of the show, let a lone that Damon & Carlton used his idea. I have seen a lot of talk that points toward that being inaccurate, however. In fact, it's pretty widely regarded that a lot of what ended up in Fringe was originally in JJ's Bible for LOST (not the ending, however).
If you have any links or articles or interviews you can point me toward in support of what you're saying, I'd love to see/read them. I'm more of a LOST nerd than anything else (Star Wars, Trek, comics, etc). So, I'd like my knowledge of the show to be accurate.
I don't know where I got the idea from. I'll have to look into it later.
you mean, you'll have to try and remember?
Re: Best television of 2015
Posted: Tue December 08, 2015 6:34 pm
by The Argonaut
E.H. Ruddock wrote:The Argonaut wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:The Argonaut wrote:JJ hadn't been involved since the pilot, which makes the fact that....
Sorry
I've never seen anything that indicates that JJ had an idea for the end of the show, let a lone that Damon & Carlton used his idea. I have seen a lot of talk that points toward that being inaccurate, however. In fact, it's pretty widely regarded that a lot of what ended up in Fringe was originally in JJ's Bible for LOST (not the ending, however).
If you have any links or articles or interviews you can point me toward in support of what you're saying, I'd love to see/read them. I'm more of a LOST nerd than anything else (Star Wars, Trek, comics, etc). So, I'd like my knowledge of the show to be accurate.
I don't know where I got the idea from. I'll have to look into it later.
you mean, you'll have to try and remember?
I mean I'll do some googling and try to find out who came up with the stupid idea in the first place. New research project!
Re: Best television of 2015
Posted: Tue December 08, 2015 8:47 pm
by nyquillyn
Biggest disappointments of 2015:
1. True Desucktive (UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
2. The Muppets (I'm happy it's back, but it's not nearly as good as it was.)
3. Orange is the New Black (Season 3 was a chore and Piper remains the most annoying character on TV.)
Re: Best television of 2015
Posted: Tue December 08, 2015 8:55 pm
by Norah
The Muppets has sucked.
Re: Best television of 2015
Posted: Tue December 08, 2015 9:14 pm
by epilogue
Season One of Orange was a chore. I'm not sure how people stuck around for three of those fuckers.
Re: Best television of 2015
Posted: Tue December 08, 2015 9:14 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
durdencommatyler wrote:Season One of Orange was a chore. I'm not sure how people stuck around for three of those fuckers.
3 is the worst. We made it like 4 episodes in and gave up.
Re: Best television of 2015
Posted: Tue December 08, 2015 9:16 pm
by epilogue
E.H. Ruddock wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Season One of Orange was a chore. I'm not sure how people stuck around for three of those fuckers.
3 is the worst. We made it like 4 episodes in and gave up.
Congratulations. And I mean that.
Re: Best television of 2015
Posted: Tue December 08, 2015 9:36 pm
by VinylGuy
True Detective was a huge disappointment...i didnt hate it like everyone else, but if you compare it with season one or Galveston, the material was really really messy.
Re: Best television of 2015
Posted: Tue December 08, 2015 10:43 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.
Re: Best television of 2015
Posted: Tue December 08, 2015 10:58 pm
by The Argonaut
E.H. Ruddock wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Season One of Orange was a chore. I'm not sure how people stuck around for three of those fuckers.
3 is the worst. We made it like 4 episodes in and gave up.
Two was the only actually good season.
Re: Best television of 2015
Posted: Wed December 09, 2015 4:55 pm
by numbers
Mine
1. Show Me A Hero
2. Better Call Saul
3. Narcos
4. Mr. Robot
5. Game Of Thrones