TV of 2014

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Re: TV of 2014

#126 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Sun Dec 14, 2014 10:13 pm

HBO's new OTT service will be powered by MLBAM, who does the same for the WWE Network, among other services. Should be interesting how it will compare with how the Network has done, considering that will likely go in more homes in it's first couple of months than WWE's has done up to now. It also says the service will debut in the Spring.


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#128 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:12 pm

James May's recent Toy Stories special is quite good and as usual in spirit with the show's aspirations of bringing the fantasies we had about our toys to life, including the kind of flash and bang pyrotechnics young boys can only dream of accomplishing with them. May himself is quite capable of carrying a show on his own shoulders, as he did earlier this year with his Cars of the People mini-series and his many other shows for the BBC.

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#129 Post by lacritfan » Mon Jan 12, 2015 1:04 pm

Golden Globes
Best TV Drama - The Affair
Best Actor, TV Drama - Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Best Actress, TV Drama - Ruth Wilson, The Affair
Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy - Transparent
Best Actor in a TV Series, Comedy or Musical - Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy or Musical - Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Best TV Movie or Mini-series - Fargo
Best Actor in a TV Movie or Mini-series - Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo
Best Actress in a TV Movie or Mini-series - Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television - Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television - Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey

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#130 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:50 pm

Mixed feelings on Sonic Highways so far. It gets interesting until it becomes about the Foo Fighters' new record and the songs which don't pick up much of the flavor of the city each one is recorded in at all. The major disappointment so far is that they didn't cover what the punk scene in Nashvile was like...

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#131 Post by MongooseCmr » Fri Jun 29, 2018 6:57 pm

I really haven’t had the patience or interest to dive into this apparent children’s cartoon renaissance going on these past years beyond a few stray episodes, but I watched Over the Garden Wall and would wholeheartedly recommend it. I saw it called the “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea of cartoons” a while ago and lyrics aside that’s not far off. The world of the show is a melting pot of old Americana, from colonial folk horror to an episode riffing on 1930s cartoons. It’s the only thing that comes to mind for an American version of medieval fantasy. It shares the same pervasive sense of melancholic nostalgia for times past too, but never to the point of some latter Adveture Time episodes where they’ve clearly stopped aiming for an audience of kids instead of young adults. There’s a few weaker chapters and the resolution can feel obvious but at 110 minutes there’s really nothing that’s worth removing. Good stuff and a shame CN hasn’t made any similar attempts at a miniseries since, to my knowledge.

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