Whitechapel - On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:58:43 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341573#Comment_341573 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341573#Comment_341573 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 03:54:46 -0700 johnjones Last Resort and 666 Park Avenue pilots. Overall I liked Last Resort better, mostly because of Andre Braugher, though the SEAL guy explaining to the drug dude and thugs the precise order and methodology behind their deaths if they kept pushing him was pretty cool too. That said, I think 666 Park Avenue probably has longer legs. You can tell all kinds of horror, thriller and corruption stories within that story space. I'm concerned that Last Resort could easily find Braugher's character saying.

"...and so, if we are not granted a resupply of Almond Kisses, we will target Hershey Pennsylvania with a nuclear missile. Test us and we will all be chocolateless together." ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341574#Comment_341574 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341574#Comment_341574 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 04:12:40 -0700 3millionyears On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341585#Comment_341585 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341585#Comment_341585 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 05:46:09 -0700 TF
I will watch! ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341631#Comment_341631 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341631#Comment_341631 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:49:13 -0700 Will Couper

Will ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341652#Comment_341652 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341652#Comment_341652 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:30:36 -0700 TF On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341673#Comment_341673 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341673#Comment_341673 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:43:40 -0700 Magnulus
I'm now trying to get a hold of the casting director so I can wedge myself into the show somehow. Only point of contact I've found so far is Twitter, which is a bit weird. ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341716#Comment_341716 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341716#Comment_341716 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:21:17 -0700 a ethic whelp On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341772#Comment_341772 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341772#Comment_341772 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 14:46:06 -0700 taphead
It's like a really nice spy/cyberpunk series with training wheels -- a spy show where people keep thinking aloud and explaining what they're doing really doesn't do itself any favours.

I mean, Root going with the name Turing as an alis. Really?


In many ways it reminds me of the first season of Fringe, you can kind of see that there's something there, and you're hoping it'll surface properly and fast.

Sticking with it, hoping. ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341790#Comment_341790 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341790#Comment_341790 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:48:22 -0700 Vornaskotti
Yeah, that hidden part and the...

von Neumann


...were groaners on a scale that could be weaponized.

I'm also waiting for the series to switch gears Fringe-style, but frankly dreading it a bit... ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341827#Comment_341827 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341827#Comment_341827 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 19:31:42 -0700 StefanJ
I think we may be dealing with a scriptwriter or show runner who has recently gotten cranked on cyber culture, 20 years after the wave crested. Mind you, this-all might be new stuff to most folks in the audience. ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341840#Comment_341840 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341840#Comment_341840 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 09:03:47 -0700 Cat Vincent I'm one of those guys who's been pimping Person since the pilot - and you're all utterly right. The exposition is ham-fisted, the easter-eggs a bit clunky and the genre beats are hardly original. But within that context, I think it does a hell of an entertaining job and is handling the shift from what was set up ostensibly as an action procedural to a clearly SF show co-starring a weakly godlike AI bloody well. And it nails those action moments - I still insist the sequence where Reese rescues Carter's son, cut to Unkle's Burn My Shadow, is one of the best edited action scenes in modern TV. And damned if it doesn't do a fine job with its secondary characters - Lionel Fusco's development has been a glory to watch. ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341900#Comment_341900 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341900#Comment_341900 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:40:39 -0700 Foamhead Shameless creator Paul Abbott calls time on series. ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341947#Comment_341947 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341947#Comment_341947 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:40:42 -0700 Oxbrow On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341964#Comment_341964 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=341964#Comment_341964 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:54:29 -0700 William Joseph Dunn On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342046#Comment_342046 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342046#Comment_342046 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:22:13 -0700 badbear
I'm surprised that more people here aren't into Homeland. Yes it is ridiculous but aside from the obvious greatness of the acting, the pacing of that show is just so refreshing that I can't give it up yet. They don't hold onto things, don't drag things out and keep secrets endlessly, annoyingly, tantalizingly hidden until the season finale. They throw shit out there when you really don't expect it and let you watch the fallout. I really like that. It's interesting. ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342060#Comment_342060 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342060#Comment_342060 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:32:30 -0700 William Joseph Dunn On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342151#Comment_342151 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342151#Comment_342151 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 21:40:56 -0700 InvincibleM
I watched the first season of the show and went from being enthralled and enthusiastic to being routinely bored and frustrated with every aspect of the show, except for the make up, that I quit watching it. I've been told that the second season 'gets better' but I am not one to return my hand to stove top after finding it hot.

Now, I'm not a fan of the comics either, if you're thinking there's some adaptation related dilemma that annoys me. I find that the story telling in both is weak and repetitive, and they, the comic and the television show, both out stripped by their contemporaries in their respective mediums in such terrific ways that their popularity seems not only unfounded but near insanity. After this particularly inflammatory sentence, I will state that these are my opinions and should be taken as such. This is not the truth of the show or the comic, just one man's intense dislike for the show and the comic and him trying to come to terms with it.

However, it is critically hailed, it is enormously popular, so as I am the minority, I wish to understand the majority.

So, I'm sure that some Whitechapel resident posters watch and or have read the Walking Dead and I'm looking for a counterpoint.

I want to hear, from a fan or group of fans, what makes the show and or comic "good". In fact, I think good is not the proper descriptor here because there are a lot of middling things that can be described in the umbrella term that is "good".

What I want to know is what makes the Walking Dead great. ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342166#Comment_342166 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342166#Comment_342166 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:40:03 -0700 Oddcult On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342195#Comment_342195 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342195#Comment_342195 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:49:12 -0700 William Joseph Dunn
Also, how is Starling City a less silly name than Star City? ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342196#Comment_342196 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342196#Comment_342196 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:20:40 -0700 SteadyUP
The show is entertaining as popular media, and an interesting companion piece to the comic, but limited by any number of real-world concerns, in a way the comic isn't. ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342200#Comment_342200 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342200#Comment_342200 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:51:23 -0700 Greasemonkey On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342303#Comment_342303 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342303#Comment_342303 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 07:35:02 -0700 iaviv
@SteadyUP - How is the writing on The Walking Dead's comics "naturalistic" exactly? And how is the show less "naturalistic" than the comic? Explain yourself, please. ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342310#Comment_342310 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342310#Comment_342310 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:07:08 -0700 D.J. On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342311#Comment_342311 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342311#Comment_342311 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:41:34 -0700 TF On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342314#Comment_342314 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342314#Comment_342314 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:56:11 -0700 iaviv On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342316#Comment_342316 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342316#Comment_342316 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:16:13 -0700 William Joseph Dunn On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342322#Comment_342322 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342322#Comment_342322 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:49:56 -0700 Greasemonkey On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342326#Comment_342326 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342326#Comment_342326 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:53:12 -0700 D.J. Short clip from the special here. ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342335#Comment_342335 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342335#Comment_342335 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:16:11 -0700 SteadyUP
The show, on the other hand, is paced in the way hour-long dramas tend to be paced, though many thought last season moved too slowly. I don't think the dialogue is worse necessarily, but characters tend to come to decisions too quickly, or without adequate explanation, in a way that rings false to some people. I love the show, mind, but I recognize that it's a different beast, and is subject to the whims of a much bigger kitchen full of cooks. ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342787#Comment_342787 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342787#Comment_342787 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:35:16 -0700 Foamhead
]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342794#Comment_342794 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342794#Comment_342794 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:48:01 -0700 StefanJ Alphas. It was tense and well acted and I adored the use of actual New York City locations. That made it seem awfully real. ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342802#Comment_342802 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342802#Comment_342802 Sun, 28 Oct 2012 02:10:44 -0700 Foamhead
Short of the whole planet being hit, I don't think they could've ended on more of a cliff-hanger. Now, with Sy-thisissuchafuckingstupidname-Fy's track record, fingers crossed there is a season 3. ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342805#Comment_342805 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342805#Comment_342805 Sun, 28 Oct 2012 07:07:05 -0700 cjkoger On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342847#Comment_342847 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342847#Comment_342847 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:44:16 -0700 Magnulus On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342851#Comment_342851 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342851#Comment_342851 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:18:24 -0700 Cat Vincent Venture Brothers, guys... Glorious.

"Submit to my toast...my pleasure toast!" ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342872#Comment_342872 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342872#Comment_342872 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:35:23 -0700 Magnulus
In Out of Time, they meet themselves 15 years in the future. They looked like this:
Old Guys

And now, 19 years later, they're back on TV, looking like THIS:
Older guys?!

Of course, I do suspect that at least Barrie has had a bit of a dye job done to his hair, but the cast look remarkably good this many years on! Their energy is still 100%, too. Amazing people. I hope I get to enjoy such energy twenty-odd years in the future as well. ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342887#Comment_342887 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342887#Comment_342887 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:05:45 -0700 D.J. ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342894#Comment_342894 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342894#Comment_342894 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:27:32 -0700 InvincibleM
It was nice to see the show again, at least. ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342895#Comment_342895 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342895#Comment_342895 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:43:09 -0700 taphead "It's ok, it was just cancer sex."

I do believe Archer just gave me my fix of entirely inappropriate animation action while I'm waiting for the next season of Venture Bros. Splurging through all three seasons in two days has been fun. ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342899#Comment_342899 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342899#Comment_342899 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:37:15 -0700 cjkoger On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342922#Comment_342922 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342922#Comment_342922 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:35:25 -0700 Cat Vincent On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342990#Comment_342990 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342990#Comment_342990 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:53:49 -0700 Finagle
No spoilers, just anger at bad writing. Every time "Brody" walks through the door, his family just...*bamf*' teleports to be around him. In a loving way that nine years of captivity would just...yeah. ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342998#Comment_342998 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=342998#Comment_342998 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 23:16:29 -0700 imaginarypeople I highly recommend it! ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=343051#Comment_343051 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=343051#Comment_343051 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:59:24 -0700 Cat Vincent On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=343980#Comment_343980 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=343980#Comment_343980 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:05:11 -0800 flecky
And it cheered me up! ]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=346057#Comment_346057 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=346057#Comment_346057 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 14:17:38 -0800 Steve Toase
UTOPIA (C4 2013)

Dennis Kelly's enigmatic thriller Utopia (6 x 60') centres around The Utopia Experiments, a legendary graphic novel shrouded in mystery. When Ian, Becky, Grant and Wilson Wilson, a small group of previously unconnected people find themselves in possession of an original manuscript of the fabled book, their lives suddenly and brutally implode, relentlessly pursued by a shadowy unit called The Network who will stop at nothing, to keep its origin and meaning secret. Paul Higgins (In the Loop, The Thick of It), Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Misfits), Alexandra Roach (The Iron Lady) and Neil Maskell (Kill List) head up a stunning ensemble cast of UK talent including James Fox (Sherlock Holmes, A Passage to India, Performance), Geraldine James (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) Simon McBurney (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Fiona O' Shaughnessy (Outcast, Malice, Aforethought), Adeel Akhtar (The Dictator, Four Lions), Oliver Woolford (Blackout) and Michael Smiley (Kill List) who find themselves embroiled in a cult conspiracy theory turned terrifyingly real in this brand-new six-part drama series. Kudos Film & TV.
]]> On the Tee-Vee: October-December 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=346064#Comment_346064 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10859&Focus=346064#Comment_346064 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:44:17 -0800 trini_naenae