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I just started Scrubs for the first time.  I shouldn't watch the final season? Why not?Also finishing off a rewatch of Burn Notice and am on the final season.
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Thank you Drifter, klaphark and Mister Kingdom! I’ve seen most of the shows recommend (Modern Family, Parks & Rec, 30 Rock, Veep, Cheers, Night Court, good life, scrubs, young ones, yes prime minister, red dwarf) and I don’t really go in for cartoons (which is my own fault), but I’ll pick up one of the 70’s/80’s British comedies and see if I can’t get into that.
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Oct 31, 2014 00:37
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Transmogrifier posted:I just started Scrubs for the first time. I believe he means the official 9th season. It was meant as a spinoff after the show was supposed to end, and because of executive meddling, barely any of the original cast returned after the 8th season finale, which is one of the best episodes of the series.
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Oct 31, 2014 01:41
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prinneh posted:I’ve seen most of the shows recommend (Modern Family, Parks & Rec, 30 Rock, Veep, Cheers, Night Court, good life, scrubs, young ones, yes prime minister, red dwarf) and I don’t really go in for cartoons (which is my own fault), but I’ll pick up one of the 70’s/80’s British comedies and see if I can’t get into that. Are you familiar with Blackadder? You might enjoy that; it shared a writer with The Young Ones and Rik Mayall had a guest appearance in all four seasons.
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Oct 31, 2014 01:56
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Yeah, the final season is that weird spinoff attempt that had the original cast for a few episodes in the beginning. Absolutely terrible. The actual series finale before that final season was fantastic. Great show.prinneh posted:Thank you Drifter, klaphark and Mister Kingdom! Just TRY Archer. Give it an episode, and if you laugh a couple times give it one more episode. After that, do as thou whilst. I had rewatched Seinfeld about a year ago and was really amazed at how funny the show remained. Those were soem fantastic characters that really withstood the test of time and topical comedy. The Cosby Show and Fresh Prince (FP, to a lesser extent) are also great like that. Cosby remains one of my favorites of all time. Drifter fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Oct 31, 2014 |
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Oct 31, 2014 02:12
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Metal Loaf posted:Are you familiar with Blackadder? You might enjoy that; it shared a writer with The Young Ones and Rik Mayall had a guest appearance in all four seasons.  Drifter posted:You're The Worst is really good, in my opinion. I've seen 5 episodes so far and had a blast. It's black humor and seems like it toes the line between British and American humor. Seen Seinfield, it's a must! Cosby was not my cup of tea, tho I watched fresh prince a lot when I was younger. I tried Archer, gave it two episodes, but no laughs, sorry. I did just now give rick and morty a go and that was alright after about half a bottle of wine  I'll look up you're the worst tomorrow, black humour is the best! A show for you that skirts the same US UK line with black humour (or: gallows humour really) is A Young Doctors Notebook. It stars Don Draper and Harry Potter, but don't let that put you off. It takes place in the country, during the first revolution in Russia and it's great and very short. It's on netflix in Europe.
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Oct 31, 2014 02:37
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Went back quite a ways in this thread and didn't see it mentioned so thought I would. Lie To Me is a pretty great show. Tim Roth is really great in it. Worth a binge watch if you're searching for a drama with a bit of comedy mixed in. I'd liken it to House.
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Oct 31, 2014 04:22
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prinneh posted:Thank you Drifter, klaphark and Mister Kingdom! If you're into something different- give Nathan For You a shot. 2 Seasons - 16 episodes total. Think of a business makeover show, except the host (intentionally) gets the owners to do very unorthodox methods of improving their businesses. And yes, after you've seen a few episodes- just remember- it's real. It's similar to Ali G/Borat/Bruno except the joke is on the host and not everyone around him.
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I'm not an angsty teenager but I've really gotten into Skins (UK). I started it when I was drunk thinking it would be American Pie: Bristol, and I was really surprised by the occasional depth and how weirdly abstract it can be when it's not being campy and dumb (which it is, a lot). I just finished the first episode of the third series, which starts over with the "second generation" cast, and I'm not sure what I think of that yet. The first generation seemed to have much more depth, but that's probably because I just got through two seasons of character development with them. I think one of my favorite things about the show is that so many things happen entirely inside someone's head but absolutely no attempt is made to distinguish subjective experience from external reality, leaving a lot open to interpretation. Even the campy face-palm stuff like the entire cast breaking into a cover of "Wild World" after a tragic accident is endearing in a way. I'm not sure yet if I'm considering this a guilty pleasure or something more. I guess I'll see how this new cast goes. I'm probably way too old to enjoy this as much as I have been.
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prinneh posted:Thank you Drifter, klaphark and Mister Kingdom! Some other US suggestions if you haven't seen them, Curb Your Enthusiasm and The League. On the UK side, if you liked The Young Ones check out Bottom. [Edit] Let's toss in a recommendation for Garth Marenghi's Darkplace as well. Also, does Father Ted, etc include The IT Crowd? Dave Angel fucked around with this message at 17:36 on Oct 31, 2014 |
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Oct 31, 2014 17:32
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I somehow forgot Andy Richter Controls the Universe. It's the spiritual ancestor of Better Off Ted.
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There's a new British show called Scrotal Recall. It's about a guy that finds out he has some STD and he has to go back and find his former sex partners to tell them. I haven't seen it yet but based just on the name it's probably good.
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Oct 31, 2014 23:29
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HERCULES: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS
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I'm just starting La Femme Nikita, Peta Wilson. 1997 or something. The acting is so bad, and yet again Micheal is a tool, but a French Canadian tool. Seymour Birkoff is great, with his next gen dialup ShadowNet There's 5 seasons. I'm committed to this.
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Dave Angel posted:Some other US suggestions if you haven't seen them, Curb Your Enthusiasm and The League. Thank you, seen all those, but didn't care for either The League or Bottom, whereas the other two are definitely classics in my opinion. It includes all Linehams shows If you liked Garth Marenghi, you should check out Snuff Box and/or Toast of London. Both are Matt Berry heavy, but surreal and very watchable. Mu Zeta posted:There's a new British show called Scrotal Recall. It's about a guy that finds out he has some STD and he has to go back and find his former sex partners to tell them. I haven't seen it yet but based just on the name it's probably good. Scrotal Recall has gotten both good and a little bad press in the uk, I haven't seen it yet and am interested to know what you think of it after you've binged it Mister Kingdom posted:I somehow forgot Andy Richter Controls the Universe. It's the spiritual ancestor of Better Off Ted. Any spiritual ancestor of Better Off Ted sounds like a great binge, I'll pick this up when I've got the money.
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Rocksicles posted:I'm just starting La Femme Nikita, Peta Wilson. 1997 or something. I would recommend the modern version, with Maggie Q. It's much more fun. The second season is downright fantastic.
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Nov 1, 2014 16:08
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I've seen them all twice. Movies too. Never got a chance to catch much of the original series, until i caught some around the same time Dark Angel aired. The tech is just laughable now.
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HERCULES POSSESSED A STRENGTH THE WORLD HAD NEVER SEEN - A STRENGTH SURPASSED ONLY BY THE POWER OF HIS HEART soooo frickin good get on it people
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Nov 2, 2014 04:38
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Yo... i hope you are going full sperg and watching Hercules and Xena in the right order  http://whooshorg.proboards.com/thread/4646 
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Nov 2, 2014 04:41
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Goddammit, honestly those show were fun as gently caress. Now Kevin Sorbo's doing anti-science christian movies or something. How the mighty have fallen. At least the love of my life Lucy Lawless is still somewhat successful, professionally.
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Rocksicles posted:Yo... i hope you are going full sperg and watching Hercules and Xena in the right order oh it's full alrightDrifter posted:Goddammit, honestly those show were fun as gently caress. Now Kevin Sorbo's doing anti-science christian movies or something. How the mighty have fallen. if we're defining success strictly by $$ then Kevin Sorbo makes a pretty penny outta those terrible Jesus movies, just fyi
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I had no idea that Kevin Sorbo was making terrible Jesus movies these days.
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Nov 2, 2014 08:03
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Lycus posted:I had no idea that Kevin Sorbo was making terrible Jesus movies these days. Yep he is pretty terrible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTZ8vn45Cds
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bobkatt013 posted:Yep he is pretty terrible Funny how I don't remember that coming to a theatre near me in 2013!
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Lycus posted:I had no idea that Kevin Sorbo was making terrible Jesus movies these days. it is literally all he does https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMjo5f9eiX8
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Nov 2, 2014 08:53
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Amazing, i love a good Jesus is my homeboy movie
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Homestar Runner posted:it is literally all he does Whoa, it's Dean Cain. Does he do a lot of terrible Jesus movies too?
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Homestar Runner posted:it is literally all he does All I can hear when that protagonist introduces himself is "Joss Whedon"
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Hercules, Superman and Jesus in the same movie? Awesome. e: I mean Jesus is awesome, not so much Herc and Supes.
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Homestar Runner posted:oh it's full I guess he's more successful in that Christianity, like Crossfit and veganism, exists to be talked about by its practitioners.
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Rocksicles posted:Yo... i hope you are going full sperg and watching Hercules and Xena in the right order I tried to do this and got as far as the middles of season 4 of Hercules and season 3 of Xena. Hercules stayed pretty light and fun and silly, but Xena got way too slow and boring and serialized for my tastes. I'm still planning on finishing if all off one day, but it probably won't be until I've scraped the bottom of the tv barrel.
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Nov 2, 2014 22:00
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Tell me more about your commitment issues 
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Homestar Runner posted:it is literally all he does What the hell. According to the video game Left Behind the college professors are bad guys allied with Satan. In this movie the villain is also a professor.
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Nov 3, 2014 07:52
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Anti-intellectualism goes hand in hand with fundamentalist religion, because education is a threat to unquestioning belief (and therefore obedience). Hence professors are evil, because they tempt the young away from the faith with the fruit of knowledge. The people who make, and watch, those films are scary.
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I couldn't help but laugh at how both of the Kevin Sorbo trailers feature their own terrible songs with the movies' titles in the chorus. Is that how all trailers for terrible Jesus movies are? Lycus fucked around with this message at 11:13 on Nov 3, 2014 |
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prinneh posted:Thank you Drifter, klaphark and Mister Kingdom! Two guys and a girl (and a pizza place). But takes about 20 eps to find itself. The Drew carey show Just shoot me I remember liking Ned and Stacey, that's a forgotten show if there ever was one. First season is on dvd for $5: http://www.amazon.com/Ned-Stacey-Complete-First-Season/dp/B000A7Q1YC CarlosTheDwarf fucked around with this message at 14:58 on Nov 3, 2014 |
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Nov 3, 2014 14:48
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Joe schmo show is pretty great too, both seasons: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0001XAODO/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used
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CarlosTheDwarf posted:Joe schmo show is pretty great too, both seasons: I only caught season 2, but man, was it fantastic.
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Just binged through Continuum. Is it officially cancelled? Just put on episode 1 of the Netflix series The 100 and the actor who plays Julian is in it. Edit: And the badass Asian dude. Super Aggro Crag fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Nov 4, 2014 |
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Going through Rick and Morty based on so many recommendations here and elsewhere. Was really reluctant because I thought it was just typical Adult Swim 'random craziness', but there's been some real funny moments. Calling it to be the next Family Guy, that'll get very overplayed in a few years.
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