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Single cam sitcoms are going to be one of those cultural artifacts from the 2000s our kids are going to see on Nick at Nite and go "this sucks. How do you know when to laugh?"
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When the characters look into the camera with that sheepish Jim face. Same thing happens on Parks and Rec and it irritates me a little.
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Dec 15, 2014 20:27
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I frequent a lot of the same threads as Irish Joe, and I agree with him 70% of the time. Then he posts something really dumb and I wonder if I'm an idiot too.
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Dec 15, 2014 21:20
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SunshineDanceParty posted:I frequent a lot of the same threads as Irish Joe, and I agree with him 70% of the time. Then he posts something really dumb and I wonder if I'm an idiot too. There's about a 70% chance that you are.
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Dec 15, 2014 22:22
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It's confirmation of my greatest fear. All the tests all the acclaim and at the end of the night I know I'm Irish Joe.
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Dec 15, 2014 22:28
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Ok, so you guys claim SHIELD really did get good? What episode? I've seen up until whatshisface boss guy gets kidnapped. Maybe I'll use the winter dead zone to watch it.
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Dec 15, 2014 22:35
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IRQ posted:Ok, so you guys claim SHIELD really did get good? What episode? I've seen up until whatshisface boss guy gets kidnapped. That was the nadir for me. It starts to improve very slowly after that, and then around episode 16-17 they use the events of The Winter Soldier to make the changes they needed to make before the show could click. I'm not making any guarantees though. I LOVE what it turned into, but I also didn't really mind it when it was "bad."
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Dec 15, 2014 22:46
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DivisionPost posted:That was the nadir for me. It starts to improve very slowly after that, and then around episode 16-17 they use the events of The Winter Soldier to make the changes they needed to make before the show could click. Do they add some people with superpowers to the cast? I'm giving it a second chance and like 10 episodes in or so, and despite what the show seems to think, the ability to  is not a superpower.
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Dec 15, 2014 22:59
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Some people with powers show up here and there, but it's mostly about Coulson and his team. After the Winter Soldier tie-in episode (#17, Turn turn turn) the show starts having actual plotlines that matter and have some weight to them, rather than just sending random team members out on boring, inconsequential missions. They also introduce a handful of new characters that are all pretty good, and start giving some depth and development to the main cast so that they have something more to them than just being walking cliches.
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Dec 15, 2014 23:04
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Been watching Skins on Netflix. On the sixth episode I think and I like it so far. These kids are dumb and a bit one note, but they are kids, so that actually rings true. It really gets interesting when you see how the larger world (i.e. adults) react to them and how they in turn react back.
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Dec 15, 2014 23:04
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I've been watching Salem and I'd probably like it a lot less if Seth Gabel wasn't in it!
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Dec 15, 2014 23:06
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Oh and I finally finished season 2 of Peaky Blinders. Show rules, people should watch it, etc etc.
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VDay posted:Oh and I finally finished season 2 of Peaky Blinders. Show rules, people should watch it, etc etc. Could of used a hell of a lot more Cockney Tom Hardy tbh. Peaky Bloinders.
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PostNouveau posted:Do they add some people with superpowers to the cast? I'm giving it a second chance and like 10 episodes in or so, and despite what the show seems to think, the ability to In the winter finale one of the characters just got powers and it turns out that they were secretly actually an established Marvel character instead of one created for the show. they introduce Skye's father and his revelation for what his name is combined with what her real name is makes her Daisy Johnson, aka Quake.
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Dec 15, 2014 23:09
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zoux posted:Could of used a hell of a lot more Cockney Tom Hardy tbh. Yeah I would've been ok with a whole episode that just followed Tom Hardy around as he went about his day's business and randomly yelled at his employees.
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Dec 15, 2014 23:12
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muscles like this? posted:In the winter finale one of the characters just got powers and it turns out that they were secretly actually an established Marvel character instead of one created for the show. they introduce Skye's father and his revelation for what his name is combined with what her real name is makes her Daisy Johnson, aka Quake. Making one of the main characters a Z-list hero from the comics makes 36 episode of tedium totally worth it.
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zoux posted:I've been watching Salem and I'd probably like it a lot less if Seth Gabel wasn't in it! He is the poo poo, isn't he, in whatever he does? He even made his one episode (a season) bad guy character in Arrow one of its highlights. Just so much fun. Shageletic fucked around with this message at 23:29 on Dec 15, 2014 |
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Shageletic posted:Been watching Skins on Netflix. On the sixth episode I think and I like it so far. These kids are dumb and a bit one note, but they are kids, so that actually rings true. It really gets interesting when you see how the larger world (i.e. adults) react to them and how they in turn react back. I can't wait to hear what you think of the later seasons 
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muscles like this? posted:In the winter finale one of the characters just got powers and it turns out that they were secretly actually an established Marvel character instead of one created for the show. they introduce Skye's father and his revelation for what his name is combined with what her real name is makes her Daisy Johnson, aka Quake. Sweet. I don't read many comics, so maybe the show has been taking deep cuts from the Marvel universe the whole time, but early on it just feels like Marvel didn't want to commit and allow any established characters to be part of the show. So the people they encounter are like, a random Asgaardian or a dude who put on a Chitari helmet -- just insignificant detritus from the movies.
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Rarity posted:I can't wait to hear what you think of the later seasons Okay. Its getting a bit unrealistic already though, like having the teacher hook up with her student is pretty crummy, especially since the show seems to be endorsing. Otherwise, so far so good!
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The show is finally taking the lead for the "Marvel Cinematic Universe" in that this is what is going to introduce the concept of the Inhumans, which isn't getting a movie for like three or four years.
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PostNouveau posted:Sweet. I don't read many comics, so maybe the show has been taking deep cuts from the Marvel universe the whole time, but early on it just feels like Marvel didn't want to commit and allow any established characters to be part of the show. So the people they encounter are like, a random Asgaardian or a dude who put on a Chitari helmet -- just insignificant detritus from the movies. It's way more like that than Arrow or Flash, which are wallowing in a pig sty made out of comic book references and material, but SHIELD does way more than say Smallville did. Though I wish they'd knock off the references to characters that will never ever be on the show. If I hear one more time how some agent did something almost as good as or even better than Romanov, I'm going to Ugh so loving hard.
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muscles like this? posted:In the winter finale one of the characters just got powers and it turns out that they were secretly actually an established Marvel character instead of one created for the show. they introduce Skye's father and his revelation for what his name is combined with what her real name is makes her Daisy Johnson, aka Quake. A little before that reveal -- though this is another deep cut and she isn't superpowered -- Adrianne Palicki shows up as Bobbi "Mockingbird" Morse. Her and her disco sticks steal every scene she's in, and I can't be the only one who wants her promoted to full time on the show.
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Dec 16, 2014 01:09
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There are amazing intelligent dramas all over, cable comedy is in the middle of its best time ever, and all y'all wanna talk about is Marvel and DC's latest story-of-the-week cash grabs for 14 year olds. This is a dark time for TV IV. At least I always have the Sopranos thread.
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One of these days I'll watch The Wire, but first I gotta catch up on Arrow.
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Oh no! That's horrible! What should we do? 
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Enjoying comic book shows like a bunch of children?!
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Bown posted:There are amazing intelligent dramas all over, cable comedy is in the middle of its best time ever, and all y'all wanna talk about is Marvel and DC's latest story-of-the-week cash grabs for 14 year olds. This is a dark time for TV IV. At least I always have the Sopranos thread. hosed up that people like TV I don't like
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BSS is thataway, man!
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muscles like this? posted:The show is finally taking the lead for the "Marvel Cinematic Universe" in that this is what is going to introduce the concept of the Inhumans, which isn't getting a movie for like three or four years. For the first season the show was basically held down and turned into a lovely "spooky things happen! Coulson and crew investigate!" while they waited for Winter Soldier to come out. It's gotten crazy better this season.
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In case anyone is wondering, the hook/twist of the first episode of Ascension is that they aren't actually in space. It's actually a giant experiment on Earth. The people on the ship don't know it though.
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muscles like this? posted:In case anyone is wondering, the hook/twist of the first episode of Ascension is that they aren't actually in space. It's actually a giant experiment on Earth. The people on the ship don't know it though. They Villaged it? They seriously Villaged it?
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Oh that movie didn't originate the concept. If there isnt a TWZ about it, I'd be shocked. What I'm gleaning from the Marco Polo thread is that it's fine.
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Bown posted:There are amazing intelligent dramas all over, cable comedy is in the middle of its best time ever, and all y'all wanna talk about is Marvel and DC's latest story-of-the-week cash grabs for 14 year olds. This is a dark time for TV IV. At least I always have the Sopranos thread. Is any good drama stuff in the middle of airing now? Yeah this year has had some fantastic stuff but for the past few months no dramas have really grabbed me. Whereas cleverly stupid or so bad it's good or dumb but fun TV like Sleepy Hollow, Gotham, and SHIELD. Yeah there's better shows but we're not gonna talk about Fargo and True Detective all the time in the chat thread half a year after they aired.
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DivisionPost posted:A little before that reveal -- though this is another deep cut and she isn't superpowered -- Adrianne Palicki shows up as Bobbi "Mockingbird" Morse. Her and her disco sticks steal every scene she's in, and I can't be the only one who wants her promoted to full time on the show. I think she's loving awful. Palicki is a competent enough actress but she can't elevate the material she's being given. Everything about her character's relationship with the ex-husband is hackneyed drivel that kills the momentum of the episode and makes the writing of Fitz & Simmons look like Shakespeare. Bown posted:There are amazing intelligent dramas all over, cable comedy is in the middle of its best time ever, and all y'all wanna talk about is Marvel and DC's latest story-of-the-week cash grabs for 14 year olds. This is a dark time for TV IV. At least I always have the Sopranos thread. By all means, do feel free to piss off there then.
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Wait, Mockingbird's ex husband is Hawkeye.
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Dec 16, 2014 05:41
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I just signed up for Amazon Prime and am now exploring the video options. Does Amazon Prime for some reason not support playing episodes continuously? I have to go back to the main menu and find the next one?
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Dec 16, 2014 05:43
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In the TV series they introduced an English character who was interesting and fun to watch, then he started talking about his evil she-beast ex. Immediately she turns up and it's Palicki. And it makes both characters unwatchable.
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Bown posted:There are amazing intelligent dramas all over, cable comedy is in the middle of its best time ever, and all y'all wanna talk about is Marvel and DC's latest story-of-the-week cash grabs for 14 year olds. This is a dark time for TV IV. At least I always have the Sopranos thread. I watch intelligent, prestige drama or intricate serial plots in binge form, one at a time, so I stay focused and can absorb it all. Week to week I watch pulp and stuff that digests easy but is fun, stuff I can watch at the end of a day when I'm kind of wrecked and just want something that entertains me.
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