TV Show Thread

Good start for Game of Thrones last night.

Mad Men....I'm not sure what direction is being taken with only 5 more episodes to go. At this point, I feel like Don is going to die. Both episodes since the break have had a weird vibe and I like it but with only a short time left it's very bold.

 

This is what I tell my friends. Give it one season because if you can make it past the first season and you have a genuine interest in the characters, then it only gets better. It's all about character development. I love the story around Don, I love his dynamic with Peggy, Roger always on the seek for relevancy within the firm etc etc.

Some people say it's too boring and I get that, but there are plenty of people that are into it without zombies, dragons, robots, etc etc. I have more crazed reactions to scenes in Mad Men than any other show that I've loved such as Breaking Bad and Sopranos, all just depends if you can get into it or not. For instance, me and my roommates loved both Breaking Bad and Mad Men and while shouting or having jaw dropping moments over what Heisenberg did, we'll have the same or even more enthused reactions when Don makes a pitch or Roger weasels out another client.

 

I actually loved the first episode. Now last night's episode, was a bit of a waste. However, Matthew Wiener is one of the better writers out there and I have full faith with 5 episodes to go, he can deliver a hit for the series finale.

 

I actually just tried to watch Mad Men, watched 1 episode and probably won't watch it again. I was pretty bored throughout the entire episode, literally nothing made me want to watch another episode. Maybe I need to give it another shot?

Really struggling to find a new series now that I finished Daredevil. I don't have cable, so pretty much all my TV time is from Netflix, Hulu, or WatchESPN.

 

I think you need to give any new show, particularly a drama, more than one episode before making a judgment. But if you absolutely hated the pilot then there's definitely a chance the show simply isn't for you. But yes, the pilot is very slow and meandering. But yes, the show gets much better.

 

FWIW the wife and I watched the pilot of Mad Men a long time ago and weren't impressed. So we didn't watch again until about a year later when we decided to give it another go. Now we both absolutely love it.

Pilots can be rough. You usually can't judge a show off of them alone. Hell, I remember being pretty underwhelmed by the pilot to The Wire. And that ended up being one of my all time favorites.

 

Patience is definitely not my strong suit. Sounds like I need to give it another whirl.

 

I also don't have cable...

Netflix has a TON of great shows. Surely you can find something.

Almost every good show that Hulu has is already on Netflix, so I don't find much use in it.

I'm doing a free month of Hulu right now (for the third time in the last few years), and I can honestly say they will neve see a dime from me until they put out a better product. If you're going to charge the same as Netflix, your product better as good or better than it.

An underrated show that Hulu does have (and Netflix doesn't) is Party Down... Just finished it recently. It's a shame they cancelled it, but that's what happens when you put a TV show on Starz.