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Merusk
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Because nobody else said anything about it.
WITH.
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MrHat
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Ya, that was pretty hardcore. Enough to ignore the fact that all major terrorist plots against the United States originate in Los Angeles 15-20 minutes from CTU headquarters.
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tazelbain
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In my mind when ever he does anything crazy, he screams, "I'm Jack Bauer, bitch!"
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Merusk
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Ya, that was pretty hardcore. Enough to ignore the fact that all major terrorist plots against the United States originate in Los Angeles 15-20 minutes from CTU headquarters.
Yeah, that particular plot point got pretty thin around the 3rd season, but now I just have campy fun with it. (Part of the problem being LA thinks it's the center of the known universe..) The same with everyone who dobuts Jack dieing some horrific/ tragic death. (Which is why I'm fairly sure Chloe is safe this season. She's the Prophet of Bauer) I'm thinking that some sort of biblicly-toned epic poem could be written, and it would be hilarious. "And on the 5th day, Jack did rise from the dead and rip-out the throats of the unbelievers. Then did CTU fuck-up by disbelieving and was incinerated in firey, nuclear death." In my mind when ever he does anything crazy, he screams, "I'm Jack Bauer, bitch!"
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Rasix
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So, has he died and been miraculously brought back to life yet this season?
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MrHat
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No, but after being stabbed by what I can only assume to be rebar in his ass, and being stabbed in his shoulder, he's just dandy (apart from the nuke and shootings) a few hours later.
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tazelbain
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What kind of torture would make those marks on his hand? Electrified water?
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What kind of torture would make those marks on his hand? Electrified water?
I've been going with acid. Why on the hand? I dunno, makes cool scars? And since I'm amazed nobody's posted it here yet; HBO picks-up Song of Ice & Fire. Each book is to be a season, but there's no timeframe given as to when the first season might happen. |
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I posted it in the Book thread. Wasn't sure where to put it.  |
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Rasix
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Was it just me, or did they irreversibly fuck up Dresden Files in just one episode?  Really disappointed with the changes they made. Of course, I've only been through book 2.. are they perhaps starting after the books conclude? I can't imagine that much changing. Gah, maybe it'll get better. |
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Rome season 2 is shaping to be better than the first. The guy playing Antony is perfect. I just hope the new guy they got to play the older Octavian (at least that's what I heard they were doing) is as good as that kid.
Lucius Verenus has tranformed into a Dark Pimp Lord from Hell. Awesome.
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Decided to watch Weeds S1 because of the sale at Target (they have like 30 series at $17.99 for a season or two). Picked that up with some Roswell, Grey's Anatomy, and Dead Like Me. $80 for 4 box sets? Ok. But yea, Weeds was pretty damn great. I can deal without the housekeepers though. Short of that, the show is fantastic.
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Mazakiel
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Was it just me, or did they irreversibly fuck up Dresden Files in just one episode? Really disappointed with the changes they made. Of course, I've only been through book 2.. are they perhaps starting after the books conclude? I can't imagine that much changing. Gah, maybe it'll get better. Having read all the books, I was rather annoyed with all the changes they made, with most of them seeming pretty arbitrary. And I had thought the premier was going to follow the plot of the first book, just to get into the swing of things. Either way, I'm rather meh on it, but my GF liked it. I'll keep watching to see where they go and if it gets better, but....I had higher hopes. |
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tazelbain
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Desden: Not a bad show, has potential.
BSG: Still kicking ass, Caprica Six pwns, D'anna gets pwned. Baltar is still worthless and brillant. The stupid love square is still annoying.
Frisky Dingo: Great ending, but the kinda of ending where you doubt the show is going to be renewed.
Adultswim has really been sucking these days. Smokingun, Assy, squidbillies, endless parade of FG and Futurama. Actually I don't mind 'rama, but I figure most people are tired of it by now.
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Adultswim has really been sucking these days. Smokingun, Assy, squidbillies, endless parade of FG and Futurama. Actually I don't mind 'rama, but I figure most people are tired of it by now.
But Dingo and Metalapocalypse have made up for the crappy new shows and the really shitty quality of Aqua Teen this year. |
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The Cylon models changing allegiance every other episode is beginning to grate on me. Never knowing for sure if it's Caprica Six, Boomer, etc only makes it worse.
I've also never been happy about the little insight into Cylon rebirth process. I think it's been implied that they somehow share memories when they resurrect. That would make more sense as to why they needed to box Xena's entire model line. But if they share memories, wouldn't Athena have gained all the memories of Boomer? Wouldn't those new memories drastically change who she is now? Meh.
And the whole, "Oh look, another ancient relic we've just happened to stumble upon which is imminently important but never have talked about before just now, and won't again after this episode" is very snooze. I get that it's supposed to be fate (or at least really, really look like it), but it feels like they're just trying to force the plot along. Do not like.
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HIS FUCKING BROTHER IS THAT DOUCHE??? Lame.
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HIS FUCKING BROTHER IS THAT DOUCHE??? Lame.
Agreed. This season is not starting out well. I think last season was the pinnacle with Itzin and its heading way down hill from there. |
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I'll take a thousand flip-flop toasters over the hot-cold love affair between Major Douche and Caption Skanky.
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Who's watching Rome?
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Big Gulp
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Who's watching Rome?
I have a standing rule at my place: all talking, fidgeting, and crinkling of popcorn bags will cease between the hours of 9:00 PM EST and 10:00 PM EST. Anyone who disregards this rule will be punished. |
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Who's watching Rome?
I am finally buying into the hype and watched Ep 14 last night. I am now hooked, but On Demand only goes back as far as Ep 9. I have been deeply in lust with Polly Walker since Patriot Games, so I was delighted to see her again. |
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Was it just me, or did they irreversibly fuck up Dresden Files in just one episode? Really disappointed with the changes they made. Of course, I've only been through book 2.. are they perhaps starting after the books conclude? I can't imagine that much changing. Gah, maybe it'll get better. Having read all the books, I was rather annoyed with all the changes they made, with most of them seeming pretty arbitrary. And I had thought the premier was going to follow the plot of the first book, just to get into the swing of things. Either way, I'm rather meh on it, but my GF liked it. I'll keep watching to see where they go and if it gets better, but....I had higher hopes. That's what I thought as well - they'd go with the book plots first. I'm not entirely sure if I like it or not (I just can't seem to like the actor for some reason.) and the husband's mad because I won't let him delete the show off the DVR yet. I can accept a few changes (like Bob being a person, as long as he has to get back into the skull) but some really do seem arbitrary. Still working on the Karrin -> Connie change. WTF was that done? |
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I think I'd enjoy Frisky Dingo if I smoked a bowl beforehand. As it is, I just pretend it's Robot Chicken since I don't know what the fuck is going on.
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Was it just me, or did they irreversibly fuck up Dresden Files in just one episode? Really disappointed with the changes they made. Of course, I've only been through book 2.. are they perhaps starting after the books conclude? I can't imagine that much changing. Gah, maybe it'll get better. Having read all the books, I was rather annoyed with all the changes they made, with most of them seeming pretty arbitrary. And I had thought the premier was going to follow the plot of the first book, just to get into the swing of things. Either way, I'm rather meh on it, but my GF liked it. I'll keep watching to see where they go and if it gets better, but....I had higher hopes. That's what I thought as well - they'd go with the book plots first. I'm not entirely sure if I like it or not (I just can't seem to like the actor for some reason.) and the husband's mad because I won't let him delete the show off the DVR yet. I can accept a few changes (like Bob being a person, as long as he has to get back into the skull) but some really do seem arbitrary. Still working on the Karrin -> Connie change. WTF was that done? The Jim Butcher official website has some interesting info on the adaption, like name/plot changes. Supposedly, there is Chicago cop named Karrin Murphy, so they couldn't use the name in the series, for instance. Some of the other changes were more stylistic, like changing from a VW beetle to a WW2 surplus jeep. Link to some podcast doohickey from Butcher on style changes: http://www.jim-butcher.com/bb/index.php/topic,1651.0.htmlIt was alright, but one of those shows that will sink or swim 5 or 10 episodes in. Long as they stick to character development and intereaction, and stay away from cheesy special effects, it might be decent. I LOVE to read nerd fury about how their precious books are changed in the conversion from page to screen, though. |
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HaemishM
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Having never read the Dresden Files books, I liked the first episode. It felt like a cable horror/sci-fi show at times, but it didn't make me want to turn off. The whole set of characters could have used a better setup episode, though, as there were too many characters with connections that weren't explained. I'll keep watching, but I'm not totally sold yet.
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Mazakiel
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The whole set of characters could have used a better setup episode, though, as there were too many characters with connections that weren't explained.
It rather felt like a second episode of a series as opposed to the first. Murphy was barely touched on, and all of Dresden's connections to people overall just seemed to be obliquely touched on. Maybe it's a situation similar to Firefly, where there's an actual pilot that's been filmed that actually sets up everything, but they didn't open with it. It just didn't have the flow of a first episode of a series, but more of just another installment. I would think (hope) that they'd do Dresden as a serial drama type show, with overarching plots and continuity, and this episode did a pisspoor job of setting something like that up. If they're not going to do that, and it'll be mostly episodic with little to no continuity, like ST: TNG or something, I doubt I'll be watching. While the books are standalone in a way, they do build off of each other, with events in prior books having definite impacts on what's happening in the current one. That's one of the things I like about it. |
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Who's watching Rome?
I missed too much of it, though what I've seen looks interesting. I'll probably do what I find myself doing more and more with television. Get it on DvD. In fact, a friend and I were talking the other day, it's almost better for us just to wait for DvD because then we can watch the episodes as quickly as we want and we have no commercials to deal with. |
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and we have no commercials to deal with.
It's an HBO show, no commercials. |
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and we have no commercials to deal with.
It's an HBO show, no commercials. I know, I was speaking of TV shows in general. |
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Commercials? That's what a DVR is for. Time Warner's last firmware update added 4x ff/rewind. Soooo fast. Real-time tv makes me ill, damned commercials.
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Commercials? That's what a DVR is for. Time Warner's last firmware update added 4x ff/rewind. Soooo fast. Real-time tv makes me ill, damned commercials.
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Time Warner's last firmware update added 4x ff/rewind.
Wow. You have the PS3 of cable boxes. Welcome to 2005. |
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I've actually started using my DVR to watch sports. I just start recording when the game starts and don't actually switch over until 30 minutes have gone by. I had to do it during the college bowl games because of that horrible freaking Dodge commercial with the stupid Rock'em'Sock'em robot hitting the truck EVERY BREAK!
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MrHat
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I've actually started using my DVR to watch sports. I just start recording when the game starts and don't actually switch over until 30 minutes have gone by. I had to do it during the college bowl games because of that horrible freaking Dodge commercial with the stupid Rock'em'Sock'em robot hitting the truck EVERY BREAK!
Yup, I do this too, had it timed so that by the time I caught up, it was beginning of 4th quarter. |
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