What Am I Watching Right now?

I thought Last Man on Earth was canceled. Also I thought it wasn't as well received as this one was. I loved Rob Lowe in P&R. Literally!

Man in the High Castle is quite good so far. Six epsiodes in.

dennycrane wrote:Man in the High Castle is quite good so far. Six epsiodes in.

I hadn't heard of this, but reading up on it, it sounds interesting. It takes place about 20 years after the Germans won WW2 if anyone else is interested.

I just watched pride, prejudice and zombies. I like the whole zombie thing but it's getting overdone. But on the other hand this was extremely well done. The dialogue and the acting is very good. The humor was laughing out loud in the cinema. I don't think they could of done it better. Highly recommend it. Very funny.

Flo The Action wrote:I just watched pride, prejudice and zombies. I like the whole zombie thing but it's getting overdone. But on the other hand this was extremely well done. The dialogue and the acting is very good. The humor was laughing out loud in the cinema. I don't think they could of done it better. Highly recommend it. Very funny.

I dig zombies, so I'm in.

tim1_2 wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:I just watched pride, prejudice and zombies. I like the whole zombie thing but it's getting overdone. But on the other hand this was extremely well done. The dialogue and the acting is very good. The humor was laughing out loud in the cinema. I don't think they could of done it better. Highly recommend it. Very funny.

I dig zombies, so I'm in.

Don't expect your regular zombie movie. It's a spin on the zombie idea but a welcomed one. Well they still want brains.
Very well done.

oh and ladies will love this film. Trust me. Puts woman in the centre and main role of the hero.

In honour of the dearly departed Garry Shandling I'm watching his episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, ironically (in light of the news) titled "It's Great that Garry Shandling is Still Alive":

http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/garry-shandling-its-great-that-garry-shandling-is-still-alive

#NoFlipping

Had technical issues yesterday, finally finished watching it just now. If you were into comedy in the late '70s through early '90s this is a must watch.

tim1_2 wrote:

dennycrane wrote:Man in the High Castle is quite good so far. Six epsiodes in.

I hadn't heard of this, but reading up on it, it sounds interesting.  It takes place about 20 years after the Germans won WW2 if anyone else is interested.

Philip k Richard had his moments of genius.

This is great:

https://medium.com/@thatdavidhopkins/how-a-tv-sitcom-triggered-the-downfall-of-western-civilization-336e8ccf7dd0#.ekw8xv791

I want to discuss a popular TV show my wife and I have been binge-watching on Netflix. It’s the story of a family man, a man of science, a genius who fell in with the wrong crowd. He slowly descends into madness and desperation, lead by his own egotism. With one mishap after another, he becomes a monster. I’m talking, of course, about Friends and its tragic hero, Ross Geller.

I upgraded my Digital Plus to Digital Plus Extra, which gets me a bunch of new channels (that I will likely never watch) and one premium package, for which I picked HBO+TMN. Series recording set up. We'll be watching GoT tonight.

They have a special going where you can get HBO+TMN at half price for 4 months, but they could not give me this promo because I already had a discount on my TV package as part of my bundle price. So instead of getting half off the regular $18 (I think) I get it (plus those other channels) for the upgrade price of $14. I guess I could try to fight this but I'm also getting $20 credit because there's no On-Demand or Shomi. I'll just have to make sure next month, if it's still not fixed, to get another $20 credit.

Watched the 2-hour premiere of Containment (show runs on Tuesdays in the US but Global runs it on Mondays, and they started a week late with a 2-hour slot). I'm hooked. Not sure what to expect. Maybe zombies?

Watched the last half hour or so of the Raptors game last night while at the gym. One of the most intense sessions on the elliptical. Man, it's easy to push yourself when a team does that. We were just getting home after a band-trip meeting at one of the kids' schools and I was listening on the radio. I think they were 15 points back at the time, and the PxP guy was talking about the Pacers how they were walking around looking like they knew they were the better team, not only in this game but how they were ready to win the series. Dropped off our daughter and got to the gym and they just got to within 7. Then 5. Then 2. Then tied game. What a wild finish. They had a run from 13 down to 6 up before the Pacers called a timeout and started clawing back. 3 points shot at the buzzer that would have tied it was overturned on review (just missed getting it off as time ran out). Wild.

The reviews are pretty bad for Containment. Tread carefully.

tim1_2 wrote:The reviews are pretty bad for Containment. Tread carefully.

Disagree.

I saw *one* review on IMDB. Guy clearly didn't like it. But over on the TiVO Community Forum the comments have been generally favorable. I trust those guys a lot more than some (one) on IMDB.

Was it a Picasso? No. But it wasn't as bad as Quantico (which is a great example of a well-made but utterly useless show).

Yes, what I'm saying is this one is well made and *not* utterly useless.

I am just going by the critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes.

tim1_2 wrote:I am just going by the critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes.

Some of these "critics" seem to think the only way to validate their "expertise" is to find fault with, often entertaining, movies. Just for the sake of it.