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toanoradian posted:These past few days I've been binging on game shows that are on YouTube: Jeopardy, The Price is Right, Scrabble, The Chase, etc etc. What other game shows would you guys recommend? Please don't say Deal or No Deal. Does The Genius count? If you've ever read Liar Game, this is the game show version of that.
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Wheel of Fortune and Family Feud are probably my two favorite game shows that aren't Jeopardy.
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Sep 26, 2014 17:26
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I could spend hours watching Steve Harvey's Family Feud.
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Sep 26, 2014 17:26
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Penny Dreadful was interesting until Billie Piper appeared on screen. At the best of times she is to acting as used toilet paper is to napkins, but in Penny Dreadful she is also doing a full on racist Oirish accent. Her performance is so bad the programme stops dead in its tracks, climbs out of the screen and shits on your chest. "Oi-ti-toi-ti-tay who put a bomb in me tater? Gowan now ti-tay."
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Sep 26, 2014 17:28
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You're allowed to be racist to Irish people. Conan O'Brien said so, and he's their king.
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Sep 26, 2014 17:44
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Any show where a werewolf performs an exorcism is ok with me.
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Sep 26, 2014 17:47
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In one episode Timothy Dalton says "chicanery" with all the seriousness in the world. It is great.
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Sep 26, 2014 19:23
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I didn't really know much about it besides the fact that it's supposed to be kind of a campy horror/Goth show, and I ended up really enjoying Penny Dreadful despite not really being into either of those things. It's got that same kind of borderline-smug confidence in its own ridiculousness that Sleepy Hollow has, except stepped up a notch in terms of production and style because it's on a premium channel. Also Eva Green is absolutely fantastic in it during the second half of the season and just goes for it, so it's probably worth watching just for her performance. And to be fair Billie Piper's character is absolutely terrible, although luckily she doesn't have too many scenes.
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Sep 26, 2014 19:35
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Before I listen to opinions re: Billie Piper it's important that I know if yall are whotards or not.
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Sep 26, 2014 19:37
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The entire cast brings the crazy (even Josh Hartnett!). The first couple of episodes are okay, but then when Frankenstein makes his move; the floodgates of lunacy and scenery chewing are opened.
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Sep 26, 2014 20:45
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zoux posted:Before I listen to opinions re: Billie Piper it's important that I know if yall are whotards or not.
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Sep 26, 2014 20:57
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toanoradian posted:These past few days I've been binging on game shows that are on YouTube: Jeopardy, The Price is Right, Scrabble, The Chase, etc etc. What other game shows would you guys recommend? Please don't say Deal or No Deal. I enjoyed the first season of the Genius, but found the second season too hard to locate. The first was on youtube.
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Sep 26, 2014 21:00
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Sober posted:I don't know if anyone tuned into Penny Dreadful because of Billie Piper when there's Eva Green and Timothy fuckin Dalton Yeah but Dr Who people cannot resist saying mean things about Billie Piper. "How was the blowjob?" "Better if it wasn't Billie Piper doing it."
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Sep 26, 2014 21:02
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Can we talk about how fantastic Ken Burns' Roosevelt was? I'm still at the end of the fifth episode, but I've been holding off until the weekend because once I start one episode I blink and its six hours later and I know a shitload about the Square Deal. These people were amazing. EDIT: Ugh Who talk.
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Sep 26, 2014 21:05
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zoux posted:Before I listen to opinions re: Billie Piper it's important that I know if yall are whotards or not. Billie piper is a capable actress who was saddled with a lovely character on doctor who from an oft-times lovely showrunner Any other opinion conflates the difference between a bad character and a bad actress She wasn't great on the first season, admittedly, often in her first season she looked like she was totally lost onscreen But even at her worst she was just very wooden, not you know Bad Anyways that's the True Opinion on Billie piper from dw
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Sep 26, 2014 21:14
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zoux posted:Before I listen to opinions re: Billie Piper it's important that I know if yall are whotards or not. Surely that disclaimer only applies if they praise her.
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Sep 26, 2014 21:17
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Argue posted:Does The Genius count? If you've ever read Liar Game, this is the game show version of that. "The Genius - The BEST game show EVER. Even better than Jeopardy. Seriously.": http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3593386 Shageletic posted:I enjoyed the first season of the Genius, but found the second season too hard to locate. The first was on youtube.
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Sep 26, 2014 21:19
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whowhatwhere posted:Surely that disclaimer only applies if they praise her. lol this has never happened. Like I've only ever seen one point five episodes of Dr. Who in my life yet I know all about Piper because the dr Who people never, ever shut up about how much they hate her at only the slightest stimulus.
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Sep 26, 2014 21:19
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Watch Penny Dreadful for the Eva Green episodes, but don't spend $30 on it. I'd recommend holding off for a Black Friday/Season 2 sale if you don't mind waiting.Rapey Joe Stalin posted:Penny Dreadful was interesting until Billie Piper appeared on screen. At the best of times she is to acting as used toilet paper is to napkins, but in Penny Dreadful she is also doing a full on racist Oirish accent. Her performance is so bad the programme stops dead in its tracks, climbs out of the screen and shits on your chest. Its a shame she wasn't cast to play a leprechaun.
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Sep 26, 2014 21:21
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zoux posted:lol this has never happened. And yet you're the only one who appears to be having a flid about her. How strange.
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Sep 26, 2014 21:22
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Shageletic posted:Can we talk about how fantastic Ken Burns' Roosevelt was? I'm still at the end of the fifth episode, but I've been holding off until the weekend because once I start one episode I blink and its six hours later and I know a shitload about the Square Deal. These people were amazing. It was really fantastic. I loved how they were able to effortlessly balance the huge impact the Roosevelts had on history while making their private lives just as compelling. It's probably Burns' best documentary.
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Sep 26, 2014 21:22
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:And yet you're the one who appears to be the only one having a flid about her. How strange. Haxually you were the one to start the Billie Piper bitching if you can bear to go back and read your posts (I cannot)
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Sep 26, 2014 21:22
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I never minded her on Who but on Penny Dreadful she's a prostitute with a heart of gold, a terminal illness, and a horrific accent. In a show full of ridiculous, scenery-chewing characters out of classic horror she's at best boring, and at worst actively annoying.
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Sep 26, 2014 21:23
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zoux posted:Haxually you were the one to start the Billie Piper bitching if you can bear to go back and read your posts (I cannot) I made a comment on her acting in Penny Dreadful which was the subject at hand. You're the one who decided to start Zouxing out.
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Sep 26, 2014 21:24
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Shageletic posted:Can we talk about how fantastic Ken Burns' Roosevelt was? I'm still at the end of the fifth episode, but I've been holding off until the weekend because once I start one episode I blink and its six hours later and I know a shitload about the Square Deal. These people were amazing. I still have 2 left I think but yeah it's pretty great. So much tv now to catch up on on the weekends.
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Sep 26, 2014 22:00
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One day someone decent will finally rise to power in this world and round up all doctor who fans into work camps, ultimately cleansing the world with the great purge. I dream about a day where the unmarked mass graves are the only trace of the whovenian menace left
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Sep 26, 2014 22:45
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I'm watching How to Get Away with Murder and something about the opening scene in the lecture hall bothered me. The student who gets called on but isn't prepared, he says he didn't get the emailed assignment, but Viola Davis goes up to him and says "I deal with liars for a living so you'll have to try harder if you want to fool me", except the student then explains he just got into the school so he really didn't get the emailed assignment, which means Viola Davis is already proven to be a bad lie detector.
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Sep 26, 2014 23:08
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EvilTobaccoExec posted:One day someone decent will finally rise to power in this world and round up all doctor who fans into work camps, ultimately cleansing the world with the great purge. where would i go
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Sep 26, 2014 23:10
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Josh Lyman posted:I'm watching How to Get Away with Murder and something about the opening scene in the lecture hall bothered me. The student who gets called on but isn't prepared, he says he didn't get the emailed assignment, but Viola Davis goes up to him and says "I deal with liars for a living so you'll have to try harder if you want to fool me", except the student then explains he just got into the school so he really didn't get the emailed assignment, which means Viola Davis is already proven to be a bad lie detector. The whole "I can tell when you're lying because <dumb made-up reason>  " thing is such a dumb TV/movie cliche. It's like a writing shortcut for having to actually come up with something interesting to happen. "Hey how should we resolve this situation we came up with? I know, we'll just have the protagonist blindly declare that he knows the antagonist is lying! Because he can read his face! Awesome, next scene."
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Sep 26, 2014 23:12
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Toxxupation posted:where would i go you have that avatar for a reason
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Sep 26, 2014 23:13
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VDay posted:The whole "I can tell when you're lying because <dumb made-up reason> When Wesley was first in his bedroom, deliberating how to come up with a defense, I totally called that they should attack the 1st assistant saying she saw the pill on the 2nd assistant's desk.
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Sep 26, 2014 23:22
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Toxxupation posted:where would i go "He Said Yes" the harrowing tale of a boy's struggle with Who, and righteous execution after succumbing to corruption
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Sep 26, 2014 23:29
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oh no  deserved though
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Sep 26, 2014 23:35
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Toxxupation posted:oh no You deserve to be shot into the sun for what you've done to the IRC you monster.
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Sep 26, 2014 23:58
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smg77 posted:It was really fantastic. I loved how they were able to effortlessly balance the huge impact the Roosevelts had on history while making their private lives just as compelling. It's probably Burns' best documentary. Its not as good as baseball, the only documentary that made me spend 20 hours on a sport I hate.
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Sep 27, 2014 00:59
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IRQ posted:You deserve to be shot into the sun for what you've done to the IRC you monster. Literally the only time I haven't regretted my decision to be around the doctor who stuff was when i decided to destroy irc 
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Sep 27, 2014 01:22
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Posting anime gifs while talking about Doctor Who. We've reached peak nerd.
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Sep 27, 2014 01:52
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Maybe it's time to gas this thread and put it out of its misery.
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Sep 27, 2014 01:56
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Toxxupation posted:Literally the only time I haven't regretted my decision to be around the doctor who stuff was when i decided to destroy irc Nobody ever told you to get the oldwho sperglords involved, we didn't make you watch that, we weren't cruel! What you've done to IRC is like if we showed you goatse and you came back with 7 terabytes of My Little Pony porn.
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:And yet you're the only one who appears to be having a flid about her. How strange. What the hell is a flid? Is that another British thing? Stop it England. It has gone far enough.
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