Topic: The TV Show Thread

@zupertramp He was in a couple of episodes in the first season as Cat Grant’s son. It was strangely morbid viewing.

@nessisonett lol yeah i just looked it up and you're absolutely right. In my defense I couldn't pick him out of a lineup and I slept through most of the first season.

@zupertramp I’m ashamed to say that I actually watched the Glee reality show back in the day which he appeared on and won, which is how he ended up on Glee with Melissa Benoist. Glee’s a show that’s proper haunted, just look at how many of them have died. That might be more telling about the general conditions as a ‘teen star’ though.

@nessisonett Glee wasn't or isn't for me but more power to you if that's your thing, reality show and all. You're not kidding about it being haunted though. Whether we file that under the dangers of youth stardom idk but it's unfortunate nonetheless.

@zupertramp yeah elongated Man doesn't exactly roll off the tongue too easy does it? It's an awkward name, at least Reed Richards had the common decency to just be called Mr. fantastic!

@zupertramp Glee was terrible but it was a staple of my teens so it was rather hard to avoid 😂

@ralphdibny I was looking there at the circumstances surrounding Hartley Sawyer and it’s an interesting one as obviously it came to light at literally the worst time ever. Also, looking at the executive producer’s statement, himself African-American, it seems to have been a decision he made with his team out of genuine disgust and anger rather than kowtowing to some unseen Twitter mob. Grant Gustin also seems to have legitimately been angry over what he said. If it had come out last year, he’d probably have been fine. It’s a case of utterly terrible timing, not that the sorta stuff he said would ever have been acceptable.

@Kidfried Having never watched a single episode of Twin Peaks, I gotta say that your description had me mesmerized. Don’t know if I’ll try it out, it depends if it’s on one of my streaming services, but I’m haltingly curious.

@Kidfried The constant feeling of unease lingering in the background is part of what makes Twin Peaks so interesting to me. I’d never really thought much about that hum you describe, but it’s definitely part of what makes it so unsettling. There’s an off-kilter strangeness and nothing ever feels “quite right” the whole time it’s playing, reflecting the darkness that lives inside the town and its people. My own interpretation is that the supernatural stuff is largely a metaphor for that darkness. Most of Twin Peaks’ residents have some sort of secret and any one of them could have been Laura Palmer’s killer (although I had guessed correctly before the reveal).

The show has certainly dated in many ways, and there is a certain naffness, but I love it. I also respect it for its innovations and challenging the scope of what television could be. There’s more of a filmic quality in both how it is shot and the length of scenes compared to other TV programmes of the time, and a richness to the mise-en-scène. It was also quite forward thinking in how it uses sound and music to convey ideas, and in using respected film actors at a time when TV was viewed as cinema’s ugly child.

@Kidfried Yep, as it aired.

@Kidfried Forgot to say that the first time I saw the first two series of Twin Peaks was around 2011 during a rather long period of terrible insomnia. I’d watch it in the middle of the night with the lights off and I swear that BOB appearing to Sarah Palmer was one of the most terrifying, unsettling things I’d ever seen on television before or since. I guess it’s quite tame really, but in the context of how I viewed it it really creeped me out and the memory has stayed with me.

I still haven’t seen Twin Peaks’ third season despite being hyped about it for years. I just never got round to it and I might binge the first two seasons again before attempting it.

Anyone watch the first episode of The Mandalorian Season 2?
I just got through watching it and quite enjoyed it. I hate having to wait a whole week for the next episode. Especially when the episode ends with the final shot of Temuera Morrison / Jango/Boba Fett or a clone... That’s crazy. I was thinking the armor that the Marshall had was Boba’s but was it extracted from the dead Sarlac? Can’t wait to see where this goes!

@Th3solution Yeah really good episode. Bonus points for having Timothy Olyphant starring in it. I don't mind waiting a week for the next episode as I don't tend to binge watch stuff anyway. It didn't end on a cliffhanger when you are waiting too see the conclusion of the current episode, so don't really see the issue.

@JohnnyShoulder I had never seen him before, but he was great. A quick search shows me he’s in Justified and Deadwood so that fits. Looks like he also has done a couple video game characters, one in COD MW3.

@Th3solution I went on a Timothy Olyphant binge after watching him in Justified which is probably the best show of the 2010s. Deadwood is also brilliant.

Deadwood's amazing. I still need to watch the film but will probably go through the series again first.

@mookysam The film was really brilliant. I honestly think it would have been better if I had waited 10 years to watch it though, one of the major themes is the passage of time and it leans heavily towards viewers who watched it when it was first on. I’d recommend watching it blind, rather than straight after a binge of the TV show.

So Mandalorian Episode 1 was a thing

They literally faked people out just to unfake it at the very end lol

@nessisonett You should try Santa Clarita Diet. Yes it's kinda dumb and it only lasted three seasons but you can't not like Olyphant in it. Actually I take it back, it's not dumb, it's hilarious and I should just own my opinion.

@TheFrenchiestFry Yeah, I didn't get who that was but then, I'm not really a SW fan. I just watch for baby yoda and the occasional guest star. And if Rosario does indeed show up I'm definitely there for that too.