 The TV DVD thread, Because I watch them more than films |
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 Jan 10 2011, 11:19 PM
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Space Cowboy  Group: Blokes in Charge Posts: 14,558 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Mercy Member No.: 2,262  |
30 Rock arrived on my desk this morning. I may get to watch some before I turn in, but I have to finish reading Watchmen first.
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Jan 16 2011, 03:57 AM
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Bully for you Group: Senior Members Posts: 20,419 Joined: 25-February 05 From: behind a desk, sitting very still Member No.: 3,498 |
I've started to work my way through Mr Show With Bob and David, the seminal HBO sketch show from Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. Having watched the first season (which is only four episodes long) I can already see why it is so beloved. Like most sketch shows it is hit and miss but its ratio of hits to misses is scarily high, the cast are perfect (Tom Kenny, aka, SpongeBob Squarepants, is hilarious), the scripts are clever and the overall conceit of having the sketches flow into each other before coming around to the beginning again, whilst not new even in 1995, is handled superbly. Probably what impresses me most is how good the acting is in the sketches. It's become a general rule that people acting in sketch shows should be heightened or stagey, which can work but can just as easily be annoying, but Bob and David displayed a willingness to commit to a character that often allows for the tiniest look or movement to be funnier than any single line of dialogue.
Needless to say, I'm hooked and I can't wait to see what else the show has to offer. |
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Feb 1 2011, 02:02 PM
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Space Cowboy Group: Blokes in Charge Posts: 14,558 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Mercy Member No.: 2,262 |
QUOTE (Raven @ Jan 10 2011, 11:19 PM)  30 Rock arrived on my desk this morning. I may get to watch some before I turn in, but I have to finish reading Watchmen first. Actually started on this last night, and watched the first three episodes. Very good so far! |
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Feb 1 2011, 02:26 PM
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Addict Group: Senior Members Posts: 3,063 Joined: 10-February 05 Member No.: 3,386 |
I convinced my mum to watch the first series of 30 Rock but the first episode made her cry because the cat lady had two cats that looked like the two we lost last year, I hope she stuck with it because I think it's brilliant - series 5 starts on Comedy Central in a couple of weeks.
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Feb 1 2011, 02:48 PM
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Addict Group: Senior Members Posts: 6,116 Joined: 16-March 05 From: Cardiff: "Capital City of The Future" Member No.: 3,662 |
Finished Season 1 of Breaking Bad last night. Pretty dark stuff in places but very good.
I have Season 2 and 3 waiting in the wings. Might start those this evening. |
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Feb 1 2011, 03:18 PM
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Bully for you Group: Senior Members Posts: 20,419 Joined: 25-February 05 From: behind a desk, sitting very still Member No.: 3,498 |
QUOTE (Sir_Robin_the_brave @ Feb 1 2011, 02:48 PM) Finished Season 1 of Breaking Bad last night. Pretty dark stuff in places but very good. I have Season 2 and 3 waiting in the wings. Might start those this evening. You've got some great (and incredibly dark) stuff ahead. Season 2 is great, but Season 3 is amazing. I don't think there's anything TV related that I'm looking forward to more than Season 4. |
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Feb 2 2011, 12:53 PM
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Space Cowboy Group: Blokes in Charge Posts: 14,558 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Mercy Member No.: 2,262 |
Re: 30 Rock: I'm surprised at just how good Alec Baldwin is.
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Feb 3 2011, 01:47 PM
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Three Pinter Group: Senior Members Posts: 364 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Kent, UK Member No.: 2,249 |
Going to start on series 4 of Sopranos soon. Yup I'm miles behind!
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Feb 7 2011, 10:23 AM
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Space Cowboy Group: Blokes in Charge Posts: 14,558 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Mercy Member No.: 2,262 |
Finished Northern Exposure series four, and am taking a break from it for a while as I only have two series left to watch (boooooo!).
Might watch Heroes season one next, not sure . . . Watched some more 30 Rock yesterday; it's clever, funny, well written and acted, but for some reason I can't pin down it's leaving me slightly cold. |
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Feb 7 2011, 12:22 PM
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Bully for you Group: Senior Members Posts: 20,419 Joined: 25-February 05 From: behind a desk, sitting very still Member No.: 3,498 |
If I have any criticisms of 30 Rock, other than how poor I thought Season 4 and the start of 5 were, it's that it doesn't really have all that much of an emotional core to it. There's the Jack and Liz friendship, which develops into quite a sweet relationship over the course of the show, but the rest of the characters are really just mouthpieces for the jokes to flow through.
I don't think that is too much of a problem since the show has no illusions that it is anything other than a joke factory, but it does prevent me from loving in that way that I love equally funny but more emotionally involving contemporaries like Modern Family, Community or Parks and Recreation. |
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Feb 19 2011, 12:23 PM
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If I was young, I'd flee this town Group: Senior Members Posts: 10,496 Joined: 2-January 05 From: The Hanging Bollocks of Babylon Member No.: 3,052 |
My friend has bought me season one of Dexter. I've never seen any of it before so am very excited to start watching it.
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Feb 20 2011, 06:26 PM
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Ade Flanders Group: Senior Moderators Posts: 14,205 Joined: 2-October 04 From: the moment I could first write, I KNEW that I wanted to be an internet forum moderator... Member No.: 2,296 |
I've finally gotten around to start watching Trinity - it's a delightfully entertaining bit of fluff, innit? Three epsodes in one sitting already.
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Feb 21 2011, 08:33 PM
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If I was young, I'd flee this town Group: Senior Members Posts: 10,496 Joined: 2-January 05 From: The Hanging Bollocks of Babylon Member No.: 3,052 |
QUOTE (sleeping_pirate @ Feb 19 2011, 12:23 PM) My friend has bought me season one of Dexter. I've never seen any of it before so am very excited to start watching it. I am madly in love with it. |
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Feb 23 2011, 10:45 PM
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Ade Flanders Group: Senior Moderators Posts: 14,205 Joined: 2-October 04 From: the moment I could first write, I KNEW that I wanted to be an internet forum moderator... Member No.: 2,296 |
QUOTE (Ade @ Feb 20 2011, 06:26 PM) I've finally gotten around to start watching Trinity - it's a delightfully entertaining bit of fluff, innit? Three epsodes in one sitting already. And I've finished all eight eps. Guess there's no sign of a second series. Shame, I was just getting into it. |
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Feb 27 2011, 08:37 PM
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If I was young, I'd flee this town Group: Senior Members Posts: 10,496 Joined: 2-January 05 From: The Hanging Bollocks of Babylon Member No.: 3,052 |
I just finished season one of Dexter. Oh. My. God. It is just brilliant.
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