Whatcha Bleedin' Watchin'?

[Avaitor]

Speaking of Mad Men, season 6 starts early in April, which means I have about 2 weeks to catch up on 2 1/4 seasons.

Let's see if I can do this.

[Dr. Insomniac]

Trying to find some documentaries on the history of SF and Fantasy as mediums. Currently beginning one called Pulp Fiction: The Golden Age with interviews from Ray Bradbury.

[No-Personality]

Finished Jem, fully expecting there wouldn't be any attempt to wrap up the show's loose ends. Well... Rio + Jem or Jem + ...any man is left in the garbage, which will make some people happy. But I don't see anything wrong with a show like this, which has given into cliche and sappiness, to be a little trashy and romantic. I mean, why did they bother with so many melodramatic storylines about their relationship in the first place? However, in the cheapest way possible, now Jem and The Misfits call a truce and are getting along now. In the last 3 minutes, they just show up at the Birthday party of one of the girls in the halfway house and are like, "let's have a party!" Then... they all sing another crappy song about togetherness or something. It was lousy, yet- somewhat in keeping with the more consistent essence of the show.

Final Thoughts: Season 3 crapped out. The show was absurd and maybe in some ways tiring in the very first season. But it became incredibly endearing and engaging as the season went on and ... then, it got really good in season 2. So, the show deserved better. To be more carefully executed. There were some damn fine episodes. Shame.

[Avaitor]

After finishing season 3 of Mad Men, I can see why some prefer it to Breaking Bad.

[No-Personality]

Been going through the SpongeBob SquarePants episodes on Netflix that I don't have on DVD. Which, is anything after the 3rd season. Except the 2nd season but I watched almost all those episodes on Nickelodeon when I still actually watched television. Just started season 4 and after 3 or 4 episodes, with each one usually being split into 2 shorts, I'm happy that I've only run into one I've seen before (about Mr. Crabs losing his shell). Unfortunately, it's much more hit-and-miss than the show used to be. If I were to make a bold statement, it was literally about perfect until the last 6 or so episodes of season 3. Then it got... weird. And, not the good kind (like "Nature Pants" or "Dying for Pie"). Like... SpongeBob having an identity crisis after he inflates his pants to fly with and becomes an outcast. Or befriends a maddog murderer and then climbs into his eye cavities with spiked shoes on, then walks around inside them. Thankfully, so far the season's been good. Just not up to the previous brilliance of the first 3 seasons.

[Avaitor]

You know you're obsessed with Alison Brie when you watch an episode of Hannah Montana just for her.

But then, I'm still watching Community, so I know that I'm obsessed.

[Nel_Annette]

Speaking of Annie's Boobs... (so... beautiful...  )

My buddy and I finished our Community marathon yesterday. Took us 3 months, but we did it. I really liked the third season, though I felt the first two were better. I enjoyed the whole Chang takeover, and the season finale was great. It would have been perfect as a series closer. The only thing that kind of bothered me was how they ended the arc with John Goodman's character. From the start of the season he's made out to be the main villain of the whole thing, and then just when it seems he's beaten Troy, he's

Spoiler

killed and needs to be avenged? The hell?

[close]

Otherwise, fantastic stuff.

I'd say the first season's paintball episode is my favorite out of the series though. I'll still probably watch season 4 when it comes to dvd, despite bad word of mouth.

[Avaitor]

Season 3 had such an off start, but it made up for that by the end.

Season 4... eh. I'll watch Alison in anything, but I kind of doubt that the show will go back to its glory days.

[Dr. Insomniac]

JMS is back in the TV business. Let's see if he still knows how to write a story, or if that brain that made the third and fourth seasons of Babyon 5 rotted down ages ago.

[Avaitor]

Wachowskis? Eh.

Well, now Netflix has season 5 of Mad Men. I have to say, I wasn't a huge fan of Megan at first- I wanted Don to marry Faye, like I'd assume a lot of fans did. But that performance of her in the premiere totally won me over. Damn French girls.

[Avaitor]

After catching up on Mad Men, I can't decide on what was a more satisfying scene, seeing Lane Pryce smack Pete to the ground, or when Prez decked Valchek in The Wire.

But seriously, the season finale was a little underwhelming, considering how intense the past few episodes were. It's definitely going to lead into a good season, but it wasn't what I was hoping for. Still a great ride though.

[Avaitor]

It didn't even take 35 minute for me to be sold on Game of Thrones.

[Avaitor]

I'm done with season 1 of Game of Thrones, and all is well.

There wee some things that I didn't see with eye-to-eye in the adaptation, and I forgot how annoying Sansa was at this point, but it's a great show. I'll start season 2 up later.

[Avaitor]

While I was out of town this week, I got to see GOT on TV for the first time, since my sister has HBO. Turns out I was caught up with the show as well, so I got to see the new episode fully aware of what's going on. I do like how the show is expanding upon Jon and Ygritte's relationship in particular. On screen, it feels much more energetic than I was expecting.

Now that I'm caught up, I can get to Party Down. I also found season 3 of The Wire for cheap, so I can finally watch more of the show as well!

[Avaitor]

I was going to post here about my current thoughts on season 4 of the Wire, but I just saw that I am literally the only person to post in this thread in a while.

What's up with that?