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

2 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

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True dat but season one was set in Chicago.

Now nothing beats Miami Vice first 2 seasons. OMG so good.

Dallas and Vice on Friday nights

 

Have they tried to revive Miami Vice yet?

The Dallas revival was actually pretty good.  A bit too night time soap operaish but you could tell the show runners loved the original.  It lost something when Hagman died and they had to write out JR.  He was tremendous in that series, even at his age.  Loved his line "Blood is thicker than water.  But oil is thicker than both."  

2 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Have they tried to revive Miami Vice yet?

The Dallas revival was actually pretty good.  A bit too night time soap operaish but you could tell the show runners loved the original.  It lost something when Hagman died and they had to write out JR.  He was tremendous in that series, even at his age.  Loved his line "Blood is thicker than water.  But oil is thicker than both."  

I watched that first season with Hagman but when he died I wasn't interested anymore. As soon as Hagman died that series was finished. He carried that show as the supporting new characters were weak in comparison to the original series. Patrick Duffy wasn't able to carry the new showon his own  the way Hagman did. He didn't have the same presence on screen & his character Bobby was a nice guy. In the original series, he balanced off JR's ruthlessness & lack of morality.  Without JR, Bobby was just a weak Goody Two Shoes.

Victoria Principal wasn't part of the new shoe & neither was Steve Kanaly who played Ray Krebbs on the original show. He was the half brother of Bobby & JR & he was looked down upon by JR who never considered him an equal or entitled to any of the estate of their father. Leaving Kanaly & Principal out were mistakes. 

To me, the new series was okay but not great. 

10 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

True dat but season one was set in Chicago.

Now nothing beats Miami Vice first 2 seasons. OMG so good.

Dallas and Vice on Friday nights

 

Ha, ha. Back in my single days. I'd always stay home, watch MV then hit the bars in Winnipeg downtown. Couldn't PVR or stream  in those days. 

14 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

I watched that first season with Hagman but when he died I wasn't interested anymore. As soon as Hagman died that series was finished. He carried that show as the supporting new characters were weak in comparison to the original series. Patrick Duffy wasn't able to carry the new showon his own  the way Hagman did. He didn't have the same presence on screen & his character Bobby was a nice guy. In the original series, he balanced off JR's ruthlessness & lack of morality.  Without JR, Bobby was just a weak Goody Two Shoes.

Victoria Principal wasn't part of the new shoe & neither was Steve Kanaly who played Ray Krebbs on the original show. He was the half brother of Bobby & JR & he was looked down upon by JR who never considered him an equal or entitled to any of the estate of their father. Leaving Kanaly & Principal out were mistakes. 

To me, the new series was okay but not great. 

Kanaly was in the revived series.  I think pretty much everyone from the original made appearances.  I liked that they didnt just focus on the "kids".  Even casting Mitch Pileggi, Lee Majors, Judith Light etc.  And while I hated John Ross at first, the actor really grew on me.  And Emma Bell turned out to be a lot better than she seemed at first.  They even had the Knots Landing cast appear.

The storyline of JR arranging his own death seemed pretty goofy though.  But it was funny in that it implicated Cliff, didnt it?  lol  Oh, JR!

How is Kennedy still employed 

 

8 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Kanaly was in the revived series.  I think pretty much everyone from the original made appearances.  I liked that they didnt just focus on the "kids".  Even casting Mitch Pileggi, Lee Majors, Judith Light etc.  And while I hated John Ross at first, the actor really grew on me.  And Emma Bell turned out to be a lot better than she seemed at first.  They even had the Knots Landing cast appear.

The storyline of JR arranging his own death seemed pretty goofy though.  But it was funny in that it implicated Cliff, didnt it?  lol  Oh, JR!

The new series was so long ago that I forget who was in it. 

9 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Kanaly was in the revived series.  I think pretty much everyone from the original made appearances.  I liked that they didnt just focus on the "kids".  Even casting Mitch Pileggi, Lee Majors, Judith Light etc.  And while I hated John Ross at first, the actor really grew on me.  And Emma Bell turned out to be a lot better than she seemed at first.  They even had the Knots Landing cast appear.

The storyline of JR arranging his own death seemed pretty goofy though.  But it was funny in that it implicated Cliff, didnt it?  lol  Oh, JR!

I wonder if they would have revived Knots Landing as well had the Dallas revival gone further....nah if the Melrose Place semi revival didn't work I doubt that a Knots Landing revival would have gone far

 

Edited February 20, 20205 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

oh joy

https://tvline.com/2020/02/21/friends-reunion-special-hbo-max-jennifer-aniston-cast-returning/

 

I thought she was already a series regular ah well I guess that would make sense if she was upped considering the events that happened at the end of the third season

https://tvline.com/2020/02/21/stranger-things-season-4-priah-ferguson-series-regular-erica/

good god....well to be fair the kids are supposed to be in college next season so I imagine we wouldn't see much of the parents

 

https://tvline.com/2020/02/23/riverdale-marisol-nichols-leaving-hermione-lodge/

https://tvline.com/2020/02/23/riverdale-*****-ulrich-leaving-fp-jones/

man first Pete now Colin? (though Colin's reason is very likely different, Pete Davis might want out due to a toxic work environment which btw is not exactly unheard of considering the horror stories I've heard about Chevy)

 

https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/colin-jost-memoir-saturday-night-live-departure-1203507648/?fbclid=IwAR141OBBKLsl_8o40wi4gufTIQL7KyzHnpVXzdxzJWG-ObddeaN535KGAjg

Edited February 26, 20205 yr by iHeart

https://tvline.com/2020/02/26/american-horror-story-season-10-cast-sarah-paulson-full-list/

https://tvline.com/2020/02/27/proud-family-revival-original-cast-new-episodes-disney-plus/

except I don't see Orlando Brown returning considering that he has been in a bit of legal trouble as of late

 

I wonder if they'll reuse the old theme theme song.....or get someone else to do it because it's not 2001 anymore (they had Destiny's Child and Solange Knowles do the theme song)

Edited February 27, 20205 yr by iHeart

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/day-dead-tv-series-a-go-at-syfy-1281731

Is the Amazing Race Canada going to sit out this season too?

https://tvline.com/2020/02/28/the-amazing-race-delayed-season-33-coronavirus-cbs/

 

https://tvline.com/2020/02/28/america-ferrera-leaving-superstore-season-6-amy/

 

ah well it's been on long enough, but this show proved that reboots can be successful, but then again didn't this show start the reboot craze?

https://tvline.com/2020/02/28/hawaii-five-0-ending-season-10-series-finale-date/

Edited February 28, 20205 yr by iHeart

https://tvline.com/2020/03/01/judge-judy-ending-25-seasons-cancelled/

 

she's going to launch a new show called Judy Justice

 

ah well everyone has to hang it up sometime

https://tvline.com/2020/03/02/chris-matthews-retiring-hardball-ending-msnbc-watch-video/

 

This was no secret

https://tvline.com/2020/03/02/almost-family-cancelled-fox-season-2-timothy-hutton/

Edited March 3, 20205 yr by iHeart

well we are getting more of the conspiracy guy

 

https://deadline.com/2020/03/stranger-things-season-4-fleabags-brett-gelman-upped-to-series-regular-1202873094/

 

and more intel on season 4....geez I don't think those things ever want to leave Will alone

https://tvline.com/2020/03/03/stranger-things-season-4-episode-1-video-cast-reunion/

Edited March 3, 20205 yr by iHeart

I love this series.  Julia Garner is awesome.  And Jason Bateman is great in everything.

Also, HBO is developing a series based on the video game The Last of Us (Highly acclaimed but I am an Xbox guy so Ive never played it).  Developed by the guy behind Chernobyl.

well Amazon prime subscriptions in Canada are about to spike

 

12 minutes ago, iHeart said:

well Amazon prime subscriptions in Canada are about to spike

 

I can't imagine they have anything to say. They were edgy and fearless in the day. Now? 

Edited March 5, 20205 yr by JCon

22 minutes ago, JCon said:

I can't imagine they have anything to say. They were edgy and fearless in the day. Now? 

I have no such fear, really looking forward to their take on modern times, hopefully they don't just regurgitate their past success like Monty Python chose to.   Such a pitiful output for their immense talent, mostly caused by their failure to find consensus on almost any projects for decades, now it's too late.  

1 hour ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

I have no such fear, really looking forward to their take on modern times, hopefully they don't just regurgitate their past success like Monty Python chose to.   Such a pitiful output for their immense talent, mostly caused by their failure to find consensus on almost any projects for decades, now it's too late.  

I hope you're right. I want to believe. 

2 hours ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

I have no such fear, really looking forward to their take on modern times, hopefully they don't just regurgitate their past success like Monty Python chose to.   Such a pitiful output for their immense talent, mostly caused by their failure to find consensus on almost any projects for decades, now it's too late.  

Monty Python was 50 years ago. 

2 hours ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

I have no such fear, really looking forward to their take on modern times, hopefully they don't just regurgitate their past success like Monty Python chose to.   Such a pitiful output for their immense talent, mostly caused by their failure to find consensus on almost any projects for decades, now it's too late.  

I don;t know about that. They got 3 films in, 2 of which are considered classics.