Movies and TV

[RayRay]

Longmire is as impressive of a show as you will find without throwing titties in the mix

 

[Mudcat]

So let me just say this about this:



I finally set about watching The Sopranos for a second time. Hard to believe it has been almost 15 years since it premiered.

It is a show I always refer to as my #2 drama of all time - and yet I have only seen it once, and not recently, and I have never watched random reruns. So I figured, it's time.

Some observations and opinions:


1) I expected to take a very casual approach to this revisiting but no, I have been watching it with the same hunger as the first time through. I watched the entire first season in about 5 days - and it probably would have been faster except I have been really busy with other stuff too.

2) It is incredibly dense with inspired memorable moments. While I didn't remember every detail of the broader plot, there is scene-after-scene that had me nodding my head in recognition and anticipating detail as clearly as if I just saw it last week.

3) I get more laughs out of it than most comedies.

4) It is a work of genius. I am not second-guessing my long-running assessment.

 

[Cougar Bait]

Good to hear Muddy. Was planning a second viewing myself.

 

[RayRay]

new show on Showtime coming out... Ray Donovan... watched the premier web rip this morning... solid show about a fixer for the rich and famous, yet has the most fucked up dysfunctional family you can come across... was much better than the season 2 premier of Magic City, imo...

 

[Mudcat]

After a week of John Oliver hosting The Daily Show, let me just say this:



While he does not have a tenth the polish and smoothness of Jon Stewart, he has great charm. Very funny, appealing guy. I really enjoyed the week.

I would much rather watch a John Oliver show than The Colbert Report.

 

[Mudcat]

Based on early reviews, This Is The End looks very good.

 

[Matty]

The trailer is amazing.

 

[Mudcat]

Also getting a lot of good reviews: the new Star Trek movie.

 

[Matty]

Star Trek sucked. It's lowest-common-denominator, formulaic bullcrap.

Don't tell my fiance I said that.

 

[Matty]

Mad Men almost killed Kenny. Them bastards.

 

[bacon]

Anyone got Matty's fiancee's #? I have something to share w her

 

[Matty]

Wanna take it off the stove, baconballs? :bringit:

BTW, kudos to Pete Campbell for exposing Bob Benson as a fraud. And double kudos to the actor who plays Bob Benson for successfully acting a smiley gay homo with a sketchy past.

 

[bacon]

We've got to give Mad Men another shot over here

 

[Matty]

It's very talky. I can't blame people who don't enjoy it, it seems very niche in its appeal. I'm always amazed that this is allowed on television, and is as popular as it is.

 

[Mudcat]

Yeah, I don't even know if I would recommend it to anyone. Like there is nothing much going on this season that makes me say wow and want to spread the word.

But I enjoy the hell out of it.

 

[Matty]

Exactly.

 

[Blitty]

So the porto rikan guy is pretending to like Pete's mom while at the same time giving bob the buttrocket? What's going on there?

 

[Matty]

I think Pete's Mom just likes his companionship, in a demented way.

The relationship between Manolo and Bob is unclear, but they're both homos and they share a common work history as male maidservants.

Bob's one smooth-talking liar with an obsession for faking his way up the social ladder. Pete's reaction is amazing - he lets Bob off the hook cause he remembers calling out Don over his fake identity and what good came of it (absolutely none).

It took me a while to remember that Pete is aware of Don's dark secret.

Good chit.