View Full Version : Ballers is awful


MyOneAndOnly
06-24-2015, 09:28 PM
HBO sucks

Eulogy
06-24-2015, 09:30 PM
HBO sucks

This is completely untrue

Have not watched ballers. Don't intend to unless I read good things about it.

MyOneAndOnly
06-24-2015, 09:30 PM
also True Detective not starting out so good

Eulogy
06-24-2015, 09:32 PM
also True Detective not starting out so good

Also true. I'll give it another episode or two even though I didn't like the second half of season 1.

I'm still mad Looking was canceled

MyOneAndOnly
06-24-2015, 09:34 PM
This is completely untrue

Have not watched ballers. Don't intend to unless I read good things about it.

they got one good season out of True Detective. GoT is a legacy series now. Girls is going on season 4 and is basically the same 3 jokes repeated over and over. Silicon Valley sucks. Looking was fail.

at this point Last week with John Oliver and Real Time are the best two programs on HBO

MyOneAndOnly
06-24-2015, 09:37 PM
Also true. I'll give it another episode or two even though I didn't like the second half of season 1.

I'm still mad Looking was canceled

I found it slow and plodding and i'm not surprised.

Order 66
06-24-2015, 09:46 PM
havent seen ballers yet but it looks like it was focus tested to be on a channel like FX or something. just looks very... non HBO. i might check it out on the remote possibility it surprises me.

I liked the new true detective so far... but with the caveat of knowing that there's no way it could be as good as the first and it's an entirely different deal. it was kind of all over the place but since it was the first episode i give it a pass... looks like this one's relying on a more ensemble cast

Brink however was pretty shitty... one of the shittiest things i've seen on HBO. but it is a cool premise. maybe it's one of those shows where the pilot is terrible and the writers smooth things out as they go on. but i dont see it having a long run either way

MyOneAndOnly
06-24-2015, 09:48 PM
pilot episode of Ballers is just terrible. basically T&A and bad acting

Dogfighter28
06-24-2015, 09:49 PM
first clue should have been that the show is titled "Ballers"

Trotskilicious
06-24-2015, 10:04 PM
starring THE ROCK

Eulogy
06-24-2015, 10:39 PM
Silicon Valley sucks? Shut the fuck up scotty.

Eulogy
06-24-2015, 10:42 PM
Girls is brilliant (wanna fight about it?)
Looking was brilliant at times
Veep is brilliant
Silicon Valley is brilliant
Their docs are brilliant

Just shut up it is obviously the best television there is and to say otherwise is to be uselessly contrarian.

Eulogy
06-24-2015, 10:43 PM
They also gave us six feet under and the sopranos and the wire so if they have a dud here and there they get a pass. What a dumb thing to say.

Dogfighter28
06-24-2015, 10:44 PM
go on

fuzzyroes
06-24-2015, 10:46 PM
Silicon Valleys hilarious. The Gilfoyle character cracks me up

Eulogy
06-24-2015, 10:46 PM
Quality television is important and people who say dumb things about it must be stopped

AMC has two good shows in its history. FX has one. Networks have basically zero lately except parks and recreation.

Hbo does not suck.

Order 66
06-24-2015, 10:47 PM
+<dfkjl>1 for silicone valley

kind of meh by mike judge caliber but the second season picked up

togetherness is also pretty good

Eulogy
06-24-2015, 10:48 PM
Did enjoy togetherness. Well written and acted but the premise is a bit meh.

Trotskilicious
06-24-2015, 10:49 PM
Justified is on FX isn't it

Trotskilicious
06-24-2015, 10:49 PM
i'm assuming the one good show is archer

but i don't know because sunny is legit great also

Trotskilicious
06-24-2015, 10:50 PM
i've been curious about hannibal but the network cancelled that

i hate how ABC won't show NBA playoff games (other than the finals) because they have an episode of dancing with the stars on. is that really a ratings win?

Eulogy
06-24-2015, 10:51 PM
I meant the Americans but archer makes two

Dogfighter28
06-24-2015, 10:52 PM
The League

Dogfighter28
06-24-2015, 10:53 PM
Louie

fuzzyroes
06-24-2015, 10:53 PM
Quality television is important and people who say dumb things about it must be stopped

AMC has two good shows in its history. FX has one. Networks have basically zero lately except parks and recreation.

Hbo does not suck.

The new show Comedians with Billy Crystal on FX is actually pretty damn funny. Never heard of Josh Gad until the show, but he's pretty great in it.

Trotskilicious
06-24-2015, 10:54 PM
The League

i mean if he doesn't think sunny is great...

Eulogy
06-24-2015, 10:56 PM
i mean if he doesn't think sunny is great...

I enjoy both most of the time but they are a level below everything else I've listed. Easily.

Trotskilicious
06-24-2015, 10:57 PM
sunny is often secretly genius

absolutely on par with archer

Trotskilicious
06-24-2015, 10:59 PM
adult swim has the best cartoon, rick & morty

Eulogy
06-24-2015, 11:01 PM
sunny is often secretly genius

absolutely on par with archer

Don't agree. Sunny at its best is nowhere near archer at its best and sunny at its worst is just not good while archer at its worst is still good. One man's opinion. I have not kept up with sunny for the last few years because I thought the quality dipped. Dee and Charlie are fantastic characters though.

Eulogy
06-24-2015, 11:02 PM
I saw the first two episodes if Rick and Morty last weekend and I almost couldn't handle it

So fucking weird. But it did seem great.

Dogfighter28
06-24-2015, 11:03 PM
archer vice has been hard to get through tbh

Trotskilicious
06-24-2015, 11:05 PM
i loved it, the reinvention was a great idea

didn't finish it tho

Sonic Johnny
06-24-2015, 11:06 PM
Archer hasn't been on point for two whole seasons now. Still funnier than a lot of other stuff out there. China, IL is my new poison. Binged two seasons in a week (which was p easy cause the first season they only run 10 mins a piece)

Dogfighter28
06-24-2015, 11:06 PM
i think maybe after 5 seasons (or whatever) of every character yelling all the time i may have gotten archer fatigue

Dogfighter28
06-24-2015, 11:07 PM
does anyone here watch peep show

Trotskilicious
06-24-2015, 11:09 PM
i fucking love that shit

Trotskilicious
06-24-2015, 11:09 PM
oh man they show up as voices of bickering robots on an episode of dr who, recognized mark straight away

Dogfighter28
06-24-2015, 11:10 PM
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Trotskilicious
06-24-2015, 11:10 PM
i think maybe after 5 seasons (or whatever) of every character yelling all the time i may have gotten archer fatigue

you can't marathon this show, that's for sure

Dogfighter28
06-24-2015, 11:11 PM
Their variety show (That Mitchell and Webb Look) is pretty good too, much more hit and miss, kind of like a UK version of The State, very absurd.

This is a pretty famous sketch

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Trotskilicious
06-24-2015, 11:13 PM
mark's head is very much like mine

MyOneAndOnly
06-25-2015, 07:26 AM
homeopathic hospital

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Mo
06-25-2015, 07:29 AM
Bob's Burgers is also one of the best things on TV right now