What films/TV shows are you watching? *see mod warning, post #3*

Numb3rs. Just procured the first season. From it's wiki page:

The series follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes (Rob Morrow) and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes (David Krumholtz), who helps Don solve crimes for the FBI.

A crime-solving mathematician? Sounds good to me.

Cows Go µ

Is that good then? I was always curiously about it but was scared it would be awful as they can really feck up maths on tv sometimes

Pygmalion

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Numb3rs. Just procured the first season. From it's wiki page:



A crime-solving mathematician? Sounds good to me.

I'll save you the bother of finding out how **** it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2rGTXHvPCQ

.

Seems like they got a nice idea and then had to dumb it down so much to get approved it's pretty much less about Maths than CSI.

Cows Go µ

Cows Go µ wrote: »

Is that good then? I was always curiously about it but was scared it would be awful as they can really feck up maths on tv sometimes

I haven't started watching it, but apparently they have a team of mathematical consultants for each episode.
They write the episodes and then consult the mathematicians though, so it's probably still slightly cringeworthy but I'll let you know if it's good.

And yeah Pyggy, I saw that clip on the irssi website I think. It looks awful there, but that's not the maths bit. I'm keeping an open mind until I watch at least one episode.

Oh actually... wtf is with the series summations when describing IRC using a metaphor of shipping channels? :P

OopsyDaisy

Just finished watching Dylan Moran like totally.

I love him! I've watched it before, but I've such bad memory that the jokes work the second time round just as well

wayhey

I watched some recorded "The Ricky Gervais Show". It's absolutely brilliant!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFhyNp_gqnw

D4RK ONION

Pygmalion wrote: »

I'll save you the bother of finding out how **** it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2rGTXHvPCQ

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Seems like they got a nice idea and then had to dumb it down so much to get approved it's pretty much less about Maths than CSI.

Words fail me. Really, they do.

wayhey wrote: »

I watched some recorded "The Ricky Gervais Show". It's absolutely brilliant!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFhyNp_gqnw

I've been watching all of these on 4oD, they're fantastic. They're so horrible to Carl :P

wayhey

I think I watch it half the time for Ricky's laugh- it's brilliant

What do you think of Stephen on it?

D4RK ONION

Ricky's laugh is pretty awesome. Stephen doesn't really say much does he? He's sort of Ricky's bitch. I mean, he's even drawn at Ricky's side with both facing Carl (who is brilliant :P).

wayhey

Yeah that's what I think... I saw on a YouTube comment (I know, what a reputable source) that he's got more of a role in the writing side of things like Extras but I don't think he adds a lot to the podcast. I suppose though if you'd someone with a lot of presence it'd take from Carl...

EDIT: I actually don't think that's possible upon some thought...

Just finished the first series of Numb3rs.
I really enjoyed it and I'd have to advise any mathsy-types to go ahead and watch it even if they're afraid that the maths will get messed up. It doesn't. Some of the plotlines are a bit cheesy but most of the episodes' plots are graaand.

msbrightside

I'm in shock from tonight's episode of Grey's Anatomy :eek:
Brilliant episode.

rebel girl 15

msbrightside wrote: »

I'm in shock from tonight's episode of Grey's Anatomy :eek:
Brilliant episode.

Absolutely fantastic! And the concluding part is next week - can't wait! :eek:

Professey Chin

Just finished watching all of 2 Guys & a Girl.Not a bad sitcom at all

Cows Go µ

msbrightside wrote: »

I'm in shock from tonight's episode of Grey's Anatomy :eek:
Brilliant episode.

I haven't watched Greys in ages and just saw it on and decided to watch. Wow, that was one hell of an episode. Absolutely have to watch next week's!

msbrightside

Cows Go µ wrote: »

I haven't watched Greys in ages and just saw it on and decided to watch. Wow, that was one hell of an episode. Absolutely have to watch next week's!

Yeah, I stopped watching earlier this season and just decided to watch it tonight for some reason. I was gripped to my seat though, next week's episode is going to be great!

Ally7

msbrightside wrote: »

Yeah, I stopped watching earlier this season and just decided to watch it tonight for some reason. I was gripped to my seat though, next week's episode is going to be great!

I just watched next week's episode :O Dramatic, to say the least!

daysleeper

has anyone ever seen 'Boy A'? I just saw it today. It's basically about a guy who's just been let out of jail after spending about 10 years there for killing a little girl while he was only a kid himself. Similar to the Jamie Bulger story. It's one of the best films I've ever seen I think.

Jako8

The Prestige. Class.

Great story and everything flows together so nicely.

seanbmc

Finished this season of The Clevaland Show, great show.

Just started watching Stargate Universe, it's amazing especially in HD. Highly suggest to anyone to give this show a watch

Ginja Ninja

Jako8 wrote: »

The Prestige. Class.

Great story and everything flows together so nicely.

isn't it?it's kind of out there but doesn't focus on the peculier things that happen,but on how everything else ties into it

seanbmc wrote: »

Just started watching Stargate Universe, it's amazing especially in HD. Highly suggest to anyone to give this show a watch

it's A-MAY-ZING,I watched the seaon Finale last week,for a scifi show it's really well written and darker than I ever expected it to be[I'm a bit of a stargate nerd]

the season ends so well,you will never see the ending coming at all

ReacherCreature

Jako8 wrote: »

The Prestige. Class.

Great story and everything flows together so nicely.

It's terrific. Doesn't nearly gets the attention it deserves!

qwertplaywert

seanbmc wrote: »

Just started watching Stargate Universe, it's amazing especially in HD. Highly suggest to anyone to give this show a watch

Only seen the first 3/4 episodes, but it just seemed like a poor mans Battlestar- every episode seemed to lead up to a problem Robert Caryle had to fix.
I have heard it gets better though.

seanbmc

qwertplaywert wrote: »

Only seen the first 3/4 episodes, but it just seemed like a poor mans Battlestar- every episode seemed to lead up to a problem Robert Caryle had to fix.
I have heard it gets better though.

It does

seanbmc

Ginja Ninja wrote: »

isn't it?it's kind of out there but doesn't focus on the peculier things that happen,but on how everything else ties into it

it's A-MAY-ZING,I watched the seaon Finale last week,for a scifi show it's really well written and darker than I ever expected it to be[I'm a bit of a stargate nerd]

the season ends so well,you will never see the ending coming at all

Looking forward to it, the visuals are amazing in it. Especialy in the episode where

they are approaching the giant star to refuel.

Klingon Hamlet

Avatar---forgot how dull and lifeless the whole thing was. Brilliant effects but it all added up to naught. Colonel Quaritch was the only highlight. Sam Worthington has all the charisma of a damp plank.

Pygmalion

Klingon Hamlet wrote: »

Avatar---forgot how dull and lifeless the whole thing was. Brilliant effects but it all added up to naught. Colonel Quaritch was the only highlight. Sam Worthington has all the charisma of a damp plank.

I enjoyed it but at the end of the day it was the exact same as every other over-rated over-budgeted film out there.

I'm cold and emotionless, I'll do anything for money.
Oh look I've met a sarcastic, back-talking women from the streets/jungle.
Oh dear god, I now see how evil I have been, I must rebel against authority to protect these natives/orphans/dogs.
Yup, turns out people can overcome massive military might as long as they truly believe in themselves.

Just find that same recycled plot so irritating now.

Klingon Hamlet

Pygmalion wrote: »

I enjoyed it but at the end of the day it was the exact same as every other over-rated over-budgeted film out there.

I'm cold and emotionless, I'll do anything for money.
Oh look I've met a sarcastic, back-talking women from the streets/jungle.
Oh dear god, I now see how evil I have been, I must rebel against authority to protect these natives/orphans/dogs.
Yup, turns out people can overcome massive military might as long as they truly believe in themselves.

Just find that same recycled plot so irritating now.

I dug the

world being a living entity, covered in an organic neural network

. It certainly explained the convenient

beast stampede that helped win the war

. But yeah it stunk of Return of the Jedi-like idiocy. Natives win cos they're goodies.

Dug Quaritch popping bullets at his quarry whilst holding his breath...the first time...second time? BOORRIINNGG.

Cameron, like Lucas, also self-plagiarised to the point of being riDONKulous. Mech-suits versus big living opponent? Check. Latino tomboy military chick spouting lame quips? Check. Sigourney Weaver talking sense and being generally ignored by The Company? Check. Protagonist with the first name's first letter J who has up to this point been troublesome, a waste, ith a crappy past and family issues, only to find a mother/mother-figure and discover his true destiny as leader of a rebel faction against a highly mechanised overpowering, inhuman empire of war? Check.

Same for the score---James Horner made a killer soundtrack to Star Trek II, and has ever since pillaged that score and the ALIENS score with aplomb.

degausserxo

Usually I hate all those American teenage dramas, but I'm really loving 90210 at the moment! And Mr. Matthews is a total beor..

Jamie Starr

Watched The Hurt Locker, and I wasn't hugely impressed to be honest. But then again I don't think I was meant to be, if that makes sense. Some bits at the start were pretty tense, but the ending was just a tad ham-fisted for my liking.

Major plus on the scarce use of music in it though, especially "this is not America OoOoOoOoOoallllahallalallalaaa" music. A good movie shouldn't need a score to draw you in.