We're currently 4 seasons in to The Big Bang Theory. Having not had access to cable for over a decade has put us neatly out of touch with almost all pop culture, thus raising the value of Netflix for us. More disturbing is how the show will reference certain elements of pop culture I do know of and I'll come to realize how old all that stuff already is...
SupremeAC said:We're currently 4 seasons in to The Big Bang Theory. Having not had access to cable for over a decade has put us neatly out of touch with almost all pop culture, thus raising the value of Netflix for us. More disturbing is how the show will reference certain elements of pop culture I do know of and I'll come to realize how old all that stuff already is...
Word of warning. Quit by season 6. I found a noticeable drop in quality in season 5 and by season 6 it was completely on cruise control.
robio said:Word of warning. Quit by season 6. I found a noticeable drop in quality in season 5 and by season 6 it was completely on cruise control.
Thanks for the heads up, although it would be irrealistic to expect any series to stay fresh for such a prolongued period of time. Even now I'm finding a lot of the jokes boil down to the same few premises. Reminds me of 'Allo 'Allo, which I had very good memories of from back when it first aired. But when you buy the DVD box and watch all 10 or so series back to back, it's just the same old thing over and over again.
SupremeAC said:Thanks for the heads up, although it would be irrealistic to expect any series to stay fresh for such a prolongued period of time. Even now I'm finding a lot of the jokes boil down to the same few premises. Reminds me of 'Allo 'Allo, which I had very good memories of from back when it first aired. But when you buy the DVD box and watch all 10 or so series back to back, it's just the same old thing over and over again.
True. Most sitcoms only have about 4 years of material before things get stale. In the Big Bang Theory's case it was a bit different. Season 5 came out when the producer, Chuck Lorre had that big feud with Charlie Sheen over Two and a Half Men. Lorre pretty much focused soley on trying to fix that show and BBT kind of got ignored. It improved again but never quite to where it was and as time went on it just got old and tired like most sitcoms.
BBT went really flat after a while. I still watched it but I probably didn't need to. I think pairing everyone off and getting them married changed the whole dynamic.
I'm watching BBT together with the wife, and while we both enjoy it, the humour is clearly more relatable to me. Not sure how I feel about that.
I watched Blinded by the Light this past week. It’s the story of a Pakistani teen who feels trapped in a small town in Britain, wanting to be a writer against his father’s wishes. He discovers the music of Bruce Springsteen which speaks to him and gives him his voice to be his own person. It’s touching, even if you are not a fan of Springsteen, to see how important music is and how it can speak to all of us.
gamingeek said:BBT went really flat after a while. I still watched it but I probably didn't need to. I think pairing everyone off and getting them married changed the whole dynamic.
I’m just going to assume that BBT = Big Black Titties because this reads so much funnier then.
Ravenprose said:I've been watching Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars getting Coffee on Netflix. I find it quite relaxing to watch after work.
Yeah I have gone through them all, it's enjoyable. If you listen to podcasts you may want to try Conan Obrien's new one, which covers similar territory (but much funniner).
On the Michael Richards episode, do you thin kthat was staged by MR or not?
Ravenprose said:I watched Breaking Bad's El Camino last night on Netflix. Good film overall.
Yeah. It was not necessary but still good fun and I loved seeing the BB crew again.
We just finished watching 'the Dark Crystal Age of Resistance' on Netflix. I was skeptical at first, with the whole thing being done with puppets, and how it would limit expression and stiffle the potential for emotion on screen. But I was proven wrong. The puppets and their facial expressions are sufficiently articulate that I stopped caring that they were puppets about half way through. The Skeksis themselves are marvelous to behold, so many little details. The whole thing is just a joy to behold.
I'm watching Beyond, this series about a guy who falls into a coma for 12 years and wakes up with strange powers. It's a pretty good show, but the Beyond sections feature horrible CGI which throws things off.
SupremeAC said:We just finished watching 'the Dark Crystal Age of Resistance' on Netflix. I was skeptical at first, with the whole thing being done with puppets, and how it would limit expression and stiffle the potential for emotion on screen. But I was proven wrong. The puppets and their facial expressions are sufficiently articulate that I stopped caring that they were puppets about half way through. The Skeksis themselves are marvelous to behold, so many little details. The whole thing is just a joy to behold.
I wa sceptical as the original film felt pretty complete (and still does), but why would you be sceptical about it using puppets?!
I'm a little late on the bandwagon, but I finally checked out the new Gronig show, Disenchantment, on Netflix. Absolutely love it. The humor isn't quite as quickly paced as Futurama or the Simpsons, but being an old Renaissance Fair junkie it totally hits home for me.
It has Matt Berry as a pig, so while the rest of the show isn't all that funny (the atmosphere and stories make up for what it lacks in humour, anyway), it still has Matt Berry as a pig. Which is great, because Matt Berry is a pig in every role, yet he's never literally been playing a pig before.
Hmmmm. Thanks.