TME TV: The Trifling Media of Idiot Children

I think that Bored To Death is probably the best sitcom on TV right now, but honestly i don't know what people who don't smoke weed see in it. It's a show about stoners, made by stoners, for stoners. It's brilliant in that context but I don't understand how it has any wider appeal.

I was really happy with the second season of Eastbound & Down. It's simultaneously brilliant satire and lowbrow ingenuity. Better than the first season, I'd say.

I second the recommendation for Party Down. That show was fantastic while it lasted.

Dexter's pretty good, but it kind of peaked with the second season I think.

I tried watching Boardwalk Empire but really I just kind of thought it was boring. Gave up after three episodes.

The Walking Dead's been great so far.

ACoolAssTurtle said:
I'm so burned out on zombies that I don't feel like there's anyway I could enjoy it. Can someone please pinpoint to me the moment that zombies started becoming such a part of popular culture?



I've seen pretty much every zombie movie evah, but this is the first time I've seen any serious attempts at pathos or characterisation within the genre (except maybe in 28 Weeks Later).

Danny Boyle doing a zombie movie was absolutely the reason they went mainstream - here was a respected director, turning his hand to a genre that - barring a couple of Romero's films - had always seemed a bit low-rent and grubby.

Nobody plays dress-up here. But I love that there's loads of money in zombie productions these days. I'm pretty sure I willed it to happen as a child. I certainly wanted big-budget ninja films. That never really happened.

Only TV shit I watch nowadays is CSI and wrestling, really.

Last recent show I watched was probably Spartacus: Blood and Sand, BY JUPITER'S COCK IN ASS. It was a'ight, filthy as fuck though.

Can we all like just like act like we don't see this

gloathcrusade said:

I am currently into Six Feet Under, Misfits, Boardwalk Empire, The Walking Dead, and Real Housewives of Atlanta. Long time loves are Golden Girls, Absolutely Fabulous, Living Single, and Freaks and Geeks. My relationship with True Blood is on life support.

Misfits - I've heard good things about that. Any good? Or so bad it's good?

You also just reminded me about The Inbetweeners - which is the first British comedy I've laughed at since Peep Show. Very funny, totally adolescent, and perfectly captures the mum-cuss like no other series before it. It's pretty much the antithesis of Skins - if you ever listened to Stewart Lee's criticism of that show, namely that as a teenager it would have made him feel more alienated and alone - it's as if the makers of The Inbetweeners had been listening. It's awkward, fumbly and embarrassing, just like teenagers should be.

Try and get beyond the first episode with that as well - and it's one of those shows that's much funnier when you're watching with someone else. Preferably beered up.

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MNez said:
No love for Community? It might be the best comedy on television right now (at least until Parks and Rec comes back from hiatus).

Community is redefining sophomore slump. This season has been really, really weak.

Nothing has surpassed the paintball episode from last season [Modern Warfare] or Mafia episode [Modern American Poulty] but season two has held up fairly well. Their spin on a zombie movie [Epidemiology], Mean Girls-riff [Aerodynamics of Gender] with an excellent Secret Garden b-story, and bottle episode [Cooperative Calligraphy] have all been stellar. The replayability and intense fan service are what keep me watching. It's a bit like Venture Bros in that way.

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Has anyone ever teared up during a particularly riveting TV program? Don't be embarrassed I won't tell anyone.

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three likeable characters in such an agonizing position, ugh that scene.

the scene from the second to last episode of Breaking Bad S2 (you know it if you saw it) was maybe not tear-inducing, but easily the most shock and emotional anxiety I've felt in a tv show

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