The one network show my wife and myself watch together is "This is Us". After she can go back to her shows and i can find a game to watch but it's a show that we both enjoy.
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The one network show my wife and myself watch together is "This is Us". After she can go back to her shows and i can find a game to watch but it's a show that we both enjoy.
I'm surprised you watch that. I figured you would be grossed out by the fat people.
Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss
There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock
My wife watches this show, I watched the first couple episodes. As far as a I can tell every single plot line involving the hefty woman centers around her weight -- trying to lose weight, when she was big as a girl and the challenges that posed with her normal sized mom, falling back on bad eating habits, etc. No normal plots for the poor fat chick.Originally Posted by RC Vikings
Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”
to be fair, she doesn’t get any normal breaths, steps, or sleep either
Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.
My wife also watches that show. I saw one episode and was bored. I like dramas but that thing is like drama on steroids.
I came home last night to MJ watching a unabomber show. It looked interesting but she’s already a ways into it I think so I didn’t get it all. Seems interesting though.
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"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf
Exactly. I saw a couple of episodes. It has an interesting story. But the drama is pretty thick and exhausting.
We watch this one together too, though we’re only on episode 2 of this season. I don’t care if everyone here thinks it’s overwrought, I enjoy it and thought it was one of last year’s stronger shows; evidence that network tv doesn’t have to suck. All that being said, I am confident that the network will find a way to screw it up eventually.
Probably by stretching it out for 7 seasons with 22 episodes per season.
Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
I thought the first episode of the show was really well done. I watched the first 3-5 episodes with my wife. Then she watched one without me and I didn't bother with catching up and/or watching it anymore.
"I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
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We watch it together as well, sometimes waiting a few weeks and then catching up. It occasionally strays into cheap sentiment territory, but the performances are great and the dialogue often rings true. We're now caught up again. This week's group therapy session involving the three kids and the mother was brutally intense, but very well done.
Damn... this looks really super good, showing on an NBC station near you.
The Brave
This fresh, heart-pounding journey into the complex world of America's elite undercover military heroes follows Captain Adam Dalton (Mike Vogel) and his heroic Special Ops squad of highly trained undercover specialists as they carry out each mission on the ground. His team is armed with incredible sniper Sgt. Jasmine "Jaz" Khan (Natacha Karam), CPO Ezekiel "Preach" Carter (Demetrius Grosse), combat medic Sgt. Joseph "McG" McGuire (Noah Mills) and intelligence officer Agent Amir Al-Raisani (Hadi Tabbal). This team works hand-in-hand with D.I.A. Deputy Director Patricia Campbell (Anne Heche) and her team of analysts including veterans Cultural Specialist Noah Morgenthau (Tate Ellington) and Mission Coordinator Hannah Archer (Sofia Pernas), as they wield the world's most advanced surveillance technology from headquarters in D.C. All members of this elite squad, both in D.C. and across the world, have one thing in common: their resilience and commitment to freedom is unmatched by any other. Often facing insurmountable challenges, the team works tirelessly to get the job done and to prevail in even the most complex situations. Week after week, the team uses that determination along with their unbreakable bond to save the lives of innocent people and execute missions in some of the most dangerous places in the world.
Doesn't sound like propaganda at all.
You're actually pretty funny when you aren't being a complete a-hole....so basically like 5% of the time. --Art Vandelay
I would rather take a political risk in pursuit of peace, than to risk peace in pursuit of politics. --President Donald J. Trump
Anyone can make war, but only the most courageous can make peace. --President Donald J. Trump
You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war. --William Randolph Hearst
Anyone watching this?
Valor
The boundaries between military discipline and human desire are tested on a US Army base that houses an elite unit of helicopter pilots trained to perform clandestine international and domestic missions. The drama unfolds in the present as well as in flashbacks to a failed mission involving one of the first female pilots in the unit, ultimately uncovering layers of personal and government/military secrets, and leading to a season-long plan to rescue a group of MIA soldiers.
Seems like a totally normal TV show you'd see in a country not pre-occupied with lionizing its military.
You're actually pretty funny when you aren't being a complete a-hole....so basically like 5% of the time. --Art Vandelay
I would rather take a political risk in pursuit of peace, than to risk peace in pursuit of politics. --President Donald J. Trump
Anyone can make war, but only the most courageous can make peace. --President Donald J. Trump
You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war. --William Randolph Hearst
Big fan of this one too:
Seal Team
SEAL Team is a new military drama that follows the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan, and execute the most dangerous, high stakes missions our country can ask of them. Jason Hayes is the respected, intense leader of the Tier One team whose home life has suffered as a result of his extensive warrior's existence. His team includes his trusted confidant, Ray Perry, the longest-tenured operator with whom Jason shares an ingrained shorthand, and Sonny Quinn, an exceptional, loyal soldier with a checkered past who still combats self-destructive tendencies. Undergoing additional rigorous training in the hope of joining Hayes' select unit is Clay Spenser, a young, multi-lingual second generation SEAL with insatiable drive and dedication. Vital to the team's success are CIA analyst Mandy Ellis, who has sacrificed everything in her drive to root out evil and take down terrorists, and Lisa Davis, a no-nonsense, take-charge logistics officer and unofficial den mother responsible for outfitting the team with the necessary gear for each mission. Deployed on clandestine missions worldwide at a moment's notice, and knowing the toll it takes on them and their families, this tight-knit SEAL team displays unwavering patriotism and fearless dedication even in the face of overwhelming odds.
Been DVR'ing this because it sounds so fucking compelling!
You're actually pretty funny when you aren't being a complete a-hole....so basically like 5% of the time. --Art Vandelay
I would rather take a political risk in pursuit of peace, than to risk peace in pursuit of politics. --President Donald J. Trump
Anyone can make war, but only the most courageous can make peace. --President Donald J. Trump
You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war. --William Randolph Hearst
Walter, I did not watch my buddies die face down in the muck so that you could come on this fine message board and slander the noble men and women of our military.
"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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Started two new series this weekend, 'Counterpart' and 'The Alienist'. I thought the acting was pretty good in both. The cinematography in the Alienist was excellent. Both have interesting plot lines. More nudity in Counterpart so far.
I liked them. I'll continue to watch.
You need a "back in the 'Nam" in there.
Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!
For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.
Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."
Anyone else watch Crashing? I really liked the first season and the second season so far has been entertaining. I loved the interaction that Pete Holmes had with Penn Jillette about religion.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendl...wqbgpEoIxX4.99HOLMES:… You’re a — you’re a big atheist now, right? I mean…
JILLETTE: Yeah. I have been for a long time. I guess my whole adult life.
HOLMES: I stuck with it, I guess.
JILLETTE: Oh, did you?
HOLMES: Jesus is still my co-pilot.
JILLETTE: [Laughs]
HOLMES: He’s great. He doesn’t drink either.
JILLETTE: Oh, really?
HOLMES: Very, very smooth flight.
JILLETTE: I thought there was the wine thing! Isn’t there the wine…
HOLMES: Oh, you know, it was one miracle. The rest of the time, he was pretty dry.
JILLETTE: You really do believe?
HOLMES: Yeah.
JILLETTE: Christian god?
HOLMES: Christian — Yeah. All three.
JILLETTE: Now, I don’t wanna be dismissive, but you actually believe that there’s a being that cares about — forgive me — but your masturbation? Cares about everything you do?
HOLMES: Yeah, you, you know —
JILLETTE: And you don’t have any gnawing doubts about that? You don’t think that maybe you’re letting things slide by you that could be more beautiful?
HOLMES: Like what?
JILLETTE: Like life?
HOLMES: So you don’t — you don’t believe in something watching us, something keeping all of this going?
JILLETTE: I’m not sure there’s no God, but I don’t know. The most important revolution in human history — more important than agriculture, more important than writing — is the scientific revolution. Came down to three words: I don’t know. And no institution, no church, no king, no power structure had ever said in history, “I don’t know.”
HOLMES: I just — What if you’re wrong? I mean, I could never…
JILLETTE: What if you’re wrong?
HOLMES: What if I’m wrong? I mean, either way, I’m good. You’re right —
JILLETTE: No, no, that’s not true! I mean, that’s the problem with Pascal’s Wager, is there’s more than one choice. You could spend your whole life praying your ass off to Jesus, and then find out that it’s actually Zeus, and he doesn’t like you praying to Jesus.
HOLMES: … I’m enjoying the certainty I get from my faith.
JILLETTE: You don’t have certainty.
HOLMES: I do!
JILLETTE: No, you don’t.
HOLMES: I do!
JILLETTE: You can’t get certainty just by willpower. You can’t force yourself to believe things that you don’t have evidence for. You just can’t do it. You can’t force certainty.
HOLMES: Yeah, but this… this is all I have. I mean, I can’t… This is how I was raised, I can’t just… put it aside because you make some sense. I mean… it’s hard for me to admit that you’re making some sense.
JILLETTE: Yeah, I dig that. It’s hard to change. It’s really hard. It’s hard for someone my age to admit that… the Beatles weren’t that good! [Laughs]
The crux of what has traumatized us about CUF/CG is that we thought they were our friends. And their identity as BYU fans turned out to be the most important thing to them. What empty lives! What a damning indictment of the LDS Church!
--SeattleUte
He who drinks beer sleeps well. He who sleeps well cannot sin. He who does not sin goes to heaven. The logic is impeccable.
--Charles W. Bamforth, Ph.D.
could this be any more smugAnd no institution, no church, no king, no power structure had ever said in history, “I don’t know.”
Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.
No kidding.
Not to mention that tired old straw man: Pascal's wager. Barf.
"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
I can see how that would come off as smug. I'm curious though how is it any more smug then saying we have a fullness of doctrine?
The crux of what has traumatized us about CUF/CG is that we thought they were our friends. And their identity as BYU fans turned out to be the most important thing to them. What empty lives! What a damning indictment of the LDS Church!
--SeattleUte
He who drinks beer sleeps well. He who sleeps well cannot sin. He who does not sin goes to heaven. The logic is impeccable.
--Charles W. Bamforth, Ph.D.
i think that’s entirely sincere and not at all smug
Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.
I love Pete Holmes, but I didn't know he had a show. I just watched that episode and it was great. Thanks for the recommendation.
Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
I don’t know if any of you are watching Blackish, but, in my opinion, it has really turned into one of the best family sitcoms out there. They just ended a multi-episode arc where the parents hit a rough spot and actually separated (moved into separate homes and everything). It was really difficult to watch at times, especially if you expect your sitcoms to make you laugh. The arc finally ended this week, and it was just about perfect (albeit a bit rushed). Highly recommend it if you aren’t already watching.
Any of y'all watch "In the Night of" from HBO. Really good one year series show. Started out like a personal top 5 series, but fizzled a little the last half. But overall really great. Maybe top 10 for me. I have some spoiler questions-comments if anyone else watched.
Spoiler for spoiler:
Wanted to love it but couldn't. Naz' turn was too abrupt. The kid who was bullied into doing homework for athletes is now a hard ass, drug addict with neck tattoos in the span of months? C'mon. The relationship with Chandra was just dumb. I felt like they spent way too much time developing everything and then they realized they had two episodes left to wrap it up and everything was rushed, bordering on ridiculousness. I do love Freddy. But that is probably because his character is similar to that of Omar Little.
I fear GoT is on this path with just one season to tie all these loose ends and have a satisfying resolution.
Last edited by Surfah; 08-14-2018 at 07:11 AM.
"Nobody listens to Turtle."-Turtle
I know personalities like Naz and I actually didn't find his trajectory that unbelievable. He was always materialistic. He was always concerned with status and power. I think given that opportunity, someone like that could turn like that. It never came out before because he was so highly sheltered and didn't have access. This is probably racist, but I've noticed among the Indians I know, this same kind of thing. A very shy, naive, innocent person who inside really craves the materialistic, high life he sees in movies or what not and would go for it, given the chance. I guess this goes across cultures, but there was something specific about Naz that made me think of some of the Indians I know.
The Chandra arc was what I found more dissatisfying.
Freddy was awesome. Jack London. lol.
Succession has been great. It's worth getting a subscription for a month on HBO. Barry was also really good as well as Sharp Objects.
Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”
Barry was good. Henry Winkler is hilarious and I like Bill Hader, but this series went really dark really fast. I'll cheer for a hit man as long as he's killing bad guys. That's not where Barry ended up, though. Not interested in humanizing that kind of evil.
So its not, I don't know, really incredibly boring?
Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
My son really wanted to get called on his mission to Vietnam. Specifically so that he could start all of his mission stories with "Back when I was in Nam".
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