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Phineas Gage posted:you have the archives link to the thread? cant find it It's not archived, it's on page 2. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3082971
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EX-GAIJIN AT LAST posted:Funny how things change; it wasn't that long ago that the conventional wisdom stated the exact reverse. He was being sarcastic, or at least I hope he was. The amount of arse-covering retcon in the season finale should make it obvious to anyone that saw it that until recently they were completely winging it.
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Aug 27, 2009 12:27
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Count Choculitis posted:I was not being sarcastic. I legitimately liked the ending. Yes they were doing a bunch of rear end-covering, but whatever, I still thought it was a good ending to a great show. But I like pretty much anything I watch so I guess I'm just easily pleased. Think you got the wrong end of the stick on what I was saying. I meant that I though you were being sarcastic about Lost being planned out from the beginning, not BSG being good. I too though the end to BSG was very well done (dancing robot montage aside).
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Aug 28, 2009 10:30
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Useless Rabbit posted:I've been plowing through Wire in the Blood via Netflix streaming. Really excellent show, and I'm surprised it was never remade here in the US. The first couple of series are really good, but after that it devolves into just another boring police procedural.
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Nov 19, 2009 20:06
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Rabbit Hill posted:And do people love Tig? I love Tig. Tig loves anything with a pulse. Or without a pulse, come to that.
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Nov 20, 2009 02:09
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Noxville posted:The one thing I remember best about The West Wing is that the bit where Josh is posting on the internet and finds his fans are weird and obsessive is based on Aaron Sorkin going on some forum (possibly TWOP?) and not getting the rapturous welcome he was expecting. Which is kind of a little pathetic, really. Well, you create a fairly sophisticated and intelligent show which builds up a loyal fan-base. You go on the internet to talk to these fans expecting them, some may say naively, to also be intelligent and sophisticated. Instead, what you get is fan-fiction of the president being taking roughly over the desk in the oval office by the chief of staff. I'd be a bit put out too if that was my first exposure to internet fandom.
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Mar 7, 2010 13:10
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Halal to the Chief posted:I'm bingeing through Buffy. I'm midway through season 3...can anyone tell me what season it falls off a cliff? Season 4 and 5 have some really good episodes, but also quite a lot of really poo poo episodes. Season 6 is pretty poo poo from beginning to end. Season 7 is ok if you hit fast-forward whenever Buffy opens her mouth.
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Jul 11, 2010 15:08
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SaviourX posted:Here, I fixed that for you. Yeah, her too. It says a lot about season 7 that Dawn, who I loathed in season 5, is actually one of the least annoying characters.
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Jul 22, 2010 14:07
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Tailored Sauce posted:Going through Breaking Bad. First two seasons were great. Season three is going too slow for me, I'm hoping it picks up. Pizza on the roof is the best thing about this season so far. There's some definite awesome in there, it's worth the wait.
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Sep 11, 2010 03:10
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TheKeeper posted:Due to Torchwood getting a passing grade from me, I decided I would give the new Dr. Who another shot. I haven't started it yet, but will within the next few days. You're best off skipping Tennant completely, if you try to marathon those seasons you'll either slit your wrists or end up with irreversible brain damage.
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Sep 19, 2010 18:54
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Yomofo posted:I just finished up Sons of Anarchy and loved it. The Shield, definitely. I started watching it because I was bored, not expecting much, and ended up binging through all seven series in a fortnight.
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Sep 20, 2010 19:11
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SMP posted:I got through Justified over the past week. Why was the first half of the season procedural crime-of-the-week episodes, and the second half serial? Most of the "stand-alone" episodes actually serve either to introduce new characters, like Raylan's dad or Pa Crowder, or to expand Raylan's character a bit. That way when it all kicks off in the back half of the season they don't have to stop to introduce everyone and you already give a poo poo about the characters. They could have spread out the arc story over the whole season I suppose, but that would have watered it down too much and wouldn't have been half as intense or interesting.
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Oct 10, 2010 15:13
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Randy Rand posted:I cannot stand the way they are loving over Matt Sarasen. The new QB is a piece of poo poo and at this point they're just trolling the audience. Also moving Sarasen to receiver isn't going to make me feel like it's all better and done for, I will never be able to root for that JD shitbird. The only two people I pretty much care about in the show are Matt and Coach. The former is getting hosed over completely by the writers and I'm guessing he will be gone next season, which is yet another problem: how do I keep watching the show if I don't give a poo poo about anyone else? Most of what you're complaining about is setup for the awesomeness of season 4.
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Oct 26, 2010 02:11
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GutBomb posted:My girlfriend got me hooked on Gossip Girl and I hate myself. Every episode you watch increases the estrogen in your system. By the end of season 2 you'll be on your period.
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Oct 26, 2010 18:28
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Metajo Cum Dumpster posted:Spaced Hawk the Slayer is rubbish!
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Nov 27, 2010 22:31
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Kerafyrm posted:Fringe, here. I caught up on Supernatural a week or so ago and decided to give Fringe a try, and am loving it. Unfortunately, now I'm nearly caught up to that and am going to need a new series to binge through. Manimal.
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Dec 1, 2010 09:37
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Kekekela posted:Is it called something else over here? Kind of like Spooks (lol) was renamed MI:5? Don't think it's been shown outside the UK yet. You can buy the DVDs on Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/Misfits-Complete-DVD-Robert-Sheehan/dp/B002GV4ORQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1291906498&sr=8-1
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Dec 9, 2010 15:55
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beanieson posted:I just finished up Battlestar last night actually. I didn't mind the ending at all, and I felt that really the "angels" explanation had been telegraphed from the beginning. Well, that depends if you count one of the characters flat-out stating it as fact as telegraphing it or not.
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Dec 22, 2010 13:50
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GutBomb posted:It's a studio audience. It's not a laugh track. The laughter is actual people laughing at the jokes as the show is being filmed. Sure the people have been worked up by a warm-up comedian beforehand to get them in a laughing mood, but it's not canned laughter added after the fact. Whether it's live or pre-recorded, it's still a loving laugh track. If they'd complained about "canned laughter" you might have had a point, but they didn't, so gently caress off and die.
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Jan 1, 2011 04:39
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TheAngryDrunk posted:Early Prison Break is awesome. It's very much like Heroes in that regard. First season is awesome, but it declines in quality rapidly after that.
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Jan 9, 2011 22:58
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Yomofo posted:The next two I'm looking at are Rome and Spartacus. I tried to watch the 1st episode of Spartacus and the special effects were so over the top I had to stop. It just looked too cheap/fake to me. Should I give it another shot or will this irk me throughout the season? It gets toned down a lot after the first couple of episodes.
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Feb 14, 2011 01:27
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Cactus posted:I'm enjoying it so far on a popcorn level but please tell me it gets a little less cliche as it progresses. Hahahahahahahahahahaha. No, no it does not. Enjoy your visit to the Stride Gum factory.
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Apr 4, 2011 22:46
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scr0llwheel posted:I just started From the Earth to the Moon. HBO makes the best miniseries. Yeah, From the Earth to the Moon is great, I especially like how they did the Apollo 13 episode.
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May 21, 2011 22:55
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Daggerpants posted:The Wire mainly to see more of Aidan Gillen, who plays Littlefinger in Game of Thrones... and because everyone always talks about how good of a show it was. If you really want to see a lot more of Aidan Gillen you should watch Queer as Folk.
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Jun 13, 2011 14:13
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qbert posted:I just finished the first season of Torchwood and thought it was pretty much crap. I heard it's supposed to get much better, though. Series 3 Children of Earth is much better than what came before, but is still fairly crap in comparison to anything good.
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Jun 19, 2011 19:53
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Logan 5 posted:Can anyone recommend MI:5? It's on netflix and although a quick google search tells me a few good things I was wondering if anyone else has seen it. If that's Spooks, then the first season is quite good but it gets progressively worse as it goes on.
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Jun 30, 2011 00:07
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The Gloaming posted:One thing I am trying to like but can not are the science fiction shows goons love so much. I did ten seasons of JAG in a couple weeks but I can not even do half a season of Buffy. This is also true with any anime. If there a way to ease myself into these shows? I know everyone can not like them so much if they are total poo poo. Has anyone else been able to change their taste so to say; or am I doomed to watching the all X-Files for the 3rd time? The first season of Buffy can be a bit painful, but it does improve. If you're looking for sci-fi type shows to binge through in general, I'd recommend Battlestar Galactica which has an excellent first season and is very easy to get into. If you like the X-Files I'd also recommend Fringe which is very similar in tone, at least at first.
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Jul 2, 2011 20:15
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Kid Moe posted:Well, after reading some stuff on Carnivale and finding out it gets much more intriguing as the show goes on, I watched the second episode on anytime TV and can safely say that I'm invested. You don't really find out what's going on till the second season but when it all comes out it's well worth the wait, unlike certain other programmes.
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Jul 5, 2011 21:35
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Throatwarbler posted:Well So far Veronica hasn't had sex with Duncan, since she says she lost her virginity at the party where she was raped, which was after Lily's murder. And in any case Veronica is suitably disgusted by the idea, so its not as if the show was putting forward some radical new interpretation on sibling incest. Keep watching.
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Jul 5, 2011 23:47
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precision posted:And my God, episode 6 (I believe) is one of the best hours of any show I have ever seen in my life and that is including The Prisoner. One word: milk. That particular episode is why I'm not that worried that the quality will decrease just from Nathan leaving: Howard Overman managed to take an old Hugh Denis sketch and turn it into one of the most disturbing super-villains ever written.
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Jul 16, 2011 23:40
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Mister Kingdom posted:What's the general opinion of Falling Skies? I have a friend who has the whole series and liked it (we have similar tastes, usually, and he recommended it). Lost interest after a couple of episodes, stopped watching it. It's not bad, per se, just not particularly good.
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Aug 28, 2011 17:42
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SouthLAnd posted:I especially like how I don't hate all of the main characters yet. Just wait till Teyla starts singing.
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Sep 29, 2011 19:18
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Trig Discipline posted:That's not quite accurate. It goes mostly down the crapper, then it gets stuck and the crapper overflows. Then in season three they get the butter knife to try to cut it into flushable pieces, and then they use the plunger and try and force the pieces the rest of the way down the crapper, but it just breaks apart and floods onto the carpet and everyone starts vomiting from the smell. Season 4 is where everyone dies of dysentery.
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Oct 14, 2011 23:42
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mancalamania posted:Just finished a re-watch of the first two seasons of Veronica Mars. Out of curiosity, what was the general consensus as to who the killers were when it originally aired? This was my first time watching it knowing advance who the killers were, and I thought there was no way anyone could have figured out in advance who they were. There was some minor foreshadowing, sure, and the killers of each season both definitely make sense, but I don't think there were enough clues for anyone to reasonably put it together before each finale. I got both about three episodes before the finale, mainly due to the "minor foreshadowing" you mentioned being about as subtle as a sledgehammer to the testicles.
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Jan 29, 2012 23:35
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Mu Zeta posted:Timothy Olyphant is a terrible actor. Now you've done it.
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Apr 5, 2012 21:59
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Cactus posted:A lot of people like what he does v A few vocal whiny people on the internet like his shows, unfortunately most people don't and the ratings reflect that.
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Apr 6, 2012 12:31
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jfballin posted:The Unit got a lot better during the second season over the first. Still in season one on the other two. Don't watch season 4. Seriously. One of the episodes involves the Spear of Destiny. It's loving awful.
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Apr 14, 2012 17:23
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EddieDean posted:They conflict with 01 Boxer, who I won't spoil but who is a believable villain. Awesome villain who has his own awesome theme music that starts playing whenever he appears on screen.
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Jun 23, 2012 16:25
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Exploder posted:Thank you to the posters who suggested that I keep watching Prison Break. I'm through episode 10 now, and I am totally into it. The two-parter Riots, Drills, and the Devil were two of the most intense hours of television I have seen (outside of Breaking Bad and The Wire). It's nothing groundbreaking, but it is a cool concept (if borrowed from Shawshank Redemption) executed in a unique way, and a lot of the characters are very likeable, and very unlikeable in a good way (T-bag). Just to forewarn you, there's a huge drop in quality from season three onwards. The last half of season 4 is almost unwatchable.
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richardfun posted:Wow, you don't often hear someone this positive about SoA... Actually people say good things about it all the time, but it all gets redacted by the CIA.
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