Television thread

[Ironwood]

  I vote for an Ironwood review!

I wanted to see this, but have managed to miss EVERY SINGLE EPISODE so far.  And it's been on for a while.

I guess I'd have to do something about that to do a review.

Or I could just assume I'd hate it like the rest of existence.

:P

[XboxGod]

I want to work in Jim's new Office, though I'd get them to play BF2 instead of CoD.

Crappy work computers could probably only handle CoD.

I think The Office is the only program I actually bother to watch on TV, I'll watch My Name is Earl but mainly because it comes on before The Office.

That was a great episode.  Him running around trying to kill people with the smoke grenade, the emergency meeting, getting yelled at for spawning as a sniper, heh.

Coworker "Why did you do that!?"
Jim "I'm just trying to kill the Germans."
Coworker "WE'RE THE GERMANS, SHOOT THE BRITISH."
Jim "We're on teams?"

I laughed so hard during that sequence, my fiance seriously thinks I am retarded now.

[Abagadro]

After catching up with the premier I had on DVR I can firmly say without reservation that BSG is robot fucking Jesus.

[schild]

Hi.

Is there a show that started this year where the moon has exploded?

Don't do a search for that. You'll regret it.

[Ironwood]

Don't diss Space 1999 bitchcakes.

[tazelbain]

New best Venture Bros. ever!

[Yegolev]

BSG was awesome.. and then they ruined part of it in the 'this season on BSG' trailer.   :-(

OH YEAH, WHAT THE FUCK?!  Jesus.  God damn them.  Way to screw it up, jackoffs.  Still, BSG gets eleven thumbs-up.

The Call of Duty section of The Office was, alone, approximately as game-funny as the entire Southpark WoW episode.  Hell, just the part where his boss called the emergency meeting was as game-funny as anything.

Moon exploding?  What?

[XboxGod]

BSG was awesome.. and then they ruined part of it in the 'this season on BSG' trailer.   :-(

OH YEAH, WHAT THE FUCK?!  Jesus.  God damn them.  Way to screw it up, jackoffs.  Still, BSG gets eleven thumbs-up.

The Call of Duty section of The Office was, alone, approximately as game-funny as the entire Southpark WoW episode.  Hell, just the part where his boss called the emergency meeting was as game-funny as anything.

The meeting part was awesome. On an unrelated note, I decided to set up a season pass for Heroes today, have I already missed too much?

[stray]

Download the torrents of the first two episodes.

[Yegolev]

Considering torrenting Heroes as well.  But I have some Doctor Who to catch up on, and Final Fantasy VII isn't going to play itself.

[HaemishM]

Download the torrents of the first two episodes.

Yes. Heroes is going to be heavily continuity dependent, and if you haven't caught it from the first episode, you'll miss a lot. But it's worth it to find the episodes. Do it now.

BSG was fucking awesome. They pulled it off. I thought for sure advancing the timeline like that would fuck them up, but it's actually freed them to do some interesting stories. I was a bit disappointed in the overly-obvious references to current events (suicide bombings, torture, etc.) as I felt they were a bit too heavy-handed. But other than that, a great start. The whole Kara stepford wife thing was freaky.

Bones continues to be fantastic. I was worried about the change in directors, as I liked the old guy, but the new chick has a different dynamic that hasn't screwed up the show, just pushed some relationships in different directions.

I may be in the minority here now, but I still think Lost is pulling off a good season.

Also, watch the Nine. I was skeptical of the show and don't know if they can pull off a full season, but I liked the pilot a lot.

[Yegolev]

The whole Kara stepford wife thing was freaky.

It's about one hundred times more freaky if you have a child.  Just saying.

I'm fine with the social commentary, that's the purview of sci-fi after all.

[HaemishM]

I'm fine with the social commentary, that's the purview of sci-fi after all.

I agree, I just thought they were a bit heavy-handed with it.

[Ironwood]

Bones continues to be fantastic. I was worried about the change in directors, as I liked the old guy, but the new chick has a different dynamic that hasn't screwed up the show, just pushed some relationships in different directions.

What ?

[HaemishM]

Bones continues to be fantastic. I was worried about the change in directors, as I liked the old guy, but the new chick has a different dynamic that hasn't screwed up the show, just pushed some relationships in different directions.

What ?

They removed one of the characters, the head (or director) of the Jeffersonian Institute (said he was on sabbatical for two months) and put in a new character (Cam) who was over Bones and her team. She's very direct and abrasive, and comes from a police background. I liked the actor and character of the old director, and wasn't sure about the new chick. But she's worked out well, pushing the relationships in unexpected directions.

I just didn't want to write all that, because if you've seen the show, you'll know what I'm talking about. And if you haven't seen the show, you should.

[Ironwood]

Um, No.  Please Dear God No.


Please tell me you're not talking about Bones, the show about reconstructing crappy crimes with a supercomputer while Angel looks on with puppy dog eyes ?

'Cause if so I watched the whole first series while my wife dribbled over Boreanaz and all I can say is it's the worst and most moronic show I've ever, ever been subjected to.

Say it ain't so.

[WayAbvPar]

I finally caught up over the weekend and watched The Office and Lost.

The Office-
Just HILARIOUS. God that show is good. Although Jim can no longer be my hero if he sucks at FPSs. Nothing is more annoying than a n00bler with a sniper rifle (and a smoke grenade!). Obviously he is going to start dating the woman behind him and then Pam will pine for him and it will be a reverse of the past 2 seasons. I am fine with that.

Lost-

Wow. I keep waiting for this show to get boring, but I was fascinated. It was pretty dark watching the heroes get mind-raped into submission/compliance. Also very interesting start with the book club in the bucolic village being interrupted by the EMP and the plane crash. What King book were they reading? I was guessing it was The Stand, which has a lot of parallels with the situation between the crash survivors and The Others.

[HaemishM]

Um, No.  Please Dear God No.


Please tell me you're not talking about Bones, the show about reconstructing crappy crimes with a supercomputer while Angel looks on with puppy dog eyes ?

'Cause if so I watched the whole first series while my wife dribbled over Boreanaz and all I can say is it's the worst and most moronic show I've ever, ever been subjected to.

Say it ain't so.

It is. Don't know what you're complaining about, I like that show. I like the chemistry between Boreanz and Deschannel. I like all the characters. It's like House, it's a show you watch for the characters with the mysteries being window dressing. Of course, House has much better acting, but still. I like it.

[Ironwood]

 

[Signe]

I watch it for the gooey bits.

[Tebonas]

I watch it for Bones (the Doctor). She reminds me of an old flame of mine. Eerily so, even down to the way the hair falls into her face. Of course it could be that emotionally stunted thing, but who knows.

[Trippy]

Bones is one of my "must record" shows. It has that X-Files/Odd Couple thing going where the guy, Agent Booth, is the "touchy-feely" type and the woman, Dr. Temperance "Bones" Breenan, is the logical/rational one, though Brennan is much more of a nerd than Scully was. Though it's a forensic show a la CSI I actually watch it for the characters rather than the forensic/science. I like the chemistry between Boreanaz and Deschanel as well and this season they are fleshing out some of the other characters like with the cute romance between Jack and Angela, two of Bones's assistants.

[Xanthippe]

Lost and House are on at the same time.  Going to have to TiVo one on the kids' so I can TiVo the other on mine.

I'm on the fence with Lost right now.  Not as good as it was, but it all depends on where they go.

I've missed BSG completely.  Guess I'll rent it when the DVD comes out. 

Shark - not only stars James Woods but costars Jeri Ryan (played 7of9 and incredibly watchable) and is directed by Spike Lee.  I'm liking this more and more.

The Wire - I rented Season 1, first 2 dvds, the video store doesn't have the 3rd, but they have the 4th and 5th.  I now have 5 episodes on my TiVo from this season, so I'm going to just start watching now.

[Merusk]

Lost and House are on at the same time.  Going to have to TiVo one on the kids' so I can TiVo the other on mine.

Pika?  Lost and Gray's Anatomy are on at the same time, I thought.  They moved House to 8:00 on Tuesday instead of 9:00 so they could fit in that horrible missing senator's wife show.  However, the official site says it's coming back at 9:00 on Tues. the 31st. 

[Trippy]

Lost and Grey's Anatomy are both ABC so it would be hard to schedule them at the same time (Lost is Wednesday's, GA is Thursday's).

[stray]

I wish I could fast forward a year ahead so I can buy the entire season of Heroes on DVD. This is the first time in a long while where I've watched a show as it was being aired -- that kind of pacing will not do.

[Ironwood]

I watch it for the gooey bits.

So does Christine, but Angel never seems to get them out.

I don't get the love.  It's like you've all admitted that you like watching  Emmerdale.

[schild]

I wish I could fast forward a year ahead so I can buy the entire season of Heroes on DVD. This is the first time in a long while where I've watched a show as it was being aired -- that kind of pacing will not do.

Holy shit. Ookii and I JUST had that conversation.

I swear to god if it suffers the same fate as Veritas, I will go off the grid for years.

[Merusk]

Lost and Grey's Anatomy are both ABC so it would be hard to schedule them at the same time (Lost is Wednesday's, GA is Thursday's).

My mistake, I remember what it is the co-worker was complaining is on at the same time now, CSI and Grey's Anatomy.  I think I also know why Xanthippe is thinking House and Lost were on at the same time; last week Fox showed a House rerun on Wednesday in place of whatever was usually there.

[Furiously]

I wish I could fast forward a year ahead so I can buy the entire season of Heroes on DVD. This is the first time in a long while where I've watched a show as it was being aired -- that kind of pacing will not do.

Holy shit. Ookii and I JUST had that conversation.

I swear to god if it suffers the same fate as Veritas, I will go off the grid for years.

What does Heroes have to do with the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System?

[tazelbain]

Luck that girl has the power to regenerate because she has a habit of dying. 

[Rasix]

Luck that girl has the power to regenerate because she has a habit of dying. 

I sighed very loudly when that mistake football hit turned her into Linda Blair.

BSG was Cylon Jesus. Lost was good (Jack has a glass jaw).

Tonight I subject myself to more punishment via Gilmore Girls.  Watching someone destroy a romance angle that they spent 6 years building tends to raise the bile in the back of my throat.  At least Veronica Mars follows it up and tends to wash the bad taste out of your mouth.

[Yegolev]

I swear to god if it suffers the same fate as Veritas, I will go off the grid for years.

What does Heroes have to do with the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System?

Veritas?  What?

Tonight I subject myself to more punishment via Gilmore Girls.

I actually enjoy this show when my system is muted.  Well, OK... tolerate.  I'm not really sure what is going on most of the time, whereas something like Desire is perfectly understandable without sound.

[tazelbain]

Maybe I'll start calling her the Venture Sister.

[StGabe]

Storyline driven TV in a 22 or 26 episode format sucks.  Catching a show every week becomes a necessity,  rather than a joy,  and the storyline tends to get either MASSIVELY dragged out (Firefly, most Whedon stuff)  or so convoluted that it's impenetrable as the run progresses(X-files seasons 5+).

That's why DVD's and downloading TV rocks (Heroes is on iTunes and probably illegally available all over the place).

As far as dragging out plot, that doesn't have to happen if they take a lot of time to develop the plot up front.  If they are writing from scratch every week then yes, you get lots of filler, but you just have to look at B5 for how it can be done right.