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What the hell does this forum have against The Good Wife >:|
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Sep 22, 2014 15:05
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Rabbit Hill posted:Is there an Outlander thread? Asking for a friend. Someone should make one. It's been a good show. People bring up the "mommy porn" thing to deride it's source material, but they're doing themselves a disfavor by treating it as such. It's not Game of Thrones and it's not Spartacus, and it's not trying to be either. What it is, is a nice semi-historical time travel tale, with some good acting, drama and humor. As for the sex, there's been eye candy for all types, so while it doesn't shy away from it, it's at least been fair to not make it heavily skewed towards a particular audience. The most recent episode being a good example of that.
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Sep 22, 2014 15:38
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Actually Season 4 of Angel and Season 7 of Buffy were in lockstep as one group fought Ultimate Good and other fought Ultimate Evil. Some really clever dialogue choices reinforced that. Ahem, actually  There was a direct crossover in Buffy's penultimate episode. Angel brought the necklace he received from Wolfram and Hart for reasons I don't remember to Buffy to help in her apocalypse. He is present and helpful before Buffy takes it and then gives him the half baked cookie dough speech. She gave it to Spike, who as a direct result is brought over to Angel the show.
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Sep 22, 2014 15:40
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cool kids inc. posted:Ahem, actually It was part of the deal for taking over Wolfram and Hart.
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Sep 22, 2014 15:44
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cool kids inc. posted:Ahem, actually There was another crossover earlier in the season, with Willow getting called to go to LA to help get Angelus his soul back,and she brings Faith back to Sunnydale after who stays on BTVS until the end of the season. (I've just finished re-watching Season 4 of Angel, it's still mostly great.)
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Sep 22, 2014 16:34
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zoux posted:What the hell does this forum have against The Good Wife >:| Only old people watch CBS.
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Sep 22, 2014 16:34
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Lawyer shows are worse than anything...even sitcoms.
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Sep 22, 2014 16:52
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Lawyer shows are worse than anything...even sitcoms. I agree with the exception of The Good Wife.
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Sep 22, 2014 16:54
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I do intend to check out The Good Wife but it not being on Netflix is a serious impediment for a show I'm merely curious about.
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Sep 22, 2014 17:12
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Regy Rusty posted:I do intend to check out The Good Wife but it not being on Netflix is a serious impediment for a show I'm merely curious about. It's on Amazon Prime, which you should have anyway if you shop from there often.
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Sep 22, 2014 17:34
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The Good Wife is a great show, and I don't read many comments to the opposite around here. Just because it has a smallish following doesn't mean goons hate it, at least.
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Sep 22, 2014 17:51
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DivisionPost posted:It's on Amazon Prime, which you should have anyway if you shop from there often. I dunno, in the past 2 years combined I still haven't spent as much on shipping as a single year of Prime costs.
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Sep 22, 2014 18:07
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Good Wife isn't on Netflix or UK's Amazon Prime streaming, otherwise I definitely would have started watching it already (and be continuing with my Amazon Prime subscription after the free trial). edit: oh, it's on UK Netflix! okay I'll get on it soon, jeez Escobarbarian fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Sep 22, 2014 |
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Sep 22, 2014 18:07
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The Good Wife is on my list of shows that I keep meaning to watch but always forget about, until someone mentions it and I immediately think "I should really watch that" before promptly forgetting about it for another month. I'll get around to it one of these days...
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Sep 22, 2014 18:07
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It's legit, unqualified good, and it probably has the best stable of recurring guest actors I've ever seen. That those actors almost universally come from HBO shows probably has something to do with it.
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Sep 22, 2014 18:14
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Well LOST turned 10 years old today, so prepare for people dredging up the past and telling people how much it wasted their time watching it and all that dumb bullshit. I mean, we got the lite version when Leftovers premiered.
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Sep 22, 2014 18:16
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Regy Rusty posted:I dunno, in the past 2 years combined I still haven't spent as much on shipping as a single year of Prime costs. You can split prime shipping with 5 people, you won't get streaming unless you're the primary account though. But it's easy to mooch the shipping.
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Sep 22, 2014 18:40
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IRQ posted:You can split prime shipping with 5 people, you won't get streaming unless you're the primary account though. But it's easy to mooch the shipping. I did not know this. Sounds like something to look into!
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Sep 22, 2014 18:50
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So I watched the 2nd Z Nation ep. Wait a sec, I thought the 1st ep it was 'fast aggressive zombies', suddenly its 'slow passive zombies'? I mean, they go up that metal staircase and just walk by a bunch, who don't see that interested. I could have sworn in the first episode they kept running at them like sprinters from everywhere.
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Sep 22, 2014 19:56
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PowerBuilder3 posted:So I watched the 2nd Z Nation ep. You didn't listen well enough. Brand new zombies are fast as poo poo. The older the zombies are, the slower they get.
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Sep 22, 2014 19:57
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STAC Goat posted:Anyone watching The Intruders on BBC America? I've got five episodes on my DVR and with the fall season starting as well as my month long annual unhealthy over consumption of horror films its time for me to decide whether I delete the show I've never really been that inspired to watch or give it a chance. I'm watching it, but fading. Its slow and confusing, and now the characters seem to be inconsistent. At first they just murdered anyone in their way, any any witnesses, and now - nope, those with plot armor are exempt for no good reason.
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Sep 22, 2014 20:03
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GreenNight posted:You didn't listen well enough. Brand new zombies are fast as poo poo. The older the zombies are, the slower they get. Ah, missed that, thanks. At least it was explained.
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Sep 22, 2014 20:04
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Lawyer shows are worse than anything...even sitcoms. I take it you're not looking forward to NBC's next smash hit, Bad Judge? The Court grants Plaintiff's motion to PAAAAARTY DOWN!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU0Ypufo6BM
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Sep 22, 2014 20:13
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Teek posted:Someone should make one. It's been a good show. People bring up the "mommy porn" thing to deride it's source material, but they're doing themselves a disfavor by treating it as such. Okay, so who's going to make a thread? I don't have time right now but if no one else does it or claims it by tonight I'll put one together. And anyone who wants to paint Outlander with the same "mommy porn" brush as, say, 50 Shades of Grey, is greatly misinformed and obviously isn't watching. I'm a mom
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Sep 22, 2014 20:17
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Lawyer shows are worse than anything...even sitcoms. Where does that put Night Court?
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Sep 22, 2014 21:10
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raditts posted:Where does that put Night Court? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k_jS1zVLWw
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Sep 22, 2014 21:33
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raditts posted:Where does that put Night Court? At the bottom of the pits of hell. Sirota's Court also qualifies for this area.
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Sep 22, 2014 21:53
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Irish Joe posted:I take it you're not looking forward to NBC's next smash hit, Bad Judge? Even before clicking the link I was thinking it sounded like something the Simpsons would parody/riff.
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Sep 22, 2014 22:17
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GreenNight posted:You didn't listen well enough. Brand new zombies are fast as poo poo. The older the zombies are, the slower they get. PowerBuilder3 posted:Ah, missed that, thanks. At least it was explained. This was not explained. Z-nation just screwed up. If that was the case, there would be at least a few fast ones in a horde of slow ones. Everyone was slow for no reason at all. Z-nation is just terrible, don't listen to greennight, he's an idiot and doesn't understand that this is a bad show. The problem with Z-nation is that it actually takes itself seriously, despite all the characters being written horribly and largely unmemorable. Can you recall a single character's name? I can't even remember Garth's name, which is I refer to him by his name in Supernatural. If 90% of them died in the next few episodes, I would forget them relatively easily. The dialogue is absolutely terrible, in fact most of it is spent on making stupid quips while killing zombies ("Zom-bie? More like Zom-bye!" *kills zombie*). They spent 20 minutes on Garth trying to kill a zombie dog (how it entered a closed warehouse, I don't know), essentially the most useless side plot I've ever seen. And it's the fuckin' second episode and they're pulling out this poo poo. What I will give credit for is the excellent make-up they use on the actors and zombies. It's like they hired the contestants of Face-Off to help in this show. quote:“This is not that kind of wacky, Saturday night Syfy movie craziness. We’re still having a lot of fun with the idea and there’s humor in it, but it’s not cheesy at all.” The producer literally thinks this is a serious show. Not cheesy? This is 4 cheese pizza cheesy. The end of the last episode was a bunch people shooting guns with cheesy rear end cgi at a zombie baby. This is a stupid show enjoyed by stupid people. I do believe shows can change, but you greennight will never change. GreenNight, you are stupid.
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Sep 22, 2014 22:23
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Don't watch the show man. I'll keep enjoying it.
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Sep 22, 2014 22:27
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In the third episode, the zombies will be able to fly.
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Sep 22, 2014 22:29
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Irish Joe posted:I take it you're not looking forward to NBC's next smash hit, Bad Judge? Is that show just Franklin & Bash except this time the judge is the douchebag?
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Sep 22, 2014 22:32
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Lycus posted:In the third episode, the zombies will be able to fly. That would not be out of place in this show, being an Asylum production. But yeah, it's garbage, but it's entertaining garbage and if you expected something other than ridiculous plot, inconsistent everything, and terrible acting and dialog you somehow missed that it's an Asylum production. And yeah, flying baby divebomb zombies would be awesome.
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Sep 22, 2014 23:14
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I quit watching Z Nation five minutes into the second episode (because I'm a weirdo who stops watching shows I don't enjoy) but I definitely remember them mentioning the old "fresh zombies are fast, older zombies are slow because they decomposed" reasoning. Its pretty standard zombie rules. In fact I'd say that the old "fast vs slow" debate has just given way to that "rational" explanation.
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Sep 22, 2014 23:29
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Alright now I have Amazon Prime so I guess I'll watch the Good Wife... if I ever finish The West Wing that is. I hope you're happy, zoux.
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Sep 23, 2014 00:31
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hollylolly posted:Okay, so who's going to make a thread? I don't have time right now but if no one else does it or claims it by tonight I'll put one together. And anyone who wants to paint Outlander with the same "mommy porn" brush as, say, 50 Shades of Grey, is greatly misinformed and obviously isn't watching. Do it! I hated the book (and I read it twice, 15 years apart, for some reason), but this show is really entertaining.
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Sep 23, 2014 00:33
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Watched the pilot for Madam Secretary. It feels and looks like a 90s movie version of The West Wing. There are walk and talks, and they even borrow some of W.G. Snuffy Walden's musical cues. However, it's more dour and obviously lacks Sorkin's poetry. My main concern with a show about the State Department is that Americans don't care about foreign policy. Before you say Homeland is about foreign policy, I'd like you to take a second look at that sentence and realize it's absurdly untrue; it seems like Madam Secretary is going down a similar road of internal politics/conspiracy. I'll stick with it at least until the mid-season break. Tea Leoni was hot to me 16 years ago when I was a teenager watching her in Deep Impact, and she's still hot to me today.
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Sep 23, 2014 00:56
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I thought the reason the zombies in the second episode of Z Nation were all lollygagging was because they were entranced by that oil thumping racket (and later the music box.)
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Sep 23, 2014 02:07
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Okay, first real day of the Fall tv season report! Gotham wasn't as terrible as I thought it would be (I guess they rewrote Alfred's dialog after it leaked) but it wasn't great, either. JPS channeling Eartha Kitt was pretty great, and the actor playing the Penguin did a good job. But overall it didn't really feel like there was too much differentiating it from other procedurals besides the sometimes terrible dialog. Donal Logue did what he could with the script, but all he ultimately achieved was remind me of Terriers. Gotham also gets some points off for the is he/isn't he Joker cameo. All in all, C. I'll tune in next week. Sleepy Hollow was glorious, piling on the crazy in the way that only it can. That said, it was definitely a "resetting the prices" episode and I'm looking forward to a more involving episode next week. B+ Scorpion: the fact that CBS thinks that encasing the title in an HTML tag is a clever idea demonstrates how much respect the show has for technology. Like Sleepy Hollow, it seeks refuge through audacious fictionalization, but forgot that that particular gambit only works if the characters involved are likeable. D, not sure if I'll even give it a second chance. And while Gravity Falls didn't return tonight (it came back a few weeks ago) it did have the best episode of its season yet with a "dating sim meets Five Nights At Freddie's" storyline. Why isn't anyone watching this show? asecondduck fucked around with this message at 04:27 on Sep 23, 2014 |
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Sep 23, 2014 04:24
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So Forever is basically going to be a combination of Sherlock Holmes and New Amsterdam. He's facing off against another guy who is immortal also.
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Sep 23, 2014 04:39
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