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Aesop Poprock posted:pink clothes with ginger hair and pail skin looks dumb Adolescent me heavily disagreed re: Kirsten Dunst in Spider-Man. A few pages ago people talked about how bad the Simpsons 90s flashback episode was, but honestly one of the more baffling choices comes from the actual era: in the Lollapalooza episode, the festival features Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth and Cypress Hill, which is spot on. But the headliner is...Peter Frampton, one of the most uncool boomer rockers ever. (I am aware that Sonic Youth are technically baby boomers, but they're icons of Gen X music).
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Iron Crowned posted:The Simpsons had an absurdist aspect to it, and I'm pretty sure that was the joke I'm more inclined to believe he was just available and in or around L.A. at the time.
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Jan 11, 2018 17:17
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Rough Lobster posted:Kirsten Dunst is a flawless ethereal beauty and I remember being so incredibly confused during the Spider-man/Bring It On era when people were calling her ugly. She has a bit of an unconventional look about her a la Maggie Gyllenhaal so I get why some people wouldn't be into her, but calling almost any actress ugly is absurd. You pretty much need to be in like the 95th percentile of human attractiveness to get lead work. Reminds me of another fitting thing (maybe more for the IIMM thread): Mean Girls and Easy A, while both very funny, have to overcome the idea that Lindsay Lohan and Emma Stone wouldn't have boys falling all over themselves for them in high school. I think that they try to play up their personalities as part of it but that wouldn't really matter to 16-year-olds. I guess Lindsay Lohan being lovable and Rachel McAdams being a psycho aged poorly. Henchman of Santa has a new favorite as of 18:03 on Jan 11, 2018 |
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Jan 11, 2018 17:56
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Chrpno posted:I think they were wisely anticipating "Bluesfest" 2018 in Australia, a once hip blues & roots festival, where this year's headliner is noted lame has-been joke Lionel Ritchie. Lionel Ritchie started making country music recently which is...slightly closer to that than what he's famous for?
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Jan 12, 2018 06:34
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Gaunab posted:It annoys me when Easy A is compared to Mean Girls because Mean Girls is soooo much better. They’re both 10 times better than the average high school comedy. Also Mean Girls doesn’t have Stanley Tucci.
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Jan 12, 2018 15:16
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Freaks and Geeks handles it surprisingly well when Seth Rogen finds out his girlfriend was born intersex, freaks out and eventually gets over it. That was almost 20 years ago and set closer to 40 years ago.
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Jan 16, 2018 02:37
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Inescapable Duck posted:Tommy was a pretty boring kid. Even Chuckie had more moments. And that's not even getting into the comic strips, hoo boy. The age cutoff for speaking and understanding baby was never established and this will always bother me. I also disagree with the seeming thread consensus that it was a bad show. I always thought it was one of the more well done Nicktoons and my parents appreciated it too. I also learned more about Judaism from it than from my family.
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Jan 23, 2018 18:29
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A CRUNK BIRD posted:Counterpoint: take a minute to think about what it's like to work in a grinding environment pumping out wholesome cartoons for kids and what a relief it must have been to take those scenarios to a bleak dark place. Then when you're done eat my rear end Child porn hill is not a good hill to die on. Honestly it might be the worst one!
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Jan 24, 2018 05:12
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Kinda hosed up that they discriminate against giraffes and only let 'em see G rated movies Giraffes shouldn't be in theaters at all.
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Jan 27, 2018 18:33
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lemon-lyme disease posted:So you’re saying giraffes can come to the movies, but they have to sit in the back? Even then they might block the projector
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Jan 27, 2018 19:47
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I like how that was the era of porn where "storytelling" was supposed to be as important as sex but it's still a movie about a woman with a clit in her throat
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Jan 28, 2018 04:41
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Krispy Wafer posted:Not a lot of money, Coen Brothers films usually don’t make much. But considering it’s legacy I was surprised it made so little. Does Blood Simple even have that much of a legacy? I feel like nobody other than Coen nerds has ever watched it and I don’t think it’s particularly influential.
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Jan 29, 2018 15:23
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Wheat Loaf posted:It was their very first movie; I think it's overshadowed by Raising Arizona and Barton Fink (I don't know how well-known or remembered Miller's Crossing is). Miller's Crossing is beloved by film nerds but I think Raising Arizona is the only pre-Fargo movie of theirs that has much of a mainstream fanbase. I always forget about RA when thinking of them though.
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Jan 30, 2018 02:45
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Iron Crowned posted:That 70's show isn't great, but it has a weird special enduring quality to me for some reason. I have a lot of fond memories of being unemployed and watching it at 11pm. Do not ask me why I remember it fondly like that, I just do. Weirdly I didn't see more than 3 episodes during the initial run Same. It was on in syndication when I got home from school and I'm pretty sure I watched every single episode this way. It and Seinfeld are the only multicam/laughtrack shows I can enjoy.
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Jan 31, 2018 02:13
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Punkin Spunkin posted:I always thought stranger things came off as pretty fugazi but then I talk to people old enough to actually remember the 80s and they say it checks out pretty well No, Fugazi came around in '88
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Feb 1, 2018 17:16
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Mahoney is 15 years older than Grammer so it's not THAT big of a stretch. Carla Gugino played Malin Akerman's mom in Watchmen. Their age gap is 7 years.
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Feb 6, 2018 06:07
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oldpainless posted:BBT is like nickelback in that apparently no one likes it or watches it but it’s still super mega popular and profitable mysteriously somehow. This is every CBS show. Like NCIS is apparently the most popular show on television but I’ve never met a single person who watches it. I don’t know if every Nielsen home is populated by old people who fall asleep with the TV on of what.
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Feb 11, 2018 15:47
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Absurd Alhazred posted:NCIS has an "Israeli" character that sounds nothing like one, and I will never forgive them for it. OK but you guys have unlistenable accents so can you blame them? Yaron from Wet Hot American Summer is the best Israeli character on tv.
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Feb 13, 2018 15:23
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Wheat Loaf posted:Aren't they mostly just movie parodies nowadays? They always were for the most part
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Feb 16, 2018 15:43
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Wheat Loaf posted:When it's on, GoT is basically the only "water cooler" show that just about everyone discusses in my workplace. The only one that comes close is Derry Girls and I'm pretty sure that's just because it's a local show. It’s pretty much the only water cooler show in general in the age of steaming and too many options.
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Feb 17, 2018 15:51
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duck trucker posted:I don't get this complaint. Those movies were all a big part of pop culture (maybe paranormal activity less so) and Simpsons have always had references to current pop culture events. The complaint is that they’re behind the times (though there were still sequels being made to PA and the Hunger Games at those times)
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Feb 17, 2018 16:23
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bamhand posted:Not so much an aging thing as having a different audience thing. I'm pretty sure punching a suspect can gently caress things up in the US too, which is why the Wire has that great scene where they tear up a mouthy suspect's mugshot and then beat him up.
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Feb 21, 2018 02:07
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SpacePig posted:I think that's what makes shows like Seinfeld or Arrested Development work so well. The main characters are arguably supposed to be sympathetic, and they think they are, but we see that they're just as bad as everyone else and the humor comes from them not winning in the way they think they are. I felt stupid because I didn't realize how awful Michael was until I rewatched AD.
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Feb 27, 2018 02:32
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Rirse posted:He didn't seem to be too awful in the original episodes, but it very obvious in the Netflix episodes. If you watch the first three seasons after the Netflix season it all makes sense. George Michael punching him is really based on years of putting up with his poo poo, not just a season's worth of it. He's every bit as self centered as his siblings and parents, just with more of his wits about him.
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Feb 27, 2018 05:18
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Iron Crowned posted:They'll be relative until the last boomer dies. Young people do it too. https://theoutline.com/post/2178/the-infinite-awfulness-of-conservative-rap?zd=1&zi=6syfpuyn
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Mar 2, 2018 14:59
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The only good 2000s reality show was Tool Academy, which was one of the most obviously scripted and acted ever.
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Mar 3, 2018 18:10
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SEX BURRITO posted:That’s the one! I remember it being quite entertaining because it was so stupid. A lot of their ‘training’ was done by terrible Russian stereotypes, and they explained the lack of weightlessness by saying they were still close to earth. It was a really elaborate hoax. The best part was when someone got eliminated, the host would say “Sorry, Chad. You’re just a tool.” The second best was when the head of the charm school would “observe” their competitions and take notes but really they just digitally superimposed footage on her television.
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Mar 3, 2018 19:59
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I remember Cubix being on WB next to Yu-Gi-Oh and Ultimate Muscle and that show about luchadores
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Mar 6, 2018 03:48
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Also the worst CG show ever has to be Butt Ugly Martians.
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Mar 6, 2018 04:05
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King of Foolians posted:Creed also didn't get a happy ending but I'm amazed that literally everyone else got a super happy ending and it still didn't come off as too contrived. Curb Your Enthusiasm is my favorite comedy of all time and I find Scott's Tots too cringey to enjoy.
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Mar 8, 2018 01:24
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Tom getting thrown through a bookcase is one of the greatest pieces of physical comedy I’ve ever seen. Also Entertaiment 720 rules.
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Mar 9, 2018 17:07
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Gaunab posted:Longmire and Banshee have Native American representation. Kimmy Schmidt too if you don't mind one of the jokes. Kimmy Schmidt's representation is terrible and Tina Fey exacerbated by treating its critics as whiny kids who don't get it. Godless has the best Native representation in recent memory. Unfortunately the show is mediocre.
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Mar 26, 2018 17:35
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spog posted:Likewise. I'll give it a huge amount of slack as a) it's really funny and b) they are supposed to be terrible people. George Michael is college age in season 4 so I figured Egg was too
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Mar 28, 2018 16:04
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Iron Crowned posted:Who? Plain
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Mar 28, 2018 16:06
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I only learned a couple of years ago that Jackie Chan does not voice Jackie Chan in Jackie Chan adventures. Which I guess makes sense because you can tell by comparing the live action segments that the VA speaks much better English.
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Apr 8, 2018 15:10
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Samuringa posted:Kelso and Cox are definitely not meant to be admirable, or even likable. Todd is special. The Todd is the first pansexual character on network tv
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Apr 23, 2018 15:06
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Iron Crowned posted:On a side note, I did always find it odd that in all of his TV shows, they bared his name, but he never actually played someone named "Cosby" Same with Bob Newhart. I guess they just banked on their names as famous comics being more important.
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Apr 27, 2018 14:54
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EmmyOk posted:As much as I have enjoyed this genuinely interesting discussion about multiculturalism please keep in mind this thread is for TV Episodes that didn't age well so let's get things back on track. I made it through most of season 2 because I wanted to like it so bad but it’s actually the worst show I’ve ever seen. Kinda wish I had hatewatched season 3 because it has a ghost dad.
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May 2, 2018 14:24
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Greek apparently. That shot is pretty dark lighting for the show. catlord posted:He's based visually on Telly Savalas, who was Greek. What the gently caress
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Samuringa posted:There were several countdowns to young actress turning 18, Emma Watson, Chloe Moretz, Dakota Fanning, pretty much every single Disney Idol Lindsay Lohan got a Rolling Stone cover saying something like "guess who's legal?"
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