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EvilTobaccoExec posted:Gay show as in there's an ongoing and strong subtextual reading related to the characters homosexuality or inability to be openly homosexual. Any opinion on what show is the faggiest? I'd say Mad Men. That Don Draper is never not smoking.
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Nov 18, 2013 00:09
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Manos del Sino posted:I thought Supernatural's whole "Wincest" thing was just what people wanted to see, and not something that actually existed. Ever. In the slightest. And why is Dexter "gay"? The relationship with Brian? I've never seen that opinion before. So basically you don't like shows where guys are angsty towards each other?
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Nov 18, 2013 00:15
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Dexter has a lot of sexual subtext, both gay and straight, but it's pretty drat obfuscated and the Internet greatly exaggerates it (because on the Internet everything is secretly about sex).
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Nov 18, 2013 00:17
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STAC Goat posted:Probably because its not really there? It's just an angst ridden brother relationship due to all kinds of trauma, stress, and family issues. For whatever reason it seems like some people just can't embrace the idea that they're brothers or get behind the idea of brothers talking about stuff. I don't know. I don't get it unless I assume people just aren't able at all to buy into the idea of these two as brothers with a lot of history and just see them as two dudes. In which case "those two dudes are talking about how much they missed each other and one abandoning the other. That's gay." Any time two men have a deep friendship on television, they're secretly gay.
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Nov 18, 2013 00:17
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precision posted:Dexter has a lot of sexual subtext, both gay and straight, but it's pretty drat obfuscated and the Internet greatly exaggerates it (because on the Internet everything is secretly about sex). I think the Dexter subtext is only obfuscated compared to something like Nightmare on Elm Street 2. At least in the first few seasons. Don't really remember if theres any later on. Its nothing to do with Bryan though from what I remember. Its pretty easily noticeable in the Little Chino episode.
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Nov 18, 2013 00:29
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Is QUEER AS FOLK too gay or just the right amount of gay?
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Nov 18, 2013 00:32
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyRPmMi1Mio
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Nov 18, 2013 00:36
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precision posted:Dexter has a lot of sexual subtext, both gay and straight, but it's pretty drat obfuscated and the Internet greatly exaggerates it (because on the Internet everything is secretly about sex). Apparently I've been watching TV all wrong all this time. So I'm not disputing the Dexter thing. I've genuinely never given in any thought before now. I guess now that you say it and I think I can assume there all kinds of things about his "dark passenger" and him trying to control his secret urges and leading a double life he hides from everyone and "stabbing=penetration"? I guess I can see it if I'm looking for it and maybe its a lot more obvious and detailed if I'm actively looking for it while watching. Not that I'm going to rewatch Dexter. gently caress that.
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Nov 18, 2013 01:00
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Dexter: Not Even Once.
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Nov 18, 2013 01:06
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EvilTobaccoExec posted:Ive tried to get get into Supernatural a few times but can't make it more than a few episodes. Its just too gay... well "too CW" might describe it better. I think many of the fans of those shows may want the male leads to gently caress each other, but nothing about either of the actual shows says "these characters totally want to make out" to me. ...Unless your criteria for "gay" is "the people in this TV show are muscular and attractive and go shirtless a lot" in which case you may have some issues of your own to work through.
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Nov 18, 2013 01:48
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raditts posted:I think many of the fans of those shows may want the male leads to gently caress each other, but nothing about either of the actual shows says "these characters totally want to make out" to me. Seriously, and if I remember correctly, the show makes a point in shaming those "fans" on an occasion or two.
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Nov 18, 2013 01:51
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Yes. The show has made it very clear that if you see sexual subtext in the Sam/Dean relationship than there's something wrong with you.
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Nov 18, 2013 02:04
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raditts posted:...Unless your criteria for "gay" is "the people in this TV show are muscular and attractive and go shirtless a lot" in which case you may have some issues of your own to work through. Nah that's a "too CW" thing. I still plan on trying with Supernatural one day, maybe after it wraps up, since everyone really loves it and Daniel Knauf joins the writing staff at some point. It just never clicks anytime I have. Definitely going to watch more Arrow, I think I only stopped because I was watching on hulu and hate commercials then got behind and they took down whatever episodes I was last at. I hate hulu. STAC Goat posted:Yes. The show has made it very clear that if you see sexual subtext in the Sam/Dean relationship than there's something wrong with you. Hah, well the show has got that right about me.
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Nov 18, 2013 02:16
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I'm watching the X Files on netflix. By watching, I'm mean it playing on my work laptop while I play Civ 5. It's ok but I'm not compelled to actively watch it. I'm on Season 2 and it's picked up slightly. Is there a golden age sweet spot set of seasons I should be looking for to?
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Nov 18, 2013 02:32
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precision posted:Pretty much one of the greatest scenes about the Internet in a television show, ever. Unfortunately not on youtube, but in Adventure Time when the Ice King tries to make his fan fiction come to life, and literally the book it's written in comes to life and just farts in Ice King's face and makes "durrrr" sounds - another great scene about the internet in a tv show.
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Nov 18, 2013 02:35
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skooma512 posted:I'm watching the X Files on netflix. Season 3 is probably where it starts getting best, the mytharc actually starts getting interesting and not bland and the MotW episodes have some good ones in there. edit: which is probably true of every single show out there come to think of it
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Nov 18, 2013 02:40
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tuluk posted:So the mentalist is revealing who red john is tonight, barring no football rescheduling. I have not watched yet, but my best guess is this is another red herring like Bradley Whitford and there are a couple episodes left in the season so Red John is a group of people, not one singular person.
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Nov 18, 2013 02:58
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bad day posted:I have not watched yet, but my best guess is this is another red herring like Bradley Whitford and there are a couple episodes left in the season so Red John is a group of people, not one singular person. The last Red John episode of the series is next week. And he is just one person as revealed in tonight's episode. It's already on Twitter because it already aired in Canada. After next week there's a big time jump of a few years I believe.
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Nov 18, 2013 03:05
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Deadpool posted:The last Red John episode of the series is next week. And he is just one person as revealed in tonight's episode. It's already on Twitter because it already aired in Canada. After next week there's a big time jump of a few years I believe. To me the biggest surprise was that they killed off 3 Red John suspects in the bomb blast and just gave it a casual mention.
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Nov 18, 2013 04:32
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:To me the biggest surprise was that they killed off 3 Red John suspects in the bomb blast and just gave it a casual mention. I'm watching it right now, and even though it was spoiled on Twitter for me earlier I feel like it's landing a little soft. I'm thinking this might be one last red herring. At least I'm hoping so. I have no problem with who it is, but the reveal came off soft. X-O fucked around with this message at 04:46 on Nov 18, 2013 |
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Nov 18, 2013 04:41
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Deadpool posted:I'm watching it right now, and even though it was spoiled on Twitter for me earlier I feel like it's landing a little soft. I'm thinking this might be one last red herring. At least I'm hoping so. I have no problem with who it is, but the reveal came off soft. Well they never confirmed he was Red John. Jane is just assuming he is. So yea, I am expecting one last twist as well.
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Nov 18, 2013 04:45
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:Well they never confirmed he was Red John. Jane is just assuming he is. So yea, I am expecting one last twist as well. Well, after the press conference scene I think it's probably a red herring. Because I don't see Jane just announcing who it is like that. He wants Red John for himself and that makes it much less likely to happen.
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Nov 18, 2013 04:46
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Well, they never did actually explain what happened in the cabin. There was a mysterious gunshot, and then shortly after an explosion. I was pleasantly surprised that they did explain why Red John seemed to have a ton of followers in law enforcement: They were not all followers of Red John, they were members of "The Blake Group", which is a group of corrupt aw enforcement people in the State of California, who help each other out, covering up misdeeds and corruption. The group uses the passphrase "Tiger Tiger" as a distress phrase/identification cue. Red John is a member of the group.
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Nov 18, 2013 05:04
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It's a great way to freshen up the storyline of the show, but still keeping the fundamental idea the same. Now it makes more sense for how Jane kept getting outplayed again and again.
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Nov 18, 2013 05:06
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skooma512 posted:I'm watching the X Files on netflix. That season and the next is probably the best the show gets. There's certainly tiers of quality and good episodes through the whole run but seasons two and three were when things were firing on all cylinders and hadn't started to slip. Just remember that the storyline episodes may be intriguing now but never actually go anywhere. It's the monster of the week episodes where the show can really shine. Also, feel free to get out when you just can't take it any more. Ask people for a list of good episodes that follow that point, just watch those, and be done with the show. I remember when the X-Files was airing and I realized that the arc episodes were pointless. Fortunately for me that was at the start of season three. I know some unfortunate souls who got dragged along for much, much longer.
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Nov 18, 2013 05:45
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I remember watching and really loving X-Files when I was young because it was just this cool show where two detective like people running around the country investigating crazy stuff from horror movies and campfire stories each week. Then it started to get all about some crazy alien/government conspiracy and I lost interest. I'm glad to learn almost 20 years later that I got out at the right time and didn't miss much. Its funny we were talking Supernatural earlier because during my current marathon I realized that Supernatural is basically what I loved about X-Files when I was a kid. Two detective like people running around the country investigating crazy stuff from horror movies and campfire stories each week. And it apparently had a much better story arch.
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Nov 18, 2013 06:06
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Yo, tonight at 1:30, Adult Swim is rerunning Moral Orel, which starts off...not great, but few other shows have made the bad times as retroactively worthwhile as Moral Orel has. If you're still up, set your DVRs now.
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Nov 18, 2013 06:07
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I can't recall a single episode of Moral Orel that didn't make me laugh my rear end off.
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Nov 18, 2013 06:10
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:I can't recall a single episode of Moral Orel that didn't make me laugh my rear end off. Or make you want to cry. That third season is about as harrowing as television can get. It's amazing how much it grew as the show progressed. Wasn't there talk of a movie or something to cover Dino's fourth season ideas we never got to see? Whatever happened to that?
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Nov 18, 2013 06:20
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EvilTobaccoExec posted:Or make you want to cry. That third season is about as harrowing as television can get. It's amazing how much it grew as the show progressed. I don't know about that, but I know there was a special called Beforel Orel.
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Nov 18, 2013 06:21
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EvilTobaccoExec posted:Wasn't there talk of a movie or something to cover Dino's fourth season ideas we never got to see? Whatever happened to that? A year ago he kickstarted a movie called Anomalisa, I'm not a backer so I have no idea how that's coming along.
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Nov 18, 2013 06:31
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I really need to rewatch Moral Orel sometime
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Nov 18, 2013 07:58
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Oh drat, what the gently caress happened to the AV Club? This layout is abysmal. Where am I suppose to read my TV reviews now?
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Nov 18, 2013 09:40
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The first time I remember X-Files getting a huge amount of attention was the Season 2 finale and the Season 3 premiere, I think those were the episodes with the old Navajo guy. It was pretty big deal for a few seasons after that.
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Nov 18, 2013 10:45
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precision posted:Pretty much one of the greatest scenes about the Internet in a television show, ever. Tupping Liberty posted:in Adventure Time when the Ice King tries to make his fan fiction come to life, and literally the book it's written in comes to life and just farts in Ice King's face and makes "durrrr" sounds - another great scene about the internet in a tv show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_24p1ht9v8
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Nov 18, 2013 10:59
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UR MR GAY posted:Oh drat, what the gently caress happened to the AV Club? This layout is abysmal. Yep, it's one of the worst redesigns I've seen. Awful.
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Nov 18, 2013 11:12
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Tons of empty, white space and boxy layouts filled with big screenshots and tiny bits of text are all the rage in web design these days, and I haven't met a single person who actually likes it.
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Nov 18, 2013 11:16
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Oh good. I thought I was the only person who was growing ever annoyed that the entire internet was picking up that hideous and indecipherable format.
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VDay posted:Tons of empty, white space and boxy layouts filled with big screenshots and tiny bits of text are all the rage in web design these days, and I haven't met a single person who actually likes it. You haven't met anyone with iPad?
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