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Metal Loaf posted:Are there many series which started with a two-part story? Not in the "feature-length pilot" fashion, but in the sense that episodes one and two are one story in two parts. The only examples that occur to me off the top of my head are Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Dead Zone but I imagine there are more. Buffy would be a feature-length pilot that you said didn't count since they aired it on one night as one episode.
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Oh, I didn't know that. I've only watched most of these things on DVD. I know Fringe had a two-hour pilot, for instance; was it broadcast originally as parts one and two?
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In The Walking Dead, did Zombies exist as a form of fiction, as in, Night of the Living Dead was a movie everyone would have seen?
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Davros1 posted:In The Walking Dead, did Zombies exist as a form of fiction, as in, Night of the Living Dead was a movie everyone would have seen? No, many zombie stories take place in a world with no zombie fiction. It's just one of the usual things done in that genre.
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EL BROMANCE posted:I can't remember the thread here, but BSG had people hating on it before it even aired. Convinced it was going to be a terrible remake and that the old version would reign superior. I wonder how many people actually watched the original series if they thought it could be ruined by anything.
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What about Modern Family? Not exactly turned against, but it went from one of the busiest threads to not even having one posted for this season.
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Davros1 posted:What about Modern Family? Not exactly turned against, but it went from one of the busiest threads to not even having one posted for this season. The original question was about genre shows, and while I haven't watched this week's Modern Family yet, I doubt it took that much of a turn.
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Deadpool posted:No, many zombie stories take place in a world with no zombie fiction. It's just one of the usual things done in that genre.
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Feb 6, 2015 18:45
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Sleepy Hollow maybe? It had a beloved first season and now the entire thread seems to agree its gone poo poo.
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zoux posted:What's the longest a genre show has gone before the thread turned on it? Fringe had high quality threads until the very end
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The other big problem with zombie media is that everyone has their own ideas of what a zombie is, which is usually a mish mash of various movies.
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The lesson here is that threads invariably turn against genre shows.
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thrawn527 posted:The original question was about genre shows, and while I haven't watched this week's Modern Family yet, I doubt it took that much of a turn. It's about exactly the same as far as I can tell. I couldn't be assed to pay attention to it anymore because the only one growing is the boy. The gay dude's daughter is possibly the worst child actor I've ever seen.
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Feb 6, 2015 19:53
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zoux posted:The lesson here is that threads invariably turn against genre shows. All scripted fictional shows eventually get bad. There's no need to pin it on this forum for noticing.
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Feb 6, 2015 19:56
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The Supernatural thread is critical of the show and everybody accepts it's glory days are behind it, but there's not a hell of a lot of dog-piling or hate. People who don't like it anymore just don't post.
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IRQ posted:All scripted fictional shows eventually get bad. Yeah but ever since Lost everyone is in a hurry to be the one who noticed it got bad first. Making every thread for a show not in it's first season a cesspit of negativity.
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Feb 6, 2015 20:02
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The comic book shows are usually by far the worst. The Continuum thread has always been decent.
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Ariza posted:It's about exactly the same as far as I can tell. I couldn't be assed to pay attention to it anymore because the only one growing is the boy. The gay dude's daughter is possibly the worst child actor I've ever seen. I meant a turn towards being a genre show, which would have been quite the shift.
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Feb 6, 2015 20:25
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IRQ posted:All scripted fictional shows eventually get bad. A great many goons allocate themselves arbitrary imaginary points for being the first cool dude to hate something for the sake of hating it. Because they are hollow idiots.
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GreenNight posted:The comic book shows are usually by far the worst. The Continuum thread has always been decent. That's because Continuum was bad from the beginning so there was no way for it to get worse.
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Regy Rusty posted:That's because Continuum was bad from the beginning so there was no way for it to get worse. The first season was rough but the show is pretty drat good. Different topic but I'm excited about Bosch hitting a week from today 
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MOVIE MAJICK posted:How good of a show is Homeland? Stop after season 1. The plot just gets dumber and dumber. Regy Rusty posted:That's because Continuum was bad from the beginning so there was no way for it to get worse. 
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GreenNight posted:The comic book shows are usually by far the worst. The Continuum thread has always been decent. Agents of Shield is the worst thread for it, and also that AoS chat will break out in other threads that people get mad over, but Arrow and Flash have been pretty good and didn't generate a lot of problems until recently. The worst show threads are the ones that start from an established franchise because people will post spoilers (Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, ) or get extremely angry at people suggesting that maybe they check out the books. Breaking Bad, a show that stayed great through its run still had a lot of recurring problems with people getting really angry at Skylar and posting some pretty angry rants. pentyne fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Feb 6, 2015 |
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The worst thing about comic book threads is that people just start straight up explaining who everyone is and what is going to happen, on the assumption that the only people who watch it are going to be up to date with their crayon literature, and that no one cares about/should be allowed to discover the characters through the actual television programme.
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The worst thing about comic book shows is the people that get genuinely pants-shittingly angry over any minor change. Wasn't there one guy that was freaking out over the Flash's hair color in the show?
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IRQ posted:The worst thing about comic book shows is the people that get genuinely pants-shittingly angry over any minor change. Yeah, along with the ethnicity of the cast (Iris being black) that pissed off some people. Comic book fans get extremely racist about the changing ethnicity of their fictional idols.
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pentyne posted:Yeah, along with the ethnicity of the cast (Iris being black) that pissed off some people. Comic book fans get extremely racist about the changing ethnicity of their fictional idols. Agreed. I've always said that the worst thing about comic book shows were the cross burnings.
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Hey let's stop talking about comic book shows you guys. And start talking about video game shows instead. How does a live action Legend of Zelda show sound? Netflix apparently thinks it's a good idea.
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Starring Donald Glover as Tingle
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If Netflix thinks it's a good idea, it's a good idea.
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But but but the timeline.... MY IMMERSION. But anyway congrats mods, that thread will be even worse than the GoT one. hcreight fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Feb 6, 2015 |
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lelandjs posted:
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The quality of that show depends on the quality of Gannondorf, the best villain.
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Fooz posted:The quality of that show depends on the quality of Gannondorf, the best villain. Too bad Raul Julia is dead.
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GreenNight posted:Too bad Raul Julia is dead. Jesse Ventura is still alive though
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Fooz posted:The quality of that show depends on the quality of Gannondorf, the best villain. It's Ganondorf, have you even
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Spelling is for losers.
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Is there a Better Call Saul thread?
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lelandjs posted:Hey let's stop talking about comic book shows you guys. How is something both the best idea and the worst idea?
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Rarity posted:How is something both the best idea and the worst idea? It's likely going to be a mediocre show at best. The show should take place in a timeline where the idea of Zelda timelines never existed. But Zelda nerds will be Zelda nerds... Sober fucked around with this message at 01:07 on Feb 7, 2015 |
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