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I see I'm not the only one disappointed with Louie this season. A comedy show that isn't even trying to be funny isn't going to be around very long.
 
jerseydevil said:
Did not care for last week's Louie. I know many of you are fond of the Frenchy/absurdist slant lately but it's just too much. Ok, we get it. Every woman in New York is borderline mentally unstable. Enough already. Want to make something difficult funny? How about Louie has a date with a semi-healthy woman. And the second story about oh yeah, his kid disappearing...dreadfully unfunny. Hey, let's make...what??? Humor???? out of every parents worst nightmare. Just cruel for cruels sake.
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Man, I LOVE this season of Louie. I'll admit that last week's episode wasn't the strongest, but its still very much in his wheelhouse.

CK's comedy has moved squarely into the middle-aged everyman. Some of its funny, some of it isn't - life at this age (I'm turning 40 in November) has more of its share of those moments where you realize just how different things are than they were at 30 or even 35. Not all of it is comical, and a lot of those moments of self-realization are actually like getting your soul's nuts stepped on.

This year he has gone away from looking only for the comedy in those situations and is playing it in a more ballsy, open manner. That he couldn't find Liz isn't the story - that Sevigny had an orgasm isn't the story. The kookiness of those characters is a reflection on the way he relates to women as he gets older. He can't understand them - he neer could, has less and less energy to put towards women, and is finding himself more prone to settle for those desperate experiences that he would have walked right past when he was younger and had more options. It's all metaphor for leaving youth and settling into middle age.

Nobody tells you just how crappy it is to get to this age. His kids being on the show more now is used to show that anchor to responsibility that you just don't have when you are younger, or that you try and escape from in your mid 30's. He's taking hummers from old ladies, willing to accept a freaking weirdo, all just to grasp some last hold on the things of his youth.

This season - his kids, his weight, his motorcycle, the strange women - it's all about the last stages of the fight before you throw in the towel, realizing that aging is inevitable. It's agonizing and depressing at times, but it is very real, and you just don't see anything like this in episodic television. I'm thrilled that he is doing what he wants to do - he writes, directs and edits his own show, and I am completely on board with what he is doing. It's not in as comedic a light as it was before, but the moments this year are just so recognizable, even if they are absurd by design. I don't see it as an homage to French New Wave Cinema as much as a natural progression of the character he has been working on over the last decade. And I don't think it is going to end all that well either.
 
Mondo Blando said:
Man, I LOVE this season of Louie. I'll admit that last week's episode wasn't the strongest, but its still very much in his wheelhouse.

CK's comedy has moved squarely into the middle-aged everyman. Some of its funny, some of it isn't - life at this age (I'm turning 40 in November) has more of its share of those moments where you realize just how different things are than they were at 30 or even 35. Not all of it is comical, and a lot of those moments of self-realization are actually like getting your soul's nuts stepped on.

This year he has gone away from looking only for the comedy in those situations and is playing it in a more ballsy, open manner. That he couldn't find Liz isn't the story - that Sevigny had an orgasm isn't the story. The kookiness of those characters is a reflection on the way he relates to women as he gets older. He can't understand them - he neer could, has less and less energy to put towards women, and is finding himself more prone to settle for those desperate experiences that he would have walked right past when he was younger and had more options. It's all metaphor for leaving youth and settling into middle age.

Nobody tells you just how crappy it is to get to this age. His kids being on the show more now is used to show that anchor to responsibility that you just don't have when you are younger, or that you try and escape from in your mid 30's. He's taking hummers from old ladies, willing to accept a freaking weirdo, all just to grasp some last hold on the things of his youth.

This season - his kids, his weight, his motorcycle, the strange women - it's all about the last stages of the fight before you throw in the towel, realizing that aging is inevitable. It's agonizing and depressing at times, but it is very real, and you just don't see anything like this in episodic television. I'm thrilled that he is doing what he wants to do - he writes, directs and edits his own show, and I am completely on board with what he is doing. It's not in as comedic a light as it was before, but the moments this year are just so recognizable, even if they are absurd by design. I don't see it as an homage to French New Wave Cinema as much as a natural progression of the character he has been working on over the last decade. And I don't think it is going to end all that well either.
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I get all that and was actually waiting for you to weigh in...but don't be an apologist. I have enjoyed the season so far, for what it's worth. But that episode was pretentious and fairly redundant. And the half with the kids was just ugly. I don't mind a challenge but everything he has been trying to do up to this point...well that episode was an insult to it. C'mon, anyone remember season 1(?) when the Sheriff wanted a kiss? I know this show is different. But that last episode was a hard fail. I expect better from him. And I cannot stand Chloe Sevigney.
 
jerseydevil said:
Shawn Ryan Would Like to Make a ‘Terriers’ Movie With Kickstarter Funds | /Film

This NEEDS to happen!!!!!!!
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I'd prefer another season but this works too. On a side note Laura Allen must be bad luck. She was the wife in Awake and that got cancelled after one season as well It a shame because she is smoking hot.

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New Entertainment Weekly had a pretty spoiler heavy(seemingly) story regarding some of the horrors of season 2. Sounds pretty groovy.


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horrors include medical experimentation with a possbly Nazi doc, Blood face(the sanitarium's BOOGEN) and aliens. Coulkd be good...could be wacky
 
'Beverly Hills Cop' TV Series Lands At CBS; 'Terriers' May Live Again Via Kickstarter-Funded TV Movie | The Playlist

But Ryan isn't letting the series die that easily. Recently he told TBI Vision (via Uproxx) that he plans on using Kickstarter, the crowd-sourced fund-generator, to film a two-hour TV movie that can properly conclude the series (it ended on a pretty sizable cliffhanger). "I’ve had friends who’ve raised money for indie movies through Kickstarter and I started to think that if you wanted to make a 2 hour movie that capped off that series, how would it cost to make it and would there be a way to raise the money via a combination of Netflix and Kickstarter," Ryan told TBI about the potential reboot.

Of course, he later admitted on Twitter (via AV Club) that this is probably incredibly unlikely. "Not to throw cold water on folks, but reports of 'Terriers' movie revival are incredibly premature and would be very difficult to pull off," Ryan said. He later added: "Would I like 'Terriers' movie revival to happen? Of course. Will I look into it? Yes. Are obstacles immense? Yes. Appreciate show love though. Just want to be honest with fans so you don't get your hopes up unnecessarily." Ah! The high highs and the low lows of being a "Terriers" fan.
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I don't really want them to touch Terriers. I thought the crossroads out was perfect. Been too long, I just think at this point it would harm things. What I do want...a blu or even dvd set of the damned show.
 
The last two episodes of Louie seem to be getting back to, you know, comedy. Looking forward to seeing tonight's episode.
 
'The Strain' Heads To FX, Guillermo Del Toro To Direct Pilot, Will Run 3 To 5 Seasons At Most | The Playlist

FX has picked up an adaptation of Del Toro and Chuck Hogan's ("The Town") novel trilogy "The Strain," with a pilot order already on the table and Del Toro set to direct. Ironically, the story was orginally conceived for TV, but when Del Toro couldn't get a bite on his vampire idea, he teamed with Hogan and turned it into a book series. Of course, once it was on shelves, networks started to be interested, but the story goes that Del Toro held them off so he could finish what he started with Hogan and not be influenced by any TV plans. A unique take on the genre that some are already calling tired, the concept and approach could still potentially be a winner.
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COOL!
 
Hey Adgy, you left out that Carlton Cuse(Lost) was gonna be the showrunner. That just gives this even more juice.
 
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