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Deadpool posted:If that's the best they have to offer than I'm especially glad I don't live there. Britain has Peep Show, and that's better than 99% of American TV.
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Bown posted:Most British TV is poo poo but we've had some gems recently. Happy Valley is the best straight drama I've seen in a while, and Inside No. 9/Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle were funny as hell this year. And the biggest joke of them all, doctor who
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...of SCIENCE! posted:I love watching Charlie Brooker and seeing that British TV is an even grosser, stupider, and uglier quagmire of reality TV, sitcoms, and soap opera than the most dire of America's offerings. I would say most american TV is just as bad as British stuff. We learned it from them, like Big Brother and Pop Idol. gently caress Britain.
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Tara Reid getting her hand chomped off was a plus.
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No FXX on demand, FX now doesn't support verizon, cant watch wilfred. gently caress you cable.
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Judd Hirsch just showed up and you'll never guess what he's driving!
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Sharknado 2 is really loving funny and better than I thought it was going to be. I can't see wanting to rewatch this though.
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Al Roker and Matt Lauer are in a lot of this thing.
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MrAristocrates posted:Al Roker and Matt Lauer are in a lot of this thing. There's too many loving cameos to count in this movie so far!
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If Jim Cantore doesn't show up and subsequently get eaten on-air I will be very upset.
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Sharknado 2 is really loving funny and better than I thought it was going to be. I can't see wanting to rewatch this though. Why would you want to rewatch it? It's not a movie, it's a social event.
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DivisionPost posted:Why would you want to rewatch it? It's not a movie, it's a social event. Speaking of, we're totally doing a livewatch in the IRC sometime this weekend. Details to follow. E: "Frogger?" "Frogger." hcreight fucked around with this message at 03:19 on Jul 31, 2014 |
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The guy literally jumped the shark, this fuckin movie
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hcreight posted:Speaking of, we're totally doing a livewatch in the IRC sometime this weekend. Details to follow. Wait, of this?
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hcreight posted:"Frogger?" "Don't say it." "Jumped the shark."
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How Did This Get Made (Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael and Jason Mantzoukas' podcast) is covering this movie on next week's episode too.
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DivisionPost posted:Wait, of this? Yup.
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MrAristocrates posted:An EF5 Sharknado. 2+2 is 4, I demand that Al Roker recheck his math.
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The ending of this movie is so loving absurd. It's amazing.
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Was A Young Doctor's Notebook also produced in Britain? Currently watching it and it's brilliant.
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MrAristocrates posted:The ending of this movie is so loving absurd. It's amazing.
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That was glorious. Bravo, SyFy. I love you, The Asylum.
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Wait, Sharknado 2 is out already? Didn't they make the first one less than a year ago? I mean this is Syfy so that doesn't mean much, but still!PittTheElder posted:Britain has Peep Show, and that's better than 99% of American TV. Also QI. raditts fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Jul 31, 2014 |
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raditts posted:Wait, Sharknado 2 is out already? Didn't they make the first one less than a year ago? I mean this is Syfy so that doesn't mean much, but still!
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Deadpool posted:If that's the best they have to offer than I'm especially glad I don't live there. Have you ever seen the Graham Norton Show? The quality fluctuates a bit depending on the guests, but it's pretty god drat funny. You should probably skip the (thankfully short) monologue though.
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Yeah I was just about to mention it as well. I don't watch it regularly, but it's one of those shows that seems to be on BBCA a lot whenever they're not showing Top Gear so I throw it on in the background sometimes and it's usually really good. I don't watch any other late night show because I don't really care for the format, but Norton's show seems more fluid and feels like they're just shooting the poo poo a lot more than it being an interview. Also Peaky Blinders was pretty great. Speaking of which, when is the second season airing? Pretty excited to see what they do with Tom Hardy.
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VDay posted:Yeah I was just about to mention it as well. I don't watch it regularly, but it's one of those shows that seems to be on BBCA a lot whenever they're not showing Top Gear so I throw it on in the background sometimes and it's usually really good. I don't watch any other late night show because I don't really care for the format, but Norton's show seems more fluid and feels like they're just shooting the poo poo a lot more than it being an interview. I think the fact that it only airs once a week helps a lot quality-wise. The closest we get to the interview style in the US is probably Craig Ferguson, shame he's jumping ship when Letterman does.
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It helps that whenever actors appear on Norton's show, they can drink. Alcohol makes everything more fun.
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HBO has picked up David Simon's miniseries about public housing that he talked about doing years ago.quote:Seven months after his critical darling Treme ended its four-season run, the premium cable network has greenlit miniseries Show Me a Hero, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Crash's Paul Haggis will direct, with Oscar Isaac (Drive, Star Wars: Episode VII) and Catherine Keener (Captain Phillips) attached to star in the six-hour entry. Yay, more David Simon TV.
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It sounds like The Wire city hall spinoff. I wanted to like Treme but the barrage of musical segments just killed it for me. This is going to be good.
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