And I myself will be wearing pink taffeta as chenille would not go with my complexion.

Giles ,'Touched'


Premium Cable: The Cursing Costs Extra

[NAFDA] A thread for the discussion of all original programming on HBO, Showtime, Starz and other premium channels.

This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.


-t - Jan 12, 2010 7:26:01 pm PST #2609 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I liked The Riches, but the ads for Hung do not make me want to watch it. Random note: Dmitry Lipkin was in my Algebra class in middle school. Not that we were friends, I just remember his name.

The new season of Big Love is already pretty gripping.


erikaj - Jan 13, 2010 4:39:34 am PST #2610 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!

"Pupkin" was a funny alias in that the name seemed familiar, but I didn't know why. So I'm thinking "Techie joke? Or was that one of the security guys?" I've seen "King of Comedy" quite a few times, on cable during the '90s(one of the many ways in which Ellin and I apparently share a brain) but it's been a while:I've obsessed about many things since. Ellin would probably laugh at me for wondering where I know Rupert Pupkin. But I'm a geek who is not very self-conscious about knowing the hottest and latest.(I did take points off for Ashley when E. gave the title of the movie and she didn't recognize it. Because I'm bitchy and snobbish in ways that don't show very much.) She wasn't a great character anyway, though. Yeah, I like Sloan too. She's great. But they couldn't have picked an actress who looks less like my image of a "Sloan McKeswick" but comic timing and chemistry with Connolly make up for it.Every time she gets introduced to someone new, though, I have that thought again. Yeah, who knew Ari was part of a triangle that existed outside his own mind? I would have never guessed this. Although there are plenty of other reasons for them to be rivals. Yeah, Vinny fills a lot of needs with his dick, but when they were all off meeting strippers and courting three-ways, it didn't seem like such a disadvantage.(I mean, I'm happy to look, once and a while at least, and I'm definitely not the sort of person who thinks about Chase's godless lifestyle and wants to throw a telethon for him...he's fine.) But I really like that character too, and I think that Grenier would actually be up to facing more than yet another round of reverse cowgirl, but then, I don't really watch the show for that *particular* bit of wish-fulfillment.(Although I love the episode where he picks up the girl in the bookstore and finds out he is "on her list....though I have watched it three times and wonder if, like Ross, she had her list laminated.) Hung: like, don't love it like "Tara". This guy's life so sucks that even though the acting is really good, and some of the situations are intriguing, though as yet not as erotic or sexually fraught as I might have expected, it's not necessarily fun to watch. It's good to watch, if you'll follow me, but not really in that "fun reward for a hard day," kind of way. And I haven't seen two more repellent, surly teens on a show in a long time, if ever. This guy is not going to find out he was the richest man in town when you add up all the love, is he? Tanya....I feel for Tanya, and relate to her more than I am happy with, but as I'm watching disc 2, I can see that there are many ways she creates and feeds her own drama. For instance, I get that her mom is a bitch, in that really chick-specific way that a guy is not going to understand even if he is right there, but, much like me in college,she is so dedicated to finding and parsing every dig that she lets the opportunity to have a decent evening pass.


sumi - Jan 13, 2010 5:57:11 am PST #2611 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!

Interview with Julia Frey - the VFX producer for Game of Thrones.

And Teaser trailer for treme.


Java cat - Jan 15, 2010 4:27:18 pm PST #2612 of 7329
Not javachik

The new season of Big Love is already pretty gripping.

::jealous:: I'm going to have to try to find a way to see what's aired about half-way through. I won't be able to wait, for sure.

OMG, erika, have you seen Big Love? Even though I am often guilty of having the last thing I watched and liked be "my favorite show," Big Love might actually really be my favorite show. Sooooo good. I might be able to hook you up if you are interested.


erikaj - Jan 15, 2010 4:47:42 pm PST #2613 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!

I watched Season 1. I liked it fine, but I haven't missed it.


sumi - Jan 22, 2010 5:38:47 am PST #2614 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!

TRue Blood season 2 dvds and bluray coming out most likely on May 25th. (I dislike the cover art, what do you think?)


erikaj - Jan 22, 2010 6:34:12 am PST #2615 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!

it's too dark...they're attractive; we should see faces.


DavidS - Jan 22, 2010 10:01:53 am PST #2616 of 7329
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Need to share this with erika, Corwood and all the other WireHeads.

I'm doing work for my friend who is a criminal defense attorney, organizing her media. So it's been cool to watch actual detective interviews and hear 911 calls and dispatches.

But today I got to work on a Federal Case and guess what? Acutal motherfuckin' wire taps!

Which are, of course, absolutely dull and tedious for the most part.

But still! Wire taps!


erikaj - Jan 22, 2010 10:17:49 am PST #2617 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!

Yeah, I think they make that clear on the show, too, Hec. That you don't get the important stuff for a long time.


Strix - Jan 25, 2010 4:25:55 pm PST #2618 of 7329
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Oh, I've been waiting for Season 2 of True Blood; we don't have HBO. I think I will invest in a Season Three itunes pas this summer, though.