Television

fatallyblonde · 02-16-2014, 10:18 PM

I haven't really watched Big Bang Theory myself but have read lots of criticism of it from POV of ableism, racism and sexism... I guess everyone's milege varies. personally I think the 'perfect show' completely free of isms simply doesn't exist in this world so I tend to put the hyper critical part of my brain to one side when I enjoy television... for the most part. Sometimes it gets too much... I stopped watching this season of American Horror Story because of the racialised violence and misogyny and whilst I used to love Game of Thrones the sexual/misogynistic violence by the end of season 3 was starting to get to me and I'm not sure if I'll go back... we'll see.

I am a big Sherlock Holmes fan from way back but haven't watched Sherlock... but I LOVE LOVE LOVE Elementary. It is sooooooooooooooo good. One of the most enjoyable shows out there. I love a good crime procedural. Another really good show is The Bletchley Circle, a British mini series set in the 1950s and following a group of women solving crimes. I enjoyed the first season of Orange is the New Black and also recommend a similar but more serious in tone Australian show, Wentworth to anyone who liked Orange. I am two seasons behind on Sons of Anarchy and really have to catch up!!! I have got the first season of Vikings to watch, which is supposed to be pretty good. Based on what people are saying here I have added a few shows to my list! I really recommend My Cat From Hell... it's awesome if you love happy ending animal focused reality tv.

Older shows I've been enjoying lately include Beauty and the Beast, Jonathan Creek, X Files...

... this is all making me want to marathon some serious fuckn tv XD

Martina · 02-16-2014, 10:43 PM

I couldn't watch much of Bletchley Cir. I can't watch a lot of the more realistic 50s and 60s period tv shows because of how trapped the women are. Even if some characters break out of it, I just find it so claustrophobic to view.

I was reading today about a Chemist, who in fact won the Nobel Prize (in 1963), but who worked for years attached to her husband's lab because no one would hire her. Eventually she was given her own lab and office, but not paid. Only in 1960 was she actually given a lab, a title, and a salary.

There's an article in the Times today about an old woman, a legitimate artist, meaning she had training and talent, whose life -- raising step-children and nursing a sick husband -- caused her to put her work on the back burner for decades. Now for the last thirteen years, she has been on fire. She filled a New Jersey suburban house with art work. She has had only a little luck getting things into galleries, but an appraiser said, "'She’s no amateur housewife painter. Her style is very confident and quite good, but she never had the contacts to promote her into the prominent galleries.'" She probably missed her moment to have some kind of modest but meaningful success, the opportunity to be relevant. I don't know.

Anyway, the Masters and Johnson show on Showtime, Mad Men, all those -- even though there are powerful women breaking through barriers, just seeing how claustrophobic it was is not my idea of entertainment. And with Bletchley, you get the dreary world of Post-War England too. Just too much. I felt like I couldn't breathe.

puddin' · 02-19-2014, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by fatallyblonde

I enjoyed the first season of Orange is the New Black and also recommend a similar but more serious in tone Australian show, Wentworth to anyone who liked Orange.

man oh man i LOVE wentworth. can't wait fo' season 2 to start ova here in nz.

i don't own a tv so watch shows on demand. otha favourites o' mine include:
hot in cleveland (love me some betty white!)
ncis (not even sure why, as i don't much like mark harmon, but i love it!)
the blacklist
once upon a time (adore the twists and turns they've taken wit' it)
the graham norton show (number 1 favourite show, full stop!)
and the one and only soap i watch is shortland street (though it's an on again, off again relationship i have wit' it! lol)

Venus007 · 02-20-2014, 04:28 AM

I just finished season 2 of the US version of "House of Cards" last night.
LOVE that show. Now I am going to quietly go through twitchy withdraw waiting for season 3

I also love
"Downton Abby", really can't get enough of this
"Sherlock" (UK),
"Continuum",
"Being Human" -most definitely the UK version I can't stand the US one
I am also a "Lost Girl" fan it is cheezy but oh so good and I agree with Martina, Dyson is hot hot hot
The de rigueur "Orange is the New Black"

ProfPacker · 02-20-2014, 10:32 PM

House of Cards: Evil people, lol

How does one get Robin Wright's abs? Serious working out, I presume, lol

ProfPacker · 02-25-2014, 06:43 PM

All I can say is that I find Naya Rivera (Santana Lopez, Glee) insanely hot. Just saying, it is what it is.

C0LLETTE · 02-25-2014, 07:42 PM

Somewhere along the way someone here recommended "Justified" as a series I might enjoy on Netflix. Unfortunately I cannot remember who it was but I'd like to thank them. I'm happily watching it now.

puddin' · 02-25-2014, 09:22 PM

hannibal
once upon a time
cis anathang
call the midwife (yes i dis just admit that)

Bèsame* · 02-25-2014, 11:09 PM

Its a party every night with the shenanigans on Jimmy Fallon. I find myself cracking up! Lol lol

homoe · 03-11-2014, 05:03 PM

THE BLETCHLEY CIRCLE follows Susan, Millie, Lucy and Jean, ordinary women with extraordinary ability to break codes, a skill honed during World War II when they worked undercover at Bletchley Park, site of the United Kingdom’s main decryption establishment. Now, in 1952, the four have returned to civilian life, keeping their intelligence work secret from all, including family and friends.

Even if you missed the 1st season I don't think you'll have much trouble following these women on their adventures in crime solving!

HoldMeSteady · 12-04-2014, 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by puddin'

hannibal
cis anathang
(yes i dis just admit that)

I like Hannibal. What is cis anathang?

puddin' · 12-04-2014, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by HoldMeSteady

I like Hannibal. What is cis anathang?

csi: the original, ny, l.a., miami. haven't seen new orleans yet...

QueenofSmirks · 11-04-2015, 07:27 AM

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man oh man i LOVE wentworth. can't wait fo' season 2 to start ova here in nz.
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Wentworth is amazing, but so far I haven't been able to find Season 3.

02-20-2014, 04:28 AM	#4
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02-25-2014, 06:43 PM	#6
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02-25-2014, 09:22 PM	#8
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02-16-2014, 10:18 PM	#1
fatallyblonde Member How Do You Identify?: lesbian femme Preferred Pronoun?: She/Her Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: earth Posts: 446 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 389 Thanked 770 Times in 181 Posts Rep Power: 7054721	I haven't really watched Big Bang Theory myself but have read lots of criticism of it from POV of ableism, racism and sexism... I guess everyone's milege varies. personally I think the 'perfect show' completely free of isms simply doesn't exist in this world so I tend to put the hyper critical part of my brain to one side when I enjoy television... for the most part. Sometimes it gets too much... I stopped watching this season of American Horror Story because of the racialised violence and misogyny and whilst I used to love Game of Thrones the sexual/misogynistic violence by the end of season 3 was starting to get to me and I'm not sure if I'll go back... we'll see. I am a big Sherlock Holmes fan from way back but haven't watched Sherlock... but I LOVE LOVE LOVE Elementary. It is sooooooooooooooo good. One of the most enjoyable shows out there. I love a good crime procedural. Another really good show is The Bletchley Circle, a British mini series set in the 1950s and following a group of women solving crimes. I enjoyed the first season of Orange is the New Black and also recommend a similar but more serious in tone Australian show, Wentworth to anyone who liked Orange. I am two seasons behind on Sons of Anarchy and really have to catch up!!! I have got the first season of Vikings to watch, which is supposed to be pretty good. Based on what people are saying here I have added a few shows to my list! I really recommend My Cat From Hell... it's awesome if you love happy ending animal focused reality tv. Older shows I've been enjoying lately include Beauty and the Beast, Jonathan Creek, X Files... ... this is all making me want to marathon some serious fuckn tv XD

02-16-2014, 10:43 PM	#2
Martina Senior Member How Do You Identify?: * Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: * Posts: 4,999 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,409 Thanked 18,283 Times in 4,166 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	I couldn't watch much of Bletchley Cir. I can't watch a lot of the more realistic 50s and 60s period tv shows because of how trapped the women are. Even if some characters break out of it, I just find it so claustrophobic to view. I was reading today about a Chemist, who in fact won the Nobel Prize (in 1963), but who worked for years attached to her husband's lab because no one would hire her. Eventually she was given her own lab and office, but not paid. Only in 1960 was she actually given a lab, a title, and a salary. There's an article in the Times today about an old woman, a legitimate artist, meaning she had training and talent, whose life -- raising step-children and nursing a sick husband -- caused her to put her work on the back burner for decades. Now for the last thirteen years, she has been on fire. She filled a New Jersey suburban house with art work. She has had only a little luck getting things into galleries, but an appraiser said, "'She’s no amateur housewife painter. Her style is very confident and quite good, but she never had the contacts to promote her into the prominent galleries.'" She probably missed her moment to have some kind of modest but meaningful success, the opportunity to be relevant. I don't know. Anyway, the Masters and Johnson show on Showtime, Mad Men, all those -- even though there are powerful women breaking through barriers, just seeing how claustrophobic it was is not my idea of entertainment. And with Bletchley, you get the dreary world of Post-War England too. Just too much. I felt like I couldn't breathe.

02-20-2014, 10:32 PM	#5
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