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Irish Joe posted:Between True Detective and Hannibal, ponderously dull thrillers seem to be the big thing nowadays. I saw the first episode of True Dick the other day and I kept asking myself "why do people like this boring mess?" Nothing was happening, there was no plot and the characters showed no emotion except 'abject boredom.' And for god's sake, someone throw a pie or something!
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Irish Joe posted:Between True Detective and Hannibal, ponderously dull thrillers seem to be the big thing nowadays. I saw the first episode of True Dick the other day and I kept asking myself "why do people like this boring mess?" Nothing was happening, there was no plot and the characters showed no emotion except 'abject boredom.' Works for me on the basis of life itself being ponderously boring. The basis of empathy is shared experience and contrast makes things stand out, accordingly, I can connect with the material more easily and the effect of any drama or events is heightened.
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Feb 17, 2014 15:07
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Because I post here so goddamn much, I like to think people here might have an idea of the type of TV I like. If any of those people found any of my previous recommendations were any good...then please listen to what I have to say next. True Detective. Get on it. As soon as possible. gently caress, I'm so psyched to see something like that on TV. EDIT: I like to think that Mcconaughey's character is based off his character from Killer Joe. Shageletic fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Feb 17, 2014 |
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Feb 17, 2014 16:43
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I was hesitant about True Detective (all the ads made it look like "if you work a dark case the darkness will get to YOU" cliche), but drat if I'm not impressed after the first three episodes, and from what I hear episodes 4 and 5 are brilliant. With this, House of Cards, and Hannibal to watch, I'm watching some drat good TV recently.
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Feb 17, 2014 17:40
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And all middle aged white males. Let's get some loving variety and not terrible poo poo like Weeds.
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Feb 17, 2014 17:54
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I think the show does such a good job of skewering the type of hero characters we'd normally see in a murder mystery cop show that I didn't even think about the white male heterosexual angle, other than how ordinarily ludicrious it is. I can see how the creator isn't a fan of serial killer media, and using it as an excuse to delve into something much more wider and more interesting. Something shared by all of my favorite noir movies.
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Feb 17, 2014 18:12
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Mu Zeta posted:And all middle aged white males. Let's get some loving variety and not terrible poo poo like Weeds. House of Cards season 2 has a lot of plot that is about middle aged white women.  Chamberk posted:I was hesitant about True Detective (all the ads made it look like "if you work a dark case the darkness will get to YOU" cliche), but drat if I'm not impressed after the first three episodes, and from what I hear episodes 4 and 5 are brilliant. Yeah, if you like the first three you're set. I personally thought episode 3 was the weakest so far, 4 and 5 are amazing.
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Feb 17, 2014 19:00
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If you don't know who Andy Daly is by name, you might know him as the principal of the high school in the first season (and recurring afterwards) of East Bound and Down. He's also been a staple part of the Comedy Bang Bang podcast for a few years and has put out easily the best new podcast. Now his Comedy Central show is finally, finally here and its loving amazing. http://www.comedycentral.com/episodes/coh418/review-stealing--addiction--prom-season-1-ep-101 So if you like good stuff, watch this show. Then review it!
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EL BROMANCE posted:http://www.comedycentral.com/episodes/coh418/review-stealing--addiction--prom-season-1-ep-101 Four and a half stars!
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Feb 17, 2014 20:00
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http://www.tmz.com/2014/02/16/snake-salvation-pastor-jamie-coots-dead-dies-nat-geo/ Insert Boyd Crowder joke here:
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Feb 17, 2014 20:01
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Bill Murray, Matt Damon, and Hugh Bonneville were on The Graham Norton Show on Friday and I think it might be the best chat show episode ever. Skip the first four minutes of awful intro/monologue bit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98cSOzf6350
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:Bill Murray, Matt Damon, and Hugh Bonneville were on The Graham Norton Show on Friday and I think it might be the best chat show episode ever. This is genuinely fantastic since they're all getting sloshed while hanging out.
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Relentlessboredomm posted:This is genuinely fantastic since they're all getting sloshed while hanging out. Any episode where a guest gets a little too drunk is amazing. See: the one where Mark Wahlberg had way too much wine and challenged Michael Fassbender to a dick measuring contest.
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Echoing the sentiments that it's a terrific piece of television and that Graham Norton's monologue is consistently excruciatingly unfunny.
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Feb 17, 2014 23:13
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The whole idea of the monologue is a dreadful albatross around the neck of chat shows. I'm tuning in for the interaction of the guests and host, gently caress off with your badly written stand-up poo poo. Parkinson never needed a loving monologue.
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I didn't even realise Graham Norton still did stuff. I haven't watched his show in 15 years.
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Do talk shows have warm-up guys? I've always thought of the monologue as the warm-up portion to the parts of a talk show that people actually want to watch. Of course, there's a reason you don't see the warm-up guy on most TV shows.Rarity posted:I didn't even realise Graham Norton still did stuff. I haven't watched his show in 15 years. They've reaired his show on BBC America for at least 6 or 7 years now. It's the only one I ever bother watching besides Craig Ferguson (if I'm up that late), probably helps that it only comes on once a week.
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That was super funny! Further solidifying the fact that Bill Murray is the greatest person ever, Matt Damon being witty as gently caress, and the English guy being maybe the funniest guy there and a great sport. Having three guests interacting among themselves is a really great idea. Also the champagne.
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raditts posted:Do talk shows have warm-up guys? I've always thought of the monologue as the warm-up portion to the parts of a talk show that people actually want to watch. Of course, there's a reason you don't see the warm-up guy on most TV shows. They usually do I think. I know Paul Mecurio is The Daily Show's warm up comic.
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Rarity posted:I didn't even realise Graham Norton still did stuff. I haven't watched his show in 15 years. Norton got moved to BBC1 to take over the all important flagship chat slot when Jonathan Ross was lynched by the Daily Mail in their ongoing one-sided war with the BBC for lebensraum. Shageletic posted:Having three guests interacting among themselves is a really great idea. Also the champagne. It really helps when they have a duff guest as well, be they too boring or too up themselves. The other guests take some of the load and usually save what in the normal one-to-tone format would be a disaster. Lovely Joe Stalin fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Feb 18, 2014 |
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soapgish posted:Four and a half stars! That's 9 times as good as a prom! Wow! Thread for Comedy Central as a whole, but currently focussing on Review - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3609572
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Mu Zeta posted:And all middle aged white males. Let's get some loving variety and not terrible poo poo like Weeds. Yeah, they really should have pulled an Elementary and have Octavia Spencer play Hannibal. Rageaholic Monkey posted:McConaughey and Harrelson are a loving dream team, oh my god. I want to hug the casting director of this show. I think it is pretty naive to think that a casting director played any role of importance to get two A-level Hollywood stars of this calibre to take a role in a television show at this point in their careers. The network likely wooed them relentlessly and they decided to take it for the prestige. Casting directors don't really factor into the equation at that level, it's not like HBO would need to be convinced or have trouble imagining them for the roles, or would even consider turning names like these down. It's not even really comparable to Buscemi in BE, for instance. Joramun fucked around with this message at 00:46 on Feb 18, 2014 |
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Feb 18, 2014 00:34
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raditts posted:Do talk shows have warm-up guys? I've always thought of the monologue as the warm-up portion to the parts of a talk show that people actually want to watch. Of course, there's a reason you don't see the warm-up guy on most TV shows. I know Jimmy Pardo is Conan's warm-up guy. I assumed all the other shows had one too, based on that.
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So I just finished Season 1 of Spartacus and the finale was one of the most fulfilling hours of television I have ever seen. Do I have just as much awesomeness to look forward to in the next seasons?
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Cael posted:So I just finished Season 1 of Spartacus and the finale was one of the most fulfilling hours of television I have ever seen. Do I have just as much awesomeness to look forward to in the next seasons? The prequel is pretty awesome, and so is the third and forth seasons. However, it takes a while for the new Spartacus to find his grove, but once he does he is really good.
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Cael posted:So I just finished Season 1 of Spartacus and the finale was one of the most fulfilling hours of television I have ever seen. Do I have just as much awesomeness to look forward to in the next seasons? I lied, it's yes
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Cael posted:So I just finished Season 1 of Spartacus and the finale was one of the most fulfilling hours of television I have ever seen. Do I have just as much awesomeness to look forward to in the next seasons? Yes. I think there are at least 4 other episodes of Spartacus as amazing as the season 1 finale for you to see, and the rest are great too. especially the destruction of the arena in the middle of season 2, holy poo poo. i also cheered at the death of ashur and cried at end of the season 3 finale
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Not a Twat posted:Yes. I think there are at least 4 other episodes of Spartacus as amazing as the season 1 finale for you to see. You are forgetting the prequel which introduces an important character.
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Tears sprung from my eyes and a joyful shout escaped my lips at the Spartacus season 3 finale
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bobkatt013 posted:You are forgetting the prequel which introduces an important character. I could never forget the prequel
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EL BROMANCE posted:If you don't know who Andy Daly is by name, you might know him as the principal of the high school in the first season (and recurring afterwards) of East Bound and Down. He's also been a staple part of the Comedy Bang Bang podcast for a few years and has put out easily the best new podcast. Now his Comedy Central show is finally, finally here and its loving amazing. Oh so it's just Andy Daly doing weird Andy Daly characters in a TV show? ..... So it's the best show on television since Drunk History ★★★★★
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xbilkis posted:I know Jimmy Pardo is Conan's warm-up guy. I assumed all the other shows had one too, based on that. Ferguson has one (whom he constantly mocks). If The Late Late Show is paying a warm-up guy, it's a solid bet that everyone is.
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If I found the first episode of Masters of Sex kind of boring, does it get significantly better? I mean, the premise is interesting and all, it just... didn't really grab me.
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The True Detective thread must have the largest 'number of after show posts':'number of live posts' ratio ever.
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Yeah, too bad they're all secret mystery posts as everyone tries to suss out whats REALLY going on. TVIV threads focus waaay to much on plot speculation and not nearly enough, you know, talking about the show.
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Feb 18, 2014 15:10
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That's because too many people get off on "calling it" when poo poo happens.
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I finished the first season of Fringe, and frankly, I don't feel compelled to click "next episode" and start Season 2. I'm gonna work on True Detective, I guess.
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escape artist posted:I finished the first season of Fringe, and frankly, I don't feel compelled to click "next episode" and start Season 2. Can't blame you there. Fringe has its good points, but its not a 'fun' show. I can't imagine marathoning it and not becoming fatigued every few episodes.
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escape artist posted:I finished the first season of Fringe, and frankly, I don't feel compelled to click "next episode" and start Season 2. When you do start season 2 just a head's up that they kind of take a couple of episodes to get their footing back. There's a weird thing where they introduce a new FBI agent, give her a story hook and then unceremoniously drop her. Its probably for the best because if she had stayed on Fringe then Meghan Markle probably wouldn't have been cast on Suits, which is a much better fit for her.
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