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

I saw Weird Al Yankovic in concert here in 1995 at the old Odeon Theatre downtown. It was a lot of fun. Amish Paradise was a hoot. 

 

 

24 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

I saw Weird Al Yankovic in concert here in 1995 at the old Odeon Theatre downtown. It was a lot of fun. Amish Paradise was a hoot. 

 

 

The theatre that night was packed. Weird Al's music may be strange but he's no different from a stand up comic or comedic actor like Seinfeld. He uses music as his platform. 

Why is this in the TV thread? 

3 hours ago, Noeller said:

Why is this in the TV thread? 

Which one?

https://tvline.com/2022/05/18/cbs-fall-schedule-2022/

 

and it doesn't sound like they have serious plans to replace James Corden

https://deadline.com/2022/05/the-late-late-show-cbs-looking-to-experiment-in-late-night-slot-james-corden-exit-1235026760/

 

they have an anime now who asked for this?

https://tvline.com/2022/05/18/rick-and-morty-anime-series-order-adult-swim/

 

well at least an upside is no Speidi

https://deadline.com/2022/05/the-hills-next-gen-reboot-series-mtv-1235026618/

Edited May 18, 20223 yr by iHeart

https://tvline.com/2022/05/19/riverdale-cancelled-ending-season-7-cw/

 

and Nancy's been held over for midseason (but taken off the Friday Night Death slot oh god what if they put it up against the Masked Singer again)

https://tvline.com/2022/05/19/the-cw-fall-schedule-2022/

 

also I've heard from BuzzerBlog that Whose Line has been renewed

Edited June 7, 20223 yr by iHeart

‘Daredevil’ Disney+ Series in the Works With Matt Corman, Chris Ord Set to Write

This is the show's biggest shakeup in 5 years 

https://deadline.com/2022/05/snl-kate-mckinnon-aidy-bryant-kyle-mooney-pete-davidson-exit-1235029349/

 

they've been on the show a long time so this doesn't surprise me that much

To viewers who remember the original, this will always be Thomas Magnum & Higgins.

Not them.

Magnum PI cancelled after just 4 seasons. This series might have had a better chance with a different name & premise. Reboots seldom work.  I knew this sweries would fail when they made Higgins female & his main love interest. 

The funny thing about the original series is how the two protaganists would play off each other every week. Higgins felt that Magnum was sloughing off the good graces of Robin Masters. It was a lot of fun. It wasn't fun watching Higgins changed to a female lead being Magnum's love interest.  I never missed an episode back in the 80's. I watched a couple of shows over the years of the new series including what turned out to be the series ender last week. 

well that's just it, he and Higgins didn't kiss til the final episode did they?

1 hour ago, iHeart said:

well that's just it, he and Higgins didn't kiss til the final episode did they?

Was that in the first or second series?

2 hours ago, Tracker said:

Was that in the first or second series?

referring to the second

1 hour ago, iHeart said:

referring to the second

Too bad. Had they done it in the first series, it would have been notable.

Good luck to the Better Call Saul viewers who are not caught up going through the day without last nights show being spoiled.

Edited May 24, 20223 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

If you're a BCS fan, you've already seen it...

10 minutes ago, Noeller said:

If you're a BCS fan, you've already seen it...

And some people saw it 6 months ago in a tweet

Spoiler

 

 

https://tvline.com/2022/05/27/matthew-morrison-leaving-so-you-think-you-can-dance-season-17-sytycd/

 

https://tvline.com/2022/05/27/alexis-bledel-leaving-the-handmaids-tale-emily-season-5-cast-hulu/

Watched every episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Showing Discovery & Picard how to get it done. Very impressed so far. Especially Thursday's episode. Fans were saying, "We want to see the Gorn". You can't as they were unknown until 10 years later when Kirk encountered them. 

On 2022-05-24 at 11:01 AM, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Good luck to the Better Call Saul viewers who are not caught up going through the day without last nights show being spoiled.

I made it through the week without being spoiled... and yeah.... that's something.

53 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Watched every episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Showing Discovery & Picard how to get it done. Very impressed so far. Especially Thursday's episode. Fans were saying, "We want to see the Gorn". You can't as they were unknown until 10 years later when Kirk encountered them. 

Good series except for the captain sporting a 'do that would take him about two hours before he emerged from his cabin.

18 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Watched every episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Showing Discovery & Picard how to get it done. Very impressed so far. Especially Thursday's episode. Fans were saying, "We want to see the Gorn". You can't as they were unknown until 10 years later when Kirk encountered them. 

Outside of Lower Decks it’s the best of the new Trek but man they are doing tech stuff they can’t even do in Voyager. 

12 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Outside of Lower Decks it’s the best of the new Trek but man they are doing tech stuff they can’t even do in Voyager. 

Shhhhsssss- you'll ruin it for the rest of us.

I guess they feel that with the way sci fi technology has changed over the years with blockbuster movies & tv, going low tech would hurt ratings. With TOS viewers could see that the Enterprise felt crowded & small with 400 crew memebers. The Bridge was compact but believable. The Enterprise in SNW seems spacious. The Bridge is huge. The decks seem to be able to hold a thousand crew. The producers of the show must have figured out that is what fans want to see, I guess.

4 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Outside of Lower Decks it’s the best of the new Trek but man they are doing tech stuff they can’t even do in Voyager. 

You may have noted that there is a very strong feminine presence in the bridge crew that was not present in any of the other series apart from the lamentable Discovery shows.

 

Norm Macdonald says goodbye in a Netflix special, with a little help from his friends