Whitechapel - On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=314087#Comment_314087 2011-10-31T13:38:48-07:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 johnjones http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1052 Looking forward to new Burn Notice and, hopefully, a new Fringe as well. Burn Notice and, hopefully, a new Fringe as well.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=314254#Comment_314254 2011-11-02T06:08:01-07:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 edyhdrawde http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1789 Looking forward to Hell on Wheels. hopefully it will be decent. I need a Deadwood Replacement. On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=314271#Comment_314271 2011-11-02T09:12:21-07:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 Norbert http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10291 Anybody seen / has thoughts on Treme (HBO)? On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=314279#Comment_314279 2011-11-02T09:57:40-07:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 William Joseph Dunn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2798 I only watched the first season of Treme on DVD, but I liked it a lot. not as much as I liked The Wire, but it's really good. On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=314287#Comment_314287 2011-11-02T10:57:27-07:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 StefanJ http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961 DITTO, RE Hell on Wheels. The building of the transcontinental railway could be a rich source of stories. Financial scandals, engineering feats, labor issues galore.
The building of the transcontinental railway could be a rich source of stories. Financial scandals, engineering feats, labor issues galore.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=314977#Comment_314977 2011-11-08T19:12:56-08:00 2011-11-08T19:13:15-08:00 Beamish http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8236 I am very excited after the first episode of Hell on Wheels, although I am pretty pissed with what happened to Ted Levine Re: House Am I the only one that thought Jamie Bamber was going to be ...
I am pretty pissed with what happened to Ted Levine


Re: House
Am I the only one that thought Jamie Bamber was going to be a cylon at the end of the episode?
]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=314979#Comment_314979 2011-11-08T19:26:44-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 DavidLejeune http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4220 Hell on Wheels feels like it's trying really really hard to be Deadwood. It has a lot of potential, but I think the 'Bohannon hunting down his wife's killers' plot is needlessly injecting additional ... really hard to be Deadwood. It has a lot of potential, but I think the 'Bohannon hunting down his wife's killers' plot is needlessly injecting additional drama into a show that already has tonnes of drama from the premise alone. And I hope they plan on being a bit more nuanced with their portrayal of the Native Americans than that raid was.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=315041#Comment_315041 2011-11-09T13:32:42-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 William Joseph Dunn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2798 Hell on Wheels feels like it's trying really really hard to be Deadwood. I would go as far as to say that it's kind of a Deadwood ripoff (complete with a watered down Swearengen villain). I'm kind ... Hell on Wheels feels like it's trying really really hard to be Deadwood.

I would go as far as to say that it's kind of a Deadwood ripoff (complete with a watered down Swearengen villain). I'm kind of disappointed in the pilot, but will give it another couple of episodes to see if it finds it's own voice.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=315193#Comment_315193 2011-11-10T18:34:56-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 D.J. http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3196 ]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=315231#Comment_315231 2011-11-11T00:50:15-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 badbear http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1879 @ Norbert I LOVE Treme. It's a pretty uneventful watch in a lot of ways though and I cannot put my finger on why I like it so much. Conversely I am very bored with The Walking Dead so far this ... I LOVE Treme. It's a pretty uneventful watch in a lot of ways though and I cannot put my finger on why I like it so much.

Conversely I am very bored with The Walking Dead so far this season just because barely anything has happened so far. (I haven't seen the latest episode so it might have picked up I don't know.) It's been a bloody slow start though.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=315435#Comment_315435 2011-11-13T14:35:33-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 Solario http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=58 The latest Community was pretty good. Kinda messy but good. Gillian Jacobs continues to be the absolute standout this season. The rabbit bit, the delivery in the last punchline and the reversal of ...
While it was certainly zany, it was also kind of depressing, like Season 2's Mixology-Troy's Birthday episode. The tag at the end, the therapist reveal, his self-imposed exclusion from the group and the general emotionlessness McHale protrays him as having whenever he's avoiding any sort of close human relations makes it pretty clear that he's suffering from depression. This isn't being played off in a jokey-angry way like the Advanced Gay episode.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=315455#Comment_315455 2011-11-13T18:58:25-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 StefanJ http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961 Finally an episode of Grimm which is recognizably in Portland, rather than some spooky woods. recognizably in Portland, rather than some spooky woods.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=315543#Comment_315543 2011-11-14T15:33:26-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 Cat Vincent http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=447 Rumours just hit that Community may be getting axed, as in pulled from the rest of the season... please, say it ain't so?! On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=315550#Comment_315550 2011-11-14T17:52:12-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 DavidLejeune http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4220 Yeah. Seems that they're pulling it out of the mid-season schedule, and it'll be back in summer. Dick move on NBC's part. They're probably be reshuffling the schedule to try and get 'Whitney' more ... On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=315557#Comment_315557 2011-11-14T19:01:15-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 D.J. http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3196 I will be right back, guys. Right after I murder everything. everything.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=315562#Comment_315562 2011-11-14T19:10:49-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 SteadyUP http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5302 According to whatever the fuck this guy is, the full season 3 will at least be produced and aired in its entirety. But yeah. Murder. whatever the fuck this guy is, the full season 3 will at least be produced and aired in its entirety.

But yeah. Murder.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=315564#Comment_315564 2011-11-14T19:42:59-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 johnjones http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1052 Sunday's Robot Chicken closed with one of the darkest sketches I've ever seen. "I don't know, boys, I don't know..." Also, Aliens vs. Predator was wrong in all the right ways. Robot Chicken closed with one of the darkest sketches I've ever seen. "I don't know, boys, I don't know..."

Also, Aliens vs. Predator was wrong in all the right ways.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=315569#Comment_315569 2011-11-14T20:11:35-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 StefanJ http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961 Growing up in 60s/70s, SF on TV was rare stuff, and even then pretty tepid and pale meat. Last night's Family Guy was a Stewie & Brian do time travel episode, and it had more SF-ish ideas and ...
Last night's Family Guy was a Stewie & Brian do time travel episode, and it had more SF-ish ideas and eye-popping imagery that whole seasons of the thin gruel of my childhood.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=315607#Comment_315607 2011-11-15T05:09:34-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 Beamish http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8236 I enjoyed FG too. On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=315641#Comment_315641 2011-11-15T13:01:52-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 Solario http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=58 In regards to Community, this is all I have to say on the topic: Felt goatees.
Felt goatees.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=315714#Comment_315714 2011-11-16T03:04:04-08:00 2011-11-16T03:25:55-08:00 Jack_Crow http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2094 I just expect that community dissapearance is not definite meaning of it getting axed...foolish hopes tho. And TREME is exceptional, entertaining and full with great music. I still have season 2 ...
And TREME is exceptional, entertaining and full with great music. I still have season 2 to watch, hopefully it will be as good as season 1.

oh, and as I just finished watching THE FADES i have to say that it got my top spot for "worst tv show I've seen" that so far was got by MERLIN, even tho BEING HUMAN is quite close with its "amazing" third series...]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=315824#Comment_315824 2011-11-16T21:36:49-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 johnjones http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1052 SOUTH PARK was pretty good tonight, especially the return of Mysterion and fundamentalist agonist foster family. Meanwhile, GRIMM is growing on me. Silas Weir Mitchel was already the best part, but ... On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=316949#Comment_316949 2011-11-27T14:22:29-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 StefanJ http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961 Didn't know, until I saw the blurb in the TV listings this morning, that Leverage is returning with eight weeks of new episodes. Leverage is returning with eight weeks of new episodes.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=316950#Comment_316950 2011-11-27T14:47:36-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 D.J. http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3196 Speaking of Community, Donald Glover's one-hour stand-up special on Comedy Central, Weirdo was great. Weirdo was great.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=317172#Comment_317172 2011-11-29T19:04:26-08:00 2011-11-30T09:30:58-08:00 agentarsenic http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2955 So I watched the new episode of the Simpons on Hulu, and there's a scene in a book store. One of the books was "Are You There Glycon? It's Me, Alan Moore" I screenshotted.
One of the books was "Are You There Glycon? It's Me, Alan Moore"

I screenshotted.

]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=317189#Comment_317189 2011-11-29T22:21:46-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 trini_naenae http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=183 @agentarsenic: I usually don't bother watching the Simpsons, but since Neil Gaiman was in it, I had to watch. Very clever episode. Nice catch. I have to admit "And I don't even know how to ...
I have to admit "And I don't even know how to read!" was possibly my favorite line.
]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=317206#Comment_317206 2011-11-30T05:09:12-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 government spy http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6088 I think there was also a Vampire Confederacy of Dunces book title in there somewhere. On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=317374#Comment_317374 2011-12-01T08:41:17-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 government spy http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6088 Normally, I find SyFy *shudder* original movies to be very poor quality. I have liked some of their original tv-series. The majority of the time, their mini-series have been excellent. Is anyone ...
Is anyone else planning on watching Neverland this Sunday/Monday? Rhys Ifans is a young James Hook and friends with a young(er)Peter Pan is the leader of a gang of young street kids, before they all end up in Neverland somehow.

I'm willing to give it a shot.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=317603#Comment_317603 2011-12-03T00:53:08-08:00 2011-12-03T00:53:40-08:00 johnjones http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1052 @ government spy Anna Friel is playing a pirate captain. I'm definitely checking this one out. And speaking of spies and spying, here's my current take on Burn Notice. I think that Anson's ...
Anna Friel is playing a pirate captain. I'm definitely checking this one out.

And speaking of spies and spying, here's my current take on Burn Notice.

I think that Anson's a good, creepy villain, but I really wish they'd left out the level of his involvement in Michael's past. I can buy that the Management Group would be interested in Michael, but ten years and having Anson being that personally involved with his folks seems absurd. One of the core points of the show is that it goes out of its way to de-mystify the "spy business." The whole point of Michael's various voiceovers is that he's basically just a normal guy doing a job. That ultimately, spying is something that anyone with the right training and outlook could do.

I tend to imagine the Burn Notice show as if the viewer is having a very long conversation with Michael Westen in a bar or something, that he's telling you/us about his life, and that the voiceovers are his little asides about how things in the spy business work. In short, the whole point of the show is that Michael is not some irreplaceable superspy. He's just a guy like a bunch of other guys who's doing this particular type of work. Therefore, the idea that the Conspiracy has gone to this much trouble just to recruit this one guy undermines the basic premise of the show.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=317745#Comment_317745 2011-12-04T21:09:02-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 johnjones http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1052 On another topic, did anyone catch part 1 of Neverland? I saw bits of it, but plan to watch the whole thing tomorrow. On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=317746#Comment_317746 2011-12-04T21:23:33-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 DavidLejeune http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4220 I checked out of Burn Notice the season when they had Michael accidentally burn another guy in the CIA, when the revealed that Michael was burned because this private cabal wanted his help with ... On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=317748#Comment_317748 2011-12-04T21:41:20-08:00 2011-12-04T21:42:55-08:00 StefanJ http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961 Ugh, yuch: Fox is going to air a "Napoleon Dynamite" cartoon. I loved the film. A brilliant, quirky, laid-back wonder. The cartoon looks monumentally stupid. I'd much rather see ...
I loved the film. A brilliant, quirky, laid-back wonder.

The cartoon looks monumentally stupid.

I'd much rather see another season of Bob's Burgers, which was simultaneously sweet and raunchy.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=317755#Comment_317755 2011-12-04T22:44:40-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 johnjones http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1052 Okay, if this thing was so important that they needed to get him out of the CIA so he could help them with it, why let him dick around in Miami for three years before approaching him? They ... Okay, if this thing was so important that they needed to get him out of the CIA so he could help them with it, why let him dick around in Miami for three years before approaching him?

They actually approached him at the end of Season 1. Season 2, with Carla, was about him cutting loose from them and ultimately telling them to go fuck themselves via the helicopter jump. Season 3 was him trying to get into the CIA and ultimately joining forces with "Management" in Season 4 but only to figure out how to take them apart. At the end of Season 4 he begins to join the CIA again. By Season 5 he's taken down (almost) all the guys who burned him and his back with the CIA.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=317761#Comment_317761 2011-12-05T00:30:33-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 DavidLejeune http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4220 But all his contacts with them in Season 1, 2, and 3 were that they wanted him to do some dirty, dirty shit for them (assassinations, etc). And then in Season 4 they were all 'Hey, we have this big ... those people down, and that's why we burned you. Sorry about that.' And that's where my suspension of disbelief failed with that show. If they'd actually wanted him to be an ally, they could've, y'know, told him all that stuff right away instead of just fucking with his life over and over again.

Tonight's Hell on Wheels took an interesting turn. I was fully expecting them to make Bohannon's character this progressive former slave owner who wasn't actually a racist and even when he owned slaves he treated them all nice, but then tonight he comes out as being just as spectacularly racist as everybody else on the show.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=317816#Comment_317816 2011-12-05T12:38:19-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 johnjones http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1052 I never said the conspiracy was very bright or all that good at actually managing their people. They clearly weren't. From my perspective, I figure that the season will end with Michael and friends ... On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=318013#Comment_318013 2011-12-07T10:00:27-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 badbear http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1879 Anyone else feeling a bit traumatised after Boardwalk Empire this week? Not to mention Black Mirror. I'm still scrubbing my brain.
Not to mention Black Mirror. I'm still scrubbing my brain.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=318047#Comment_318047 2011-12-07T14:13:12-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 johnjones http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1052 Anyone needing a good brain scrubbing would do well to seek out the Eureka Christmas special for both heart-warming mad science fun and a smorgasbord of animation styles when the town gets turned ... On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=318092#Comment_318092 2011-12-07T19:31:59-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 SteadyUP http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5302 Having never watched an episode of Breaking Bad until last week, I am currently a season and a half into a four-season binge. As far as they've come already, I have to assume season four ends with ... On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=318094#Comment_318094 2011-12-07T19:54:05-08:00 2011-12-07T19:54:44-08:00 William Joseph Dunn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2798 I'm liking Anthony Bourdain's new show on Travel Channel "The Layover" as well as "Hidden City" also on Travel Channel. On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=318098#Comment_318098 2011-12-07T21:26:28-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 government spy http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6088 I recorded Hidden City, but haven't watched it yet. Looking forward to seeing this guy's take on Chicago, I think my favorite city. And so far, the only thing I don't like about Bourdain is that my ... On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=318166#Comment_318166 2011-12-08T10:34:40-08:00 2011-12-08T10:35:42-08:00 flecky http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8949 I managed to catch the mid season break of The Walking Dead on FX the other day and i enjoyed seeing zombies being shot in the head as they escaped from the barn.Simple things for a simple man. On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=318606#Comment_318606 2011-12-12T16:13:27-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 StefanJ http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961 Leverage was wonderfully goofy last week. A scam targeting a clueless boss ends up getting filmed by a documentary crew, like an episode of The Office. I've given up on Pan Am. The period flavor ... Leverage was wonderfully goofy last week. A scam targeting a clueless boss ends up getting filmed by a documentary crew, like an episode of The Office.

I've given up on Pan Am. The period flavor is rather thin, the characters not-engaging.

Rewatched the first episode of The Box of Delights.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=318936#Comment_318936 2011-12-16T12:17:06-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 city creed http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4530 I feel like this thread needs more Black Mirror. The first one (The National Anthem) was acutely observed social commentary and belly-laugh hilarious too. The second one was... ooft. Gutpunched. ... Black Mirror.

The first one (The National Anthem) was acutely observed social commentary and belly-laugh hilarious too.
The second one was... ooft. Gutpunched. I don't want to be all irritatingly hyperbolic here, but I think it is an amazingly well-crafted, conscious, heartfelt and important story. It has its share of flaws sure, but I am very, very glad that 15 Million Merits got made.

Is it UK-only at the moment or is it being aired elsewhere?]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=318940#Comment_318940 2011-12-16T13:35:04-08:00 2011-12-16T13:35:22-08:00 Cat Vincent http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=447 Seconding @city creed on Black Mirror. First was hilarious and clever and sick... but the second was as purely nasty a dystopian fantasy as I've ever seen on TV. In other news, the Burn Notice ... Black Mirror. First was hilarious and clever and sick... but the second was as purely nasty a dystopian fantasy as I've ever seen on TV.

In other news, the Burn Notice finale was so bad it caused me to coin the term 'incompetence porn'.
(John Rogers coined the term 'competence porn' to describe Leverage - massively skilled people doing what they're good at with panache. Burn Notice showed people who should be uber-competent failing at stuff they should be able to do in their sleep.)]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=319103#Comment_319103 2011-12-18T18:57:09-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 Beamish http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8236 My wife and I were watching some awful show, it ended, and GEEK LOVE was on. Shit, it's like watching my life, it makes my love and appreciate my wife all the more. On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=319127#Comment_319127 2011-12-19T03:57:46-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 D.J. http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3196 Thanks for the Black Mirror recommendation, y'all. On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=319198#Comment_319198 2011-12-19T13:29:20-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 a ethic whelp http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10612 Really enjoyed Black Mirror. The third one was a class apart from the other two. On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=319264#Comment_319264 2011-12-20T03:17:39-08:00 2011-12-20T03:20:16-08:00 D.J. http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3196 Just finished the third one now, living in a world where nobody blinks. The show's creating really palpable universes, constructing elaborate worlds and just leaving it all on the table, letting us ...
Edit: Apparently it was just a three-part mini-series. Damn.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=319274#Comment_319274 2011-12-20T07:51:05-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 Cat Vincent http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=447 So, there goes season 3 Misfits... ...and Simon, and Alisha. Season 4 is confirmed... but will they be able to make the show work with the lasting changes that just occurred?
...and Simon, and Alisha.


Season 4 is confirmed... but will they be able to make the show work with the lasting changes that just occurred?]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=319324#Comment_319324 2011-12-20T17:22:17-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 Lazarus99 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3143 This is TV related, but not current. I'm working my way through Fringe, about mid-season 2. I'm hoping someone can explain to me how Agent Francis is there as I'm fairly certain he's dead and I don't ... On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=319335#Comment_319335 2011-12-20T19:28:08-08:00 2011-12-20T19:29:13-08:00 Suresh N http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2126 @Lazarus88 - It's been a while, but if I recall correctly Charlie died in the Season 2 premiere. The shapeshifter that fought Charlie in that episode killed him, and took Charlie's place. So any ... On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=319347#Comment_319347 2011-12-20T21:46:03-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 trini_naenae http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=183 @Lazarus99 & Suresh N: That shapeshifter was killed by Olivia in a big fight scene. If I remember correctly, one of the episodes from one of the earlier seasons (when Charlie was alive) got ... On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=319349#Comment_319349 2011-12-20T22:02:02-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 Lazarus99 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3143 Ah...that explains a lot. This was after the shapeshifter was already dead...damn US scheduling... On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=319544#Comment_319544 2011-12-22T12:15:46-08:00 2011-12-22T12:16:32-08:00 Cat Vincent http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=447 @Lazarus99: The earlier ep - Unearthed - was put in eleven eps into S2, so Charlie is suddenly alive again for one week... due to a scheduling gap. The earlier ep - Unearthed - was put in eleven eps into S2, so Charlie is suddenly alive again for one week... due to a scheduling gap.]]> On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=319549#Comment_319549 2011-12-22T14:13:20-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 Lazarus99 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3143 ^two, actually...he was in Grey Matters as well. On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=319557#Comment_319557 2011-12-22T17:56:43-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 J.Brennan http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1028 More Charlie is more good. I became quite fond of Alt. Charlie and Alt. Lincoln Lee. I'm more excited than is probably reasonable that there's more Agent Lee this season. On the Tee-Vee: November-December 2011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10313&Focus=320244#Comment_320244 2012-01-02T07:10:35-08:00 2013-05-25T13:22:22-07:00 johnjones http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1052 And, I guess we can close this one now.