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Pillowpants posted:I wish they would make a TV series based on Harry Turtledoves "Southern Victory" series where the South wins the civil war and 12 books chronicle up through the 1960's. Harry Turtledove is the author of the WW2 book series vs aliens. Read the poo poo out of that in HS.
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I like history, but I guess I'm just not an alt-history fan in general.
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Jan 7, 2015 02:42
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NCIS came back from break (after the prebreak episode being about McGee's dad dying), with one of Gibbs' ex-wives getting sniped in the face. I got to say its gotten grimmer over the years as a background show and no character has really left the show alive except Cote de Pablo.
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Jan 7, 2015 03:11
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raditts posted:And you don't find it strange that everybody in the galaxy just happens to speak English? Everyone speaks "English" because they all hail from Caprica originally. There are languages aside from English, like the Tauron language of Gangstaspeak. Irish Joe posted:Actually they do since we are all descendants of the Capricians. That's true, which means that the ancient Capricans would laugh at us for using the word gently caress, a perversion of the original Frack.
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Jan 7, 2015 03:31
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USA has not so covertly canceled Covert Affairs and unlike other recently ended USA shows it is not getting a final season so the recently aired finale (which apparently ended on a cliffhanger) is it for the show. Not really a big surprise as the show got terrible ratings and USA has a ton of new content coming up.
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Jan 7, 2015 05:22
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Covert Affairs had pretty strong writing the last couple seasons so that's disappointing. Rush was apparently also cancelled a while back without much fanfare. USA's new shows all seem to be a bit terrible (Dig looks godawful, sorry Jason Issacs).
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Jan 7, 2015 05:28
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Ravane posted:Everyone speaks "English" because they all hail from Caprica originally. There are languages aside from English, like the Tauron language of Gangstaspeak. Sci-fi shows everyone speaks english because it's tv and nobody wants to read fuckin' subtitles of some made up bullshit language outside of a few weirdos who taught themselves klingon or tolkien's finnish/elvish or whatever. They could technically say the word gently caress, or air hardcore gay scat horse porn, as far as the law has any control over cable, but instead they make silly fake swear words, which has gone on forever, so why is this even a discussion?
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Jan 7, 2015 06:04
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muscles like this? posted:USA has not so covertly canceled Covert Affairs and unlike other recently ended USA shows it is not getting a final season so the recently aired finale (which apparently ended on a cliffhanger) is it for the show. Not really a big surprise as the show got terrible ratings and USA has a ton of new content coming up. Aw man, that sucks. Covert Affairs really turned into a great spy story over the last couple of seasons. While it was something of a cliffhanger, it at least left most of the characters in an "ending" kind of place.
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Jan 7, 2015 06:14
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Lycus posted:I like history, but I guess I'm just not an alt-history fan in general. I'm usually not either. The way it's handled in The Man in the High Castle might surprise you though. It's more... I think "subdued? Like a lot of alt history is all about pointing out what's different and isn't it clever but MitHC isn't like that. Also I seem to remember Fatherland being not bad either.
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Jan 7, 2015 10:49
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Lycus posted:I thought he was laughing because "frack" and "fracking" are real words that we've been using more and more lately. This is part of it, but also because it sounds like a children's show when everybody says "frack you" to not anger their mother or w/e. It is ridiculous!
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Jan 7, 2015 11:51
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GreenNight posted:Harry Turtledove is the author of the WW2 book series vs aliens. Read the poo poo out of that in HS. Yeah I read that one too, but I prefer the Civil War one because Abe Lincoln never gets killed and goes full socialist.
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Jan 7, 2015 12:21
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Pillowpants posted:I wish they would make a TV series based on Harry Turtledoves "Southern Victory" series where the South wins the civil war and 12 books chronicle up through the 1960's. The first book (How Few Remain) would be an interesting miniseries or telemovie, but beyond that, I think the series is pretty lazily written; by the end of it, it felt like he'd copied and pasted a Second World War history book and done a Search and Replace for "Nazi Germany" with "the Confederates", "Adolf Hitler" with "Jake Featherston", and "the USSR" with "the United States of America". Speaking of which, did you know that Sam Carsten needs to slather himself constantly with sunscreen because he burns easily? He needs to do because he has such fair skin and burns easily. Churchill has the gift of the gab and a character will comment on it every single time his name is mentioned. Also, Sam Carsten burns easily, so he needs to wear lots of sunscreen, and his internal monologue will mention this fact in every chapter where he's viewpoint character.
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Jan 7, 2015 14:42
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savinhill posted:There was an HBO movie based on a premise like this years ago. I didn't like it back then but I was a lot younger and had a lot less patience with slow paced things. Can't remember much else about it though, including the name. Yeah but on there I think the word they use is meant to just be alien for poo poo.
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Jan 7, 2015 14:46
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Aphrodite posted:Yeah but on there I think the word they use is meant to just be alien for poo poo. Shtako.
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Jan 7, 2015 14:58
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I just learned of the existence of the 2014 miniseries adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica Inn. It's not on Netflix, Amazon Prime, or Hulu. Does anyone know if it's available (or will be soon) in the US somewhere else?
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Jan 7, 2015 15:47
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Cox Communications is in a fee dispute with my local ABC affiliate. What's the best way (if any) to bypass this standoff legally? I think the only shows I'm watching on ABC are Agent Carter, AOS (which is on break), Modern Family and Galavant...
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Jan 7, 2015 15:53
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All those shows are on Hulu Plus probably.
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Jan 7, 2015 15:54
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Tuxedo Jack posted:Cox Communications is in a fee dispute with my local ABC affiliate. What's the best way (if any) to bypass this standoff legally? ...an antenna?
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Jan 7, 2015 15:55
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raditts posted:...an antenna? Oh... drat. Problem solved.
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Jan 7, 2015 15:59
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precision posted:I'm usually not either. The way it's handled in The Man in the High Castle might surprise you though. It's more... I think "subdued? Like a lot of alt history is all about pointing out what's different and isn't it clever but MitHC isn't like that. The other HBO Nazi movie, Conspiracy, was so good.
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Jan 7, 2015 16:23
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Anyone want to watch the first 9 minutes of Syfy's 12 Monkeys and tell me if it's surprisingly good? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKIpyEuIcHw Because I don't think my little heart could take watching it otherwise.
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Jan 7, 2015 16:42
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Rabbit Hill posted:I just learned of the existence of the 2014 miniseries adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica Inn. It's not on Netflix, Amazon Prime, or Hulu. Does anyone know if it's available (or will be soon) in the US somewhere else? I worked on this and wasn't too happy with the end product, in fact, it got a lot of bad reviews across the board, so I'm not sure it's worth you tracking down. There was also a major problem with the sound editing (not my department) and ALL the dialogue is hard to hear.
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Jan 7, 2015 16:53
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feedmyleg posted:Anyone want to watch the first 9 minutes of Syfy's 12 Monkeys and tell me if it's surprisingly good? 100% ONBOARD! It was gooood. Birkoff man, how can it be bad.
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Jan 7, 2015 17:17
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I'd like to see a miniseries of Guns of the South.
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Jan 7, 2015 19:45
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Tuxedo Jack posted:Cox Communications is in a fee dispute with my local ABC affiliate. Same, and it's also with NBC here. When it was cable net negotiations with Dish I didn't pay it much thought but two of the big four with one of the biggest cable providers in the country? Makes you think
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Jan 7, 2015 21:53
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SHUPS 4 DETH posted:Same, and it's also with NBC here. When it was cable net negotiations with Dish I didn't pay it much thought but two of the big four with one of the biggest cable providers in the country? Makes you think I found out that with ours, Gray Media (which owns the local ABC affiliate, KAKE) is asking for a 400% increase to their fee. It does sound unreasonable, but these cable companies are evil and ultimately on their deathbeds as content providers. Just pay it and shut up.
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Jan 7, 2015 22:06
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Tuxedo Jack posted:I found out that with ours, Gray Media (which owns the local ABC affiliate, KAKE) is asking for a 400% increase to their fee. Please tell me this channel runs a halloween theme week called "Boo."
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Jan 7, 2015 22:09
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PriorMarcus posted:I worked on this and wasn't too happy with the end product, in fact, it got a lot of bad reviews across the board, so I'm not sure it's worth you tracking down. There was also a major problem with the sound editing (not my department) and ALL the dialogue is hard to hear. Aw, that's a shame. For you, I mean -- I guess I'm not missing much. 
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Jan 7, 2015 22:13
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Netflix premieres!
Marco Polo has been renewed for a second season. No word on if Lilyhammer is getting a fourth.
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Jan 7, 2015 22:16
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I watched about half of Marco Polo, did it end good? I didn't dislike it or anything, just never got back to it and also noticed that Netflix has Hotel Impossible and let's just say a few days disappeared on me.
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Jan 7, 2015 22:21
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Wasn't expecting Daredevil so soon, and I didn't know Stephen DeKnight was attached. Consider me unreasonably pumped!
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Jan 7, 2015 22:22
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IRQ posted:I watched about half of Marco Polo, did it end good?
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Jan 7, 2015 22:23
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Curse you Netflix, that will be five series in a row that I'll watch... six, if OitNB premieres in June.
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Jan 7, 2015 22:35
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I do wish that Amazon would just follow the Netflix model. Make a loving show, stop with this 'make a pilot and view the show the year after' model.
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Jan 7, 2015 23:01
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DrVenkman posted:I do wish that Amazon would just follow the Netflix model. Make a loving show, stop with this 'make a pilot and view the show the year after' model.  You can just not watch the pilots and wait until the show launches. Same result.
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Jan 7, 2015 23:15
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Yeah, making pilots publicly available is an optional thing that Amazon likes to do. And it provides additional feedback for them.
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Jan 7, 2015 23:30
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Mr Show returning?
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Jan 7, 2015 23:46
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Anyone hear anything about a new show starting Monday on MTV called Eye Candy? It's based on the RL Stein books.
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Jan 8, 2015 00:13
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Would be awesome, but I don't see Tom Kenny or Jill Talley in that teaser pic.
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Jan 8, 2015 00:17
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Tom Kenny is too busy sleeping on a bed of $1000 dollar bills.
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