Television thread

[Cheddar]

Whedon has not exactly stated that he has moved on; just that there will be nothing in the foreseeable future.  He did say he would like to delve into the universe more, but in the manner of a movie, not TV.  He stated recently that he would like to do a straight to DVD format with like 12 hours or so of footage, that way he could shoot the whole thing and people would not need to wait for the story archs to finish.  Check out his blog, he is filled with ideas.

But, due to legal reason, he cannot at this time.  Who knows what may happen in the future.  At least Serenity was close to breaking even.

[Sky]

There's going to be some SG-1 straight-to-DVD action to wrap up the Ori stuff, I read on some fansite.

[Ironwood]

I'm not sure what you don't get, but as best I understand the situation:

I don't get why they think it's worth money.

[Morat20]

I'm not sure what you don't get, but as best I understand the situation:

I don't get why they think it's worth money.

I have no idea either. Perhaps they simply don't want to sell the property and see someone else make money on it, but don't want to invest to make money on it themselves. Perhaps they've been trying to get Whedon to restart it for Fox, but he won't play ball, and it's just a big game of "FUCK YOU/NO, FUCK YOU!" on both sides.

Perhaps they're just morons. I mean, their TV executives do seem pretty stupid.

[HaemishM]

Perhaps they're just morons. I mean, their TV executives do seem pretty stupid.

It's Fox. When the fuck have they ever made any sense whatsoever? They throw more good money away than the government.

[Llava]

I think they should cancel Family Guy again.

[Tale]

I really liked BSG ep 6. Those profound episodes with the moody music and editing are unlike any other sci-fi series. Didn't miss the action element at all.

[Evil Elvis]

Bravo started airing episodes of Six Feet Under recently, and I'm hooked.  I can't believe I didn't watch this when it was on HBO.  I think I assumed it would be a "gay" television show, and just dismissed it.  It's the first show I've seen that portrays gay people in a way that I not only can stand watching, but actually find enjoyable.

It's also been amusing to see half the leading cast of Deadwood having small roles on the show.

[WayAbvPar]

I think they should cancel Family Guy again.

Last night's ep had some seriously hysterical moments.

[Trippy]

Studio 60 picked up for a full season.

[Llava]

I think they should cancel Family Guy again.

Last night's ep had some seriously hysterical moments.

I was just making fun of Fox, their dumbass moves and clear inability to tell what their audience wants.

[Sky]

[Trippy]

Men in Trees is moving to ABC's primo time slot for new shows -- Thursday's at 10pm after Grey's Anatomy -- on November 30th. That means that Six Degrees, which has that slot now is either moving somewhere else (perhaps swapping with MiT) or is being cancelled.

[Sky]

American Music Awards. What a complete bag of garbage. The only remotely enjoyable thing was Fall Out Boy, and I don't dig the new pop punk, and their mix was terrible (but then, so was everyone who didn't have a 8Hz bass drum beat). It got bad toward the end when they announce that joker chamillionaire and we just bust out laughing. The presenters were a procession of people I can't abide. Manilow medley?? My lady owes me big time for making me sit through that garbage. Glitzy mainstream clear channel riaa force-fed garbage.

There was literally nobody on that show who I listen to, RHCP won two but they weren't actually in the building.

[Trippy]

Yeah I don't get popular music these days but I get to say that cause I'm an old fart. Like that Gwen Stefani "song", for example. Rodgers and Hammerstein must have been rolling over in their graves. Carrie Underwood looked good, though, even though that outfit was a bit odd. She looks like she's been working out. And I'm glad they invited the Dixie Chicks to perform. Tenacious D was a let down -- hopefully the movie will be better.

Edit: "movie" not "move"

[Sky]

Kyle did pretty good but Jables just phoned it in vocally.

[Tale]

Do we have a place yet to talk about the BSG "Fight Club" soap opera episode? I kinda liked it, but people all over the Internet want to kill me for that.

[Trippy]

Do we have a place yet to talk about the BSG "Fight Club" soap opera episode? I kinda liked it, but people all over the Internet want to kill me for that.

There's nothing preventing you from starting a thread to discuss the show.

[Tale]

No, but we usually discuss it in here. Having been away for a week, and posting over a day after it aired, I was thinking I'd missed something. Seen so much negativity about that episode elsewhere.

The thing I found bizarre was the amount of blood and the vicious beatings, as opposed to actual boxing matches. Beating someone into unconsciousness seemed to be treated like a minor event, among people who are the last surviving members of the human race. Other than that, it was a better episode than I expected it to be and I thought it answered some questions about Starbuck's frame of mind and set her moving forwrads again, but lots of people felt it was a substandard soap opera.

I think Anders and Dee (spouses of Starbuck and Apollo) now stand to become wild cards in the plot if Kara and Lee are an item. What will the scriptwriters do with two strong actors with tough, aggrieved characters? Hope it's a bit more sinister than just making them an item, too.

[Rasix]

I think Anders and Dee (spouses of Starbuck and Apollo) now stand to become wild cards in the plot if Kara and Lee are an item. What will the scriptwriters do with two strong actors with tough, aggrieved characters? Hope it's a bit more sinister than just making them an item, too.

I liked the episode a lot. When I saw the promos I was thinking, "Ohh shit, another craphole gimmick ep like that noir one or Scar". It managed to work in the boxing framework very well. Lots of little nuances everywhere and some rather biting bits of dialogue.

It's interesting, it seemed like Anders walked away assuming they were still fighting. Dee seems to be a bit more perceptive (can't stop feeling sorry for Dee, I like her). Whether this leads to another attempt at their doomed-to-failure romance?  Who knows, but at least they reconciled.

[Jayce]

I liked the episode for itself to some extent (I've seen better) but what I really was hoping for was some downtime, which this episode delivered. 

I think it's a mistake to have the heroes save the world in each and every episode.  Sometimes you have to slow down and have some good old fashioned character development.  I think realizing that is what separates good scifi from more of the same.

[stray]

So.....They've been airing Rome Season 2 commercials on HBO.

Also, World of Warcraft and Peter Gibbons unite.

[Abagadro]

I am so stoked to watch the season finale of The Wire in 45 minutes that I invented a 14 foot PVC pipe with a golf club cleaning tool taped to the end Dish Snow-Scrubberoffer.

[stray]

12 Oz. Mouse must be some project to see just how far one can get away with broadcasting complete crap.

[Abagadro]

Aqua Teen Hunger Force has also gone off the deep end of suck. Williams Street needs to take a break.

[stray]

I keep seeing (what seems like) repeats of ATHF. I've missed quite a few though, so it's still funny to me.

More than half of Williams' series are pretty bad though. I agree.

[HaemishM]

Aqua Teen Hunger Force has also gone off the deep end of suck. Williams Street needs to take a break.

Yeah, the latest season of Aqua Teen seems to have ceded all control to the guy who writes 12 oz. Mouse. It's just 10 minutes of seeing how many times they can say the word "dick" "pussy" or something else offensive without any real reason for any of it. The guy making the rocket ship out of dicks was just retarded. The only episode this season that was any good was the one with the Mooninites and it didn't have nearly the same oomph as previous appearances by those characters.

[Miasma]

I am so stoked to watch the season finale of The Wire in 45 minutes that I invented a 14 foot PVC pipe with a golf club cleaning tool taped to the end Dish Snow-Scrubberoffer.

Thirteen episodes later and they are finally going to start to open a criminal case, next season.  I know it's a slower moving police drama but damn. 

Yeah, yeah, I know it was more about the kids and school this season.  I actually started watching it because a few of you said you liked it and have since bought seasons one and two.  I'm hoping someone will track down season three as a Christmas present but if not I'll pick it up myself so I can find out how that whole Barksdale thing ended, although it was already alluded to this season.

[MrHat]

I always feel bad when people don't watch The Wire from season 1 when I tell them to.

[Riggswolfe]

Heroes + House + Shark + Grey's Anatomy + Six Degrees + Supernatural = more hours than I have in a week for TV.

math itt

Nah, Supernatural, BSG, and Dexter is all the TV anyone needs. I can't believe none of you people talk about Dexter, I am more hooked on it than BSG now.

About Dexter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_%28TV_series%29

[stray]

My Dad keeps telling me about Dexter, but the main actor really turns me off. He looks and behaves like a cheesy soap opera villain. I could possibly tolerate him in one episode, but not an entire series.

[Yegolev]

About the BSG Airing of Grievances, my wife said it was very soap-opera-y, to which I replied if it involved boxing matches I'd probably watch Knot's Landing.  Character development is good.  Also, my wife never liked Kat.

[tazelbain]

I didn't like the boxing episode, but I have come to accept that there is going to be a few filler episode between the "OMG WTF awesome!" episodes.

Anyway, This one was good but I loved this weeks pre-view. "Take Baltar, please!"

[Abagadro]

I always feel bad when people don't watch The Wire from season 1 when I tell them to.

That episode last night was pretty amazing. That little 3 minute montage at the end packed more substance and plot into it than most shows have in an entire season.

[Johny Cee]

I've caught bits and pieces of Dexter,  was sort of interesting,  but haven't made the effort to sit down and catch an entire episode.  I was mostly trying to figure out where the hell I knew the blonde that plays Dexters girlfriend from...

Very much looking forward to season 2 of Rome,  and really hope my closing comes through before it starts.  The process of buying a house has been killing me, and I'm without HBO at the moment.  I look forward to more Pullo,  Verenus,  and Octavian;  not to mention what a serious asshole I'm sure Antony is going to be. 

Bring back Cleopatra.  Please.

Hate to say it,  but I've really been caught up with UFC on Spike.  Some really pretty good fights there (not counting anything with Ken Shamrock),  and they've made good efforts to add the drama element with the Ultimate Fighter while simultaneously pushing their more charasmatic people and fighters (Ortiz, Dana, St. Pierre, etc.)

Some of what goes on is pretty amazing.  BJ Penn's flexibility and natural talent,  Liddell's intenstiy (that guy's scary),  the power some guys like Hughes and Ortiz show off....