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Like, when the host explained the answer or even when the contestants managed to work it out, they were just like, "oh, ok, yeah that makes sense". It's the only time I've ever watched a game show where it felt like the contestants were playing along out of politeness.
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Really setting you up for Victoria's run on Taskmaster too
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Jan 3, 2024 05:46
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Gripweed posted:It's insanely boring! It's the most boring TV show I've ever seen, it's like a joke from The Simpsons.
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Jan 3, 2024 05:49
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mystes posted:Have you ever watched, I don't know, jeopardy? Nah Ken doesn't awkwardly riff for two minutes after every question with the least charismatic people in the world. Five words max then on to the next one.
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Jan 3, 2024 05:55
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mystes posted:Have you ever watched, I don't know, jeopardy? Jeopardy is so much faster. Jeopardy is Crank 2 compared to Only Connect. Only Connect spends like two minutes just to get to, "That's right, they are all authors who have written books with the name of a season in the title!" *extremely polite applause*
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Well I think only connect is fine if not super fast paced and exciting
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I looked up an episode on youtube. This definitely feels like it was supposed to be an extended bit in Tina Fey style show and then they forgot it was a bit and then made 19 seasons of it. The theme music is straight out of one of those history videos you'd have to watch in high school when the teacher doesn't feel like teaching. The contestants are introduced with facts about them that seem like they were supposed to be funny, and they pick categories by choosing a Egyptian hieroglyph for some reason. I could definitely see there being an episode of 30 Rock where Jenna says "There was that time when I was accidentally on a British game show" and then it cuts to her on this show doing a bad British accent.
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Jan 3, 2024 06:10
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This whole conversation reminds me of that Eddie Izzard "British vs American movies" bit in dressed to kill
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We watched UK Jeopardy tonight and it made the episode of Only Connect we had watched previously feel like a lightning quiz in comparison. I don’t watch OC a ton because it makes us feel incredibly stupid, but I will forever feel accomplished for 1. Having a legit answer for a round 2 problem with ‘BUKKAKE’ and 2. Getting it faster than the team got their inferior answer. Watching it does make NYT Connections mostly feel as easy as piss too, and I’ve only gotten a handful of them wrong since it started.
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Jan 3, 2024 07:00
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I already have a hard enough time answering Only Connect at its normal speed so I do not wish for it to go any faster
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Jan 3, 2024 08:42
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Best news of the year. Apparently Oldman is down to do 8 seasons (there are 8 books, if I understand correctly) which is just fantastic.
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Gripweed posted:I watch that British show Taskmaster on Youtube, so sometimes the algorithm recommends me other British game shows, like 8 out of 10 Cats Countdown or Would I Lie To You, and those are decent enough background sounds. But earlier today I watched an episode of this show called Only Connect. Shut the gently caress up friendo, Only Connect is incredible. Once you click with it, you become one with the cosmos and begin ascension to godhood.
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I just blazed through all three seasons of Slow Horses last week, and it's extremely my thing. I think Lamb's character is a bit overdone at times, but the rest works extremely well. Especially the pop culture references because I won't believe for a second that people in UK intelligence aren't constantly making Le Carre references. I also think Lowden would make a great James Bond, but then there would be a technical challenge: making him appear tall. He looks short in Slow Horses and I also didn't get the impression from The Gold (also a decent watch!) that Lowden was very tall. And of course in Dunkirk you mostly only saw him in a cockpit
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Only Connect is great. I watch it every time I go home to visit my mum so I’m always behind but then we binge a ton. Victoria is an amazing host and it’s fun when you actually get one right. Plus I’m really good at the missing vowels round at the end.
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Escobarbarian posted:Only Connect is great. I watch it every time I go home to visit my mum so I’m always behind but then we binge a ton. Victoria is an amazing host and it’s fun when you actually get one right. Plus I’m really good at the missing vowels round at the end. I love Victoria on other shows, but I have never understood what is going on with that show. They'll list out, "The burning of the Library of Alexandria" and "A bushel of apples", and someone will say, "A cloudy day in April" or something, and everyone will go, "Yup, makes sense." And I'll just be sitting there all, 'What the gently caress just happened?!" But I get that's a me problem, and I'm just not on the wavelength of the contestants, and certainly not as smart as Victoria. She's great on her appearances on QI and Would I Lie to You, though.
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thrawn527 posted:I love Victoria on other shows, but I have never understood what is going on with that show. They'll list out, "The burning of the Library of Alexandria" and "A bushel of apples", and someone will say, "A cloudy day in April" or something, and everyone will go, "Yup, makes sense." And I'll just be sitting there all, 'What the gently caress just happened?!" But I get that's a me problem, and I'm just not on the wavelength of the contestants, and certainly not as smart as Victoria. She's great on her appearances on QI and Would I Lie to You, though.
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Anyone who says modern Simpsons is only good with gimmick episodes obviously didn’t see the episode Homer’s Crossing. The episode is about Homer becoming a crossing guard, and also the militarization of police forces.
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Lol, sounds interesting, I'll check it out
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Khanstant posted:Reacher lost me with the second season don't even care to finish and already forgot what it was even supposed to be about. he was fun on his own but in a group of Superfriends it just becomes a boring earnest military superhero show. I still love Reacher and I'm enjoying the season but I do like the atmosphere and supporting cast of Season 1 better. Finley and Rosco are great and while I like Robert Patrick, Bruce McGill with his sick cane clears him
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Yeah while the special investigators aren't exactly the same as Reacher there's not a lot of contrast between him and them when it comes to methods.
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Do they get results?
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zoux posted:Do they get results? In the gym yes. Just look at him.
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NYPD guy tries to bring some of that energy that you had in season 1 between reacher and his allies but he's not there nearly enough
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https://twitter.com/BenjaminCrew1/status/1742412141846557112 Nowadays you wouldn't even see Mr Ed on a surf board before the season finale
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Lol I thought he was a bad boy smoking horse in the thumbnail but he is a sad punished guy instead
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Horses were allowed to smoke in school in the 1950s
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Edward Mass posted:Anyone who says modern Simpsons is only good with gimmick episodes obviously didn’t see the episode Homer’s Crossing. The episode is about Homer becoming a crossing guard, and also the militarization of police forces. When that episode aired, I posted around here because I was perplexed how good that was. In turn someone linked me to this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eazXm7WEz50 I've since seen most of that guys channel, so thanks random goon who did that.
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mystes posted:That's why they're asked to explain the answer though. The explanation is usually pretty clear even if it's later in the season and the actual question is insane and there's no way a normal person or someone who's not British could have gotten it Literally one time an answer amounted to 'loot quality signifier in MMOs' and I stopped to think about all the baffled regular folks out there who would have had no conceivable clue what the hell they were talking about. (yes, I got it in one, sue me)
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Is there a MAFS (married at first sight) thread?
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cant cook creole bream posted:When that episode aired, I posted around here because I was perplexed how good that was. Thanks for the vid. Super Eyepatch Wolf had a hilarious cameo in this guy (FD Signifier) I watch regularly a couple of weeks ago that had me rolling. I’m actually going to give this season a go now.
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fyallm posted:Is there a MAFS (married at first sight) thread? Naur
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fyallm posted:Is there a MAFS (married at first sight) thread? I hate that I can’t stop watching that show. UK and AU, anyway.
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Streaming is dying! But so is cable! I have no idea what the TV landscape is gonna look like in 20 years.
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It's wild how quickly they forgot that not being expensive, annoying to use, and crammed with ads and upcharges like cable was what let Netflix take off back when it was good.
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zoux posted:Streaming is dying! But so is cable!  I know "number goes down", but...what? edit: I THINK it says it started dying in 2018? But why? And is this streaming exclusive? (What defines "Pay TV"?) thrawn527 fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Jan 4, 2024 |
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That's the main reason they are all pushing for ad supported tiers and FAST. The real collapse is going to be in the advertising industry and it's going to yank the legs out from under everything else. Right now, companies are still overpaying for ad placement within shows (even if that price has been dropping) so the media companies are trying to cash in on that while they can. We are very quickly approaching a point though where traditional advertising becomes nearly worthless. Why spend the money with an ad agency producing a commercial and then pay a media conglomerate for a commercial slot when they can toss a comparatively tiny amount of money at some youtuber or the latest flavor on tiktok to drink a Coke in their videos? The drying up of ad revenue is going to expose the next dirty secret that everyone already knows. They are overproducing content. Take even just movies. In 2000, there were 371 movies released. In 2018, there were 873 movies released. That did crash because of COVID, but we're seeing a rebound with 449 movies released in 2022. TV has seen similar explosion. In 2009, there were 210 original TV series. In 2022 that number was 599. These series and movies also keep getting more and more expensive. It's unsustainable.
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thrawn527 posted:edit: I THINK it says it started dying in 2018? But why? And is this streaming exclusive? (What defines "Pay TV"?) This is cable TV. VMVPD refers to Virtual Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (YoutubeTV, Hulu with LiveTV, Fubo, Sling...). This is YOY growth. Prior to 2018, it was near flat as people were transitioning from Cable to VMVPD (just moving one bucket to another bucket), but now even the VMVPDs are losing subscribers as people reject linear TV altogether.
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Bring back radio storytelling broadcasts. Rerun George Burns and Gracie Allen radio show, one last ride before the public domain window creeps up.
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Khanstant posted:Bring back radio storytelling broadcasts. Rerun George Burns and Gracie Allen radio show, one last ride before the public domain window creeps up. You are going to lose your poo poo when you find out about Podcasts.
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As to what happened in 2018, my guess is FAST. Turns out a chunk of people don't actually care all that much what they watch, they just want to have the burden of choice removed for background noise. Why pay $80 /month to watch Star Trek:TNG reruns on BBCA while you are doom scrolling when you can just turn on PlutoTV for free?
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