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This article about Confederate is pretty good. (hopefully nobody reports me for posting this!)
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:I've only seen the first episode of Blood Drive, so if it gets better as it goes on, I'm open to being wrong. there's a very specific short scene in episode 2 that was adorable. and creepy. and funny. and sold me on the show. So my personal recommendation is to at least watch the second episode before calling it quits.
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Jul 20, 2017 23:27
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Escobarbarian posted:This article about Confederate is pretty good. I think the only problem I have with that article is that while they're right that the whole "What if the South won?" has been overly mined in books there hasn't really been a lot of TV or movies dealing with the subject. At least the show isn't doing that mealymouthed bullshit where they pretend the CSA would just get rid of slavery on its own.
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Jul 20, 2017 23:54
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D-Pad posted:The backlash over this is stupid. Man in the High Castle, a show where blacks, LBGT, Jews, etc are persecuted in a modern America ruled by Nazi's is ok and wins emmy awards, but the same premise except its the Confederates instead of Nazi's is not ok. Its just boring regardless of whatever political orientation you might hold. Its the source of a thousand Turtledove like newsstand historical fic books, and its stuff you've generally seen before. It's also hilarious b/c alot of the reason why GOT is so hot is because of its voracious black audience, and boy did they make a show for them here.
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Jul 21, 2017 00:06
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Oh man Friends had a crossover with Mad About You and I remember that Mad About You was awfuuuuuuul
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Jul 21, 2017 03:49
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I had also forgotten about Mad About You and now I'm Mad At You
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Jul 21, 2017 04:09
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Stargate is coming back but I think it's ignoring the TV shows http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/stargate-revival-origins-new-digital-show-1202501988/ quote:Mercedes Bryce Morgan will direct Stargate Origins, with writing from Mark Ilvedson and Justin Michael Terry. Production is scheduled to begin in August. The series will stream on the franchise’s new subscription-based digital platform, which launches later this fall. So basically it's being directed and written by people that had nothing to do with the shows and it's on a paid streaming platform called Stargate Command. Bad news.
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Jul 21, 2017 04:10
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I love how these 90's shows that had an actor or actress play two roles at the same time they always do these super awkward shots to shOW BOTH CHARACTERS ON SCREEN AT THE SAME TIME WHOOOOOO
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Jul 21, 2017 04:16
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:I've only seen the first episode of Blood Drive, so if it gets better as it goes on, I'm open to being wrong. Well I won't ruin it for you by hyping it up too much, but it sort of snuck up on being my new favourite show this summer. Some time around when Slink the MC guy got dragged into Heart Corporate HQ so he could be briefed on Blood Drive focus group notes. It's not taking itself seriously and it seems to know exactly what it wants to be.
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Jul 21, 2017 04:22
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Shageletic posted:It's also hilarious b/c alot of the reason why GOT is so hot is because of its voracious black audience
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Jul 21, 2017 04:30
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Calaveron posted:Oh man Friends had a crossover with Mad About You and I remember that Mad About You was awfuuuuuuul The only thing I remember about that show is "Hey shut up out there! I'm trying to have sex with my wife!" "I already had sex with your wife!"
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Jul 21, 2017 04:31
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Snak posted:edit: 19 and a half minutes and this show is genius. Who lost their job for not advertising this at all? 
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Jul 21, 2017 04:45
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Ursula was originally a Mad About You character, before Kudrow got the Phoebe role on Friends.
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Jul 21, 2017 05:46
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Why has no one tried (or has anyone tried) having a daily show (a soap opera) but with an attempt at good writing, like hire a bunch of super good prestige TV writers and screw the budget, make the dialogue good enough to not matter I'm a writer so I know this would be super hard but that's no reason not to try, it seems like a fun experiment.
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Jul 21, 2017 05:56
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precision posted:Why has no one tried (or has anyone tried) having a daily show (a soap opera) but with an attempt at good writing, like hire a bunch of super good prestige TV writers and screw the budget, make the dialogue good enough to not matter Soap Operas are where writers go to die. There was one called Port Charles and the bulk of it's plot were 100% ripped off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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Jul 21, 2017 05:58
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Oh my god the finale of veep, I'm just now watching it, this is peak tv.peak peak tv
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Jul 21, 2017 07:16
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precision posted:Why has no one tried (or has anyone tried) having a daily show (a soap opera) but with an attempt at good writing, like hire a bunch of super good prestige TV writers and screw the budget, make the dialogue good enough to not matter Think about it this way: If you're a prestige TV writer, you usually work a certain amount and get paid a certain amount to deliver a certain amount of episodes. What if you had to deliver 5 times as many episodes? It would probably be a good deal if you got paid 5 times as much. No is going to pay you 5 times as much.
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Jul 21, 2017 10:04
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As a non-American who is very disconnected from the racial struggles of your country, the premise of Confederate intrigues me. I totally get why people would think it was an awful idea though.
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Jul 21, 2017 10:41
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Rarity posted:As a non-American who is very disconnected from the racial struggles of your country, the premise of Confederate intrigues me. I totally get why people would think it was an awful idea though. It's a super derivative idea though. One of the first counterfactual history fiction stories was about that topic (by Winston Churchill no less) and since then there have been tons of such books (and some movies). Turtledove basically made a fortune on it. A really good recent example is Underground Airlines by Ben Winters, where the Civil War never happend, but a compromise allowed some Southern States to keep Slavery into the present. The premise is hardly the issue, there are great stories that can be told with it. It's all in the execution. And two white boys that already made a hash out of GoT might not be someone to inspire confidence. Decius fucked around with this message at 10:51 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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Jul 21, 2017 10:47
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I like the Rockford Files.
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Jul 21, 2017 10:53
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Vegetable posted:Where are you getting this from Anecdotal but in my (black) family, GoT blew the gently caress up with my friends and family in a way no other fantasy property has.
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Jul 21, 2017 12:03
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Mu Zeta posted:So basically it's being directed and written by people that had nothing to do with the shows and it's on a paid streaming platform called Stargate Command. Bad news. Is this the future? Show-exclusive streaming platforms? Can't wait to pay $6/mo next time I want to rewatch Lost. Oh, wait, I'll just pull out my DVDs. Which are on the same shelf as my SG1 and Atlantis boxsets.
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Jul 21, 2017 12:35
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Calaveron posted:Oh man Friends had a crossover with Mad About You and I remember that Mad About You was awfuuuuuuul Remember when NBC would do theme nights across Must See TV Thursday and Seinfeld would never have to participate "It's a blackout in New York (Except on the Upper West Side!)"
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Jul 21, 2017 12:56
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lelandjs posted:Is this the future? Show-exclusive streaming platforms? Can't wait to pay $6/mo next time I want to rewatch Lost. It's the future until they all crash and burn.
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Jul 21, 2017 13:08
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They've been trying to get Stargate Origins off the ground for the better part of a decade. I can't believe they thought of a dumber platform than CBS All-access. As for Confederates? It'll be a good show and you know what makes a ton of people tune in? Controversy. This is gonna be boiling for a couple of years who cares. Besides, it's never bad to have TV shows showing things like "Slavery = bad!" when we have IRL dumbasses that are now questioning it in TYOOL 2017.
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Jul 21, 2017 14:47
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Does China, IL go to poo poo in the third season? I've been working through the series from time to time (albeit jumping around if they're doing a marathon on [as].com like today) and holy poo poo the last two episodes I've seen are bad. e- For reference, the one inspiring the post is the one where Steve becomes a "celebrity" with a big testicle known as Trump's Kid, there's some attempt at a metaphor between pizza toppings and sexuality (I...guess?) and Frank is annoying infinitely more than usual. CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 16:07 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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Jul 21, 2017 16:02
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Croatoan posted:As for Confederates? It'll be a good show and you know what makes a ton of people tune in? Controversy. This is gonna be boiling for a couple of years who cares. Besides, it's never bad to have TV shows showing things like "Slavery = bad!" when we have IRL dumbasses that are now questioning it in TYOOL 2017. I guess Westworld was too subtle. Then again we live in a world where they made a whole season of tv about slapping a kid for being a little poo poo, so yeah I guess all you need is a really dumb controversy.
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Jul 21, 2017 16:05
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irq hits his kids pass it on
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Jul 21, 2017 16:20
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CBJSprague24 posted:Does China, IL go to poo poo in the third season? I've been working through the series from time to time (albeit jumping around if they're doing a marathon on [as].com like today) and holy poo poo the last two episodes I've seen are bad. Season 3 wasn't as good as S2 but had its moments. Did you see the one with the crows yet? Or "Charlize"? That's easily one of the best episodes of the series. I remember the stuff with Trump's Kid being funny but that was, y'know...before.
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Jul 21, 2017 16:43
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Croatoan posted:As for Confederates? It'll be a good show Neither modern HBO nor the people behind Game of Thrones have earned this kind of confidence, doubly so when it comes to original programming and not adaptations. IRQ posted:I guess Westworld was too subtle. It was only a dumb controversy in that so many people were legitimately affronted by the suggestion that it's wrong to beat children.
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Jul 21, 2017 18:33
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I guess you're right. HBO doesn't know what the hell they're doing. They just do crappy shows like The Leftovers, GoT, Veep, The Wire, The Sopranos, Girls and poo poo. Who the gently caress liked any of that? Also what horrible show are you guys talking about beating children? Edit: I'll admit HBO can make rear end TV but for the most part they don't and also GoT has a huge following but don't be all like "It's popular so it sucks!" that argument's dumb.
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Jul 21, 2017 19:12
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The Slap. (Hoping this is the right clip as I'm on my phone in work...) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm_niiQfeWc
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Jul 21, 2017 19:15
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EL BROMANCE posted:The Slap. I'm not sure if you intended it to be this, but yes that's absolutely the right clip.
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Jul 21, 2017 19:25
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IRQ posted:I'm not sure if you intended it to be this, but yes that's absolutely the right clip. I would like to know how I missed this show
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Jul 21, 2017 19:27
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IRQ posted:I'm not sure if you intended it to be this, but yes that's absolutely the right clip. Sounds like I got the right one 
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Jul 21, 2017 19:36
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I had somehow completely forgotten that The Slap ever happened.
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Jul 21, 2017 19:43
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STAC Goat posted:I had somehow completely forgotten that The Slap ever happened. Don't worry, therapy sessions in 20 years will bring it back.
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Jul 21, 2017 19:52
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Blood Drive doesn't have any right to be as good as it is.
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Jul 21, 2017 20:30
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Is Berlin Station worth watching? I have never heard of that channel, but a friend of mine said it was decent.
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Jul 21, 2017 20:53
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I like China, IL but for me it never really got as funny as the original Prof. Bros. shorts (especially "Fliff Night" and "Late Date"). I also kinda hated Frank's even-more-annoying new voice.
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