I wish there would be a Mad Men reunion I'd love to see the cast again .. One of my all time favorite shows so well scripted -- ok a little weird at times lol! - and the music was so cool!
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I wish there would be a Mad Men reunion I'd love to see the cast again .. One of my all time favorite shows so well scripted -- ok a little weird at times lol! - and the music was so cool!
I caught part of this the other night and I can't believe I've been missing this!! I'm now going to have to play catch-up with On-Demand. I didn't know Joan Crawford was originally going to play Olivia de Havilland's role in "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte." Fascinating stuff.
Nothing really new, but I really enjoy watching ESPN's "30 for 30" sports documentary series. It does a really good job on explaining events that I never even knew about. "Benji" and "Without Bias" are sad, since they tell the stories of basketball players that could possibly have been NBA stars but their dreams were left unfulfilled due to tragedy. "One and Not Done" is the most recent one about John Calipari from the University of Kentucky, and it's about his rise as an NCAA coach who pushes his players to leave college to make big money in an NBA contract.
Also, there was one about Foxcatcher, and I learned that I actually went to school with one of the sons of the wrestlers that John DuPont sponsored. I was like, 'the dude that's being interviewed has the same last name, he wrestles, and he looks familiar - just like his son that I used to know.' This doc was better than the movie with Steve Carell.
I can't wait to watch the Celtics vs Lakers one in June.
Just bought the boxset of Vikings for a Ragnar/Athelstan fix.
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I'm really sad and disappointed right now with "Once Upon a Time" with finding out that not only is the main actress Jennifer Morrison leaving but 5 of the other 9 series regulars are leaving after this current season as well. :( ABC needs to do the smart thing and just cancel it. I can't see it going on for a 7th season without Jennifer's Emma, which the whole show was built around and even keeping Colin O'Donoghue, who now plays her husband. It just doesn't make sense as so many of us watched it knowing it was her story and this 7th season is confirmed as a reboot with new characters and a new story being added. I just know I'll never count season 7 as a season or watch it if it happens, and even if ABC and the writers make it I doubt it'll even last beyond it as majority of us aren't going to watch. I wish they would've planned ahead to make this the final season so we all could've had it ended the way we wanted and should've had.
What made it worse was that Jennifer, the writers, and ABC announced her leaving the day after her character got married and I loved that episode and the musical as the cast is so musically talented. :cry:
Dredging up this old comment because I found the BBC Wales short documentary on the band on youtube. It this doesn't work for you, there are a few other copies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehOycK2eK0U
Thank you UtW! I'm watching it right now!
ETA: What a sad story. I've always loved some of their songs.
For those who love This Is Us. They are moving to Thursdays this fall. It will be on at the same time. 9:00pm Eastern/8:00pm Central. Also Will & Grace is coming back. So its going to be an interesting Thursday night.
Cheers, NMB. Sadly, the second season of Versailles is not as much fun as the 1st.
Did anyone catch The Case of JonBenet Ramsey documentary? I've always been fascinated by the case and the programme got me thinking and inspired another blog:
http://aweaponryofwords.blogspot.co....their-own.html
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That's the first time I heard it too. Now people are using it of Carrie and Quinn in Homeland and I understand. Thanks.
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Your blog is very interesting, Squirrel. Even if Burke hit her with a hammer and killed her, that still means her parents would have had to construct and use that ligature on her, which I can't imagine a parent doing to a 6-year old child. Not even to save their other child. But who knows... looks like we'll never know.
You're welcome SS. :) I'm just surprised people still don't know the term "ship". I first learned about it in the late 90s getting into the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" fandom and magazines I and my Mom used to get about my soap operas. Entertainment Weekly even did an issue a couple years ago all about ships before and how it started a lot of fanfiction over the decades.
I've recently started watching The X-files, and I really like it. Night Court and Kolchak, The Night Stalker have become must watch for me on Laff TV and METV. I'm also pumped for the new season of America's Got Talent.
I loved National Geographic miniseries "Genius"!!! :D It just finished it's first season back on Tuesday and it was about Albert Einstein. Geoffrey Rush played him from 50 on, while Johnny Flynn played the younger Albert from teens - 40s. It was so well done and made by Ron Howard, and learned more things about Einstein that I didn't know previously. Season 2 got announced as well to be about Pablo Picasso, and if it continues each season will be about a different person.
But I'm also super impressed with Johnny Flynn as not only is he a British actor, but he's a musician!!! :D His first album came out 10 years ago and he toured with Mumford & Sons, and just released a new album back in January. His music is similar to them but also has an Irish feel to me, but also alt-rock and folk. I love his songs and his voice is really unique. Still shocked he's actually a blonde with blue eyes, as he dyed it dark and wore brown contacts to play Albert. LOL So glad for this show introducing me to him.
Buff, you would be the greatest casting director ever. Seriously.
I like the Night Stalker too! The monster costumes (no special effects) are amateurish by today's standards but it's still a very endearing show.
Been watching a lot of Netflix. Grace and Frankie with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin is hilarious. Of course watched the new season of Orange is the New Black. And found a new series, Queen of the South. A must see. Also found a funny new series with Drew Barrymore, The Santa Clarita diet. She plays a Mom,Wife who by accident gets turned into a Zombie, A suburban zombie! Too funny. I always go back to my binge shows, Nurse Jackie, Sons of Anarchy and Weeds. And of course on TV The Golden Girls. I still belly laugh at all those jokes. Peace out.
I've found some really great shows recently through Netflix or DVDs. First being the UK show "Grantchester", which airs on PBS here in the US. It's similar to "Father Brown", but the character Sidney is an Anglican vicar so he actually can date. LOL I love him helping to solve crimes and his friendship he strikes up with the detective Geordie. The other two shows are both Netflix ones, the first being UK set comedy "Lovesick" which I checked out since it stars Johnny Flynn (who I posted about in "Genius") and it's great, and the other is 80s wrestling comedy "Glow" which I used to watch as a kid and inspired this fictional behind the scenes show.
I've also of course been loving the final seasons of "Orphan Black" and "Broadchurch" too.
The lead actor, James Norton, is so gorgeous. There's apparently indication that he's leaving? http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-...nd-season-four
I feel slightly ashamed to admit that I'm watching something on E! but I'm rather enjoying Hollywood Medium: Tyler Henry.
I love "Major Crimes", spinoff from "The Closer." Can't wait until it starts back up this season!
He is NMB. LOL :D I saw him in a couple miniseries before and liked him then too. Did see those rumors but it just ended their season on PBS and the book series goes well into the 70s, where the show is still in the 50s, so they do have a lot of material to keep going. And PBS made it seem like it wasn't over and the ending didn't feel like a final ending to me so we'll see.
Right now there are no current shows that excite me.
It's sad, as I love getting excited about shows but there just isn't anything I like.
I'm watching "Top of the Lake:China Girl". Actually, I'm almost at the end of rewatching the first series because I'd forgotten so much.
It stars Elizabeth Moss and is directed and co-written by Jane Campion. The first series is set in South Island, New Zealand (somewhere near Queenstown, I think)and is the story of a missing, pregnant 12-year-old girl and the female detective who is involved in the case.
The second series is set in Sydney and has the same detective dealing with a dead girl in a suitcase as well as her own issues. It also has Nicole Kidman as a woman who takes her inspiration from Germaine Greer.
Game Of Thrones is the best show on television
I just recently finished the 3rd season of the "Voltron" reboot on Netflix and it's been amazing!!! :D This is one of the rare examples imo that a reboot has been better than the original show since this new version has been able to add in more storylines and a 2nd main female character than the 80s original. I wasn't even born yet when the original aired but did see repeats in the early 90s, so I might be more accepting to the new version since I was so young. Season 3 too was also more darker in tone and we got more backstory and hints at things to come, while also having some great shoutouts to the 80s show and incorporating more of the main storylines from the original. Love that the voice cast also has some actors I already knew of from their live-action shows, with the big one being Steven Yeun who played Glenn on "The Walking Dead" and voices Keith. And it's great knowing that Netflix gave it a 78 episode order and only 31 have aired so far with season 4 coming in October. :D
Been watching some great shows lately on Netflix starting with just finishing up "The Defenders" (the Marvel miniseries) and it's been amazing seeing all these characters from their 4 shows "Daredevil", "Jessica Jones", "Luke Cage", and "Iron Fist" all interacting and teaming up to save New York. Felt very similar to when I saw the first "Avengers" movie and it's just so well done. Changes things for the direction of the 4 shows as well as the new "The Punisher" series which is out in November, and introduces new friendships and romantic parings and really funny at times too.
Then "Atypical" is a new comedy series on Netflix too with a great cast. "Halt and Catch Fire" came back last night on AMC for it's final season and it's still one of TV's best that hardly anyone is watching but should be. Tells the story of fictional tech workers originally set in the 80s but now it's in the 90s. "Orphan Black" also just finished it's final season and I loved it so much and will miss it very much.
So now all my fall shows are getting ready to start which makes me grateful again for my DVR and Netflix so I can stay caught up with them all. LOL :D
Brooke - Lol - I have never seen it either.
I have a few friends who are huge GOT fans. I am considering borrowing past seasons from my local library.
Is anyone watching the Ken Burns' multi-part Vietnam documentary on PBS? It's brutal and sad - what else could it be - but I somehow manage to end up watching every night, even when I say to myself "I can't watch this anymore"!
One critic I read actually criticized the program for its diversity of viewpoint, but this is admirable, IMO. The critic wanted Burns to take a position (who was the "bad guy," who was most at fault) but I don't see how that could be instructive, not with a subject this complex.
OT: Trent Reznor does the disturbing original music. It sounds like a horror film soundtrack to me, but whatever floats your boat.
one of my new(ish) favourite tv shows is American Horror Story, i love them, i am currently on season 4 (Freakshow)
I just finished "Stranger Things" season 2 today and loved it so much!!! :D In some ways it was even better than the first.
Liked ToL and also Handmaid's Tale, also with Elisabeth Moss.
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Thanks, NMB. Such a strange case. Always intrigued me. Poor JonBenet.
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Haven't seen Genius but like Johnny Flynn. He wrote the theme to a UK TV show called The Detectorists (not super impressed by the series). He was also in a series that might have been called Brothers. Quite charming in that. He's played the US a bit and has a following there.
Here's a fave of mine: Bottom of the Sea Blues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ire8x95Q6ys
in which he appears to be wearing a jumper of mine ...?
Also try The Water, here with a Mumford.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B60HAn2eu3o
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Not a favourite show, but I think 'The Good Place' is an enjoyable light confection of a TV show. Those who enjoy 'The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' (spelling?) might enjoy this show.
Totally agree DJ!!! :D It's fantastic and they have such a great cast. I watched the after-show/interviews Netflix put up with the cast and crew too and you learn so much. The writers are only a couple years older than me, but makes sense as I too love so much that influenced "Stranger Things" and the 80s. They even had Bill Nye the Science Guy on the after-show to explain more of the science which actually is possibly real like multiverses. Plus, it's always fun finding the Easter eggs and shoutouts to all the 70s, 80s, and even 90s movies/shows/video games.