13 hours of viewing later..
I don't get HBO, and even if I did, I prefer to consume shows I like in one big gulp of a viewing session rather than piecemeal week by week. Or maybe that's just my compulsive personality talking, I don't know.
Anyway, I thought it was better than season two, which was something of a sophomore slump type disappointment to me. The number of loose ends in the finally was appalling, though. Whatever happened to that russian guy in the woods? Etcetera.
I can't believe they STILL haven't started broadcasting season four on HBO!
In retrospect, I was also unfortunate enough to have randomly seen episodes 1,2,3,4 and 13 on HBO during previous business related trips. Doh!
Not sure if it has already been discussed, but 6 Feet Under is a great show. I liked the first season more because the deaths were more entertaining and they had a bit of dry humor in more of the shows, but overall it's a great show. Don't think it's available on DVD yet though.Originally Posted by wumpus
Gregory Micek
The Soparanos is the only show I have been eagerly anticipating this fall.
I believe this will be a plot point this season. The Russian is one of Paulie Walnuts' outstanding "issues".Whatever happened to that russian guy in the woods? Etcetera.
-DavidCPA
Apparently a lot of stuff from previous seasons comes back to really screw around with folks in Season Four, from what I understand. Have no idea what took so long though..
The Wire has been excellent. Kind of like an HBO version of Homicide: Life on the Street. SFU has been great, but in season two it seems like they took out of the "talking to the dead people"-style stuff (except for the father) or some of the sadistic humor in the first season (like the commercials, which I guess were really in the first episode). Still, the second season was great. Oz is... Oz. Don't watch it.
Some of the half-hour comedies I could really do without. Curb Your Enthusiasm is a hand-held shot Seinfeld, Mind of a Married Man is about a complete loser of a recently married man (and I do mean a complete loser), Arli$$ should never have been born, and Sex in the City is getting old (with Kristin Davis retaining the only interesting character.. Kim Cattrall has become very unappealing for some reason).
--- Alan
For me, she never quite fit. It may have something to do with her having a good ten years on her co-stars.
She wasn't too bad in Season One, and showed pretty well in Two, but kinda went downhill from there. She is a lot older though.
--- Alan
My wife and I have been told by every soul on the planet we are even vaguely acquainted with that Sex in the City is terrific. We have tried 4 or 5 episodes.....Nuthin'. We may not get it or may need to force ourselves to watch several in a row or who knows what, but we no likey.
The Wire is good, but it seems like they write the script have the cops say "Fuck!" several times and then do a re-write where "fuck" is added approx. 100 more times to impress upon us how real and gritty their show is. Now don't get me wrong, I like a good "fuck" every now and again. Those fuckers seem to be force fucking us with all the "fucks". Or ummm something like that.
Curb Your Enthusiasm I just love. Married Man is OK, but ehhh. Arli$$ sucks ass, but has been on the longest out of all mentioned here which boggles my mind.
The Shield doesn't need to say 'fuck' every minute.
And HBO has the most over-rated shows on television. Just because tv has sucked for so long doesn't mean people need to run to such drivel an acclaim it's the best thing since MASH.
Hey, I like "Oz". Sure it's needlessly brutal and shows a ridiculously unnecessary amount of man-junk on screen (unnecessary being any amount greater than zero), but there's something fascinating about the machinations of a bunch of lifers in prison constantly scheming to kill each other. And for damned sure, it's a great show to make people not want to even get near prison.
And you can make an almost fascinating mini-game out of figuring out how long the prison newbies will last before either getting made someone's bitch or getting shanked, or both.
- Balut
Has there been an episode where a newbie comes in and completely makes a bitch out of one of the regulars?
That would be good.
Hmm, maybe if you count Keller making Beecher his voluntary bitch.
- Balut
Speaking of which, how come Ellen got so much press for simply having her character announce she was gay, but I saw no press mention of Six Feet Under having the first "banging a male hustler on the hood of a car" scene?
That's even gayer than being an elf. I think.
I'd have to say The Wire is above The Shield as quality goes, though I like The Shield as well (what I've seen of it).
The conclusion of The Wire was on tonight, and it was fairly messed up -- how they will bring back even half of the characters I have no idea.. I guess for some, you really can't. A surprise appearance by one of the characters at the very end was a relief.
Didn't think they said "fuck" that much -- the scene in, what, episode 4 or 5, where McNulty and Bunk go out to solve the cold case where their entire method of communication is variations of "fuck" is pretty funny.
--- Alan
For that matter, I have not heard a peep about all the gay sex in Queer as Folk. I assume bible thumpers know enough to stay away from all prison shows and anything with the word Queer in the title. I tried to watch it once, but after a scene with one shower, two guys and a lot of grimacing and straining, I had to abstain from further viewing.Speaking of which, how come Ellen got so much press for simply having her character announce she was gay, but I saw no press mention of Six Feet Under having the first "banging a male hustler on the hood of a car" scene?
On the topic of Ellen, we did not even have the "Kissing" episode aired in our fair city. You could catch it at a bar via satellite at an Ellen party, however. That was a funny show. Too bad after she "came out" it seemed she felt compelled to beat us over the head with it.
I think Conservatives just realize that protesting a Pay channel isn't going to get them anywhere. Getting people outraged over Ellen on the free and FCC "supervised" networks was an easier task for them. I don't get why they're leaving Will & Grace alone. That show probably has more sexual jokes in 5 minutes than Sex in the City has each episode.
That is what I figured as well.
Will and Grace: I saw an interview with someone who guest starred on an episode. May have been Woody Harrelson. He said they cut out 50% of the really funny stuff due to network censors. You're right, they get away with a lot. Imagine the stuff they cut out.
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