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Offline imref

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Re: Must See TV Thread
« Reply #875: December 21, 2012, 08:42:23 AM »
Buzz Feed's sports editor has launched a twitter account that tweets plot lines for Seinfeld episodes if the show was still on the air.  Some really really great stuff.

https://twitter.com/SeinfeldToday

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« Reply #876: December 21, 2012, 11:19:03 AM »
Buzz Feed's sports editor has launched a twitter account that tweets plot lines for Seinfeld episodes if the show was still on the air.  Some really really great stuff.

https://twitter.com/SeinfeldToday
https://twitter.com/tng_s8 runs under the same premise- what is Star Trek: The Next Generation had an  8th season? Pretty funny stuff.

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Re: Must See TV Thread
« Reply #877: December 21, 2012, 05:34:45 PM »
Reading some article, I realized something. I'm watching just about zero network TV this year, which astounds me when I think how much I did a decade ago. Literally two tuners at the same time wasn't enough. Now? Retreading Sherlock Homes, Vegas, NCIS got awful, retreading Mork and Mindy show that should die, incredibly stupid comedies...

Primetime TV is a cesspool of either crime procedurals or godawful comedies. Now I'm a horror fan. I admit. But what I realized is that none of these 'out there' supernatural/horror on cable has failed lately, just the opposite. True Blood, Walking Dead, American Horror Story, GoTs, etc. The most celebrated shows out there. What are the odds, assuming they can adjust for broadcast TV contentwise at least, these networks quit with Animal Practice, or a million 'crime of the week' trash and get a clue?

It kills me Fringe is one of the greatest things in history this season and it's already done filming for good. Homeland, Breaking Bad, Mad Men... non-paranormal dramas, but not 'crime of the week.' that have had wild success, and yet the big 4 networks keep shoveling the same trash year after year. God, if one more hour gets taken up with a singing show... How much karoake can people watch a week?

It'd be nice to have more than 5 or 6 shows to watch a week. I could understand if a million horror shows failed for every AHS... But right now anything that isn't a comedy or crime show is heralded as the greatest thing ever and gets exceptional ratings. The broadcast networks have to notice eventually, right?

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Re: Must See TV Thread
« Reply #878: December 21, 2012, 06:22:02 PM »
https://twitter.com/tng_s8 runs under the same premise- what is Star Trek: The Next Generation had an  8th season? Pretty funny stuff.

OMFG :rofl:

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Re: Must See TV Thread
« Reply #879: December 25, 2012, 04:44:30 PM »
Apparently I get BBC America in my cable sub now.  Doctor Who marathon today aww yeah!

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Re: Must See TV Thread
« Reply #880: January 08, 2013, 06:17:15 PM »
"1600 Penn" looks like another stupid show that tries too hard.

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Re: Must See TV Thread
« Reply #881: January 08, 2013, 07:10:08 PM »
It looks like total crape unless the fat kid gets eaten alive at St Es.

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« Reply #882: January 08, 2013, 07:39:14 PM »
Clear eyes, full heart, can't lose.

 :(

Just finished up Friday Night Lights

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« Reply #883: January 08, 2013, 08:06:28 PM »
Clear eyes, full heart, can't lose.

 :(

Just finished up Friday Night Lights

freaking phenomenal show. Season 1 is my favorite. Season 5 really surprised me.

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« Reply #884: January 08, 2013, 08:23:45 PM »
freaking phenomenal show. Season 1 is my favorite. Season 5 really surprised me.

Season 5 was really, really good.

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Re: Must See TV Thread
« Reply #885: January 08, 2013, 08:26:41 PM »
I loved season 1 (one of the best seasons of any show ever), it should have ended there

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Re: Must See TV Thread
« Reply #886: January 08, 2013, 08:54:39 PM »
Season 2 was a crap show but you'd be a donk not to say season 5 was great.

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Re: Must See TV Thread
« Reply #887: January 08, 2013, 08:55:49 PM »
I gave it through season 3- two season of crap was enough to make me give up

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Re: Must See TV Thread
« Reply #888: January 08, 2013, 09:45:55 PM »
Re watching the top gear Vietnam special- may be my favorite episode of any tv show

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« Reply #889: January 08, 2013, 09:53:13 PM »
Season 2 was a crap show but you'd be a donk not to say season 5 was great.

Season 5 was indeed great.

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« Reply #890: January 08, 2013, 09:58:59 PM »
Re watching the top gear Vietnam special- may be my favorite episode of any tv show

"Jeremy Clarkson Fail"

After watching that, and some of Bourdain's shows where he visited Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, I'm dying to get over there.

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Re: Must See TV Thread
« Reply #891: January 08, 2013, 09:59:34 PM »
Apparently I get BBC America in my cable sub now.  Doctor Who marathon today aww yeah!

you'll find yourself watching a lot of top gear.

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Re: Must See TV Thread
« Reply #892: January 08, 2013, 10:05:20 PM »
I thought FNL really went down the tubes. Too many missing characters, dumb plot holes from season to season.

Season 1 was great. Wish I had stopped there.

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Re: Must See TV Thread
« Reply #893: January 08, 2013, 10:08:08 PM »
Looking forward to the new Kevin Bacon show on Fox, "The Following".

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« Reply #894: January 08, 2013, 10:09:23 PM »
Season 5 was really good, up there with Season 1.  Season 2 was a complete embarrassment.

Show that went down the drain the quickest?  "Numb3rs" - great pilot and then total shiite.

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« Reply #895: January 08, 2013, 10:12:29 PM »
Season 2 was poor because of the writers strike. They had no freaking clue what to do at all.

Damn I want to watch FNL again. I've seen S1 almost four times through (and the rest only once) and it's still amazing. I really need to see Season 5 again though. I was just amazed at how much it succeeded my expectations.

Imo

1 > 5 > 3 > 4 >>>>>>>>........>>>>>>>>> 2

4 was very good though.

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Re: Must See TV Thread
« Reply #896: January 08, 2013, 10:14:02 PM »
I couldn't take the JD McCoy character seriously once I realized he was Peter Pan.

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Re: Must See TV Thread
« Reply #897: January 08, 2013, 10:15:28 PM »
I couldn't take the JD McCoy character seriously once I realized he was Peter Pan.

I couldn't really take him seriously at all. Mainly because he rivaled Saracen... but honestly. What a punk.

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Re: Must See TV Thread
« Reply #898: January 08, 2013, 10:17:13 PM »
Damn straight.  Go there before you go anywhere else.  Laos and Vietnam made me like people again.

After watching that, and some of Bourdain's shows where he visited Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, I'm dying to get over there.

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Re: Must See TV Thread
« Reply #899: January 08, 2013, 10:27:35 PM »
Show that went down the drain the quickest?  "Numb3rs" - great pilot and then total shiite.
Absolutely. I don't know how that show stayed on the air for so long.