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Shageletic posted:Just going to put it out there. I've checked out an episode. Not a fan. Not particularily comedic, and I felt they were trying waaaaay to hard to be edgy. It didn't ring real at all to me. Out of curiosity, what do you remember about the episode?
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Taking a black kid who never saw the ocean to the beach. Fat black ladies being sassy. Grumbly Australian saying sarcastic yet not particularly humorous things. Wheelchair guy being plucky.
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Shageletic posted:Taking a black kid who never saw the ocean to the beach. Fat black ladies being sassy. Grumbly Australian saying sarcastic yet not particularly humorous things. Wheelchair guy being plucky. Now I want to watch it.
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Feb 28, 2014 16:25
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Shageletic posted:Taking a black kid who never saw the ocean to the beach. Fat black ladies being sassy. Grumbly Australian saying sarcastic yet not particularly humorous things. Wheelchair guy being plucky. You accidentally watched an episode of Glee.
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Feb 28, 2014 16:26
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I'm loving House of Cards and want to post about it but I'm terrified of going near the spoiler thread. I heard somewhere that something happens to show you the series does not gently caress around at the start of season 2 and knowing that was unpleasant enough. Now I feel like I should just spoiler that entire paragraph.
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Feb 28, 2014 16:35
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Something does happen but it's not surprising if you ever watched the British one.
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Feb 28, 2014 16:40
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Parks is still in the decent to good range, but feels like it's spinning its wheels more and more to me. The last episode before they went on mid-season break really felt like it could've been a great end of the series, hearing that another season has been commissioned in some way bums me out because I don't think the show will come anywhere close to the dizzying heights of Seasons 2-4. The more it goes on I can only see it getting worse. Lugaloco fucked around with this message at 16:48 on Feb 28, 2014 |
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Feb 28, 2014 16:45
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Mu Zeta posted:Something does happen but it's not surprising if you ever watched the British one. I don't think you grasp how unpopular British television is in America. The last British anything my father watched was Coupling and I don't think my mother could name more than three British people total (Kate Middleton, Prince Harry and Benny Hill, fwiw).
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Feb 28, 2014 16:46
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Comparatively, "Where can I watch Coronation Street?" was an FAQ item the Olympics broadcaster in Canada put out.
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Feb 28, 2014 16:48
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I don't think British shows are especially "unpopular" in America. I mean I can barely talk about tv with someone for long with Downton Abbey coming up and most everyone I knew was at least aware of the Doctor Who anniversary. Mostly I think we just don't know where to find anything except PBS or BBC America, and most people I know never turn PBS on and don't know BBC America exists or at least where it is on the tv. Plus even if they do we're used to heavily advertised 22 episode seasons on networks or critically acclaimed 12 episode seasons on cable. The idea of tracking down 6 or 8 episodes of a show each year is pretty foreign.
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Feb 28, 2014 17:27
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I'm like a weeaboo, but for British TV.
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Feb 28, 2014 17:28
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Most British TV is awful and I'm genuinely saddened that people in Canada watch Corrie. I thought you were better than that.  On that note, after three extremely good episodes the fourth instalment of Inside No.9 was really flat.
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Shageletic posted:Taking a black kid who never saw the ocean to the beach. Fat black ladies being sassy. Grumbly Australian saying sarcastic yet not particularly humorous things. Wheelchair guy being plucky. Okay, I remember that episode. Definitely one of the lesser ones, though I still personally enjoyed it. I'd watch the pilot before you completely write it off. There's still a good chance that you might not like it, but it's a far better demonstration of what this show has to offer. Or even, if you can catch it on demand, the first episode of this season. It leans a bit on things that happened last season (his ex-girlfriend, the "Hey LA!" girl, the movie Jim had auditioned for but blew because he was an unbelievable idiot with his would-be co-star), but the episode itself explains those things well enough. And it puts Grumbly Australian's behavior into a certain context that shows he's not supposed to be right and you're not always supposed to laugh. I mean, look, I enjoyed Season 3 of Community. I'm of the opinion that just because a show is sold as a "comedy" doesn't mean you have to laugh at it. Maybe this just isn't for you, so I don't want to be seen as moving the goalposts or pushing you into moving the show up the queue. I'm just saying, if you ever want to give it another shot, those two episodes might be better bets. DivisionPost fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Feb 28, 2014 |
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Feb 28, 2014 17:34
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:On that note, after three extremely good episodes the fourth instalment of Inside No.9 was really flat. This was definitely the weakest so far, yeah. I still liked most of it but then at the end there was nothing to really elevate it like in the others.
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Putting this into a new post because Bown allowed me a break:Rapey Joe Stalin posted:Most British TV is awful and I'm genuinely saddened that people in Canada watch Corrie. I thought you were better than that. I once managed to catch the tail-end of an Eastenders episode a couple of years ago, which is apparently still super popular in the UK (or was at that time). There's tragedy, there's Tragedy, there's OH MY GOD IT'S SO TRAGIC WOULDN'T YOU AGREE CRY MOTHERFUCKER CRY, and then it seems there's Eastenders. I've always wondered how British goons (and international goons in general) could keep everything straight while discussing American TV on an American forum (because I assume you all live in caves or something  ), but if that's the kind of poo poo that's hot over there, no loving wonder you guys manage to figure it out. Necessity, it seems, is a motherfucker.
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Mu Zeta posted:Something does happen but it's not surprising if you ever watched the British one. Or paid attention during the first season.
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Irish Joe posted:I don't think you grasp how unpopular British television is in America. The last British anything my father watched was Coupling and I don't think my mother could name more than three British people total (Kate Middleton, Prince Harry and Benny Hill, fwiw). I don't think they're unpopular so much as there's just no outlets for them outside of BBCA which until recently was more concerned with running TNG reruns and poo poo. It's only in the last couple years they extracted their heads from their asses and run Who the same day as they do in the UK (and still on a time delay).
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British soaps are the worst TV on Earth. You legitimately have to be an idiot to enjoy them.
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DivisionPost posted:Putting this into a new post because Bown allowed me a break: Corronation Street, Eastenders and their ilk are unhealthy, corrosive, misery porn. Nothing more, and frequently significantly less. They function as both a retirement home for actors who can't hack it in other (lovely) UK drama, and a lifelong meal ticket for those who aspire to nothing more adventurous in their career than the occasional Christmas panto. They've been outrageously popular for decades and will most likely remain so at least until this current generation of viewers has died off. Hopefully in some sort of camp. By the By, the guy who played Lee Adama is in a new ITV (the second worst channel in the UK, beaten only by Five, a porn baron's vanity station) drama called The Smoke, about a crew of London Firemen. It is terrible. If he's not careful, given a few more years he'll end up in some sort of incestuous insurance fraud firebombing plotline on the Street or in the Square. Lovely Joe Stalin fucked around with this message at 18:12 on Feb 28, 2014 |
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Feb 28, 2014 18:06
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Bown posted:British soaps are the worst TV on Earth. You legitimately have to be an idiot to enjoy them. I see. Has Japan officially become its own planet now? Not that that would surprise me, mind you.
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Lugaloco posted:Parks is still in the decent to good range, but feels like it's spinning its wheels more and more to me. The last episode before they went on mid-season break really felt like it could've been a great end of the series, hearing that another season has been commissioned in some way bums me out because I don't think the show will come anywhere close to the dizzying heights of Seasons 2-4. The more it goes on I can only see it getting worse. Parks and Rec really, really needs to go for a change, because it's getting super stagnant, and I say this as someone who really loves the show. Something like Leslie goes for Senator or Congressman, April grows up and becomes a city councillor, Tom actually starts a large, very successful business and hangs out with the celebrities he idolizes. Move things forward, even if that means big scary change (i.e. a new set or something*). * I don't know enough about TV to know how totally unfeasible that is or isn't.
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DirtyRobot posted:Move things forward, even if that means big scary change (i.e. a new set or something*). Post-apocalyptic Pawnee.
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DirtyRobot posted:Parks and Rec really, really needs to go for a change, because it's getting super stagnant, and I say this as someone who really loves the show. Something like Leslie goes for Senator or Congressman, April grows up and becomes a city councillor, Tom actually starts a large, very successful business and hangs out with the celebrities he idolizes. Move things forward, even if that means big scary change (i.e. a new set or something*). I could see that as an endgame for the series, but they seem to have introduced a new conflict that should carry them to the end of this season, at least.
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Irish Joe posted:I don't think you grasp how unpopular British television is in America. The last British anything my father watched was Coupling and I don't think my mother could name more than three British people total (Kate Middleton, Prince Harry and Benny Hill, fwiw). I don't really get it either. I feel like if people would just watch QI or Peep Show, they'd be hooked; also, I may have a giant man-crush on David Mitchell in particular. Though perhaps things will change, as more American TV seems to become just awful, and America is at least latching on to some big names in the form of Downton Abbey and Dr. Who.
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PittTheElder posted:Though perhaps things will change, as more American TV seems to become just awful Bollocks!
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Joramun posted:Bollocks! It's true if you ignore all the great shows that are on right now
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QI was great, but does anyone really care anymore? It got old and tedious. Peep Show is a good show that has insane amounts of down periods and usually has at least 1 bad episode each season these days. Downton Abbey is just spruced up garbage and Dr Who is abysmal. We have a few good shows like Inside No 9, but that's been blown out of proportion because the rest of the airtime is spent on literal poo poo. At least Stewart Lee is back tomorrow, which should be legitimately great.
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Feb 28, 2014 19:27
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I missed the goon memo that Dr Who is abysmal now.
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GreenNight posted:I missed the goon memo that Dr Who is abysmal now. It's an old memo. Doctor Who has been awful or great since Season 6, depending on who you talk to.
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Talk to me I'll tell you the real truth about Dr. Who.
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Which season was Sylvester McCoy? It's been poo poo since then. (I'm guessing you're talking about s6 of the reboot. The whole thing has been terrible IMO since they started it back up).
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EL BROMANCE posted:Which season was Sylvester McCoy? It's been poo poo since then. Paging Deadpool to the thread, please close this thread before it goes nuclear, thanks.
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Really the best is when British TV and American TV get together. Then you get The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, a TV marvel if ever I've seen one.
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PittTheElder posted:Really the best is when British TV and American TV get together. Then you get The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, a TV marvel if ever I've seen one. Although naturally the British character was annoying.
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Feb 28, 2014 19:46
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There is no American TV anymore the British have already taken over half the jobs.
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I used to love QI. But I now just watch the episodes with the guests I know I like. No more ventriloquists for me.
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Fateo McMurray posted:I used to love QI. But I now just watch the episodes with the guests I know I like. No more ventriloquists for me. To be fair, she was on ONE time, and I think everyone involved realized that that was a stupid idea. I still enjoy QI, I don't really see a drop in quality either. Perhaps it helps that I only started watching the show a year or two ago, and not ten years ago.
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Fateo McMurray posted:I used to love QI. But I now just watch the episodes with the guests I know I like. No more ventriloquists for me. Nina Conti, I presume? I haven't seen her turn on QI, but her standup and role on the HBO comedy Family Tree are absolutely brilliant.
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Feb 28, 2014 20:33
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I am horribly addicted to BBC comedy panel shows. I need an intervention...
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Joramun posted:Nina Conti, I presume? I haven't seen her turn on QI, but her standup and role on the HBO comedy Family Tree are absolutely brilliant. Are they? I haven't seen those, but she really was a comedy black hole on QI. She just brought the show to a screechig halt. I sometimes watch a couple of old episodes on YouTube, and that's the only one I will always skip.
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