It gets pretty annoying pretty quickly if I remember right. 

the next 2 eps have been underwhelming, seems more like CSI crossed with X-Files but unfortunately more CSI.

Still, will keep watching a bit more because that killer pilot ep cant be totally wasted. 

I haven't made it through the first half of the first season, but I hear it gets a lot better later on. 

Watched up to about half way through season 2. Good overall plot stuff, but way too much filler and it gets kinda cliched 

if you like crime dramas, check out this new aussie flick. Excellent stuff.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1313092/ 

nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be and despite moments of Ritchie over-direction, its quite enjoyable thanks to the performances.

And a couple of nice action scenes even though they're in the wrong movie. 

Treme is god damn amazing. Up there with The Wire/Deadwood/Oz/etc.

Seriously, truly amazing. 

 

It's a series set in New Orleans 3-6 months after Katrina. Follows the lives of various people (mostly musicians) in the treme district of the city as they rebuild their lives after the destruction.

By the same guys who made The Wire, with several of the same actors and the same feel/style as that series (ie, very much a character piece).

And it's absolutely fantastic, series 1 just finished, cannot wait for series 2.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treme_%28TV_series%29 

will check it out when it hits dvd. 

Clips from the thankfully cancelled US remake of Spaced:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDsdBB1LUto 

Thankfully cancelled indeed. 

Just wanted to say thanks to whoever it was that recommended Treme season 1, that was fantastic =) 

Underground (1995)
By Emir Kusturica. I love Black Cat, White Cat and I love the soundtrack to Underworld. So what could go wrong?

Well, Underground turned out to be a highly disturbing, depressing and weird movie. Perfect to read a book to and interpret why that horse ran through the scene at that point when that happened. Fuck.

Ultra-unrecommended unless you are an artsy-fartsy person who likes movies like 2001 and anything by Wes Anderson.

But if you like Balkan music, the soundtrack is ace (Goran Bregovic!). I especially like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm1WvshPE8I 

i love 2001 and i'm not at all artsy fartsy. :P
well, i did need to watch a youtube video to understand the ending sequence. 

will check it out :) 

is going to be awesome, I'm pretty sure. fuck the backlash against nolan he rules. 

easily the best commercial director going around at the moment. I cant wait. 

I guess the dark knight wasn't as good as batman begins? I saw half of batman begins again the other week, it really is a very very good movie, although it probably has a bit too much going on. 

TDK was better than BB even though thats a top film in itself. 

That is a subject of hot debate. I would personally err on the side of BB myself. But what's not in question is that are both excellent films and current pinnacles of the action / superhero genre. It's "awesome" vs. "awesome + a bit". 

Stylistically, BB was better (I like the mirrors and hot tub ;), plot/'film' wise I prefer TDK (they make good storage media) 

batman begins had a better car chase sequence with cooler music. the joker/tunnel chase was good too, but batman looks like a bigger badass in begins. 

^ do i sense irony there? :P

i preferred batman begins too, but that may have been down to the insane amount of hype behind TDK in comparison 

... I prefer Superman :P