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exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

My So-Called Life was so freaking good.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:15

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Fumble: Sep 4, 2006

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Vegas.

Carniv�le.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:15

haljordan: Oct 22, 2004; the corpse of god is love.

Clone High

"Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa! OUR open mouth kissing booth? More like YOUR open mouth kissing booth!"

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:20

Ehud: Sep 19, 2003; football.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:20

Jastiger: Oct 11, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

FormaldehydeSon posted:

the worst part is every few years a ReBoot "reboot" comes along and I get all excited for a few days then I never hear about it again

Yeah I've seen Reboot teased like 4 times now. Its killing me every time.

Rocko's Modern Life.

Did anyone mention Firefly?

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:21

ArmedZombie: Jun 6, 2004

The Maxx

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:25

Monkey Fracas: Sep 11, 2010; ...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!; Grimey Drawer

Twin Peaks was too good for this world

well I guess it just got approved for like 12 episodes on AMC or something but you know what I mean

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:25

Hector Beerlioz: Jun 16, 2010; aw, hec

Monkey Fracas posted:

Twin Peaks was too good for this world

well I guess it just got approved for like 12 episodes on AMC or something but you know what I mean

I think I read Lynch walked away from the project.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:26

HATECUBE: Mar 2, 2007

top gear lol

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:28

Vitalis Jackson: May 14, 2009; Sun and water are healthy for you -- but not for your hair!; Fun Shoe

Millennium.

But I guess the millennium happened and ruined it all.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:28

Monkey Fracas: Sep 11, 2010; ...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!; Grimey Drawer

Hector Beerlioz posted:

I think I read Lynch walked away from the project.

Wouldn't surprise me but I thought it got cancelled due to severe ratings dropoff in the second season

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:28

midnightclimax: Dec 3, 2011; by XyloJW

Fat girls on drugs

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:30

FlimFlam Imam: Mar 1, 2007; Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams

Hector Beerlioz posted:

I think I read Lynch walked away from the project.

He's back on it last I heard.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:30

Hexel: Nov 18, 2011

Firefly

American Guns

Sons of Guns

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:31

Hector Beerlioz: Jun 16, 2010; aw, hec

Mad Monk posted:

He's back on it last I heard.

Cool, I watched a few episodes of the old series and liked what I saw, however I think Lynch might be too crazy these days to make something a majority of people would enjoy.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:31

Kuato: Feb 25, 2005; "I CAN'T BELIEVE I ATE THE WHOLE THING"; Buglord

X Files could've had a few more seasons if they stuck to monster of the week type stuff, with the mythology ones being kept to the barest minimum. Granted it was a shell of itself by the end.

I'd say Angel, but season 5 was virtually flawless, they went out in peak form.

Rome is the one I wish they had time to flesh out.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:33

TwoFire: Sep 11, 2001; by Ralp

Kuato posted:

X Files could've had a few more seasons if they stuck to monster of the week type stuff, with the mythology ones being kept to the barest minimum.

No need. Blacklist is turning into X-Files lite.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:33

midnightclimax: Dec 3, 2011; by XyloJW

Kuato posted:

X Files could've had a few more seasons if they stuck to monster of the week type stuff, with the mythology ones being kept to the barest minimum. Granted it was a shell of itself by the end.

I'd say Angel, but season 5 was virtually flawless, they went out in peak form.

Rome is the one I wish they had time to flesh out.

I never watched any of the Terminator-dude ones. I kinda tuned out after the violent episode with the hillbilly retards, didn't really get it.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:35

Rambling Robot: Sep 13, 2011; Duggar Fan Club Superstar #1 LOL

Let's Play: JUST SHMORK PLAYS.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:36

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

TwoFire posted:

No need. Blacklist is turning into X-Files lite.

did that show ever get good? i watched like the first 5 eps and then gave up when there was an ep with ~nuclear dirty bomb~ that they stop by driving it off the pier into water, followed by the really lovely wilson bioterrorist episode. both of these being standard awful cliche dreck usually reserved for when a show is in the deaththrows as part of some midseason cliffhanger 'drama' episode.

also the main chick is about as boring and wooden as a plank of wood. even though spader owns, he couldn't save that show

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:37

TwoFire: Sep 11, 2001; by Ralp

Xaris posted:

did that show ever get good? i watched like the first 5 eps and then gave up when there was an ep with ~nuclear dirty bomb~ that they stop by driving it off the pier into water, followed by the really lovely wilson bioterrorist episode. both of these being standard awful dreck usually reserved for when a show is in the deaththrows.

also the main chick is about as boring and wooden as a plank of wood. even though spader owns, he couldn't save that show

Season 1 was better than Season 2, believe it or not. I gave up about halfway through when 2 showed up on Netflix. There are some incredibly strange nonlinear things happening but they wrap up everything but the important poo poo in an hour, so you don't need to worry about it, including an episode about a magical plague from egypt or some poo poo and both the scarred chick and the mussad chick get it but hey its still taken care of in an hour and then just briefly mentioned later in passing. Oh, and russian spies and poo poo. They writers seem to have taken to throwing darts at lovely plotlines.

Seriously, its just as bad as later x-files.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:39

Hobohemian: Sep 30, 2005; by XyloJW

Hannibal.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:40

Happy Bear Suit: Jul 21, 2004

party down was legit the best sitcom i ever watched

rip

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:40

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

Aye Party Down was great.

TwoFire posted:

Season 1 was better than Season 2, believe it or not

lmao. glad i stopped after the first several eps (and i probably should have stopped after the second)

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:42

Pulvis Sumus: Jul 27, 2011

Happy Bear Suit posted:

party down was legit the best sitcom i ever watched

rip

yeah, this. that show was loving brilliant.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:43

proof of concept: Mar 6, 2005; by FactsAreUseless

Home Movies

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:47

xutech: Mar 4, 2011; EIIST

Rubicon. Hannibal. Firefly. Life. In the thick of it.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:47

TwoFire: Sep 11, 2001; by Ralp

Xaris posted:

lmao. glad i stopped after the first several eps (and i probably should have stopped after the second)

I still had hope for some form of recovery until we found out she kept her spyhubby locked in a sub at the wharf and ended up almost going down for killing a worker on the pier but WRAP IT UP IN AN HOUR SO... also her boss has brain cancer now. Seriously, its so bad its almost funny. Kind of like Six Feet Under after season 1. Just stupid instead of bad drama.

As an aside: NewsRadio should have ended at Season 4. 5 should never have happened after Phil died. It was so bad it basically killed the whole series.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:48

Nooner: Mar 26, 2011; AN A+ OPSTER (:

Do people really still like firefly that much? I remember liking it a lot when I was younger, but like i tried watching ti again recently and it was just so bad and corny

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:48

Nic Cage dick cage: Jun 23, 2009; Lipstick Apathy

Dream On. And also, Homicide: Life on the Street.

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# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:50

TwoFire: Sep 11, 2001; by Ralp

oncearoundaltair posted:

Dream On.

Hermans Head. :v:

Nooner posted:

Do people really still like firefly that much? I remember liking it a lot when I was younger, but like i tried watching ti again recently and it was just so bad and corny

Whedon is as Whedon does. These are the same people who think Lynch is deep instead of boring.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:51

vyst: Aug 25, 2009

Playmakers that show on ESPN

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:52

Hector Beerlioz: Jun 16, 2010; aw, hec

Counterpoint: Arrested Development should have been canceled after season 1. It would have been better to image what it could have beeen rather than see it for real.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:53

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

TwoFire posted:

but WRAP IT UP IN AN HOUR SO...

now that i think about it, that's a big problem it had. it felt like a really lovely boring cop-drama with 90s tv design that must be self-contained happy-ending 50 minute nuggets. like when the nuclear car bomb went off inside the houston harbor, it was all high-fives and happy-go-lucky yay we stopped the generic 'race the clock' #2198312 plot--nevermind that should still be rather dark and suck because they would still need to evacuate and largely would be uninhabitable still. not a single mention or acting like there was any care because it's been resolved! We wrapped it up in 50 minutes welp time to go home see you next week for #2198313 race-against-time plot.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:55

YeahTubaMike: Mar 24, 2005; *hic* Gotta finish thish . . .; Doctor Rope

allen gregory. it was just such a loving trainwreck i wanted it to last the whole season at least.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:57

TwoFire: Sep 11, 2001; by Ralp

Xaris posted:

now that i think about it, that's a big problem it had.

If you only watched the first part of season 1, you saw more cliffhangers than exist in season 2. I had more emotion involvement when Larry, Balki, and the girls got stuck in the basement with the flooding broken pipe than season 2 has for at least the first half. It had better direction, too.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 17:57