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EL BROMANCE posted:Ken Burns' The Civil War is still a solid watch, yeah? It's just come out on Bluray and surprise surprise, they didn't cover it in my history classes when I was a kid, so my knowledge is super limited. 
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Worth it just to hear Shelby Foote's accent.
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DivisionPost posted:Hey guys, thanks for getting me on the Limitless train. I'm sure you won't regret it or anything after I try to bully Rarity into watching it. I do not give in to bullies, sir. I stand reticent.
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Josh Lyman posted:Did you grow up outside the US? The avatar doesn't lie.
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I actually just watched Burns' Civil War like last week for the first time. It's indeed excellent, though I think I preferred his Baseball one.
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Nate RFB posted:I actually just watched Burns' Civil War like last week for the first time. It's indeed excellent, though I think I preferred his Baseball one. I think it just got on Netflix recently as well. IRQ fucked around with this message at 22:55 on Nov 16, 2015 |
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Nov 16, 2015 21:10
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EL BROMANCE posted:Ken Burns' The Civil War is still a solid watch, yeah? It's just come out on Bluray and surprise surprise, they didn't cover it in my history classes when I was a kid, so my knowledge is super limited. Make sure you watch this supplementary material: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2XlSXcwJ3o
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Nate RFB posted:I actually just watched Burns' Civil War like last week for the first time. It's indeed excellent, though I think I preferred his Baseball one. The Baseball one is so good it makes you care about Baseball even if you hate it.
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I love Mr Show, but queued that clip up for a rewatch. Maybe someone could do an edit where I can watch one documentary that teaches me both baseball and American history.
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Teek posted:Make sure you watch this supplementary material:
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National Parks is my favorite Ken Burns documentary, but they're all very good.
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Bruceski posted:National Parks is my favorite Ken Burns documentary, but they're all very good. I'm not a huge fan of Jazz.
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Man, the He-Man cartoon from the 80s is a loving acid trip. it's also completely unintentionally hilarious, not in the least because one of the characters looks like a giant walking penis with a mustache. Is the early 2000s show this utterly goddamn bizarre? I watched it as a kid when it was new and it seemed way less off-its-meds.
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LORD OF BUTT posted:Man, the He-Man cartoon from the 80s is a loving acid trip. it's also completely unintentionally hilarious, not in the least because one of the characters looks like a giant walking penis with a mustache. I like how Prince Adam's transformation into He-Man just seems to involve taking his shirt off and applying bronzer.
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Would Frasier be a good blind-buy and a show to start watching? It's currently on Amazon.ca for $49.99 - today only I always thought it'd be a show I'd appreciate when I was older, because as a kid it just never grabbed my attention.
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friendo55 posted:Would Frasier be a good blind-buy and a show to start watching? It kinda ruins other sit-coms for you, because the jokes are so clever, which is rarely the case for any sit-com, then as now.
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ufarn posted:It's one of the best sit-coms - or shows - of all time, and the humour was very intelligent. That said, I don't know how it ages on things like race and sexism like with everything else, but it's one of my favourite shows, not just comedies, right there with Allo Allo and Yes Minister. So..... it's 'The Wire' of comedies that ruins other shows for you? I'm sold.
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I think Newsradio and Seinfeld are better sitcoms. What was so clever about Frasier? It was slapstick comedy dressed up by rich people. Most episodes involved Niles flailing around on fire and breaking poo poo.
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Brett Gelman has announced another "Dinner" special, Dinner in America.
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"Best sitcom" isn't exactly a high bar to set, those things are by definition rather banal. Fraiser isn't fine art, it's watchable but I don't think it's $50-worthy, at least not for going in blind. If you loved the show, maybe.
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Bruceski posted:"Best sitcom" isn't exactly a high bar to set, those things are by definition rather banal. Fraiser isn't fine art, it's watchable but I don't think it's $50-worthy, at least not for going in blind. If you loved the show, maybe. 50$ for 11 seasons of entertainment seems pretty reasonable. Then again, isn't it on netflix?
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Mu Zeta posted:I think Newsradio and Seinfeld are better sitcoms. Slapstick is a fine art. Plus the characters are really well-drawn and nuanced, there are some great well-constructed farce episodes (The Matchmaker, the Ski Lodge episode, The Innkeepers), the entire cast is funny and good and there's some great banter.
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Maxwell Lord posted:Slapstick is a fine art. I agree with everything you say and think Frasier is "pretty good" and not much more.
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muscles like this? posted:Brett Gelman has announced another "Dinner" special, Dinner in America. I'm scared.
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So that MST3K Kickstarter is officially funded, and still has 25 days left. Pass the tapes.
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Manos del Sino posted:So that MST3K Kickstarter is officially funded, and still has 25 days left. They also just announced Jonah Ray as the new host (he'll be Jonah Heston in the show), and naturally there was backlash. And look, I'm not saying only idiots hate the idea of him being a host; I think you can have some legit beefs with the guy. But I did see one guy on Twitter ripping on him for ruining MST3K, and I have screen-capped proof of him listing better candidates for the show, including Eugene Mirman, Patton Oswalt, Judah Friedlander, and I swear this is true, Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw aka Australian Guy Who Rips Apart Video Games on The Escapist.
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While they didn't announce this at all, tonight's episode of Legends has been pushed back, instead airing a repeat of the first episode. Mostly because the story has been building towards a terrorist attack in Paris, so yeah, not the best timing.
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muscles like this? posted:While they didn't announce this at all, tonight's episode of Legends has been pushed back, instead airing a repeat of the first episode. Mostly because the story has been building towards a terrorist attack in Paris, so yeah, not the best timing. Someone said they were soft rebooting that show, what are they changing? Unrelated, if you told me one of the best episodes I've seen of any show this season would be one from Supernatural, well, I'd have thought you were nuts.
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They already changed it. The show moved to London and Sean Bean is only character from season 1. It feels closer to something like Homeland now.
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DivisionPost posted:They also just announced Jonah Ray as the new host (he'll be Jonah Heston in the show), and naturally there was backlash. And look, I'm not saying only idiots hate the idea of him being a host; I think you can have some legit beefs with the guy. But I did see one guy on Twitter ripping on him for ruining MST3K, and I have screen-capped proof of him listing better candidates for the show, including Eugene Mirman, Patton Oswalt, Judah Friedlander, and I swear this is true, Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw aka Australian Guy Who Rips Apart Video Games on The Escapist. I mean, I'm just saying, all those guys would be better picks. Judah Friedlander especially.
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muscles like this? posted:While they didn't announce this at all, tonight's episode of Legends has been pushed back, instead airing a repeat of the first episode. Mostly because the story has been building towards a terrorist attack in Paris, so yeah, not the best timing. the terrorists' real motivation becomes clear
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Mu Zeta posted:They already changed it. The show moved to London and Sean Bean is only character from season 1. It feels closer to something like Homeland now. Morris Chestnut is also guest starring for a little bit but it's obvious he isn't staying around long term.
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precision posted:I mean, I'm just saying, all those guys would be better picks. Judah Friedlander especially. Friedlander, Mirman, and Oswalt? Absolutely, no argument here. But anybody who puts loving Yahtzee on the same shelf as those guys is cert-i-God-damned-fiable.
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precision posted:I mean, I'm just saying, all those guys would be better picks. Judah Friedlander especially. Has Jonah Ray ever actually done anything other than be Chris Hardwick's less-attractive shadow?
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Mu Zeta posted:They already changed it. The show moved to London and Sean Bean is only character from season 1. It feels closer to something like Homeland now. Did they drop the nauseating sexism that permeated the pilot?
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Sleeveless posted:Has Jonah Ray ever actually done anything other than be Chris Hardwick's less-attractive shadow? The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail is one of the best weekly stand-up shows ever, if not the best. Granted there's not a ton of competition, but it stands out and it never wastes your time.
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Gapey Joe Stalin posted:Did they drop the nauseating sexism that permeated the pilot? He fucks some waitress and tries to leave without making her breakfast?
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DivisionPost posted:Friedlander, Mirman, and Oswalt? Absolutely, no argument here. But anybody who puts loving Yahtzee on the same shelf as those guys is cert-i-God-damned-fiable. Judah Friedlander as Not-Joel Andy Samberg as Not-Mike David Cross voices Not-Crow Eugene Mirman voices Not-Servo Melissa McCarthy as Not-Pearl Forrester
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DivisionPost posted:The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail is one of the best weekly stand-up shows ever, if not the best. But not because of him.
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DivisionPost posted:The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail is one of the best weekly stand-up shows ever, if not the best. I've been meaning to check that out for a long time because I love Kumail and stand-up, but I honestly thought it was a different Jonah. He was always such a nothing on The Nerdist. Is he funny on the show?
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