29 July 2012

Line of Duty S01E05

What the fuck just happened?

I mean, seriously:  what.  the.  fuck?

Our anti-hero has to go on the run, and tries to convince his wife that it's not safe - they're after him, they're after what he holds dear.

Dude:  when shit is bucketing down on you, and yo' ho ain't listening, shut her the fuck up and get her the fuck outta Dodge unless you want the fucking Tooth Fairy to pay yo' family a one-night-only visit, knowhumfuckinsayin?

All this in the first fucking ten minutes.

This bollocks has been renewed for a second season.

18 July 2012

Line of Duty S01E01-04 (BBC, 2012)

What's not to like?

Bodies creator Mercurio, Jericho star James, and Sweet Sixteen breakthrough Compston.

The opening ep was okay.  The second ep made things interesting with an electrifying ending.  The third ep lapsed back into opening ep territory.

And now with the fourth ep... I'm typing this as I 'watch' it.

Boring.  Don't need to watch it when I can listen to it.

Disappointing.  Hope it doesn't go the way of the awfulawfulawful Shadow Line.

Hope is a terrible thing.

Breaking Bad - Season 5


Mr White is back.

Thank you, Jesus.

16 July 2012

Longmire S01E01-06 (A&E, 2012)



With Justified between seasons and Deadwood still unwatched on a harddrive somewhere, Longmire looked to be a, well, a long shot. The show's pedigree was promising - The Closer writer-producers Baldwin and Coveny, the lamented Smith and unmissed ER director Chulack did the pilot and set the tone, and Battlestar Galactica alumnus Sackhoff looked to be intriguing. And y'know what? It's not half-bad.

Matter of fact, it's a challenge deciding what to watch on a New Zealand Monday evening: this, The Newsroom, Hit & Miss....

Recommended.

04 July 2012

Golden (TV3, 2012)

Fat arse has-been Olympic athlete goes for gold.
This is about as subtle - and stupid - as the heroine of Jacqui Brown Diaries adopting a retard. My tax dollars at work. FUCK.

02 July 2012

Hounds (TV3, 2012)

New Zealand television comedy is, by and large, shit.

Don't believe me?  YOU try fucking watching some.

But every now and then, there's a show that's dumped at ten or eleven on a weekday night that stands out from the rest.  That isn't just a mere mushroom poking out from a steaming pile of shit.  That doesn't make you want to throw something at your flatscreen.

 
Hounds is it.

Of course it's not perfect.  But a). it treats the audience with some intelligence, b). it's not cringemakingly shit, and c). it's actually fucking funny.

This post is five weeks late - the season finale is this coming Friday - but GODDAMMIT I want more already.