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precision posted:The Rock is a fantastic comedic actor, everyone watch Southland Tales right now. That film gets absolutely trashed but it's actually wonderful when you realize what it is, being a satire of satire.
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soapgish posted:That film gets absolutely trashed but it's actually wonderful when you realize what it is, being a satire of satire. I'm always amazed that people couldn't figure out that a film starring Justin Timberlake, The Rock, and several Saturday Night Live cast members (including Jon Lovitz as a racist cop) might not be meant to be taken seriously.
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muscles like this? posted:I just saw a weird commercial for Bates Motel where they specifically tell you to just go watch the first season on Netflix and it wasn't a commercial for Netflix. Inherently silly as it sounds, if it allows them to do even a fraction of the audience building Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead have done through Netflix, then it's well worth it.
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On that note, hell yes season two of Bates Motel!  If you didn't watch it already you really should. It's so much better than it has any right to be.
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muscles like this? posted:I just saw a weird commercial for Bates Motel where they specifically tell you to just go watch the first season on Netflix and it wasn't a commercial for Netflix. Speaking of which, give Bates Motel a spin on Netflix. No guarantees but you might be surprised.
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I just finished bingeing through all seven seasons of The West Wing. Very good, I never really felt like it went through a down period, and every time I would just start to get annoyed by a story line, they would drop/resolve it. The Jon Spencer thing was very sad, but I wonder if the show hadn't intended to go the same route it did in the final few episodes anyway? There was enough foreshadowing going way back that it didn't really feel at all out of place.
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They could totally do a new West Wing show. It's been like 8 years so they can start with a new administration. Hey isn't the Newsroom cancelled?
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Mu Zeta posted:They could totally do a new West Wing show. It's been like 8 years so they can start with a new administration. Hey isn't the Newsroom cancelled? One more season, owing to Aaron Sorkin's busy schedule. (Possibly working in tandem with low ratings and a bruised ego.)
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precision posted:The Rock is a fantastic comedic actor, everyone watch Southland Tales right now. "Everybody please move to the back of the MegaZeppelin"
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Does Fringe maintain its quality throughout its run, and does it have a satisfying conclusion? (No spoilers) I'm halfway through the first season and quite enjoying it.
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escape artist posted:Does Fringe maintain its quality throughout its run, and does it have a satisfying conclusion? Yes and yes. They knew ahead of time that they were having a final season so the show gets a proper ending.
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escape artist posted:Does Fringe maintain its quality throughout its run, and does it have a satisfying conclusion? It's generally agreed that up to the end of season three is a straight climb in quality, but season 4 has mixed feelings. It really depends on how you feel about the new status quo. Still a bunch of strong episodes and moments in it, no matter what you thought. Season 5, again, radically changes the status quo. It ends strong though, that you get a stronger consensus on. Even if you thought season 4 and 5 were spotty, most people were happy with the ending.
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escape artist posted:Does Fringe maintain its quality throughout its run, and does it have a satisfying conclusion? No and kind of.
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Bown posted:that house of cards premiere, holy gently caress Holy goddamn you are not wrong
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Yeah I was going to marathon House of Cards but after the first episode, I was like... I'm gonna take a break and watch more when I'm more awake/more sober. So I'm staying out of my own thread for a while. Play nice in there!
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I convinced a friend on a Terminator kick to start watching The Sarah Connor Chronicles. They just got to the 9/11 scene in the second episode and are already convinced the show will be amazing.  TSCC Never Forget
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^^ Wait until you get to the season one climax. escape artist posted:Does Fringe maintain its quality throughout its run, and does it have a satisfying conclusion? Season 1 had the most in common with Season 4 and sort of 5. Just remember that a bunch of stuff gets tossed aside, since they realized that they had to kick the plot in high gear at the end of Season 1. DivisionPost posted:One more season, owing to Aaron Sorkin's busy schedule. (Possibly working in tandem with low ratings and a bruised ego.) You know his next show is going to be about how he is a genius and Newsroom was a thing of complete genius. Expect many Sorkin speeches.
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muscles like this? posted:I don't think it got canceled but I believe Sorkin said he's ending it after next season. So there actually is a limit to how much he's willing to plagiarise himself? Or did the network tell him to wrap it up and gently caress off? Either way, good riddance to the most disappointing programme since, well probably since Studio 60.
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zoux posted:Is the Jeremy Irons Borgias the good Borgias? As far as I remember the only one who liked that godawful boring show was noted rapist Azure Horizon.
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I don't know, it was loving boring when I tried to watch it.
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It's good if you like historical pieces (and even better if you like naughty pius people). It's a bit of a shame it never got to really finish its story.
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Thwomp posted:It's good if you like historical pieces (and even better if you like naughty pius people). It's a bit of a shame it never got to really finish its story.
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How does it compare to the Tudors? Because I tried to watch the Tudors and it was so bad that I went and watched a BBC history documentary afterward.
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It was basically exactly like The Tudors but with a better leading man, and much more boredom.
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It's basically a vehicle for Jeremy Irons to chew all the scenery in Rome. Then it starts to shift to allow François Arnaud to chew scenery as well. I never saw The Tudors so I can't compare.
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I thought Borgias was pretty good, but I can see why people would think it's boring. Still, I think Cesare Borgia was a better character than anyone in Tudors and I don't think it's nearly as unwatchably boring/bad as people are making it seem.
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zoux posted:Is the Jeremy Irons Borgias the good Borgias? The Tom Fontana/John Doman one is so much better. Plotting, acting, characterization, it's all better in their version. I wish it was the one that was on Showtime so more people watched it and talked about it.
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savinhill posted:The Tom Fontana/John Doman one is so much better. Plotting, acting, characterization, it's all better in their version. I wish it was the one that was on Showtime so more people watched it and talked about it. I was kind of surprised to see it up on Netflix, since Showtime has their own streaming service.
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Speaking of Showtime, PENNY DREADFUL looks like it's going to be a hoot. Eva Green and Josh Hartnett is about all the pretty any one screen can handle, and the production design looks appropriately cold and misery-struck. E: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFXHfEqMcis cvnvcnv fucked around with this message at 01:41 on Feb 15, 2014 |
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soapgish posted:Speaking of Showtime, PENNY DREADFUL looks like it's going to be a hoot. Eva Green and Josh Hartnett is about all the pretty any one screen can handle, and the production design looks appropriately cold and misery-struck. Is that an original story or an adaptation of a book?
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Rabbit Hill posted:Is that an original story or an adaptation of a book? I THINK it's original, but there's a book and a movie out with the same name. The movie sounds very different, I know nothing about the book. John Logan wrote the pilot on spec, though, and ultimately scripted every episode, which goes to show how into this one he is.
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Cardboard Box A posted:I convinced a friend on a Terminator kick to start watching The Sarah Connor Chronicles. This will never not be the best moment in tv history
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I was going to watch Sarah Connor Chronicles relatively soon. I lost people very close to me in 9/11 and its a sensitive subject for me sometimes. I know the internet is filled with "edgy" people who like to make jokes at the expense of 9/11 because it will offend people like me. Is there something in the show I should avoid or prepare for? DivisionPost posted:I THINK it's original, but there's a book and a movie out with the same name. The movie sounds very different, I know nothing about the book. I believe "penny dreadful" is a name for Victorian English pulp fiction. So I think its just like naming something Pulp Fiction or Grindhouse. Trying to capture a period and style of storytelling. So I'm expecting X-Files or Supernatural in Victorian England. STAC Goat fucked around with this message at 02:37 on Feb 15, 2014 |
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STAC Goat posted:I was going to watch Sarah Connor Chronicles relatively soon. It's not making a joke at the people who died's expense; it's a realistic--if perhaps slightly callus--explanation by two minor characters about what happened to someone who time traveled past it happening. The two characters aren't the kind of people you'd want to go really go to for that sort of information (since their emphasis is, as the .gif suggests, on the spectacle, not the human loss), but I don't think it's disrespectful, per se. The main character they tell it to certainly recognizes the true meaning of the event, at least. asecondduck fucked around with this message at 02:45 on Feb 15, 2014 |
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