[quote=“last.caress, post:220, topic:1822”]Yesterday, finished watching season three of The Walking Dead and watched episode 2 season 4 of Game of Thrones. TWD has been improving season on season; we’re cracking straight into season four tonight. Game of Thrones is off the scale. Don’t want to give anything away for those who haven’t seen it yet but as the credits rolled, I was very much like this:
[/quote]Thanks for the spoiler 
GOT-4-2
SHA-NA-NA-NA…SHA-NA-NA-NA…HEY HEY HEY…[size=14pt][size=14pt]GOODBYE![/size][/size]
Wasn’t a spoiler.
Then what are you waiting for?
MY favorite TV series? Hmmm. I suppose I’ve had a few during my 4+ decades, but the most recent one that comes to mind is Walker Texas Ranger. Yeah, I know it’s totally cheese-y, and silly at times, but I kind of liked it because it was different from all the rest. It was a cop show with plenty of violence…yet it remained G-rated at all times…and the good guys always won.
Hah, hadn’t thought about W,TR in years! Can’t say I watched it much but I used to watch the other show by Paul Haggis that was on at the time, Due South (you know; the buddy cop show about the impossibly polite RCMP Mountie paired up with the more streetwise and cynical Chicago detective). I hadn’t thought about that in years, either!
Had babysitting duties recently, and now have this theme from a T.V series in my head 
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[quote=“ENNIOO, post:227, topic:1822”]Had babysitting duties recently, and now have this theme from a T.V series in my head :
[url]Rupert the Bear title song by Jackie Lee - YouTube
Ohh no… I hope it vanishes fast. They really didn’t need an actual human…
All caught up on The Walking Dead now, and what a good show it is. The middle of that last season started to wobble a bit, and it developed a weird affection for angst-ridden musical montages (I thought the Governor was about to start singing at one point; he looked as though he was in a Backstreet Boys video), but it came on strong again towards the end.
We’re going to have a go at True Detective from tonight. Only eight episodes in the first season so we’ll be done by Thursday, I reckon. It’s been very well received, so it’s worth a look.
I’ve seen all eight episodes, and i liked it a lot. Good performances from Matthew McConnaghey and Woody Harrelson in this dark, grim, crime series.
Wait till you see Alexandra Daddario in episode 2…wow! I was floored.
As to the show itself; I liked it, but I didn’t love it. I thought it was well made, but police procedurals aren’t massively my thing. It had a terrific, almost Lovecraftian vibe going on, especially towards the end, and Messrs. Harrelson and McConaughey - the latter, particularly - were very good. If I had a criticism it might be that IMHO the pace could’ve picked up just a little; I like a slow burn but this was e x t r a o r d i n a r i l y s l o w , and then it kind-of felt as though everything fell together very quickly (and a little too conveniently) in the last episode. There was enough about it though that I’d give a look to the second season, whenever that surfaces (I understand that True Detective is going to be an anthology-type of thing, so season two will in all likelihood have nothing to do with the first season beyond obviously the writing crew and, perhaps, the general vibe of the show).
Flipped a coin yesterday, unable to decide between starting Vikings or starting Battlestar Galactica. Wound up watching the 2003 Battlestar Galactica miniseries which kicked off the 2004 show proper. I thought it was excellent. We’re still probably going to run with Vikings first (mrs.caress REALLY doesn’t want to watch Battlestar) but there was a lot there to like. Tense stuff.
Well, from what I’ve read, each new season will be centered around new crimes in different locations and new characters. But,either way, I’m looking forward to what True Detective offers for season 2.
Watched the first three episodes of season one of Vikings tonight. Quite good, if a little heavy and humourless. Not that everything has to be humorous of course, but when we’re talking about a series that can be many hours long, you need something I think to lighten the load, especially when we’re looking at ancient civilizations where precious little is relatable. But, it’s a History Channel production so I guess they have to be a little more serious in their presentation, with less dramatic license. It was interesting enough though, and at only nine episodes for the first season, we’ll be done in another couple of days and we’ll decide if we want to proceed further with it then.
Finished watching Season One of The Following. Really enjoyed it and am looking forward to checking out the second season at some point.
Finished season one of Vikings tonight, but mrs.caress and I are not going to pursue it further. It’s well-meant and it’s well made and, because of that, I’d recommend that anyone give it at least a look. But it’s not for me. It’s too dry and I don’t give a gnat’s chuff about any of the characters. The words “Ragnar Lothbrok” seem to be uttered once per minute. It’s starting to make me flinch.
And now, having watched the first three episodes of season two of Hannibal last night, we’re abandoning that too. It’s just a lot of elegantly grotesque images of gore floating across the screen (s l o w l y) while we bumble about (s l o w l y) in Will’s head, or Hannibal’s head, or some other bugger’s head; and in the meantime we listen to the characters drone on (s l o w l y) about being in their own heads, or in each other’s heads, or in some other bugger’s head. Everything is black, or charcoal, or slate grey. Unless it’s blood, or a surface upon which blood can be splashed. I like the guy playing Hannibal and I don’t mind tubby Morpheus either, but I just want to slap Hugh Dancy. Whinging bumhole. I’m - what, sixteen episodes in at this point? - and I still don’t really know who any of the other characters are apart from those three. Unless Eddie Izzard shows up. And I don’t know who he’s supposed to be either, except Eddie Izzard. All the silly imagery, it’s like watching the realisation of an emo’s w@nk fantasy. And the super-elaborate murders - very inventive and visually arresting, f’sure, but so unrealistic it’s just silly. It’s cold, it’s uninvolving and, worst of all, it’s boring.
IMO, like.
I watched the first episode yesterday, not bad, but not fascinating either. Same idea about the characters (so far): they leave me absolutely cold.
Don’t know what it is, most movies about Vikings I’ve seen over the past few years created that same feeling of aloofness. Is it the Viking culture? I found a series like Rome (I & II) far more interesting and compelling, with characters you could root for (or hate).
I thought Rome was fantastic, haven’t seen any of Vikings yet.
Been following Justified, like the rural aspect of the serie away from the bif cities, and Tmothy Oliphant character is full of charisma, and it doesn’t have Steven Seagal, and does have that Western feeling so
Yeah, I don’t mind Justified. I’m not avidly following it, but it’s very episodic so it’s easy to just drop in and out of. A decent enough bit of filler. I like Timothy Olyphant.
I think we’re going to try Orange is the New Black next. We’ll be trying Fargo and 24: Live Another Day once they’ve finished their runs (I tend to wait until a series has ended before grabbing the whole series from one source or another and the binge-watching it) and we STILL haven’t gotten around to Battlestar Galactica, but once those are done we’ll be a bit stuck. I mean, there are plenty of acclaimed shows we haven’t tried yet (Luther, Sherlock, The Americans, Homeland, Mad Men, The Bridge etc etc) but none of those shows especially intrigue me. There are one or two that I think I might’ve wanted to like (Hemlock Grove, Bates Motel, From Dusk Till Dawn, Penny Dreadful) but… I dunno, I’m not feeling much urgency there either.
It doesn’t help I suppose that Game of Thrones is currently building a head of steam as it approaches it’s season climax and, as our “bedtime” viewing (something comfortable to which we can happily fall asleep because we’ve seen it plenty and needn’t pay attention) we’re currently breezing through Breaking Bad once again. Other shows simply don’t stack up to those two leviathans.