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There used to be a plugin for Kodi back when it was XBMC that would fake a cable network and make channels based on your collection. So you'd get a lineup of Fox programs, one of NBC etc and any other smart playlists you could build. It was in its infancy and had issues, but it was kinda neat. Might still exist but I moved to Plex a bunch of years back and the plugins system isn't as good as Kodi's.
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I wish the Netflix interface was smarter or at least had more options. I hate that it autoplays the next episode or starts the next one whilst your still in the menu. Also I wish it showed episode length somewhere more visible.
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Jul 27, 2017 19:46
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PriorMarcus posted:I wish the Netflix interface was smarter or at least had more options. I hate that it autoplays the next episode or starts the next one whilst your still in the menu. Also I wish it showed episode length somewhere more visible. I've been saying this for years, but I wish Netflix had a "just play something" option that would just play something at random from their catalog
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Jul 27, 2017 19:48
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Simpsons World is available in the browser. There's commercials, but in a limited Hulu way.
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Jul 27, 2017 19:52
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Man why am I dreading watching the Stella series of episodes I don't remember a single thing about them except Sarah Chalke's massive rack and the actually pretty funny sequence where Ted discovers that Robin slept with Barney
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Jul 27, 2017 20:10
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I know Scrubs talk was one page back but I just wanna say its biggest issue is JD and Cox's character arcs. In the first few seasons JD is a pretty likeable dude and Dr. Cox is a comical but mostly believable tough love character, but by the end of it JD is like a caricature of a human being everyone treats like poo poo (and deservedly so) and Cox is so invested in bullying him that their relationship is just pitiable and not funny or heartwarming anymore.
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Jul 27, 2017 20:26
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Lurdiak posted:I know Scrubs talk was one page back but I just wanna say its biggest issue is JD and Cox's character arcs. In the first few seasons JD is a pretty likeable dude and Dr. Cox is a comical but mostly believable tough love character, but by the end of it JD is like a caricature of a human being everyone treats like poo poo (and deservedly so) and Cox is so invested in bullying him that their relationship is just pitiable and not funny or heartwarming anymore. Cox actually doesn't get that bad until Scrubs: The College Years where he is awful and horrible in every aspect
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Jul 27, 2017 20:33
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I think it's also because they have NOTHING for Robin to do partway through season 3. She's just there while literally everyone else is involved in the plot
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Jul 27, 2017 20:49
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Iron Crowned posted:I've been saying this for years, but I wish Netflix had a "just play something" option that would just play something at random from their catalog Dear god yes Would be fantastic for stoners
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Jul 27, 2017 20:53
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HIMYM is only worth watching if you sub in the edited ending that cuts away after they meet for the first time. That one is pretty much perfect and I will never understand why they went with the horrible series-ruining version instead. I loved Scrubs when I watched it originally and it has some very powerful moments, but I went back to rewatch it recently and man oh man does it ever feel dated. I watched Friends through at about the same time and I didn't find it to have the same problem. misguided rage fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Jul 27, 2017 |
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Jul 27, 2017 20:57
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
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I enjoyed Friends more when I returned to it as an adult. Something about being the same age as the cast, rather than when I watched it with my family growing up. It's a good show, damnit.
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Jul 27, 2017 21:03
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misguided rage posted:HIMYM is only worth watching if you sub in the edited ending that cuts away after they meet for the first time. That one is pretty much perfect and I will never understand why they went with the horrible series-ruining version instead. As far as I remember pretty much not a single big problem from Friends could be solved with a cellphone so that helps keep it relatively timeless Scrubs becomes very schmaltzy and formulaic and the subplots ran for way too long some times, and all the characters become the ur examples of making a caricature out of their personalities
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Jul 27, 2017 21:07
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My favourite 90s sitcom, for a long time, was The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
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Jul 27, 2017 21:12
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Calaveron posted:As far as I remember pretty much not a single big problem from Friends could be solved with a cellphone so that helps keep it relatively timeless Scrubs should stay similarly timeless as everyone still uses pagers and most hospitals use of technology is glacial.
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Jul 27, 2017 21:16
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Scrubs, Seinfeld, Cheers, and a sitcom that is no longer watchable in retrospect were my favorite sitcoms of all time. I managed to somehow miss all but an episode or two of Friends so I have no reverence for that show though I am keenly aware of how massive it is and the the rabid following it has. MASH I would probably put up there as well as I've seen a lot of it and loved what I've seen but I've never actually taken the time to sit down and watch it all beginning to end. I suspect I will someday but I haven't gotten around to it. Of all the great sitcoms in the last decade or so I'd say the only two that I think can hang with my favorites are probably Curb and Veep. They're the only ones where I feel like I'm watching something on that level.
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Jul 27, 2017 21:16
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So, uh, this is a thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkZCOUIBLeQ
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Jul 27, 2017 21:17
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Wheat Loaf posted:My favourite 90s sitcom, for a long time, was The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
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Jul 27, 2017 21:17
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Fresh Prince was real good, but I'd put that on the tier right below my absolute favorites where I put other stuff like Roseanne or Parks and Rec or Wonder Years.
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Jul 27, 2017 21:19
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muscles like this! posted:So, uh, this is a thing. This could be really good.
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Jul 27, 2017 21:32
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The new name is a little generic but I guess the world isn't ready for a show called "Iron Fisting."
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Jul 27, 2017 21:35
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Watched a few episodes of Ozark, and yeah don't sleep on this, it's really good. Maybe not as directorially strong as its peers, but the writing makes up for it. At least so far it seems to be about crawling out of the sewer rather than digging yourself in deeper like Breaking Bad.
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Jul 27, 2017 21:39
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X-O posted:Scrubs, Seinfeld, Cheers, and a sitcom that is no longer watchable in retrospect were my favorite sitcoms of all time. Is it Wings? It was Wings wasn't it? Wheat Loaf posted:My favourite 90s sitcom, for a long time, was The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Fresh Prince was a really excellent show when it wanted to be. And even when it didn't it was good.
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Jul 27, 2017 21:44
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I still kind of choke up at "Why don't he want me?" You're an rear end in a top hat, Ben Vereen.
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Jul 27, 2017 21:46
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IRQ posted:Is it Wings? It was Wings wasn't it? I'm going to take a wild guess and say Cosby Show.
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Jul 27, 2017 21:46
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Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Drew Carey Show, Boy Meets World, Two Guys and a Girl, Scrubs, Frasier, That 70s Show, Newsradio, Grounded for Life, and Titus were all the classic sitcoms I really liked. I'd add Becker to that list but I've a feeling it really doesn't hold up. Then you had poo poo like Mad About You, Just Shoot Me, Grace Under Fire, Will and Grace, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Dharma and Greg, Cheers* etc. that I'd watch if nothing else was on. Shows I'd actively avoid were Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The Nanny, Friends, Two and a Half Men, Family Matters (since they only aired the later seasons), Full House, Home Improvement, King of Queens, According to Jim, Everybody loves Raymond, and a bunch of poo poo I honestly forget the title of. I also never liked Seinfeld but I've accepted that that's either a cultural barrier or a me being insane thing. I'm not including stuff like Community or Parks and Rec because I think that's really a different beast than the classic sitcom. Scrubs is borderline too since they have much more camera work than your average 3-camera setup, but I'm gonna include it in the classic stuff anyway because of sheer age. And obviously there were great animated sitcoms that I'm also leaving off. *No diss on Cheers, I think I'm just too young to connect with its humor and pop culture references.
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Jul 27, 2017 21:47
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3rd Rock's fantastic, watch it all
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bull3964 posted:I'm going to take a wild guess and say Cosby Show. It sucks that Bill Cosby somehow managed to abuse all her childhoods in retrospect.
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Jul 27, 2017 21:49
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IRQ posted:Is it Wings? It was Wings wasn't it? Nah, that's the third tier which I consider to be sitcoms I love but maybe aren't as remembered and loved by many others. With shows like Coach, Murphy Brown, or Doogie Howser. bull3964 posted:I'm going to take a wild guess and say Cosby Show. That would be the one.
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Jul 27, 2017 21:50
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Regular PSA that for anyone with fond memories of the 90s sitcoms, that The Carmichael Show is the best 00s+ multicam sitcom made and certainly hangs with them while being modern and relevant.
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Jul 27, 2017 21:51
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muscles like this! posted:So, uh, this is a thing. OK, I'm all in on this one.
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Jul 27, 2017 22:07
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bull3964 posted:I'm going to take a wild guess and say Cosby Show. That seems obvious in retrospect. I think I barely missed the cosby show being something I had any particular reverence for by like a year or two. I do remember it, but I was 9 when it went off the air and I never really saw it in syndication
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Jul 27, 2017 22:30
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Iron Crowned posted:I started watching The Simpsons season 4 for that lately. I haven't watched these in years and it's amazing that I can watch Marge vs The Monorail for the first time in probably 4 years and laugh my rear end off. Simpsons is great because the commentary is legitimately fantastic both in behind-the-scenes info and explaining all the jokes and references you missed. Also the Simpsons fandom is so nerdy that you can vicariously watch it at work through any of the many, many podcasts dedicated to the show; Talking Simpsons is the one I've stuck with the longest because it has tons of audio from each episodes and the hosts do a good job balancing trivia and history with their own goofs and experiences related to the show. Wheat Loaf posted:My favourite 90s sitcom, for a long time, was The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. I like it a lot because it actually uses its live studio audience. Shows like Big Bang Theory are done live but do so little with it that a lot of people think they're just using canned laughter, in Fresh Prince having actors go running into the audience or particular audience members losing their poo poo just adds so much. Seinfeld was a good happy medium where people going nuts every time Kramer showed up got annoying but I don't think the puffy shirt episode would be quite as legendary without that one woman in the crowd loudly shrieking "oh my god!" when they show him in the shirt for the first time. IRQ posted:Is it Wings? It was Wings wasn't it? I was thinking WKRP in Cincinnati due to the music licensing issues of a show set in a radio station.
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Jul 27, 2017 22:31
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Guy Mann posted:Seinfeld was a good happy medium where people going nuts every time Kramer showed up got annoying but I don't think the puffy shirt episode would be quite as legendary without that one woman in the crowd loudly shrieking "oh my god!" when they show him in the shirt for the first time. I seem to recall the Kramer clapping got so bad that Larry David had to go out before the show and tell the audience to please keep it quiet, so it stopped eventually.
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Jul 27, 2017 22:47
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IRQ posted:That seems obvious in retrospect. I think I barely missed the cosby show being something I had any particular reverence for by like a year or two. I do remember it, but I was 9 when it went off the air and I never really saw it in syndication Bill Cosby's Himself was legitimately one of the greatest standup specials ever made and had aged fantastically. It was also completely clean which meant it was a staple of my high school health class since it technically had a routine about drugs and alcohol.
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Jul 27, 2017 22:57
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Guy Mann posted:Bill Cosby's Himself was legitimately one of the greatest standup specials ever made and had aged fantastically. It was also completely clean which meant it was a staple of my high school health class since it technically had a routine about drugs and alcohol. Fairly sure he uses the word "rear end in a top hat" at least once in it
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Jul 27, 2017 23:09
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Yeah, its hard to really quantify how much Bill Cosby was a part of my childhood between the Cosby Show, Himself, Fat Albert, Electric Company, Meteor Man, A Different World, and probably other poo poo I'm forgetting. I mean, I have lasting memories of Ghost Dad. Reality's really scarred poo poo up bad there if you're the right age/demo/whatever.
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In general, I wasn't much into American comedies. I liked the aforementioned Fresh Prince, I liked the Simpsons, and I was quite keen on Friends for a while (I'd say when I was maybe 14 or 15). What I liked the most as a teenager was old BBC sitcoms. I was big into Dad's Army and Fawlty Towers. Don't really watch any comedies these days. I think the last I watched would have been The Thick of It.
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Guy Mann posted:Bill Cosby's Himself was legitimately one of the greatest standup specials ever made and had aged fantastically. It was also completely clean which meant it was a staple of my high school health class since it technically had a routine about drugs and alcohol. I remember turning on the tail end of Himself and watching Cosby just go on a loving roll in a way that I'd never seen any other comic pull off. Still struggle to think of any stand up that did something similar. gently caress him for what he did, though.
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Jul 27, 2017 23:13
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STAC Goat posted:Reality's really scarred poo poo up bad there if you're the right age/demo/whatever. I was reading that oral history of Good Burger yesterday; I get to this part quote:Kenan Thompson: Sinbad was an icon and had been on the show a few times. Back then, Sinbad was [Bill] Cosby’s first underling so it was a big deal. Cosby put that stamp on him like this guy’s the next whatever. And thought "Oh, no, do we need to start worrying about dirt on Sinbad being brought to light in a few years?"
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muscles like this! posted:So, uh, this is a thing. Is that actually Joseph Gordon-Levitt? My brain is having trouble parsing it but not enough to say "that's not him and it's part of the joke".
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