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Reply #1960 on: March 26, 2008, 08:03:17 AM

Ya, I started it last night.  So awesome.
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Reply #1961 on: March 28, 2008, 07:55:37 PM

My wife recently discovered Cheap Seats on ESPN Classic and is, at this very moment, laughing her fucking ass off watching it.

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Reply #1962 on: March 31, 2008, 09:50:17 AM

We've been enjoying the HBO series John Adams.  I believe it's a 10 part series.
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Reply #1963 on: April 02, 2008, 01:24:34 PM

Is anyone watching Dirty Sexy Money? The series finally came to the UK recently and I caught the 2nd (3rd?) episode last night and enjoyed it.

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Reply #1964 on: April 02, 2008, 03:37:31 PM

It's not showing at the moment in the US because of the strike (and might not again this season) but I did enjoy it while it was on. The lead character is a bit bland (presumably intentionally) but Donald Sutherland is really good on it.
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Reply #1965 on: April 03, 2008, 12:11:36 AM

Well I just got around to watch the first 6 seasons of scrubs on DVD. All around a great series but in and after Season 5 it got really tiring.
It just seems that they didn't really know what to do with the characters any longer.

Cox's speeches were annoying and I still can't get around that whole "Give J.D. another girlfriend for two episodes just so that he can fuck it up again by being really childish"

In the first few seasons everybody had his/her quirks but overall they were portrayed as humans. Starting with season 5 the cast got really one-dimensional and they highlighted the quirky just too much. Especially the characters of Cox and J.D. which got from likeable but strange to "Oh my god I can't stand their antics any longer"

Oh and I can't still get over the whole J.D, and Kim and their unplanned child storyline. They really jumped the shark on this one in my opinion.

As far as Battlestar Galactica is concerned I'm still stuck in season 2. Great show but I can't watch more than one or to episodes at a time. Bleak and tough all around. Take the Pegasus episode for example, murder, attempted rape, political schemes and the like. Hard to watch at times without flinching but great, great writing. Sometimes I wonder how they manage to broadcast that without concerned parents getting their panties in a twist.

Oh and can anyone explain to me why they didn't make Adama an Admiral. You know before Pegasus arrived he commanded the whole Colony fleet so it might be a wise move to not have him lose his position by that really cold-hearted bitch.
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Reply #1966 on: April 03, 2008, 05:04:31 AM

I liked the funny parts of scrubs and tried to watch it when it first came out but I couldn't get over the jarring combination of silly comedy and terrible diseases killing people all over the place.

* funny scene *
* patient is given three months to live, dying from cancer *
* funny scene *

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Reply #1967 on: April 03, 2008, 06:31:33 AM

We've been enjoying the HBO series John Adams.  I believe it's a 10 part series.
I'm really, really into the Adams series. One of my favorite time periods. I live in a very historic region, and we have a lot of original materials from the time period in our closed stacks. And when General Knox (the fatass) rolls through and then they show one of his temporary fortifications, I got shivers because that is exactly the spot my great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was at the time, he fought with Knox. He was probably one of the guys in that scene.

The acting is top-notch, it's pretty good on every level from sets to cinematography, though some of the CGI stuff is a bit overly obvious. Giamatti is brilliant, but everyone is doing a great job.

But it highlights the atrocious acting by the lead in the Tudors (my fiancee's favorite time period). We watched ep1-3 of Adams over the weekend and the first ep of the new season of Tudors last night and it was difficult (for me). Especially when the Henry character is surrounded by some decent actors (the Queen, Thomas, and last season Woolsey).
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Reply #1968 on: April 03, 2008, 05:45:33 PM

Oh and can anyone explain to me why they didn't make Adama an Admiral. You know before Pegasus arrived he commanded the whole Colony fleet so it might be a wise move to not have him lose his position by that really cold-hearted bitch.

They didn't have the pin until she died.

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Reply #1969 on: April 04, 2008, 07:26:54 AM

I find Scrubs to be great in syndication since I can watch five or ten minutes of it every few nights while making dinner.  If I had to grind out multiple seasons consecutively, I'd probably stab Zach Braff.

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Reply #1971 on: April 15, 2008, 01:39:23 PM

I got say Dirt was surprising good this (short) season.  The new owner is a riot.  The photographer is an amazing actor.  Coutney Cox's "I hate celebrities" crusade is so satifying.

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Reply #1972 on: April 15, 2008, 01:41:08 PM

Yeah, i've caught a few eps. I like it too. I also like Eddie Izzard's show, though I'm afraid it might not last.
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Reply #1973 on: April 16, 2008, 09:28:11 AM

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Reply #1974 on: April 16, 2008, 10:23:58 AM

Deadliest Catch should have been named Water, Weather, and White Trash.

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Reply #1975 on: April 16, 2008, 10:31:42 AM

It's still an entertaining show, though.

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Reply #1976 on: April 16, 2008, 11:14:18 AM

It's the pinnacle of white trash.  It's white trash you can be proud of.  More DRILLING AND MANLINESS than ACK!.

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Reply #1977 on: April 16, 2008, 02:34:33 PM

If you can be proud of them, they're not trash. They're Rural.  There's a HUUUUGE difference.

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Reply #1978 on: April 16, 2008, 07:20:35 PM

Did anyone see the new episode of The Office yet?  I can't remember laughing that hard because of a TV show in a long long time.

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Reply #1979 on: April 16, 2008, 08:47:47 PM

Did anyone see the new episode of The Office yet?  I can't remember laughing that hard because of a TV show in a long long time.

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Reply #1980 on: April 16, 2008, 09:09:19 PM

I'm just glad some new episodes are on! I laughed at Michael Scott as the battered housewife who wants to have kids with his abusive mate.

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Reply #1981 on: April 16, 2008, 09:10:58 PM

And to top it all off the newest episode of Boston Legal was fantastic.  Tv!

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Reply #1982 on: April 17, 2008, 06:25:05 AM

Did anyone see the new episode of The Office yet?  I can't remember laughing that hard because of a TV show in a long long time.
Sometimes I stand and watch it (the tiny plasma tv) for hours.

Michael tries to hug Angela: "No."

Jan doing the twirl with Tuna's hand while he sits on the sofa.

But the song was the best. Reminds me of a cd submission by the artist we got a few years ago. On CD-R with a hand-written songlist. And a note saying mixed badly. And another note saying songs I might record in the future, with a list. And note saying one of those future songs "I might not record". A cd of the most tone-deaf, yet mesmerizingly bad songs I've heard.

The Office pwns, babe.
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Reply #1983 on: April 17, 2008, 09:29:09 AM

That Office episode was a scream. You have to worry about such a long layoff affecting the quality of the show, but that episode was all win.

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Reply #1984 on: April 17, 2008, 09:50:50 AM

ROFL at the $200 TV.

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Reply #1985 on: April 18, 2008, 05:58:23 AM

"Pam?"

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Reply #1986 on: April 21, 2008, 09:53:42 AM

That was awesome. I was also howling when Michael was grilling Phyllis about the professional softball player- "Would she fit in a regular-sized rowboat? Would it capsize?"

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Reply #1987 on: April 21, 2008, 10:44:55 AM

We're catching up on Earl. Great line when the faith healer's dad wants Earl to pretend to be injured.

"Let me see you limp."

Earl unzips his pants.
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Reply #1988 on: April 22, 2008, 04:32:39 PM

Preview of The Venture Bros. 3rd season.  The G.I. Joe bit at the end is hilarious.

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Reply #1989 on: April 23, 2008, 08:07:14 AM


Over and out.
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Reply #1990 on: April 23, 2008, 08:09:59 AM

Reneging on family guy and now this. I guess the days of Fox making boneheaded moves is over?
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Reply #1991 on: April 23, 2008, 03:43:29 PM

Speaking of necroshows, when are the new episodes of Futurama supposed to begin on comedy central?
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Reply #1992 on: April 23, 2008, 04:05:25 PM

Last month.
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Reply #1993 on: April 23, 2008, 04:06:49 PM

Erm, they already started, or they were supposed to?  I havn't heard a thing about new ones in awhile.
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Reply #1994 on: April 23, 2008, 04:16:07 PM

There was a new futurama movie that came out last year, and the first "new" episodes airing on comedy central is the movie, but split up. Then there's completely new material following after that (I think 16 episodes are already made or something?).

[edit] Also, 3 other dvd movies are being made (each roughly 4 episodes long).
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