#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,916 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Doesnt sound very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 42,389 Posted September 26, 2013 Author Share Posted September 26, 2013 It's a funny show. But if you don't like Zoey Deschannel, it's not for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 155 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Zooey's not for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 390 Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 The Michael J. Fox Show, debuting to mixed notices from critics, is on in about fifteen minutes. Even if the writing is pretty shopworn, it's worth it just to have Fox back in sitcom land.--The writing, especially on the second episode, is even more insipid than I thought it would be, but Fox has still got it, and the cast is decent overall. We'll see if the show recovers from a rocky start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,703 Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Zooey's not for everyone. She's extremely attractive but those sorts of shows irritate me know end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,858 Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Boss: I have found the 1st season thusfar (I am in the 6th episode) quite riveting. Excellent writing and superb acting from all involved although Kelsey Grammer is the rightful center of it all. It is at times rather self-important but there is still a brilliant drama to be mined here. I can't wait to see how the season ends as the build-up has been very pleasurable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,703 Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Yeah I quite fancy that. Love Kramer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 538 Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 ExactlyI thought their Super Bowl TV spot was funnier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,703 Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 On another note: why the hell anyone would ever want to watch ANYTHING on Hulu is a mystery to me. I watched a twenty minute episode of The Thick of It and there were FIVE commercial breaks during it. It felt like I was watching it for an hour! WTF? If it ever gets as bad as that here I'll cancel my TV licence. Rubbish streaming service, unwatchable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,256 Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Well it's free...If you pay you don't see ads.Hulu is also good for Criterion, they have a lot of their films on there. I did a 30-day trial just to watch all 9 seasons of Peep Show. For some reason only the first is available on DVD in the U.S. Love that show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,703 Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 We have free streaming here too, it's also ad supported, that's fair enough. But in 30 minutes of programming you expect to be interrupted by an ad break ONCE throughout - at the midpoint of the show. That's how it works here, has done for decades (including terrestrial airing). You poor saps have just been conditioned to think that constant ad interruptions are normal. I'd probably abandon all tv if it went like that here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,256 Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Here for every 30 minutes of air time there will usually be 22 minutes of the actual episode and 8 minutes of commercials that are split up into 3 commercial breaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,703 Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 That would be considered unacceptable by British TV standards. How many ad breaks does an episode of Breaking Bad have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,256 Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Yeah well it's what we have to deal with. I haven't watched a show as it aired since LOST ended in 2010. Amazon Instant Video for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,703 Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Yeah, streaming for a premium will probably be the standard in a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,256 Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Definitely. Not sure about your Breaking Bad question but Mad Men had limited commercials with the couple episodes that I've seen aired. I recall reading an article about Matt Weiner fighting AMC because they wanted to add a couple more minutes of commercials during their broadcasts and he wouldn't budge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 42,389 Posted September 29, 2013 Author Share Posted September 29, 2013 Modern Family 5x01 Suddenly, Last Summer Not much to say - the show is consistently funny just about every episode, every season. The Mitch/Cam proposal storyline was the least interesting one; Funnier and more touching was Jay's reaction to Manny going to Colombia, and Phil and Claire reacating to their children going away and at the end reliving their proposal. Still a great show 5 years in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 155 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Finished with Arrow...The Legend of Korra Book 2 Ep. 04... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,858 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 The Wire: Season 3 finale. Sheer awesomeness. There is a great feeling of closure in the season finales of this show because they are actually closing cases whether succesful or not, but here perhaps more than in the previous seasons there is a sense of coming full circle as they tie quite a few story threads together. publicist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,316 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 I saw the final episode of The IT Crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,809 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 The Wire: Season 3 finale. Sheer awesomeness. There is a great feeling of closure in the season finales of this show because they are actually closing cases whether succesful or not, but here perhaps more than in the previous seasons there is a sense of coming full circle as they tie quite a few story threads together.Now quickly watch season 4!From wikipedia:The fourth season of The Wire has been universally lauded and hailed as one of the best seasons of television ever produced.And you know what? It's true. Alex publicist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 448 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 The Story of the Jews, by Simon Schama.Watched the final of the 5 part series, last night. Every episode was engrossing.Brilliantly made, and Schama's (Jewish himself) enthusiasm making this really notched it up,I knew much of the wide history it details, already, but it was beautifully made.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apwypNbOp8c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 390 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 The Mentalist 6x01 - "The Desert Rose"A brisk, mostly satisfying season opener, with the plot arguably advancing more in this one episode than it did all of last season. An intense (half of a) season lies ahead, with creator Bruno Heller promising that Patrick Jane's formidable nemesis will finally be caught by the end of the calendar year. Unlike many fans, although I find the "mystery of the week" diverting, I watch the show primarily for the Red John arc, and it remains to be seen if the series has much staying power beyond his demise, especially with so few of the show's characters being developed in any meaningful way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,916 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 I'll wait for Alexcremers review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 42,389 Posted September 30, 2013 Author Share Posted September 30, 2013 Under The Dome (second half of Season 1)We had a marathon on Sunday while working on our computers on various things - this show long ago fell of the "must watch with focus" pile and on to the "throw on in the background while doing other things" pile - and watched the remaining 5-6 episodes of the season that we hadn't seen yet. The show actually managed to get better in its second half, surprisingly. The first half was filled with endless melodrama and focus on "problem of the week" things that reset afterwards, while the few interesting stories crawled along at a snail's pace. The second half of the season shifted those interesting stories to the foreground, with much screen time each week spent on the teenage cast and their interaction with the Egg and Mini Dome. However the payoff of that storyline wasn't especially compelling, nor was the other crap they introduced late in the season - Rennie's old girlfriend and her underground fight club, Barbie being in custody then out of custody then in custody again, etc etc and being framed for murders, etc. All that stuff was a major drag. The final episode itself didn't pay off anything in a meaningful way, ending with a stupid climax that doesn't compel anyone to want to come back in a year to see what happens next.Overall a huge wasted opportunity, and not really worth anyone's time IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 42,389 Posted September 30, 2013 Author Share Posted September 30, 2013 Breaking Bad Series Finale Receives 10.3 Million ViewersWow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,703 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 The final episode was the perfect icing on the cake to a sterling final season. Amazing, landmark television, gonna miss it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,916 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Good!Now i can start watching it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,703 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 If you do you're a jammy bugger! The Steef who came in from the coldPS don't ever google it while you are making your way through it, it's spoiler city out there. Seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,916 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Hey! I always wanted to see it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,703 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Breaking Bad Series Finale Receives 10.3 Million ViewersWow!Is there a hi-res version of this anywhere?Also, gotta love ComingSoon's (your link) summary of the program - it's about the most pointedly streamlined and non-spoilerific description of BB I've read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 155 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 I'm still in the process of seeing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,458 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Let us know when you think it turns to crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 42,389 Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 So Joey, you never told us your thoughts on the end of the season of Under The Dome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 155 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Let us know when you think it turns to crap.There's an old guy who crapped in his pants. Yep.Just watched the season premiere of the ninth and final season of How I Met Your Mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,858 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Good!Now i can start watching it!Ditto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,809 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Under The Dome (second half of Season 1)Overall a huge wasted opportunity, and not really worth anyone's time IMHO.That's why I only could watch it (the first eppy) for about 1 minute. I can't believe you saw the whole thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,703 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 The season finale got slagged off by the press. I've still got about three episodes left, but I just can't be arsed. I sort of went off it when I found out it had been extended to a second season, or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,542 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 'Emmy-winning' Simpsons character to be killed off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 155 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 42,389 Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 Gotta be Sideshow Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,458 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 The list is actually ginormous. Bart, Lisa, Homer, Marge, some rabbi, Edna, Apu, Sideshow Bob, Princess Penelope, and various other characters. I would guess Sideshow Bob finally gets killed. But at this point, it's hard to care.I made my guess while I was typing the list, independently of your guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 155 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Grandpa Simpson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,458 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Abraham was only nominated. He didn't win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 155 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Comic Book Guy?Moe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 42,389 Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 Yea... turns out there are actually a ton of possibilities:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Voice-Over_PerformanceDan Castellaneta and Hank Azaria have won multiple times, and the entire cast won in 1992 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,458 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 I wrote out the list of winners... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 155 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Not all of the cast was fortunate; Harry Shearer never won an Emmy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 42,389 Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 oooh yea, that is a big bummer, he's great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 42,389 Posted October 2, 2013 Author Share Posted October 2, 2013 Damon Lindelof on Why 'Breaking Bad's' Finale Let Him Say Goodbye to 'Lost'http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/damon-lindelof-breaking-bad-finale-639484WARNING! GIVES AWAY THE ENDING OF BOTH SHOWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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