General Purpose US TV thread

Dimrill · **Posted:** Sat Oct 03, 2009 13:32

Joans wrote:

Dimrill wrote:

My awesome Twin Peaks definitive gold edition arrived today. So golden. So definitive. Now to find an sap who wants to buy my series 1 & 2 boxsets and the pilot on Supah Taiwan DVDs.

Is it the scandinavian version? I watched that with GJ a few months ago before ebaying it for more than twice the price I'd paid for it

Nah, US. The reason I bought a Dhuvd player in the first place was for Twin Peaks, so there's no way I'm getting rid.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

I always knew I wanted to watch The Wire, but this (NSFW - duh) apparently-famous scene were two detectives examine a crime scene whilst saying nothing but "fuck" and "mother fucker" has completely sold it to me.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 17:16

Craster wrote:

Boston Legal is fucking brilliant. Shatner is ace, but Spader really steals the show.

Glad it ended, but it was brilliant.

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

I always knew I wanted to watch The Wire, but this apparently-famous scene were two detectives examine a crime scene whilst saying nothing but "fuck" and "mother fucker" has completely sold it to me.

That is an excellent scene. I'd forgotten about that.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 17:46

That's a great scene.

I love The Wire.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

I always knew I wanted to watch The Wire, but this apparently-famous scene were two detectives examine a crime scene whilst saying nothing but "fuck" and "mother fucker" has completely sold it to me.

Why are you twatting around wasting your time with True Blood and 30 Rock if you've not seen the Wire? For fuck's sake, man - get it done.

Runcle · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 17:54

Craster wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

I always knew I wanted to watch The Wire, but this apparently-famous scene were two detectives examine a crime scene whilst saying nothing but "fuck" and "mother fucker" has completely sold it to me.

Why are you twatting around wasting your time with True Blood and 30 Rock if you've not seen the Wire? For fuck's sake, man - get it done.

Because there both great as well?

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Craster wrote:

Why are you twatting around wasting your time with True Blood and 30 Rock if you've not seen the Wire? For fuck's sake, man - get it done.

Because I don't have The Wire?

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

And don't forget that finding the first hour or so incomprehensible in both plot, characters and most of all accent is entirely normal. Buy hour three you'll be obsessed.

Still waiting on series three DVDs at the moment. I fucking love it.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 18:01

Hey, he hasn't even seen Twin Peaks yet. Let me repeat that. He hasn't even seen Twin Peaks yet

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Craster wrote:

Why are you twatting around wasting your time with True Blood and 30 Rock if you've not seen the Wire? For fuck's sake, man - get it done.

Because I don't have The Wire?

I see a fairly simple solution to that issue.

Runcle · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 18:06

Dimrill wrote:

Hey, he hasn't even seen Twin Peaks yet. Let me repeat that. He hasn't even seen Twin Peaks yet

Wait how old is he?, I'm sure theres a law that states that if you haven't seen twin peaks by the age of 30 you are sentenced to death, I believe its called Lynch's Run Law or somethng.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

There's loads of great stuff I haven't seen. I long ago outgrew having fits about it. Twin Peaks and The Wire are both on my ToDo list. I tried to watch Twin Peaks when it was first one, but I was about 14 at the time and it simply baffled me.

There's a Wire box set on Amazon for £70. I'll pick that up one day when it's a bit cheaper. Torrents of it seem to be of suspect picture quality (I'm picky about that these days), have subtitles burned in (which would annoy me no end), and/or have no seeders. I'm happy to buy it.

Also, don't knock 30 Rock, it's fucking brilliant.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 18:09

It's a very sad state of affairs.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Runcle wrote:

Wait how old is he?, I'm sure theres a law that states that if you haven't seen twin peaks by the age of 30 you are sentenced to death, I believe its called Lynch's Run Law or somethng.

Wait, what? I wondered why this red pebble in my palm has been flashing for the last year and a half.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 18:16

What you need is someone who's just splashed out on the definitive gold boxset recently, who already had the first, second and pilot on Dhovds before, and is willing to sell them on for about twennyfoive quid. Or something.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Hmmm. Keep talking.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 18:44

I like Linda McCartney sausages. They are full of flavour.

Runcle · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 18:47

Dimrill wrote:

I like Linda McCartney sausages. They are full of flavour.

I prefer cauldron.

devilman · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 18:48

Runcle wrote:

Dimrill wrote:

Hey, he hasn't even seen Twin Peaks yet. Let me repeat that. He hasn't even seen Twin Peaks yet

Wait how old is he?, I'm sure theres a law that states that if you haven't seen twin peaks by the age of 30 you are sentenced to death, I believe its called Lynch's Run Law or somethng.

Uh oh.. I've not seen a single episode of that.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Also, don't knock 30 Rock, it's fucking brilliant.

Someone is knocking 30 rock? I WILL FIGHT THEM.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Dr Lave wrote:

Someone is knocking 30 rock? I WILL FIGHT THEM.

Craster, up there, look:

Craster wrote:

Why are you twatting around wasting your time with True Blood and 30 Rock if you've not seen the Wire?

GET HIM.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 0:09

Settling down in my pants to start watching Twin Peaks again.

She's dead. Wrapped in plastic.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:59

Mädchen Amick explaining what Baywatch is to David Lynch on the TP:UGB is a special special thing.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

House plot generator:
http://www.cracked.com/blog/write-your-own-house-episode/

I particularly liked "A word/image/song makes House stare into space for a few seconds, signaling that the case has been solved."

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Watched the first two FlashForwards. Liked them, will stick with it. I take someone's point about the characters not being special, but with this sort show I'm happy to watch for plot, rather than character development. Assuming they don't skank it up of course.

Interesting how many changes they've already made from the book, which I am an expert on because I read about it on Wikipedia.

kalmar · **Posted:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:55

"Fade to awesome"

Nemmie · **Joined:** 13th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 1643

I really need to start watching Flash Forward for some reason I can't stop watching series 8 of Monk.

:ninja:

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:18

I've heard some bad things about how 'Flash Forward' develops, so I will wait to see what people make of it before committing to it.

I watched Stargate:Universe last night. I'm not rally familiar with either SG:Atlantis or the original show (other than a few episodes here and there), so I'm not sure how it compares to them.

It seems interesting though, if a little formulaic and a bit like BSG.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Curio: explain further, with spoiler tags.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:24

I have started watching the new series of Knight Rider again.. it is so bad it is great..

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

KovacsC wrote:

I have started watching the new series of Knight Rider again.. it is so bad it is great..

I don't like your tone, Michael

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:27

Not that one...

The one with teh Mustang..

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

KovacsC wrote:

Not that one...

The one with teh Mustang..

There is no other one.

/Chinny

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:32

There were 2 more I think.. Knight Rider 2000 (which had a few cars) and this new one..

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10078

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Curio: explain further, with spoiler tags.

Dude, they showed you six months ahead in the first 10 minutes of episode 1. How many more spoilers do you need?

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:44

MrDavPaz wrote:

KovacsC wrote:

I have started watching the new series of Knight Rider again.. it is so bad it is great..

I don't like your tone, Michael

\
Come on, then!

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10078

KovacsC wrote:

There were 2 more I think.. Knight Rider 2000 (which had a few cars) and this new one..

You're confusing the series Team Knight Rider (multiple vee-hick-ulls) and Knight Rider 2000 (KITT is resurrected in a God-awful red fooo-chur car that would look stupid even by '60s "this is what the year 2000 will be like" standards, never mind the mid 90s or whenever).

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:47

I had only seen Team KR once.. it was awful, and only heard of KR2000.. hence my confusion...

That is teh one Grim

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:48

BikNorton wrote:

KovacsC wrote:

There were 2 more I think.. Knight Rider 2000 (which had a few cars) and this new one..

You're confusing the series Team Knight Rider (multiple vee-hick-ulls) and Knight Rider 2000 (KITT is resurrected in a God-awful red fooo-chur car that would look stupid even by '60s "this is what the year 2000 will be like" standards, never mind the mid 90s or whenever).

No he isn't, although that film is dire.

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10078

But Knight Rider 2000 had one car (unless I've done a particularly good job of a mental excision), and TKR had several. Which is different to "Knight Rider 2000 (which had a few cars)"

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 13:05

Just wiki it, KR200 had 2 Kitt, a 1957 Chevy and that red one too..

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10078

Ah. Way to go me, then. Though I obviously picked the wrong car to forget about.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 13:08

as a bonus the women in the new KR are very nice......

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Watched the first two FlashForwards.

Just watched the first one while eating lunch, verdict: braw & hopefully it'll stay that way. 2nd one later.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 13:23

Sarah of KR 2008

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1495350/

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 14:06

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Curio: explain further, with spoiler tags.

About Flash Forward or Stargate:Universe?

Unless you count the contents of the first two episodes of SG:U then I don't know any spoilers!

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Oct 08, 2009 20:03

Defying Gravity is coming to BBC soon. Anyone know if it's any good?

Rodafowa · **Posted:** Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:17

(Original post from Bits & Bobs)

Nemmie wrote:

Dexter is impressing me this season apart from the way they seem to be portraying him as comfortable in the family role when the previous series made it clear that he was anything but.

I can't help thinking they are doing this just to make it appeal to a wider audience and this makes me sad.

I thought the the first two episodes tried to make it obvious that he's incredibly UNcomfortable in the family role. It's been good stuff so far, anyway.

More importantly, why wasn't I told that a new series of The Big Bang Theory had started?

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

Rodafowa wrote:

More importantly, why wasn't I told that a new series of The Big Bang Theory had started?

From reading his blog, Wil Wheaton, geek commander, is going to be in an episode.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:52

when did that start... which channel?

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