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I have a weird feeling that people's opinions of shows will dramatically differ depending on if they watched it as it aired or binged on it all at once. For example: I love LOST. However, I watched the whole thing in a month or so. I didn't live through endless debates about where it was going or trying to figure out what related to what when. I just enjoyed the ride and the characters (even if some if it, in retrospect, went no where). I have a feeling it'll be the same with lots of shows, especially The Walking Dead. I've even heard people mentioning in passing they liked "the Farm season" even though it's probably the low point of the series thus far. However, that may be more due to live viewers having to wait through boring drivel while this person got through most of it in a week. I know I'd be much less frustrated with this current season if I didn't have to wait through the last hiatus and this season for a mixed bag of a finale that should've occurred last year.
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Yeah this is why I usually try to wait till a season is over and watch it in one go these days, especially with the more serialised nature of the stories now being told. Re: Raising Hope Season 2... did they just have an episode where the protagonist went to confront his demons by teaming up with a friend to beat up a now-transgendered ex-school bully?  Is that what I just saw? Really?
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Dec 4, 2013 03:32
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So...Trip Tank...I'm not sure I get it. I get the feeling they are going for old MTV shows, which I never watched.
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Dec 4, 2013 04:36
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BigRed0427 posted:So...Trip Tank...I'm not sure I get it. I get the feeling they are going for old MTV shows, which I never watched. The animation is beyond bad on some of these; the sort of stuff you'd expect on youtube or newgrounds way back when, not on TV.
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Dec 4, 2013 04:56
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can't believe nobody started threads for Treme or Rick and Morty
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Dec 4, 2013 06:26
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Dead Snoopy posted:can't believe nobody started threads for Treme or Rick and Morty There may be a Rick and Morty thread on its way, so if anyone's planning one, hold off.
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Dec 4, 2013 06:49
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Mu Zeta posted:I think Rapey Joe was complaining about the Vic Fontaine (gently caress Vic Fontaine) episodes and I agree completely. If I see that lovely lounge in the cold open I just skip the episode. The Pah Wraigth story also had some problems. Gul Dukat started out an interesting, complicated and charming antagonist and then turned into some dude that just wanted to watch the universe burn. Yeah I was. He's a product of the hubris of writers who were clearly bored and probably should have moved on. And you're spot on about Dukat. He's a glorious bastard with actual depth to his character, right up until they, again through Hubris and a dearth of creativity, decide to make him start doing evil for the sake of evil because who cares about consistent writing when there's a nativity to put on. It's the result of people who clearly don't want to (and probably shouldn't) be writing for the universe of their programme any more. I'd be inclined to put the insufferable Odo/Kira thing in there as well, but I think "gently caress Fic Fontaine" covers it nicely. zoux posted:People bag on Irish Joe but your opinions are almost just as regularly awful. And probably not trolls.
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Dec 4, 2013 08:14
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muscles like this? posted:The final season of Burn Notice is kind of weird because they were obviously acting off the idea that it was the final season but the finale still kind of comes out of nowhere for the last two episodes. Also Michael makes what is pretty objectively the wrong choice at the very end. They almost go in a really interesting direction but chicken out at the last minute as in the second to the last episode Michael quits working with his crew and joins the bad guys because he feels like he could actually do more good there. But then, nah, he changes his mind and goes back to his friends.
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Dec 4, 2013 10:23
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zoux posted:People bag on Irish Joe but your opinions are almost just as regularly awful. And probably not trolls. Nope. Irish Joe has bad opinions because he's an idiot. Rapey Joe Stalin has really good opinions that make mewling middle of the roaders like you develop hives and wee yourself. Without RJS we'd still have 5 pages of people who think the boxing episode of BSG was good. That Seinfeld invented comedy and influenced comedies that predate it. That skipping episodes and whole seasons is an ok thing to do. And these fuckers would be unopposed. A situation not unlike Hitler getting away with everything.
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Dec 4, 2013 11:53
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Regarde Aduck posted:Nope. Irish Joe has bad opinions because he's an idiot. Rapey Joe Stalin has really good opinions that make mewling middle of the roaders like you develop hives and wee yourself. Without RJS we'd still have 5 pages of people who think the boxing episode of BSG was good. That Seinfeld invented comedy and influenced comedies that predate it. That skipping episodes and whole seasons is an ok thing to do. And these fuckers would be unopposed. A situation not unlike Hitler getting away with everything. This is such a weird post filled mainly with bullshit. Irish Joe is a good poster, so is Rapey and the majority of people support all the things you listed as being Rapey's opinions. Do you even read these forums?
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Regarde Aduck posted:Nope. Irish Joe has bad opinions because he's an idiot. Rapey Joe Stalin has really good opinions that make mewling middle of the roaders like you develop hives and wee yourself. Without RJS we'd still have 5 pages of people who think the boxing episode of BSG was good. That Seinfeld invented comedy and influenced comedies that predate it. That skipping episodes and whole seasons is an ok thing to do. And these fuckers would be unopposed. A situation not unlike Hitler getting away with everything. Haha, I legit love this post. I wish you would post more. Would make for some fascinating reading.
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Dec 4, 2013 13:19
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I'm a TV radical, thanks. Also that's gotta be an Azure Horizon rereg.
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Dec 4, 2013 14:36
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Regarde Aduck posted:Without RJS we'd still have 5 pages of people who think the boxing episode of BSG was good. Literally every episode and movie that came out of Battlestar Galactica was good. There were some that were less good, and some that were significantly less good, but I never walked away from anything BSG thinking "I wish I had not watched that." And certain parts of Galactica were positively sublime. zoux posted:Also that's gotta be an Azure Horizon rereg. 2012 regdate, so he's just an idiot.
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Dec 4, 2013 15:39
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I loved the boxing episode!
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Chamberk posted:I loved the boxing episode! Careful not to wee yourself weak man.
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Dec 4, 2013 16:31
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I initially read that as "boxing episode of B5."
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Dec 4, 2013 16:33
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s2 of House of Cards is out 2.14.14.
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Cactus posted:I think skipping a year was a very shrewd business move by Louie. Although he couched it in terms of "I'm exhausted I need a year off" - and that was undoubtedly true - I think the unspoken bit, at least publicly, was "hey FX, here's what your schedule for the year will look like without me, along with the ratings I bring in". On Valentine's Day, because it is such a romantic show. Or maybe it's intended as consolation for everybody who doesn't have a Valentine.
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Dec 4, 2013 18:05
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The best news.
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Dec 4, 2013 18:16
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Hey so I posted the second annual TVIVers' poll here it is
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PriorMarcus posted:This is such a weird post filled mainly with bullshit. If we had GBS rules in Couch Chat I would empty quote this.
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Dec 4, 2013 18:27
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There is too much TV to watch and I will never catch up. I've heard AHS: Coven is balling this year, is that true or not?
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Sophia posted:There is too much TV to watch and I will never catch up. I've heard AHS: Coven is balling this year, is that true or not? I like it enough to keep watching but I think most people who really liked Asylum don't seem to be enjoying Coven quite as much. Most of its appeal is awesome actresses chewing the poo poo out of the scenery.
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Dec 4, 2013 19:07
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I dunno any show about witches that goes out and stunt casts Stevie Nicks gets my seal of approval.
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Dec 4, 2013 19:18
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I thought Asylum was an absolute disaster after the first season. They threw too many things into the pot and fumbled the core of the story, season one was handled with much more finesse. If the third season is closer to the third then that's great.
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Dec 4, 2013 20:03
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One of the biggest problems Coven has, I think, is that characters' personalities change to suit any given scene/plot point. It's particularly egregious with Zoe and Queenie.
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Dec 4, 2013 20:26
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Coven has issues, but all is forgiven when I get scenes like the one with Angela Bassett at the end of the last episode.
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Dec 4, 2013 20:33
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I loved Murder House, then Asylum came along and I loved that one even more. So naturally I was excited for Coven to come out. Then it did and I was never really able to get all that interested in it. It's gotten better in the past episode or two, but I still don't think the show is nearly as good as Asylum was. This one has flashes of brilliance whereas Asylum was a whole entire season of nothing but brilliance.
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Dec 4, 2013 21:52
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Joramun posted:Louie is FX's lowest-rated show, so that last part is nonsense. Wasn't aware of that, should've used "critical acclaim".
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xeria posted:One of the biggest problems Coven has, I think, is that characters' personalities change to suit any given scene/plot point. You could have changed this to Glee and still been 100% accurate. Ryan Murphy shows 
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Slamhound posted:I initially read that as "boxing episode of B5." The boxing episode of B5 makes every other shows' boxing episode look amazing.
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Dec 4, 2013 23:43
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One might also refer to the BSG episode where D'Anna literally gets boxed as the boxing episode.
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Dec 4, 2013 23:48
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Cactus posted:Wasn't aware of that, should've used "critical acclaim". Isn't Louie incredibly cheap since Louie CK does just about every single production thing on the show himself?
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:I loved Murder House, then Asylum came along and I loved that one even more. So naturally I was excited for Coven to come out. Then it did and I was never really able to get all that interested in it. It's gotten better in the past episode or two, but I still don't think the show is nearly as good as Asylum was. This one has flashes of brilliance whereas Asylum was a whole entire season of nothing but brilliance. I watched the first episode of Coven and haven't felt compelled to continue yet. I do have less time to watch stuff since I can't watch at work anymore. First world problems. 
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precision posted:I watched the first episode of Coven and haven't felt compelled to continue yet. I do have less time to watch stuff since I can't watch at work anymore. First world problems.
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Wow. I'm actually enjoying Coven a lot more than Asylum. Flaws, sure, but I think I prefer the wide-open setting of New Orleans than the claustrophobic Briarcliffe.
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CobiWann posted:Wow. I'm actually enjoying Coven a lot more than Asylum. Flaws, sure, but I think I prefer the wide-open setting of New Orleans than the claustrophobic Briarcliffe.
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I like Coven just fine, and I think it's been getting better with each episode after a slow start, but at this point it remains my least favorite of the three seasons. That's still subject to change, however.
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If you're on the fence Lance Reddick is joining Coven as a voodoo demon.
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Papa Legba is the voice of God, not some pissant knock off Satan. 
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