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Conduit for Sale! posted:You should check this out.
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# ? Jul 2, 2011 16:37 |
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I just now started going through The IT Crowd. I knew it was a Linehan show so I guess I sort of knew what to expect, but it was still a pleasant surprise. I'm midway through the second season and while I can't honestly say it's the best show I've ever seen or anything, it's pretty funny and keeps me coming back for more. Except for The Work Outing which may have been the funniest 24 minutes of TV I've seen in YEARS. I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard at something on screen.
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# ? Jul 2, 2011 18:21 |
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Martytoof posted:I just now started going through The IT Crowd. I knew it was a Linehan show so I guess I sort of knew what to expect, but it was still a pleasant surprise. I'm midway through the second season and while I can't honestly say it's the best show I've ever seen or anything, it's pretty funny and keeps me coming back for more. That show is so good. I think its coming back for one more season, but Im not sure when exactly.
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# ? Jul 2, 2011 18:57 |
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Hey everyone. I was in a fire about a year and a half ago. I can not go into the sun and the summer is hell considering I am not on a ton of like last year. Over the last many months I have watched basically every show because up until a few weeks ago I could hardly even type. I am to the point where I have seen all episodes of most of the big shows and also the ones that show up on most lists. I think I have seen most anything big recently (5 years?) and some old(er) stuff like The West Wing that I got off here. Are there anymore gems like the West Wing from the early 2000s or late 90s? I have found shows like John Doe to be really good. One thing I am trying to like but can not are the science fiction shows goons love so much. I did ten seasons of JAG in a couple weeks but I can not even do half a season of Buffy. This is also true with any anime. If there a way to ease myself into these shows? I know everyone can not like them so much if they are total poo poo. Has anyone else been able to change their taste so to say; or am I doomed to watching the all X-Files for the 3rd time?
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# ? Jul 2, 2011 19:26 |
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The Gloaming posted:One thing I am trying to like but can not are the science fiction shows goons love so much. I did ten seasons of JAG in a couple weeks but I can not even do half a season of Buffy. This is also true with any anime. If there a way to ease myself into these shows? I know everyone can not like them so much if they are total poo poo. Has anyone else been able to change their taste so to say; or am I doomed to watching the all X-Files for the 3rd time? The first season of Buffy can be a bit painful, but it does improve. If you're looking for sci-fi type shows to binge through in general, I'd recommend Battlestar Galactica which has an excellent first season and is very easy to get into. If you like the X-Files I'd also recommend Fringe which is very similar in tone, at least at first.
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# ? Jul 2, 2011 20:15 |
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Flatscan posted:The first season of Buffy can be a bit painful, but it does improve. If you're looking for sci-fi type shows to binge through in general, I'd recommend Battlestar Galactica which has an excellent first season and is very easy to get into. If you like the X-Files I'd also recommend Fringe which is very similar in tone, at least at first. Yeah oddly I blew through Caprica and love Adama (sp?) but BSG just hasn't caught. I will give it a season like you said; but I get bogged down in the repetitive nature of the show. It is like days of watching Das Boot. Yes I get it; living without a possible source of resupply would suck. As for Buffy; when I was on said I watched loving Charmed so I will give it a bit to see if I like the characters. I have done fringe; but as it has been out. I should watch the mytharc again. I honestly think I am just getting some sick "gota watch em all" syndrome from not having a drat life and just need to slow down on trying to keep up with EVERYTHING. But, the internet makes this so drat hard.
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# ? Jul 2, 2011 20:52 |
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Flatscan posted:The first season of Buffy can be a bit painful, but it does improve. I found the first season of Buffy to be a horrible chore to get through, but luckily, it's only a 12-episode season. The Season 1 finale starts to improve quite a bit, and I was fully hooked by Season 2, episode 3, which introduces two important characters and really sets the tone for the rest of Seasons 2 and 3 -- the best era of the show, if you ask me.
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# ? Jul 2, 2011 21:01 |
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Martytoof posted:Except for The Work Outing which may have been the funniest 24 minutes of TV I've seen in YEARS. I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard at something on screen. Whole-heartedly agree. Every single part of that episode was just laugh out loud funny. Now you're going to make me watch it again, and once I start I'll probably just keep watching. Moss is the greatest sitcom character ever created.
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# ? Jul 2, 2011 23:40 |
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I completely agree on The Work Outing, such an hilarious episode. The way everything ties together when Jen turns around and Moss is at the bar is fantastic. I wasn't as big a fan of season 3, though, and season 4 (aside from the fairly great opener) is just duff, and ruined Moss' character for me.
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# ? Jul 3, 2011 07:24 |
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The Gloaming posted:Hey everyone. I was in a fire about a year and a half ago. I can not go into the sun and the summer is hell considering I am not on a ton of like last year. Over the last many months I have watched basically every show because up until a few weeks ago I could hardly even type. I am to the point where I have seen all episodes of most of the big shows and also the ones that show up on most lists. I think I have seen most anything big recently (5 years?) and some old(er) stuff like The West Wing that I got off here. Are there anymore gems like the West Wing from the early 2000s or late 90s? I have found shows like John Doe to be really good. Have you watched the Twilight Zone yet?
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# ? Jul 3, 2011 09:03 |
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I don't tend to follow many shows week to week and just do massive binge sessions in roughly alphabetical order (yes I am a huge nerd). Currently going through Castle and Community. As I got through them I also read through the archived threads. I'm midway through season 2 of Castle and it's just a fun show. I agree with most of the Castle thread that it's nothing special story-wise, and most of the mysteries are nothing special but the character interactions are really fun and Nathan Fillion is perfect as the lead. Community I've been saving up for a while, a little wary of the gushing praise I've seen for it. Didn't need to worry, it absolutely lives up to its reputation around here and I'm so happy I have 1 and a bit seasons left to catch up on.
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# ? Jul 3, 2011 09:22 |
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Started watching Scrubs...it's pretty funny, but half of the plots are *Someone says something* J.D: Don't say/do this incredibly dickish thing and be a total dick J.D: "Hey, I'm a huge dick!" Someone: "Oh my God, how can you say that, you are a horrible dick!" J.D: "No! Why did I say that! I'm terrible!" *J.D. makes an totally inadequate apology but for some reason gets forgiven* *people continue to hang out with this dick for some bizarre reason* and rinse and repeat I actually like every other character a lot, but this is starting to get a bit old by Season 3. Does he get to be any less of an rear end in a top hat as the show goes on?
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# ? Jul 3, 2011 10:48 |
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DarkCrawler posted:Started watching Scrubs...it's pretty funny, but half of the plots are I'm not gonna lie, J.D.'s character only gets worse. If you're on season 3 now, you're seeing Scrubs at its best. It's not that he becomes more of a dick or anything, he simply becomes more outlandish and annoying.
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# ? Jul 3, 2011 11:23 |
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I can handle the head in the clouds thing, it's the fact that he seems to be a horrible person otherwise that kind of grates on me. Not too big on rear end in a top hat protagonist shows.
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# ? Jul 3, 2011 11:27 |
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Carnivale Recently started up again in the UK, after hearing all of the hype I figured I'd give the first episode a shot... I wasn't too impressed, it was really slow and I felt zero connection to the characters, I know its the first episode but surely that's whats supposed to make me want to watch more? What I'm asking I suppose is whether its worth committing to, does it get better, and whether it continues with the whole religious iconography thing, because that's what kept me watching that first episode.
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# ? Jul 3, 2011 11:30 |
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Season 1 is incredibly slow but it's really worth sticking it out. The religious stuff will expand. I think it's unique in that it's just absolutely terrifying at times. I'm still haunted by some of the imagery. At the very least you can marvel at the incredible production values. Huge thread here http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3330036&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 Mu Zeta fucked around with this message at 11:38 on Jul 3, 2011 |
# ? Jul 3, 2011 11:33 |
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Pushing through Buffy season one now. What season should I start at in Twilight Zone? I always figured that I was too young and hip for it but it has a really high rating and Twin Peaks was awesome...
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# ? Jul 3, 2011 15:29 |
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DarkCrawler posted:I can handle the head in the clouds thing, it's the fact that he seems to be a horrible person otherwise that kind of grates on me. Not too big on rear end in a top hat protagonist shows. Later on characters start calling him out for CONSTANTLY daydreaming, which is nice. Unfortunately the wacky poo poo that usually happens in his head starts happening in real life for some reason.
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# ? Jul 3, 2011 16:01 |
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This morning, I was looking around on Netflix and saw that the first three seasons of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is now on Netflix Streaming. For some odd reason the seven year old inside of me is very excited for this and I don't know why, but I am going to spend the next couple of days watching the first three seasons.
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# ? Jul 3, 2011 16:53 |
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The Gloaming posted:Pushing through Buffy season one now. What season should I start at in Twilight Zone? I always figured that I was too young and hip for it but it has a really high rating and Twin Peaks was awesome... Every episode is a self-contained story with new characters, so you can jump in at any time. I'm talking about the old black and white series from the 50s and 60s.
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# ? Jul 3, 2011 17:01 |
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Yep. I am "buying" them all right now. From what I have seen there are a lot of filler monster of the week type episodes but some insanely amazing ones are mixed in. I can not wait to see all the inspiration for the Simpsons Tree House of Horrors I grew up watching. @Power Rangers - Let us know if you still get a broner for the green then white range please. I wanted that dagger toy to call the green zord and then the white zord toy so loving bad. I have tried the whole nostalgia binge with transformers and batman beyond but they just aren't the same. One show I have found is called the Real Hustle and is basically a hidden camera show about a con team. If you like P&T Bullshit and Leverage you might like this one too. Keep the recommendations coming people; I can not leave this drat house!
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# ? Jul 3, 2011 17:55 |
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Started watching Sherlock last night. It's more a series of more or less self contained 90 minute movies than a classic tv series, but so far (half way into "episode" 2, I really like it. The story transitions nicely to the 21st century. God, Sherlock's such a dick. But Watson/Freeman (he looks so old...) is very likeable, so it evens out.
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# ? Jul 3, 2011 18:00 |
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mcbexx posted:Started watching Sherlock last night. It's more a series of more or less self contained 90 minute movies than a classic tv series, but so far (half way into "episode" 2, I really like it. The story transitions nicely to the 21st century. Sherlocks always a dick. Also they are self contained but there is a puppet master at play.
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# ? Jul 3, 2011 18:08 |
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bobkatt013 posted:Sherlocks always a dick. Also they are self contained but there is a puppet master at play. I thought episode 2 of Sherlock was weak. 1 and 3 were amazing, though.
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# ? Jul 3, 2011 23:12 |
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Superrodan posted:I thought episode 2 of Sherlock was weak. 1 and 3 were amazing, though. Just went through them this weekend and had the same reaction. The villains in "The Blind Banker" weren't intriguing at all, and the Asian characters all felt really dated -- and I get that they're trying to preserve elements from the originals but that episode felt like it was written by somebody's grandfather who still calls Asian people "Orientals" (at best). Still some fun interactions between Sherlock and Watson but a pretty lame plot that would've benefited from some more modernization. Plus the fact that it revolves around a book cipher kills any sense that you're playing along at home -- not that I was able to crack the mysteries in the other episodes but I at least felt like I wasn't completely out of the loop. (I think the only thing in the series I was able to figure out before Sherlock was that the killer in "A Study in Pink" would be a cab driver. As soon as Sherlock says "Who do you trust even though you don't know them?" while wandering the streets of London that's the obvious answer. Seemed like a glaring lapse that he has that thought, makes the cab casing the location, chases it down and checks out the passenger but completely ignores the driver.)
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# ? Jul 3, 2011 23:37 |
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Well the solution is the same in the book. Also its a good thing they took out the anti-morman parts of the book.
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# ? Jul 4, 2011 00:03 |
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If you guys like shows like The IT Crowd then check out Coupling, the original British one not the remake (don't go there). It's one of the best comedy series the UK has produced, exploring the awkwardness/intrigue of relationships, friendships, people and so on. For the first three series it gets progressively better and better and then the fourth is substantially less good for various reasons. It was compared to Friends because it has the same kind of premise and locations, but it's far more focused on witty, wordy comedy (Steven Moffat, at his prime, now working on Who and Sherlock of course) and flight of fantasy direction. Only six episodes per series as is standard over here, so you'll fly through them in no time.Kid Moe posted:Carnivale Religion is one of the biggest themes as it goes on. It's pretty much the epitome of arc based television, but it's slow paced even by HBO standards. Expect to get practically nowhere even by the end of the first season. It's not something that is neatly encapsulated. And then it has an aborted end. But each episode is kind of a mini masterpiece of storytelling, and the acting is always incredible. Shame it didn't get a proper run out but quite honestly it could have been a good few seasons before it was clear where it was heading (I seem to remember it was planned for three). Harmonica fucked around with this message at 00:52 on Jul 4, 2011 |
# ? Jul 4, 2011 00:42 |
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edit: gently caress, double.
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# ? Jul 4, 2011 00:48 |
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Harmonica posted:edit: gently caress, double. sort of three books of 2 seasons each. So we got the first book that is why it basically had everything tied up.
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Bown posted:I completely agree on The Work Outing, such an hilarious episode. The way everything ties together when Jen turns around and Moss is at the bar is fantastic. I wasn't as big a fan of season 3, though, and season 4 (aside from the fairly great opener) is just duff, and ruined Moss' character for me. Myrddin Emrys posted:Whole-heartedly agree. Every single part of that episode was just laugh out loud funny. Now you're going to make me watch it again, and once I start I'll probably just keep watching. Yeah, I caught up with what Netflix has to offer here Canada (through the end of Season 3) and I think it may be losing a LITTLE steam but still some great episodes. The granny calendar and nerd shoot had me laughing about as hard as anything in the entire run so I'm optimistic! Can't wait to watch four but I'm a little worried about what you're saying about Moss
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 17:06 |
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Finished binging through Fringe. The show really hits its stride about mid-season 2; not coincidently, there are fewer pure standalone eps after that point too. I really like that the Red Universe gets its own storylines, and isn't a Star Trek-style Mirror Universe that's just like ours with evil goatees and zeppelins..A Violence Gang posted:(I think the only thing in the series I was able to figure out before Sherlock was that the killer in "A Study in Pink" would be a cab driver. As soon as Sherlock says "Who do you trust even though you don't know them?" while wandering the streets of London that's the obvious answer. Seemed like a glaring lapse that he has that thought, makes the cab casing the location, chases it down and checks out the passenger but completely ignores the driver.) (c/p from something I posted in another thread) It's (the) one thing I think the original 60-minute pilot did better. Sherlock meets the cabbie at the cafe, and is taken back to Baker Street where the pill-game is played. There's no chase sequence, and no drugs bust. I think it works better, because the cafe is where the audience is likely to work it out (at least, it's where I did). In the commentary they say they wanted to see more of London, and not confine themselves to Baker St. The other major difference is that Mycroft isn't in it. E: Coupling really reminds me more of How I Met Your Mother than Friends, partly because both play around with structure a lot more than the average sitcom.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 17:17 |
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Harmonica posted:(I seem to remember it was planned for three).
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 17:26 |
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Well, after reading some stuff on Carnivale and finding out it gets much more intriguing as the show goes on, I watched the second episode on anytime TV and can safely say that I'm invested. Can't wait to see what happens with the priest dude, i've got an inkling that He's some kind of evil, possibly immortal or goes from life to life? but I'm trying my best not to speculate, i tried that with Lost and other shows and i'm almost always wrong. All in all though i cant wait for next week to find out what the gently caress is going on, though i doubt thats going to happen.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 17:35 |
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Finished seasons 1-4 of the Wire and welp, i guess this ruined television for me. What an amazing show. Season 4 is just heartbreaking and after the final episode i sat with tears in my eyes because everything was so hosed up. I'm trying to get started with Fringe now, but ugh, this show is just not that good in its first few episodes. I understand it picks up later so i'm just going to have to push through the weak episodes, because i do like the premise of the show.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 18:40 |
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You got my back, Sgt. Carver? You gonna look out for me?
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 18:45 |
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Charlie Mopps posted:Finished seasons 1-4 of the Wire and welp, i guess this ruined television for me. What an amazing show. Season 4 is just heartbreaking and after the final episode i sat with tears in my eyes because everything was so hosed up. Why didn't you watch Season 5? Charlie Mopps posted:I'm trying to get started with Fringe now, but ugh, this show is just not that good in its first few episodes. I understand it picks up later so i'm just going to have to push through the weak episodes, because i do like the premise of the show. Keep at it. It'll start turning the knob to 8 or 9 by the end of season 1, and then in the first few episodes of season 2 go all the way to 11. EDIT: And honestly you could probably skip a bunch of early season 1, a lot of that stuff never comes back.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 19:11 |
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I'm making my way through Veronica Mars. It's moderately interesting, but is this a show aimed at children? I can't really tell, and the parts of it that seem to be aimed at children are turning me off. I guess going by the word of mouth here I was expecting it to be like The Wire or something.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 19:20 |
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Throatwarbler posted:I'm making my way through Veronica Mars. It's moderately interesting, but is this a show aimed at children? I can't really tell, and the parts of it that seem to be aimed at children are turning me off. It is one of the best shows of the last decade, and I have no idea what parts are "aimed at children". The show is more dense, complicated, and tightly scripted than just about any show to ever air.
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# ? Jul 5, 2011 19:53 |
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marnold posted:It is one of the best shows of the last decade, and I have no idea what parts are "aimed at children". Yes Veronica Mars is aimed at children, you know with all the rape.
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Throatwarbler posted:I'm making my way through Veronica Mars. It's moderately interesting, but is this a show aimed at children? I can't really tell, and the parts of it that seem to be aimed at children are turning me off. It's slightly overrated because Kristen Bell is incredibly attractive and her character is sassy and smart. The show was aimed at the highschool crowd I think, though it can also skew older with the pop culture references to Battlestar Galactica and such. I don't think a show involving rape, drugs, and murder in a very hosed up town is for children.
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