Who's watching what on tv

[kaosmark2]

I can't find my Buffy boxset

Spending an entire day watching Buffy is my favourite thing to do when hungover.

[t8yman]

Didnt realise "Spiral" was back for another series, my dad told me yesterday that we had already missed 2x double bills of it on the last 2 saturdays, so started that on iplayer last night.

Highly recommended french (subbed) cop drama, set in Paris. There's some pretty grisly content, especially in the first season. The writing and acting is superb.

Its probably my favourite of all of the overseas cop dramas, I preferred it to "The Killing" when everyone and their dog were watching the original "The Killing" from Denmark.

[viberunner]

Is 12 monkeys actually worth watching? I discounted it due to being on SyFy who are usually gash or, at best manage 2 or 3 episodes before it all goes tits up.

So far, yes.

And I'm a SyFy sceptic.

[Ted Dansons Wig]

Deidre Barlow (or rather the actress who played her ) has died. Didn't / don't watch Corrie - but that's a fairly big event if yr into soaps isn't it?

[LondonTom]

Finally got round to watching the first two episodes of Agent Carter last night! Really liked , think its maybe better than first two episodes than Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D as it seemed to jump straight into the story than taking its time to set everything up. (Guess its cause its a mini series, and we already know who Peggy Carter is.)

Hayley Atwell both kicks ass and is damn hot at the same time!

Edited January 20, 2015 by LondonTom

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Finally got round to watching the first two episodes of Agent Carter last night! Really liked , think its maybe better than first two episodes than Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D as it seemed to jump straight into the story than taking its time to set everything up. (Guess its cause its a mini series, and we already know who Peggy Carter is.)

Hayley Atwell both kicks ass and is damn hot at the same time!

That's not really hard since SHIELD was so dull.

[MrZigster]

I haven't watched this yet but just know it is going to be great:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02gyz6b/adam-curtis-bitter-lake

[t8yman]

Yes I started it, but stopped as I was too tired. Curtis' work is always fantastic.

[metallimuse]

Settling down just now to watch the final 8 episodes of Breaking Bad!So excited!

[metallimuse]

Forgot to say,for those who enjoyed Breaking Bad there's a spin off show that's been filmed set to air in the States February 8th..."Better Call Saul"!

It's set before Breaking Bad took place and will feature Saul & Mike.

[t8yman]

Awesome, we all knew about the show, but didnt know it was 8th feb.

[Spindles]

I've tried to avoid info on better call saul, I worry that it has too much to live up to and too little to work with. I would be very happy to find out I was wrong.

[gary1979666]

Have many spin off ended up working as good / better than the originals? Can only think of Frasier off the top of my head.

[DomDom1984]

Angel was absolutely brilliant while it lasted I thought.

[DomDom1984]

Oh, nearly forgot about Lewis.

[kaosmark2]

Angel was absolutely brilliant while it lasted I thought.

At times. The end was dogshite, season 1 was really laboured through most of it, and some of the stuff

regarding his son

was really weird and ridiculous. I think it looked better than it was because seasons 4-6 of Buffy were equally patchy.

[LondonTom]

Have many spin off ended up working as good / better than the originals? Can only think of Frasier off the top of my head.

Joey

Technically Star Trek: TNG was a spinoff and that was actually better than TOS

Edited January 30, 2015 by LondonTom

[metallimuse]

Finished Breaking Bad,fantastic!Thought series 5 lagged a bit but last series was excellent!

Better Call Saul I have no expectations but love his character so pleased to see it.

[Spindles]

I haven't watched it yet, but am about to sit down with a new Adam Curtis film (he did the section at the end of 2014 wipe and some excellent films in the past about the world we live in today). Earlier today I was trying to track down a copy of "All watched over by machines of loving grace" and then randomly saw this was on iplayer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02gyz6b/adam-curtis-bitter-lake

[When Jokers Attack]

I haven't watched it yet, but am about to sit down with a new Adam Curtis film (he did the section at the end of 2014 wipe and some excellent films in the past about the world we live in today). Earlier today I was trying to track down a copy of "All watched over by machines of loving grace" and then randomly saw this was on iplayer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02gyz6b/adam-curtis-bitter-lake

Brilliant viewing. Why wasn't this on TV? Maybe because it's thought provoking and 2 hours long. A lot of criticism online about the length and the scenes with no narration that weren't part of the main story. They were some of my favourite parts.

Started watching Century Of Self, should I watch Power Of Nightmares after that?

[DomDom1984]

New comedy in the US called Backstrom. It's... I dunno. Some of the dialogue and plot is cringeworthy, but at the same time, it can be incredibly funny.

It's about this cop called Backstrom. He's the worst kind of arsehole cop that gets results. And only Dennis Haysbert is close to being likeable here.

[bunique]

We are binge watching due to maternity/paternity leave. A handful of episodes of The Shield left - really enjoyed it, can see where Kurt Sutter developed his style for Sons - lots of scheming by Vic in the same way Jax did.

Watched Brooklyn Nine Nine and loved it - daft fun.

Started House again from the beginning.

And plodding through the second to last series of The League - also very silly, more hit and miss than the earlier series but good for mindless TV watching.

[DomDom1984]

So a Netflix owner then.

The Shield is horribly underrated when it comes to talking about the top shows ever.

[Spindles]

Brilliant viewing. Why wasn't this on TV? Maybe because it's thought provoking and 2 hours long. A lot of criticism online about the length and the scenes with no narration that weren't part of the main story. They were some of my favourite parts.

Started watching Century Of Self, should I watch Power Of Nightmares after that?

I can see why people would level that criticism, but didn't find it detracted, similarly the length was not an issue for me. As for why not on TV, this is the model for BBC3 exclusive content now, I think.

[bunique]

So a Netflix owner then.

The Shield is horribly underrated when it comes to talking about the top shows ever.

Surely maternity leave is the reason Netflix was invented?

It's a great show - I loved CCH Pounder in Sons so really enjoying her in this. Unfortunately the binge watching has made it a little samey (oh here we go, Vic and Shane in hot water again...) but that's our own fault for watching it back to back.

Anything else you'd recommend in a similar vein? We've done most of the big shows...