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Watched the first episode of Lady Dynamite. It's incredibly loving weird and you should all check it out.
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May 20, 2016 09:16
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Only the first? I thought you would be done with all 13 by now.
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May 20, 2016 09:33
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I desperately want Seeso to be popular because Jo Firestone has been on two of their to-be-released shows and she might be my favorite comedian ever.
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May 20, 2016 09:47
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Nc95xC2W8
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May 20, 2016 09:58
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Sober posted:For those interested: Vulture has a good long form article about how much the industry has changed since "Peak TV" has become a thing. And it's scary as someone who wants to throw their hat in the ring. This part has Amy Brenneman written all over it: quote:“People who ordinarily only want to be No. 1 on the call sheet, and the key player in the show, they’re now thinking about being the fourth lead on a [streaming series],” he says. Helping to ease the pain of making the transition from broadcast big shot to a supporting star on streaming is that it’s often not that big of a financial hit, given the sums Netflix and others are now throwing around. “If they have a $100,000 quote from being a lead on a CBS show, they can probably get $75,000 to be the third or fourth name on a streaming show,” the agent says. And while their faces might not be front and center on billboards and bus shelters, their reputation as actors might be much improved. “You get to be a part of a show that’s probably going to be part of the awards circuit for the next five years,” he says. “You’re just not going to be at the center of it.”
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May 20, 2016 13:34
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Lady Dynamite is on Netflix now. Everyone should watch it.
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May 20, 2016 14:44
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Seconded. Mulaney was a real fuckin sport for that cameo too
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May 20, 2016 14:47
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Yeah Lady Dynamite is the weirdest and one of the funniest sitcoms I've seen in a long time. Even the more normal episodes like ep 4 are plenty strange and meta. Let's get DP to watch it so he can get started on the post-essays it deserves.
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May 20, 2016 15:14
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Escobarbarian posted:Yeah Lady Dynamite is the weirdest and one of the funniest sitcoms I've seen in a long time. Even the more normal episodes like ep 4 are plenty strange and meta. Let's get DP to watch it so he can get started on the post-essays it deserves. The post-essays will have to wait, I have to watch that Pussy Noodle commercial about five hundred more times
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May 20, 2016 15:19
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Snak posted:Yeah, I dont mind low-key a long as the characters and acting keep it engaging. Halfway through the second episode, it's definitely working for me. If it helps, he has a much expanded role in later seasons, and I'd generally consider his character the emotional core of the show. At any rate, I've always liked LDP as an actor, but he's phenomenal in the most recent season. It's also nice to see Katee Sackhoff finally get another good role.  One thing I really like about Longmire is the unique milieu. Being a police western partially set on an Indian reservation, in rural Montana allows the opportunity for telling stories that TV never tells. other thing is that Zahn McClarnon, who was so good on Fargo season 2, is in the show and has a much better role with a lot more nuance than "henchman for rear end in a top hat gang that turns on his employers due to being sick of racism". Longmire is a show I think would be really popular here if it had aired on a different channel. As it is, being a Netflix series now, people have the opportunity to get into it, and I'd recommend it if you're hankering for a police procedural, but with good character development and a very different setting.
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May 20, 2016 17:57
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Spatula City posted:If it helps, he has a much expanded role in later seasons, and I'd generally consider his character the emotional core of the show. At any rate, I've always liked LDP as an actor, but he's phenomenal in the most recent season. quote:One thing I really like about Longmire is the unique milieu. Being a police western partially set on an Indian reservation, in rural Montana allows the opportunity for telling stories that TV never tells. I don't really care for Bailey Chase, but that might just be because he has resting smug face, and his character on Buffy was a tool.
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May 20, 2016 18:06
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Escobarbarian posted:Yeah Lady Dynamite is the weirdest and one of the funniest sitcoms I've seen in a long time. Even the more normal episodes like ep 4 are plenty strange and meta. Let's get DP to watch it so he can get started on the post-essays it deserves. Glad to hear, the trailer looked terrible (netflix trailers almost always do) Maria Bamford deserves a successful starring vehicle.
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May 20, 2016 18:09
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FadingChord posted:I'll be sad when The Odd Couple gets cancelled. It's nothing groundbreaking or amazing but it's a thoroughly competent dose of "safe" sitcom comfort food with a great cast of people I like. Is this opposite day? Also, why are they making Red Dwarf XI/XII? Can't they just let that horse stay dead?
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May 20, 2016 18:13
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I'm so in awe of Lady Dynamite that I'm pretty much going to have to watch it all once, then again, just to get all the jokes. It's a delight and I don't even like her standup.
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May 20, 2016 18:33
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Croatoan posted:Is this opposite day? I thought Red Dwarf X was actually really solid, a return to the earlier seasons sense of humor and stripped down and streamlined from the mess it had become. Even if it wasn't as good as seasons 1-3 (or 6, if you're being generous), it wasn't anywhere near as bad as the garbage fire that was 7-9.
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May 20, 2016 18:35
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feedmyleg posted:I thought Red Dwarf X was actually really solid, a return to the earlier seasons sense of humor and stripped down and streamlined from the mess it had become. Even if it wasn't as good as seasons 1-3 (or 6, if you're being generous), it wasn't anywhere near as bad as the garbage fire that was 7-9. I'll be damned, I had to double check and I haven't seen X. Last I watched was the meta season IX that had its moments but overall was just a steaming turd.
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May 20, 2016 19:06
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I'm looking around and I'm trying to find the Firewall & Iceberg episode that discusses NBC's fall from grace. It got posted in a previous Couch Chat thread. Which episode was that?
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May 20, 2016 19:22
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suddenlyissoon posted:I don't even like her standup.
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May 20, 2016 20:46
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Croatoan posted:I'll be damned, I had to double check and I haven't seen X. Last I watched was the meta season IX that had its moments but overall was just a steaming turd. Yeah that was utter, utter, garbage. I refused to watch episode 2 or 3. X was good, as stated above - definitely above 7-9. Not quite classic, but closer to having that feeling back.
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May 20, 2016 20:46
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So you should love Bamford.
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May 20, 2016 20:46
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Fargo has cast Ewan McGregor as two of the leads for season 3... http://deadline.com/2016/05/ewan-mcgregor-cast-lead-fargo-fx-1201760430/
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May 20, 2016 21:40
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Norwegian Rudo posted:Fargo has cast Ewan McGregor as two of the leads for season 3... Heh, at first I thought you made a typo.
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May 20, 2016 21:44
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Yes. Yessss. Glad they're keeping up the incredible casting.
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May 20, 2016 21:46
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Norwegian Rudo posted:Fargo has cast Ewan McGregor as two of the leads for season 3... Awesome.
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May 20, 2016 21:59
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HIJK posted:I'm looking around and I'm trying to find the Firewall & Iceberg episode that discusses NBC's fall from grace. It got posted in a previous Couch Chat thread. Which episode was that? If I had to guess, 169 as that has a segment called "NBC's return to suckage." Both 206 and 117 also appear to have some NBC discussion segments. Edit: hahaha it's definitely 169. Man, hearing things like "Smash and Revolution are NBC's massive hits!" is amazing Cael fucked around with this message at 22:17 on May 20, 2016 |
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May 20, 2016 22:05
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This is the second such article I've seen today about how the CW might be the best broadcast network. Caution for TVIV posters: The author doesn't rant about how much Arrow and the Flash suck constantly.
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May 20, 2016 22:18
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Arrow's fine right now, Legends is bad, and Flash was so bad I dropped it like two months ago and haven't regretted it once.
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May 20, 2016 22:22
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X-O posted:Arrow's fine right now, Legends is bad, and Flash was so bad I dropped it like two months ago and haven't regretted it once. Yeah I know half your posts are about how bad Flash sucks.
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May 20, 2016 22:23
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zoux posted:Yeah I know half your posts are about how bad Flash sucks. And half your posts are whiny posts about people not liking things you like. You spend more time taking shots at what other people say about things than you actually say about things yourself.
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May 20, 2016 22:33
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X-O posted:And half your posts are whiny posts about people not liking things you like. You spend more time taking shots at what other people say about things than you actually say about things yourself. Sorry I'll try to improve by limiting my posts to how unexcited I am for every show that gets announced.
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May 20, 2016 22:37
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I'm up to episode 20 of Flash S2, and I'd heard enough bad things about it that I was expecting it to be terrible and it surprisingly wasn't. I do think this might be my last season of both Flash and Arrow though unless I hear good things. I'm fully fatigued out with superhero stuff.
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May 20, 2016 22:38
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DrVenkman posted:I'm up to episode 20 of Flash S2, and I'd heard enough bad things about it that I was expecting it to be terrible and it surprisingly wasn't. Now why would you expect that?
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May 20, 2016 22:39
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Flash is a dumb show with annoying characters and stupid storylines and it was bad from the start. 30 seconds of cool action per episode don't make it worth watching.
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May 20, 2016 22:42
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zoux posted:Sorry I'll try to improve by limiting my posts to how unexcited I am for every show that gets announced. No man, it's really cool how you just brush aside the actual criticisms people have stated for things and instead just say "Oh Goons will be Goons LOL" every time someone says they don't like something. Definitely keep doing that.
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May 20, 2016 22:43
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X-O posted:No man, it's really cool how you just brush aside the actual criticisms people have stated for things and instead just say "Oh Goons will be Goons LOL" every time someone says they don't like something. Definitely keep doing that. Maybe if their criticisms weren't "I guessed what the show was going to do and that's why it's bad". But really I wouldn't give a gently caress what you thought about the Flash if you weren't constantly posting in every thread in every forum I see you in how bad it is given the slimmest link. Get over it.
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May 20, 2016 22:45
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Flash good. So what.
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May 20, 2016 22:51
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zoux posted:Maybe if their criticisms weren't "I guessed what the show was going to do and that's why it's bad". You're the one who brought up Flash and acted salty about it. I merely responded. Maybe you shouldn't have brought it up if you didn't want anyone to say what they thought about it. Lots of people don't like the show now. Get over it.
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May 20, 2016 22:52
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Wandle Cax posted:Flash is a dumb show with annoying characters and stupid storylines and it was bad from the start. 30 seconds of cool action per episode don't make it worth watching. Flash and Arrow were both bad from the very start. People went apeshit for the 15 seconds of parkour in the pilot for Arrow and it looked like poo poo.
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May 20, 2016 22:55
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X-O posted:Lots of people don't like the show now. Get over it. Ok I promise to stop posting about how good the Flash is in unrelated threads at the drop of a hat and how I still continue to watch it.
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May 20, 2016 22:56
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zoux posted:Ok I promise to stop posting about how good the Flash is in unrelated threads at the drop of a hat and how I still continue to watch it. If I apologize for saying I don't like the show you like will you stop whining?
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