There was a Siamese (okay, okay, Siamese-American) running, but some intern left the door of the campaign bus ajar and no one’s seen her since.
10.
Lamh36
Open thread…cool.
so in the mist of my sister’s surgery I’ve also been trying to dig into my latest issue of Entertainment Weekly. next week, the Fall TV season begins, and last EW issue was the Fall TV preview. I’ve been posting a blog about each day and what new shows and returning shoes I’m interested in. with all the busy family medical drama this week, I’ve inly gotten to Tuesday. But I’m trying to at least finish the rest of the week by the end if this weekend.
So what new or returning shows are my fellow BJ peeps looking forward to?
(you can check out my more I depth choices at nellybellsplace.com)
11.
MattF
The narrator in Charlie Stross’ recent ‘Laundry’ novel is a middle-aged woman who gains an ‘invisibility’ superpower– ironic, of course, because it’s just an enhanced version of the way she’s treated normally. Trump’s insults are just the asshole version of a common problem
12.
Hawes
Well. She looks decidedly uninterested in the job. Which speaks to her wisdom and character.
13.
NotMax
Nomination for quote of the week:
“I prayed about this. I know that God would not go around with pants down.” Source
14.
raven
Buddy is going to the game with me. He is on the mend from throat cancer and seems to be doing well. He and his wife were in Paris last month as she got hit with shingles the day before they were supposed to fly back. She’s thrilled that he’s in good enough shape to go so we’re looking forward to fried chicken!
There was a Siamese (okay, okay, Siamese-American) running, but some intern left the door of the campaign bus ajar and no one’s seen her since.
I remember at every campaign stop there’d be a crowd of mice holding protest signs. Also, some on the left were dismayed by her use of dobermans for security.
@NotMax: Obama should give Hillary some pointers on how to troll Republicans.
19.
Bruuuuce
@NotMax: It’s going to be interesting, given that he has a great reputation in the Pentagon. I can hardly wait to see the Senators try to lie in confirmation hearings to and about all the top brass, and have their coccyxes handed to them.
I just finished reading AG Loretta Lynch’s speech – you should too. Here is an excerpt
And as painful as it is to watch someone suffering or possibly even dying, the result has been an opening of the discussion in ways that we have not had in significant years. And so the onus is on us to seize this moment. The onus is on us to continue this discussion, to continue this debate. Because now the world knows what we always knew. That people in Ferguson were being taxed for walking down the street and being the wrong color. The world knows what we always knew that young men of color’s interactions with the police are fundamentally different than other children’s. And that as parents, and as siblings, and as family members that we have a responsibility to point this out and talk about it as well as educate our children.
But we also have to acknowledge more than just the actions, because there’s something that goes on as well, something that’s deeper when we have these situations. We have to acknowledge the anger and the despair, the feelings that develop. You know people they always talk about wanting us to handle things in a certain way, and that’s true and and this country was built on peaceful protest. It is a fundamental right of ours and it can achieve a great deal of change. But we also have to acknowledge the anger and the despair that develops when these concerns that we now see on tape are still pushed aside by so many people as if they don’t exist. You have to acknowledge the kind of pain that develops. You have to acknowledge that feeling… and you know that people say “Well I don’t think it was that bad.” “Well I don’t think they meant it that way.” Or even, “That just didn’t happen.” You know, it just didn’t even happen. And so when that happens to people, to a people, to our people time and time again, you have to have within our community a sense of disconnection and despair that is as dangerous as any bullet or any billy club. It absolutely is.
Getting ready to drive down to a rendezvous with my BFF so she can hear all about my fucking insane family and all of the fucking insane things that have happened since my brother died in June. Margaritas or other strong alcohol will definitely be involved.
Inexperienced QB, inexperienced offensive line. Both should improve. Whether they will improve sufficiently in time for the GaTech game is a very open question.
35.
ruemara
I’d vote for… her? And she’d be miles better than anyone on the Republican side. This movie making thing is kicking my tush.
36.
burnspbesq
It’s being called the biggest upset in the history of international rugby, and that may not be an exaggeration.
Japan 34, South Africa 32.
US opens play in the Rugby World Cup tomorrow against Samoa. Don’t think I’ll be getting up to watch live at 3:15 Pacific time.
37.
Lamh36
@a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): thx. she’s in better spirits now and just enjoying getting a full nights rest while she can. Once back with Zoe, the restful nights may stop…so she’s taking in all she can!
38.
Lamh36
New Monday night show I’m most looking forward to…Blindspot on NBC.
Next on Monday would be Minority Report, but not high on list of new shows.
New Tuesday night shows I’m looking forward to…Scream Queens on FOX and The Muppets on ABC..
39.
dmsilev
“Name a country in the world where our relationship is better today than the day that Hillary of Clinton became secretary of state,” Bush said during a speech at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference in Michigan, according to CNN.
All of them, Katie.
As proof of this, I note that Barack Obama received a Nobel Peace Prize essentially for not being George Bush.
40.
WaterGirl
Betty, you are too funny!
41.
WaterGirl
@Lamh36: I’ll take Idris, please. Oh, sorry, I went to your website to look at the tv show info you posted, but I seem to have gotten distracted.
42.
Lamh36
@WaterGirl: lol…Idris is the BEST type of distraction IMHO :-)
43.
raven
@efgoldman: @Betty Cracker: War Eagle is a slogan even though those stupid motherfuckers have a mascot for the slogan.
44.
benw
Tech’s offense is not playing great. Dangit.
45.
Mike E
@burnspbesq: Similarly, if Japan somehow take the women’s soccer gold away from the US.
46.
WaterGirl
That is one serious “do not fuck with me” face on your pup, Betty. North Korea will probably fold on day 1 of negotiations after Sweet Boxer Cracker wins the election.
Fiornia’s face is fine, though I agree with people that something has changed. She looked better before, more friendly and sweet expressions could be emitted (not that she was into that for her public persona). So, if she did have work done, it was a mistake, as it is so often.
So Fiorina’s face is fine, if a bit scary now. But the repeated lies and distortions that come out of her mouth are the problem.
I read that she doubled down on her outrageous slanderous lie about Planned Parenthood keeping a fetus alive to harvest its brain and sell it for profit. I heard a news report that quoted her double down, and it noted that no such scene occurs in the crooked and dishonest video smear of PP. That is good. took them too long to start calling her out on it though.
Forgot to note that Lacy Cracker’s dog has a very presidential expression.
Cracker can get that beast in the GOP primary, I’ll change my registration and vote for her.
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karen marie
I like that the dog can keep an eye on two things at once.
52.
kindness
She might not win but she’d happily scarf those corn dogs.
@NotMax: realistically out of all the new shows, I really only see 3 or 4 that may make it onto my LIVE rotation.
majority will be on my DVR queue and I may never watch until a later date.
I’ve got enough returning shows to keep my interest
58.
Eric U.
Fiorina looked better in the past, no doubt about it. But that can be said for most of us, unfortunately. The thing about Fiorina is that she needs to change hair stylists. She’s starting to look like Mary Matalin in the bad old days. It’s apparent that someone told Matalin her hair wasn’t doing anything for her looks.
NO ! ThIS CANNOT BE !
I haven’t been following the game but now I will go read commentary.
I am Shocked ! Shocked, I tell you.
I despair for the future of our country after this harrowing defeat .
Stunned SAfrican.
60.
WaterGirl
@Lamh36: Okay, so I finally made it past Idris and read about your Sunday shows. Then I went to the Monday link and saw Idris. That’s like “squirrel!” for me. :-)
It seems our tastes in TV mostly do not run along the same lines, though that may change when we get to Thursdays!
I am going to try Blindspot and Quantico. Did you catch with Quantico that the main character is set up for some crime in order to get her out of the picture, and she goes on the run? That makes me think it will be different from Grey’s Anatomy, either way we’ll find out soon.
I did learn some things, too. I had no idea that CSI was ending – they are calling it a “renewal” and season 16 has only 1 episode. Crazy, but okay, at least folks get a goodbye to the show. I had no idea the “Screams” show was about music – I thought it was some crazy reality show, so I never gave it a look.
I will confess to having watched the Glee finale and I loved the “5 years from now” look at Kurt and Blaine. That was a happy scene, and Blaine is (happily) no longer wearing bow ties.
61.
WaterGirl
@Eric U.: I think it’s the hate that makes these women – who may have once been attractive – look so ugly. Hate does ugly things to your face.
@efgoldman: Yeah, but will they get their own channel like Law & Order did?
(At least it seemed like they did.)
I got Netflix for Longmire and now I hear the siren call of all those seasons of West Wing.
64.
BillinGlendaleCA
@efgoldman: One of my neighbors is a Banana Slug, she had a license plate frame that said Slugs on the top with UC Santa Cruz on the bottom(I think she may have crashed up the car, she’s driving her MIL’s Kia hybrid now).
65.
Ajabu
@efgoldman:
You do know how to identify and Alabama elephant, don’t you?
They’re easily distinguishable from the more common Indian & African elephants.
You can tell an Alabama elephant because his skin is tighter and his Tuscaloosa…
” You can tell an Alabama elephant because his skin is tighter and his Tuscaloosa…”
I don’t think I understand that joke, but it sounds like a good one.
71.
CaseyL
That is a face of a life well lived; a face of wisdom, but with attitude. A determined… a strong…a…a… whoosaprettygirl? whoosaprettty? oosapup oosapup kiss kiss kiss….
Oops. Sorry. Got a little distracted there.
72.
Lamh36
@WaterGirl: Quantico reminds me of how I felt about Greys Anatomy and Scandal and True Blood and even Fringe. None of those shows did I watch in their infancy…I only actually watched them like 2 seasons in and then only because people I know would keep talking about them.
Quantico may be that show for me this season.
Blindspot had me from jump…reminds me of Memento and the idea that the audience will be able to decipher the clues along with the shows, speaks to my Sherlock Holmes-esque enjoyment of a good mystery with lots of interesting clues.
I’m inclined to watch Muppets over Scream Queens, but Scream Queens I can see myself watching along with my social media crew. Muppets like Blackish and other more “comedic” shows I love to watch leisurely on DVR. there’s no really bad way to spoil a show like those as opposed to shoes where spoilers can ruin the watching experience. so u tend to leave comedies for DVR viewing
That smart purdy doggie would do better than all of the GOP candidates because she wouldn’t do any harm.
Except maybe to a squirrel or two.
75.
Schlemazel
I was debating making a Carly-trump joke but wondered if it would actually be funny give the circumstances. But A-hole guy jumped in to prove he is an inflamed hemroid on the GOP’s anus so it’s too late to be funny about the picture
76.
BillinGlendaleCA
@efgoldman: Also out here on the West Coast we have a school whose cheer is “ZOT”, the UC Irvine Anteaters(the kid had a brief and undistinguished stint as an Anteater).
77.
planetjanet
@burnspbesq: I am here in Brighton, where the game was played and missed a chance to go. There are lots of South Africa fans here this afternoon, but they seem to have gone missing tonight. It is quiet in Brighton.
ETA: Drat, Bill beat me to it. How about the UCSB Gauchos ? I once went to an Anteaters – Gauchos baseball game (at Irvine).
80.
Suezboo
@John Revolta:
Good to see you too, hon.
I was shocked out of my longterm lurkerhood by this Awful Revelation about the game. I am by congenital inertia a born lurker, so I see people around the place and smile a little smile but say nothing.
Best wishes to y’all.
81.
WaterGirl
@Lamh36: Forgot to say that I am going to try the Muppets. I think it will either kind of suck or be really great, obviously hoping for the latter.
How could I not give that show a try after Nathan Fillian doing the walk of shame in the promos???
I dismissed Burn Notice as lame after watching just one episode, and then I had to go back to it when several friends said it was really fun. And it was!
US opens play in the Rugby World Cup tomorrow against Samoa. Don’t think I’ll be getting up to watch live at 3:15 Pacific time.
How late do you sleep in on Sunday? That’s like dinner time on the East Coast!
83.
CaseyL
A lot of the new shows have a premise which IMO is great for an episode or two, but hard to see how they can squeeze a whole season out of it.
“Limitless” is right in that group – looks like a TV-ified riff off “Lucy” (I’m very politely not calling it a rip-off. See how polite I am?) I’m interested in checking it out, but figure it’ll degenerate into a superhero-fights-street-crime because, as with Lucy, what can you really do with a character once they reach apotheoisis?
I’m glad to see you got over it. Bruce Campbell and Sharon Gless – what’s not to like ?
86.
PurpleGirl
@Ruckus: She’s is smarter than most of them, maybe even all of the Republicans.
87.
Lamh36
@CaseyL: I recall liking the movie Limitless. not loving, but liking. Lucy, I really did not like and felt it was a waste of ScarJo as action hero.
all that to say I don’t like either movie enough to even give Limitless the TV show more than a passing glance
88.
PurpleGirl
@Lamh36: TV shows I follow: Criminal Minds, Castle, Outlander. I’m particularly interested in when the next bunch of Outlander episodes will start. As into internet research as I am, I have a had time finding things on the Starz or Outlander web sites. Thank you for you posting about the new season.
Really hoping your sister gets well soon.
89.
Lamh36
@WaterGirl: I’m thinking the Muppets viewing experience will depend on whether one is willing to give up on their nostalgia based version of the classic Muppets show, whatever that version may be, and give this newer more acerbic, cynical, modern or less “child friendly” version that the producers say they are going for, a chance.
IDK, if it will work, but darn if I haven’t laughed consistently at the promos for the show. So even with some less than glowing reviews I’ve heard so far, it’s getting a place on my DVR
90.
Lamh36
@PurpleGirl: love Criminal Minds. it’s def on my Wednesday returning show list (still getting that blogpost ready), but Wednedsay is Empire night and that’s the ONLY show I watch live on that day. Blackish and CM are left for DVR viewing later.
ETA: sister is doing ok…reason I can’t get thru my fall TV posts us cause she’s constantly texting back and forth…lol
I’m back at the fair with the Democrats who could best be described as “glum”.
Democrats need to do a debate or something. I think watching Republicans is getting old.
94.
Lamh36
@gene108: very true, but I’ve already seen some folks complaining about the “mild adult” nature of the promos. but I’m like what kind of children are u raising if these references are NOT going over there heads?
95.
WaterGirl
@PurpleGirl: I just checked for you: there is no date set yet for Outlander – it just says “returns in 2015/2016”.
Similarly, if Japan somehow take the women’s soccer gold away from the US.
Not even close. Japan won the 2011 WWC, and made the final of the 2012 Olympics and the 2015 WWC. They are a power in women’s football. They just got caught in the eye of Hurricane Carli this time around.
102.
trollhattan
My 13YO googled herself last night and found a girl with her name (first and last) and hair color playing for the Dartmouth women’s soccer team. I told her to troll admissions and let them know they’ll be needing another once she graduates, so they’d be wise to toss a scholarship her way, stat.
You guys are crazy on Criminal Minds! I used to watch that show, then I hate-watched it, and now I don’t even do that. Way too over-the-top carnographic, plus Jennifer Love Hewitt gives me the fantods.
I liked Castle, but I gave up on it this last season. I got behind on my viewing (DVR problems), and CBS is a colossal dick about back episodes. Not available on Cox on-demand, at least for me. The CBS website sucks and typically doesn’t have very many back episodes. (Yes, I know they are trying to get everyone to subscribe to their service. Good luck with that.) And I realized that I wasn’t missing the show very much. The whole wedding/amnesia cliffhanger thing to start the season was complete bullshit, and the episodes I saw looked like they were just going through the motions.
I haven’t really scoped out the new season, except to notice the promo ads that come on. Blindspot looks like somebody’s answer to The Blacklist (a show I am looking forward to). Quantico looks similar, more police/security-theater bullshit with good-looking people. Can’t really tell what the angle is on that.
To people wondering about Limitless, I read somewhere that the hook is that the genius pill is temporary, so I’m sure a lot of the plots will turn on the hero turning dumb at a bad moment or not being able to get his genius on. LOL. Doesn’t look like must-see TV.
I am still suffering the loss of Battle Creek and Backstrom. They had interesting characters and seemed to be trying to do something a little different from the usual cop show. And I’ll miss Forever, which I got hooked on late last season, just in time to see that get canceled too. Can’t say that was a great show, but it was kind of comfy. LOL.
As for comedies, last season I got into Black-ish and really got into Fresh Off the Boat. That got off to a bit of a slow start but then really caught fire. Constance Wu is hilarious as the tiger mom, and the husband (Randall Park) has developed as a really good straight man. That new show with “Dr. Ken” or whatever his name is looks awful.
The last few weeks I have been catching most of the binge reruns of Elementary and Person of Interest on WGN. A little surprised at how well most of them stand up. Elementary got off to a slow start when it first came on, but as Lucy Liu settled into her part it got a lot better. I’m a little worried about Person of Interest, because the end of last season felt a little shark-jumpy.
Sort of the same with Agents of SHIELD. I enjoyed most of it, but it got a little weird at various points, and now I’m not sure which direction it’s going to go. I’ll watch it and see. Actually, I wish they’d bring back Agent Carter. I thought that was surprisingly good.
Just saw last season’s semi-cliffhanger ending of Elementary a few days ago and got psyched for the new season. And then immediately I saw a promo for “new episodes starting November 5.” Aw, hell, no!
Ivies don’t give athletic scholarships per se. But if they want her badly enough, the financial aid package will be generous, and slanted toward outright cash as opposed to work-study and other potential time sinks.
Re: “Marvel: Agents of Shield” (and other live action comic book adaptations) they really tone down the weird.
When you have the same characters continuously reinvented by different authors for decade after decade the plot elements tend to wander off in strange tangents.
Continuity issues are a huge problem for comic book universes, as so much happens with so many different characters in so many different issues that keeping all of it straight enough to make a coherent movie franchise or TV show becomes difficult.
The whole Marvel adaptation by Disney is impressive because they are basically “issuing” different characters their own “series” and tying it all together pretty coherently.
110.
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: Think about giving Castle another try. I thought it got back on track at some point last season.
Thanks for reminding me about the loss of Battle Creek and Forever.sniff-sniff
I think I heard/read that Person of Interest will come back for a final, shortened season this year and that Shaw will be back for most of the season. She may not be in the first episode but they said that once she comes back, she’s back until the end.
P.S. Did you catch my margarita recipe last night? I am not typing that in twice. :-)
111.
I'mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet
Cervantes may enjoy this. :-) Everyone should read this, though. All the way to the end.
@Ajabu: Explaining doesn’t work because it’s sound pun. You have say it out loud… tuscaloosa.
114.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack: To answer your query from this morning, the new tablet is a HP Stream 7. It’s not a high powered tablet, only 1gb in memory, but it works pretty well with Win10.
@I’mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet: That was interesting, but I did start to lose interest after while and started to skim. Got to the ending: well done, indeed!
@SiubhanDuinne: Speaking of Sanders, I saw him on Stephen Colbert last night. It’s really the first time I have listened to him. He’s not Obama, but he was pretty good and he seemed quite comfortable in his own skin, which is important.
120.
Ruckus
@PurpleGirl:
Well some are better educated, but didn’t seem to get much out of the experience. I’m giving some of the rupubs the benefit of the doubt that they are smarter than the dog, (after all she lives in a democratic household and therefore is 20 points ahead of all of them so maybe I shouldn’t) but she doesn’t have any where near the ego problem and while would do better at the job of president than any of those 15 running, I’d think she’d just work harder at doing a good job, something all of the 15 seem to be unable/unwilling to do. That doesn’t make them stupid, it makes them assholes.
121.
debbie
I’m glad to see Grimm will be back at 9pm. If any of the new shows are less moody and broody than last year’s batch, I may give them a try.
122.
PurpleGirl
@Steeplejack: I usually don’t watch shows when new. I found I liked Forever, but then I lost a feel for when it was on and then it was gone. So…. new shows I let sit for a while. (Besides the TV is on more for background noise as I blog read.) I don’t like Jennifer Love Hewitt and it appears that she has left Criminal Minds. (Yay.) I wish they’d bring back Jeanne Tripplehorn. I don’t think they explored her character enough.
Yes, I got the marg recipe. Thanks! Bro’ man and his husband are having a yooge party for their adopted daughter’s first birthday, and I may deploy the recipe then. My BIL is Brazilian, with many relatives/friends in this area, and apparently the first birthday is a big Biden deal.
I will see if I can get caught up on Castle. I think what was bugging me was that the show has good supporting characters that they have put to good use in the past—thinking mainly of Esposito and Ryan—but after Castle and Beckett got married and all the tension went out of that relationship the show didn’t really pick up the slack with anything else. Just went back to case of the week, or so it seemed.
I knew Shaw would return to Person of Interest, I presumed at the start (or close) of the new season. Didn’t know that it will be a short season, but the show has had a great run and probably doesn’t have a lot of room left to explore, unless they radically change the concept. I’d much rather see it go out on a high note with a satisfying finish. The curse of U.S. series is that they almost always go on way too long. Looking at you, entire CSI franchise. (I watched about three episodes of CSI: Cyber and couldn’t go on with it. It even made me feel sorry for Patricia Arquette.)
ETA: Your mention of getting Netflix and a few comments in this thread have reminded me that one series I completely missed in real time and would like to binge-watch is Fringe. I did catch a few episodes here and there, and it was really good, but I knew I was coming in way late and really needed to go back and watch it in order.
127.
Patricia Kayden
@Kay: Why glum? I still believe that Secretary Clinton will win in a landslide next November — and easily. Trump is doing a great job of pissing off minorities and women. If he wins the GOP nomination, Republicans can kiss the White House goodbye. I see no reason for Democrats to panic. Just get up and vote and get as many people as possible registered to vote.
And stop watching Republican debates. I’d be depressed if I were watching those too.
128.
Patricia Kayden
@Ruckus: She IS smarter than most of them. As a Boxer owner, nothing beats their cute faces.
129.
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: CSI: Cyber was possibly the worst show I have seen in decades. I was embarrassed for the actors and I couldn’t believe it made it a whole season, let alone getting renewed. I think I bailed after episode 2.
Have you ever seen the 70s episode of Castle? I thought that one was great fun. They do have a great supporting cast, though I’m not a big fan of the boss lady. I love Ryan and Esposito. For once, I didn’t think the spark went out when Castle and Becket got together, though the show was a bit awkward for a few episodes after Castle returned from his disappearance.
130.
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: Is Fringe really creepy or just kind of creepy? I have avoided it because of concern that the creepy factor would be too high for me.
Cool, thanks. I’m thinking about upgrading from my Nexus 7, and the front-runners are the Nexus 9 and the iPad Air 2. Late entrant is the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7", which I just found out about a couple of days ago.
132.
PurpleGirl
@Steeplejack: Agree with you about CSI: Cyber. I tried a couple of episodes but didn’t care for it. What I found interesting about the CSI franchises is that the main show continued to be made even as the Miami and New York offshoots were ended. Also that the CSI original had so many cast changes in the team leaders over time.
[. . .] the show was a bit awkward for a few episodes after Castle returned from his disappearance.
That’s right where I started having DVR problems. I caught an episode or two after that, and it just seemed like the spark had gone out. I’ll give it another go. I must admit that I haven’t been a big fan of the “retro” episodes (e.g., 1930s gangster/speakeasy theme).
I think Fringe is good creepy, not bad creepy, but I really don’t know enough to say. My attraction is that I liked the actors and the plot twists in the few episodes I saw. Maybe Lamh36 or someone who has seen it will weigh in.
ETA: CSI: Cyber is like your crazy shut-in aunt’s idea of what computer security and the Intenet are all about. Unbelievably dumb. But nothing will ever make me feel sorry for James Van Der Beek.
138.
lamh36
@Steeplejack: I was re-watching Fringe a while back as part of #FridayNightFringe…and the show really does well upon re-watch. Going back and seeing all the “easter eggs” I missed was pretty darn cool.
To my mind, if done right, Blindspot may be able to recreate what Fringe did by having stand alone episodes that when put together actually give some more information to be used in later parts of the Fringe universe.
139.
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: It’s called “That ’70s Show” and it is total fun. The premise is that there is a gangster who is kind of locked into the 70s and lives as though it’s still the 70s. After construction workers find the body of a missing mobster, the gangster wants to come into the station, so they have to make the station and everybody look like it’s the 70s. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen Esposito and Ryan dressed as the 70s cops from a TV show – the gangster thinks that’s who they are so they have to act the part. It’s really a fun one. Season 6, episode 20. I know this because it’s the one Castle episode I saved on Tivo after I watched it.
Thanks for the “good creepy” info on Fringe. I can do good creepy, in some cases. I’ll check it out.
140.
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: Should have been named: CSI Cyber: Totally Cringe-worthy
141.
Ruckus
@Patricia Kayden:
As I said, benefit of the doubt. I know my cocker wasn’t necessarily smarter than them and had the disposition of a mafia hit man but he would have made a better president than any of the 15. With a better disposition he would even have been a nice president. And you can’t say that about any of the 15.
142.
lamh36
@WaterGirl: To my mind as an X-File’s fanatic (and CAN.NOT.WAIT.UNTIL.JANUARY for the X-Files mini-series on Fox), Fringe came to closest to being a good successor to the X-Files reign.
X-Files, if you remember, definitely had it’s creepy moments, but as a whole was when Mulder & Scully fully invested was a great series, IMHO.
I say give Fringe a chance…try to get to the multi-dimension angles of the first season, and I think you’d be hooked
I think the original CSI lasted because of the strength of the characters (even with all the cast changes). I hated everybody on CSI: Miami and almost everybody on CSI: New York. I can’t even hate-watch them. I’ll occasionally catch a few minutes of CSI: Miami accidentally on whatever channel runs it 10 times a day, and just the sight of David Caruso or Emily Procter (the incredibly smug Calleigh Duquesne) is enough to put me off my feed.
For Outlander (among other stuff), try to the putlocker.is site. Also a good place to watch (or download) Mr. Robot for those who might have skipped it.
146.
WaterGirl
@lamh36: I didn’t do X-Files because I thought it might be too creepy.
This is what IMDB says about Fringe – between that and you and Steeplejack, I think I will try it. Sounds pretty interesting:
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham is assigned to the bureau’s Fringe Division, in which she investigates unusual crimes and occurrences. Assisting Olivia in her investigations are once-institutionalized scientist Dr. Walter Bishop, his jack-of-all-trades son, Peter, and FBI Junior Agent Astrid Farnsworth. As the team investigates cases of science gone awry, they discover connections to their own past and to a parallel universe. As the team solves cases in these interconnected worlds, new discoveries and complications continue to arise.
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BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack: The S2 is nice, you also might want to consider a Surface(or Surface Pro if you can afford the extra cost).
@Steeplejack:
A short lived series I liked was Mercy. Story of a nurse back from Iraq. It was well done, till they brought in Van Der Beek to get them more eyeballs. All it really did is kill the series.
I have a friend in Atlanta who has a Surface Pro, and I’m looking forward to checking it out when I go down there (supposedly within the next month or so).
It may be a guy thing. My sense is that they ram him into shows willy-nilly because there’s some sort of Van Der Beek mystique, but in the ones I’ve seen he’s either woefully miscast or can’t carry the freight. Chick mileage may vary, of course.
ETA: As awful as CSI: Cyber is, Van Der Beek doesn’t help, because he comes across as a young guy playing dress-up as an adult agent.
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BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack: It’s and excellent tablet/laptop hybrid and even has a stylus.
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Ruckus
@WaterGirl:
What I have seen is he plays assholes. And he does it well. Hard to know if he’s playing to type or he’s that good. I didn’t think he’s that good. Now as to the male/female thing I think men have that about some female actors. We don’t care that much how good they act, they just look right. I mean if they are awful then that might get them a check in the minus column, but 5 points off usually isn’t a deal breaker. As I say I think it works both ways.
@Ajabu: Thanks, but nope, now I am really confused. I thought there was a double entendre that I missed. It isn’t a dirty joke?
So, I got the pun. Nice joke.
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Suezboo
Excuse me, sorry to butt into a USA discussion especially as the vast majority of these shows are known to me only by repute aka Interwebs chatter, but is there absolutely no love for Bones which is the only one I know and love ?
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WaterGirl
@Ruckus: I have no strong feelings about him either way. A friend’s husband has a serious hate for David James Elliott from when he was on JAG. Hated that he was so good-looking and so good at everything. Just hated him.
I do have my actors (of both genders) that I just plain old like and will watch them in almost anything, even if it’s lame.
One of the most interesting/enlightening conversations ever on BJ was the one where somebody’s husband cut down the wrong tree while she was at work. Male and female views of the situation were diametrically opposed. I learned a lot that day.
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WaterGirl
My laptop is out of gas and I really dislike being tethered to an electrical outlet, so I’m about to call it a night on BJ. I think I’ll go watch a bit of TV. :-) Have a fun evening, everybody.
Sorry, I hate Bones. Emily Deschanel’s character is so smug, and her “endearing” side so not endearing, that I just root for somebody—anybody—to punch her in the neck.
Tastes differ, etc.
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PurpleGirl
@Suezboo: I watched Bones when it first came on. I liked it better when Dr. Brennan was closer in style to the Brennan of the books. When they began to make her more “normal” I lost interest.
@WaterGirl:
Not sure why we are different, maybe because we have 2 different but crossing roles in biology. Maybe because some of us are just assholes. I’ve read that brain scans are mostly different by sex for answering many questions, especially when it’s decisions that are made, not facts recited. It’s not that the decisions in the end are all that much different but the way we get there seems to be sometimes. IOW do we look at things from different directions/points of veiw based on some differences, maybe in hormones? And no I’m not saying that women are hormonal, we all are, but maybe the ratios of hormones we each carry changes our chemistry enough that we process things differently. Not better or worse, just differently. It is an interesting area of science.
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Ruckus
@WaterGirl:
I used to be a big movie fan. I liked people that could actually act, play different roles and do them convincingly. And movies used to be about both the story and how well they were acted. Now it seems they are more about the story and how does an actor carry that. So we get actors who are type cast and it’s hard to break their roles into individual bits rather than that they bring the same exact persona to each and every one. We see them for the total rather than the exceptional. Van Der Beek is a perfect example, playing basically the same role time after time. It’s not acting, it’s showing up and reading lines. Reminds me of walking into some stores. All the sales people are about 300% too enthusiastic about you being there. It’s just phony and you can spot it a mile away.
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J R in WV
Don’t watch network TV shows at all. Football, a little. sometimes a news show to see the news event happen.
TV sucks. Sorry to rain on you all and your TV parade, but there it is.
I worked for a public TV station, and burned out my TV watching neurons. Can’t watch BBall either. Covered state tourneys, 2 years running, many many games all at once. No more!
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WaterGirl
@Ruckus: That is really interesting about the brain scans showing different pathways for decision making. What you’ve said here makes total sense to me, and if it’s true it explains a lot.
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WaterGirl
@Ruckus: The perfect example of that is the guy who plays the dad on Scandal. Seemed like a great actor in a great role, and part of the power came from his speech patterns, which are very unusual.
Then they put the same actor in Proof, and he sounds exactly the same. That really diminished my opinion of him as an actor. Very disappointing.
Same thing with William Hurt, he has an unusual speech pattern and it feels like he mostly plays the same part over and over. I liked him on Humans, though.
As for your salespeople being too enthusiastic comment… where I notice that is with waiters/waitresses/servers in a restaurant. I love a genuine, friendly server who obviously likes people, but the fake-y ones? Ugh. I coined an expression for that: blow you for a tip. When I get a server like that, once they walk away from the table, someone will say blow you for a tip. That says it all.
@gene108: The Muppet Show wasn’t just snarky, it was sometimes mildly risqué, to a degree not far removed from the promos for the new show. Especially in the Raquel Welch episode (granted, I gather there were some complaints about that).
If you watch the episodes now, some of that “adult” humor comes off as pretty sexist, in an antique Henny Youngman kind of way. I’d be nice if they could do better.
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danielx
I find that face much more appealing than those of many current and past presidential candidates.
Take the face of Newt Gingrich – please.
A guy
Looks like hillary
Ruckus
@danielx:
She also looks smarter than several of them.
Villago Delenda Est
That face is much more natural than iCarly’s.
mai naem mobile
That smart purdy doggie would do better than all of the GOP candidates because she wouldn’t do any harm.
NotMax
Making America Crate Again.
beltane
She has a natural beauty and hasn’t had any obvious work done.
schrodinger's cat
Feline Americans will never stand for this, we want one of our own to represent us.
NotMax
@Schrodinger’s cat
There was a Siamese (okay, okay, Siamese-American) running, but some intern left the door of the campaign bus ajar and no one’s seen her since.
Lamh36
Open thread…cool.
so in the mist of my sister’s surgery I’ve also been trying to dig into my latest issue of Entertainment Weekly. next week, the Fall TV season begins, and last EW issue was the Fall TV preview. I’ve been posting a blog about each day and what new shows and returning shoes I’m interested in. with all the busy family medical drama this week, I’ve inly gotten to Tuesday. But I’m trying to at least finish the rest of the week by the end if this weekend.
So what new or returning shows are my fellow BJ peeps looking forward to?
(you can check out my more I depth choices at nellybellsplace.com)
MattF
The narrator in Charlie Stross’ recent ‘Laundry’ novel is a middle-aged woman who gains an ‘invisibility’ superpower– ironic, of course, because it’s just an enhanced version of the way she’s treated normally. Trump’s insults are just the asshole version of a common problem
Hawes
Well. She looks decidedly uninterested in the job. Which speaks to her wisdom and character.
NotMax
Nomination for quote of the week:
raven
Buddy is going to the game with me. He is on the mend from throat cancer and seems to be doing well. He and his wife were in Paris last month as she got hit with shingles the day before they were supposed to fly back. She’s thrilled that he’s in good enough shape to go so we’re looking forward to fried chicken!
Germy Shoemangler
@NotMax:
I remember at every campaign stop there’d be a crowd of mice holding protest signs. Also, some on the left were dismayed by her use of dobermans for security.
@schrodinger’s cat:
I’ve already written a campaign TV spot: sixty seconds of the candidate licking herself and then walking off frame.
Mike E
@A guy: Smells like yer ass.
NotMax
Let the Senate Republican feeding frenzy begin.
Obama chooses openly gay man to lead Army
MattF
@NotMax: Obama should give Hillary some pointers on how to troll Republicans.
Bruuuuce
@NotMax: It’s going to be interesting, given that he has a great reputation in the Pentagon. I can hardly wait to see the Senators try to lie in confirmation hearings to and about all the top brass, and have their coccyxes handed to them.
schrodinger's cat
@NotMax: I wonder what he would say about the Digambara Jains (Sky Clad), their holy men give up everything, including clothes and are always naked.
RedDirtGirl
She’d get my vote!
NotMax
@schrodinger’s cat
BTW, surprised you’ve already forgotten about Limberbutt McCubbins and Deez Nuts.
:)
Mike E
@MattF: Her very existence trolls the GOP…his too. It’s a Zen thing.
elftx
Secretariat says “Neigh” !!
rikyrah
Found at TOD:
http://www.bustle.com/articles/111490-transcript-of-loretta-lynchs-congressional-black-caucus-foundation-speech-is-deeply-moving
Mnemosyne (tablet)
Getting ready to drive down to a rendezvous with my BFF so she can hear all about my fucking insane family and all of the fucking insane things that have happened since my brother died in June. Margaritas or other strong alcohol will definitely be involved.
Betty Cracker
Geaux Tigers of LSU!
rikyrah
twitter truth
Myland Burke @MylandBurke
I heard a good and simple observation today. If Carly is such a good leader and CEO, why hasn’t anyone hired her in 10 years? @cspanwj
Mike E
@efgoldman: Ouch, burnsy…
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@Lamh36: I hope your sister gets to see Zoe electronically and recovers quickly and fully.
NotMax
Shiver me timbers, almost forgot.
Happy International Talk Like A Pirate Day!
raven
@NotMax: Open the door and lie on the floor. . .
Betty Cracker
@efgoldman: Yes, though Auburn has that War Eagle thing going on too. I can’t explain it.
burnspbesq
@Mike E:
Inexperienced QB, inexperienced offensive line. Both should improve. Whether they will improve sufficiently in time for the GaTech game is a very open question.
ruemara
I’d vote for… her? And she’d be miles better than anyone on the Republican side. This movie making thing is kicking my tush.
burnspbesq
It’s being called the biggest upset in the history of international rugby, and that may not be an exaggeration.
Japan 34, South Africa 32.
US opens play in the Rugby World Cup tomorrow against Samoa. Don’t think I’ll be getting up to watch live at 3:15 Pacific time.
Lamh36
@a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): thx. she’s in better spirits now and just enjoying getting a full nights rest while she can. Once back with Zoe, the restful nights may stop…so she’s taking in all she can!
Lamh36
New Monday night show I’m most looking forward to…Blindspot on NBC.
Next on Monday would be Minority Report, but not high on list of new shows.
New Tuesday night shows I’m looking forward to…Scream Queens on FOX and The Muppets on ABC..
dmsilev
All of them, Katie.
As proof of this, I note that Barack Obama received a Nobel Peace Prize essentially for not being George Bush.
WaterGirl
Betty, you are too funny!
WaterGirl
@Lamh36: I’ll take Idris, please. Oh, sorry, I went to your website to look at the tv show info you posted, but I seem to have gotten distracted.
Lamh36
@WaterGirl: lol…Idris is the BEST type of distraction IMHO :-)
raven
@efgoldman: @Betty Cracker: War Eagle is a slogan even though those stupid motherfuckers have a mascot for the slogan.
benw
Tech’s offense is not playing great. Dangit.
Mike E
@burnspbesq: Similarly, if Japan somehow take the women’s soccer gold away from the US.
WaterGirl
That is one serious “do not fuck with me” face on your pup, Betty. North Korea will probably fold on day 1 of negotiations after Sweet Boxer Cracker wins the election.
Right to Rise
Jebonomics: A tax code for the 21st Century!
NotMax
@Lamh36
Looked at the entire grid of new shows.
Not a single solitary one said “Watch me!”
/jaded old fart
jl
Fiornia’s face is fine, though I agree with people that something has changed. She looked better before, more friendly and sweet expressions could be emitted (not that she was into that for her public persona). So, if she did have work done, it was a mistake, as it is so often.
So Fiorina’s face is fine, if a bit scary now. But the repeated lies and distortions that come out of her mouth are the problem.
I read that she doubled down on her outrageous slanderous lie about Planned Parenthood keeping a fetus alive to harvest its brain and sell it for profit. I heard a news report that quoted her double down, and it noted that no such scene occurs in the crooked and dishonest video smear of PP. That is good. took them too long to start calling her out on it though.
jl
Forgot to note that Lacy Cracker’s dog has a very presidential expression.
Cracker can get that beast in the GOP primary, I’ll change my registration and vote for her.
karen marie
I like that the dog can keep an eye on two things at once.
kindness
She might not win but she’d happily scarf those corn dogs.
jl
@karen marie:
” I like that the dog can keep an eye on two things at once. ”
You want that quality in a president. Get that splendid damn dawg in the GOP primary!
@kindness: Damn straight. That dog could win! So sad she could not appear at the Iowa State Fair. Bet she could handle pork chops on a stick too.
benw
Shitty dirty play by ND.
EDIT: and Tech answers with a TD!
WaterGirl
@efgoldman: Did I say “after” instead of “if”? Sorry, I lost my head for just a moment.
Baud 2016!
benw
@WaterGirl:
Baud does that to people.
Lamh36
@NotMax: realistically out of all the new shows, I really only see 3 or 4 that may make it onto my LIVE rotation.
majority will be on my DVR queue and I may never watch until a later date.
I’ve got enough returning shows to keep my interest
Eric U.
Fiorina looked better in the past, no doubt about it. But that can be said for most of us, unfortunately. The thing about Fiorina is that she needs to change hair stylists. She’s starting to look like Mary Matalin in the bad old days. It’s apparent that someone told Matalin her hair wasn’t doing anything for her looks.
Suezboo
@burnspbesq:
NO ! ThIS CANNOT BE !
I haven’t been following the game but now I will go read commentary.
I am Shocked ! Shocked, I tell you.
I despair for the future of our country after this harrowing defeat .
Stunned SAfrican.
WaterGirl
@Lamh36: Okay, so I finally made it past Idris and read about your Sunday shows. Then I went to the Monday link and saw Idris. That’s like “squirrel!” for me. :-)
It seems our tastes in TV mostly do not run along the same lines, though that may change when we get to Thursdays!
I am going to try Blindspot and Quantico. Did you catch with Quantico that the main character is set up for some crime in order to get her out of the picture, and she goes on the run? That makes me think it will be different from Grey’s Anatomy, either way we’ll find out soon.
I did learn some things, too. I had no idea that CSI was ending – they are calling it a “renewal” and season 16 has only 1 episode. Crazy, but okay, at least folks get a goodbye to the show. I had no idea the “Screams” show was about music – I thought it was some crazy reality show, so I never gave it a look.
I will confess to having watched the Glee finale and I loved the “5 years from now” look at Kurt and Blaine. That was a happy scene, and Blaine is (happily) no longer wearing bow ties.
WaterGirl
@Eric U.: I think it’s the hate that makes these women – who may have once been attractive – look so ugly. Hate does ugly things to your face.
Note to self: remember to smile more!
WaterGirl
@benw: But in a good way!
WaterGirl
@efgoldman: Yeah, but will they get their own channel like Law & Order did?
(At least it seemed like they did.)
I got Netflix for Longmire and now I hear the siren call of all those seasons of West Wing.
BillinGlendaleCA
@efgoldman: One of my neighbors is a Banana Slug, she had a license plate frame that said Slugs on the top with UC Santa Cruz on the bottom(I think she may have crashed up the car, she’s driving her MIL’s Kia hybrid now).
Ajabu
@efgoldman:
You do know how to identify and Alabama elephant, don’t you?
They’re easily distinguishable from the more common Indian & African elephants.
You can tell an Alabama elephant because his skin is tighter and his Tuscaloosa…
NotMax
@efgoldman
We’re old enough to remember when the extra-hefty TV guide fall preview issue was an official exciting event.
NotMax
@WaterGirl
Dunno if Miranda (eponymously named for star Miranda Hart) is on Netflix, but it was pretty darn funny.
debbie
Amazing to be able to get a close-up of a boxer without any drool.
debbie
@efgoldman:
Then I salute her skills!
jl
@Ajabu:
” You can tell an Alabama elephant because his skin is tighter and his Tuscaloosa…”
I don’t think I understand that joke, but it sounds like a good one.
CaseyL
That is a face of a life well lived; a face of wisdom, but with attitude. A determined… a strong…a…a… whoosaprettygirl? whoosaprettty? oosapup oosapup kiss kiss kiss….
Oops. Sorry. Got a little distracted there.
Lamh36
@WaterGirl: Quantico reminds me of how I felt about Greys Anatomy and Scandal and True Blood and even Fringe. None of those shows did I watch in their infancy…I only actually watched them like 2 seasons in and then only because people I know would keep talking about them.
Quantico may be that show for me this season.
Blindspot had me from jump…reminds me of Memento and the idea that the audience will be able to decipher the clues along with the shows, speaks to my Sherlock Holmes-esque enjoyment of a good mystery with lots of interesting clues.
I’m inclined to watch Muppets over Scream Queens, but Scream Queens I can see myself watching along with my social media crew. Muppets like Blackish and other more “comedic” shows I love to watch leisurely on DVR. there’s no really bad way to spoil a show like those as opposed to shoes where spoilers can ruin the watching experience. so u tend to leave comedies for DVR viewing
John Revolta
@Suezboo: Suezboo! How’s by you??
Good to see you here…………………sorry about the ruggers fiasco though.
I blame Obama.
bystander
@mai naem mobile:
Except maybe to a squirrel or two.
Schlemazel
I was debating making a Carly-trump joke but wondered if it would actually be funny give the circumstances. But A-hole guy jumped in to prove he is an inflamed hemroid on the GOP’s anus so it’s too late to be funny about the picture
BillinGlendaleCA
@efgoldman: Also out here on the West Coast we have a school whose cheer is “ZOT”, the UC Irvine Anteaters(the kid had a brief and undistinguished stint as an Anteater).
planetjanet
@burnspbesq: I am here in Brighton, where the game was played and missed a chance to go. There are lots of South Africa fans here this afternoon, but they seem to have gone missing tonight. It is quiet in Brighton.
BillinGlendaleCA
@efgoldman: Hmm, wondered where it came from.
divF
@BillinGlendaleCA:
You also have the UC Irvine Anteaters.
ETA: Drat, Bill beat me to it. How about the UCSB Gauchos ? I once went to an Anteaters – Gauchos baseball game (at Irvine).
Suezboo
@John Revolta:
Good to see you too, hon.
I was shocked out of my longterm lurkerhood by this Awful Revelation about the game. I am by congenital inertia a born lurker, so I see people around the place and smile a little smile but say nothing.
Best wishes to y’all.
WaterGirl
@Lamh36: Forgot to say that I am going to try the Muppets. I think it will either kind of suck or be really great, obviously hoping for the latter.
How could I not give that show a try after Nathan Fillian doing the walk of shame in the promos???
I dismissed Burn Notice as lame after watching just one episode, and then I had to go back to it when several friends said it was really fun. And it was!
I also liked Memento a lot.
gene108
@burnspbesq:
How late do you sleep in on Sunday? That’s like dinner time on the East Coast!
CaseyL
A lot of the new shows have a premise which IMO is great for an episode or two, but hard to see how they can squeeze a whole season out of it.
“Limitless” is right in that group – looks like a TV-ified riff off “Lucy” (I’m very politely not calling it a rip-off. See how polite I am?) I’m interested in checking it out, but figure it’ll degenerate into a superhero-fights-street-crime because, as with Lucy, what can you really do with a character once they reach apotheoisis?
RK
Very dignified dog
Lively 5 minutes of Ralph Nader on Democracy Now! speaking about Trump, Sanders, Hillary.
divF
@WaterGirl:
I’m glad to see you got over it. Bruce Campbell and Sharon Gless – what’s not to like ?
PurpleGirl
@Ruckus: She’s is smarter than most of them, maybe even all of the Republicans.
Lamh36
@CaseyL: I recall liking the movie Limitless. not loving, but liking. Lucy, I really did not like and felt it was a waste of ScarJo as action hero.
all that to say I don’t like either movie enough to even give Limitless the TV show more than a passing glance
PurpleGirl
@Lamh36: TV shows I follow: Criminal Minds, Castle, Outlander. I’m particularly interested in when the next bunch of Outlander episodes will start. As into internet research as I am, I have a had time finding things on the Starz or Outlander web sites. Thank you for you posting about the new season.
Really hoping your sister gets well soon.
Lamh36
@WaterGirl: I’m thinking the Muppets viewing experience will depend on whether one is willing to give up on their nostalgia based version of the classic Muppets show, whatever that version may be, and give this newer more acerbic, cynical, modern or less “child friendly” version that the producers say they are going for, a chance.
IDK, if it will work, but darn if I haven’t laughed consistently at the promos for the show. So even with some less than glowing reviews I’ve heard so far, it’s getting a place on my DVR
Lamh36
@PurpleGirl: love Criminal Minds. it’s def on my Wednesday returning show list (still getting that blogpost ready), but Wednedsay is Empire night and that’s the ONLY show I watch live on that day. Blackish and CM are left for DVR viewing later.
ETA: sister is doing ok…reason I can’t get thru my fall TV posts us cause she’s constantly texting back and forth…lol
gene108
@Lamh36:
The original Muppets was pretty snarky, with regards to its humor that would entertain adults and go over the heads of kids.
RK
@efgoldman: He’s instructive. Sanders/Nader 2016!
Kay
I’m back at the fair with the Democrats who could best be described as “glum”.
Democrats need to do a debate or something. I think watching Republicans is getting old.
Lamh36
@gene108: very true, but I’ve already seen some folks complaining about the “mild adult” nature of the promos. but I’m like what kind of children are u raising if these references are NOT going over there heads?
WaterGirl
@PurpleGirl: I just checked for you: there is no date set yet for Outlander – it just says “returns in 2015/2016”.
Ajabu
@jl:
Your wish is my command:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscaloosa,_Alabama
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tusk
An Alabama elephant’s skin is tighter and his TUSKS-ARE-LOOSER.
Damn! Explaining it kind of ruins it. I guess a geography class would have done it…
Remember: The Google is your friend.
RK
Yeah, they carry the Confederate flag and don’t believe in evolution.
gene108
@Lamh36:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y32O81nBbgQ
At the five minute mark Sylvester Stallone’s groupies get introduced.
trollhattan
That could be BJ’ s Best Doggie Portrait evah! Something about a boxer’s mug just makes me smile, so serious whatever mood they may be in.
BillinGlendaleCA
@divF: As I mentioned the kid was briefly and Anteater, her sister is a UCSB alum.
burnspbesq
@Mike E:
Not even close. Japan won the 2011 WWC, and made the final of the 2012 Olympics and the 2015 WWC. They are a power in women’s football. They just got caught in the eye of Hurricane Carli this time around.
trollhattan
My 13YO googled herself last night and found a girl with her name (first and last) and hair color playing for the Dartmouth women’s soccer team. I told her to troll admissions and let them know they’ll be needing another once she graduates, so they’d be wise to toss a scholarship her way, stat.
Might could work.
trollhattan
@burnspbesq:
I get Verklempt just thinking about it even now. (To be fair, Germany was the actual #2 this WWC.)
WereBear
I grew up with boxers. Wonderful dogs. Far more sensible than modern Republicans.
Steeplejack
@PurpleGirl, @Lamh36:
You guys are crazy on Criminal Minds! I used to watch that show, then I hate-watched it, and now I don’t even do that. Way too over-the-top carnographic, plus Jennifer Love Hewitt gives me the fantods.
I liked Castle, but I gave up on it this last season. I got behind on my viewing (DVR problems), and CBS is a colossal dick about back episodes. Not available on Cox on-demand, at least for me. The CBS website sucks and typically doesn’t have very many back episodes. (Yes, I know they are trying to get everyone to subscribe to their service. Good luck with that.) And I realized that I wasn’t missing the show very much. The whole wedding/amnesia cliffhanger thing to start the season was complete bullshit, and the episodes I saw looked like they were just going through the motions.
I haven’t really scoped out the new season, except to notice the promo ads that come on. Blindspot looks like somebody’s answer to The Blacklist (a show I am looking forward to). Quantico looks similar, more police/security-theater bullshit with good-looking people. Can’t really tell what the angle is on that.
To people wondering about Limitless, I read somewhere that the hook is that the genius pill is temporary, so I’m sure a lot of the plots will turn on the hero turning dumb at a bad moment or not being able to get his genius on. LOL. Doesn’t look like must-see TV.
I am still suffering the loss of Battle Creek and Backstrom. They had interesting characters and seemed to be trying to do something a little different from the usual cop show. And I’ll miss Forever, which I got hooked on late last season, just in time to see that get canceled too. Can’t say that was a great show, but it was kind of comfy. LOL.
As for comedies, last season I got into Black-ish and really got into Fresh Off the Boat. That got off to a bit of a slow start but then really caught fire. Constance Wu is hilarious as the tiger mom, and the husband (Randall Park) has developed as a really good straight man. That new show with “Dr. Ken” or whatever his name is looks awful.
The last few weeks I have been catching most of the binge reruns of Elementary and Person of Interest on WGN. A little surprised at how well most of them stand up. Elementary got off to a slow start when it first came on, but as Lucy Liu settled into her part it got a lot better. I’m a little worried about Person of Interest, because the end of last season felt a little shark-jumpy.
Sort of the same with Agents of SHIELD. I enjoyed most of it, but it got a little weird at various points, and now I’m not sure which direction it’s going to go. I’ll watch it and see. Actually, I wish they’d bring back Agent Carter. I thought that was surprisingly good.
Just saw last season’s semi-cliffhanger ending of Elementary a few days ago and got psyched for the new season. And then immediately I saw a promo for “new episodes starting November 5.” Aw, hell, no!
burnspbesq
@gene108:
That’s 3:15 a.m. If the dogs wake me up to go out and I can’t get back to sleep, I will look in. Otherwise … that’s why we have a DVR.
burnspbesq
@trollhattan:
Ivies don’t give athletic scholarships per se. But if they want her badly enough, the financial aid package will be generous, and slanted toward outright cash as opposed to work-study and other potential time sinks.
SiubhanDuinne
@RK:
Can’t spell SANDERS without NADER.
gene108
@Steeplejack:
Re: “Marvel: Agents of Shield” (and other live action comic book adaptations) they really tone down the weird.
When you have the same characters continuously reinvented by different authors for decade after decade the plot elements tend to wander off in strange tangents.
Continuity issues are a huge problem for comic book universes, as so much happens with so many different characters in so many different issues that keeping all of it straight enough to make a coherent movie franchise or TV show becomes difficult.
The whole Marvel adaptation by Disney is impressive because they are basically “issuing” different characters their own “series” and tying it all together pretty coherently.
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: Think about giving Castle another try. I thought it got back on track at some point last season.
Thanks for reminding me about the loss of Battle Creek and Forever. sniff-sniff
I think I heard/read that Person of Interest will come back for a final, shortened season this year and that Shaw will be back for most of the season. She may not be in the first episode but they said that once she comes back, she’s back until the end.
P.S. Did you catch my margarita recipe last night? I am not typing that in twice. :-)
I'mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet
Cervantes may enjoy this. :-) Everyone should read this, though. All the way to the end.
An interactive guide to ambiguous grammar – Vijith Assar.
Well done.
Cheers,
Scott.
PurpleGirl
@WaterGirl: Thank you.
PurpleGirl
@Ajabu: Explaining doesn’t work because it’s sound pun. You have say it out loud… tuscaloosa.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack: To answer your query from this morning, the new tablet is a HP Stream 7. It’s not a high powered tablet, only 1gb in memory, but it works pretty well with Win10.
gene108
@SiubhanDuinne:
My mind is blown!
WaterGirl
@I’mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet: That was interesting, but I did start to lose interest after while and started to skim. Got to the ending: well done, indeed!
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: P.S. Get the iPad Air 2. :-)
Gravenstone
@Right to Rise: I see the mid-month check cleared.
WaterGirl
@SiubhanDuinne: Speaking of Sanders, I saw him on Stephen Colbert last night. It’s really the first time I have listened to him. He’s not Obama, but he was pretty good and he seemed quite comfortable in his own skin, which is important.
Ruckus
@PurpleGirl:
Well some are better educated, but didn’t seem to get much out of the experience. I’m giving some of the rupubs the benefit of the doubt that they are smarter than the dog, (after all she lives in a democratic household and therefore is 20 points ahead of all of them so maybe I shouldn’t) but she doesn’t have any where near the ego problem and while would do better at the job of president than any of those 15 running, I’d think she’d just work harder at doing a good job, something all of the 15 seem to be unable/unwilling to do. That doesn’t make them stupid, it makes them assholes.
debbie
I’m glad to see Grimm will be back at 9pm. If any of the new shows are less moody and broody than last year’s batch, I may give them a try.
PurpleGirl
@Steeplejack: I usually don’t watch shows when new. I found I liked Forever, but then I lost a feel for when it was on and then it was gone. So…. new shows I let sit for a while. (Besides the TV is on more for background noise as I blog read.) I don’t like Jennifer Love Hewitt and it appears that she has left Criminal Minds. (Yay.) I wish they’d bring back Jeanne Tripplehorn. I don’t think they explored her character enough.
Gravenstone
@CaseyL: Actually, it’s a rip off of a bad movie.
Davis X. Machina
@Kay:
Six months or so of rousing internecine strife over minutiae will straighten that right out.
Steeplejack
@WaterGirl:
Yes, I got the marg recipe. Thanks! Bro’ man and his husband are having a yooge party for their adopted daughter’s first birthday, and I may deploy the recipe then. My BIL is Brazilian, with many relatives/friends in this area, and apparently the first birthday is a big Biden deal.
I will see if I can get caught up on Castle. I think what was bugging me was that the show has good supporting characters that they have put to good use in the past—thinking mainly of Esposito and Ryan—but after Castle and Beckett got married and all the tension went out of that relationship the show didn’t really pick up the slack with anything else. Just went back to case of the week, or so it seemed.
I knew Shaw would return to Person of Interest, I presumed at the start (or close) of the new season. Didn’t know that it will be a short season, but the show has had a great run and probably doesn’t have a lot of room left to explore, unless they radically change the concept. I’d much rather see it go out on a high note with a satisfying finish. The curse of U.S. series is that they almost always go on way too long. Looking at you, entire CSI franchise. (I watched about three episodes of CSI: Cyber and couldn’t go on with it. It even made me feel sorry for Patricia Arquette.)
Steeplejack
@WaterGirl:
ETA: Your mention of getting Netflix and a few comments in this thread have reminded me that one series I completely missed in real time and would like to binge-watch is Fringe. I did catch a few episodes here and there, and it was really good, but I knew I was coming in way late and really needed to go back and watch it in order.
Patricia Kayden
@Kay: Why glum? I still believe that Secretary Clinton will win in a landslide next November — and easily. Trump is doing a great job of pissing off minorities and women. If he wins the GOP nomination, Republicans can kiss the White House goodbye. I see no reason for Democrats to panic. Just get up and vote and get as many people as possible registered to vote.
And stop watching Republican debates. I’d be depressed if I were watching those too.
Patricia Kayden
@Ruckus: She IS smarter than most of them. As a Boxer owner, nothing beats their cute faces.
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: CSI: Cyber was possibly the worst show I have seen in decades. I was embarrassed for the actors and I couldn’t believe it made it a whole season, let alone getting renewed. I think I bailed after episode 2.
Have you ever seen the 70s episode of Castle? I thought that one was great fun. They do have a great supporting cast, though I’m not a big fan of the boss lady. I love Ryan and Esposito. For once, I didn’t think the spark went out when Castle and Becket got together, though the show was a bit awkward for a few episodes after Castle returned from his disappearance.
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: Is Fringe really creepy or just kind of creepy? I have avoided it because of concern that the creepy factor would be too high for me.
Steeplejack
@BillinGlendaleCA:
Cool, thanks. I’m thinking about upgrading from my Nexus 7, and the front-runners are the Nexus 9 and the iPad Air 2. Late entrant is the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7", which I just found out about a couple of days ago.
PurpleGirl
@Steeplejack: Agree with you about CSI: Cyber. I tried a couple of episodes but didn’t care for it. What I found interesting about the CSI franchises is that the main show continued to be made even as the Miami and New York offshoots were ended. Also that the CSI original had so many cast changes in the team leaders over time.
Steeplejack
@WaterGirl:
Okay, recommendation noted!
Steeplejack
@debbie:
Oh, yeah, I completely forgot about Grimm! I really like that show.
. . . Man, just went throught the “Series Manager” on my DVR, and there are a lot of dead shows I need to clean out.
Steeplejack
@PurpleGirl:
Jeanne Tripplehorn was good. That “slot” in the cast (senior female agent?) has had a lot of turnover. Hewitt was a disaster.
Steeplejack
@WaterGirl:
That’s right where I started having DVR problems. I caught an episode or two after that, and it just seemed like the spark had gone out. I’ll give it another go. I must admit that I haven’t been a big fan of the “retro” episodes (e.g., 1930s gangster/speakeasy theme).
I think Fringe is good creepy, not bad creepy, but I really don’t know enough to say. My attraction is that I liked the actors and the plot twists in the few episodes I saw. Maybe Lamh36 or someone who has seen it will weigh in.
Steeplejack
@WaterGirl:
ETA: CSI: Cyber is like your crazy shut-in aunt’s idea of what computer security and the Intenet are all about. Unbelievably dumb. But nothing will ever make me feel sorry for James Van Der Beek.
lamh36
@Steeplejack: I was re-watching Fringe a while back as part of #FridayNightFringe…and the show really does well upon re-watch. Going back and seeing all the “easter eggs” I missed was pretty darn cool.
To my mind, if done right, Blindspot may be able to recreate what Fringe did by having stand alone episodes that when put together actually give some more information to be used in later parts of the Fringe universe.
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: It’s called “That ’70s Show” and it is total fun. The premise is that there is a gangster who is kind of locked into the 70s and lives as though it’s still the 70s. After construction workers find the body of a missing mobster, the gangster wants to come into the station, so they have to make the station and everybody look like it’s the 70s. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen Esposito and Ryan dressed as the 70s cops from a TV show – the gangster thinks that’s who they are so they have to act the part. It’s really a fun one. Season 6, episode 20. I know this because it’s the one Castle episode I saved on Tivo after I watched it.
Thanks for the “good creepy” info on Fringe. I can do good creepy, in some cases. I’ll check it out.
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: Should have been named: CSI Cyber: Totally Cringe-worthy
Ruckus
@Patricia Kayden:
As I said, benefit of the doubt. I know my cocker wasn’t necessarily smarter than them and had the disposition of a mafia hit man but he would have made a better president than any of the 15. With a better disposition he would even have been a nice president. And you can’t say that about any of the 15.
lamh36
@WaterGirl: To my mind as an X-File’s fanatic (and CAN.NOT.WAIT.UNTIL.JANUARY for the X-Files mini-series on Fox), Fringe came to closest to being a good successor to the X-Files reign.
X-Files, if you remember, definitely had it’s creepy moments, but as a whole was when Mulder & Scully fully invested was a great series, IMHO.
I say give Fringe a chance…try to get to the multi-dimension angles of the first season, and I think you’d be hooked
Steeplejack
@PurpleGirl:
I think the original CSI lasted because of the strength of the characters (even with all the cast changes). I hated everybody on CSI: Miami and almost everybody on CSI: New York. I can’t even hate-watch them. I’ll occasionally catch a few minutes of CSI: Miami accidentally on whatever channel runs it 10 times a day, and just the sight of David Caruso or Emily Procter (the incredibly smug Calleigh Duquesne) is enough to put me off my feed.
Steeplejack
@lamh36:
So Blindspot is connected to Fringe somehow? I was thinking it was some other network’s ripoff of The Blacklist.
NotMax
@BillinGlendaleCA
Zot! was also an excellent comic book series by Scott McCloud.
@PurpleGirl
For Outlander (among other stuff), try to the putlocker.is site. Also a good place to watch (or download) Mr. Robot for those who might have skipped it.
WaterGirl
@lamh36: I didn’t do X-Files because I thought it might be too creepy.
This is what IMDB says about Fringe – between that and you and Steeplejack, I think I will try it. Sounds pretty interesting:
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham is assigned to the bureau’s Fringe Division, in which she investigates unusual crimes and occurrences. Assisting Olivia in her investigations are once-institutionalized scientist Dr. Walter Bishop, his jack-of-all-trades son, Peter, and FBI Junior Agent Astrid Farnsworth. As the team investigates cases of science gone awry, they discover connections to their own past and to a parallel universe. As the team solves cases in these interconnected worlds, new discoveries and complications continue to arise.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack: The S2 is nice, you also might want to consider a Surface(or Surface Pro if you can afford the extra cost).
Steeplejack
@WaterGirl:
Okay, I’ll give that a chance.
Ruckus
@Steeplejack:
A short lived series I liked was Mercy. Story of a nurse back from Iraq. It was well done, till they brought in Van Der Beek to get them more eyeballs. All it really did is kill the series.
NotMax
@Steeplejack
Archer comes back in January, Venture Bros. in February (but only 8 episodes in the new ‘season’ of that one).
Steeplejack
@BillinGlendaleCA:
I have a friend in Atlanta who has a Surface Pro, and I’m looking forward to checking it out when I go down there (supposedly within the next month or so).
WaterGirl
@Ruckus: @Steeplejack:
Lots of James Van Der Beek hate here. Who knew? Is it a guy thing?
Steeplejack
@Ruckus:
He is like TV poison at this point. He peaked early on Dawson’s Creek.
Steeplejack
@NotMax:
Love Archer, of course. Venture Bros. kills me, because the seasons are so far apart and then they turn out to be only like 4½ episodes.
Steeplejack
@WaterGirl:
It may be a guy thing. My sense is that they ram him into shows willy-nilly because there’s some sort of Van Der Beek mystique, but in the ones I’ve seen he’s either woefully miscast or can’t carry the freight. Chick mileage may vary, of course.
ETA: As awful as CSI: Cyber is, Van Der Beek doesn’t help, because he comes across as a young guy playing dress-up as an adult agent.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack: It’s and excellent tablet/laptop hybrid and even has a stylus.
Ruckus
@WaterGirl:
What I have seen is he plays assholes. And he does it well. Hard to know if he’s playing to type or he’s that good. I didn’t think he’s that good. Now as to the male/female thing I think men have that about some female actors. We don’t care that much how good they act, they just look right. I mean if they are awful then that might get them a check in the minus column, but 5 points off usually isn’t a deal breaker. As I say I think it works both ways.
jl
@Ajabu: Thanks, but nope, now I am really confused. I thought there was a double entendre that I missed. It isn’t a dirty joke?
So, I got the pun. Nice joke.
Suezboo
Excuse me, sorry to butt into a USA discussion especially as the vast majority of these shows are known to me only by repute aka Interwebs chatter, but is there absolutely no love for Bones which is the only one I know and love ?
WaterGirl
@Ruckus: I have no strong feelings about him either way. A friend’s husband has a serious hate for David James Elliott from when he was on JAG. Hated that he was so good-looking and so good at everything. Just hated him.
I do have my actors (of both genders) that I just plain old like and will watch them in almost anything, even if it’s lame.
One of the most interesting/enlightening conversations ever on BJ was the one where somebody’s husband cut down the wrong tree while she was at work. Male and female views of the situation were diametrically opposed. I learned a lot that day.
WaterGirl
My laptop is out of gas and I really dislike being tethered to an electrical outlet, so I’m about to call it a night on BJ. I think I’ll go watch a bit of TV. :-) Have a fun evening, everybody.
Steeplejack
@Ruckus:
This is true. Van Der Beek does play a good asshole and/or smarmy villain.
Steeplejack
@Suezboo:
Sorry, I hate Bones. Emily Deschanel’s character is so smug, and her “endearing” side so not endearing, that I just root for somebody—anybody—to punch her in the neck.
Tastes differ, etc.
PurpleGirl
@Suezboo: I watched Bones when it first came on. I liked it better when Dr. Brennan was closer in style to the Brennan of the books. When they began to make her more “normal” I lost interest.
Steeplejack
@WaterGirl:
Happy viewing!
Ruckus
@WaterGirl:
Not sure why we are different, maybe because we have 2 different but crossing roles in biology. Maybe because some of us are just assholes. I’ve read that brain scans are mostly different by sex for answering many questions, especially when it’s decisions that are made, not facts recited. It’s not that the decisions in the end are all that much different but the way we get there seems to be sometimes. IOW do we look at things from different directions/points of veiw based on some differences, maybe in hormones? And no I’m not saying that women are hormonal, we all are, but maybe the ratios of hormones we each carry changes our chemistry enough that we process things differently. Not better or worse, just differently. It is an interesting area of science.
Ruckus
@WaterGirl:
I used to be a big movie fan. I liked people that could actually act, play different roles and do them convincingly. And movies used to be about both the story and how well they were acted. Now it seems they are more about the story and how does an actor carry that. So we get actors who are type cast and it’s hard to break their roles into individual bits rather than that they bring the same exact persona to each and every one. We see them for the total rather than the exceptional. Van Der Beek is a perfect example, playing basically the same role time after time. It’s not acting, it’s showing up and reading lines. Reminds me of walking into some stores. All the sales people are about 300% too enthusiastic about you being there. It’s just phony and you can spot it a mile away.
J R in WV
Don’t watch network TV shows at all. Football, a little. sometimes a news show to see the news event happen.
TV sucks. Sorry to rain on you all and your TV parade, but there it is.
I worked for a public TV station, and burned out my TV watching neurons. Can’t watch BBall either. Covered state tourneys, 2 years running, many many games all at once. No more!
WaterGirl
@Ruckus: That is really interesting about the brain scans showing different pathways for decision making. What you’ve said here makes total sense to me, and if it’s true it explains a lot.
WaterGirl
@Ruckus: The perfect example of that is the guy who plays the dad on Scandal. Seemed like a great actor in a great role, and part of the power came from his speech patterns, which are very unusual.
Then they put the same actor in Proof, and he sounds exactly the same. That really diminished my opinion of him as an actor. Very disappointing.
Same thing with William Hurt, he has an unusual speech pattern and it feels like he mostly plays the same part over and over. I liked him on Humans, though.
As for your salespeople being too enthusiastic comment… where I notice that is with waiters/waitresses/servers in a restaurant. I love a genuine, friendly server who obviously likes people, but the fake-y ones? Ugh. I coined an expression for that: blow you for a tip. When I get a server like that, once they walk away from the table, someone will say blow you for a tip. That says it all.
brantl
@A guy: Looks like FIORINA!
Matt McIrvin
@gene108: The Muppet Show wasn’t just snarky, it was sometimes mildly risqué, to a degree not far removed from the promos for the new show. Especially in the Raquel Welch episode (granted, I gather there were some complaints about that).
If you watch the episodes now, some of that “adult” humor comes off as pretty sexist, in an antique Henny Youngman kind of way. I’d be nice if they could do better.