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I felt the same way about Scrubs, but they took away my medical license after I tried to solve everything by daydreaming and calling my black co-workers Chocolate.
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Made the Bates Motel thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3767470
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Aphrodite posted:I felt the same way about Scrubs, but they took away my medical license after I tried to solve everything by daydreaming and calling my black co-workers Chocolate. Same but I work for a cleaning company and knifewrench did not go over well AT ALL.
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The Duke posted:Honestly I kind of forgot about Children's Hospital after like 3 seasons (happens to me a lot with Adult Swim shows since their schedules are so wacky), is it worth catching up on? Is it still the same show or did they change it up in some significant way? Watch any episode written by Jason Mantzoukis. He's like the Darin Morgan of Childrens Hospital.
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Mar 8, 2016 19:24
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Craig Robinson is going to have a recurring role on Mr. Robot S2.
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Mar 8, 2016 19:29
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as is a man called Joey Bada$$, which is a self-administered moniker, supposedly.
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As far as TV shows go, TWW is probably up there for being the most densely packed with information. It isn't a documentary or anything, and maybe the storylines were overly starry-eyed and the implications troubling, but it touched on stuff you'd hardly ever see anywhere, from the consequences of leaking intelligence to exploring bringing back wolves in the West. I haven't seen it in years, but I still think its a pretty great show. I also have never watched the Newsroom.
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I started watching that show Gotham. I am really, really glad that they stopped doing terrible fancy lighting in every scene after the pilot
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My mom loves West Wing, but whenever I watched it with her, I could only stand the comedic parts. If you watch it as primarily a comedy and enjoy the back and forth dialogue, it's an entertaining show. I also really, really loved the relationship between Donna and Josh. But the show is really, really naive or deliberately obtuse about how politics actually works, and because it is a TV show of the early 00's it is still very Problem of the Week oriented, meaning most things get resolved within the course of 45 minutes. The demands of that format, coupled with Sorkin's preachiness, mean that the show is selling people on a version of American governance that never existed, a starry-eyed upper-middle class, primarily white male liberal fantasy. The few episodes of the last couple seasons I saw, I liked, primarily because Vinnick was a really good character played by the great Alan Alda. I got the warm fuzzies when he decided not to cater to Big Corn.
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I don't think you need to warn people about how idealistic TWW is. Just look at the fact that one of the two major political parties in the US right now is basically in an open revolt against the front-runner for their presidential nomination, or what the Republicans are trying to pull with the supreme court nomination. Watching a single episode of TWW and comparing it to our actual political reality should make it pretty clear just how far apart the two are.
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why does Gotham have all these characters beyond Cobblepot and Nigma?
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boom boom boom posted:why does Gotham have all these characters beyond Cobblepot and Nigma? I know, right? It's why I stopped watching it. They are good, but the characters that suck really suck and take up like 70% of the show somehow.
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"war is just politics by other means! And isn't politics just money, talking?" "talking about what?!" Give Gotham all the Emmys.
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Uhh huh. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/csi-alum-george-eads-star-873518 'CSI' Alum George Eads to Co-Star in 'MacGyver'
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GreenNight posted:'CSI' Alum George Eads to Co-Star in 'MacGyver' Will he play the paperclip 
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Tonight, on Gotham; Gordon faces his most dangerous foe yet. An assassin with this foot long metal pipe he screws together, and then a six inch spike shoots out the end. It stays attached to the pipe, it doesn't fire out like a gun. So he can only kill people with it by holding it right up to their eyeball. He's the most dangerous hitman in Gotham.
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boom boom boom posted:Tonight, on Gotham; Gordon faces his most dangerous foe yet. An assassin with this foot long metal pipe he screws together, and then a six inch spike shoots out the end. It stays attached to the pipe, it doesn't fire out like a gun. So he can only kill people with it by holding it right up to their eyeball. Gotham sounds amazingly bad.
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boom boom boom posted:Tonight, on Gotham; Gordon faces his most dangerous foe yet. An assassin with this foot long metal pipe he screws together, and then a six inch spike shoots out the end. It stays attached to the pipe, it doesn't fire out like a gun. So he can only kill people with it by holding it right up to their eyeball. A villain in Gotham with a gimmick? That's ridiculous!
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bobkatt013 posted:A villain in Gotham with a gimmick? That's ridiculous! Don't get me wrong, I loved the guy who killed people by handcuffing them to weather balloons. That guy was great. Especially because it sets up Gordon's disapproval of vigilantes. when Batman finally shows up, Gordon's gonna be like, "this 'Batman' is like that guy who handcuffed people to weather balloons. I didn't approve of the balloon man, and I don't approve of Batman" six inch metal spike guy isn't as fun
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boom boom boom posted:Tonight, on Gotham; Gordon faces his most dangerous foe yet. An assassin with this foot long metal pipe he screws together, and then a six inch spike shoots out the end. It stays attached to the pipe, it doesn't fire out like a gun. So he can only kill people with it by holding it right up to their eyeball. There's a reason they eventually said "screw setting up real-ish foundations, let's get some actual supervillans in here"
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This is about that show you like
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Bruceski posted:There's a reason they eventually said "screw setting up real-ish foundations, let's get some actual supervillans in here" Yeah, I just got to the Viper episode. I gotta be honest, going from murderers with odd gimmicks to glowing green gas that gives people super strength but then turns them into jellyfish people is an escalation in craziness that really should warrant a bigger reaction from the characters.
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boom boom boom posted:Tonight, on Gotham; Gordon faces his most dangerous foe yet. An assassin with this foot long metal pipe he screws together, and then a six inch spike shoots out the end. It stays attached to the pipe, it doesn't fire out like a gun. So he can only kill people with it by holding it right up to their eyeball. Sounds better than balloon man at least.
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Lurdiak posted:This is about that show you like That's Agents of SHIELD fans to a T.
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That's most of the shows people post about here.
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When it comes to politics, Americans wanted The West Wing. What we got was The Wire.
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It's primarily SHIELD but also anyone who thinks DW is actual quality television (I know there are some)
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Escobarbarian posted:It's primarily SHIELD but also anyone who thinks DW is actual quality television (I know there are some) 
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Escobarbarian posted:It's primarily SHIELD but also anyone who thinks DW is actual quality television (I know there are some) What if I like Doctor Who but don't care for Marvel's Agents of SHIELD?
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Agents of SHIELD is about as good as The 100
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Hakkesshu posted:Agents of SHIELD is about as good as The 100 I agree, they're both excellent shows.
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GreenNight posted:I agree, they're both excellent shows. My exact sentiment
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Gonna squeeze in some more quick praise for the 100 while Toxx is probated just to piss him off: The way they manage to blend together like a dozen different cliche sci-fi premises and turn them into something interesting is really awesome. Taking Jaha's storyline and managing to not only walk it back into relevance but also connect it to the grounder tribes was pretty elegant.
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Do they ever get into the Court of Owls in Gotham? That seems perfect for this show
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CobiWann posted:What if I like Doctor Who but don't care for Marvel's Agents of SHIELD? Then you have good taste in bad shows.
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boom boom boom posted:Do they ever get into the Court of Owls in Gotham? That seems perfect for this show It looked like they were going to with the first half of season 2 but instead they swerved into the Order of St Dumas.
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muscles like this? posted:It looked like they were going to with the first half of season 2 but instead they swerved into the Order of St Dumas. Wow, you can make a much worse swerve than that.
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Criticism of The West Wing as being too idealistic is invalid. It's like saying Breaking Bad isn't realistic. Criticism of it for focusing too much on white men is a little more reasonable but ignores the fact that government was more white and male even just 15 years ago. It's not perfect, but it's definitely one of the best dramas of all time.
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Josh Lyman posted:Criticism of The West Wing as being too idealistic is invalid. It's like saying Breaking Bad isn't realistic. Sure, if it were just being criticized as a show it would be unfair, but it's far more than just a show. It's inspired lots of people to get into politics, informed many more about its version of how politics works, and overshadows discussion in the way Mr Smith goes to Washington (to be fair, a far more pernicious bit of entertainment) used to. As such criticisms about its lack of realism and its hobbyhorses are valid.
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whowhatwhere posted:Sure, if it were just being criticized as a show it would be unfair, but it's far more than just a show. It's inspired lots of people to get into politics, informed many more about its version of how politics works, and overshadows discussion in the way Mr Smith goes to Washington (to be fair, a far more pernicious bit of entertainment) used to. As such criticisms about its lack of realism and its hobbyhorses are valid. All the presidents man inspired people to get into journalism and then they learned the harsh truth of it. Its not a documentary and never meant to be. Attacking it's realism when it inspires people who learn later about the truth is pointless.
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