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Josh Lyman posted:How is Dominion? It does the worst thing a show can do, it's just boring. The angel fights in the first episode or two were good and the setting has some interesting ideas, but the episodes they didn't have the budget to do crazy VFX in the writing is threadbare and the performances are really wooden and unengaging. There's nothing outright bad in it, but I just have no interest in watching any more of it with like 2 episodes sitting around waiting for me to get to them.
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:I'm hype now. Man, CW-quality actors and writers? SIGN ME UP!
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Irish Joe posted:Man, CW-quality actors and writers? SIGN ME UP! Um they are on Syfy now 
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So what's up with Nick yanking the last five eps of Korra? Gimme the scoop manchild goons! Also Netflix are currently filming eight shows 
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zoux posted:So what's up with Nick yanking the last five eps of Korra? Gimme the scoop manchild goons! They don't even have listed the shows that won the votes earlier.
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Jul 24, 2014 15:48
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That Pablo Escobar show better star Adrian Grenier or no dice.
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hcreight posted:That Pablo Escobar show better star Adrian Grenier or no dice. I know that Pedro Pascal is in it. Here's yer Pablo. GreenNight posted:They don't even have listed the shows that won the votes earlier. It's just stuff that's currently in production.
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zoux posted:So what's up with Nick yanking the last five eps of Korra? Gimme the scoop manchild goons! Is the caption "They're probably in Baltimore" for a picture of a DC metro station supposed to be a joke?
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zoux posted:So what's up with Nick yanking the last five eps of Korra? Gimme the scoop manchild goons! The show's getting terrible ratings (because they aired it a week after its premiere date was announced and have been burning it off two episodes at a time in a terrible timeslot with no fanfare and no way to watch online), what are you gonna do?
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MrAristocrates posted:The show's getting terrible ratings (because they aired it a week after its premiere date was announced and have been burning it off two episodes at a time in a terrible timeslot with no fanfare and no way to watch online), what are you gonna do? Shame because this season is kind of ok so far.
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Irish Joe posted:Or "audiences hate sci-fi" is wrong and people actually like fantastic elements in their movies/tv shows, which would explain the success of Avatar, Gravity, The Big Bang Theory, Superhero movies and Game of Thrones.
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Sober posted:I guess it's a problem for the nerd contingent then, because if you focus on too much on character in their space show (this I feel is almost universal for sci-fi but not fantasy) they will call it a "soap opera" which is laughably the dumbest thing I have heard from nerds in a long time. Nerds are literally the worst and think a good critique of a show is a point by point litany of every way a show/movie deviates from irl. I watched Sunshine last night and it was good but it was also filled with poo poo that couldn't happen but I liked it anyway because I was like "artistic license trumps fidelity to reality".
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Sober posted:I guess it's a problem for the nerd contingent then, because if you focus on too much on character in their space show (this I feel is almost universal for sci-fi but not fantasy) they will call it a "soap opera" which is laughably the dumbest thing I have heard from nerds in a long time. Or they'll roll their eyes and cite "family/relationship drama." And to be fair, when it's boring, it's boring, end of story. But I've seen people use it in an all-encompassing term to suggest that there should never be interpersonal drama in stories, which is insane. I sound like a blowhard here, but I worry that it contributes to a subtle regression of our ability to appreciate TV for what it is. I'm not even talking about just "GOONS  ," this is a nerd culture thing I've noticed in general, including GOONS . We want all our poo poo to be one thing. Plot plot plot, zombies/post-apoc/fantasy/grimdark, skip the bullshit romance stories and the other interpersonal stuff, I'm not interested in your loving kids, etcetera etcetera. When somebody dares to deviate, some of us get all pissy about it and dress it up in intelligent sounding words, not like those dumbass popular kids that excluded us, no, we're not the same at all.And AGAIN. I'm not saying that something like Dominion isn't bad. I haven't watched it. It could be every bit the boring tripe people say it is. But I find it interesting that there are some people (I promise, nobody in particular comes to mind) who would just dismiss it as "dumb family drama" out of hand, instead of just calling it boring.
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zoux posted:So I know everyone is all internetted up about the 12 Monkeys show because it's a remake of something that people like and therefore it must be awful but the cast actually looks really good: That actually does look pretty decent. Though as a guy who never watched Nikita, I wish that main guy was actually Robert Carlyle, rather than a guy who looks like American Robert Carlyle.
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So Conan made a cameo in the upcoming SyFy movie Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda, and aired his scene last night on his show. http://teamcoco.com/video/conan-sharktopus-vs-pteracuda-full
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bobkatt013 posted:But did they? I mean Bruce Willis was always sent back in time to die and make the phone call. I got that she also always went back, but the virus still occurred. The plan was never to prevent the virus, just to get a sample of the original strain so they could develop a cure back in the future.
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Flatscan posted:The plan was never to prevent the virus, just to get a sample of the original strain so they could develop a cure back in the future. Mu Zeta posted:The virus happens but I'm pretty sure the scientists finding out exactly when and how it happened in the first place is brand new. She can get a sample of it and go back to her own time. Yeah but that does not change what I am saying. Nothing changed. She always got the cure in the past since they sent Cole back. They did get the cure but that is the way it always happened. Gilliam is that bleak. Did you ever see Brazil?
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As a screenwriter, director, and multi billionaire astronaut media baron nobel laureate (just not quite yet), I find that NEERRDDSSSSS are incapable of understanding human interpersonal relationships and emotions, and therefore do not appreciate the true genius that is Dog With a Blog.
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hcreight posted:So Conan made a cameo in the upcoming SyFy movie Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda, and aired his scene last night on his show. I really like how he did the whole thing in his TV voice.
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PittTheElder posted:That actually does look pretty decent. Though as a guy who never watched Nikita, I wish that main guy was actually Robert Carlyle, rather than a guy who looks like American Robert Carlyle. Carlyle is too busy being great on a show that fundamentally does not deserve his greatness.  Once Upon a Time is why I never make TV watching decisions based on the hotness of the lead actress anymore.
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I haven't seen any of the new shows people are complaining about, but when I think of boring family drama I think 24. 24 is an action packed show with a lot of fights, explosions and interesting poo poo going down. At least once or twice a season, though, a character will inevitably get immersed in some ridiculous family drama. In the best of times, this drama will eventually tie back into the gun fights and explosions narrative, but if the only consequence of family drama is Agent X isn't where she needs to be when Bomb X is about to detonate, surely there's a more interesting way of doing that than spending five minutes an episode on whiny arguments between Agent X and their suicidal daughter/autistic babysitter/clingy boyfriend. Spatula City posted:Once Upon a Time is why I never make TV watching decisions based on the hotness of the lead actress anymore. Ginnifer Goodwin??? (if you say Jennifer Morrison I won't believe you)
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zoux posted:Jennifer Morrison looks like a old lady imo! Then you haven't seen enough old ladies.
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zoux posted:Without looking at wikipedia which G/Jennifer do you think is older, TVIV? And while you're there, attempt a ballpark estimate of Lana Parrilla's age.
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I'm at the age where I'm like "drat, s/he is getting old" and then realizing I'm like 2 years younger than them
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I had that sad realization last night when watching Gilmore Girls. When the show was first on I was Rory's age. Now I'm Lorelei's.
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Irish Joe posted:And while you're there, attempt a ballpark estimate of Lana Parrilla's age. She's the only reason why I watch the show.
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Augh I'm way older than Maverick. I'll be watching sports and see a dude and thing "drat, he's that old? He's about done" and then Oops! I'm older than him.
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DivisionPost posted:Then you haven't seen enough old ladies. ...I hope there isn't something you need to tell us, DivisionPost-kun. 
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Sober posted:I've seen you in the screenwriting thread DP, so actually I do agree with what you've said. A fair amount of that post was informed by this piece, which was brought to my attention over Twitter a couple of days ago. It's mainly about Punisher: War Zone (I follow Lexi Alexander and she personally thanked the author for making her day), but it touches on things I keep thinking about in ways that I'm not smart enough to phrase. Definitely give this a read. precision posted:...I hope there isn't something you need to tell us, DivisionPost-kun. Only that I'm not Japanese, precision. 
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At Comic Con the Under the Dome creator says he envisions the series to run 3-5 seasons. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/comic-con-under-dome-ramp-720957
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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The TV IV › Legend of Korra Book 3: Not even good enough for Nickelodeon
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Please don't troll the forum you moderate.
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zoux posted:Please don't troll the forum you moderate. Reported for backseat modding.
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