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zoux posted:Haha someone is shopping a Bewitched reboot. The movie was great, the remade tv show will be even better! 
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Wandle Cax posted:Six Degrees. I don't think a single one of the "Lost clones" from a few years back made it to a second season. The Nine, Invasion, Surface, Flash Forward etc. I really liked Invasion and Surface too 
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:I really liked Invasion and Surface too Surface was just meh, but Invasion really seemed to have potential. Much more so when I read what the plan was for the next two seasons, including some fairly severe changes of premise as the story evolved and the bad guys turned out to be more alien than evil.
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Wandle Cax posted:Six Degrees. I don't think a single one of the "Lost clones" from a few years back made it to a second season. The Nine, Invasion, Surface, Flash Forward etc. I don't really file it under as a Lost clone though. Humbug Scoolbus posted:I really liked Invasion and Surface too
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Sober posted:I only ever made time for Invasion but drat did they drag their feet at times, from what I remembered. Invasion is a perfect example of a show that would have been really great if it only had to do 13 episodes instead of 22.
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smg77 posted:Invasion is a perfect example of a show that would have been really great if it only had to do 13 episodes instead of 22. And maybe did not star Eddie Cibrian
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Sober posted:I don't really file it under as a Lost clone though. It qualifies from the "every character is connected to other characters" standpoint. Around the time it aired it was definitely reviewed and publicized as being inspired by and following in the footsteps of Lost in that sense.
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less laughter posted:It qualifies from the "every character is connected to other characters" standpoint. Around the time it aired it was definitely reviewed and publicized as being inspired by and following in the footsteps of Lost in that sense. I thought Six Degrees was just an interesting character drama with that conceit that they literally were one degree of separation away most of the time, which doesn't seem really impossible to me given it took place in NYC.
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There was also that one about a bunch of people who were taken hostage in a bank robbery and every episode was about one of them and had a flashback to the robbery. They just kept making that one bank robbery more elaborate and confusing by piling more and more poo poo into the flashbacks. It was like they diagnosed Lost's big problem in a month's worth of episodes.
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CobiWann posted:I just learned that Iron Chef, the original Japanese version, was streamed on Netflix! All the Japanese episodes are on YouTube anyway.
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Jack Gladney posted:There was also that one about a bunch of people who were taken hostage in a bank robbery and every episode was about one of them and had a flashback to the robbery. They just kept making that one bank robbery more elaborate and confusing by piling more and more poo poo into the flashbacks. It was like they diagnosed Lost's big problem in a month's worth of episodes. The Nine
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kaynorr posted:Surface was just meh, but Invasion really seemed to have potential. Much more so when I read what the plan was for the next two seasons, including some fairly severe changes of premise as the story evolved and the bad guys turned out to be more alien than evil. Do you remember anything about this? I really liked Invasion.
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USA has the pilot up for Benched Eliza Coupe still gots it
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Sober posted:USA has the pilot up for Benched Yeah I watched it last night. Pretty funny and a good cast (for those of you who are pissed about not getting Phil and Lem back in your lives from Mission Control, Jay Harrington/Ted is in this!). I'm curious how they're going to sustain the premise, but I look forward to more.
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I know we're supposed to not be talking about movies, but this is a movie about a TV show (and it was aired on BBC and not in theaters) so don't hit me  Holy Flying Circus is a weird little semi-historical re-enactment of Monty Python's guys reacting to their movie Life of Brian being controversial, and is a weird, kind of good little thing that has the most creepily accurate Python impersonators I have ever imagined. Seriously, at moments it was hard to NOT believe I was actually watching Palin, Cleese, and Terry Jones (and to a lesser extent, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman). The guy they got to play Terry Gilliam was really goofy and bad though. It's on Hulu and pretty much worth a viewing.
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Holy Flying Circus is directly related to TV (plus it actually aired first on TV) and it's pretty great. People should definitely watch it.
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I was very drunk when I watched it last night so I didn't want to give it too high of a recommendation in case I was, well, just drunk.
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PriorMarcus posted:Do you remember anything about this? I really liked Invasion. I just realized that the elaborate plot stuff I remembered was for Threshold, not Invasion. Invasion was probably even better, largely because of William Fitchner. It had an extremely strong sense of place and the creepiness that goes along with not only could you be replaced by a pod person, but maybe you already had and didn't know it. While on the subject, I just want to mention that while it didn't blow my doors off, I ended up liking The Event more than I thought I would, largely due to the way they ended the season. None of this secret invasion poo poo, we're dropping another planet into orbit and y'all are just going to have to deal with it. Jason Ritter is just so likable and Laura Innes came off as someone who isn't really human but Would You Just Do What You're Told Please? kaynorr fucked around with this message at 21:15 on Oct 16, 2014 |
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Hot on the heels of the HBO announcement, CBS is now doing an ala carte streaming option. http://deadline.com/2014/10/cbs-launches-subscription-streaming-service-852895/ quote:
I've said before that HBO going streaming only will be the dam break that causes other networks to follow suit.
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bull3964 posted:I've said before that HBO going streaming only will be the dam break that causes other networks to follow suit. It kinda defeats the purpose of 'cutting the cord' if you're going to be forced to subscribe to six+ streaming services (and cable internet) just to have access to the same amount content as a basic cable package.
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Irish Joe posted:It kinda defeats the purpose of 'cutting the cord' if you're going to be forced to subscribe to six+ streaming services (and cable internet) just to have access to the same amount content as a basic cable package. Nah it's just basically an ala carte service that you pay by the channel for.
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If you watch enough TV to need to subscribe to six streaming services, then cutting the cord probably isn't the right move.
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Irish Joe posted:It kinda defeats the purpose of 'cutting the cord' if you're going to be forced to subscribe to six+ streaming services (and cable internet) just to have access to the same amount content as a basic cable package. Not if you can still get those six+ streaming services with a fiber backend for cheaper than $150/mo.
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Yeah it's not an ideal replacement for having to pay for an expensive TV package for most people, but it's a really important step towards a glorious all-digital future or something that even starts to approach a la carte service. We've come quite a long way from the dark days when networks wouldn't even let you watch their shows on their own websites and an HBO exec being quoted as saying that he thinks streaming TV is a passing fad.
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This -- each network/company trying its own streaming service -- was pretty obviously going to be the next step once they saw how successful Netflix (and to a lesser extent, Amazon and Hulu) would become with original programming added to their dockets. We'll probably follow this rabbit hole for a while until some of them go the way of Verizon/Redbox Instant and realize it's not quite the easy profits venture they'd hoped it'd be.
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Also as long as I don't have to pay for a sub and still watch ads.
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Or pay for a sub and then it's down like when a new episode of Game of Thrones hits.
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zoux posted:Also as long as I don't have to pay for a sub and still watch ads. I honestly don't mind the ads on TV shows on Hulu Plus. They take up 60 seconds, which is just long enough to refill water/wine/weed. It still beats having to pay $60 or more a month to Comcast and also having to keep up with a DVR.
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All I want to do is watch live tv on my phone. This is all I ask. No sneak peeks, no bloopers, I just want to watch a channel, commercials and all without all the extra bullshit.
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bull3964 posted:Hot on the heels of the HBO announcement, CBS is now doing an ala carte streaming option. Also there are ads.
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The entire point is that it doesn't require a regular TV subscription, which is kind of a big deal.
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VDay posted:The entire point is that it doesn't require a regular TV subscription, which is kind of a big deal. Then again, neither does an antenna.
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VDay posted:The entire point is that it doesn't require a regular TV subscription, which is kind of a big deal. CBS is a free-to-air channel in pretty much every market.
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I remember the first attempt. Yikes.
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Will Richard Ayoade still be involved? Richard Ayoade must be involved.
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Irish Joe posted:Then again, neither does an antenna. My antenna still can't do on demand.
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Deadpool posted:CBS is a free-to-air channel in pretty much every market. Yeah, but if you don't own a television at all (those people do exist) being able to stream your local TV station live could be a big deal. As well as being able to catch up on old episodes as if you had a DVR without paying for the DVR every month. Or you can use it to get the Big Brother Live Feeds!
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Mo0 posted:Yeah, but if you don't own a television at all (those people do exist) being able to stream your local TV station live could be a big deal. As well as being able to catch up on old episodes as if you had a DVR without paying for the DVR every month.
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