Comments on: Awful Must-See TV

By: Old Bag Fashionistas: Stop it! |

Old Bag Fashionistas: Stop it! | — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 07:20:21 +0000

[…] night, I was watching Billions with my husband, and was moved to exclaim, “I had no idea I was capable of so much […]

By: Dj

Dj — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 22:24:06 +0000

Bad TV? Try not to watch. But, started ?The Young Pope on HBO, couldn’t get a handle on anything the first two episodes…Jude law is the first American pope, young and handsome. But, quirky as hell. Diane Keaton is a grizzled nun who took care of him when he was dumped at her orphanage. Lots of old, grisly cardinals, one that is impossible to understand as he guides the cigarette smoking pope. I gave it another try and fell in love! It’s not what you would think…Really unusual and strangely wonderful. Jude better win best actor Emmy and GG. Love Black Mirror, futuristic twilight zone. A fun, evil show? Animal kingdom with Ellen Barkin. Watch the Aussie movie first. Ellen is mother to a pack of grifter sons who all love mama. I’m easily entertained sister, Billions has seized my attention. My favorite character? Damian’s wife who lets every one know she doesn’t give a fuck. Now where’s the remote…..

By: Bevitron

Bevitron — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 10:28:10 +0000

Very interesting, all this TV stuff. I’m way too depressed at present to be able to concentrate much on storylines horrible or good, but I’ll take everybody’s word for the sublime awfulness of everything.

I do remember loving the Jeremy Brett version of the Sherlocks, and especially the wonderful opening theme. Haven’t thought about that in ages. Speaking of Blake Lively, a long long time ago I was in a play with her daddy Ernie, whose last name wasn’t Lively back then. I just remember that once during rehearsals he told me it was fine to park in a certain place and I did and my car got towed.

When I’m feeling more despondent than usual, all I can tolerate watching, weirdly enough, is violent history-based stuff like Band of Brothers on Amazon video. (Damian Lewis was great in that, by the way.) If I tried watching one of those women hanging judges’ shows, I know I’d go out on a murder spree or something.

I really enjoyed watching Happy Valley, especially the parts where the psycho-fucker-killer went shithouse rat crazy, which was pretty much all the time. That show made me want to go around in all black with a fluorescent green vest.

By: Sister Wolf

Sister Wolf — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 07:28:23 +0000

Penny – We LOVE forensic files. We have even listened to it on satellite radio in the car!

Mary Liz – Oh, I love Ray Liotta, he’s been great in so many movies! Damian Lewis needs to apologize to me personally for Billions, though.

Heidi – Sounds great! I know an actress who was in it and even she thought it was crap.

A friend – Well, aren’t you the irritant? 1. No one is too young for me to cudgel. 2. Don’t use the word “cudgel.” 3. Not all sad sacks are morose. 4. He earned the money for his house on stilts in the Hollywood Hills from a TV mini-series based on his case involving a serial killer. I was being a little snarky about “masterpiece.” I wouldn’t know an architectural masterpiece from a hole in the ground. 5. Get back to me when you find out about the head cock. Then we’ll talk.

Emma – Judge Judy?? Get your husband to see Judge Jeanine on Fox if he wants to see a real fascist. I never watched Gossip Girl but isn’t it where Blake Lively comes from?

Romeo – Patriot is great but too dark for you right now. The Americans too. Did you get a phone yet??? Thinking about you, xoxo

By: Romeo

Romeo — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 01:30:25 +0000

But what’s genuinely good to watch? I nominate Catastrophe because there’s yodeling in the theme song but the new season arriving Friday may be the last season I watch since Amazon refuses to block its ads from Breightbarght.

Bosch is awful. Titus Welliver (whose stage name is as ludicrous as that of the eponymous Bosch) is effective as a half-bright meathead but not credible as whatever it is his character is supposed to be. Unless he’s suffered some kind of brain trauma as you have already implied in which case: totally believable.

Hey, remember that time the Russian Mafia totally destroyed our democracy?

By: Emma

Emma — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 06:40:27 +0000

I’m currently addicted to watching old episodes of Judge Judy on YouTube. My husband is appalled. He thinks it is the worst and that she is the worst, he says the show exploits the poor and is unethical and that Judge Judy is a fascist but I don’t know, I can’t get enough of Judge Judy.
The other show is an old BBC product of Sherlock Holmes with Jeremy Brett playing Sherlock, also on You Tube. The production is wonderful. I love Jeremy Brett’s interpretation of Holmes and the producer’s dedication to the authenticity with the books.
I just finished a huge marathon session of all of Gossip Girl which I also loved.

By: A friend

A friend — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:26:16 +0000

A few things: Madison Lintz, Bosch’s daughter, is 17, and therefore too young for Sister Wolf to cudgel; she should be more careful. And “morose sad sack”. As opposed to a cheerful sad sack? And the house, though glassy, is hardly an architectural masterpiece. (Not unlike Jessica Rabbit, it is just shot that way.) How does he afford it on a cop’s salary? With the proceeds from the movie rights to a case he worked. As to Mr. Welliver’s head cock? Can’t explain it.

By: Heidi

Heidi — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:25:43 +0000

I nominate the Cinemax original “Banshee.” The first couple of seasons are free on Amazon, but if you want to watch the rest, you have to pay. Here’s the official description:

A recently paroled master thief assumes the identity of Sheriff Lucas Hood in Banshee, Pa., where his former lover and partner in crime relocated years ago and reinvented herself as Carrie Hopewell, the wife of the town’s prosecutor. As Lucas attempts to reunite with Carrie and keep his past a secret, he resumes his life of crime, even as he’s hunted by the shadowy gangsters he betrayed years earlier, including a mob boss who seeks revenge against Lucas and Carrie for the jewel heist that landed Lucas in prison.

But it neglects to mention the former Amish guy who’s now the town’s corrupt businessman/baddie and the Fabulously bitter Gaysian Hairdresser/Hacker sidekick.

By: Mary Liz

Mary Liz — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 17:58:50 +0000

Sorry to hear that Ray Liotta and Damian Lewis have sold out…actors have to make a living like the rest of us. I’ve liked Ray Liotta since the ’80s, Goodfellas and that sweet movie set in Pittsburgh, he was kind to his mentally disabled brother. And Damian Lewis was wonderful in Wolf Hall.
Hope all’s well, Sister Wolf!

By: Penny

Penny — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 09:41:23 +0000

Setting aside the terrible tragedies that the show is based on, ‘Forensic Files’ is utterly hilarious. The narrator (I think it’s Peter Thomas who is half Welsh, so that explains a lot). He says things like ‘window peeper’, which makes me hoot (in England we say ‘peeping Tom’ or just ‘fucking pervert’), and generally adds an air of congeniality and light heartedness to what otherwise would be a mood hoover of a show to watch. It’s fantastic in it’s awfulness.