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Bunk
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I doubt it was an accident, he sent the email in the form of a game they used to play in college.
How to spot someone under 25 - he refered to Zork as "a game". |
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HaemishM
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Chuck was awesome. It started a bit slow, with some of the humor not quite hitting the hilarity it should have, but by the end I was hooked. That chick is teh hotness. I can't wait to see Adam Baldwin as a Buy More drone. That may be the best part of the show.
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Evildrider
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I doubt it was an accident, he sent the email in the form of a game they used to play in college.
How to spot someone under 25 - he refered to Zork as "a game". You'd be wrong if you mean me.  |
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Reg
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The Zork reference didn't ring true with me. Supposedly Chuck graduated university 5 years ago right? Someone graduating that recently certainly wouldn't have been playing Zork.
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Sky
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I played a java version of the original mainframe version within the last five years.
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Johny Cee
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The Zork reference didn't ring true with me. Supposedly Chuck graduated university 5 years ago right? Someone graduating that recently certainly wouldn't have been playing Zork.
He and Bryce had programmed their own Zork knockoff, not that they were playing the original game/s in college. That sounds pretty college-ish, at least for a Stanford engineering kid. |
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Reg
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Ah OK that makes sense then.
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Bunk
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However, he stated that they programmed in on a TRS80. I guess a colledge kid might have one of those in his closet for nostalgia sake... If it was supposed to be a standard computer at the time, then he went to school in the late 80s/early 90s. None of the timeline really works.
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Sky
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TRS80 was standard in the late 80s/early 90s? I was programming on those (writing my own zork-style adventures) in the early 80s. Mid-80s to early 90s I was on a C64 or dumb terminal (which I had also used in the 70s when I was a kid). In 93 even I could afford a 486.
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Riggswolfe
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TRS80 was standard in the late 80s/early 90s? I was programming on those (writing my own zork-style adventures) in the early 80s. Mid-80s to early 90s I was on a C64 or dumb terminal (which I had also used in the 70s when I was a kid). In 93 even I could afford a 486.
Yes they were. In fact, our computer classes at my high school were on TRS80s and I graduated in 1990. And yeah, I totally forgot about the zork thing. In my defense I watched the pilot two weeks ago on Cox On Demand. Ok, so now I'm more puzzled. Why Chuck? |
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Gutboy Barrelhouse
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And the game they referenced was named "Chork" like everything else it was a play on words. And yes Yvonne Strahovski is teh hot. Some interesting facts about her:
Within days of her arrival in Los Angeles just a few short months ago, Strahovski immediately landed her role in NBC's "Chuck."
As her name suggests, she is of Polish descent and speaks fluent Polish.
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Evildrider
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I'm in the goo!
American Dad > Family guy.
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Riggswolfe
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Did anyone watch the 2nd episode of Chuck? I enjoyed it and not just because of her Weinerlicious outfit. Though it helped. Alot. I think Adam Baldwin alone is enough to keep me watching it.
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Mazakiel
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So, apparently Law and Order: SVU had an episode dealing with a game called 'AY' or something, a game with online avatars and real estate and all that, and a sex predator who found his victim on it or something. I couldn't watch more than 10 minutes of it as I found it flipping channels, as it was as silly as always. Perhaps we can expect all sorts of attention on Second Life now.
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Trippy
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I like Chuck. It's the only new show so far that I like, though Life shows some promise.
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murdoc
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I think Adam Baldwin alone is enough to keep me watching it.
I'm pretty 'meh' about Chuck. I really want to like it. I think it's a show written for my demographic, but the 2nd episode was really, really dumb. |
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Trippy
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That's why I like it. It's a spoof and it's got that over-the-top campiness of Ugly Betty but more interesting subject matter (to me).
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Trippy
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BTW Pushing Daisies is premiering tonight which the critics are raving about.
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HaemishM
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I'm digging Chuck. I'm not sure if it's got legs, since they've hinted that at some point, the spies will have to choose between offing Chuck or saving him and disobeying their superiors. But I'm enjoying it. The Morgan character bits are funny to me, as are Capt. Awesome.
And the chick is really hot. Like smoking hot.
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I like Chuck but I wonder if I wouldn't like it more if it were half an hour. It seems a bit too sitcom-y for an hour.
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Pushing Daisies was far, far better than I expected. I like it and the narrative style but I can't quite recall what it reminds me of.
Of course, since I liked it I expect it to be gone in 3 weeks.
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Johny Cee
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Pushing Daisies was far, far better than I expected. I like it and the narrative style but I can't quite recall what it reminds me of.
Of course, since I liked it I expect it to be gone in 3 weeks.
Pushing Daisies was good. Interesting characters, interesting narrative devices. Even some pretty good use of color. I'm actually enjoying Life. I'm not sure why I bother watching network shows though... I always lose interest. I have the attention span of a mayfly when it comes to TV. |
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Late to the party, but Californication is my new favorite show. Duchovny was already the funniest guy on TV when the X-Files was around, and he wasn't even trying then.
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Trippy
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Pushing Daisies was far, far better than I expected. I like it and the narrative style but I can't quite recall what it reminds me of.
Of course, since I liked it I expect it to be gone in 3 weeks.
Pushing Daisies was good. Interesting characters, interesting narrative devices. Even some pretty good use of color. I'm actually enjoying Life. Yeah Pushing Daisies was interesting. It has a Burton-esque look to it and a rapid-fire dialog style somewhat akin to Gilmore Girls. I'm not sure how they are going to sustain the not touching thing for an entire season, though. On unrelated notes the writing on The Bionic Woman really bites and it may be worth watching Dirty Sexy Money just for Donald Sutherland's performances. |
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Johny Cee
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Pushing Daisies was far, far better than I expected. I like it and the narrative style but I can't quite recall what it reminds me of.
Of course, since I liked it I expect it to be gone in 3 weeks.
Pushing Daisies was good. Interesting characters, interesting narrative devices. Even some pretty good use of color. I'm actually enjoying Life. Yeah Pushing Daisies was interesting. It has a Burton-esque look to it and a rapid-fire dialog style somewhat akin to Gilmore Girls. I'm not sure how they are going to sustain the not touching thing for an entire season, though. On unrelated notes the writing on The Bionic Woman really bites and it may be worth watching Dirty Sexy Money just for Donald Sutherland's performances. Pushing Daisies gave me more of a "lighter Coen brothers" vibe then a Burton vibe. There's some good ingredients, but Bionic Woman is getting fucked up in the execution or the editing. The pacing feels off, and the lead sucks. It feels like the showrunner wants to emphasize character work, but then someone else goes in and cuts the character development in favor of bad action scenes. The pilot felt like someone had take a two-hour show and chopped it back to one hour. |
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stray
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Evildrider
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I hope he insured his liver.  |
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schild
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I can't find downloads for that show :( :( :( :(.
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stray
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Nope. Kind of a new channel too. You can get one episode on their website though : Link (Croatia) Season 1 is already on DVD, for what it's worth. Brussels was the funniest one I've seen so far..  That dude on the right just stumbles on camera and tries to hijack the show for awhile. Zane wasn't too happy about it. |
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« Last Edit: October 05, 2007, 05:28:39 AM by Stray »
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schild
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The show is HD only on tv and it's 1.33:1 on the DVD set?
No thanks. That's depressing as hell too. DVDs are only $22, heh. :(:(
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Sky
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I love Zane, he's pretty funny. Drink when you see the monkey. Been watching that show for a while now. Mojo isn't technically new, one of the InHD channels had a mojo night of programming (with 3 sheets) and eventually changed over. Same thing happened with InHD2>MHD. I'd like to see a more uncensored version of the show, there are definite nod and winks going on all the time (for instance in Jamaica when he does the hangover remedy). There was a 'beer thief' in Paris, too, though he was moving in on Zane's champagne. My favorite moment was from that show, getting the uptight Parisian champagne snob to chug Cristal. Or maybe the Ireland episode when he's trying to pick up some gaelic sayings and one guy is speaking to him in english with such a heavy accent Zane thought he was speaking gaelic. |
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Wolf
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Anyone know what's going on with Boondocks? There's an episode on the net. Is it running again?
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« Last Edit: October 09, 2007, 01:29:50 PM by Wolf »
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As a matter of fact I swallowed one of these about two hours ago and the explanation is that it is, in fact, my hand.
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tazelbain
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Season 2 started last night. Premier on Monday, replay on Saturday.
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Evil Elvis
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I saw a replay of Life on Bravo or some other channel. I liked it. It has the guy who played Colonel Winters from Band of Brothers in it.
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Evildrider
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I saw a replay of Life on Bravo or some other channel. I liked it. It has the guy who played Colonel Winters from Band of Brothers in it.
Yeah, looks pretty good so far. The dude's got a weird looking face, but so far the show is interesting. |
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