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Mu Zeta posted:http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/dark-tower-tv-series-sets-walking-dead-grad-as-showrunner-1026382 I imagine this will be silently forgotten since the movie will probably bomb.
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precision posted:Difficult People is amazing. James Urbaniak's quiet and calm misery is another highlight of the show In review he is responsible for lots of misery and pain. It's glorious
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zoux posted:That show has a crazy number of really inside NPR/PBS jokes that you'd really have to be familiar with public media to get. But that show kind of trades in extremely esoteric references.
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I get to watch Difficult People season 3 with my basset hound, and this makes me happy.
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Guy Goodbody posted:How fuckin' stupid are these [Game of Thrones showrunners]? Just do a live-action Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Throw in some sex scenes, increase the number of hatchet fights, bing bang boom you've got a hit This and many more. There are sooo many fantastic universes for them to choose from. My current wish is for someone to slip Benioff and Weiss a copy of Dune. If there's any universe that would make a great HBO long form GoT-esque serial drama with labyrinthian machinations, plans within plans, beautiful scenery, and cool fights it's Dune. Dune was GoT before GoT was GoT. This seems like such an obvious no-brainer.
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Maybe give it to people who can actually handle sprawling machinations, and not the guys who poo poo the bed when they ran out of GRRM material to adapt.
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I was dissatisfied with the change in writing quality after running out of source material aswell, but as far as GoT-esque shows go B&W are still a pretty obvious suggestion. I'm sure there are alternatives, maybe whoever did Rome? But I can't think of a lot of giant production, filmed on location, shows like GoT off the top of my head. For all their problems B&W are probably among the most experienced. I mean, I just want Dune in a GoT style show, so B&W seemed like the obvious choice. But I'm certainly open to better alternatives. e: vvv read this as "adult breastfeeding" and assumed it was from the expanded universe. -Blackadder- fucked around with this message at 07:06 on Aug 4, 2017 |
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Stop trying to make Dune. Sand is boring. Imagine a whole show that takes place in Essos only. Adult beefswelling. 
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McSpanky posted:I've had The Dick Van Dyke Show on in the background for the last three days so referring to anything in color as an older sitcom is kinda throwing me, but it's certainly put this laugh track discussion into perspective. I know the feeling. My afternoon background noise is Bonanza, The Big Valley, Gunsmoke and The Rifleman (because it's that or talk shows at that time of day) and I need to take a step back to remember it's 2017 by the evening.
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-Blackadder- posted:I was dissatisfied with the change in writing quality after running out of source material aswell, but as far as GoT-esque shows go B&W are still a pretty obvious suggestion. I'm sure there are alternatives, maybe whoever did Rome? But I can't think of a lot of giant production, filmed on location, shows like GoT off the top of my head. For all their problems B&W are probably among the most experienced. Fair enough. After I posted I thought, Dune is finished at least. Assuming they stayed close-ish to the source material, it could work. But even when they still had aSoIaF material to work with they injected some pretty dumb poo poo of their own into the show. But for a production of that scale, they definitely have the right experience wrangling a crew.
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NBC is apparently so pleased with the revived Will & Grace that they've made offers to the creators of the West Wing, The Office, ER, and 30 Rock to just bring those shows back. None of them have accepted. And by made offers, I mean Bob Greenblatt apparently just bugs these people about it whenever he gets the chance. Like, "Hey, Tina Fey, wanna do some more 30 Rock?"
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"More 30 rock? After you passed on my current show that is doing really well on Netflix? Yeah let me get back to you on that."
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Wheel of Time poo poo its own bed, but given a GoT level budget, it could be a great few seasons. Its badass stone killers, quirky rogues, and poly-amorous love
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TV Zombie posted:Going through Jusice League and Justice League Unlimited because it's leaving Netflix in August and man, it's held up so well. Can you guys recommend some of the good standout episodes? I'd like to check it out.
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Snak posted:Wheel of Time poo poo its own bed, but given a GoT level budget, it could be a great few seasons. Its badass stone killers, quirky rogues, and poly-amorous love Wheel of Time just got shopped around and Sony Pictures Television picked it up. We may see Nynaeve tug on her braid 10 times an episode sooner than you think.
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The Wheel of Time's "okay, so the main character is married to three women, who are all best friends and cool with it" was really silly, especially since Rand is the least charismatic/interesting guy in the books. And gently caress right off with that ending.
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precision posted:The Wheel of Time's "okay, so the main character is married to three women, who are all best friends and cool with it" was really silly, especially since Rand is the least charismatic/interesting guy in the books. And gently caress right off with that ending. Yeah, I last read it as a teenager. I didn't makeit past book 9, That aspect was pretty bad, but it helped that all three of them were great characters, way better than Rand. Being literally twice as old now, the whole polyamory aspect seems way less bold an way more exploitative. When I was a virgin 14-year-old, I thought that "what if more than one woman was in love with the hero, but they were all mature enough to no be stereo-typically jealous" was a big deal. Now I'm like "wow, and old white guy wrote a book where every attractive women from every corner of his fiction world wants to bang his protagnist. And they don't mind if he bangs the other ones..." and it seems like the shallowest, lamest, poo poo.
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Mu Zeta posted:Stop trying to make Dune. Sand is boring. Imagine a whole show that takes place in Essos only. I can't imagine a person with an avatar of Big Jeffrey would have an opinion this basic.  Dune up to The God-Emperor of Dune would be an incredible story to put into an anthology-style series. You could get five excellent 12 episode seasons out of those books.
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Maxwell Lord posted:NBC is apparently so pleased with the revived Will & Grace that they've made offers to the creators of the West Wing, The Office, ER, and 30 Rock to just bring those shows back. None of them have accepted. 
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raditts posted:I love the Muppets and always will but let's be real here, most people did not give a poo poo about the Muppets prior to that movie
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raditts posted:I don't know about your area, but where I live CBS is available on PlayStation Vue. CBS is blacked out on the streaming services here, except maybe Hulu recently, not sure. I'm considering switching from Vue in any case when they do their price hike. And my apartment faces Northwest so I can't get an ota signal from DC or Baltimore.
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:... the creator of ER is dead. Are they holding seances to try and summon Michael Crichton back? ER would be better off without Crichton involved, as "modern" Crichton would probably introduce a strawman character to County General who was both a pedophile and a climate change hysteric. Named after the first guy to give the revival a middling review, naturally.
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-Blackadder- posted:Can you guys recommend some of the good standout episodes? I'd like to check it out. The early standout in the first season of Justice League is Legends (eps 16-17). Season two is chock full of great stories: Twilight (eps 1-2), A Better World (eps 11-12), Hereafter (eps 19-20), and Starcrossed (eps 24-26). Justice League Unlimited dropped the two-three episode mini-arcs for more individual stories. "For the Man Who Has Everything" brings me to tears every time I watch it/ "The Greatest Story Never Told", "The Return", and "Clash" are great standalone episodes. The best stretch is the four episode arc from "Question Authority" to "Divided We Fall". For these, you should also watch "Ultimatum", "Dark Heart", and "The Doomsday Sanction". Unlimited's last season gets pretty serialized but two standouts are "Flash and Substance" and "The Great Brain Robbery". But really, watch it all if you enjoy the above recommendations. It's all great (and drops tons of nods for hardcore comic nerds). Edit: When you get to Epilogue at the end of Unlimited season 2, save it for after season 3. It was made when they didn't think they were going to get another season and serves as an endcap to the entire DC animated universe. Thwomp fucked around with this message at 14:21 on Aug 4, 2017 |
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Maxwell Lord posted:NBC is apparently so pleased with the revived Will & Grace that they've made offers to the creators of the West Wing, The Office, ER, and 30 Rock to just bring those shows back. None of them have accepted. "Turns out we really regret killing all of our good shows and though you've all moved on to bigger and better, can you please come back to us?" I can't see Tina or Aaron coming back to broadcast ever now that they've experienced the freedom and budgets that HBO/Netflix offer. -Blackadder- posted:Can you guys recommend some of the good standout episodes? I'd like to check it out. Any of the Flash-focused episodes are fun, with "The Great Brain Robbery" being my personal favorite. asecondduck fucked around with this message at 14:34 on Aug 4, 2017 |
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"My fellow bad guys!"
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lelandjs posted:I can't see Tina or Aaron coming back to broadcast ever now that they've experienced the freedom and budgets that HBO/Netflix offer. Tina is already back on NBC with Great News. Last season as exec producer and the upcoming one both as EP and co-starring.
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Thanks for the Justice League episode info. Just got back into town and caught up on the thread, much thanks to whomever recommended Ozark, it's great so far. Jason Bateman really is a great lead. Also caught up on GoT, The Strain, and The Mist (ugh). Will catch up with Preacher as well soon. Also might take a look at Penny Dreadful, Riverdale, Wynonna Earp, and Snowfall based on the suggestions here.
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-Blackadder- posted:Thanks for the Justice League episode info. Penny Dreadful is so good. They let the actors go hogwild and it just works.
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precision posted:I decided to watch random Frasier and holy poo poo the episode where Diane shows her play to Frasier is so money Because you have made a pact ... with Beelzebub! And her name is MARY ANN!
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Youtube Red is making a Karate Kid sequel series with William Zabka and Ralph Macchio, so uh enjoy that I guess.
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X-O posted:Youtube Red is making a Karate Kid sequel series with William Zabka and Ralph Macchio, so uh enjoy that I guess. Was Peak TV always supposed to morph into something more like Peak Oil?
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Peak TV evolves into puke TV!
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