TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery

[heyzeus]

Season 3 of "The Americans" starts next week.

Nice! A renewed opportunity to be confused as to what the hell is going on!

[Vidor]

Season 3 of "The Americans" starts next week.

Nice! A renewed opportunity to be confused as to what the hell is going on!

Paying attention helps! It also makes sure you won't miss the nudity.

[ghostrunner]

It's in a bad slot at NBC. The type of people who watch NBC don't watch shows like Hannibal, and the kinds of people who would like Hannibal (like me) don't watch NBC or network TV in general.

If it was on HBO, FX, or AMC, it would be unstoppable.

As it is, I think it's going to get 3-4 years in* and people are going to start realizing what they've been missing, much like Breaking Bad.

*I say that without knowing what's coming because I haven't read any of the source literature

I think it's what you said, plus I think it's probably just too gory to ever be mainstream. More so than premium cable, even. Which is just amazing. The season 2 premiere was one of the grossest things I've seen, not to mention the angel episode from season 1. I'm not a horror nerd, but outside of pure gross-out stuff like Dead Alive it's right up there.

I also suspect it's too slow and meandering at times to be a hit. I wonder if the impossible nature of some of the set pieces turns people off.

Weirdest thing to me about Hannibal - it has a huge following among teenage girls. They're all over Twitter and Tumblr about it.

[Vidor]

I didn't watch "Hannibal" when it debuted because, after the severely diminishing returns of the Hannibal Lecter movies, I assumed it would be crap. Then I heard it wasn't crap, but then it was too late.

[The Third Man]

Anybody watch miniseries "Carlos" (the Jackal)?

Yeah, I saw this a couple years ago. My impression at the time: incredible recreation of an era, great lead performance, great production design, killer Wire-heavy soundtrack, runs more wide than deep. Verdict: pretty [expletive] great.

[go birds]

The problem with hannibal is that i never jumped on the train when it started and now i can't find anywhere to catch up, i.e. netflix or OnDemand

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

The problem with hannibal is that i never jumped on the train when it started and now i can't find anywhere to catch up, i.e. netflix or OnDemand

Prime has season 1 and I'm pretty sure they'll put season 2 up there a month or so before season 3 debuts. Other than that, I don't think it's out there.

[go birds]

The problem with hannibal is that i never jumped on the train when it started and now i can't find anywhere to catch up, i.e. netflix or OnDemand

Prime has season 1 and I'm pretty sure they'll put season 2 up there a month or so before season 3 debuts. Other than that, I don't think it's out there.

yea....unfortunately i dont have prime.

had it at one point, but didn't see the point since i dont really ever order anything off of amazon and their streaming selections at the time were very limited. its been a couple years, so perhaps that has changed a bit and worth a look

[heyzeus]

I'm a big fan of Louie, so I decided to give his predecessor tv show a try, Lucky Louie. It ran for a season on HBO a few years ago. I've watched two episodes now, and I see why it got canned. Take a crappy network sitcom like King of Queens or Everyone Nags Raymond or whatever, then add some cursing and painful jokes about their sex life and a laugh track. Can anyone tell me if it's worth watching further into the season to see if it gets better?

[Jocephus]

there was only one funny part to king of queens. that was when patton oswalt stood still and did nothing during an entire scene.