Eleven Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Well, shit. I watched a few episodes of 666 Park Avenue, as a friend of mine suggested. Turns out it was the new show with Terry O'Quinn (John Locke from Lost). And I love it. So imagine my disappointment when I googled for it and found out it was cancelled (in November). I thought since last year we were done with the new shows being cancelled, in favor of everyone's favorite reality shit, or those dancing shows. I admit they may not be to blame, but when those shows can reach 6 seasons, and have spinoffs, it's hard not to be pissed at them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Remembered this. Some people may find it funny...but it's only for people who have seen Chuck and S7 of Dexter, because of SPOILERS: http://sarahwalkerftw.tumblr.com/post/35150927963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 I can't bring myself to keep watching season 7 of Dexter. I may just read the synopsis of the rest of the season and watch the finale. Next year's should be the last and thank god as the show hasn't been able to relive its former glory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 I can't really say it was great, but it had its moments. I was only really watching for Yvonne Strahovski anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 If the actors had more chemistry it'd be worth it but it's not Michael C's fault. His character is meant to have the inner personality of Keanu Reeves. I still think some of the best stuff from Dexter was back in the days with Rita. LA PASION. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Pfft, she has chemistry enough for both of them. I actually really liked that bizarre relationship because it has the 'normal' cliches, except subverted because they're both killers; so it becomes cute in a fucked up way. And it would be remiss of me not to mention Ray Stevenson, who was also great. Shame that pretty much every storyline, main and side/extraneous, wound up being crap by the end point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 I think we can all agree that ever since Agent SURPRISE MODAFUCKA left the show, it has left a void, nay a black hole, in our hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Given what the current writers did with him in the flashbacks, I'm kinda glad he's no longer around. No subtlety or depth to anything whatsoever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Issak was the best part of S7, but S7 suffered from the writers having premature ejaculation everytime something good was about to happen. They pulled the trigger on stuff far too quickly, and most of it was anti-climatic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 http://www.screencuisine.net/screencuisine/television/justified-returns/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 Watching Spartacus reminds me of watching the WWE when I was a kid... I'm currently watching Gods of the Arena. Gannicus' blindfolded fight was fucking intense! The slow motion scenes were OK at first, but got really annoying later on. There was a scene in the first season where Spartacus was fighting a bunch of guards in some shallow pool, and one of them kicked him into the water. He rose in slow motion, as the camera cuts to each of the observers faces showing their amazement, but NOT in slow motion. It was ridiculous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 Justified season premiere was fan-fucking-tastic. This show needs a bigger following. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Wow... These replacement actors in Spartacus (Season 2) is really hurting my enjoyment of the show. The new Spartacus looks too inexperienced (he's too pretty for the role! And that haircut!), and I have a hard time believing these other gladiators following him. And the new Naevia just looks so helpless. It's really hard to feel any sympathy for her. I know the new Spartacus is not anyone's fault... but dammit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Archer season opener was fantastic. God I missed this show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Does anyone know what's replacing Merlin now it's finished? Doctor Who needs it's companion programme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Finished S1 of Justified. Turned out pretty good. I liked how a lot of the earlier, seemingly unrelated elements began tying together in the last few episodes. Weird way to leave things hanging at the end of the season, though, but the last exchange really worked. Boyd Crowder is certainly an interesting character. Also, the final episode did go a bit too 'serious' (though not quite as bad as the pilot) for my liking, but I figure there was no way around that. Also, I could swear that Erica Tazel is barely there, despite being in the cast credits at the beginning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Oh man you're in for a treat. Season 2 of Justified is by far its best. Believe the main villain even won an Emmy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 HAY GUISE GRAVITY FALLS COMES BACK ON FEBRUARY 15TH. Just getting that out there. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 took it long enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Anyone in the UK watching utopia? I'm just watching the second episode now, but am still not sure what to make of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 That the end of the world thing? It seems interesting, didn't realise it had started mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 (edited) A new show called Zero Hour. The show is much better than I expected, and I recommend it to anyone who might have been an X-Files fan. Edit: Not the show is like the X-Files. It just has that same grit the show had by the third season. Quality conspiracy theory mixed with some theology and history. Edited February 18, 2013 by TheRevanchist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 http://kenlevine.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/if-i-wrote-for-girls.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrainHurtBoy...2 Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 This is hilarious, but people in the comments seem to be misinterpreting his criticism. The complaints people make about Girls (it's self-obsessed without being self-aware, the characters are unlikable, etc.) are mostly true, but are too easily countered by the show's proponents ("it is self aware", "it's an honest representation of life", "it's just the world through her eyes", etc.) So if we actually want to win arguments, or make people realize the show sucks, what we have to do is look a layer deeper. I personally believe the show is self-aware, and that's part of what makes it so dangerous. It makes people believe that, as long as they are aware of how horrible they are, not only is it okay to be horrible in the day-to-day, but they could make it big on T.V. by being horrible and writing about it. In truth, (and this is, I think, a very obvious fact to anyone willing to think about it) being aware of your flaws doesn't make them any less glaring. So so what if it's an honest representation of their lives? Their lives are vacuous, empty, and narcissistic! So what if this is how people actually are? We shouldn't glorify the lives of the horrible! Girls' humor (I don't personally find it funny, at all, but this is subjective) is independent of the meaning of its existence as a show. I think that the fact that a show like Girls exists and is successful represents a larger societal desire to gaze into our flawed reflections in the mirror, and feel better by simply being *aware* of these flaws. Maybe we laugh at them, or maybe we find them hard to look away from, like a train wreck, but the fact of the matter is that when we watch them on a T.V. screen, we are implicitly glorifying them. Girls quashes all potential desire to self-improve; "Dunham could get on T.V. by writing about her shitty empty life -- that means my living it is okay!" Before a fan of the show comes on and tries to rebut by saying: "Oh, something like Honey Boo Boo is on television, yet no one says they want to live their lives like Honey Boo Boo" -- come on. This is a different situation, and you know it. Honey Boo Boo isn't a media darling like Dunham, and she isn't constantly being glorified (Dunham was on the cover of two magazines I know of this month, alone). Sorry for rambling. I just really hate this show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 What does it say that I have never before heard of Girls, Lena Dunham, or anything else she's ever been in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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