TV Series Discussion Thread.

Oh yeah, speaking of Rick and Morty (which you should already have put in your brain, you silly humans), someone should plug its Adult Swim cousin The Venture Bros. Love that shit. Love it hard.

Oh, and Community. Fuck yeah Community. It's so much better than sitcoms should be able to be. Same thing with 30 Rock, but I'm still saying Community stands out as just plain ol' good watching anytime of day. Plus: Alison Brie. I would build a sex dungeon for that.

-B.

Twilight Zone 4 eva, bitches.

Speaking of which, I saw Night Mind's videos on that stuff. Actually really cool. Though, with "This House Has People In It" I think his analyzation kind of goes slightly off the rails when he gets deeper into it, but not of his own fault, I just think whatever parable/metaphor Resnick was going for got a bit lost in the extra footage, but that bit on "Unedited Footage of a Bear" was on point, and it was cool to see a comprehensive explanation for Marble Hornets since it would have been a bit difficult to go through that stuff on my own so long after the fact.

I honestly find a strange level of quality in those Adult Swim infomercial stuff, especially when it comes to ramping up the strangeness, something about the execution is nightmare-ish and potent. When I first watched Unedited Footage of a Bear, I was genuinely unnerved by it, which is exactly what he was going for with all the unnaturalness he puts in there and how it begins to escalate through the course of the piece. There is something about fringe pieces like that that has an incredible charm to them. Which is why I guess I love horror (or why a lot of people love horror I should say haha), stuff like Lovecraft has always felt like 'looking over the edge' at something I shouldn't, which is why it sucks when it gets over-saturated or begins to unravel (*cough* American Horror Story *cough*).

Though, more to the point, I would love to see something on TV create the atmosphere of stuff like Marble Hornets or something of that sort (though without ripping it off of course), because I think there is a lot of potential to work with in that atmosphere and it would be fresh to see something horror related not just devolve into pulp (*cough* American Horror Story/Most Syfy shows *cough*).

I mean, to bring it back to my earlier post, what I love about the Twilight Zone is its not just some dated horror sci-fi show, it is a legit amazing show, and some episodes are still as creepy as they are now as they use to be. With so much potential and inspiration from so many sources, there is no reasons horror shows should be relegated to become cheap 'no-longer-eerie' products after a point-n-time.

Wow, I feel old and behind the times. I don't have good internet, just my phone, so watching anything on my computer is out of the question. So I'm stuck with whatever's on broadcast and/or what I can find on dvd.

Currently watching: The Flash -- such good shit. Berlanti does everything right with this show. Hints at Flashpoint and various Crisis storylines, makes a ton of homage to Silver Age stories, and they throw in a ton of little nerdy details, like Jesse Quick's speed equation. Extra bonus points for casting John Wesley Shipp as Barry's dad.

Legends of Tomorrow -- as previously observed, wonderfully cheesy. Vandal Savage is easily the best small screen supervillain going right now. And that cliffhanger at the end of the season? I can't wait for fall! (I secretly hope this will give rise to a JSA series, because JSA is the shit.)

Gotham -- Did I mention I'm a DC mark? This show...man... The first season was a little shaky, but they've got their footing now, and the plot twists are actually pretty good. Some events look cheap or stupid at first, and then you find out why certain things happened in certain ways. I think a lot of people who complain about it are just butthurt that they're taking some liberties with the overall Bat-verse, but if I want to see a rehash of every Batman comic ever, I'll just re-read the books.

Lucifer -- Clever, smart, funny, charming. I admit I haven't followed the comics, but the show makes me want to. Good stuff.

Person of Interest -- Love this show, for so many reasons. Not the least of which is that I could stare at Jim Caviezel for hours. No, but for real, the individual stories, the overall plot, all the little details they like to throw at you... intense. Good stuff.

I'm sure there are more, but it's early and I'm still on my first cup of coffee.

Forgot to mention Mr. Robot! So psyched for s34s0n 2! The most surprising thing is it came out of USA network! Such a mind blowing show! Fite da powah!

Only thing I watch on TV is wrestling on Monday nights.

I have very cheap cable, its basically an internet package with some cable channels. We watch a lot of movies. But my daughter usually has the TV locked down with Daniel Tiger, Special Agent Oso, My Little Pony, Power Rangers, and whatever else she finds on Netflix or the weird MLP fan videos she finds on Youtube. Really bizarre stuff.