On 08/06/2013 12:24 PM, RoryGoff wrote: > Sorry to hear that about Mad Men; I have been enjoying it hugely thus far... > I LOVE how beautifully it illuminates the dysfunctional 60's -- all this time > I thought it was only my Dad who pulled that kind of stuff! :-) A very > healing show for me.
My brother was from that era and I've been amused with the show and how true to the period it is. This last season started showing how some corporations that were actually family owned and run businesses started becoming publicly held ones. And of course this last season the agency was considering going public which is a game changer and was actually discussed on one of the ad agency blogs. FYI, the 3rd season of "The Killing" finished Sunday and it will be available on Netflix streaming shortly because Netflix partially financed the third season. The second season of "Continuum" has been very good and this last episode very revealing. It too may show up after completion on Netflix as did the first season. > > As to Copper, yeah, I confess to being a total sucker for > relatively-well-done historical pieces. The Borgia shows (both versions) were > a lot of fun, too. My all-time favorite TV show is still probably Deadwood. The first season of Copper seemed to be more relevant historically but I lost interest in the second season. Ripper Street had more fun with it's historical perspective mainly because it takes in a period a great change. Broadchurch is another BBC drama which debuts tomorrow night on BBC American though the first episode is free without commercials from their website: http://www.bbcamerica.com/broadchurch/videos/s1-premiere-episode/ Turq is a fan of Stephen King and this years Kingfest is "The Dome" on CBS. It's been a good show so far. Folks in Los Angeles and other cities with Time Warner Cable are a little miffed with the spat between CBS and TWC as CBS and Showtime are now missing from the lineup. No "Dexter" or "The Dome" for them. And I have been enjoying Showtime's "Ray Donovan" too which got better after the pilot episode. Paula Malcomson, who played Trixie in Deadwood, plays the wife of Ray Donovan who is played by Liev Schreiber. The cast also include Jon Voigt, Elliot Gould and James Woods. Netflix streaming is a bit iffy around here lately. I have 12 mbps broadband but last night trying to finish an episode of "Orange is the New Black" I got about 10 minutes in and then it would start rebuffering and give me an SD version for about 30 seconds then back to HD. It did that several times more but towards the end I had to give up because it would rebuffer every 30 seconds only give a low quality SD stream. Apparently the problem is that many of the telecoms are dragging their feet with upgrades to a kinda service link so more customers can have high bandwidth service. But we paid for our Netflix and we paid for our broadband and we want it. If this doesn't get resolved we want Congress to look into it. Some of this problem will go away come September when kids are back in school and going to Friday night football etc instead of staying home and watching Netflix. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" <rorygoff@> wrote: >>> Hey, Barry! Rena and I watch only Netflix now, no TV, >>> so we are a year or more behind on all shows. True >>> Blood and Dexter are among our favorites; I am also >>> quite fond of Breaking Bad, Mad Men, and Copper. >> I skipped "Mad Men" this season, because I just >> couldn't work up any honest *caring* about any >> of the characters. But I'm glad you mentioned >> "Copper," because I forgot that one. I watched >> the first three episodes of the second season, >> but then forgot to download the rest. I'll >> rectify that situation. >> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: >>>> One of the things that has suffered because of this Paris >>>> gig has been my ability to keep up with TV series I once >>>> watched near-religiously. I purposefully haven't even >>>> bothered to start watching "Continuum" or the US versions >>>> of "The Killing" (season 3) or "The Bridge," because I >>>> knew I wouldn't have time for them. >>>> >>>> I did watch season three of the excellent UK series "Luther," >>>> and found it as good as the previous two. In my household, >>>> a mighty cheer went up when one favorite character from the >>>> previous two seasons reappeared. :-) >>>> >>>> I've been watching "True Blood," first curious what it would >>>> be like without Alan Ball at the helm, and think it's been >>>> pretty good, on the whole. More interesting in many ways >>>> that last season. >>>> >>>> I'm watching "Dexter," of course, and enjoying it, and wonder- >>>> ing how they're going to fit The End Of Dexter into the few >>>> remaining episodes. >>>> >>>> I just saw the first episode so far of the new season of "The >>>> Newsroom," and liked it. I'm a sucker for fast dialogue. >>>> >>>> Like everyone else, I am waiting with 'bated breath for the >>>> last 8 episodes of "Breaking Bad." >>>> >>>> And that's about it. Anyone seen anything worth reporting on? >>>> > >
