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The Fine Art of Television
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So, what tv shows are you following? I've been catching up on Boardwalk Empire lately, which I took a 1 year break or so from. Damn season 2 is good so far.
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watching "whose line is it anyway?" on youtube
fuck that show was hilarious. -
us.
didn't even know there was a uk one.
colin mochrie is the fucking greatest.
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UK was on nearly a whole 10 years before the US, and despite being spottier in terms of episodes, it's got a larger pool of just as good improvisers, and doesn't go for the over the top laughs with the woop woop wooping. It also features Greg, Colin and Ryan heavily, with Brad, Chip and Wayne making appearances.
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ya i was just reading up on it on wikipedia. holy shit, had no idea it started over there.
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these two together. everything they do is gold.
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lol join the club.
i do this like once every couple months. -
i now have 10 more years of material to watch.
thnx guys. you're the best. -
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Parks and Rec, Community, and Louie make up my comedy intake. They're great.
Dramas: Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones. -
I still need to watch Archer, but I'm really looking forward to starting it at some point.
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I might start Archer, watched a few episodes with friends and found it pretty hilarious.
@dannyspiterijr knowing you and "getting around to things" I expect you'll start it at the start of 2015. :3 -
Haha maybe but I can at least promise it'll happen eventually!
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Just bought my dad the first 2 seasons of Breaking Bad for xmas, so I'll probably be re-watching a lot of that.
Otherwise, I've been trying to get into Bob's Burgers (its pretty hit or miss for me, but I've been watching it when I'm super bored), and I'm trying to start Twin Peaks soon. -
@Ocaml thank you for your input. I really enjoy reading your post. You definitely put a ton of sarcasm into your comments and I really admire that. When I post a comment and I see your name after it, I know I'll be enlightened by the irony in your post and become a richer person with all the laughs you have to contribute
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@Robby oh sorry, Netflix tweeted that it's "coming soon". I thought they said that it was now available.
Chuck is coming soon too, which is definitely a show that everyone should at least try although I recognize that it isn't for everyone.
Revolution too, which is something that I might check out now that it'll be easy to. -
Yeah, I just watched through all of the 2nd season yesterday, mostly so I'll know what my friends are joking about when we go out drinking now.
I think it's cool that they tried to give every episode more of an overarching narrative, but more of the skits fell flat. They have this formula of taking a particular idea to really silly exaggerations, which can be amusing in itself, but they're really scattershot with making that actually funny and with ending sketches. Here's one with a really good punchline, though:
And Tim Robbins in the last episode was the best.
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Gonna watch sons of anarchy season 1 today.
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For some reason I'm picking up Hung again. One of these days I'm going to stop putting off The Wire and The Sopranos, but it is not this day, this day I watch Hung.
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Hung is an interesting show. I don't think it's particularly well written but I think the balance of the show is good. I actually quite liked How to make it in America for much of the same reasons.
I'm looking forward to the next season of Enlightened. That show has a lot of potential.
Also I think Girls season 2 is starting up soon. I saw Tiny Furniture last week (also Lena Dunham). I sort of love how her writing peels back the veneer of "women" and often how they're portrayed in TV or how they think they should act (guided by teen beat to fashion magazines) vs how they really are. I dunno if I've seen that sort of thing expressed anywhere else on TV. Also can I say how much I love Mamet's daughter in this show? Every scene with her is gold.
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"What if I want to feel like I have utters?" has stuck with me as one of the best lines (if not the best) from that show. I do really enjoy Girls, mostly because it exposes the bullshit behind the part of New York City that I currently participate in (20-to-30-something delusional hipsters). I really like how realistic it can be. Its also cool to recognize places where they film the show; for instance part of this scene was filmed like four blocks from my girlfriend's apartment:
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Currently watching Family Guy, the original series of Star Trek, and Community.
Here's the list of TV series that I watched last year:
Doctor Who
Sherlock
Breaking Bad
New Girl
Big Bang Theory (Guilty pleasure)
How I Met Your Mother (Season 1-3 is pretty okay, gets shitty afterwards. The later seasons felt more of a drama rather than a comedy)
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@balmaseda I think if you ask any woman who claims not to like "doggie style", why, they'll either say "I'm not a dog" or "I don't want udders"
@choff - I barely made it through one episode of Sherlock (shame, as I like Lucy Liu). And I really like Zooey, but that show just doesn't stick for me. I don't think it's as funny as it thinks it is. BBT this year has taken over Modern Family as the best comedy. Modern Family is not as biting (save maybe the writing for Jay on the Garage/Yard Sale episode) and BBT is at it's best when it involves the three girls which it's been doing more of the first half of this season. -
Yeah, I really enjoyed Girls. Visiting the IMDb forums (which is never a good idea, I know) I realized that so, so many hate this show though. The reasons for them hating it are so sexist it ain't even funny, which I guess could even be regarded as positive criticism for a normal human being? Anyhow, the ones who weren't blatant sexists tried to hide their hatred of women with these arguments:
1. "There is too much sex." Uhm... no. And even if there was it actually says something about the characters and fits a purpose in the script.
2. "Lena Dunham is ugly and a narcissist because she writes so many sex scenes for herself and pairs her character with other men that are hotter than her." Uh-huh. ...what is wrong with you?
But yeah, I'm really looking forward to season 2, even though I wasn't too fond of the last episode of season 1 (so many character changes that had been hinted at throughout the season but were way too drastic to shift from one episode to the other). -
@WiredRacing
Ahh, I see, so its social commentary on how progressive the more rebellious character is supposed to be/thinks she is. Duly noted.
Still... I can appreciate a show like Girls for gaining a little insight into how women think about things like that. Its not like the classic example of a 40 yr old husband going through a mid-life crisis and watching Sex and the City to try and understand his unsatisfied wife better, but I still enjoy those moments for what they are. -
@WiredRacing pretty sure @choff is talking about the BBC Sherlock series, not the U.S. ripoff.
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@ClydeNut Gee I hope so. Isn't the UK one a mini series? A couple of 90 minute shows = a 'season'.. or 'series' as they like to call them.
@balmaseda Yeah I think so. The whole dialogue there basically being about avoiding being put into a box and that women themselves are just as guilty of doing it to other women as men are. But of course, said much more entertainingly and within the irony of a book teaching women how to get the upper hand on men. :)
Actually I really would love to get in the head of a teenage girl (at any age, during their time) because I for long had a nice little sexist saying that "there's nothing more dumb in the world than a teenage girl". I think through the sexting (sorry) and general nude self portrait photo sharing issue that is broadcast as sexual liberation is really just a mask for "hey I found a new way to troll for attention". What I like about Girls, the show, is when they do their stupid things, it's not the stupid act that's delicious for me, but rather their reaction. The dust-off. That's what I like about the show. They're real, not dramatically real, but just simply the shame and seeing the gears turning behind the characters eyes work so well for me. Maybe they should have called THAT show Enlightened. :P
I much prefer this type of human being to the whiny princess you would see elsewhere.
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@WiredRacing Yeah, it's that one with really long episodes and too many GIFs on Tumblr. I think it's a pretty good show though.
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*Psst* @secondlpanet what's your URL?
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Officially hooked on soa.
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Fuck yeah!
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Hmmmmm not to dispel the hype, but there's nothing wrong with being a little cautious. http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/arrested-development-will-look-very-different-in-fourth-season-20130109
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I watched like 4 episodes, but at the time I was also watching bb and parks and rec. Didnt have time for them all so I cut AR.
I think it was the best choice because I can't see it being better than those 2, which have now become my favourite shows ever. -
nah was talkin bout American Rejects. Supposed to be really good.
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@dannyspiterijr lol it's http://secondplanet.tumblr.com but I'm not exactly the most active poster
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@robby lol I was just kidding mang. I was talking about arrested development.
And I don't know if it's possible for me to like a comedy more than parks and rec. -
I like Parks so much more than AD. AD is great and all, but it's fucking Parks.
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It shouldn't be legal to like anotherTV comedy more than AD
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My favorite thing about you is how accepting you are of other people's opinions.
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i love how seinfeld and the simpsons aren't mentioned at all
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I think The Simpsons is the best sitcom ever and that it isn't close.
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Oh please, like I'm the only person on this fucking forum that makes fun of people for their opinions. If that isn't the pot calling the kettle black I don't know what is.
