Second season of Orange is the New Black launched today.

 

Anyone else into this?

 

I have to admit to being a bit of a TV/movie-phile.  I generally buy Blu-Rays when there's a movie I want to see rather than just watching it on PPV or In-demand (I like to collect).

 

Premium TV has really been leading a creative resurgence in recent years, probably dating back to The Sopranos.  Its nice that Netflix has become a legitimate competitor for HBO (which puts out some really great shows like Sopranos, Deadwood, Boardwalk Empire, True Blood etc).

 

House of Cards was tremendous.

 

While cable channels like AMC are getting in on the act, I annoys me a bit.  The Walking Dead would be so much better on Netflix or HBO where they could truly appeal to adults (HBO passed on The Walking Dead when Thomas Jane was attached).

 

As for Orange, it took me a few episodes to get into last season but Im looking forward to banging out a few episodes tonight.

 

As an aside, for you Trekies, it was recently the 20th anniversary of the finale of TNG, one of the best Series' Finales in TV history.

Edited February 5, 20188 yr by The Unknown Poster

On 2017-03-30 at 10:05 AM, The Unknown Poster said:

I cant stand the traditional format anymore with the laugh track etc.  bleh.  So unfunny especially when they pipe in fake laughs.

 

Agreed. Laugh tracks are a relic of the past. Formulaic jokes followed by canned laughter.

On 2017-03-30 at 9:53 AM, Noeller said:

In fairness, The Office itself was stupid. Single-Cam faux-doc shows, in general, I think are stupid. I have never understood The Office, Modern Family, Arrested Development....I just don't understand.

Arrested Development and 30 Rock are two of the best shows ever made.

The office is basically the RL Dilbert. If you ever worked in an office the shows got some value. In fact at my RRC course they constantly showed us Office clips as in what not to do. But I also think I'm partial to the show because of Dwight Schrute,  he was after all Fishboy in house of 1000 corpses

1 hour ago, Logan007 said:

So basically this is A Different World?

you know it's funny I was actually thinking the same thing

1 hour ago, sweep the leg said:

Agreed. Laugh tracks are a relic of the past. Formulaic jokes followed by canned laughter.

Arrested Development and 30 Rock are two of the best shows ever made.

Trailer Park Boys? Not sure if they started the trend.

well despite the massive change in the show, Nashville will get a 6th season

 

http://tvline.com/2017/04/10/nashville-renewed-season-6-cmt/

4 hours ago, iHeart said:

well despite the massive change in the show, Nashville will get a 6th season

 

http://tvline.com/2017/04/10/nashville-renewed-season-6-cmt/

Musta made agreement to kill someone else off.

http://tvline.com/2017/04/11/big-little-lies-season-2-spoilers-bonnie-backstory/

sigh, ABC summers haven't been the same since they cancelled Wipeout, the only show I look forward to in the summer these days is Whose Line on the CW 

http://tvline.com/2017/04/13/abc-summer-schedule-2017-still-star-crossed-series-premiere-date/

AGT is the only show worth watching in the summer, aside from sports, obvs.....

I quit watching in 2014, I didn't like the format change that happened after Sharon Osborne left the show and don't get me started on the golden buzzer, we could have needed that in 2012

not to mention I did not like Sharon's replacements. I mean I liked the spice girls when I was little I could tolerate Mel B but Heidi for some reason annoyed me, but then again I should consider myself lucky because they almost got Kris Jenner as replacement. Not a joke.

 

Edited April 14, 20178 yr by iHeart

http://tvline.com/2017/04/14/fear-the-walking-dead-renewed-season-4-amc-new-showrunners/

10 minutes ago, iHeart said:

http://tvline.com/2017/04/14/fear-the-walking-dead-renewed-season-4-amc-new-showrunners/

Not sure how i feel about that.

6 hours ago, Noeller said:

AGT is the only show worth watching in the summer, aside from sports, obvs.....

The usual acronym for A Game Of Thrones is GOT... but yes it is the only thing worth watching this summer!  ?

20 hours ago, bigg jay said:

The usual acronym for A Game Of Thrones is GOT... but yes it is the only thing worth watching this summer!  ?

****** nerds.... Anything that has dragons and swords in it..... #ImOut

7 minutes ago, Noeller said:

****** nerds.... Anything that has dragons and swords in it..... #ImOut

I don't know if this has been mentioned earlier in this thread already but was watching the series "Mad Dogs" last night and the actor Steve Zahn is almost a doppelganger of Mike O'Shea.  He even has the same smirk.

 

Edited April 15, 20178 yr by Throw Long Bannatyne

Marvel's Cloak and Dagger, coming in 2018:

https://mirror.ninja/66cpwa

https://streamable.com/jwxd7

Edited April 20, 20178 yr by MOBomberFan

2 hours ago, MOBomberFan said:

Marvel's Cloak and Dagger, coming in 2018:

https://mirror.ninja/66cpwa

https://streamable.com/jwxd7

Interesting.  Not wowed or anything.

1 hour ago, Logan007 said:

Interesting.  Not wowed or anything.

It doesn't look like a show I'd want to watch. I was intrigued when I heard about it, but I have no interest in a super hero story wrapped in a teen drama. I'm sure I'll give it a chance eventually, though.

30 minutes ago, MOBomberFan said:

It doesn't look like a show I'd want to watch. I was intrigued when I heard about it, but I have no interest in a super hero story wrapped in a teen drama. I'm sure I'll give it a chance eventually, though.

Yeah I'll definitely give it a shot.  I just meant the trailer didn't wow me or anything.

They say this new Netflix documentary will appeal to fans of Making a Murderer:

 

 

On 4/20/2017 at 8:18 AM, Logan007 said:

Interesting.  Not wowed or anything.

pretty much. 

With the WGA's 10 year contract expiring may 1st with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and apparently the writers not being happy with the way things have been for them since the last strike that lasted from November 5, 2007 - Feb 12, 2008

67.5% of the WGA members voted with 96.3% of them saying yes to a strike. 

http://www.laweekly.com/news/will-the-writers-guild-of-america-go-on-strike-8148766

Some shows that could be in jeopardy are; talk shows, The Walking Dead, Jessica Jones, Star Trek Discovery, American Horror Story to name a few

Some shows that will be fine as they are all ready to go are Game of Thrones, Twin Peaks, Orange is the New Black

http://uproxx.com/tv/the-walking-dead-season-8-strike/2/

oh man I don't want that to happen again, last time I had no Jets, No Once, No Nashville, No Whose Line to keep me occupied, just Kid Nation to keep me occupied (yes I watched that, I was interested in the premise)....oh and Total Drama but this could mean more reality shows......maybe they should just air reruns of old shows during the strike

 

I could use a complete list of shows that will be effected. Though I don't like Once's chances of getting a 7th season, Nashville probably has the season finale all written by now

 

the difference between this time around and last time really is talk shows, it would be a shame if Conan was effected

 

also didn't the last one result in rebootapalooza?

Edited April 25, 20178 yr by iHeart