Television thread

[XboxGod]

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.

I agree, and I hope it makes Pam realize how retarded she was. As far as Lost, I seriously think they need to start giving answers to some of the plot lines, but they just keep introducing new stuff. I might have to read The Stand, I think I have that book in my room actually.

[Yegolev]

I might have to read The Stand, I think I have that book in my room actually.

Just read up to where they meet up with the old woman, then skip to the end.

[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.

I really hope Heroes has 1 or 2 seasons and then says, "We told our story. Thanks for watching." Otherwise it is going to turn into a steaming pile of badness. I have the same fear about BSG in a couple years too.

[WayAbvPar]

I might have to read The Stand, I think I have that book in my room actually.

It has some Steven King-y bits that are annoying, but for the most part it is a really interesting book. I would have loved it if he left out the semi-supernatural bits; the story of the world basically coming to an end was worth telling by itself. Well worth a look IMHO.

[Sky]

I agree on the Stand. The post-apocalypse survival part was great, the pseudo-magical gathering of villians in Las Vegas was stupid. Glad I read it, though. He's written a few good books hobbled by crappy magic plot devices.

[tazelbain]

The end was a cop-out like the end of the Dark Tower.

[Yegolev]

The Stand had the same problem that other King books do for me: he starts off with a perfectly engaging realistic story, then cocks it up by totally changing things and going supernatural.  I can also point to Insomnia, although it didn't take too long for the weird shit to get in the way of the startup story.

I probably should have not suggested you skip to the end.  Now I remember the end was retarded.

[Tale]

I accidentally caught the third episode of Jericho, found it intriguing, and watched the fourth ep last night. Having grown up in the Cold War, any post-apocalyptic tale is going to hook me, but it's essentially Fallout 90210. OC of the Flies, Dawson's Apocalypse. They keep *almost* running out of food/fuel/luxuries, but never quite enough to affect them. So there's a bar open, a party at a teenager's house, and everyone has good personal hygeine.

[XboxGod]

Well it looks like WayAbvPar was spot on. Jim and that girl behind him seem to be hitting it off. He went through so much trouble to get her that big of chips, awwwwww 

[Abagadro]

We need a Pam/New Girl oil wresting match over Jim.

[shiznitz]

Jericho would be better if the whole cast slowly suffered from radiation sickness.

In real life.

[Sky]

Ah, shit. We forgot to watch Earl/Office last night. Sonofa.

[WayAbvPar]

Please tell me you have a TiVo to go with your ginormous TV, Sky. Otherwise I shall be forced to laugh uncontrollably at you 

[Sky]

I keep forgetting to DVR those two shows because we normally watch them in (ecch) real-time.

[HaemishM]

How can you stand to watch TV in real-time? I get antsy.

[Sky]

I always think that when we are watching it. It's the only couple shows we still watch in real-time. We were at my mother's house monday and it was pure torture watching plain old tv, no cable just the old roof antenna. From suffering through commercials to having no idea what was on other channels, it's amazing how quickly you can get used to the luxuries of modern pay tv.

[WayAbvPar]

Even if I want to watch in real time I will wait x minutes/hours and then catch up to it midstream (I do this with hockey games alot). I can't STAND commercials. Although the cell phone one with the guy confronting his friend about seeing his girfriend's # in his friend's phone and then it rings to the tune of "Secret Lovers" cracks me up to no end.

Lost was excellent again this week. Season 2 was uneven, but 3 is hitting home for me. I think there should be copious shots of Kate bending over in every episode, both frontal and from behind. That is just quality TV right there.

[Sky]

There was some cell phone commercial with a mom and daughter doing a bizaroo teen conversation that was chuckleworthy the first time I saw it.

But ohfuck the slimey national committee campaign ads. One is accusing our DA who is running for some office of thinking it's ok to let rapists walk. A guy who spent his career thus far trying to put away rapists. It's nuckin' futz. I love the voice-over guy, though. I want that job, political slime ad voice-over guy.

[Merusk]

You missed Earl, Sky?  The you missed a great little montage of all the after effects of  Randy's various breakups.  It was him sitting there holding the 80's cassette player with with "Time After Time" playing through all these various scenes. It had me in stitches.  I just couldn't stop laughing.

[Bunk]

I agree on the Stand. The post-apocalypse survival part was great, the pseudo-magical gathering of villians in Las Vegas was stupid. Glad I read it, though. He's written a few good books hobbled by crappy magic plot devices.

/tangent: For a better 800 page Post Apocolyptic book - try Swan Song by Robert R McCammon.

[XboxGod]

How can you stand to watch TV in real-time? I get antsy.

Me too. The only time I see commercials is when I watch football, cuz I HAVE to watch the Cowboys live.

[XboxGod]

We need a Pam/New Girl oil wresting match over Jim.

Oh yeah, that would be awesome. I got $50 on the new girl.

[bhodi]

I'm completely hooked on heroes now. Bastards.

[XboxGod]

I'm completely hooked on heroes now. Bastards.

Me too. Anyone know where I can get the first two episodes? Or will I have to wait until it comes out on DVD?

[schild]

Still enjoying Six Degrees.

[XboxGod]

Still enjoying Six Degrees.

Never even heard of it? A quick review?

[schild]

Handful of people meet one another through a series of coincidences. It's basically taken from the Six Degrees rule where you know everyone through a minute chain of people (ya know, 6, like Kevin Bacon). But it's actually very well cast. You've got Bridget Moynahan, that guy from Crazy/Beautiful (who ends up being a damn fine actor - tv caliber at least), Erika Christenson, that dude from Rodger Dodger (who is just awesome), and a hdnful of other b-list people who are turning out the performance of their lives.

The story ain't half bad either. I fear though, at this pace, they won't have a big enough reveal for me at the end of the season. There's a couple loose ends I'm already worried about. It's probably the fourth best show on TV right now (tied with Grey's Anatomy). That's not particularly fair though since Heroes, House, and Shark are all above it...

[bhodi]

I'm completely hooked on heroes now. Bastards.

Me too. Anyone know where I can get the first two episodes? Or will I have to wait until it comes out on DVD?

Torrents. I sent you a PM.

I find it obnoxious you can watch the latest episode, but not the previous ones legitimately. Oh well, they don't really need another solid gold humvee.

Also, I can confirm that BSG is robot jesus. I have seen the light. I held off for 3 episodes, trying to give myself a head start, but after this evening I'm now stuck week to week just like everybody else. I really need to limit myself to watching only box sets.

[XboxGod]

Handful of people meet one another through a series of coincidences. It's basically taken from the Six Degrees rule where you know everyone through a minute chain of people (ya know, 6, like Kevin Bacon). But it's actually very well cast. You've got Bridget Moynahan, that guy from Crazy/Beautiful (who ends up being a damn fine actor - tv caliber at least), Erika Christenson, that dude from Rodger Dodger (who is just awesome), and a hdnful of other b-list people who are turning out the performance of their lives.

The story ain't half bad either. I fear though, at this pace, they won't have a big enough reveal for me at the end of the season. There's a couple loose ends I'm already worried about. It's probably the fourth best show on TV right now (tied with Grey's Anatomy). That's not particularly fair though since Heroes, House, and Shark are all above it...

I actually saw part of that the other night, lol, I didn't even realize that's what it was called. A Gray's Anatomy fan? Awesome, me too. You forgot Weeds, which is definitely top 3. I thought Six Degrees was alright, and am in love with that woman photgrapher. Mmmmm.

[XboxGod]

I'm completely hooked on heroes now. Bastards.

Me too. Anyone know where I can get the first two episodes? Or will I have to wait until it comes out on DVD?

Torrents. I sent you a PM.

I find it obnoxious you can watch the latest episode, but not the previous ones legitimately. Oh well, they don't really need another solid gold humvee.

Thank you very much. Yeah I don't really understand why they would do that. I can see taking them off when they get ready to release it on DVD, but whatever.

Sorry for the double post, I don't know how to quote two replies in one post. I'm a noob :)

[Sky]

Me too. The only time I see commercials is when I watch football, cuz I HAVE to watch the Cowboys live.

That's why they play two games at once except for the night games, which seem like they go on for years. We tend to gather for the first game of the day and switch between NBC and Fox (who really need to get their HD shit together on Time Warner imo). Bills game wasn't even in HD. I was rooting for the Lions because my buddy is a hardcore Bills fan, but that Losman scramble pass was sweet. Roy Williams had a hell of a day, even if one of the dipshit announcers referred to him as the singing cowboy (who was Roy Rogers).

Siragusa should not be allowed to have a microphone, Shannon Sharpe is also on notice for his primitive grunting.

[Furiously]

I wasn't sure the 3rd season of BSG was going to be that great, the first episode was sort of blah to me. Then the second one just rocked.

[HaemishM]

Siragusa should not be allowed to have a microphone, Shannon Sharpe is also on notice for his primitive grunting.

QFT.

Also, why do the halftime shows feel they have to spend 3 minutes per commercial break, and 30 seconds trying to break down highlights and stats on 5 or 6 games. Fuck, you'd have to be on crack and speed just to try to keep up, and with guys like Bradshaw and Sharpe, it's impossible. JUST SHOW ME THE GODDAMN HIGHLIGHTS. If you have to continue giving out 3-minute commercial breaks, at least cut out the peanut gallery commentary and just focus on the stats and highlights.

[Merusk]

Goddamn Heroes.  This is worse than watching 24 on the 'show me more, damnit' factor.

[Furiously]

Goddamn Heroes.  This is worse than watching 24 on the 'show me more, damnit' factor.

Was trying to figure our what was happening on the subway last night, and damn - I expected it was who is was but the loop they threw in was awesome.