The Official Television Thread

[Athene]

I especially enjoyed the church scene of her transcendence.

Haven't gotten that far yet.

Was surprised to see Wesley Wyndam-Price show up in Glendale, btw...Lol

[ignoramus]

Hi guys... I need to know if anyone's seen Outlander?
Is it really really good or just meh?

Can you recommend a series that's fantastic?

[Silver]

Hi guys... I need to know if anyone's seen Outlander?
Is it really really good or just meh?

Can you recommend a series that's fantastic?

Never seen Outlander.

The most recent shows I've seen that are brilliant are:
Dark
Fargo

[onlinebiker]

Finally watched the last half of Catch-22. And something I'd really started to notice is the lack of Orr. He's a minor character, but a pivotal one. He's Yossarian's tentmate, and he keeps crashing his planes, and at points, he even suggests Yossarian fly with him. He disappears halfway through the novel after his plane is lost over the Mediterranean.

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It turns out he survived, having crashed intentionally as practice for faking his own death and rowing to neutral Sweden. The constant exhortations of "fly with me" were his way of letting him in on the whole plan. In the novel, Yossarian resolves to join him (and, presumably, if he can escape the knives of Nately's Whore, he does). In the film, he does.

Orr barely appears in the series, and this crucial aspect of the character is gone entirely. And in the last episode, we see why. Yossarian doesn't escape. What happens is, after Snowden's death, Yossarian resolves to never wear a uniform again, so he spends the last half of the episode naked (and just for the record, Kit, the most we see is a silhouette of his scrotum in an earlier scene). And, despite this, he just gives up on trying to escape. He just does what they want him to do (even if it is in the nude), and the last scene is him piloting a plane and repeating "and release... and release... and release..." with a thousand yard stare.

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I know I once chided a user here for assuming that Catch-22 would follow a sort of "triumph of the human spirit" mold, but George Clooney changing the ending so drastically and destroying any potential catharsis... I legitimately don't know if that works with the source material or not.

Did you ever readthe missing chapter? It was published in Playboy magazine in the 1980's. It' s about PT. ... It' s worth looking around for it.

Edit to add -Dec 1987 issue.

[The Grand Nudger]

I’ve seen outlander. It’s pretty unremarkable. Costumes sets and locations are pretty, though.

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If I were recommending...

Poldark on pbs
Letterkenney on Hulu
The boys on Amazon
Altered carbon on Netflix
Chernobyl on hbo.

[Rev. Rye]

Watching Scrubs Season 8.

Is it just me or does Gooch look like Frank Sidebottom? (Anyone who thinks I'm exaggerating, look at 0:46 on the first video and 0:56 on the second.)









Seriously, that girl's eyes look so disproportionately large and close together (and I think out of sync) it's like an Untooned cartoon character who's been thrust straight into the uncanny valley because the DJs think that somehow looks better than the original design.

[Kitty Galore]

I'm currently watching Orange is the New Black...season 4. It's getting a little soap opera feel now.

[Cecelia]

Rewatching Leverage. Love the show. Especially Parker, but the rest of the cast too. There's nobody in the main cast that I don't like. Which I can't say about too many shows.

[Rev. Rye]

After Season 2 dropped, I did not expect that I’d bother sticking around for Season 3. But then, I found the new trailer:





My reaction:



Please let there ACTUALLY BE A FUCKING ANSWER to this mystery and not leave this show like The L Word. To be fair, unlike that show, Bryce’s general despicability is obviously intentional and isn’t related to the subpar writing.

[Athene]

Hoo boy! Creepshow is debuting as a series next month on Shudder.