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Well, if it ain't broke, don't fix it right? I think Lorre actually wanted to do more character stuff in the sitcom format and that's sort of what he wanted to do with Mom, but that didn't take off.
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Bobfromsales posted:It would be so much better if they just made Raj gay already but he still can't get anyone to go on a date with him. They have at least at times made the joke(?) that he might be gay.
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STAC Goat posted:I love NewsRadio but I'm not sure I knew anything more about Matthew or Joe than I do about Raj. His last name is Garrelli?
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Sober posted:..and that's sort of what he wanted to do with Mom, but that didn't take off. I question why I watch Mom a lot of the time, but then Allison Janney will sell a joke so hard and it kinda feels like it's worth it. Just.
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:I enjoyed the pilot episode. It certainly seems interesting.
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Mar 20, 2014 14:26
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zoux posted:Also I haven't watched last night's Arrow yet but just tell me was it Harley? As a 5-second cameo, yes.
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Mar 20, 2014 14:34
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I would be shocked if this didn't get done. Not that its any less crass.
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Mar 20, 2014 14:37
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TBH I did start to re-watch LOST. Mostly prompted by flight 370.
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Mar 20, 2014 14:56
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Coverage of Flight 370 has been weird, from what I've seen. Even on official news items it's talked about it like it's this weird quirky fun mystery, rather than just a horrible thing that happened.
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DirtyRobot posted:Coverage of Flight 370 has been weird, from what I've seen. Even on official news items it's talked about it like it's this weird quirky fun mystery, rather than just a horrible thing that happened. Because it wasn't a white people airplane.
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The 370 tragedy has reaffirmed for me that the only decent human beings on CNN are Chris Cuomo, Anderson Cooper, Jake Tapper and Don Lemon. The last ten days on CNN have been atrocious, with the worst offenders being: Wolf Blitzer (of course), Ashleigh Banfield (who's normally decent), and Erin Burnett. The latter of whom has insinuated from the beginning that it's terrorists terrorists terrorists, and at every turn, has taken the slightest bit of news and used it to make the most dramatic leaps possible. When they found that the plane had in fact turned, she was reporting that they "probably" landed somewhere and that everyone was alive. When they found deleted data on the Pilot's simulator, all of a sudden it was "certainly" pilot suicide. She's an absolute monster, and the worst kind of hype-driven talking head. I hate being a news junkie... I wish there was something better than CNN. 
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Tuxedo Jack posted:I hate being a news junkie... I wish there was something better than CNN. You mean like "literally everything on television besides Fox News"?
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Mar 20, 2014 15:39
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Tuxedo Jack posted:I hate being a news junkie... I wish there was something better than CNN. If only there was something that gave me unfettered access to information all over the world. Some kind of information super highway that could be accessed at home or at work, or anywhere from a mobile phone, at any time, day or night.
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All TV news is basically garbage. AlJazeera is pretty good but you ain't gonna get it. I get zero of my news from TV.
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Irish Joe posted:If only there was something that gave me unfettered access to information all over the world. Some kind of information super highway that could be accessed at home or at work, or anywhere from a mobile phone at any time, day or night. If only we had a series of tubes
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Just watched the 100 pilot. Interesting plot and very decent overall. Although I find it incredibly comical that 90% of all the sound effects from technology on the ship are immediately recognizable. Like the Medical equipment makes the same sound as Microsoft Outlook getting a new mail. The telephone is the same noise as a default ringtone on a Samsung phone.
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Mar 20, 2014 15:44
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I watch Al-Jazeera through my Roku. Haven't watched CNN in years.
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In news that ain't gonna happen but I bet y'all are gonna get mad about it anyway, GRRM says that GoT could end with a big ole feature film.
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That last Walking Dead episode...how do you guys handle keeping up with this show? The bleakness is verging on masochistic, fitting well with the overwrought dialogue and over the top acting (though I really liked Carol here).
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Shageletic posted:That last Walking Dead episode...how do you guys handle keeping up with this show? The bleakness is verging on masochistic, fitting well with the overwrought dialogue and over the top acting (though I really liked Carol here). That was easily the best ep of the season and probably in my top 5 for the series so... 
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Mar 20, 2014 15:48
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I'm dead inside so seeing kids die is no big deal. Also the acting was bad so that helped.
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Shageletic posted:That last Walking Dead episode...how do you guys handle keeping up with this show? The bleakness is verging on masochistic, fitting well with the overwrought dialogue and over the top acting (though I really liked Carol here). I skip entire seasons and half seasons, and routinely fast forward past the boring poo poo. The Walking Dead is a terrible shows and though it does so many things wrong, the occasional moments of brilliance make it worth following (if only in my half-assed capacity).
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Irish Joe posted:I skip entire seasons and half seasons, and routinely fast forward past the boring poo poo. The Walking Dead is a terrible shows and though it does so many things wrong, the occasional moments of brilliance make it worth following (if only in my half-assed capacity). So pretty much every scene with Lori
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The Walking Dead is one of my 'read about it' shows. I watched the start and found it loving awful, so since then I only read reviews of it because it comes up in real world discussion often enough that it helps to know how its developing.
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Did anyone else watch The 100 last night? I thought it was pretty good. I definitely like the premise and being on the CW the plot will definitely move at a lightning fast pace. Lord of the flies with a 2 headed mutant deer instead of a pig. And the conch is a gun. edit: Rarity posted:The 100 had one of the fastest pilot episodes I've ever seen. There was more of an info dump in the opening 6 minutes than most shows fit into a pilot and it was kind of awkward but that's only because they wanted to get all the boring set-up out of the way as quickly as possible so they could get down to business. It's like Lost, Battlestar Galactica and the OC had a weird sex orgy and created some bastard hybrid, all the major characters have been established really fast with a bunch of interesting conflicts, Henry Ian Cusick is playing the bad guy and all together is one of the most entertaining pilots I've seen in a long time with a fantastic ending. Ya I am interested in where the show is going. CW don't let me down. CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK fucked around with this message at 16:23 on Mar 20, 2014 |
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Austrian mook posted:That was easily the best ep of the season and probably in my top 5 for the series so... Some parts were affecting...then it veered into the black lands beyond melodrama. I suppose this is why I quit the comic, just bad poo poo happening constantly isn't enjoying a narrative, its putting your head into a grinder. I still liked the pilot and "Clear" (which I think someone here recommended) though. Other news, here's a remix of that Dean Pelton song linked earlier: http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/03/17/dean_pelton_s_payday_rap_from_community_gets_a_sick_beat_audio.html Looking forward to watching the latest season when it wraps up in a couple of months.
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I played the first season of the Telltale TWD game since it was supposedly great and came away pretty disappointed, so I can only imagine what I'd think of the show. I don't know, I'm just not a zombie guy I guess unless it's a comedy.
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Ravane posted:Just watched the 100 pilot. Interesting plot and very decent overall. I guess I need to try again. I saw about 5 minutes in the middle as the 100 were getting into cliques on Earth and it felt like the same distilled teen angst and stereotypes that I've seen on a dozen other shows.
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Shageletic posted:That last Walking Dead episode...how do you guys handle keeping up with this show? The bleakness is verging on masochistic, fitting well with the overwrought dialogue and over the top acting (though I really liked Carol here).
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Acinonyx posted:I guess I need to try again. I saw about 5 minutes in the middle as the 100 were getting into cliques on Earth and it felt like the same distilled teen angst and stereotypes that I've seen on a dozen other shows. AV Club agrees with you.
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Mu Zeta posted:AV Club agrees with you. They gave the first three eps a B
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I admit I only read the first paragraph.quote:With its often wooden acting and cheapo production values, The 100 recalls the mostly unwatchable spate of science-fiction shows that networks shoveled onto the air in the wake of The X-Files’ success. It’s not a show to watch if you want to be particularly challenged, and it’s constantly reminding viewers of things they likely already know.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:I watch Al-Jazeera through my Roku. Haven't watched CNN in years. Can't stream it in the US anymore. 
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Acinonyx posted:I guess I need to try again. I saw about 5 minutes in the middle as the 100 were getting into cliques on Earth and it felt like the same distilled teen angst and stereotypes that I've seen on a dozen other shows. No, that's exactly what I saw as well, just intercut with Power-Mad Dictatorial Spaceship Drama as well. I did find it pretty amusing that you could tell when something bad was going to happen to one of the kids because they used the same framing and drawn-out shots you'll see in any given Syfy monster movie. I'll probably give it another couple of episodes since it just requires leaving the TV on after Arrow. raditts fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Mar 20, 2014 |
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Was it explained why/how they have bracelets transmitting their vital signs but no communication?
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Acinonyx posted:Was it explained why/how they have bracelets transmitting their vital signs but no communication? No, but supposedly they can be hacked to allow communication or something.
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Acinonyx posted:Was it explained why/how they have bracelets transmitting their vital signs but no communication? I dunno can you talk to people through the RFID chip in your credit card?
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Nate RFB posted:I played the first season of the Telltale TWD game since it was supposedly great and came away pretty disappointed, so I can only imagine what I'd think of the show. I don't know, I'm just not a zombie guy I guess unless it's a comedy. The show is much worse so yeah I would stay the hell away. It's had some good moments, but I have to really talk myself into watching new episodes this season and am pretty close to just forgetting about it entirely
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