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ditty bout my clitty posted:So, I'm watching curb your enthusiasm for the first time, and when does the show break out of the formula "larry meets x, does y, spends the rest of the episode unsuccessfully undoing y" because I'm halfway into season 2, and this show seems more formulaic than house. If you're watching Curb for plot you're doing it wrong. The entire fun of that show is Larry doing something incredibly stupid and trying to work his way out of it and ending up making it worse.
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I think most of the actors on Curb are terrible.
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X-O posted:If you're watching Curb for plot you're doing it wrong. The entire fun of that show is Larry doing something incredibly stupid and trying to work his way out of it and ending up making it worse. I don't think this show is for me, I sit for twenty minutes wishing that Larry buys a gun and shoots everyone.
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BSam posted:They made two seasons? Jesus. Jokes on you there's going to be a third too!
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ditty bout my clitty posted:I don't think this show is for me, I sit for twenty minutes wishing that Larry buys a gun and shoots everyone. Yeah, I would stop watching if I were you.
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Nov 18, 2016 23:56
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On a related note: You're the worst is starting to aggravate me with the thought that there are people like that in the world who life does not punish.
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It was a TV show, not recent real world events, that pushed that thought to the foreground?
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EL BROMANCE posted:The courtroom stuff in s1 is definitely better on rewatch, but my wife hadn't seen it before and it drove her mad just as much as it did me the first time round. There's something just so frustratingly bad about watching Jon Hamm charm his way through it, I think it's the dread that the OJ tie might extend to the result. I get that Jon Hamm and Tina Fey are top tier talents, but the fact that their guest appearances so completely overshadowed the rest of the cast suggests that UKS isn't actually that good to me. It's generally kind of pleasant, and I'm sure I'll keep watching just because it's so easily accessible, but there's nothing really outstanding about it aside from those guests. It's fine.
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bull3964 posted:It was a TV show, not recent real world events, that pushed that thought to the foreground? If I wanted to see real events I wouldn't watch TV shows, obviously.
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You're the Worst doesn't really bug me as far as "bad people not suffering consequences" because for as terrible as Jimmy and Gretchen are they don't actually really hurt anyone with their actions, besides each other. They're mostly just assholes. Lindsay's the one who hurts people, but the show hasn't ignored that or given her a pass. But its like Always Sunny where, sure theyre not going to jail or anything but their actions clearly have made their lives terrible. They're just too drunk/deluded/terrible/stupid to notice.
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Mu Zeta posted:I think most of the actors on Curb are terrible. I like that it's a show that absolutely relies on improv, and 90% of what Jeff Garlin says is just a retread of what Larry just said.
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ditty bout my clitty posted:I don't think this show is for me, I sit for twenty minutes wishing that Larry buys a gun and shoots everyone. Just watch season 7. Doesn't seem like the show's for you, but everyone should watch season 7. It's a goddamn masterpiece.
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Escobarbarian posted:Just watch season 7. Doesn't seem like the show's for you, but everyone should watch season 7. It's a goddamn masterpiece. Noted
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I think seasons 6-8 are probably the best of the show. 8 has what I think is the funniest episode overall (Palestinian Chicken), and 6 has the most satisfying end to a season of any of them imo. Definitely don't skip into 7 before watching 6 though.
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Keep hearing people talk about this show Banshee. Worth getting in to?
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Hughmoris posted:Keep hearing people talk about this show Banshee. Worth getting in to?
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Josh Lyman posted:It has lots of brutal fight scenes and okay nudity but that's about it. Would you recommend getting into Banshee or Quarry? Need a new show, fell out of Luther after a few episodes.
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Hughmoris posted:Would you recommend getting into Banshee or Quarry? Need a new show, fell out of Luther after a few episodes. Banshee
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Banshees a fun and crazy ride as long as you don't expect anything especially insightful or high caliber. It's morally questionable people going 100mph all the time. It's very well done for what it is but it doesn't endeavor to be more than a violent and titillating romp. If you're into that it will deliver.
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Banshee wore me out after 2 seasons. I didn't hate it but I'd kinda had enough.
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Sinteres posted:I think seasons 6-8 are probably the best of the show. 8 has what I think is the funniest episode overall (Palestinian Chicken), and 6 has the most satisfying end to a season of any of them imo. Definitely don't skip into 7 before watching 6 though. What season had the one where Larry gives the doll a haircut? That's my absolute favorite one ever. Hughmoris posted:Keep hearing people talk about this show Banshee. Worth getting in to? Banshee is brutal. It has some of the best fight sequences I have ever seen on television. The final season is a dud though.
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I admit I never watched S3. I don't have anything bad to say about it and I'm not turned off. I keep meaning to watch it. It's just as you said, eventually you get too much candy and soda. S1 is almost enough. Same with Strike Back. I'm somewhere on S3 because the best way I've found to watch them are as two episode movies whenever I feel like a blowemup action movie.
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Just finished a long rewatch of Breaking Bad. Christ I don't think there is a better show that will ever be made.
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Hollismason posted:Just finished a long rewatch of Breaking Bad. Christ I don't think there is a better show that will ever be made. They already made a better show than it. It was called The Wire.
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Rhyno posted:What season had the one where Larry gives the doll a haircut? That's my absolute favorite one ever. Looks like that's season 2. I think some of the later seasons break free of the format in interesting ways, but if someone doesn't like the basic structure of the show in the early seasons they probably won't enjoy any of the rest either. He's always someone who makes life harder for himself by quixotically railing against perceived injustices rather than just letting things go. He may be initially in the right in a lot of episodes, but he still kind of deserves a lot of his misery for being an rear end in a top hat about everything.
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STAC Goat posted:I admit I never watched S3. I don't have anything bad to say about it and I'm not turned off. I keep meaning to watch it. It's just as you said, eventually you get too much candy and soda. S1 is almost enough. Final season of Strike Back is the best. Which is #5 if you count the original. Rocksicles fucked around with this message at 02:01 on Nov 20, 2016 |
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Does anyone think a Dalek is scary? Really?
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Vanderdeath posted:They already made a better show than it. It was called The Wire. Eh.........
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Josh Lyman posted:Does anyone think a Dalek is scary? Really? My six-year-old nephew sure does.
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Just a reminder that season 3 of The Librarians starts tomorrow night.
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muscles like this! posted:Just a reminder that season 3 of The Librarians starts tomorrow night. I love this dumb show. Truly it is the guiltiest of pleasures.
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The videogame/Groundhog Day episode last season was pretty fun.
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Hollismason posted:Just finished a long rewatch of Breaking Bad. Christ I don't think there is a better show that will ever be made. If you are looking for another serious, gritty, crime-related drama that's on a similar level, check out Cop Rock.
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muscles like this! posted:The videogame/Groundhog Day episode last season was pretty fun. That episode was way better than I expected of that show. It had feels.
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Finally finished the first season of Twin Peaks. Very enjoyable, if a bit difficult to get started. But S2E1 was a struggle to get through, and considering how people have said the second season isn't as good, I wonder if it's worth slogging through the remaining 21 episodes.
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I'm in the same boat you are. I watched the first season of Twin Peaks a long time ago but haven't been able to bring myself to watch the second one. But all of my friends who have seen it keep telling me that it is absolutely worth slogging through it to see the end.
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If any of you guys still care about physical media, Target has a bunch of TV shows on sale for 5 bucks
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Josh Lyman posted:Finally finished the first season of Twin Peaks. Very enjoyable, if a bit difficult to get started. 201 is one of the best episodes easily It stays good up until 210 or so. Definitely watch until....well, you'll know when you see it. btw the latest "utterly ridiculous goon theory" thing is in the Rectify thread if anyone cares Escobarbarian fucked around with this message at 20:40 on Nov 20, 2016 |
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Escobarbarian posted:Just watch season 7. Doesn't seem like the show's for you, but everyone should watch season 7. It's a goddamn masterpiece. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktZde2tEK1Y
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Josh Lyman posted:Finally finished the first season of Twin Peaks. Very enjoyable, if a bit difficult to get started. The first part of Season 2 is fine, and feels a lot like a continuation of Season 1. I think it goes up until episode 9, and you'll definitely know it when you see it. I would hang on for at least that much, maybe try 10 to see if you hate it or not, and if it's intolerable, skip ahead to either the finale or one episode before the finale, just to set it up.
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