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Author:  Zardoz [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 10:47 ]
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They often swap sleeves though.

Author:  Grim... [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:09 ]
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2meta2fast

Author:  DBSnappa [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:11 ]
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Cras wrote:
My mistake, it was Snappa.

Guilty as charged. Glad you're all enjoying it and that little foreshadowing of dread probably helped ;)
To be fair, I read a couple of the poorer reviews and came to the conclusion that if you've read the book you'll get a lot more enjoyment from it. Still haven't managed to look at it myself yet.

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:11 ]
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Grim... wrote:
2meta2fast


Altered Carbon 3: Innenin Drift

Author:  Grim... [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:17 ]
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Altered Carbon 4: Stack in the Habit

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:28 ]
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Altered Carbon 5: Envoy Boogaloo

Author:  Mimi [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:33 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
It's six episodes which is about two hours of television. It's not amazing but sets up the show. It's not a huge investment of time to get to the really good stuff.

I don't know why people make such a big deal out of it. :shrug:


People make a ‘big deal’ of it because lots of people give up on the series, not getting past those initial episodes, because it’s SO BAD. It’s worth ‘making a big deal’ of because the show is, apart from those initial episodes, wonderful, but anyone viewing might think that they simply don’t agree with the humour. It’s a way of saying ‘yes, we don’t find that start at all good, either, but if you’re willing to trust that we ALSO found it as awful as you, but will trust that the next series is brilliant, then it will be worth it’.

Author:  Kern [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:35 ]
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I rather enjoyed the first series, even if some elements struck a little too close to home when it came to the world of local government. The later ones are better, but I don't quite get the hate.

Author:  Zardoz [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:38 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Altered Carbon 5: Envoy Boogaloo

Altered Carbonara - Gino D'Acampo's digital dishes

Author:  myp [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:11 ]
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Kern wrote:
I rather enjoyed the first series, even if some elements struck a little too close to home when it came to the world of local government. The later ones are better, but I don't quite get the hate.

Exactly. It's not SO BAD in a Mrs Brown's Boys sort of way. It's just not as good as what comes after.

Author:  MaliA [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:14 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
Kern wrote:
I rather enjoyed the first series, even if some elements struck a little too close to home when it came to the world of local government. The later ones are better, but I don't quite get the hate.

Exactly. It's not SO BAD in a Mrs Brown's Boys sort of way. It's just not as good as what comes after.


:this:

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:18 ]
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Starting to think Mimi watched a different show to the rest of us.

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:19 ]
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Also I think every single classic ensemble comedy gets a lot better over the first few hours, as the cast and writers knit together.

Author:  Kern [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:22 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Also I think every single classic ensemble comedy gets a lot better over the first few hours, as the cast and writers knit together.


My rule of thumb is most US shows peak in their third and fourth seasons.

Author:  Cras [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:23 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Starting to think Mimi watched a different show to the rest of us.


I found the first handful of episodes unwatchably unfunny.

Author:  MaliA [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:25 ]
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Cras wrote:
Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Starting to think Mimi watched a different show to the rest of us.


I found the first handful of episodes unwatchably unfunny.


But you were expecting the henweigh to kick in.

Author:  myp [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:55 ]
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Cras wrote:
Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Starting to think Mimi watched a different show to the rest of us.


I found the first handful of episodes unwatchably unfunny.

I found your first handful of episodes unwatchably unfunny. Problem was season 2 didn't get much better.

Author:  Mimi [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:57 ]
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Cras wrote:
Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Starting to think Mimi watched a different show to the rest of us.


I found the first handful of episodes unwatchably unfunny.

Yeah, I’m not sure why you’re singling me out when a number of people have said that they’ve switched off after the first couple because of them being unfunny, but if you feel you need to make a point somehow, :shrug:.

Author:  myp [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:59 ]
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I'm picking on Craster if that helps.

Author:  Kern [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 13:06 ]
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Getting into programmes is always tricky. I need to give 'Game of Thrones' another go. And these days, I'd probably recommend ' the 11th Hour' over 'Rose' if I wanted to get people into 'Doctor Who'.
The best pilot is 'Frasier'; it introduces the characters and the situation almost perfectly, and then ends an act with a really dark argument.

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 13:16 ]
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Mimi wrote:
Yeah, I’m not sure why you’re singling me out when a number of people have said that they’ve switched off after the first couple because of them being unfunny, but if you feel you need to make a point somehow, :shrug:.

I'm not attempting to single you out or trying to make a point, I'm merely replying to the post you made.

Author:  Zardoz [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 13:17 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Also I think every single classic ensemble comedy gets a lot better over the first few hours, as the cast and writers knit together.

Author:  RuySan [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 13:17 ]
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Mimi wrote:
Cras wrote:
Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Starting to think Mimi watched a different show to the rest of us.


I found the first handful of episodes unwatchably unfunny.

Yeah, I’m not sure why you’re singling me out when a number of people have said that they’ve switched off after the first couple because of them being unfunny, but if you feel you need to make a point somehow, :shrug:.


I don't know what case i'm helping, but i also quit P&R shortly after a few episodes. I found it unfunny to the point of being annoying. A friend of mine said i should stick with it. Maybe i will, someday when i'm out of tv shows to watch, which doesn't seem it will happen anytime soon.

Author:  Mimi [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 13:37 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Mimi wrote:
Yeah, I’m not sure why you’re singling me out when a number of people have said that they’ve switched off after the first couple because of them being unfunny, but if you feel you need to make a point somehow, :shrug:.

I'm not attempting to single you out or trying to make a point, I'm merely replying to the post you made.

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Starting to think Mimi watched a different show to the rest of us.


If you’re in a group of people where’s there a divide of opinion or peer difference, a bully or someone playing for power or dominance will often single out a single person with an opposing opinion to make a point of that one person having a different opinion from the rest of the group. Person X has a different opinion ion from the rest of ‘us’. They’ll often phrase it so that that one person seems to be different from the entire rest of the group, whether that’s true or not. Often they’ll do this to one of the people they see as weakest in a group. By singling one person out as an ‘US versus that one person’ in the phrasing it often stops those others who also have the opposing view from saying so as humans naturally want to have the ‘right’ view. It happens loads in playgrounds whether it’s brand of trainers, characters on backpacks, anything. Even more in offices and meetings. Relationships, friendships, whatever. So, whether you think you are or not, you are making a point and singling me out. Whether you see it as bullying or simply bolstering the validity of your opinion by making it out to be the popular opinion against what you paint as the weaker, lone voice, it has the same effect.

Ron Swanson would not do that, and if he did he’d at least know to apologise and make me a nice walnut shoe rack to make up for it.

Author:  myp [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 14:07 ]
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But not Ron Swanson from the first season as he was a dogshit character

Author:  Zardoz [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 14:13 ]
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Come on, that picture took me minutes!

Author:  myp [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 14:16 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
Come on, that picture took me minutes!

No crew.

Author:  Mimi [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 14:17 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
But not Ron Swanson from the first season as he was a dogshit character

In what way was he a ‘dogshit’ character? He’s one of the characters I remember least from the first season, so I can’t recal. I think the bulk of the action around the pit and Anne’s house is what causes it to drag on.

Author:  Curiosity [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 14:25 ]
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I watched the first episode of Parks and Rec, and then stopped. It was okayish at best, but clearly just trying to copy The Office at that time, whilst not being as good.

It’s on the list of things for me to try again at some point. I dislike skipping episodes though.

Author:  MrChris [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 14:49 ]
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:this: I think I gave up after less than ten minutes. It was not funny, and just painful. I wanted to like it as I love Emmett from the Lego Movie.

Author:  Bamba [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 14:56 ]
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Curiosity wrote:
clearly just trying to copy The Office at that time


Probably not a massive surprise given that:

Quote:
Ben Silverman...asked Greg Daniels to create a spin-off of The Office. Daniels co-created Parks and Recreation with Michael Schur, who had been a writer on The Office. The two spent months considering ideas for the new series and debating whether to make it a stand-alone rather than a spin-off.

Author:  Zardoz [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 15:45 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
Zardoz wrote:
Come on, that picture took me minutes!

No crew.

Back row.

Author:  Trousers [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 17:00 ]
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Mimi wrote:
Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Mimi wrote:
Yeah, I’m not sure why you’re singling me out when a number of people have said that they’ve switched off after the first couple because of them being unfunny, but if you feel you need to make a point somehow, :shrug:.

I'm not attempting to single you out or trying to make a point, I'm merely replying to the post you made.

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Starting to think Mimi watched a different show to the rest of us.


If you’re in a group of people where’s there a divide of opinion or peer difference, a bully or someone playing for power or dominance will often single out a single person with an opposing opinion to make a point of that one person having a different opinion from the rest of the group. Person X has a different opinion ion from the rest of ‘us’. They’ll often phrase it so that that one person seems to be different from the entire rest of the group, whether that’s true or not. Often they’ll do this to one of the people they see as weakest in a group. By singling one person out as an ‘US versus that one person’ in the phrasing it often stops those others who also have the opposing view from saying so as humans naturally want to have the ‘right’ view. It happens loads in playgrounds whether it’s brand of trainers, characters on backpacks, anything. Even more in offices and meetings. Relationships, friendships, whatever. So, whether you think you are or not, you are making a point and singling me out. Whether you see it as bullying or simply bolstering the validity of your opinion by making it out to be the popular opinion against what you paint as the weaker, lone voice, it has the same effect.


SHUT UP JERRY

(Not being mean to you Meems - it's just that what you have described perfectly fits the group's behaviour towards Jerry in Parks and Rec)

Author:  Mimi [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 17:51 ]
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:kiss:

Author:  Grim... [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 20:50 ]
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Kern wrote:
Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Also I think every single classic ensemble comedy gets a lot better over the first few hours, as the cast and writers knit together.


My rule of thumb is most US shows peak in their third and fourth seasons.

Man, Firefly is doing to be great!

Author:  myp [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 22:14 ]
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We need a new 20-min episode comedy show now we've finished S4 of B99. Any suggestions? Preferably on Netflix or Prime Video.

Author:  devilman [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 22:18 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
We need a new 20-min episode comedy show now we've finished S4 of B99. Any suggestions? Preferably on Netflix or Prime Video.


The Good Place?

Author:  myp [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 22:21 ]
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devilman wrote:
Lonewolves wrote:
We need a new 20-min episode comedy show now we've finished S4 of B99. Any suggestions? Preferably on Netflix or Prime Video.


The Good Place?

Sal has already watched it

Author:  TheVision [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 22:39 ]
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Seinfeld? I'm watching them again and they're brilliant.

Author:  Findus Fop [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 22:46 ]
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Detectorists. Funny enough but more than anything a relaxing and lovely place to spend 20 minutes. Like Witcher without the war. In Essex.

Author:  LewieP [ Thu Feb 08, 2018 0:19 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
We need a new 20-min episode comedy show now we've finished S4 of B99. Any suggestions? Preferably on Netflix or Prime Video.

The end of the fucking world, on Netflix.

Author:  myp [ Thu Feb 08, 2018 0:32 ]
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LewieP wrote:
Lonewolves wrote:
We need a new 20-min episode comedy show now we've finished S4 of B99. Any suggestions? Preferably on Netflix or Prime Video.

The end of the fucking world, on Netflix.

Seen it. It's brilliant.

Author:  Grim... [ Thu Feb 08, 2018 0:40 ]
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Californication.

Author:  Grim... [ Thu Feb 08, 2018 0:40 ]
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Or animated Black Dynamite.

Author:  Bamba [ Thu Feb 08, 2018 11:06 ]
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I've had Derry Girls recommended to me recently but haven't started watching it myself yet. The helicopter pitch is apparently Father Ted meets The Inbetweeners.

Author:  Bamba [ Thu Feb 08, 2018 11:08 ]
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Also, and this is going back a bit, but if you haven't watched Raised By Wolves then you need to fix that ASAP as it's fucking incredible.

Author:  Bamba [ Thu Feb 08, 2018 11:12 ]
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Also also: Man Seeking Woman is genius.

Author:  Curiosity [ Thu Feb 08, 2018 11:58 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
We need a new 20-min episode comedy show now we've finished S4 of B99. Any suggestions? Preferably on Netflix or Prime Video.


Season One of Parks and Rec

Author:  Findus Fop [ Thu Feb 08, 2018 12:14 ]
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Curiosity wrote:
Lonewolves wrote:
We need a new 20-min episode comedy show now we've finished S4 of B99. Any suggestions? Preferably on Netflix or Prime Video.


Season One of Parks and Rec


:this: :this: :this:

Best opening for an ensemble comedy ever.

Author:  myp [ Thu Feb 08, 2018 12:17 ]
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Curiosity wrote:
Lonewolves wrote:
We need a new 20-min episode comedy show now we've finished S4 of B99. Any suggestions? Preferably on Netflix or Prime Video.


Season One of Parks and Rec

Seen it all, at least twice! I didn't die.

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