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Big Mean Jerk posted:Now that I think about it, Toxx should do an X-Files watch next. With the new series starting next year, there's a renewed public interest in the series, Netflix has begun putting HD quality remasters out, and he'd have Kumail Nanjiani's podcast to supplement things. also, that would give me an excuse for a rewatch.
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If you are lazy and don't want to waste many hours of your life on procedural stuffing, you can watch only Vince Gilligan's episodes My memories of X-files are slowly being replaced by tumblr screencaps so it all becomes a series of Scully sillyface reactions and hopelessly dated technology
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Nah, just skip anything not written by Glen Morgan, Darin Morgan, James Wong, or Gilligan. Gilligan's early episodes are actually pretty weak. Also, skip any Mytharc episode after the movie.
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Jul 19, 2015 23:58
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Just watch everything
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Or that. You don't want to miss the episode that reveals Mulder's fear of fire or the one where the building computer system becomes sentient and tries to kill everyone.
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Jul 20, 2015 00:03
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just tbc i wouldn't be reviewing X Files, just watching it
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Toxxupation posted:just tbc i wouldn't be reviewing X Files, just watching it This is probably wise.
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Jul 20, 2015 00:16
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Of course, because you'll be reviewing Farscape
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2house2fly posted:Of course, because you'll be reviewing Each monster hunter title in turn Mix up the media.
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Toxxupation posted:just tbc i wouldn't be reviewing X Files, just watching it you motherfucker
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since i'm at 10 reviews left i do have to start giving Serious Thoughts to what im gonna review next i'm p certain i know what it is but i'm willin to take suggestions i'd like a show that is not great or amazing but also isn't super bad, esp boringly bad like the right mix for a good review series it seems is like a mostly bad show with some real moments of hope to make the badness all the more soul-crushing also hello soothing vapors long time no see man
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Toxxupation posted:since i'm at 10 reviews left i do have to start giving Serious Thoughts to what im gonna review next The answer is Farscape.
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Toxxupation posted:
Don't watch Star Trek, don't do it!
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please watch all of Star Trek from the start because I've been doing that since Leonard Nimoy died and I'm only 18 episodes in
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cargohills posted:please watch all of Star Trek from the start because I've been doing that since Leonard Nimoy died and I'm only 18 episodes in I did this, after doing some things at work that involved Mr. Nimoy, and do not do it. Or at least stop after Deep Space Nine.
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I'll watch Enterprise and Voyager and the TNG movies and you can't stop me!! e: tbh though I'm dreading not having Kirk, Spock and McCoy because they're just great
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cargohills posted:I'll watch Enterprise and Voyager and the TNG movies and you can't stop me!! Watch the Animated Series for about an extra season of them! Seriously, though, Voyager doesn't even meet Toxx's description because there are no moments of hope. It is seven full seasons of very, very bad television.
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does Enterprise meet that description, then? e: also I've seen one scene from Voyager, where half-Klingon lady and the captain are talking about how difficult it is to be half-Klingon or whatever and it was really poo poo
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Toxxupation posted:since i'm at 10 reviews left i do have to start giving Serious Thoughts to what im gonna review next Would occ possibly come back if you picked a show he would enjoy reviewing, I found the way your two reviews contrasted one of the more interesting bits especially when your opinion differed on an episode.
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cargohills posted:does Enterprise meet that description, then? Yeah. It's an embarrassing retread of the old shows in early seasons and it turns into kind of a disaster when they start doing season long plots, among a host of other sins, but there are moments when you say "This could have been a good show." The ending is infamously bad, unfortunately. Post in the Star Trek thread here, if you're not already, because most of them can laugh at the bad episodes and have some good jokes to get you through the crime you're committing against yourself by watching the whole thing.
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can you give me a link? I tried to find it a few days ago and I couldn't. I found the CD thread but it didn't have a link to the TVIV thread.
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Seconding Farscape, Toxx. You'll probably hate it at the beginning, and scream at us for recommending it. AND THEN YOU WILL FALL IN LOVE. It is inevitable. It's fantastic. Although I've only seen as far as the end of season 2, so I can't vouch for the quality beyond that point. But it is like nothing else in terms of its plot, character development, and art direction. Well, obviously it owes a lot to Star Trek, but it paints with a different storytelling brush. also THERE ARE MUPPET ALIENS AND IT IS SO COOL. It allows for non-humanoid aliens, and one of the puppet characters is pretty much one of the most expressive puppets ever made. I know it's not a bad show like you're looking for, but Dr Who is not a bad show, either, for what it is. Farscape is similarly goofy and outlandish, but its strongest suit is that there is practically no technobabble. It's like a reaction to TNG, trying to do the opposite of every bad thing TNG did. TNG had beige, 80's as hell set design, so Farscape has a bizarre, more organic design to its sets. TNG has characters who are scarcely ever wrong or in interpersonal conflict. Farscape has characters who make tons of terrible decisions and bicker constantly. TNG has an all powerful, all loving Federation. Farscape...has something else. TNG focuses on a military exploration vessel. Farscape focuses on escaped convicts and a stranded astronaut. TNG takes a condescending, Earth: Galactic Police attitude towards other cultures, superficially tolerant, but only in the "I put up with you within certain parameters" sense. Farscape is far more empathetic. TNG has pale black-clothed evil aliens who are super-boring. Farscape has a pale, black-clothed evil alien who is super-interesting. I will probably be reamed for my developed antipathy for TNG, but whatevs, I have seen the light.
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cargohills posted:can you give me a link? I tried to find it a few days ago and I couldn't. I found the CD thread but it didn't have a link to the TVIV thread. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3576140 Enjoy!
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Toxxupation posted:since i'm at 10 reviews left i do have to start giving Serious Thoughts to what im gonna review next Farscape would be a very much Doctor Who like experience for reviewing.
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Spatula City posted:Farscape Spatula City posted:I know it's not a bad show  Toxxupation posted:also hello soothing vapors long time no see man I was always here in spirit
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YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH SOOTHING VAPORS. FARSCAPE IS ONE OF THE GREATEST SCI-FI PROGRAMS OF ALL TIME. 
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Bicyclops posted:Yeah. It's an embarrassing retread of the old shows in early seasons and it turns into kind of a disaster when they start doing season long plots, among a host of other sins, but there are moments when you say "This could have been a good show." The ending is infamously bad, unfortunately. I don't know what you mean, I thought Terra Prime was a very appropriate ending for a surprisingly strong last season. 
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Toxxupation posted:since i'm at 10 reviews left i do have to start giving Serious Thoughts to what im gonna review next Have you seen Weeds? That definitely fits the mostly bad but with brief moments of hope criteria.
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All 11 seasons of Supernatural. 
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All of the Brian Fuller shows (I haven't seen Hannibal so I can't speak for that) fit the bill. They all sort of stumble to their feet and just as they're finding their place, decide to go completely off the rails, and then they get canceled.
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Wait, TOXX HAVE YOU SEEN HANNIBAL?! If not Farscape, do Hannibal. I'd read you doing long stream of consciousness reviews about it.
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Bicyclops posted:Don't watch Star Trek, don't do it! I haven't actually seen Star Trek, and I'm at pretty much the same place with it that Occ was with Who when he started this (not impressed with what I have seen, to say the least). Maybe I should become insane and make some crazy review thread for Star Trek.
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Spatula City posted:Wait, TOXX HAVE YOU SEEN HANNIBAL?! If not Farscape, do Hannibal. I'd read you doing long stream of consciousness reviews about it. HAhahahahahahahHAHAHHHAHAHAHHAHAHDAHAHAHAAHHAHhahahahAHHAHAHAH
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All I know about Hannibal is the insane story about network S&P and the arsecrack.
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Toxxupation posted:since i'm at 10 reviews left i do have to start giving Serious Thoughts to what im gonna review next All of the Godzilla movies
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Spatula City posted:Wait, TOXX HAVE YOU SEEN HANNIBAL?! If not Farscape, do Hannibal. I'd read you doing long stream of consciousness reviews about it. He really really hates Hannibal
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I'd like to take this moment to recommend Babylon 5. There's a lot to love, a lot to hate, and pretty much nobody who's seen it is indifferent to it.
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Spatula City posted:Wait, TOXX HAVE YOU SEEN HANNIBAL?! If not Farscape, do Hannibal. I'd read you doing long stream of consciousness reviews about it. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAH
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Toxxupation posted:since i'm at 10 reviews left i do have to start giving Serious Thoughts to what im gonna review next
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If you want a scifi series that starts out great and then falls apart before your very eyes, try BSGalactica. Thrones would be an awesome series to watch someone go through and review, but I would just assume everyone's seen it by now
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