Have you ever actually watched Spongebob? I haven't smoked P.O.T. in years but it was absolutely ****ing hilarious stoned, and actually pretty funny sober too. At least the early seasons, it may have followed a Simpsons-like arc after that.

I mean, it's not like they recommended Brokeback Mountain or The L Word to you.

^ Upthread, thanks for the tip on Primer, added it to my queue. Recently finished Special When Lit, the pinball documentary. Quite entertaining, although I watched it in like ten ten minute segments because there was only so much nerdom I could handle at once. Couldn't find a mention of it in this thread, but it's basically like Chasing Ghosts (which I also enjoyed) except for pinball, so less nostalgic for me since it was mostly before my time.

Please no spoilers itt.

House of cards is great. I'm like 4 episodes in. Spacey plays everyone around him so effortlessly. And Kate Mara is so ****ing hot. Not sure why she is on some netflix original series. After her role in The Fighter I thought she was going to be a big star.

Watched a couple random movies The Air I Breath, very solid cast. Pretty interesting, intersecting plot line. 2.5 out of 4*'s.

Lucky Girl. Randomly stubbled across this. Elisha Cuthbert plays this Canadian high school broad who becomes a ridiculous degen gambler. It was ok. Worth a watch if you are bored. 1.5 of 4*

Kate Mara wasn't in the fighter.

I think if you are 6 episodes into mad men and still don't like it you should probably just give up that seems like quite a few hour long episodes to push through


Gonna start House of Cards soon, I have been on a huge west wing kick lately cuz I never saw it when it came out. I really disliked the newsroom so wasn't expecting much but it deserves all the praise it gets. Love the dialogue.

Have to disagree. I remember not liking MM til episode 4 or so. Also told a friend about it and he wanted to give up too. I think he finally got into it the last episode of S1. I told him to just keep watching.....it's one of his fav shows now.

Hate to say it but there are many bad shows you'll end up watching if you have Netflix for a while, you might as well watch the best ones available.

I love mad men I just can't remember a show that took me more than about 3 episodes to get into

Anyway they have the Shield on Hulu now and I started watching that. It is pretty good but I'm somewhat disappointed considering some people have it in fringe top 5 lists. I am only a few episodes in though so hopefully it gets better

Bones Brigade was an awesome recommendation, loved it.

The Shield is a pretty slow burn with some big bangs. I think it drags on a bit a few seasons in, but the wrap up will have you on the edge of your seat.

Just finished S1 of Sons of Anarchy. First few eps I didn't get what the fuss was about but the end of the season was great. It kind of reminds me of Prison Break.

Currently on season 6 of The Office, 4 of HIMYM, 5 of XFiles, 2 of West Wing.

Saw Butter a few weeks ago. Thought it sucked. I miss Jennifer Garner in her prime on Alias. Now she is Afflucked up but still pretty hot.

Check Kate Mara out in Nip/Tuck. She has a 3 way with the Michael Jackson lookalike and Sophia Bush. Been a fan of hers since then. She also was on American Horror Story's 1st season. I been watching it from its debut and the 2nd season I watched week to week. Season 2 blows and 1 wasn't all that great looking back on it.

I read House of Cards has a 2 year deal so I see no point in watching the 1st season until next year.

The KIlling is a show I felt plot-committed to. Watched it while I played poker. I might be enticed to check out season 3 ugh.

Love The Shield. Too bad it's not on Netflix. I have Sons of Anarchy in the instant q. Not sure if I should wait until it's all over or dive into the 53 episodes and frustrate myself while waiting for FX to make new episodes. That's the boat I'm in right now with Breaking Bad and Mad Men.

A couple weeks ago I asked about Larry Sanders Show. Well this deal with Reelz Channel is probably the reason Netflix expired it:

http://www.tvmediainsights.com/page/4/

TV ABOUT MOVIES THEMED CABLE NET ACQUIRES ALL SIX SEASONS

Former HBO satirical sitcom The Larry Sanders Show, which aired from 1992-98 and followed life behind the scenes at a fictional late night talk show, will air in off-network on ReelzChannel beginning on Monday, March 4 at 1 p.m. ET. The TV About Movies-themed cable net will air back-to-back episodes Monday through Thursday in both the 1 p.m. and 2 a.m. ET hours.

The Larry Sanders Show features comedian Garry Shandling as host Larry Sanders, future Arrested Development star Jeffrey Tambor as his sidekick Hank, Janeane Garofalo as booker Paula and Emmy winner Rip Torn as the show’s producer Artie. Featured guests over the course of the 89 half-hour episodes includes Jennifer Aniston, Alec Baldwin, Roseanne Barr, Carol Burnett, Ellen DeGeneres, Larry King, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Rosie O’Donnell, Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld, Brooke Shields and shock-jock Howard Stern.

I'm not to familiar with her, but I could have sworn she played his love interest.

Edit, just checked it out, Amy Adams. Well anyways this Kate Mara is a hotter version.

i just started west wing too! ^5

i never really cared about it since i'm not all that interested in politics/political drama, but i recently did a rewatch of Sports Night and two seasons of that was sufficient only to whet my appetite for sorkin-style dialogue.

if you haven't watched sports night you should do that immediately.

Another reco for The Shield. One of my all time favorites...incredible build up and character development, IMO. Give it time!!

TDA

Gonna start House of Cards because of what you guys said in thread. Thanks much!

Also, in the process of watching season 7 of Weeds. Much better than the last couple seasons (which I enjoyed anyway)

I had the same initial reaction to Mad Men. It took me well over a season to get into it. Now I'm fully invested in the characters. And absolutely love it. Kind of weird. I usually just give up if I don't like a show within the first several episodes.

man House of Cards is EXCELLENT. 4 episodes in. Have a test tomorrow so should probably consider stopping

1 ep into House of Cards and it has my attention.
Also checked out Lars and The Real Girl and Sleepwalk with me, thanks to this thread.
Would recommend both of them

Two thumbs up for House of Cards. Kate Mara also hot in Shooter.

Just finished American Horror Story Season 1.

+1 to House of Cards
+1 to The Queen of Versailles

Nice, gonna give house of cards a go now. We so excited.

Just got onto west wing since they added as well. Powered through 5 seasons in the last month and loved it.

Oh and def keep going with Mad Men. Such a good show. I have had many shows where it takes 5+ episodes for me to get into it.

House of Cards wouldn't load for me (PS3)

=(

3 episodes done of House of Cards...really good stuff

And +1 to Spongebob

Just started The Walking Dead i am hooked