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So I'm watching Cartoon Network and I was surprised to see a show called "Wabbit" which appeared to be old-style Bugs Bunny toons, a far cry from the latest Looney Toons show, which was basically a sitcom about Bugs, Daffy, et. al. as high schoolers. It's as bad as it sounds. Unfortunately Wabbit isn't much better. No sitcom bullshit, but the animation is uninspired (and off-model) and simply isn't funny. Oh well.
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Nov 10, 2015 18:18
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The Looney Tunes Show was actually cool and good. Wabbit is boring crap though, I don't know how they manage to make 5-minute episodes feel like they go on forever.
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Nov 10, 2015 18:52
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zoux posted:Well, I think that was more of a test balloon from the TW President to see how people reacted to it. They haven't officially changed anything yet, I don't think. Some articles said it's a done deal, some say it isn't. I saw a couple of others saying TW is launching it's service next year and wants to hold them for that.
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Nov 10, 2015 20:56
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sbaldrick posted:Some articles said it's a done deal, some say it isn't. I saw a couple of others saying TW is launching it's service next year and wants to hold them for that. I don't mind them offering a fairly priced competing streaming service, but the articles I read made it seem like he was saying they were just going to sit on rights to try and drive cable subs through increased VOD demand. Which would suck because TW VOD has just as much time devoted to commercials as a live broadcast but a much much smaller pool of ads.
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Nov 10, 2015 20:58
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:The first two episodes are full of spit take moments. It is actually kind of amazing it is so loving insane. I love it so far... Does our main dude live in the cellar of the VP?
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Nov 10, 2015 21:39
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zoux posted:I don't mind them offering a fairly priced competing streaming service, but the articles I read made it seem like he was saying they were just going to sit on rights to try and drive cable subs through increased VOD demand. I think the plan to sit on it and drive cable subs was the plan they really want to do rather launch a streaming service.
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Nov 10, 2015 21:45
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So Bruce Campbell played Ronald Reagan on Fargo and it was fantastic.
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Nov 11, 2015 00:36
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This Hulu season of The Mindy Project has been pretty great. I sporadically watched it before, but I've enjoyed this entire season. Plus Garret Dillahunt has been a wonderful addition to the cast, especially in the last couple of episodes.
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Nov 11, 2015 01:27
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mst3k/bringbackmst3k This is what the internet was made for.
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Nov 11, 2015 01:55
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Manos del Sino posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mst3k/bringbackmst3k MST3K is one of my favorite things ever and I have basically no interest a reboot with none of the original people working it.
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Nov 11, 2015 02:03
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Manos del Sino posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mst3k/bringbackmst3k Ah Joel.....the inferior MST3K host 
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Nov 11, 2015 02:04
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If Joel was actually the host I might be interested even without any of the rest of the crew. But I'm not at all interested in totally new people.
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Nov 11, 2015 02:07
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zoux posted:Ah Joel.....the inferior MST3K host I've learned to appreciate him. Joel's your goofy, lovable uncle. Mike's your smartass classmate who sits in the back. What's gonna be interesting is how everyone reacts once it's confirmed that Jonah Ray's the new MST3K host.
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Nov 11, 2015 02:08
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I love virtually everything about mst3k except one thing... I find it amusing but not massively funny. The setting, the concept, the people, the robots, the films are all great but the jokes just don't land all that much for me. It hurts so much.
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Nov 11, 2015 02:20
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EL BROMANCE posted:I love virtually everything about mst3k except one thing... I find it amusing but not massively funny. The setting, the concept, the people, the robots, the films are all great but the jokes just don't land all that much for me. It hurts so much. I think it takes watching the right one that hits you in the right way. Personally I've never cared for the in-between skits.
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Nov 11, 2015 03:17
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I don't know anyone who watches the in-between skits. MST3k is okay. I feel like it's making bad jokes about bad subject matter, which ends up not often being as funny as if it were making good jokes at bad subject matter.
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Nov 11, 2015 03:27
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Snak posted:I don't know anyone who watches the in-between skits. MST3k is okay. I feel like it's making bad jokes about bad subject matter, which ends up not often being as funny as if it were making good jokes at bad subject matter. whaaaat, some of the skits are incredible. "Cheating is bad, Richard Baseheart...is good" was a long-running in-joke in my family.
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Nov 11, 2015 03:35
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MST3k always seemed like a victim of its format, where on TV they had to do those awful skits but with Rifftrax they have long periods of boring poo poo. In a perfect world they could just do what people like RLM do and just riff over clips so they don't need to pad it out to feature length or cram it into commercial breaks, but since they insist on charging money for everything copyright kind of puts a kibosh on that.
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Nov 11, 2015 03:40
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tao of lmao posted:Do people care about Blindspot here at all? I couldn't find a thread, but it got picked up for a second season already, and is the highest rated new series of the season. the drone episode was so ridiculously stupid i couldn't keep watching
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Nov 11, 2015 04:08
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Sleeveless posted:MST3k always seemed like a victim of its format, where on TV they had to do those awful skits but with Rifftrax they have long periods of boring poo poo. The whole point of Rifftrax (at least, before they did full length VODs) is that you buy the audio tracks and sync them with a movie you have, so that wouldn't really work. Also... why would they not charge money for things?
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Nov 11, 2015 04:21
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raditts posted:The whole point of Rifftrax (at least, before they did full length VODs) is that you buy the audio tracks and sync them with a movie you have, so that wouldn't really work. Yeah, that's what I was saying. Since the Rifftrax format meant you had to sync up and let the whole movie play that meant that the riffers themselves were in for the entire runtime regardless of how funny some scenes might be. And considering how many people on the internet have become rich and (internet) famous by putting their poo poo for free on the internet and making money off of ads and merch and promotional gigs I'd say that maybe charging money for piggybacking off of other people's IP may not be the most efficient way to make money in the YouTube era.
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Nov 11, 2015 04:30
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Just to reiterate, Limitless is amazing.
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Nov 11, 2015 04:37
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I usually have no patience for procedurals (I didn't start loving Person of Interest until it got into ongoing, serialized storylines), but Limitless is great fun. It's surprisingly charming.
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Nov 11, 2015 05:45
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfJuqOnNCCABoatswain posted:So the president of Madam Secretary just executed without trial, per drone, an American citizen without the show even recognizing that the killing was extra judicial. Gross. Rarity posted:Supergirl is fun but they really should just cast Clark and have him show up occasionally a la the Flash/Arrow crossovers. Ironically, by keeping him out of reach they are reinforcing the distance between Clark and Kara, whereas if they had him around they could show them as equals.
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Nov 11, 2015 05:53
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Dean Cain played Superman in the first episode of Supergirl
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Nov 11, 2015 05:59
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So this week's episode of Fargo sure is something, huh 
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Nov 11, 2015 07:14
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EL BROMANCE posted:I love virtually everything about mst3k except one thing... I find it amusing but not massively funny. The setting, the concept, the people, the robots, the films are all great but the jokes just don't land all that much for me. It hurts so much. I totally agree here. I rarely laugh out loud but it's something I can always put on in the background and enjoy and I've watched the Twilight riffs a truly embarassing number of times.
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Nov 11, 2015 08:00
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Mo0 posted:I'm going to regret this, but you've piqued my curiosity by implying this is real. Do you have a link? It looks like it has become a bit more NWS since the last time I remembered it, so careful clicking: http://montrose.is/sgvy/ Legitimately the first thing that popped to mind reading that CW pitch.
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Nov 11, 2015 08:53
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I could never really get into MST3K. I love the experience of riffing on a bad movie with friends, but the act of watching a group of complete strangers do it does nothing for me. It just feels like a lot of effort sifting through a lot of material just to find a handful of funny quips.
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Nov 11, 2015 09:34
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Limitless is really good. Quirky and fun with enough seriousness to stay interesting. I think I like the NBC shows more just because they're so ridiculous.The Iron Rose posted:the drone episode was so ridiculously stupid i couldn't keep watching It absolutely was, but I couldn't stop watching. In a later episode you find out Jane is afraid of flying, but manages to effortlessly pilot a helicopter in a pinch under heavy gunfire. Sometimes you just gotta embrace the cheese. Excited about the mst3k stuff even if it's going to feature different voices. Might be the first kickstarter I ever back.
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Nov 11, 2015 10:05
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Mu Zeta posted:Dean Cain played Superman in the first episode of Supergirl
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Sleeveless posted:MST3k always seemed like a victim of its format, where on TV they had to do those awful skits but with Rifftrax they have long periods of boring poo poo. Have you tried the shorts? I like those more than the full length film ones, usually.
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Nov 11, 2015 16:54
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Cardboard Box A posted:He was Daddy Danvers Dang he looks rough Also, Aziz Ansari owns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao3_3yBv13M I don't think he's getting a CBS sitcom in the next decade. Mu Zeta fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Nov 11, 2015 |
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Nov 11, 2015 17:00
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tao of lmao posted:It absolutely was, but I couldn't stop watching. In a later episode you find out Jane is afraid of flying, but manages to effortlessly pilot a helicopter in a pinch under heavy gunfire. Sometimes you just gotta embrace the cheese.
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Nov 11, 2015 17:15
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Quantico has taught me that becoming an FBI agent is a lot more like being a participant on Survivor than I was expecting. I'll still keep watching though. Next week the trainees are given their next assignment: eat a bug.
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Nov 11, 2015 20:24
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I really wanted Quantico to be good, based on the like, one tv spot I saw.
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Nov 11, 2015 20:33
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:Quantico has taught me that becoming an FBI agent is a lot more like being a participant on Survivor than I was expecting. You also have to be ridiculously good looking and attractive.
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Nov 11, 2015 20:36
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Nov 11, 2015 21:44
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:Quantico has taught me that becoming an FBI agent is a lot more like being a participant on Survivor than I was expecting. I like Quantico but it is crazy stupid. Also they force all the actors to live in Sherbrook Qc. have the time which I find super funny
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sbaldrick posted:I like Quantico but it is crazy stupid. There's nothing stupid about having a super-serious commercial-break cliffhanger about whether the main characters will be killed by a bomb...as part of the "6 months ago" flashback narrative, when we've seen all of them alive and well in the present, not even talking about that time they almost got killed by a bomb.
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