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briandmyers  ·  3750 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Fuck resolutions, what are you watching?

I'm almost ashamed to say it, but I'm kinda fond of "Brooklyn Nine Nine".

Also the American version of "Shameless" doesn't seem quite as edgy as the Brit version, but I like it anyway. Wiliam H Macy stands out.

Recently saw the Black Mirror Christmas Special - excellent; I loved all the episodes of this series. Great stuff, don't let the weird first episode stop you from seeing the rest - there's only 7 episodes all up anyway, and they are all independent from each other.





galen  ·  3750 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Brooklyn Nine-Nine is hilarious, I don't care what anyone says. But can we talk about that first episode of Black Mirror? That was fucked up. Gah.

briandmyers  ·  3750 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yes, fucked-up - but the whole point of that series is to be thought-provoking, I think; and judged on that basis, it succeeds perfectly.

galen  ·  3750 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah... It just stuck with me, yknow? Not in a pleasant way.

briandmyers  ·  3750 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I suspect the series would be a lot more well-known if that episode weren't the first one. Not easy to watch, frankly.

galen  ·  3750 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Exactly. To be honest, I'm still on the fence about watching the rest.

briandmyers  ·  3750 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Do it. The worst is past.

mknod  ·  3750 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I'm almost ashamed to say it, but I'm kinda fond of "Brooklyn Nine Nine".

Because you like something silly or goofy? There is nothing wrong with having bad taste, so I will defend anyone else's with my own!

The American Shameless is just a bit better than the British version imo, just because I understand the motivations of the characters more (i.e. NHS does not exist, how we gonna pay our bills?).