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AV Club put up their review of the first couple of episodes of Crossbones and apparently, marketing aside, Malkovich is barely in the show.
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I thought Review was fantastic the whole way through but I'm still not sure I want it to have another season. It would be such a perfect one-and-done.
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May 29, 2014 15:50
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No Eastbound and Down thread as far as I can tell so I'll just post about it here. Just started watching the other day since HBO is on Prime now and I'm loving it. Finished up the first season last night and what I really appreciate about it is how beautifully it manages to flow between drama and comedy. The moment where Kenny receives the call from the talent agent (played beautifully by Adam Scott) telling him how he wasn't actually supposed to offer him the job and goes on to describe in detail how his life is in a downward spiral really blew me away. Kenny's face while listening to this as his "fans" cheer him on managed to be simultaneously completely hilarious and completely tragic.
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May 29, 2014 17:51
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That reminds me that HBO is ordered another series with Danny McBride and Jody Hill called Vice Principles.
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May 29, 2014 17:55
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muscles like this? posted:AV Club put up their review of the first couple of episodes of Crossbones and apparently, marketing aside, Malkovich is barely in the show. I guess I shouldn't be surprised at all but that's still disappointing as gently caress to hear.
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May 29, 2014 19:02
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Well, I was willing to give the show a chance, so I DVR'd it, but in light of this news, I don't think i'll end up watching it. What a shame.
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May 29, 2014 19:06
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PantsBandit posted:No Eastbound and Down thread as far as I can tell so I'll just post about it here. Just started watching the other day since HBO is on Prime now and I'm loving it. Finished up the first season last night and what I really appreciate about it is how beautifully it manages to flow between drama and comedy. The moment where Kenny receives the call from the talent agent (played beautifully by Adam Scott) telling him how he wasn't actually supposed to offer him the job and goes on to describe in detail how his life is in a downward spiral really blew me away. Kenny's face while listening to this as his "fans" cheer him on managed to be simultaneously completely hilarious and completely tragic. First season was the best season, and if people are talking about ending on a high note, the show would have been a lot better off to end right there.
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May 29, 2014 19:08
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I'm actually quite surprised with 24 this Season. I was very down on the first two episodes, but once they've got poo poo going it's been working pretty well. One review highlighted something I thought worked in the last episode in that the conflict doesn't need to be an arbitrary roadblock just to pad out time. When someone has an objection they've by and large given solid reasons behind it. There's perhaps one or two moments of WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE YOU? but they've levelled those out now. It really benefits from streamlining and I hope that if they bring it back they don't get cocky and go back to 24 episodes again.
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May 29, 2014 19:32
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DrVenkman posted:One review highlighted something I thought worked in the last episode in that the conflict doesn't need to be an arbitrary roadblock just to pad out time. When someone has an objection they've by and large given solid reasons behind it. There's perhaps one or two moments of WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE YOU? but they've levelled those out now. Two points: a) We're in hour five. Historically, 24 has always managed to keep it together through the first six or so episodes. b) This whole season has been wrought with arbitrary roadblocks. For instance, how many times has blondie been told to "shut up and go away" even though she's been right 100% of the time? The Onion is wrong on this point, but that's okay because 24 is pretty good so far this season.
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May 29, 2014 19:51
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Shageletic posted:First season was the best season, and if people are talking about ending on a high note, the show would have been a lot better off to end right there. While I do think that the middle seasons weren't as good as the first, the final one was on the same level of excellence as the first, if not even better, and it ended the show on so many great notes.
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May 29, 2014 20:07
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ooh, orange is the new black season 2 comes out in like a week! *cue tv hipsters lining up to tell us how that show's actually really lovely and racist*
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May 29, 2014 20:15
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Bown posted:ooh, orange is the new black season 2 comes out in like a week! *cue tv hipsters lining up to tell us how that show's actually really lovely and racist* *cue all the hipsters and anti-racists come in for a HUGE party*
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May 29, 2014 20:16
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24 is not a "good show" in the conventional sense anymore and won't ever be again. It is what it is, warts and all, and that's part of its charm. It's exactly what it should be, which is a well-made, entertaining piece of popcorn television.
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May 29, 2014 20:16
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sportsgenius86 posted:24 is not a "good show" in the conventional sense anymore and won't ever be again. It is what it is, warts and all, and that's part of its charm. I think it's always been a conventionally good show, and continues to be.
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May 29, 2014 20:20
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Bown posted:ooh, orange is the new black season 2 comes out in like a week! *cue tv hipsters lining up to tell us how that show's actually really lovely and racist* Please define what a hipster is and explain its relevance to this post. TIA
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May 29, 2014 20:39
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...of SCIENCE! posted:Please define what a hipster is and explain its relevance to this post. TIA Or don't, because no one wants to have this debate again. Seriously, I know I'm not positive about most TV shows but what's with everyone's attitude towards each other? No wonder everyone thinks the forums are going to poo poo when we're all throwing tantrums over harmless post.
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May 29, 2014 20:46
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News post: Kevin Reilly is stepping down in June as 'Chairman of Entertainment' at Fox. (Obviously delayed punishment for renewing Glee for two seasons last year.) http://tvline.com/2014/05/29/fox-chairman-kevin-reilly-steps-down/
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May 29, 2014 20:48
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Deadpool posted:Like I said above watch "The Great War" because it's really good. You don't even have to track it down, I've done it for you! This is from a few days ago but I want to thank you for posting this. I'm about halfway through (there are something like 30 episodes) and it's amazing. Anybody who has any interest at all in WWI should check it out.
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May 29, 2014 21:58
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Netflix is doing a How to Train Your Dragon spinoff series.
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May 29, 2014 22:47
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zoux posted:Netflix is doing a How to Train Your Dragon spinoff series. So does that mean the Cartoon Network series is canceled?
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May 29, 2014 23:27
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zoux posted:Netflix is doing a How to Train Your Dragon spinoff series. That's been around for a few years. Cartoon Network doesn't want it anymore so Netflix bought the broadcast rights instead. They did the same thing for Clone Wars.
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May 29, 2014 23:29
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I'm getting to near the end of season 1 of Once upon a Time, and all I want to know is how do you tie up a scarf like Jefferson's?
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Poor, poor VFX artist who only had a week to put that together...
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May 30, 2014 02:08
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I've seen pre-viz that looks better than that. e: Also, context please. I'm dying to know how this came about, and I'm not sullying my Netflix history with an episode of Last Man Standing.
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May 30, 2014 02:10
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That looks like something out of Xavier: Renegade Angel, except that was purposefully bad.
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May 30, 2014 02:15
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JohnSherman posted:I've seen pre-viz that looks better than that. Mike Baxter, Tim Allen's character, in LMS works as like the front man/social media pr guy for Outdoor Man, which is where he works at (it's a Cabela's knockoff) Mike frequently makes vlogs for their store which is usually where the most racist poo poo/misogynist writing in LMS comes out (like he once made a blog literally all about how he can't say the word "friend of the family" without being called a racist). It's basically a stormfront video in te middle of episodes of this bad sitcom Anyways he made a video in season 3 episode 2 about how much teenagers suck at driving and capped it with that in the video
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May 30, 2014 02:18
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Speaking of bad sitcoms, is anyone else watching Undateable? Ron Funches deserves better than this. Of course, this is NBC, so who knows how long they'll keep this on. There's like a Disney Channel sitcom level of laughtrack / line spoken ratio.
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Thanks to Amazon Prime I'm catching up on some HBO poo poo I missed. Is there a point where Big Love starts sucking poo poo I should be aware of? I really like it so far but I just started season 2 and there's a lot of episodes left covering what I think is a concept that doesn't have a ton of depth to it.
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May 30, 2014 02:58
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E PLURIBUS ANUS posted:Mike Baxter, Tim Allen's character, in LMS works as like the front man/social media pr guy for Outdoor Man, which is where he works at (it's a Cabela's knockoff) Is it supposed to be CGI in universe?
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May 30, 2014 03:31
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The guy who plays Cutler in Eastbound and Down needs to be in way more episodes. Just got to him in S3 and his baby speech: "Your life is going to be difficult because both of your parents are horrible  "He's loving hilarious. Plays so well off Danny Mcbride.
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May 30, 2014 03:59
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raditts posted:Speaking of bad sitcoms, is anyone else watching Undateable? Ron Funches deserves better than this. Of course, this is NBC, so who knows how long they'll keep this on. There's like a Disney Channel sitcom level of laughtrack / line spoken ratio. Okay...?  Tatum Girlparts posted:Thanks to Amazon Prime I'm catching up on some HBO poo poo I missed. Is there a point where Big Love starts sucking poo poo I should be aware of? I really like it so far but I just started season 2 and there's a lot of episodes left covering what I think is a concept that doesn't have a ton of depth to it.
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May 30, 2014 04:28
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Cardboard Box A posted:You look like Jesus if he lived in Chicago! Really? Hit me with it, with season one ending on an outing and a "he was jealous of a child who was totally destined to run our cult" implications I can't see what's left.
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May 30, 2014 06:36
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All I remember about Big Love is that the longer it goes the more it moves away from "interesting and thought provoking dramatic presentation of polygamy and its affects on those in it" towards "weird as loving poo poo soap opera."
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May 30, 2014 08:25
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I thought Big Love was quite fine through all of seasons 1-4, especially 3. I hear season 5 ended on a pretty dumb note, but not Dexter levels of bad or anything. The later seasons are worth it for spoiler space Alby spoiler space alone. edit: though yes, it does kind of get soap opera-ish in its way
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PantsBandit posted:The guy who plays Cutler in Eastbound and Down needs to be in way more episodes. Just got to him in S3 and his baby speech: "Your life is going to be difficult because both of your parents are horrible That's Andy Daly. He stars in Review and has been on Comedy Bang! Bang! and stuff and is sorely underrated.
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May 30, 2014 10:58
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raditts posted:Speaking of bad sitcoms, is anyone else watching Undateable? Ron Funches deserves better than this. Of course, this is NBC, so who knows how long they'll keep this on. There's like a Disney Channel sitcom level of laughtrack / line spoken ratio. I set it to DVR because I'm willing to give anything with Ron Funches a chance, plus Chris D'elia is always solid. I haven't watched it yet, but I'm under no illusions that it will make it to a 2nd season or likely that it will even be decent. There's a reason some shows gets premiered in the summer instead of the Fall with the big boys.
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May 30, 2014 14:06
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My Dad met Tim Allen at one of those big car auctions you see on TV all the time. Apparently, he’s a raging rear end in a top hat in person, so perhaps art imitates life? He also ran into Christopher Titus and said he’s one of the nicer and cooler “car guys” he’s met. Now there’s a sitcom (Titus) I really miss.
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May 30, 2014 14:18
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CobiWann posted:He also ran into Christopher Titus and said he’s one of the nicer and cooler “car guys” he’s met. Now there’s a sitcom (Titus) I really miss. Titus slowly (since the airing of his first special) either hid it well and it started to leak, or he did indeed begin to turn into a baby version of what apparently is now Bizarro Tim Allen, going by his old quantum-physics-obsessed Home Improvement days. Of course he would like Titus. Peas in a pod.
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Tatum Girlparts posted:Thanks to Amazon Prime I'm catching up on some HBO poo poo I missed. Is there a point where Big Love starts sucking poo poo I should be aware of? I really like it so far but I just started season 2 and there's a lot of episodes left covering what I think is a concept that doesn't have a ton of depth to it. Season 4 is not very good. Season 3 was probably the best one.
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