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GreenNight posted:No, not slow, anything but slow. How dare they. Well it picked up actually but I don't think I'm a horrible monster for not being particularly fond of slow burns. But you go back to watching Mad Men at 1/5th speed or whatever if that offends you so.
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MentholsNBeer posted:Was House of Lies season 3 any good? No better than the first two. It did have a dream sequence where Rosco was pop and lockin' in a post apocalyptic LA and a car got dropped on him looney tunes style though.
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That sounds awesome. Yea I liked the first 2 mainly because of Don Cheadle.
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Jul 5, 2014 04:17
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Man Nathan for You is super weird.
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Jul 5, 2014 05:01
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Fooz posted:Man Nathan for You is super weird. The best episodes are when the person he's trying to "help" are so much weirder than he is that he's visibly baffled by them. The best example of this is the end of the gas station rebate episode. http://www.cc.com/episodes/z5sar1/nathan-for-you-gas-station-caricature-artist-season-1-ep-103
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MentholsNBeer posted:Was House of Lies season 3 any good? If you liked the first two (I did) then absolutely it is.
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Jul 5, 2014 06:28
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Fooz posted:Man Nathan for You is super weird. Not really weird- it's an "anti" reality/business improvement show. I don't think I've seen a single show play down every aspect of it- and include so many awkward and dead air exchanges. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvqcoR2AGMw&t=61s It's the earnestness (or at least his facade) of Nathan which sells this show.
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Jul 5, 2014 07:51
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The AV Club had a real good point in their recent review that what makes that show so bizarrely fun is how Nathan deliberately creates a conflict of tone. People expect the business support person to come in, be a brash, abrasive guy, and just declare that they know what's gonna happen, and so on. Instead, he comes in as the most sincere, awkward dork that this person has ever seen, and they're not sure whether to play to the camera or to be nice to the harmless person in front of them. It's absolutely awkward cringe humor, but Nathan Fielder has mastered how to extract it from random people. It's fantastic. It doesn't hurt that at least once a season he manages to create a buzz with an idea before the show even airs. I can't wait for the Dumb Starbucks episode. Celery Jello fucked around with this message at 17:23 on Jul 5, 2014 |
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CaptainHollywood posted:Not really weird- it's an "anti" reality/business improvement show. I don't think I've seen a single show play down every aspect of it- and include so many awkward and dead air exchanges. "Scissors?"
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Jul 5, 2014 19:29
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I thought everyone were actors? I mean the people that ask for his help.
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Jul 5, 2014 19:30
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Mu Zeta posted:I thought everyone were actors? I mean the people that ask for his help. The show is mostly genuine from what I've seen and read through his interviews. Even the deli shop owner's daughter and the caricature artist have posted comments on his youtube channel saying what happened was real. It has the most "unmanufactured" drama I've ever seen in a reality show.
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raditts posted:The best episodes are when the person he's trying to "help" are so much weirder than he is that he's visibly baffled by them. The best example of this is the end of the gas station rebate episode. Well this show seems pretty ok. I had assumed all CC was doing these days was hot garbage like Workaholics.
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IRQ posted:Well this show seems pretty ok. I had assumed all CC was doing these days was hot garbage like Workaholics. Amy Schumer, Nathan For You, Key and Peele, Jeselnik Offensive, Broad City... it's practically a renaissance for the network. e: Drunk History, Review...
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I can vouch for Review and Nathan for You at least. Get on it. The second to last episode of Nathan for You might be one of the most audacious things I've seen on TV.
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Jul 6, 2014 04:46
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Even Workaholics has its moments. Like the Juggalo episode.
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IRQ posted:Well this show seems pretty ok. I had assumed all CC was doing these days was hot garbage like Workaholics. You're hot garbage.
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Jul 6, 2014 05:43
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IRQ posted:Well this show seems pretty ok. I had assumed all CC was doing these days was hot garbage like Workaholics. People have been talking about how awesome Comedy Central is these days for what, a year? More?
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Jul 6, 2014 05:58
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IRQ posted:I had assumed all CC was doing these days was hot garbage like Workaholics. Pretty much still the same, but there's a couple good bits in most of the new shows. They at least seem like they're trying, which hasn't been the case in ages. IFC's been picking up the slack lately in moderately funny shows.
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Jul 6, 2014 05:59
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What channel does Billy on the Street come on? That's a show that almost never fails to keep me laughing constantly but I can never remember when it comes on or what channel and my dvr seems to dislike recording it.
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Jul 6, 2014 06:08
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raditts posted:What channel does Billy on the Street come on? That's a show that almost never fails to keep me laughing constantly but I can never remember when it comes on or what channel and my dvr seems to dislike recording it. It's Fuse, I think.
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Jul 6, 2014 07:14
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Bown posted:People have been talking about how awesome Comedy Central is these days for what, a year? More? Maybe everybody is just super high all the time, I don't know.
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Jul 6, 2014 07:59
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....not all the time okay Nah, the amount of awesome new series' that have premiered on CC since the beginning of 2013 has been really impressive when you consider that before then it pretty much had became the Workaholics/roasts channel (that also had Key & Peele).
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Jul 6, 2014 11:02
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They had Review in the can for over a year. I can understand the frustration Daly and co. had with it being filmed and edited but not aired, but I think you can make a decent argument that had Review aired when it first could have (and not when also surrounded by other good shows that drew attention to the network in general) it would not have received the deserving praise and attention it got.
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Shageletic posted:I can vouch for Review and Nathan for You at least. Get on it. Yeah Review was ok, it's like a poor man's Porkin' Across the USA. Nathan for You really does seem to have something to it though. Surprisingly dry for CC fare, which seems lately to opt for: scary ghost dog posted:You're hot garbage. Oh, sorry, here let me tell you the funniest joke ever, Workaholics fan: LOL MARIJUANA!!!!!!!!!!! Hope that helps soothe your feelings. IRQ fucked around with this message at 14:24 on Jul 6, 2014 |
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Jul 6, 2014 14:21
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So yeah, a certain show ended for the season, so I've begun watching other well renowned series. I'm in the middle of season 2 of Dexter and I like it so far, but I've heard it takes a nosedive in the later parts. I'd rather remember the good stuff, is season 3 well off? 4?
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Jul 6, 2014 15:34
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If you really must watch it, stop after 4. Even better just stop now. Even better go back in time and don't start it in the first place.
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Jul 6, 2014 15:36
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The best time to stop watching a show is when you're no longer enjoying it.
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Regy Rusty posted:If you really must watch it, stop after 4. I'd stop after 5. It has it's downs but it's ending is really the best way to end the series
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Pillowpants posted:I'd stop after 5. It has it's downs but it's ending is really the best way to end the series Are sure you don't mean season 4? Because season 4 would have been one hell of an end to a show. I can barely even remember even the end of season 5.
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Pillowpants posted:I'd stop after 5. It has it's downs but it's ending is really the best way to end the series The end of season 5 is terrible and only looks better in comparison to the later seasons since they managed to be even worse. Just... just don't watch Dexter. It's real bad.
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Jul 6, 2014 16:17
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Book Barn/TVIV hybrid question: are there any good books about The X-Files out there? Not novelizations or whatever, but rather books about the show itself, the making of, how influential it was, maybe cool background info about the spoooooky stories?
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Jul 6, 2014 16:43
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IRQ posted:Yeah Review was ok, it's like a poor man's Porkin' Across the USA. Nathan for You really does seem to have something to it though. Surprisingly dry for CC fare, which seems lately to opt for: I bet you think drunk history sucks because drunk people aren't funny.
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scary ghost dog posted:I bet you think drunk history sucks because drunk people aren't funny. Drunk History isn't funny because its just boring people ad-libbing poo poo about history. It reminds me a lot of that cartoon from a year or so ago that was written by the lead animator's 8 year-old child. Its premise was that a child doesn't understand story structure and makes crazy logical leaps, but that's not actually a sustainable premise for a tv show. Its an idea, a one-note joke. After the first episode, the wackiness randomness of a child's imagination becomes incredibly tedious. Drunk History is no different. The joke is that the narrator is drunk and mistelling history, but once you've seen one episode, you've heard the punchline and the "joke" the series is based upon stops being funny. Irish Joe fucked around with this message at 17:08 on Jul 6, 2014 |
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Irish Joe posted:Drunk History isn't funny because its just boring people ad-libbing poo poo about history. It reminds me a lot of that cartoon from a year or so ago that was written by the lead animator's 8 year-old child. Its premise was that a child doesn't understand story structure and makes crazy logical leaps, but that's not actually a sustainable premise for a tv show. Its an idea, a one-note joke. After the first episode, the wackiness randomness of a child's imagination becomes incredibly tedious. Drunk History is no different. The joke is that the narrator is drunk and mistelling history, but once you've seen one episode, you've heard the punchline and the "joke" the series is based upon stops being funny. ...are you referencing Axe Cop??
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Jul 6, 2014 18:18
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Jul 6, 2014 18:27
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hollylolly posted:...are you referencing Axe Cop?? He's right about Axe Cop. The actual comic ran out of steam after a few issues, making a cartoon out of it and cramming it full of internet memes (Ron loving Swanson!) just made it even more tired.
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Jul 6, 2014 18:31
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Hey-o, 2014 TV IV Awards thread, finally.
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Irish Joe posted:The best time to stop watching a show is when you're no longer enjoying it. Irish Joe posted:Drunk History isn't funny because its just boring people ad-libbing poo poo about history. I'm agreeing with Irish Joe a lot these days.
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