General TV Thread

LT42

alistair Livia is the Mom, Ali.

alistair

LT42 Who knew. Used to like Janice character and her toxic relationship with Richie was hilarious

Millsy

LT42 she sounds like a fuckin hooowaaaa

Millsy

jonattonyeah

LT42

Yeah it’s still top drawer television. I rank The Wire ahead of it but that’s just a personal choice, no wrong answer.

But some of the episodes….wow is the pacing and plot development slow by today’s standards. Really noticeable when I did a rewatch over lockdown. And I don’t mean that as a criticism. I actually preferred it.

Where are you on the finale, LT? Off the top of my head of shows I’ve really liked….Good TV Show Finales RANKED

Six Feet Under (boss ending)
The Shield (boss ending)
Breaking Bad (just excellent)
The Leftovers (final season is great and makes up for a questionable S.2)
Friday Night Lights (just very well done)
The Wire (a let down, all of S.5 is - even if it’s still excellent by regular TV standards)
The Sopranos (still have mixed feelings about the last scene; a letdown like The Wire given its pedigree)
The Americans (pretty good)
Deadwood (never had a chance unless you count that movie which was….okay)
Dexter (what a disgrace)

LT42

I’m ok with the ending as I’ve probably mentioned already deep down in this thread somewhere. Tony became such an icon that it literally became impossible to write it one way or the other, so difficult. That’s why I’m ok with it, I thought it was fitting to leave it like that and you could interpret it whatever way you wanted depended on your love of the character or how the storyline developed in those final few episodes. All the whinging was over the top imo.

jonattonyeah

LT42

Yeah fair. I don’t mind the ambiguity but the cut off like your internet went out was….a choice! But it’s pretty funny in retrospect so whatever.

303abuser

i maintain the last season of the sopranos was nothing but a cash grab with lazy writing. iconic up to that point, with a massive letdown. and it’s the entire last season, not just the last episode, where the character motivations are totally inconsistent.

as mentioned above, see six feet under for how to end a show. that’s a quality last season and the best finale ever.

LT42

303abuser where the character motivations are totally inconsistent.

Interested to know what you mean by this (not in a condescending Hugo way) as I read an interview with Chase years ago that mentioned the nature of the Colombo and Bonanno wars of the 70s and 80s where allegiances flip flopped almost daily given the treacherous nature of “the life”, makes sense. Chase felt the writing up to that point was as realistic as possible. I suppose I’ll get there on the current run and see if it works out the same for me, I remember it being good the last time.

Millsy

Still need to watch six feet under. Is it ‘obtainable’ through the usual ‘sources’ winks and taps side of nose

303abuser

Millsy It’s easily one of the best shows ever made, I almost wish I hadn’t seen it so I could watch it again for the first time.

vinnyt77

Millsy Streaming on Sky / NowTV

303abuser

LT42 I think I posted about it at length back in january when I watched the whole thing in 10 days (I don’t expect you to find it as I’m too lazy to look myself lol). It just seemed like they threw that season together and the plot lines weren’t very good and the characters weren’t consistent. I know that it bothered me way more watching it close together, than it did when it was spread out over several years.

Millsy

vinnyt77 don’t want to give that Murdoch scumbag any of my hard earned.

Homegrove

Tony Hawk: When the Wheels Fall Off is on HBO Max today. A 2 hour documentary about his life, that’s 100 % fresh on RT at the moment. I was a skater kid in the early nineties (I absolutely sucked), so this is a must for me.

rhouses

Homegrove I’m assuming you watched Bones Brigade already?

Homegrove

rhouses only available for rental here. Will have to consider.

rhouses

Anyone doing the evil start up founders TV shows?

Didn’t think I’d enjoy the theranos one, given I went deep into all the podcasts around it. But Amanda Seyfried is amazing in it, worth watching.

Superpumped is pretty good too, just to see all the bat shit crazy things uber does in it. Also TK is a mad bastard.

The wework one is a bit shite, Leto a bit on the nose as per, Hathaway over doing it as well.

Dubman

rhouses
I did watch a good documentary on Elizabeth Holmes about Theranos before the scandal happened. She did seem quite weird.

rhouses

Dubman complete weirdo. Also it’s hard not getting cheap thrills watching the downfall of a blond blue eyed girl propped up by the absolute worst republicans. Even with the token creepy desi running things.

alistair

Bloody hell, that BBC three parter House of Maxwell is compulsive viewing. Intricately researched, with lots of previously unseen footage. Pretty gobsmacking. Suffice to say, the two on Bob are a lot more interesting than the one on Ghislaine

Dubman

alistair
Yeah. I watched that the other day. I’m sure i’ve seen something very similar but can’t remember what channel it was.

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