Television thread

[WayAbvPar]

Long ass article on the politics of 24 and its effects

Wow. I have never seen 24, but planned to eventually pick up the DVDs and check it out. After reading that, I might just skip it. Not really a fan of putting money in the pockets of people like Joel Surnow.

[Rasix]

The Office again-

Seeing Ryan bat the bouquet away from Kelly may be the funniest thing I have seen in ages.

That was an interesting episode.  There were a lot cringe-it's-Michael scenes, but a lot of gold too.  Had a feeling Jim wouldn't take Pam leaving with Ray well.

The Pavolvian experiment at the start was just awesome.  I was dying.

[WayAbvPar]

Haha ya! I love how Jim is just bored out of his mind, but finds novel ways to entertain himself. They need to have an ep where Jim finds a website that Dwight posts on and then trolls him with all sorts of personal details  :-D

[stray]

Does anyone watch Extras (HBO/Gervais)?

Great show 

[Sky]

The Office again-

Seeing Ryan bat the bouquet away from Kelly may be the funniest thing I have seen in ages.

I was crying I laughed so hard. My girlfriend believes we are Jim and Pam (and she may have valid reasons for such since we work in the same office)...they showed Pam's car on the last episode and it's the same she drives. Getting creepy imo.

Does anyone watch Extras (HBO/Gervais)?

Saw the last one and put it on the expanding DVR queue. We're having a laugh.

[MrHat]

Rome is so great.  On episode 4 of the second season and loving it so damn much.  Had to watch a few episodes of last season again to remember what's going on.

[HaemishM]

That was an interesting episode.  There were a lot cringe-it's-Michael scenes, but a lot of gold too.  Had a feeling Jim wouldn't take Pam leaving with Ray well.

I'm betting on a Pam/Roy wedding as this season's cliffhanger finale. They have got to milk the Pam/Jim relationship for all its worth, as I'm sure it's a big female draw.

Jim's practical jokes are just hysterical, made even more so because I used to be friends with a guy that was astonishingly similar to Dwight.

[WayAbvPar]

Rome is so great.  On episode 4 of the second season and loving it so damn much.  Had to watch a few episodes of last season again to remember what's going on.

I am utterly in love with Atia. She is such a scheming c*nt...you gotta love her!

[Yegolev]

Does anyone watch Extras (HBO/Gervais)?

I just want to see the one with Bowie.

[stray]

Last night had Ian McKellan. Gervais was cast in one of his plays. Turned out to be some gay romp story. Funny ensues.


Atia is definitely a scheming witch. Especially the episode before the last.

[Sky]

I personally dislike the grammies (My Humps? Really?), but my girlfriend likes to watch them. She was good enough not to watch it while I was in the room, but I'm glad she left it on when she left last night. Awesome tribute to James Brown, they had his MC guy (who's name I don't know) come out and hang his cape on a mic stand.

Also, Smokey Robinson has been hanging out with Kenny Rogers, apparently. His plastic surgeon, at least.

[Trippy]

I personally dislike the grammies (My Humps? Really?), but my girlfriend likes to watch them. She was good enough not to watch it while I was in the room, but I'm glad she left it on when she left last night. Awesome tribute to James Brown, they had his MC guy (who's name I don't know) come out and hang his cape on a mic stand.

Also, Smokey Robinson has been hanging out with Kenny Rogers, apparently. His plastic surgeon, at least.

The Grammys were actually pretty good this year if only for the first 3 minutes when The Police performed Roxanne -- damn they sounded good *and* they are going on tour! I liked the performances by Corinne Bailey Rae and John Legend, two people I'd never heard of before until yesterday. That girl that won that contest to sing with Justin Timberlake sounded surprisingly good, though she dances like a white person (she's black). I'm glad the Dixie Chicks made a clean sweep of things as well.

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[Merusk]

The whats?

I was watching Simpsons,King of the Hill, Family Guy, American Dad & BSG.  I haven't a clue what the rest of you were doing, but it sounds like it had to do with giving control of the TV to the wife.  For shame.

[Llava]

I was at the Tempe Improv watching Greg Behrendt do stand-up.  He rocked, and this was his first show in like 2 or 3 years.  I didn't even realize it was Grammy night, and when I found out I gave this much of a shit:
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That's not much.  In fact, it's very little.  Practically none.

[Yegolev]

I bet Cheddar watches the Greg Behrendt Show.  Unless, of course, it is on at the same time as The View.

[bhodi]

Zing!

[Yegolev]

The whats?

I was watching Simpsons,King of the Hill, Family Guy, American Dad & BSG.  I haven't a clue what the rest of you were doing, but it sounds like it had to do with giving control of the TV to the wife.  For shame.

My wife watches what you watch.  Add some Frisky Dingo, Venture Bros. and Metalocalypse for total compliance.  She's awesome.

I don't like The Simpsons or King of the Hill anymore.  I'm done.

[eldaec]

Long ass article on the politics of 24 and its effects

Wow. I have never seen 24, but planned to eventually pick up the DVDs and check it out. After reading that, I might just skip it. Not really a fan of putting money in the pockets of people like Joel Surnow.

You should pick up season 1 anyway.

Season 1 is largely devoid of the political background that sneaks into later seasons. If anything, the first season leans toward the liberal, wheras later seasons tend to use the torture plot device as a crutch (though the big-business-secret-government-conspiracy-plot-lines still come up a lot as well).

[Sky]

You guys are killing me with the BSG thread btw   

Spoilery, if a bit delayed:

Season three is totally great, I'm glad I gave the show a chance when they started airing it on UniHD. Last saturday was the ep where Ellen got busted, Chief saves his old lady, Boomer finds out her kid may have lived, and Adama ends the ep with the command to go to New Caprica. Holy shitballs.

[SnakeCharmer]

One of the cooler shows I've seen lately was on the History Channel.  Didn't catch the name of it, unfortunately, as I only got to see bits and pieces of it.  Anyway, they had interviews with retired Navy / Air Force pilots, and using computer graphics re-enacted dog fights during the Vietnam War (Crusaders vs MiGs).  I've seen parts of it twice, but can't seem to catch it from start to finish.

[sigil]

Sounds like Dogfights.

History Channel has been right up my alley as of late.  The special on the sinking of the Bismarck, which I think was  Dogfights, the shows about Carthage, Templar contruction and Greek engineering have kept me seeing a lot more of the history channel's logo on my Tivo.

M3  and Beyond Top Secret anr nice, but they make me want to fact check everything  I don't have enough time to do that as I'd like.

[Sky]

They had a good history of snipers yesterday.

[SnakeCharmer]

They had a good history of snipers yesterday.

I DID catch that.  The one where they went through the history of the M-1 Garrand (sp??), M-14, M-16 and other weapons was pretty interesting as well.

Sounds like Dogfights.

 

Very cool.  I'll be sure to look for it more often. 

History Channel has been right up my alley as of late

Same here.  Some really good shows the last few weeks.

[Morat20]

I've caught something called "Fight Science" a few times. I don't know if it's just the one special, or a series that I somehow keep catching the exact same half-episode of.

Seemed very interesting, but I felt they could do more with it.

[Johny Cee]

I've enjoyed the History Channel series hosted by Peter Weller about ancient engineering quite a bit.  Covers alot of interesting ground,  and it's fucking Robocop. 

I burst out laughing at least once an episode.

[Yegolev]

For fresh laugh-out-loud-ness, we have started watching Dirty Jobs.  It is actually the host, Mike Rowe, that is the funny.

[stray]

I burst out laughing at least once an episode.

Not sure what you're laughing at, but he gets pretty psyched up sometimes and uses a lot of non-academic lingo. So I think he's funny for that.


As for documentaries, there was a good series on Discovery Science recently called 2057. It should rerun soon.

Basically, it's a combination of interviews and well produced dramatizations of what life will be like 50 years from now. Futurism, but with a highly educated bent. The main narrator is Michio Kaku (probably the only physicist on earth who can actually talk to laymen, without dumbing things down too much). It covers a wide variety of subjects like the energy crisis, future weaponry and armor, cyber crimes, whatever.

[Yegolev]

2057 can bite by ass.  I'm still angry about previous versions of that program and how they turned out to be TOTAL LIES.

[Abagadro]

I've enjoyed the History Channel series hosted by Peter Weller about ancient engineering quite a bit.  Covers alot of interesting ground,  and it's fucking Robocop. 

I burst out laughing at least once an episode.

I read somewhere that Weller is getting his PhD in Renaissance art and lectures at Syracuse.  Who'da thunk it.

[Margalis]

Yeah, I heard he has or is getting some sort of serious credentials.

"Bitches out!"

[Johny Cee]

Earlier in this thread I think I mention he has a Masters in History,  and is a part-time lecturer at Syracuse University.

He'll always be Robocop to me, though.  "I'd buy that for a dollar!"

[Yegolev]

"I'd buy that for a dollar!"

I thought that was "The Running Man".

[Furiously]

No that was, "Who loves you?" and "Who do you love?"

[Abagadro]

I believe it is "bitches leave."

Earlier in this thread I think I mention he has a Masters in History,  and is a part-time lecturer at Syracuse University.

Woops. I think I read it first in Wired magazine (hey, I got it free) but sorry for being repetitive.

[Abagadro]

I also wanted to say that The Office last night was hilarious, especially Michael's lecture (although it also had more pathos than this version usually has).

It was directed by Joss Whedon which is somewhat odd.