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Irish Joe posted:I don't know, I would rather watch an entire series about Billie Piper dying of consumption than another pointless Dorian Grey scene. Just show us his loving picture already, gawd. It's him but he's old.
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I'm watching some sort of British parody of crime procedurals, called Close Case (or at least that's the title for the French syndication). Anyone knows what I'm talking about?
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Kurtofan posted:I'm watching some sort of British parody of crime procedurals, called Close Case (or at least that's the title for the French syndication). A Touch of Cloth
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IRQ posted:http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3490605 Don't they still give you like rock-bottom OTA-networks-only basic cable if you have internet through the cable company? I know that used to happen a long time ago, but it's been just as long since I've gone without a cable subscription. I could've sworn I read somewhere that it was even mandated by law.
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I think it's more like they can't avoid it. It's delivered on the same cable and the law requires them to provide certain channels.
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raditts posted:Don't they still give you like rock-bottom OTA-networks-only basic cable if you have internet through the cable company? I know that used to happen a long time ago, but it's been just as long since I've gone without a cable subscription. I could've sworn I read somewhere that it was even mandated by law. I think I read they started cracking down on that and filtering it out or something, and I'm not sure it was ever the case if you weren't connected to an actual legacy type cable cable (eg comcast) for your isp. But yeah that was supposedly true at one point because it was just *on* the line regardless. They are iirc required to offer super super cheap cable plans with the barebones basics, which they do not advertise. ISPs are as well I believe. At least ones that took public money for infrastructure development.
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I watched the first episode of Black Mirror, since it's on Netflix, and I feel that I can safely say I would not have watched the broadcast. But then I'm ultra squeamish when it comes to "real" things.
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less laughter posted:A Touch of Cloth Yep, that's the thing. I guess we can't pronounce Cloth so now it's Close. I was putting it on the background and thought it was yet another British procedural but caught a glimpse of forensics analysts a la Bones studying the last thoughts of a person on their fancy computer and was "whaaaaat". Kurtofan fucked around with this message at 11:19 on Dec 4, 2014 |
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Kurtofan posted:Yep, that's the thing. I guess we can't pronounce Cloth so now it's Close. That show is 90% puns. How the hell does it translate?
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muscles like this? posted:I watched the first episode of Black Mirror, since it's on Netflix, and I feel that I can safely say I would not have watched the broadcast. But then I'm ultra squeamish when it comes to "real" things. The first episode of Black Mirror (the only one I've seen so far) was easily one of the most INTENSE hours of television I've ever watched.
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BSam posted:That show is 90% puns. How the hell does it translate? I had set the tv to English, so I can't say for sure. Most likely, they replace puns by other puns. But they always find a way, even if it doesn't translate well.
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OldSenileGuy posted:Also, since it is currently being discussed in two different Netflix threads, this thread, and a GPS thread, someone totally needs to make a Black Mirror thread. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3685795 Hope it's ok. My first OP.
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Kurtofan posted:I had set the tv to English, so I can't say for sure. Most likely, they replace puns by other puns. A good ouiaboo should be able to understand proper english puns 
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Metropolis posted:As far as AMC goes I just hope someone, somewhere feels bad about canceling Rubicon. A-loving-men. I can't wait for it to come on Netflix so I can watch it again, if only out of curiosity if it was as good as I remember. It had a few dumb things, for sure, but overall it never stopped being interesting.
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Doctor Butts posted:A-loving-men. It's on Amazon Prime right now, so I doubt it'll ever come to Netflix. At least not for a very long time.
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AMC is fine by me. http://deadline.com/2014/12/preacher-tv-show-comic-book-pilot-seth-rogen-evan-goldberg-amc-1201307680/
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Irish Joe posted:A good ouiaboo should be able to understand proper english puns Note du traducteur: "plan" signifie "plan".
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http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/tv-top-10-for-2014-the-leftovers-the-americans-more/ Sepinwall put out his year end Top 10 list. I knew he liked The Leftovers, but #1 in a year with a ton of great TV? Eugh.
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Hmmm guess I'm gonna have to check out the Leftovers after all. Were most people put off by the pacing, which isn't as big a problem in a binge session?
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I skipped it for that reason. I figure I'll binge it on HBO Go eventually. That's what I did with True Detective after struggling with its pacing early on and I loved it. And I enjoyed the binged seasons of Game of Thrones way more than the ones I watched live. Those short season cable shows just work so much better that way, especially the slow paced ones, and HBO Go makes it so convenient. Hell, binging even made True Blood tolerable. Nows the time when I tell myself that Showtime isn't HBO and this doesn't mean I should binge finish Dexter. Do not repeat the Weeds mistake, me.
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People were put off because they hated lost and poorly disguised their hatred for it in a show that's completely Tonally different from it Also they couldn't grasp the concept of a show being intentionally dark so kept complaining about how "miserable" it was
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Hey Occ if you're gonna post in a thread you're not allowed to post in go check out Black Mirror on Netflix and post in that one
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hcreight posted:http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/tv-top-10-for-2014-the-leftovers-the-americans-more/ I don't always agree with Sepinwall on things, and honestly of his whole list I only like one show. It's a bit to prestige drama heavy that said.
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sbaldrick posted:honestly of his whole list I only like one show Hmmmmm.
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hcreight posted:http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/tv-top-10-for-2014-the-leftovers-the-americans-more/ sbaldrick posted:I don't always agree with Sepinwall on things, and honestly of his whole list I only like one show. It's a bit to prestige drama heavy that said.
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Toxxupation posted:People were put off because they hated lost and poorly disguised their hatred for it in a show that's completely Tonally different from it I get that you like the show but that's no reason to make poo poo up dude. Other people didn't like it because it was boring and lovely and the premise was dumb. It has nothing to do with who made it.
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IRQ posted:I get that you like the show but that's no reason to make poo poo up dude. Other people didn't like it because it was boring and lovely and the premise was dumb. It has nothing to do with who made it. I neither saw the show nor read the thread and I know that ain't true.
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IRQ posted:It has nothing to do with who made it. I don't think this is actually a distinction most of TV IV is capable of. I mean you guys can't even reply to posts without being heavily influenced by who made it.
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Aphrodite posted:I don't think this is actually a distinction most of TV IV is capable of. Dude Irish Joe does yet exist.
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Good stuff on that list, dispite OitNB being bad. I can't believe that the Knick doesn't fit in with this year's big buzz though, deifinitely the highlight of my year, along with fargo and Hannibal when it wasn't treading water ( if that show had 8 episode seasons it would be perfect).
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Fooz posted:Good stuff on that list, dispite OitNB being bad. Yeah, Fargo and Louie are definitely up there with the best of the year and I know some of those other shows have a lot of critical acclaim despite being kind of bland and forgettable (Transparent, The Americans). My only qualm is the John Oliver show, which isn't even the best entry in the "comedians explain the news to stupid people" genre (that would be HBO's Vice).
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zoux posted:I neither saw the show nor read the thread and I know that ain't true. Which part? Both are certainly true for me.
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Krysten Ritter is Jessica Jones, Mike Colter is Luke Cage for the Netflix series. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/marvels-jessica-jones-star-krysten-753978 (The SuperheroFeed twitter confirmed Luke Cage.)
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xeria posted:Krysten Ritter is Jessica Jones, Mike Colter is Luke Cage for the Netflix series. Hm good for them.
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xeria posted:Krysten Ritter is Jessica Jones, Mike Colter is Luke Cage for the Netflix series. Don't Trust the B---- (with superpowers) In Apt. 23 edit: Alright, now cast James van der Beek as The Purple Man.
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xeria posted:Krysten Ritter is Jessica Jones, Mike Colter is Luke Cage for the Netflix series. As long as we get Where's my money honey, and Sweet Christmas.
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xeria posted:Krysten Ritter is Jessica Jones, Mike Colter is Luke Cage for the Netflix series. YES. I can't claim it's "bang-on casting" because I've never picked up those comic books, but going by what I know, I can't wait to see those two in those roles. The real question mark is going to be Melissa Rosenberg running Jessica Jones; Red Widow doesn't inspire me with a lot of confidence, but sometimes with the right backing, a guy like Craig Silverstein (who created non-starters like Terra Nova and Standoff) can turn out something like Nikita.
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Colter I know from Good Wife where he plays a reserved drug lord trying to be respectable so that role doesn't give him the kind of leeway to do the broader kind of Luke Cage I'd expect. Ritter is physically nothing like Jessica Jones who is frumpy as hell in Alias and a bit stocky, so we'll see if she has time to hit the gym and snack bar before shooting starts. Cliff Curtis has been cast in the Walking Dead spinoff. zoux fucked around with this message at 23:53 on Dec 4, 2014 |
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Toxxupation posted:People were put off because they hated lost and poorly disguised their hatred for it in a show that's completely Tonally different from it I absolutely loved Lost. I still love Lost, it's amazing. The Leftovers is full of lazy writing and plot lines that make no sense whatsoever. I don't give a poo poo who wrote it, it's just a bad show. The premise itself makes no goddamn sense. Everyone acts like the entire world except for 2 percent got raptured, when the exact opposite happened. Literally, 1 in 50 people are gone. Jimmy, that guy you played 3d chess with in highschool? Gone. You're 35 now, so who goddamn cares anyway.
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