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Humbug Scoolbus posted:The reason you should watch Utopia I... don't think I want to watch any more of that.
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If that's immediately off-putting to you I'm not sure I recommend it, because there's a lot more of that... and worse.
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Jul 2, 2014 23:01
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it's not any worse than Game of Thrones. Here's a hint 
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Jul 2, 2014 23:22
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Is there any legal way even to watch Utopia in the US outside of buying the whole season on DVD from amazon?
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Jul 3, 2014 01:02
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I started watching Review based off a podcast recommendation and I'm quite enjoying it. Do comedy central have any other shows worth watching? Despite being unable to track down one episode and the end of season special  online I really enjoyed Friday Night Tykes for a look at the craziness that goes on in American Junior Sport. Is there any word of a second season?
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Jul 3, 2014 01:25
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I n regards to Utopia watching in the US, sadly I don't think so.
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Jul 3, 2014 01:26
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xcore posted:I started watching Review based off a podcast recommendation and I'm quite enjoying it. Do comedy central have any other shows worth watching? Really? Well I suggest starting with Nathan For You and Broad City. Workaholics, Inside Amy Schumer, Key and Peele, @midnight are all great too but definetly start with the first 2.
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The Nastier Nate posted:Really? Well I suggest starting with Nathan For You and Broad City. Workaholics, Inside Amy Schumer, Key and Peele, @midnight are all great too but definetly start with the first 2. Was your incredulation aimed at the fact I liked Review or that I didn't know that there was anything worth watching on Comedy Central? I'm an Aussie and don't get Comedy Central, the only things I've seen from them are The Daily Show/Colbert and South Park. I've heard good things about Workaholics, I'll check that out first. I keep hearing about the awesome guests that appear on @Midnight and feel like I'm missing out. I'd love to find somewhere here to legally watch that.
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Jul 3, 2014 01:50
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If you like Review then Nathan For You is very similar. I like both a lot.
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Jul 3, 2014 02:06
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Seconding Nathan For You and Broad City.
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Jul 3, 2014 02:26
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bull3964 posted:Is there any legal way even to watch Utopia in the US outside of buying the whole season on DVD from amazon? You can wait for the sure to be superior American remake.
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Jul 3, 2014 02:28
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Drunk History is another great CC show.
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Jul 3, 2014 02:35
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...of SCIENCE! posted:Reading Good Omens is funny because you can almost perfectly tell which characters are Gaiman's and which are Pratchett's because Pratchett's characters have a sense of humor and nuance to them while Gaiman's horsemen are all super cool and badass and evil and totally boring. I'd say Crowley and Anathema show evidence of being both at the same time. Those are the two whose storylines seem so obviously mixed between both writers more or less equally.
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Jul 3, 2014 04:01
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Yeah, what Aphrodite said. HBO has ordered a US version of Utopia to be executive produced and directed by David Fincher. Gonz fucked around with this message at 05:00 on Jul 3, 2014 |
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Jul 3, 2014 04:57
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Bown posted:Seconding Nathan For You and Broad City. Broad City is amazing. It's what Girls promised to be.
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Jul 3, 2014 06:15
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Who is ready for the last of The Killing? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU7clobUQmQ hope and vaseline posted:Zuh? Alias never had that short of a title opening. Sometimes it skipped the opening completely, or the cold open would last for 20 minutes and then they would cut to it... xcore posted:I was literally sitting at my desk at work today and thinking "I'm gonna ask TV couch chat what ever happened to American Gods tonight" and I come home to this news. zoux posted:Starz did Spartacus mate. Assepoester fucked around with this message at 08:07 on Jul 3, 2014 |
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Jul 3, 2014 07:46
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Starz is doing Outlander in August, I really can't wait.  That doesn't really have to do with anything, I just felt like sharing. I am hopeful that Starz learned something from the awfulness that was Camelot and will never do something that terribly again. Edit: I started watching Utopia and I got to the chili pepper etc in the eyes and turned it off and never went back. 
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hollylolly posted:Edit: I started watching Utopia and I got to the chili pepper etc in the eyes and turned it off and never went back. In terms of gore that's definitely the most hosed up thing the show does. Don't give up on it yet! 
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Jul 3, 2014 08:19
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Zaggitz posted:In terms of gore that's definitely the most hosed up thing the show does. Don't give up on it yet! Well, I mean, the most hosed up bit is like a minute after that, but yeah, that scene's the worst one in the show, violence-wise.
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Jul 3, 2014 08:36
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Are you guys forgetting they shot up a school?
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Jul 3, 2014 08:50
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Rarity posted:Are you guys forgetting they shot up a school? I said in terms of gore not in terms of hosed up soul crushing poo poo happening.
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Jul 3, 2014 09:02
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I've never heard of the show. What is it about, beside killing children?
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Jul 3, 2014 10:07
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Clamknuckle posted:I've never heard of the show. What is it about, beside killing children? Its about a group of people who are superfans of a short lived comic book series getting pulled into a conspiracy.
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Jul 3, 2014 10:14
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Ah ok that explains that clip a little.
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Jul 3, 2014 10:16
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xcore posted:I started watching Review based off a podcast recommendation and I'm quite enjoying it. Do comedy central have any other shows worth watching? I blasted through all of Broad City a couple weeks ago due to seeing it mentioned here a couple times and around the AV Club site. It's awesome and loving hilarious, couldn't recommend it more.
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xcore posted:Was your incredulation aimed at the fact I liked Review or that I didn't know that there was anything worth watching on Comedy Central? I'm an Aussie and don't get Comedy Central, the only things I've seen from them are The Daily Show/Colbert and South Park. I've heard good things about Workaholics, I'll check that out first. The latter. I'm a typical American and usually forget there are countries out there that aren't USA! USA! For non-American's, Comedy Central has been on fire lately and has greenlit (and renewed) a lot of good shows. Being a cable network they can really go for niche, unusual programming that broadcast networks wouldn't touch with a 10 ft poll. Funny enough, I don't know if your aware but Review is based on an Australian show of the same name, which I have not seen. To elaborate on some of my choices: Broad City and Inside Amy Schumer are great comedies with a clear female voice. The analogy I like to use is if Workaholics is Entourage, then Broad City is Sex and the City...except both are actually way better. Workaholics does have a few shaky bits in the latter seasons but I still recommend it all the way through. I'd call Broad City the next step in female buddy comedies as it features a very realistic relationship between the leads as they try to navigate the perils of life in New York City. I was a 2 Broke Girls apologist for years until Broad City came along, now I'll never go back...sorry Irish Joe. Nathan For You is unlike anything else on tv. It falls somewhere between prank show, sketch comedy and reality TV but that description doesn't do it justice. Nathan Fielder goes to various small business and offers them creative solutions to drum up business. Every episode is gold, but this is the sketch I would use to introduce someone to the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUY_i5Tco68 @midnight is a panel show that 'gets' the internet. Funny people say funny things about funny cat videos. Finally I'd also add Drunk History to that list. Drunk people retell historic events in American History and it's recreated by top quality actors. Started out as a web series and it's much better than my description can give it credit for.
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Drunk History is tremendous. My favorite one from the last season was Al Capone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzzYJ1aDjhM
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Gonz posted:Drunk History is tremendous. My favorite one from the last season was Al Capone. I basically just laugh through that entire segment every time I watch it. Will Sasso is perfect in that part, just laughing at all of Capone's poor decisions. Also, Capone: "I wanna be called Snorky!" Nurse: "We're gonna call you Scarface." Capone: "...I wanna be called Snorky."
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Jul 3, 2014 13:52
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Not enough elaboration on Inside Amy Schumer, which is one of the best sketch shows running today. I'm assuming this clip (which is mostly uncensored) isn't region-blocked, I apologize if it is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1JPWGRt6gI Look at that. Look it how it takes this dramatic situation, plays it mostly straight, but tilts it by five degrees to create an absurd situation. And then marvel at the way it sneaks through a comment on how women become complicit in their own subjugation. I should also share this even though I'm sure it's region-blocked, because this is a blistering "gently caress YOU" to certain current events.
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Jul 3, 2014 14:07
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Inside Amy Schumer isn't nearly as insufferable as that review makes it sound. Its an okay sketch show, but I'd still recommend Key and Peele over Amy Schumer because K&P are much funnier and have more variety in their sketches.
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The Nastier Nate posted:Nathan For You is unlike anything else on tv. It falls somewhere between prank show, sketch comedy and reality TV but that description doesn't do it justice. Nathan Fielder goes to various small business and offers them creative solutions to drum up business. Every episode is gold, but this is the sketch I would use to introduce someone to the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUY_i5Tco68 Everyone should watch this who hasn't seen the show before, not just xcore.
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Jul 3, 2014 15:09
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Zaggitz posted:I said in terms of gore not in terms of hosed up soul crushing poo poo happening. Now you guys are selling me on Utopia. You should have led with this stuff.
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Jul 3, 2014 15:38
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Utopia will crush any faith you have in your fellow human beings like a loving bug. Also Lee and Arby are the best.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Utopia will crush any faith you have in your fellow human beings like a loving bug. Also Lee and Arby are the best. It's not at all this bad. I'm on episode 5, it's certainly interesting and some characters are well-portrayed sociopaths, but if this crushes your faith in humanity, you must have barely had any faith to begin with. Also, it's barely gory. The torture scene is brutal but not to the point everyone describes. It's good, but y'all should stop exaggerating how far it goes. It's not at all disturbing.
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Jul 3, 2014 18:09
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The Nastier Nate posted:Nathan For You is unlike anything else on tv. It falls somewhere between prank show, sketch comedy and reality TV but that description doesn't do it justice. Nathan Fielder goes to various small business and offers them creative solutions to drum up business. Every episode is gold, but this is the sketch I would use to introduce someone to the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUY_i5Tco68 Wait, Comedy Central's roasts are popular?
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Jul 3, 2014 18:20
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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Franco one had 4.5 million viewers. Charlie Sheen had 6.4. Roseanne bombed though, 1.4 million.
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Jul 3, 2014 18:30
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Ravane posted:It's good, but y'all should stop exaggerating how far it goes. It's not at all disturbing. You might want to wait until you've watched it all. It ends in a properly British manner: Bad guys win. Main characters end up dead or truly hosed. Everything they did was completely futile.
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Jul 3, 2014 18:42
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Yeah like Game of Thrones or Breaking Bad or Sopranos or any other prestige show Americans have watched for years.
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Jul 3, 2014 18:50
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Game of Thrones isn't over and Walt dies in the end. Deadwood is probably the best American example of a bad guy winning because Hearst rolls over everyone, gets everything he wants and departs town with a smirk on his face.
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Irish Joe posted:Game of Thrones isn't over and Walt dies in the end. Deadwood is probably the best American example of a bad guy winning because Hearst rolls over everyone, gets everything he wants and departs town with a smirk on his face. Yeah but the true bad guy of Breaking Bad, Skyler, survives.
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