TV Shows

[ice grillin you]

the same in season 2...its just a show about great music great food and a great city with intereting people

treme is perfectly nuanced and wonderfully subtle...its not the best or most exciting show ever but its great tv for smart people

it's a show about music and culture in New Orleans post Katrina, it's not thought provoking or even clever. But I see you and the lil guy categorizing yourself as the 'we get it' crowd. It's similar to when Iguodala said "people who know basketball know how good my game is".

theres nothing to get....at the same time this country is way to neanderthalic to appreciate something like treme....they are to busy getting all you can eat bread sticks at olive garden and going to see fast and furious part six

[SD]

or maybe it just sucks

[ice grillin you]

its too black and requires to much attention to be paid to it

maybe to spur interest simon can write in an alien swamp monster who comes out of the bayou and attacks the french quarter

[SD]

That would be a nice twist

[Diomedes]

theres nothing to get....at the same time this country is way to neanderthalic to appreciate something like treme....they are to busy getting all you can eat bread sticks at olive garden and going to see fast and furious part six

that's rich

[Drunkmasterflex]

or maybe it just sucks

yup

And now I have a sudden urge to eat at the Olive Garden. 

[Sgt PSN]

They do have tasty bread sticks.  But that's about it. 

[MURP]

Im with IGY on Treme.    It is definitely only for a niche group of people who  enjoy a slow, subtle, character exploration.  That isn't a knock against people who think it sucks, its just reality.   It reminds me of some older foreign flicks that require immersing yourself in the characters world, because there is no "action sequence" to do it for you.   I personally enjoy the show because i don't think there is anything else like it on TV right now.   It has a relaxing sort of quality when you get into the slow pace of it.   That said it is clearly not for the mainstream and i have a hard time believing it is going to exist past season 2 with those ratings. 

[reese125]

you, migy and igy can justify it and explain it all you want but Treme was/is horrendous television--regardless of character exploration or how the story is told.

the reason why there is nothing like it on tv right now is because its so bad. simon done farged this one up.

[SD]

The only part of Treme I thought was clever was the way they interacted the residents with tourists.

FYI-If David Simon's name wasn't attached to Treme we're not even having this conversation

[reese125]

tell him what he's won Johnny!

[ice grillin you]

FYI-If David Simon's name wasn't attached to Treme we're not even having this conversation

this is true because i would have never watched it

and for the record i thought generation kill sucked

Im with IGY on Treme.    It is definitely only for a niche group of people who  enjoy a slow, subtle, character exploration.  That isn't a knock against people who think it sucks, its just reality.   It reminds me of some older foreign flicks that require immersing yourself in the characters world, because there is no "action sequence" to do it for you.   I personally enjoy the show because i don't think there is anything else like it on TV right now.   It has a relaxing sort of quality when you get into the slow pace of it.   That said it is clearly not for the mainstream and i have a hard time believing it is going to exist past season 2 with those ratings.  

it almost like watching a documentary....whihc is probably why i like it

[phillymic2000]

whoops wrong thread

[rjs246]

So, much to my surprise, Game of Thrones is farging awesome. I had no interest in it originally but it's so well done and chock full of tasteless nudity.

[Zanshin]

You should start a dedicated thread about it.