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Barudak posted:My partner and I loved Blackish and then that plot about divorce happened and RIP Blackish we've never watched it again. Yeah, I hated that but it recovered nicely imo
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Feb 23, 2019 17:32
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How many seasons is Blackish at now? I loved the first season, but didn't keep watching when it started up again.
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Feb 23, 2019 17:42
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I saw one episode on tv and it was as painfully unfunny as all other network sitcoms
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Feb 23, 2019 17:47
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purple death ray posted:Sometimes you need something to distract you from the screaming existential horror that saturates everything in this hollow, worthless world we had the misfortune to be born into, because you got to do housework and you don't need that occupying your thoughts while you're trying to scrub a kitchen counter yep, this is it. thanks, all
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bad posts ahead!!! posted:i think i've lost the ability to watch the office because i hate jim and pam so much now... what are some other good background noise shows, besides frasier? Law and order
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oldpainless posted:Law and order Until you hear the “This Is A Dramatic Moment And/Or Shocking Twist” song for the thousandth time, i.e. the only part of the soundtrack other than the title song and  .
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Feb 23, 2019 18:05
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hawowanlawow posted:I saw one episode on tv and it was as painfully unfunny as all other network sitcoms Idk it has some really great powerful moments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA9QBZr8WEg
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Solice Kirsk posted:How many seasons is Blackish at now? I loved the first season, but didn't keep watching when it started up again. It has a spin-off now too, Grown-ish
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Feb 23, 2019 19:14
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Am I wrong thinking that season 2 of True Detective is a complete mess? The first season was loving great. I thought Matthew McConaughey did an incredible acting job. I'm only one episode in for season 3 so we'll see, but man, that middle season just seemed to be all over the place.
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Feb 23, 2019 20:45
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oh dope posted:Am I wrong thinking that season 2 of True Detective is a complete mess? The initial reaction to s2 was almost universally negative to my recollection.
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Feb 23, 2019 20:48
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oh dope posted:Am I wrong thinking that season 2 of True Detective is a complete mess? Everyone thought season 2 was a complete mess.
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Feb 23, 2019 21:04
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Season 2 would have been a mostly decent show if season 1 hadn't been so amazing. On the heels of S1, S2 looks like absolute garbage though. At least that's my opinion.
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Feb 23, 2019 21:21
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Pizzolatto saw how popular Rust Cohle was and tried to make four Rust Cohles.
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Feb 23, 2019 21:25
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Captain Monkey posted:Season 2 would have been a mostly decent show if season 1 hadn't been so amazing. On the heels of S1, S2 looks like absolute garbage though. I agree. It's messy and it has problems, but I don't think it's bad, and it gets super interesting in like the last 5 minutes when it looks like the season is the set up for a really cool lone wolf and cub style show
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Feb 23, 2019 23:14
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I never got the love for season 1 in the first place. It feels like a show designed by committee to be the most prestigious grimdark show ever designed to win Emmys. Almost like a parody of a prestige show except it's playing it straight. I knew the moment the intro started that I would hate it. I feel the same way about Westworld. I liked the long tracking shot scene though.
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Feb 23, 2019 23:21
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Mu Zeta posted:I never got the love for season 1 in the first place. It feels like a show designed by committee to be the most prestigious grimdark show ever designed to win Emmys. Almost like a parody of a prestige show except it's playing it straight. I knew the moment the intro started that I would hate it. I feel the same way about Westworld. I liked the long tracking shot scene though.
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Feb 23, 2019 23:31
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What? There were already shows like Sopranos, Deadwood, Wire, Americans, Breaking Bad, etc. I saw TD season 1 as it aired.
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Mu Zeta posted:What? There were already shows like Sopranos, Deadwood, Wire, Americans, Breaking Bad, etc. I saw TD season 1 as it aired.
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Feb 23, 2019 23:40
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all hbo intros are pretty much the same
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Feb 23, 2019 23:44
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Mu Zeta posted:I never got the love for season 1 in the first place. It feels like a show designed by committee to be the most prestigious grimdark show ever designed to win Emmys. Almost like a parody of a prestige show except it's playing it straight. I knew the moment the intro started that I would hate it. I feel the same way about Westworld. I liked the long tracking shot scene though. Lol drat what an awful, jaded and cynical opinion
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Feb 23, 2019 23:51
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hawowanlawow posted:all hbo intros are pretty much the same What show was it that had the sketch making fun of identical prestige show intros? Was it portlandia?
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Ugly In The Morning posted:What show was it that had the sketch making fun of identical prestige show intros? Was it portlandia? Family Guy
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Feb 23, 2019 23:55
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Koalas March posted:Blackish, Arrested Development, King of the Hill. AD demands way too much attention IMO. Lots of visual gags too.
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Feb 24, 2019 00:31
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Only the first three seasons of AD though. Five sucks and though Four isn’t really bad I can’t see it working as background noise with how twisting and nonlinear it is. Are we talking recut season four or is that a dumb question because it's obviously the only version that exists?
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jojoinnit posted:Are we talking recut season four or is that a dumb question because it's obviously the only version that exists? Regular season four is pretty good. I'd give season five a look too but, due to rights fuckery over in Australia, Netflix still doesn't have it.
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Feb 24, 2019 01:59
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hell, season 3 wasn't very good
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Mu Zeta posted:I never got the love for season 1 in the first place. It feels like a show designed by committee to be the most prestigious grimdark show ever designed to win Emmys. Almost like a parody of a prestige show except it's playing it straight. I knew the moment the intro started that I would hate it. I feel the same way about Westworld. I liked the long tracking shot scene though. The other problem someone once pointed out to me was that its essentially 5 episodes of exposition and then the last episode. I look back at it as amazing actors elevating some mediocre to good scripts. Going back to Scrubs real quick, the main characters were meant to be flawed but ultimately decent people but they didn't want to be like other sitcoms where everything resets after an episode or two. But Bill Lawerence said he flaw was letting the writers essentially go nuts with characters because they were always on the verge of being cancelled every season. Seasons 1 - 3 are completely different in tone and writing than seasons 4 - 7. Lawerence basically killed JD and Elliot after the 3rd season because he thought the writers were doing a disservice to the characters and when season 8 was going to be for reals last season the writers came back to him. And they said absolutely not unless they could have them be mature. Season 8s tone was way closer to the original season to the later seasons and it shows. I mentioned it earlier in the thread was the awkwardly racist things JD would say as the seasons got on despite the fact in early seasons he was way more smart about race issues. In fact JD's character was originally smart but a bit arrogant. Then it became JD is exaggerated Zach Braff.
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Scrubs is a pretty clear case of characters being caricatured parodies of themselves as the show goes on and the writers run out of ideas.
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BioEnchanted posted:Something about Scrubs that someone on youtube pointed out that I found kind of funny was Carla and Turk stealing JD's apartment and the show not noticing it. Turk moved in with JD when they were interns, then Carla started spending time there when they started dating, then they start insisting JD move out because they're feeling like him living with them is pathetic? Dude, you're living with him, you're the ones who need to find your own place. Thank you for saying this. I've always thought it was insane that the show didn't acknowledge it and that I'd missed something. They could have done a quick 10 second offside of JD agreeing to find his own place and transfer the lease but they couldn't be bothered. It really bugged me when I binge watched it some years ago. I even re-watched the episodes around that time to see if I missed something. It's just not there. JD's the one on the lease goddamn it.
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Feb 24, 2019 05:28
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How much time passed? Maybe he had Turk put on the lease during a renewal
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Scrubs is a pretty clear case of characters being caricatured parodies of themselves as the show goes on and the writers run out of ideas. I think that's mostly notable because it's across almost all characters having that happen, at the same time. Usually when a show does that to a character, it's one or two at a time. Like, Brooklyn 99 has clearly gone into that with Amy, but nobody else is treated that way. Cleretic has a new favorite as of 05:42 on Feb 24, 2019 |
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Sir Lemming posted:AD demands way too much attention IMO. Lots of visual gags too. Not to sound like a crazy person but having Bob Ross on Twitch is a great thing in the background show. Because you can watch and then come back 10 minutes later and say "how the gently caress did he get there?"
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GoutPatrol posted:Not to sound like a crazy person but having Bob Ross on Twitch is a great thing in the background show. Because you can watch and then come back 10 minutes later and say "how the gently caress did he get there?" It's not a crazy person thing to say, he's wonderful to have on. Dude is a really relaxing presence even if you're not watching what he's doing closely. Although you won't be looking at it when you're doing other things, the chat on his stream is also surprisingly goofy and chill
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hawowanlawow posted:hell, season 3 wasn't very good Arrested Development is a rough one for me because my family is a lot like a trashier version of the Bluths - act like they're richer and more important than they actually are, greedy, petty, manipulative, shallow, use "family" as a bludgeon to control their kids, etc. It's usually juuuuust over the top enough to be funny but it's a real fine line. So if the jokes aren't hitting with that season 1 spark, it's not worth watching.
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Can a tv show age poorly before it is even released? Because I'm willing to bet the upcoming half (final?) season of AD will qualify.
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Whitlam posted:Genuine question: did that episode lead to (or at least, reinforce) people reporting abuse not being taken seriously? My interpretation is also a little different to yours, although fair disclosure - I was born in the '90s and first watched it in the 2000s, so maybe that coloured my interpretation. Oh, I understand what you're saying. The whole D-Gen/Working Dog team is so left wing they're almost a parody themselves. The main issue I had with that one episode is that it took "here's a survivor of abuse" and made it a punchline. Yes, by then "hosed by a priest" was a running joke pretty much everywhere, but there was still nothing being done about it in any meaningful way in Australia. It just really soured the episode for me. Apart from that one thing, the show was absolutely on point.
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purple death ray posted:Arrested Development is a rough one for me because my family is a lot like a trashier version of the Bluths - act like they're richer and more important than they actually are, greedy, petty, manipulative, shallow, use "family" as a bludgeon to control their kids, etc. It's usually juuuuust over the top enough to be funny but it's a real fine line. So if the jokes aren't hitting with that season 1 spark, it's not worth watching. yeah, that would be an issue for me too, guess i'd have to watch it to know for sure.
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Feb 24, 2019 14:40
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Koalas March posted:Yeah, I hated that but it recovered nicely imo Its one of those we'll never know thing because it killed the show dead for us, which is a huge shame cause my spouse really dug how it helped them better understand african-american culture. On the other hand now they don't have wait for me to explain why I'm laughing at something the show they didn't explain yet/references they don't get.
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