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What is the last Television series you watched?
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 05:14 PM
OH God, Joe is posting again, someone hand me my pills!
"You're not John Conner, I saw you die, said Kyle". "I was only injured, replied John". "No, your injuries were too severe, you died. Look at you, where are your injuries? You're, you're a Terminator." "Kyle, its still me, yes my body was beyond repair, but my essence is here." He points to his head. "No John". Kyle raised his pulse rifle and aimed it at John but before he could fire, John fired first. Knocked to the ground Kyle looked up at the Terminator in the form of the man he once idolized. All hope was lost. "If you kill me how will you ever be born?" "Thats a good question Kyle, all this time we've focus on Sarah, on John, when had we known the it was you we should have targeted all along." John pointed his rifle at Kyle's face. "The resistance is finished, the battle is won. We the machines are the victors, salvation is ours." Kyle never heard the second shot.
"You're not John Conner, I saw you die, said Kyle". "I was only injured, replied John". "No, your injuries were too severe, you died. Look at you, where are your injuries? You're, you're a Terminator." "Kyle, its still me, yes my body was beyond repair, but my essence is here." He points to his head. "No John". Kyle raised his pulse rifle and aimed it at John but before he could fire, John fired first. Knocked to the ground Kyle looked up at the Terminator in the form of the man he once idolized. All hope was lost. "If you kill me how will you ever be born?" "Thats a good question Kyle, all this time we've focus on Sarah, on John, when had we known the it was you we should have targeted all along." John pointed his rifle at Kyle's face. "The resistance is finished, the battle is won. We the machines are the victors, salvation is ours." Kyle never heard the second shot.
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 05:40 PM
I should mention rainn wilson is awful.
I can barely tolerate it.
how dare you! rainn/dwight is the funniest thing about the office. right after mose.
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 05:57 PM
Season 1 of the American Office is pretty awful, it makes a lot of people give up and not continue, and assume they know what the entire show must be like because they've seen the 6 episodes that made up the first season.
But season 2 of the American Office is one of the best seasons of a comedy show I've seen, and season 3 was pretty great too. They started going downhill slowly through seasons 4 and 5, and from season 6 onward they basically have a few highlight episodes a year in the middle of a lot of merely OK to not great at all episodes.
So if you decide to give the American show a chance, and hate it a few episodes in, I definitely recommend sticking it out until you get a few episodes into Season 2 before deciding anything.
Thanks! I will keep that in mind in case I'm getting the show. It's 15 Euro for S1 and S2.
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 06:01 PM
Just see the superior UK original first; unless you just don't care about tv greatness.
Then again, you may have preferred the dreadful and ill-fated US version of Faulty Towers over the Cleese original. In which case, fill your boots!
Then again, you may have preferred the dreadful and ill-fated US version of Faulty Towers over the Cleese original. In which case, fill your boots!
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 06:15 PM
I thought it was obvious that I've seen the UK version. That's why I want to know how different the American version is. Don't want the same stories and gags.
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 06:22 PM
Right. You will HATE the american pilot cause its the same as the UK pilot but not nearly as good (The same jokes you loved from the past getting re-done, but not as funny by a cast more or less imitating the original actors).
Luckily after that the stories become original, and the characters begin straying away from their UK versions. Michael Scott ends up being pretty different from David Brent, Dwight ends up getting a different background than Gareth, etc. The biggest thing they kept from the UK series was Tim pining over Dawn who was dating a warehouse worker, but even that doesn't resolve the same way.
Luckily after that the stories become original, and the characters begin straying away from their UK versions. Michael Scott ends up being pretty different from David Brent, Dwight ends up getting a different background than Gareth, etc. The biggest thing they kept from the UK series was Tim pining over Dawn who was dating a warehouse worker, but even that doesn't resolve the same way.
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 06:22 PM
Ah, my bad. It wasn't obvious to me, no. My apologies.
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 06:24 PM
I have seen the first episode of the UK version. I have to finish it.
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Posted 02 July 2012 - 07:49 PM
Band of Brothers
It's a fantastic show and it looks great on blu ray. I'm going to read the book first before moving on to The Pacific.
It's a fantastic show and it looks great on blu ray. I'm going to read the book first before moving on to The Pacific.
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Posted 02 July 2012 - 08:43 PM
I saw the pilot to THE NEWSROOM. It's very laborious in its futile attempt to cast a Capra-esque glow over the pitiful current US media supply. If your idea of sharp television is Jeff Daniels giving speeches right out of old Stanley Kramer movies while playing a pokerface Bill Murray character, your ship has come in.
You wouldn't see a subtle plan if it painted itself purple and danced naked on top of a harpsichord, singing "Subtle Plans Are Here Again."
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Posted 02 July 2012 - 11:02 PM
anyone else here watching girls? (lol who am I kidding, of course not)
just finished watching season 1. not bad, not bad at all. 7.7/10
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Nope never heard of it
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Posted 03 July 2012 - 11:41 AM
Big Bang rules 
Currently re-watching the whole thing !
And also watching :
Season 7
Currently re-watching the whole thing !
And also watching :
Season 7
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Posted 03 July 2012 - 02:32 PM
anyone else here watching girls? (lol who am I kidding, of course not)
just finished watching season 1. not bad, not bad at all. 7.7/10
Judd Apatow and HBO together?! Sold!
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Posted 05 July 2012 - 06:05 PM
After finishing Band of Brothers I felt like re-watching another HBO miniseries. I'm holding off on The Pacific for now so I picked up From The Earth To The Moon. The show is great. I have the old dvds of the show and they look awful in HD. It looks like the show is still not available on blu ray either.
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Posted 05 July 2012 - 09:20 PM
After watching my 9 seasons of X-Files, I think I will be going through Breaking Bad. Obviously it's a heralded and heavily lauded show, but I've never watched. The new season starts here in the States in a week or so. Certainly I will not be caught up by then, but I can start recording them at least and go back later once I'm done seasons 1-4.
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 11:46 AM
After finishing Band of Brothers I felt like re-watching another HBO miniseries. I'm holding off on The Pacific for now so I picked up From The Earth To The Moon. The show is great. I have the old dvds of the show and they look awful in HD. It looks like the show is still not available on blu ray either.
I saw The Pacific followed by Band of Brothers a year or so ago, and frankly, Brothers kicked the shit out of Pacific. I found the stories and characters far more interesting, and there was zero focus on big effects shots.
I'm in a bit of a dry period - Once Upon a Time and Homelandfinished earlier in the year and House has ended completely.
I tried watching the pilot of Game of Thrones again, and I just found it boring. However, my brother insists on me watching Dexter and Breaking Bad, so maybe they need to be next on my list.
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 02:17 PM
After watching my 9 seasons of X-Files, I think I will be going through Breaking Bad. Obviously it's a heralded and heavily lauded show, but I've never watched. The new season starts here in the States in a week or so. Certainly I will not be caught up by then, but I can start recording them at least and go back later once I'm done seasons 1-4.
I have season 3 and 4 on dvd. The X-Files episode Home is perhaps the most horrific and disturbing episode in television history. Naturally it's awesome.
OH God, Joe is posting again, someone hand me my pills!
"You're not John Conner, I saw you die, said Kyle". "I was only injured, replied John". "No, your injuries were too severe, you died. Look at you, where are your injuries? You're, you're a Terminator." "Kyle, its still me, yes my body was beyond repair, but my essence is here." He points to his head. "No John". Kyle raised his pulse rifle and aimed it at John but before he could fire, John fired first. Knocked to the ground Kyle looked up at the Terminator in the form of the man he once idolized. All hope was lost. "If you kill me how will you ever be born?" "Thats a good question Kyle, all this time we've focus on Sarah, on John, when had we known the it was you we should have targeted all along." John pointed his rifle at Kyle's face. "The resistance is finished, the battle is won. We the machines are the victors, salvation is ours." Kyle never heard the second shot.
"You're not John Conner, I saw you die, said Kyle". "I was only injured, replied John". "No, your injuries were too severe, you died. Look at you, where are your injuries? You're, you're a Terminator." "Kyle, its still me, yes my body was beyond repair, but my essence is here." He points to his head. "No John". Kyle raised his pulse rifle and aimed it at John but before he could fire, John fired first. Knocked to the ground Kyle looked up at the Terminator in the form of the man he once idolized. All hope was lost. "If you kill me how will you ever be born?" "Thats a good question Kyle, all this time we've focus on Sarah, on John, when had we known the it was you we should have targeted all along." John pointed his rifle at Kyle's face. "The resistance is finished, the battle is won. We the machines are the victors, salvation is ours." Kyle never heard the second shot.
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 08:53 PM
I showed Home to someone who had never seen X-Files and naturally she was disgusted and refused to watch another episode.
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On Lee's suggestion I've begun Mad Men. On episode three.
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 10:29 PM
-Goto to the Tv threat ren!
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Posted 13 July 2012 - 01:29 AM
Just about to go to bed and happened to catch some Hells Kitchen USA.
LMFAO, WTF? It's so ridiculously fake! Why is Gordon Ramsey ranting and going ballistic like that? Do Americans seriously it's real? Believe he's really like that? It's a complete and utter act. He is NOTHING like that on UK television. Nothing. He actually comes across like a decent fella who sometimes gets a bit annoyed with the cooks. But in the USA version, turn that anger dial all the way up to eleven boy!
Crazy American television.
LMFAO, WTF? It's so ridiculously fake! Why is Gordon Ramsey ranting and going ballistic like that? Do Americans seriously it's real? Believe he's really like that? It's a complete and utter act. He is NOTHING like that on UK television. Nothing. He actually comes across like a decent fella who sometimes gets a bit annoyed with the cooks. But in the USA version, turn that anger dial all the way up to eleven boy!
Crazy American television.
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Posted 13 July 2012 - 01:42 AM
it's all real, his act might be fake, but their ineptitude garners his reaction. This season is clearly the least talented group of chefs in a long time.
OH God, Joe is posting again, someone hand me my pills!
"You're not John Conner, I saw you die, said Kyle". "I was only injured, replied John". "No, your injuries were too severe, you died. Look at you, where are your injuries? You're, you're a Terminator." "Kyle, its still me, yes my body was beyond repair, but my essence is here." He points to his head. "No John". Kyle raised his pulse rifle and aimed it at John but before he could fire, John fired first. Knocked to the ground Kyle looked up at the Terminator in the form of the man he once idolized. All hope was lost. "If you kill me how will you ever be born?" "Thats a good question Kyle, all this time we've focus on Sarah, on John, when had we known the it was you we should have targeted all along." John pointed his rifle at Kyle's face. "The resistance is finished, the battle is won. We the machines are the victors, salvation is ours." Kyle never heard the second shot.
"You're not John Conner, I saw you die, said Kyle". "I was only injured, replied John". "No, your injuries were too severe, you died. Look at you, where are your injuries? You're, you're a Terminator." "Kyle, its still me, yes my body was beyond repair, but my essence is here." He points to his head. "No John". Kyle raised his pulse rifle and aimed it at John but before he could fire, John fired first. Knocked to the ground Kyle looked up at the Terminator in the form of the man he once idolized. All hope was lost. "If you kill me how will you ever be born?" "Thats a good question Kyle, all this time we've focus on Sarah, on John, when had we known the it was you we should have targeted all along." John pointed his rifle at Kyle's face. "The resistance is finished, the battle is won. We the machines are the victors, salvation is ours." Kyle never heard the second shot.
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I highly recommend those in the States to watch White Collar on Tuesdays on USA, it's currently my favorite show.
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Lee. That's one thing I can't stand. Shows like Hells kitchen and survivor and cupcake wars. I don't want to watch game shows with a story line. Please will there be more sitcoms on soon? Well written mind you.
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Posted 13 July 2012 - 08:48 AM
Reality TV sucks!
The Dutch invented it...
The Dutch invented it...
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They can have it back. It's making us stupid.
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And you are already blonde...
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What the...... Meanie
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the extreme use of profanity on those shows is really annoying. It's giving people the idea that it's okay for them to go on a tirade of profanity in public or at work without any consequences until they get fired, and then they get denied unemployment that is.
I do like some reality competition shows like Top Chef, but even they have to beep out way too much.
I do like some reality competition shows like Top Chef, but even they have to beep out way too much.
OH God, Joe is posting again, someone hand me my pills!
"You're not John Conner, I saw you die, said Kyle". "I was only injured, replied John". "No, your injuries were too severe, you died. Look at you, where are your injuries? You're, you're a Terminator." "Kyle, its still me, yes my body was beyond repair, but my essence is here." He points to his head. "No John". Kyle raised his pulse rifle and aimed it at John but before he could fire, John fired first. Knocked to the ground Kyle looked up at the Terminator in the form of the man he once idolized. All hope was lost. "If you kill me how will you ever be born?" "Thats a good question Kyle, all this time we've focus on Sarah, on John, when had we known the it was you we should have targeted all along." John pointed his rifle at Kyle's face. "The resistance is finished, the battle is won. We the machines are the victors, salvation is ours." Kyle never heard the second shot.
"You're not John Conner, I saw you die, said Kyle". "I was only injured, replied John". "No, your injuries were too severe, you died. Look at you, where are your injuries? You're, you're a Terminator." "Kyle, its still me, yes my body was beyond repair, but my essence is here." He points to his head. "No John". Kyle raised his pulse rifle and aimed it at John but before he could fire, John fired first. Knocked to the ground Kyle looked up at the Terminator in the form of the man he once idolized. All hope was lost. "If you kill me how will you ever be born?" "Thats a good question Kyle, all this time we've focus on Sarah, on John, when had we known the it was you we should have targeted all along." John pointed his rifle at Kyle's face. "The resistance is finished, the battle is won. We the machines are the victors, salvation is ours." Kyle never heard the second shot.
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Posted 13 July 2012 - 08:13 PM
Anyone watch Workaholics? A friend showed me a couple episodes, it's kinda funny.
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I've seen the first 30 seconds or so of a million episodes as its on after South Park, and every time I thought it looked horrible
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Posted 13 July 2012 - 08:48 PM
It has a faint It's Always Sunny vibe. Some of it was funny, but I don't know if I would want to watch it regularly. One of the dudes reminds me of Chris Pine.
In 50 years Herrmann will be forgotten.
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They probably want sexual chemistry between Holmes and Watson, hence the conversion of Watson into a woman, rather than alienate the 99% by making them both blokes.
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 01:39 PM
They did the same thing with the Guy Ritchie movies.
The main problem I have that they already did this show. it was called House, and it was pretty good.
The main problem I have that they already did this show. it was called House, and it was pretty good.
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House was a detective? I thought he was a doctor.
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 01:46 PM
House is basically an update of Sherlock Holmes.
If you compare Hugh Larie's and Cumberbatch's performances you will see that their versions of Holmes have a hell of a lot in common. House tends to be more manipulative towards other people just for the sake of his own enjoyment though, while Cumberbatch's Holmes is truly aloof!
If you compare Hugh Larie's and Cumberbatch's performances you will see that their versions of Holmes have a hell of a lot in common. House tends to be more manipulative towards other people just for the sake of his own enjoyment though, while Cumberbatch's Holmes is truly aloof!
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Thus spaketh Steef the professor.
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