TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery

[haltz]

I haven't seen this week's Mr. Robot but I've seen the rest and I'm enjoying it quite a bit. It's a really strange mish-mash of influences, but none in a really obvious or unsubtle way. I'm a fan.

Fight Club seems pretty blatant, but otherwise yeah.

[MrSaigon]

I've still only watched the pilot but I kind of love the heavy-handedness. Evil Corp. James Cameron is probably bemoaning why he can't get away with it, from a critical perspective.

[cardinalkarp]

I've watched the first few and haven't had time to watch the others but they're all on my DVR. I've enjoyed what I've seen so far.

[JL21]

I've still only watched the pilot but I kind of love the heavy-handedness. Evil Corp. James Cameron is probably bemoaning why he can't get away with it, from a critical perspective.

Don't forget "AllSafe".

[ghostrunner]

Just downloaded episode 1 last night, after putting it off for a couple weeks. I've heard nothing but good things.

[Vidor]

When I saw that "Sesame Street" was going to be running on HBO, that is when I saw the headline, I thought they meant some sort of original programming.

No, it's going to be regular-old "Sesame Street" episodes running on HBO. The poor kids that the show was designed for have to wait nine f*****g months to see it.

This makes me so angry.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/201 ... _much.html

[33anda3rd]

It would be a lot more anger-inducing if we lost Sesame Street altogether because Murica puts a trillion into Iraq but pennies into public TV that educates kids.

[MrSaigon]

If HBO wants to be one of the top couple things you pay for in the post cable world (it's happening), they really need to improve their offerings for littluns. OTOH, just punting there might be reasonable. There is so much kids [expletive] on Netflix.

[Vidor]

HBO can do what they want. Bring back "Fraggle Rock", I don't give a crap. But "Sesame Street"? Goddammit.

[MrSaigon]

What's the turn around time on HBO to PBS? I can't imagine a single core demo viewer ever mentioning it. I'm the father of a three year old, and I've seen the same episode of Octonauts 45 times.

I do get the angst over the transition from perfectly free to most expensive channel on tv, though.