What TV shows are people watching?

Mojo · 01-11-2012, 04:56 AM

I hadn't realised that this was a four part series when I watched it's Christmas special. I might have to check the rest of it out. The Christmas special was truly bizarre, absurd TV though. It's a Charles Dickens based parody that I didn't quite understand at times while watching it. Not that it was difficult to follow, I just found myself asking "WHY?". I did enjoy it, it was just very weird and I wasn't expecting that. It stars Stephen Fry, David Mitchell & Robert Webb (Peep Show), Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd), Pauline McLynn (Father Ted, Shameless) and Johnny Vegas.

Just read the descriptions of its characters here and you'll get a feeling for what I mean.

I don't need to explain what this is about. It's a two part feature length adaption for Sky One starring Eddie Izzard, Elijah Wood, Philip Glenister (Life on Mars) & Donald Sutherland among others. I loved it. Very impressed.

LOST CHRISTMAS was a one-off feature length special broadcast on the BBC in December and was the best bit of Christmas TV I watched. I absolutely loved it. It stars Eddie Izzard and Jason Flemyng and is about a mysterious being who has no recollection of his name or history but has the ability to find things people have lost. The film centres around many characters and what they have lost and in his quest to find out who he is and where he came from, he brings several characters individual stories together. It of course is rich in the usual Christmas sentimentality but has its darker moments also. It is definitely a modern day fairytale that I could see myself watching every Christmas. It really was quite stunning.

Very interesting documentary series from Stephen Fry about language. The origins and evolution of language, accents, slang, swearing, identity, influence, written language and the evolution of it from carvings, libraries to Twitter and a digital age. Well worth a watch!

Electrophonic Tonic · 01-11-2012, 06:42 AM

So after watching I'm Alan Partridge, I was recommended to watch another BBC comedy, Coupling. The best way I can describe it, is that it's the same format as Friends (3 guys, 3 girls and the relationship tomfoolery that goes along with it). Except, it has the humor of something like Arrested Development, where the comedy from a few different jokes comes together and makes something incredibly funny at least once an episode. The first 3 seasons are amazing and the 4th one is pretty good but they replaced one of the characters (the best one, IMO) and replaced him with a pretty weak character. It also has hints of M*A*S*H, where the early episodes are very comedy heavy, while the later episodes have more drama and seriousness.

There are only 28 episodes all together and they're all on Hulu if you wanted to watch them without waiting for a torrent. Overall, it's pretty damn funny and worth watching.

**Goofle** · 01-11-2012, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Just started watching this show because of your recommendation. I've watched 6 or 7 episodes so far, all of them fucking hilarious.

Good to hear that. Amazing TV Show that, I think, gets better with every series.

Started watching Breaking Bad again with my Dad. It's so f*cking intense!

~~James~~ · 01-11-2012, 10:13 AM

Sherlock. The best drama on television tbh.

Freebase Dali · 01-11-2012, 10:18 AM

Uncomfortably hilarious.
I recommend it, if you don't mind a bit of immature humor.

debaserr · 01-11-2012, 11:12 AM

^ Word

Mrd00d · 01-11-2012, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

Uncomfortably hilarious.
I recommend it, if you don't mind a bit of immature humor.

Hahaha I was just coming here to mention this. I agree completely. I love all the drugs Blake gets into, but I feel bad for the dudes half the time not standing up for themselves. My favorites so far have been the mushroom office campout and the wine and cheese juggalo concert, and To Friend a Predator ... except for that stuff about liking little boys :P. I just started season 2.

I would hate to know Adam in real life. I would not be that dude's friend. Also, 'ders is a 50/50. He's cool sometimes, other times he sucks. Blake is awesome every day.

Less flexing and erection jokes would make this show golden. Thankfully, it's not every episode.

I also noticed that those are their real names: Adam, Blake, and Anders. And then the drug dealer Karl (he's great), at the end of the episodes, you can see they came up with the idea. I want to make a show like this with me and my friends dammit!

Gersh · 01-11-2012, 07:00 PM

I just started watching Lost from the beginning; never watched it when it aired on TV. That show gets me pretty hard.

**Yac** · 01-12-2012, 06:50 AM

So there's this show that was never shown in my country and unfortunately most of my fellow countrymen even when presented with it, don't get it. Not because the humor is so bizarre or the context is so alien (though it often is) - it's because there are no subtitles and very few know English well enough to actually understand what's being said there. Personally I love the soundtrack for it's ..don't know if that's the right word since it's a cartoon, authenticity. Like when people argue, they (as real folks do) all talk at the same time. When there's a fight - it sounds like a someone is shooting at monkeys with a machine gun. Add some background music and you get something that is close to impossible to comprehend for a foreigner.
What show am I talking about ? It's the one and only ... Venture Bros!
Any fans here ?

**Janszoon** · 01-12-2012, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Yac

So there's this show that was never shown in my country and unfortunately most of my fellow countrymen even when presented with it, don't get it. Not because the humor is so bizarre or the context is so alien (though it often is) - it's because there are no subtitles and very few know English well enough to actually understand what's being said there. Personally I love the soundtrack for it's ..don't know if that's the right word since it's a cartoon, authenticity. Like when people argue, they (as real folks do) all talk at the same time. When there's a fight - it sounds like a someone is shooting at monkeys with a machine gun. Add some background music and you get something that is close to impossible to comprehend for a foreigner.
What show am I talking about ? It's the one and only ... Venture Bros!
Any fans here ?

The soundtrack is done my one of my favorite musicians, JG Thirlwell. He does a lot of different stuff but if you dig his Venture Bros. work you might also enjoy the albums he releases under the name Steroid Maximus.

01-11-2012, 04:56 AM	#941 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	I hadn't realised that this was a four part series when I watched it's Christmas special. I might have to check the rest of it out. The Christmas special was truly bizarre, absurd TV though. It's a Charles Dickens based parody that I didn't quite understand at times while watching it. Not that it was difficult to follow, I just found myself asking "WHY?". I did enjoy it, it was just very weird and I wasn't expecting that. It stars Stephen Fry, David Mitchell & Robert Webb (Peep Show), Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd), Pauline McLynn (Father Ted, Shameless) and Johnny Vegas. Just read the descriptions of its characters here and you'll get a feeling for what I mean. I don't need to explain what this is about. It's a two part feature length adaption for Sky One starring Eddie Izzard, Elijah Wood, Philip Glenister (Life on Mars) & Donald Sutherland among others. I loved it. Very impressed. LOST CHRISTMAS was a one-off feature length special broadcast on the BBC in December and was the best bit of Christmas TV I watched. I absolutely loved it. It stars Eddie Izzard and Jason Flemyng and is about a mysterious being who has no recollection of his name or history but has the ability to find things people have lost. The film centres around many characters and what they have lost and in his quest to find out who he is and where he came from, he brings several characters individual stories together. It of course is rich in the usual Christmas sentimentality but has its darker moments also. It is definitely a modern day fairytale that I could see myself watching every Christmas. It really was quite stunning. Very interesting documentary series from Stephen Fry about language. The origins and evolution of language, accents, slang, swearing, identity, influence, written language and the evolution of it from carvings, libraries to Twitter and a digital age. Well worth a watch! __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

01-11-2012, 10:18 AM	#945 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	Uncomfortably hilarious. I recommend it, if you don't mind a bit of immature humor. __________________

01-11-2012, 11:12 AM	#946 (permalink)
debaserr eat the masters Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,467	^ Word __________________ Last.FM

01-11-2012, 06:42 AM	#942 (permalink)
Electrophonic Tonic Your Ad Here Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: The Twilight Zone Posts: 876	So after watching I'm Alan Partridge, I was recommended to watch another BBC comedy, Coupling. The best way I can describe it, is that it's the same format as Friends (3 guys, 3 girls and the relationship tomfoolery that goes along with it). Except, it has the humor of something like Arrested Development, where the comedy from a few different jokes comes together and makes something incredibly funny at least once an episode. The first 3 seasons are amazing and the 4th one is pretty good but they replaced one of the characters (the best one, IMO) and replaced him with a pretty weak character. It also has hints of MAS*H, where the early episodes are very comedy heavy, while the later episodes have more drama and seriousness. There are only 28 episodes all together and they're all on Hulu if you wanted to watch them without waiting for a torrent. Overall, it's pretty damn funny and worth watching.

01-11-2012, 10:13 AM	#944 (permalink)
~~James~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,483	Sherlock. The best drama on television tbh.

01-11-2012, 07:00 PM	#948 (permalink)
Gersh Groupie Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 9	I just started watching Lost from the beginning; never watched it when it aired on TV. That show gets me pretty hard.

01-12-2012, 06:50 AM	#949 (permalink)
Yac Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: It's a secret too. Posts: 1,363	So there's this show that was never shown in my country and unfortunately most of my fellow countrymen even when presented with it, don't get it. Not because the humor is so bizarre or the context is so alien (though it often is) - it's because there are no subtitles and very few know English well enough to actually understand what's being said there. Personally I love the soundtrack for it's ..don't know if that's the right word since it's a cartoon, authenticity. Like when people argue, they (as real folks do) all talk at the same time. When there's a fight - it sounds like a someone is shooting at monkeys with a machine gun. Add some background music and you get something that is close to impossible to comprehend for a foreigner. What show am I talking about ? It's the one and only ... Venture Bros! Any fans here ?