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

https://tvline.com/2022/12/17/cecily-strong-leaving-snl-final-episode-season-48-saturday-night-live/

 

well this was very last minute

Anyone else start season 3 of Jack Ryan on Prime? Banger of a first episode!

12 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said:

Anyone else start season 3 of Jack Ryan on Prime? Banger of a first episode!

Did not know it was up yet. Thanks for heads up.

https://tvline.com/lists/that-70s-show-reboot-trailer-that-90s-show-netflix/

Snowfall has returned for it's 5th season, well worth watching from the start if people are unfamiliar with it.

Whoopi Goldberg Doubles Down on Holocaust Comments

After being suspended from The View for two weeks in February for her comment that the Holocaust was “not about race,” Whoopi Goldberg is doubling down on her argument in a new interview with The Times of London, saying that the Holocaust “wasn't originally” about race. “Remember who they were killing first,” Goldberg said. “They were not killing racial; they were killing physical. They were killing people they considered to be mentally defective. And then they made this decision. It doesn’t change the fact that you could not tell a Jew on a street. You could find me. You couldn’t find them. That was the point I was making.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/whoopi-goldberg-doubling-down-on-holocaust-comments

                                                                 

did the Hobbit Trilogy get any award show love?

1 hour ago, iHeart said:

did the Hobbit Trilogy get any award show love?

Yes, between the 3 films, they were nominated for 8 Oscars (won 1).  They won a bunch of other awards too.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accolades_received_by_The_Hobbit_film_series

2 hours ago, bigg jay said:

Yes, between the 3 films, they were nominated for 8 Oscars (won 1).  They won a bunch of other awards too.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accolades_received_by_The_Hobbit_film_series

Considering the turmoil that accompanied the first half of filming and the resultant canning of the original director and the return of Peter Jackson, the trilogy turned out rather well. The purists were greatly displeased, though. For fans of Middle-Earth, I suggest you read "The Children of Hurrin"- the prequel to the lord of the rings. Rather grim but worth a read.

6 hours ago, Tracker said:

Considering the turmoil that accompanied the first half of filming and the resultant canning of the original director and the return of Peter Jackson, the trilogy turned out rather well. The purists were greatly displeased, though. For fans of Middle-Earth, I suggest you read "The Children of Hurrin"- the prequel to the lord of the rings. Rather grim but worth a read.

Literature from the deep.

Yellowstone won't be back til the summer

18 minutes ago, iHeart said:

Yellowstone won't be back til the summer

WTF!

1 hour ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

WTF!

I was wondering about that, this season certainly didn't end with a bang like they usually do.

Thats how they keep people from signing up for a month only... 

https://deadline.com/2023/01/bryan-cranston-walter-white-super-bowl-ad-breaking-bad-1235211418/

https://tvline.com/2023/01/06/wednesday-renewed-season-2-jenna-ortega-netflix/

https://deadline.com/2023/01/fire-country-renewed-second-season-by-cbs-1235213230/

Edited January 6, 20233 yr by iHeart

https://tvline.com/2023/01/10/fear-the-walking-dead-ending-final-season-8-release-date/

52 minutes ago, iHeart said:

https://tvline.com/2023/01/10/fear-the-walking-dead-ending-final-season-8-release-date/

Soooo....we won't have to be afraid any more?

4 minutes ago, Tracker said:

Soooo....we won't have to be afraid any more?

well they did just announce some spin-off premiere dates

https://tvline.com/2023/01/10/the-walking-dead-negan-maggie-spinoff-release-date-daryl-rick-michonne/

https://deadline.com/2023/01/jennifer-hudson-sherri-shepherd-syndicated-daytime-talk-shows-renewed-fox-television-stations-1235216719/

 

Yes even I kind of think BCS was robbed

https://deadline.com/2023/01/2023-golden-globes-winners-list-1235216401/

 

https://tvline.com/2023/01/11/the-good-doctor-spinoff-kennedy-mcmann-felicity-huffman-cast-lawyer-abc/

 

is it TCA week already?

 

https://tvline.com/2023/01/11/abbott-elementary-renewed-season-3-abc/

Edited January 11, 20233 yr by iHeart

YAY

for anyone who cares, the stars and husbands of "The Real Housewives" of New jersey, LA and Salt Lake City have been arrested and charged with fraud in bilking fan-viewers of millions of dollars. This will leave only 47 other Real Housewives shows.

9 hours ago, Tracker said:

for anyone who cares, the stars and husbands of "The Real Housewives" of New jersey, LA and Salt Lake City have been arrested and charged with fraud in bilking fan-viewers of millions of dollars. This will leave only 47 other Real Housewives shows.

sometimes I wonder if they should do background checks before casting people.....nah then we'd have too many people we've heard of (Kathy Hilton, Denise Richards, the Richards twins.....yeah they've done Disney films back in the 70s or something like that)

https://tvline.com/2023/01/12/ghosts-renewed-season-3-cbs/

 

Now when will it get awards show love? I have watched a handful and I will say it again those Ghosts are a hoot to watch

 

https://tvline.com/2023/01/12/mayans-mc-cancelled-season-6-sons-of-anarchy-spinoff-ending-fx/

Edited January 12, 20233 yr by iHeart