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Slamhound posted:Broad City is pretty great. Yeah. Hannibal Buress' segments are still the best part, though.
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So, I was going to try and watch some of the Olympics, but the geniuses who built the website forgot to put time zones on anything, so I don't know when anything is. Thanks, http://www.sochi2014.com/en http://www.sochi2014.com/en/ice-hockey-schedule-and-results
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Joramun posted:Figure skaters are literally dancing on knives. Actually, this is literally dancing on knives: http://vimeo.com/66721776
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Rarity posted:We won medals in equestrian, taekwondo and the men's gymnastics. Take that, world  Taekwondo? The Dennis Leary of martial arts?!
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smg77 posted:The funniest thing about the London Olympics was that if you only watched NBC coverage you'd think women's beach volleyball was the biggest sport in the world. I swear they got more coverage than anything else combined. When was the last time the Olympics had something resembling interesting coverage in the US? I remember being annoying at all the human interest puff pieces NBC played during the Atlanta games about all the vague, generic hardships that the American athlete had to overcome in order to be heavily favored to win the upcoming event. I don't remember that being a problem with the Seoul games but I was helping build a house while those were playing on a television in the background so I didn't see as much of them as I could. Maybe the '84 games were the last time the Olympics were watchable...
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Random Stranger posted:When was the last time the Olympics had something resembling interesting coverage in the US? I remember being annoying at all the human interest puff pieces NBC played during the Atlanta games about all the vague, generic hardships that the American athlete had to overcome in order to be heavily favored to win the upcoming event. I don't remember that being a problem with the Seoul games but I was helping build a house while those were playing on a television in the background so I didn't see as much of them as I could. Maybe the '84 games were the last time the Olympics were watchable... That's still pretty much it; we've at least gotten to the point technologically that we can watch individual events online if we really want, instead of waiting for the 'primetime coverage' that will be half-human interest stories and half-highlights.
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Because heaven forbid Americans having to wait for the next skier to enter the gates. We have to cut them together immediately and not waste time!Joramun posted:Figure skaters are literally dancing on knives. Sorry but if it has to be judged (meaning the score is solely determined by a judge's score, not like hockey refs or rules judges), it's not a sport.
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Random Stranger posted:When was the last time the Olympics had something resembling interesting coverage in the US? I remember being annoying at all the human interest puff pieces NBC played during the Atlanta games about all the vague, generic hardships that the American athlete had to overcome in order to be heavily favored to win the upcoming event. I don't remember that being a problem with the Seoul games but I was helping build a house while those were playing on a television in the background so I didn't see as much of them as I could. Maybe the '84 games were the last time the Olympics were watchable... I heard NBC actually did show a lot of stuff live in 1988. But the time difference was bad, and it was in late September. CBS wasn't that much better in the 90's. They tape delayed most of their coverage, and in 1998, I remember they didn't show one particular American gold medal victory in skiing until nearly 24 hours after it happened. e: Also in 1992 NBC and Cablevision collaborated to have live Olympic coverage via pay-per-view. It bombed hard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympics_Triplecast Vertical Lime fucked around with this message at 20:15 on Jan 31, 2014 |
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Ah yes, the Olympic Triplecast. All I remember about it was the absolute flood of commercials they had for it, and that nobody actually subscribed to it.
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Random Stranger posted:When was the last time the Olympics had something resembling interesting coverage in the US? I remember being annoying at all the human interest puff pieces NBC played during the Atlanta games about all the vague, generic hardships that the American athlete had to overcome in order to be heavily favored to win the upcoming event. I don't remember that being a problem with the Seoul games but I was helping build a house while those were playing on a television in the background so I didn't see as much of them as I could. Maybe the '84 games were the last time the Olympics were watchable... Atlanta did have the bombing
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Vertical Lime posted:I heard NBC actually did show a lot of stuff live in 1988. But the time difference was bad, and it was in late September. Yes, I remember this. There were all kinds of events on at hours like 2 AM to 5 AM. It made things very confusing, though it was certainly kinda cool as a kid to be surfing the 5 channels the TV in my room could pick up and seeing some random sports events. Or maybe that was '84? Or maybe both times in the '80s? Also I'm thinking of Summer, not Winter, Olympics here. So I believe they did both mostly-live that year. But I still don't get why Chess isn't an Olympic sport. 
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I remember the Triplecast existing, but I don't know anyone who actually watched it.precision posted:But I still don't get why Chess isn't an Olympic sport. I'm willing to let Chess in if we let Poetry back in. Just because I want to see NBC try to air that.  I remember that they used to show Olympic coverage pretty much 24 hours with live events in the middle of the night for more minor things and then the major events delayed to certain times during the day.
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Jan 31, 2014 21:38
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Random Stranger posted:I'm willing to let Chess in if we let Poetry back in. Just because I want to see NBC try to air that. If Poetry were let back in, it would almost certainly look exactly like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5vEYJDAv7k 
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There's only one winter sport that needs to come back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvk4PpFORD4
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Random Stranger posted:When was the last time the Olympics had something resembling interesting coverage in the US? Tonya Harding
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precision posted:But I still don't get why Chess isn't an Olympic sport. In all seriousness, I would endorse chess-boxing for the Olympics. I'm just fascinated by the concept.
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precision posted:But I still don't get why Chess isn't an Olympic sport. Because the world's greatest chess player is an iPad with Chessmaster 2000.
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smg77 posted:Tonya Harding That young hip Canadian snowboarder who, shockingly, turned out to have smoked some small amount of marijuana at some point.
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Jan 31, 2014 22:35
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Does anyone actually care about the Winter Olympics? It's just a bunch of poo poo sports where guys fall down mountains with stuff strapped to their feet. And curling.
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precision posted:That young hip Canadian snowboarder who, shockingly, turned out to have smoked some small amount of marijuana at some point. Dan & Dave.
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Joramun posted:Figure skaters are literally dancing on knives. Skiers wiping out happens though, I don't think I've ever seen a figure skater slash themselves up.
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IRQ posted:Skiers wiping out happens though, I don't think I've ever seen a figure skater slash themselves up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1weVp4S8IFc
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Rarity posted:Does anyone actually care about the Winter Olympics? It's just a bunch of poo poo sports where guys fall down mountains with stuff strapped to their feet. And curling. Canada would burn down if they didn't win hockey gold on their turf
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Jan 31, 2014 22:55
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Man, so how about that English adaptation of 19-2? Anyone else catch it?
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Irish Joe posted:Ski Jump is cool because there's an element of danger and a high skill threshold not present in the other events.
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Josh Lyman posted:Actually, ski jumpers are only like 10 feet off the ground during their entire "flight". And I'm 5 feet from the wall of the building I jumped off of as I plummet to my doom.
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Josh Lyman posted:Actually, ski jumpers are only like 10 feet off the ground during their entire "flight". So I suppose it's perfectly safe then and requires no skill.
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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The TV IV > TV IV Couch Chat: Wherein Goons Condescend To Highly Trained Athletes
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Wandle Cax posted:So I suppose it's perfectly safe then and requires no skill.
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IRQ posted:Skiers wiping out happens though, I don't think I've ever seen a figure skater slash themselves up. Okay, not slashing, but still. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpN4rnzvUvg&feature=youtu.be&t=3m1s
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The Jack Bauer Power Hour all up in yo Super Bowl commercials.
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I just started watching Californication with a friend. Is it me or is this a misogynist male jerk-off fantasy?
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Vertical Lime posted:Canada would burn down if they didn't win hockey gold on their turf Luckily we didn't have to find out, since Zach Parise sucks. Rarity posted:I just started watching Californication with a friend. Is it me or is this a misogynist male jerk-off fantasy? Are those meant to be the same thought or are you asking about TV IV with the second part?
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Rarity posted:I just started watching Californication with a friend. Is it me or is this a misogynist male jerk-off fantasy? My memory of the show is dim, but my sense is that Runkle's the misogynistic jerk-off and you really don't have to sympathize with him or Hank. It's about a self-destructive writer in LA and his views and treatment of women is part and parcel of that self-destruction. But this is a lot to say about a show I don't really care for either.
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I remember the first couple of seasons at least having some nice moments, but I stopped watching the show at some point as well. It kind of just spun its wheels without going anywhere after a while and turned into Hank and Runkle's Whacky Adventures! which basically consisted of the kind of fantasy wish-fulfillment poo poo you'd see on Entourage.
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DivisionPost posted:My memory of the show is dim, but my sense is that Runkle's the misogynistic jerk-off and you really don't have to sympathize with him or Hank. It's about a self-destructive writer in LA and his views and treatment of women is part and parcel of that self-destruction. It's not just the way that Hank is portrayed but how the women in the show are portrayed, there's been a whole load of negative stereotypes thrown in and I've only seen two episodes.
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Rarity posted:It's not just the way that Hank is portrayed but how the women in the show are portrayed, there's been a whole load of negative stereotypes thrown in and I've only seen two episodes. Do you look at an actual stripper and think her misogynistic for how she portrays a woman? It's about a scumbag and the sordid types that cavort with him, which is a portrayal of people.
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It's just a plain bad show. Not much to it.
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Rarity posted:It's not just the way that Hank is portrayed but how the women in the show are portrayed, there's been a whole load of negative stereotypes thrown in and I've only seen two episodes. Do you think the type of women Hank associates with and the way he treats them says something about the character of Hank himself?
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