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precision posted:I haven't watched any of the new fall premieres, can someone trustworthy (ie anyone who liked Rectify, for example) tell me which ones to make a priority? Obviously Sleepy Hollow, but what about new shows? No new shows of note yet in the Fall Season that I've seen.
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Deadpool posted:No new shows of note yet in the Fall Season that I've seen. Yeah, I'd agree with this. Gotham has potential, but the pilot had some amazingly execrable dialogue and the setting is pretty limited in that you know, right from the outset, that Gordon is going to be fighting a losing battle (because Batman eventually needs to appear). Forever on ABC didn't do much for me, but I'll readily admit that Ioan Gruffudd is almost always a non-starter for me. But it's also a little early -- most networks aren't premiering their new programming for another week or two, presumably because they want viewers to get back into the habit of realizing that first-run programming is on TV again. Timby fucked around with this message at 03:49 on Sep 29, 2014 |
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The only new show I'm actually looking forward to is Constantine. Everything else I'll wait and see if they're any good, or if they don't get canceled.
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 03:59 |
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Timby posted:
To put this more accurately, they're making sure they don't fill up everyone's DVRs all at once.
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 04:18 |
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I'm looking forward to Flash and I enjoyed Forever.
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 04:21 |
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The season 2 finale of Ray Donovan was bonkers as poo poo. A whole hell of a lot of loose ends tied up in 55 minutes. Season 3 should be interesting.
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 07:13 |
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Precision, I really enjoyed the premiere of the Red Band Society, so that might be worth checking out.
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 09:34 |
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IRQ posted:The thing is that the thoughts everyone posted when the show first aired turned out to be true (it was purgatory). That's not really true.
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 10:01 |
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How are there still people who think the ending of LOST was "they were in purgatory all along", oh mannn
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 10:43 |
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Speaking of purgatory that whole thing with the temple with the Japanese guy and the translator sure was a waste of time.
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 11:10 |
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Mu Zeta posted:a waste of time. The LOST tagline.
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 12:25 |
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precision posted:I haven't watched any of the new fall premieres, can someone trustworthy (ie anyone who liked Rectify, for example) tell me which ones to make a priority? Obviously Sleepy Hollow, but what about new shows? Gotham (goes along with Sleepy Hollow) Forever Red Band Society Black-ish Selfie (John Cho does Pygmalion) Constantine The Flash Gracepoint (remake) Galavant (ironically) Z-Nation (unironically) Bown posted:How are there still people who think the ending of LOST was "they were in purgatory all along", oh mannn Assepoester fucked around with this message at 13:50 on Sep 29, 2014 |
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Anybody here watch Transparent?
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 14:11 |
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The only pilot I've really liked so far was How to Get Away With Murder. It's set at a law school, where the professor (Viola Davis) is a practicing defense attorney, and unlike most defense attorney shows, the client is pretty clearly guilty. The opening five minutes of the pilot has four students panicking because they've just murdered someone, and it flashes back three months, then goes back and forth all episode.
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:The only pilot I've really liked so far was How to Get Away With Murder. It's set at a law school, where the professor (Viola Davis) is a practicing defense attorney, and unlike most defense attorney shows, the client is pretty clearly guilty. The opening five minutes of the pilot has four students panicking because they've just murdered someone, and it flashes back three months, then goes back and forth all episode. I don't know if I said this earlier in this thread or in another thread, precision, but the tone of How to Get Away reminds me a little bit of Doug Liman's Getting In, if you've ever heard of that movie.
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Cardboard Box A posted:At the end of the finale ABC showed b-roll of the wreckage at the beach with no one alive. It was an easy conclusion to jump to. If that's literally all you watched of the finale, sure.
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Bown posted:How are there still people who think the ending of LOST was "they were in purgatory all along", oh mannn Also I thought the credit roll with the plane wreckage was just extra stuff they had, not MENACING HINTS.
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 16:42 |
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Thanks for all the game shows recommendations, everyone.Lugaloco posted:Only Connect. It's so dry but so, so good. This, Pointless and The Chase might be the only three 'game shows' from the UK I know that are almost as fun as their panel shows. There are literally no audience with them in the studio, are there? It is almost cringeworthy when there is absolute silence following any of Victoria's jokes. I kinda wish they have an audience, watching Only Connect is an odd experience coming from American game shows. Or even other UK game shows like Countdown. CobiWann posted:Old school (late 70's/early 80's) Card Sharks. Harlock posted:Press Your Luck, Supermarket Sweep, Card Sharks. Card Sharks is perhaps the simplest out of all three, with pure guesswork on all Rounds. The initial round where you have to guess between 1 and 100 is a bit harder (remind me of Wits and Wagers, the board game), but it is still far easier compared to the other two shows. Not saying it wasn't entertaining, but man, Supermarket Sweep just have that higher intensity with the limited chase through the fake supermarket. Press Your Luck's ability to pass your Spins is genius and I love that show to bits. Argue posted:Does The Genius count? If you've ever read Liar Game, this is the game show version of that. No it doesn't count because it's too good also it's less of a game show and more of a reality competition show to the likes of The Bachelor or MasterChef except with mind games instead of cooking challenges. Also also I watched all two seasons. Manos del Sino posted:Wheel of Fortune and Family Feud are probably my two favorite game shows that aren't Jeopardy. Before I decided to search around YouTube for game shows, my only game show-related past time is to look up hilarious Family Feud answers. Steve Harvey has the best reaction face to ridiculous answers. Gene Hackman Fan posted:If you're looking for old, speedy, and 'murican, there's a handful of the 1970s run of "Split Second" worth checking out. Also, "Whew!" is pretty awesome, if a little short and complicated. Split Second is awesome. So many questions, so little time. The episode I watched had an old guy who's a 4-day champion who was left behind in the first round but end up getting to the final round by being able to count backwards in calendar months. Simply astounding. Hey, the guy who hosted the Australian Million Dollar Minute is now hosting the Australian Family Feud! He’s a mediocre host in both. In terms of the show, I’d rank it as above “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” and below “Million Pound Drop”. Its just so-so. Mo0 posted:There was only the one season, and they picked Dennis Miller to do interstitial hosting for some reason, but Grand Slam is great fun.
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 17:08 |
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toanoradian posted:Thanks for all the game shows recommendations, everyone. For Only Connect I feel it might lose something if an audience was added in. The lack of one gives a unique tone and lets the focus be purely on the quizzing rather than trying to entertain a live audience. There's no big prize, no frills, glitz or glamour, just two teams battling it out for the sheer satisfaction of winning. Don't get me wrong, Pointless is a great show but my god sometimes it drags its feet in getting to the actual "game" part. Sometimes you just want a show that's no nonsense with minimal jokes (that are preferably bad) and Only Connect fills that void. If you really want a Quiz with a capital Q though then University Challenge is the daddy of them all as I'm sure you probably know already. Lugaloco fucked around with this message at 17:31 on Sep 29, 2014 |
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Mu Zeta posted:Speaking of purgatory that whole thing with the temple with the Japanese guy and the translator sure was a waste of time. Hiroyuki Sanada has played an infuriatingly cryptic and withholding douche in like the last 5 things I've seen him in.
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Lugaloco posted:For Only Connect I feel it might lose something if an audience was added in. The lack of one gives a unique tone and lets the focus be purely on the quizzing rather than trying to entertain a live audience. There's no big prize, no frills, glitz or glamour, just two teams battling it out for the sheer satisfaction of winning. Only Connect is clearly set in purgatory, like Season 6 of Lost!
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 17:33 |
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Bown posted:How are there still people who think the ending of LOST was "they were in purgatory all along", oh mannn
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 17:52 |
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Parks and Rec season 6 is up on Netflix. Hadn't watched anything past the season premiere, and it holds up. Still some of the funniest stuff out there, plus character growth up the wazoo.
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 18:18 |
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Sober posted:Some people care too much that the last scene in the flash sideways was it and everything else on the island in the 6 seasons before then didn't count. Well yeah, because they plainly misunderstood what happened. Lycus posted:When I see that, I generally assume that they're just trolling Lost fans. I'm inclined to think that they are just that stupid, to be honest.
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 18:20 |
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sbaldrick posted:Its not as good as baseball, the only documentary that made me spend 20 hours on a sport I hate. I liked it, but it should have been titled "Baseball - as seen from New York or Boston".
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 18:21 |
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toanoradian posted:Only Connect is clearly set in purgatory, like Season 6 of Lost!
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 18:25 |
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raditts posted:I forgot this show even existed. Weren't there trailers for it like a year or more ago? I suppose, but I was thinking more along the lines of the more anonymous boards like the chans or whatever.
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 18:41 |
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Anyone watch Madam Secretary? I didn't realize the Sec of State could order military operations, both special forces and CIA, and hire mercenaries. Also special force ops report to her before the POTUS. Also no way her CIA friend is dead, he faked it.
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You know who we haven't complained about in a while? Lena Dunham. And this time it's bullshit she most definitely deserves to be called out for.quote:Last month, the writer, actor and producer Lena Dunham started an ambitious project. Nearly 600 people responded to an open call for video auditions on her website, including a sand artist, a ukulele player, a cappella singers, gymnasts, performance artists and stand-up comics, even some exceptionally charismatic babies. Lena Dunham killed irony.
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hcreight posted:You know who we haven't complained about in a while? Lena Dunham. And this time it's bullshit she most definitely deserves to be called out for. exposure is as valuable as money for artists
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hcreight posted:You know who we haven't complained about in a while? Lena Dunham. And this time it's bullshit she most definitely deserves to be called out for. So she did what Amanda Palmer did, only much worse? Ouch. I'm rewatching season 6 of Parks and it's better than I remember. I think some of the negativity is because season 6 actually makes some fairly big changes, and of course there's the extreme lack of Andy to deal with, but it's still great and the Eagletonians are great.
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:I'm inclined to think that they are just that stupid, to be honest. Early on, I would've figured that people were dumb or didn't watch it and misunderstood what they heard. But this many years later, in a forum full of fans that have probably corrected people a thousand times, my first thought is "trolling". But maybe that's just me giving people the benefit of the doubt.
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 20:40 |
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Performing free of charge could mean that they're being paid, but not by the audience. Parks and Rec has been good since S2. It's good every year. If you don't watch The Knick you're SO STUPID.
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 20:42 |
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Fooz posted:Performing free of charge could mean that they're being paid, but not by the audience. Someone in the comments section pointed that out, but if that's what the writer meant, then it's bullshit because people apparently paid 38 bucks a pop for tickets to this book tour. It's not very clearly worded either way.
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 20:47 |
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Lena Dunham at first makes me want to applaud a (comparatively) unattractive person for having success in hollywood, but then I remember that she's a middling talent who surfed a gnarly nepotism wave.
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 21:06 |
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zoux posted:Anybody here watch Transparent? Watched all 10 episodes over the weekend, really can't recommend it enough to anyone who hasn't seen it yet. One of the best shows I've watched in a long time, reminded me quite a bit of Enlightened, but a fair bit more enjoyable. It's quite different to how you might expect in that it has a big hooky premise the turns out to make make up only a smallish amount of the plot in each episode. Annoyed that all the writing out there about it at the moment is only about the first 4 episodes because they were all that were sent to critics, there's a ton of very discussion-worthy stuff in the latter half of the season.
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GraPar posted:Watched all 10 episodes over the weekend, really can't recommend it enough to anyone who hasn't seen it yet. One of the best shows I've watched in a long time, reminded me quite a bit of Enlightened, but a fair bit more enjoyable. It's quite different to how you might expect in that it has a big hooky premise the turns out to make make up only a smallish amount of the plot in each episode. Tambor plays his character with a lot of dignity and sadness, and I wouldn't be surprised if this was Amazon's first Emmy nom. Are there other good Prime shows besides Alpha House?
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Judge Clayjar posted:exposure is as valuable as money for artists Exposure at a book tour for a book I guarantee you won't ever sell through its 225,000 copy first printing? They'd be better off working carnivals and bar mitzvahs.
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# ? Sep 29, 2014 21:49 |
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hcreight posted:You know who we haven't complained about in a while? Lena Dunham. And this time it's bullshit she most definitely deserves to be called out for. I dunno what's ironic about it, but it is pretty lovely, yeah. You know what's awesome? Party Down. Y'all fuckers can have your Breaking Bad or The Wire or whatever, Party Down is better than pretty much everything.
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Yoshifan823 posted:I dunno what's ironic about it, but it is pretty lovely, yeah. I didn't like the part where it's set in purgatory.
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