MaliA wrote:
Finished Season 2 of the Wire.
Brilliant. Better than the first.
Brilliant. Better than the first.
Big willy guy was great in it, like, really great.
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Mon Feb 03, 2014 1:27 ] |
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Dr Zoidberg wrote: Has Almost Human had a mention yet? The first ep was brilliant. I thought it was okay. Had it not been for the recommends here I would definitely have turned off in the first five minutes, which were terrible, and made the clips of the Robocop remake look like Citizen Kane. It just survived until the new android partner came in, and then it got better. The dialogue is still a bit clunky and the formula is insanely formulaic, but there's some potential. Will watch another episode or two. |
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:17 ] |
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Curiosity wrote: the formula is insanely formulaic lulz |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Mon Feb 03, 2014 11:20 ] |
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British Nervoso wrote: Curiosity wrote: the formula is insanely formulaic lulz Indeed. |
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| Author: | asfish [ Mon Feb 03, 2014 13:35 ] |
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Bitten... Show about a (lady) Werewolf, this is a rare thing to happen in the world of the show as women don't survive the "first change" by all accounts She is living in the city trying to have a normal life but is called back to her pack when they have issue Found the show a bit slow but ok, might have binned it off after the first episode, but as there is not a lot of US TV due to Super bowl and the Winter Olympics, I watched a couple more and quite liked it. |
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 20:41 ] |
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Surprised none of you telly addicts have mentioned Gotham yet. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 21:06 ] |
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Interesting. I'd not seen it mentioned before. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 21:34 ] |
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Nor I. Anyone watched The After? |
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| Author: | Malc [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 21:57 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Nor I. Anyone watched The After? Yes! I wanted to like it, I really did, but it was full of stereotypes! I might watch more if they make more, but I didn't feel that impressed. Malc |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:35 ] |
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Finished Season 2 of the Wire. Brilliant. Better than the first. |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:44 ] |
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MaliA wrote: Finished Season 2 of the Wire. Brilliant. Better than the first. In my humble opinion, it's the best of all the Wires. That quality is maintained throughout seasons 3 and 4, though less so in 5. But in 2, I think I just loved that side of Baltimore. Quite fancied the life of a stevedore after that. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:44 ] |
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MaliA wrote: Finished Season 2 of the Wire. Brilliant. Better than the first. Big willy guy was great in it, like, really great. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:46 ] |
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Findus Fop wrote: In my humble opinion, it's the best of all the Wires. That quality is maintained throughout seasons 3 and 4, though less so in 5. But in 2, I think I just loved that side of Baltimore. Quite fancied the life of a stevedore after that. I wouldn't even watch the fifth if I had the chance again. A real disappointment after the high quality that preceded it. |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:48 ] |
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Saturnalian wrote: MaliA wrote: Finished Season 2 of the Wire. Brilliant. Better than the first. Big willy guy was great in it, like, really great. The highlight, of course, being Nick's girlfriend's boobs. (Season 4 is the best) |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:49 ] |
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Curiosity wrote: Saturnalian wrote: MaliA wrote: Finished Season 2 of the Wire. Brilliant. Better than the first. Big willy guy was great in it, like, really great. The highlight, of course, being Nick's girlfriend's boobs. (Season 4 is the best) Yes, that pair were bee eeay you tiful. |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:57 ] |
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Saturnalian wrote: Findus Fop wrote: In my humble opinion, it's the best of all the Wires. That quality is maintained throughout seasons 3 and 4, though less so in 5. But in 2, I think I just loved that side of Baltimore. Quite fancied the life of a stevedore after that. I wouldn't even watch the fifth if I had the chance again. A real disappointment after the high quality that preceded it. It was a smudge, definitely. When the fifth came out I went to the Wire Weekender at the Curzon, where they premiered the whole of 5 back to back. The highlight, aside from my mate getting Dominic West to sign her bottle of Jamesons, was hearing the collective intake of breath of 100 or so people ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:59 ] |
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Wow - imagine doing that with the first one. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 21:16 ] |
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House of cards series two on Netflix now. |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 21:54 ] |
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MaliA wrote: House of cards series two on Netflix now. We are watching it now! |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 22:02 ] |
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Mr Russell wrote: MaliA wrote: House of cards series two on Netflix now. We are watching it now! Good call! Us, too! |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 22:52 ] |
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Us too! Ep 1 was a stonker. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 23:34 ] |
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Mr Kissyfur wrote: Us too! Ep 1 was a stonker. Hell. Yeah. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 23:41 ] |
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Thank fuck ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! Spacey is legendary. |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Sat Feb 15, 2014 0:14 ] |
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I like the fact that the next scene was nothing but a full minute of nothing happening in an office so we could take it in. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Sat Feb 15, 2014 0:27 ] |
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The whole "release an entire series in one go" thing should really have more of an effect on the business model for TV. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Sat Feb 15, 2014 21:57 ] |
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4 episodes in, this is even better than the first season so far! |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Sat Feb 15, 2014 22:25 ] |
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Princess ButtercupClaire is properly evil. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Sat Feb 15, 2014 22:57 ] |
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Holy crap, it is too! |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Sat Feb 15, 2014 23:53 ] |
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Banshee continues to be awesome. |
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| Author: | RuySan [ Mon Feb 17, 2014 13:10 ] |
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Keeping up with the same sitcoms: Modern Family is just incredibly consistent. Always funny, charming and smart. New Girl is also quite good. I never gave much importance to it in the first season but it started to become quite funny. How i met your mother. It's the Anti-Modern Family, as it's the least consistent sitcom since season 5 or so. Some good episodes while others are annoying. Specially the ones where punch magnet Ted becomes all emo Big Bang Theory - I still watch because my wife likes it, but it gets worse and worse. There's no subtlety in anything whatsoever. And the fact that they made the indian guy all gay all of sudden really gets to my nerves. |
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| Author: | markg [ Mon Feb 17, 2014 19:26 ] |
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Quite enjoying The Following again, it's just really good fun. James Purefoy's performance as the completely unhinged killer is consistently amusing, Kevin Bacon is pretty decent in it too. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Mon Feb 17, 2014 22:14 ] |
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RuySan wrote: How i met your mother. It's the Anti-Modern Family, as it's the least consistent sitcom since season 5 or so. Some good episodes while others are annoying. Specially the ones where punch magnet Ted becomes all emo Series 6 was fairly poor, but series 7 (hopefully the last one) has been back on form. Quote: Big Bang Theory - I still watch because my wife likes it, but it gets worse and worse. There's no subtlety in anything whatsoever. And the fact that they made the Indian guy all gay all of sudden really gets to my nerves. You're the nirjehenenenengegenenenege of telly. TBBT gets funnier and funnier. And the fact you think they made Kuthrapali "all gay all of a sudden" suggest you haven't been paying attention since sometime in series 2. |
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| Author: | nickachu [ Mon Feb 17, 2014 23:20 ] |
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I've just seen the first season of Continuum. Pretty good show. Not sure if it's been discussed here...not reading x pages. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Feb 18, 2014 0:25 ] |
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I'm rather addicted to 2 Broke Girls. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Feb 18, 2014 0:36 ] |
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Grim... wrote: I'm rather addicted to 2 Broke Girls. I love it. I cannot explain why, but it is great. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Tue Feb 18, 2014 1:26 ] |
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It's what Thursday was made for. Plus it's consistently vulgar, which I love. Oh, and boobs. |
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| Author: | RuySan [ Tue Feb 18, 2014 16:06 ] |
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Mr Kissyfur wrote: RuySan wrote: How i met your mother. It's the Anti-Modern Family, as it's the least consistent sitcom since season 5 or so. Some good episodes while others are annoying. Specially the ones where punch magnet Ted becomes all emo Series 6 was fairly poor, but series 7 (hopefully the last one) has been back on form. The show is already on Season 9. And yes, this is the last one Quote: Big Bang Theory - I still watch because my wife likes it, but it gets worse and worse. There's no subtlety in anything whatsoever. And the fact that they made the Indian guy all gay all of sudden really gets to my nerves. You're the nirjehenenenengegenenenege of telly. TBBT gets funnier and funnier. And the fact you think they made Kuthrapali "all gay all of a sudden" suggest you haven't been paying attention since sometime in series 2. Given the circunstances, i'll accept that as a compliment. There are other things that annoy me in The Big Bang Theory. - There's always a pause after the jokes for the "laughing track" to kick in. Yes, i know the show is played live and it's not really a laughing track, but it takes away much from the jokes. In the rare ocasion they're funny. - Every joke is so completely obvious and it's possible to anticipate them a mile away. They always explore the same aspects from the characters. Yes, i know Sheldon is asexual and interprets everything literally. I also know that Howard's mom is fat and Farah Fowler was miserable in high school for beiing ugly and nerd. And so on |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Feb 18, 2014 21:25 ] |
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I think it has gone from affectionately mocking <grits teeth> "nerd culture" to downright attacking it. Penny was the eyes, ears and voice of the sympathetic audience, and I think that role shifted too much. Now we laugh at them, not with them. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Tue Feb 18, 2014 21:29 ] |
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It went downhill just after the usual cast was almost doubled. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Tue Feb 18, 2014 21:39 ] |
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You lot are the Kings of Wrong. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Feb 18, 2014 21:47 ] |
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Saturnalian wrote: It's what Thursday was made for. Plus it's consistently vulgar, which I love. Oh, and boobs. Yes! This! The occasional corpsing is also funny. |
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| Author: | markg [ Tue Feb 18, 2014 23:03 ] |
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It's America's answer to Last Of The Summer Wine. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:02 ] |
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Mr Kissyfur wrote: You lot are the Kings of Wrong. Nah, they're right. When it was four nerds and Penny, it was funny as fuck. Wolowitz's missus and Farah Fawcett-Major are beyond awful. |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:44 ] |
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Bernadette is awesome. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:16 ] |
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Curiosity wrote: Bernadette is awesome. She's nice to look at, but the voice and personality? Yowzer. He married his mum. Got it. |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:26 ] |
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I still like her. 'Modern Family' is really good at the moment. There have been some fantastic one liners in the first two episodes of the new series. |
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| Author: | RuySan [ Wed Feb 19, 2014 13:55 ] |
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Yes, Bernadette is incredibly cute. For all the failings the show has, she isn't one. And Modern Family is so full of awesome gags. I specially like the ones involving Haley's stupidity: Mitchell's Boss: "Oh my god, look at your eyes!" Haley: "I really can't" |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Wed Feb 19, 2014 14:36 ] |
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RuySan wrote: Yes, Bernadette is incredibly cute. For all the failings the show has, she isn't one. And Modern Family is so full of awesome gags. I specially like the ones involving Haley's stupidity: Mitchell's Boss: "Oh my god, look at your eyes!" Haley: "I really can't" That was one of the ones I was thinking about, and it being closely followed by Lily answering the phone was awesome: Lily: "Daddy's phone." ... Lily: "No, you sound like a little girl!" *hangs up* |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Wed Feb 19, 2014 14:36 ] |
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Cras wrote: Mr Kissyfur wrote: You lot are the Kings of Wrong. Nah, they're right. When it was four nerds and Penny, it was funny as fuck. Wolowitz's missus and Farah Fawcett-Major are beyond awful. Nah, you're wrong. It's still genuinely laugh out loud funny every episode, which can't be said for many shows. |
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| Author: | myp [ Wed Feb 19, 2014 14:40 ] |
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Mr Kissyfur wrote: Cras wrote: Mr Kissyfur wrote: You lot are the Kings of Wrong. Nah, they're right. When it was four nerds and Penny, it was funny as fuck. Wolowitz's missus and Farah Fawcett-Major are beyond awful. Nah, you're wrong. It's still genuinely laugh out loud funny every episode, which can't be said for many shows. Comedy is subjective. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Wed Feb 19, 2014 14:41 ] |
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British Nervoso wrote: Mr Kissyfur wrote: Cras wrote: Mr Kissyfur wrote: You lot are the Kings of Wrong. Nah, they're right. When it was four nerds and Penny, it was funny as fuck. Wolowitz's missus and Farah Fawcett-Major are beyond awful. Nah, you're wrong. It's still genuinely laugh out loud funny every episode, which can't be said for many shows. Comedy is subjective. Is it now? How bizarre. Given all these people telling me I'm wrong you'd never have known. |
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