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#479399 - 03/02/10 12:24 PM
Does anybody still watch T.V.?
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Human Garbage
Registered: 04/02/09
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Recently, I was stuck in a bar watching some lame entertainment show about various network sitcoms, dramas, late night wars, etc. and I realized that I didn't recognize any of the topics they were discussing.
Are there any good shows left on network TV?
I started watching "Mad Men", and thought it was great, but I watched it on Apple TV, not on network TV. I also LOVE "30 Rock", but I also watch it on Apple TV, not on network TV. I like several shows on pay cable channels that I record to my DVR: "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares"(BBC), "Real Time"(HBO), "Entourage" (HBO), but I don't know a single network TV series currently running.
Does anybody still watch network TV? Do you have any favorite shows or do you watch only out of habit? Is there anything currently playing on network TV that is worth putting up with commercials to see?
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#479400 - 03/02/10 12:47 PM
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Registered: 12/16/08
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Only shows I really watch on network TV are The Office and 30 Rock on NBC, and the Fox Sunday night line up of animation.
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#479401 - 03/02/10 01:55 PM
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breaking bad march 21st! peep it
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#479403 - 03/02/10 02:10 PM
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I like Ramsey and a few others you listed. As far as network goes as close as I get is Sheens syndicated show. I like Charlie.
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#479404 - 03/02/10 02:19 PM
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Chronic Masturbator
Registered: 07/30/06
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I haven't had any kind of TV in years. The set is basically just a monitor for my DVD player and video games. Being home only two or three evenings a week kinda makes have any type of TV, free or cable, kind of a waste.
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#479405 - 03/02/10 02:41 PM
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Mb... you seem like a smart enough dude. You ever need a job that will pay like 13-18 bucks an hour pm me. Why the fuck are you living like that?.
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#479406 - 03/02/10 02:52 PM
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Internet Tough Guy
Registered: 01/26/09
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I schedule my sunday evenings around desperate housewives even though my dvr will record it automatically. I LOOOOVE any gordon ramsay show and also "you are what you eat" on bbc. That lady is as obsessed with poop as panzer.
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#479408 - 03/02/10 03:45 PM
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Human Garbage
Registered: 04/02/09
Posts: 1541
Loc: Mississippi
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Gordon J. Ramsay, OBE is my role model. He has been since before I ever even knew he existed (or should I say his style) and it has nothing to do with his cooking.
I would suggest watching "Boiling Point" a British documentary about his attempt to obtain three Michelin stars, or "The F word" or early BBC productions of "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" (before he came to the US) over the current "Hell's Kitchen" series, but they're all good to me.
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#479409 - 03/02/10 03:48 PM
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I only watch him on BBC. Same with my news.
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#479410 - 03/02/10 03:50 PM
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Porn Fucking Master
Registered: 11/04/05
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I gave up on TV years ago.
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#479411 - 03/02/10 04:14 PM
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Bukkake Boy
Registered: 04/15/08
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House
Supernatural
The Big Bang Theory
Iron Chef
Good Eats
CSI Vegas once in a while.
Baseball
Poker shows
That's about it. My rotation is usually good movies on DVD coupled with poker on the computer.
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#479412 - 03/02/10 04:17 PM
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 11/27/07
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It's not so much that I watch TV. I leave it on a lot of the time for background noise that isn't distracting.
I find myself working on papers that involve focus to the point that I can't play music that I enjoy so I just leave the TV on.
I do not get cable. In Toronto I can pick up 10 or so stations with the television alone. That is plenty.
A few days ago I was writing code while "watching" a session of parliament. That sort of TV viewing is all I do.
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#479413 - 03/02/10 04:24 PM
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Good eats is decent, Alton is brilliant. And I like Bourdain too. Anthony is fucken awesome and the show is just so cool to kick back and take in. He really does cover the culture and cuisine of so many countrys with a unique perspective while dropping many many stoner and porn refs.
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#479417 - 03/03/10 12:34 AM
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Max Hardcore Prison Bitch
Registered: 06/27/06
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If you just watched them Alex, you wouldn't have to download them, and you might be able to get your own place to live.
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#479420 - 03/03/10 09:33 AM
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Sex Slave Trader
Registered: 09/20/05
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DVR is the only way to go. Lost, Mad Men, Dexter, Office, Weeds, Burn Notice.
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#479421 - 03/03/10 03:08 PM
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heh... Burn Notice. That's a guilty pleasure type show but I got caught up. Sure Bruce Campbell is in it but that skinny brunette is just absolutely compelling. Good call Ted.
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#479422 - 03/03/10 04:22 PM
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Bukkake Boy
Registered: 04/15/08
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Oooooooh. Forgot all about Burn Notice. Dammit. Now I gotta go look for that.
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#479423 - 03/03/10 06:53 PM
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Sex Slave Trader
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#479424 - 03/03/10 07:28 PM
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I like the tits but she's got a hot mouth...
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#479426 - 03/04/10 06:10 PM
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 09/23/04
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I like the Roadshow as well. I especially love when they crush those uppity bluehairs with remarks like "A bowl being "Made in Japan" doesn't make it fine China regardless of what your Grandmother told you".
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#479427 - 03/04/10 08:26 PM
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Registered Sex Offender
Registered: 12/16/08
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Yeah, also the "yes it is from the Orient (or made by Native Americans) but was made for the tourist trade, so it is worth 10% of what you paid."
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#479429 - 03/16/10 06:00 AM
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Registered: 01/13/07
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breaking bad march 21st! peep it
This was a great fucking tip. Not quite as intense as classic HBO series like Oz and the Soprano's, but close. And, this series has got more comedy in it than those shows ever had.
They've been re-running series 1 and 2 leading up to the premiere of season 3. It's all I been watching on TV since Guapo posted it. Guapo, if you've got more shows, Please!!
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#479432 - 03/16/10 10:14 PM
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Human Garbage
Registered: 04/02/09
Posts: 1541
Loc: Mississippi
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Sitting down to "The Pacific" now on DVR.
After my GrandDad died I got a Jap flag to hang up in my room. He had kept it in his closet along with a box of medals and several other "souvenirs" (like a pack of cigarettes taken off a dead Japanese soldier--I smoked one once, years later, and was disappointed how they just seemed like regular stale cigarettes). I guess nobody else wanted that junk and the rest of the family thought a pre-teen boy might appreciate it even if he didn't understand what it meant. I pinned the medals on the cloth flag and hung it over my bed with his framed Marine Corp honorable discharge certificate and a picture of General D. MacArthur he kept in the hall although nobody knew why; and some were secretly very happy to be rid of.
I was always a bit disappointed that he was in the Pacific rather than Europe--where Hollywood and the rest of the American public consciousness seemed to be and where everybody thought about when they thought of WWII. I have thought a million times why that is the way it was/is.
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#479433 - 03/16/10 10:18 PM
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is this thread generally just about the big 4...ox, abc, nbc, cbs or like cable???
i love cable....tivo the fuck out of that shit.
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#479434 - 03/16/10 10:42 PM
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Human Garbage
Registered: 04/02/09
Posts: 1541
Loc: Mississippi
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No, it came about because I use Apple TV or Netflix over my regular cable TV service about 90% of the time. If I find something I like on TV, the first thing I do is look to see if it is available on AppleTV, netflix, or DVD. If it isn't available anywhere else, I'll DVR it on cable as a last resort. Other than things like the Oscars or the Superbowl, regular CABLE TV is passe.
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#479435 - 03/16/10 11:06 PM
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Human Garbage
Registered: 04/02/09
Posts: 1541
Loc: Mississippi
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I think I like that Caroline Dhavernas chick playing "Vera Keller".
Brandon, I heard she is French-Canadian. If you ever decide to change your business model and film attractive women for a change, look her up, no?
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#479436 - 03/17/10 12:32 AM
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Gay For Pay
Registered: 01/26/06
Posts: 1058
Loc: Keen for Peen
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All I know is that I hate anyone who thinks they're too cool to watch tv.
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#479438 - 03/17/10 07:49 AM
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 09/01/08
Posts: 9782
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Anthony Bourdain- No Reservations, Andrew Zimmerns Bizarre shows, Food Wars [Camille Ford  ], Fox news, Frasier, Will and Grace, Military Channel, History and History Int., Disc., TLC , Syfy, TCM, AMC, Fox movie channel, ESPN, football, basketball and baseball, Everybody Loves Raymond, The King of Queens , According to Jim , assorted movies on HBO , Showtime, Cinemax, Encore [especially the Westerns channel]and Starz. I could go on but you get the idea by now. I love TV. I watch and do Ham radio at the same time. I have the everything pkg. from Dish and HD. I really like Palladia in HD [music and concerts]. I have a Netflix sub and am thinking about getting a device to allow streaming from there to the TV.
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#479439 - 03/18/10 06:14 AM
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 03/22/07
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What a stupid question. Doesn't the NCAA basketball tournament start in about three hours? (The real tournament, don't try to tell me it started Tuesday with that stupid play-in game.)
Edited by the unknown pervert (03/18/10 06:15 AM)
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#479440 - 03/18/10 10:22 AM
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 09/01/08
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Watching it as I type !!
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#479441 - 03/18/10 11:23 AM
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Sex Slave Trader
Registered: 09/20/05
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I probably watch too much TV. At least it's DVR'd so I can get everything I need to get done before gelling out in front of the tube. That's what I tell myself, speaking of defense mechanisms:
"Justified" on FX was OK--- not spectacular, but I'll watch the next episode.
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#479442 - 03/19/10 10:21 PM
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 01/07/06
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TV its so 1999 
But coupled with a DVR, still more efficient (no streaming issues).
Sun: 60 Minutes, Fox "Animation Block" (though I often hate myself for it). And now, BREAKING BAD! Check out the Adult Swim sched, and most likely, call it a night.
Mon: No Reservations, House, 24, Damages, Daily Show/Colbert ("DS/C").
Tue: DS/C (on Com HD, it's 3 hours ahead of time), Lost, Southland (last weeks ep "U-Boat" was best ever), Justified.
Wed: the dead zone...there's nothing...a good night to prepare shopping lists and catch up on anything missed...DS/C at some point...maybe watch a movie that I purchased or recorded.
Thu: Community/Parks & Recreation/The Office/30 Rock and then, was Archer, but now, nothing...DS/C.
Fri: set the DVR for Kitchen Nightmares and Caprica.
Sat: nothing.
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#479445 - 04/01/10 09:38 AM
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 12/09/08
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I'm pretty much on the Gunker schedule. Some oh his I can pass on. I've watched Lost 4 seasons and I really don't give a shit this season. A pox on all their houses.
Big Love and Weeds are both great. I love how both are completely different shows from when they started.
24, but I'm glad to see it coming to an end. The writing has gotten a tad sloppy.
Modern Family is fucking fantastic. I know the geeky dad is supposed to be the breakaway character, but I love the whole ensemble. I love my homos flaming and Cameron fits that bill. And Al Bundy's bride...daddy loves Latin cleavage.
Sons of Anarchy works for me. I love shows that start a storyline, but don't always give the storyline a payoff. Loose ends are never all tied up in real life. Plus there's a ton of undercurrent stuff that just smolders, then suddenly pops up to jab you in the stomach. Great acting, great writing.
I'm there for Justified. The Shield guy and the Girl Next Door (jondra?) guy are a great Cane and Abel combination. To have one of the two major characters take a gut shot in the first ep, well, it can only be a monkey driven rocket ride from there.
Plus there are some great docs on the "learning" type channels. Altho, I'm starting to get concerned that the History Channel is kind of turning into MTV? Remember when they used to show these things called "music videos"? And now they don't. HC seems to be going in the same direction. What does Ax Men have to do with history? Show me another fucking doc on how Washington and Jefferson buggered young apprentice Masons.
And Breaking Bad. Best show on tv. The characters are really out of the box. Cranston is the perfect combination of utter desperation, utter despair, but with a mix of certainty that this will all work out in the end. Somehow. But it won't. It just can't. I agree the brother in law will be the epicenter of how it all comes crashing down. But who knows? Walt just may pull it off. Haven't seen ep 3 yet, so I'm really hoping he doesn't actually get his head cracked with an ax handle.
I think the bigger question is does anyone go to the movies anymore? I think the last movie I saw was Book of Eli, mostly because a bunch of us went to it at the dollar theater. TV's where it's at right now. Really groundbreaking stuff (OK, I know there's more shit than good, but the good is really great), great writing, great characters, epic acting. And I can sit on my couch with my feet propped up, a frosty homebrew in one hand, my new Stewie pipe in the other. What's not to like?
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#479447 - 04/02/10 10:21 PM
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 01/07/06
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Glad to see all the love for Breaking Bad. Now, to clarify the end of ep 2 for Barry...[SPOILERS] The bald "cleaner*" guy has staked out the house at the behest of the attorney who wanted the estranged wife watched. He know the very-valuable asset Walt is in the house as Walt interrupted his bugging of same house. He observes the twin Mexican cartel assassins enter the house (he must know this from their boots (interestingly enough, in this week's "Southland", cartel assassins were also identified by their boots...cowboys, with steel toes)). He calls the attorney (assumed, off camera) who then calls the character played by Giancarlo Esposito who is some kind of loud factory. Then, the two assassins who are politely waiting for Walt to finish their shower receive a phone call. The caller ID says "Pollos" which, of course, is Giancarlo's front restaurant, last seen offering Walt $3,000,000 to manufacture again. When Walt steps out of the shower, the assassins are gone, their revenge prerogative trumped by Walt's potential value to the higher ups in the drug trade. All of this happened in about 5+ minutes, with very little words spoken... *-I call him this, because in Season 2, ep 13, he "cleaned" up the apartment where the girl O'D'd (with some help from Walt). 
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#479448 - 04/03/10 12:47 AM
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 12/09/08
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I watched it last night. Was right on the edge of my seat for the final minutes. I had to rewatch it, because I thought it was Walt's phone that rang. So, the twins steal peasant clothes, but once the reach Los Estados Unitos, the go buy new shiny pimp suits. Love it. Best show on tv. Quote:
Glad to see all the love for Breaking Bad.
Now, to clarify the end of ep 2 for Barry...[SPOILERS]
The bald "cleaner*" guy has staked out the house at the behest of the attorney who wanted the estranged wife watched. He know the very-valuable asset Walt is in the house as Walt interrupted his bugging of same house.
He observes the twin Mexican cartel assassins enter the house (he must know this from their boots (interestingly enough, in this week's "Southland", cartel assassins were also identified by their boots...cowboys, with steel toes)).
He calls the attorney (assumed, off camera) who then calls the character played by Giancarlo Esposito who is some kind of loud factory.
Then, the two assassins who are politely waiting for Walt to finish their shower receive a phone call. The caller ID says "Pollos" which, of course, is Giancarlo's front restaurant, last seen offering Walt $3,000,000 to manufacture again.
When Walt steps out of the shower, the assassins are gone, their revenge prerogative trumped by Walt's potential value to the higher ups in the drug trade.
All of this happened in about 5+ minutes, with very little words spoken...
*-I call him this, because in Season 2, ep 13, he "cleaned" up the apartment where the girl O'D'd (with some help from Walt).
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#479449 - 04/07/10 02:47 PM
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Human Garbage
Registered: 04/02/09
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So on the advice of XPTers I downloaded the first season of "Breaking Bad" on apple TV. I've only seen the first 3 episodes, and it is OK so far, but they blurred out all the nudity and cut out the curse words! What the fuck?
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#479450 - 04/07/10 03:09 PM
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Porn Jesus
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I started watching Breaking Bad and am up to season 2 ep 1. I think you'll enjoy it, EY. I'm also watching a version with no swearing but it's not a real issue.
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#479451 - 04/07/10 05:23 PM
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Internet Tough Guy
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I have caught the Ricky Gervais show on HBO a few times lately and it is sooooo funny. I love the british.
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#479452 - 04/09/10 10:41 PM
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 01/07/06
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So on the advice of XPTers I downloaded the first season of "Breaking Bad" on apple TV. I've only seen the first 3 episodes, and it is OK so far, but they blurred out all the nudity and cut out the curse words! What the fuck?
It's AMC/basic cable, so they have to hedge their bets.
I thought, with the most recent ep (Season 3, Ep 3) that they would finally unleash the F-word (in the context that "I had revenge sex with...") on basic cable, given the build-up tension and relative quiet...
instead, you had "I f___ed" [him]. Specifically, the "f" and the "ed" were audible, but in between, the audio was silenced...
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#479453 - 04/10/10 01:22 AM
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So on the advice of XPTers I downloaded the first season of "Breaking Bad" on apple TV. I've only seen the first 3 episodes, and it is OK so far, but they blurred out all the nudity and cut out the curse words! What the fuck?
It's AMC/basic cable, so they have to hedge their bets.
I thought, with the most recent ep (Season 3, Ep 3) that they would finally unleash the F-word (in the context that "I had revenge sex with...") on basic cable, given the build-up tension and relative quiet...
instead, you had "I f___ed" [him]. Specifically, the "f" and the "ed" were audible, but in between, the audio was silenced...
Edited or not, it was still pretty brutal. poor dying schlub cooks some pw grade crystal so his wife and kids can have a roof over they heads, and the wife goes and fucks some guy. Skylar's about a fucking cunt.
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#479457 - 04/13/10 11:07 AM
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Edited or not, it was still pretty brutal. poor dying schlub cooks some pw grade crystal so his wife and kids can have a roof over they heads, and the wife goes and fucks some guy. Skylar's about a fucking cunt.
Since Skylar is not a real person, and is a character in a story written by men, don't you wonder what it is they were trying to say? Was the writer's goal really only to make you hate one of his characters or is there something more going on?
I understand that she's a character. I don't think the point is to just make the viewer hate her. I like shows that that give the characters more depth than simply good or bad. Calling her a cunt, and saying Walt was just a good Joe was lipping off. The moment that she so calmly told him she fucked her boss was something everyone, man or woman, has experienced. The person you love, that you know loves you, drops a cruel bomb on you, simply for the sake of cruelty. We've all recieved it. And we've all been the one to give it. Maybe not to that degree, or maybe to a greater degree. The deeper thing that's goling on is the fallout from comments and actions that can't be taken back. Of everyone. Walt's actions (the meth cooking, the lying about how his medical bills were being paid the two phones..everything),her aqctions, Jese's actions, the girlfriend's dad's actions. All the fallout from all of the actions by people who are trying desperately to hold on to their morality, as it keeps going further and further from their reach. For me, that makes the best episodic television. It's a soap opera format, with better and more realistic writing. I guess it's my stories.
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#479466 - 04/14/10 04:11 PM
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Between internet and cable Comcast makes a fucken bundle off of me. I have everything... every fucken movie channel, nhl, nfl, baseball package. It's fucken bananas, I hate myself but not for long... nhl playoffs start in less than 20 minutes.
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#479467 - 04/15/10 04:50 AM
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I'm a firm believer that tv is the new movies, if that makes sense.
I never thought of it that way till you said it Roger, very good. There's nothing original on the big screen is there?. Death sex drugs and violence on cable is leading the way it seems. Segway into the Nhl playoffs btw for the three of us that aren't gay. Go Leafs...
Good call.
The problem I have is when the writer puts the word "Fuck" in the script, the actors say the word, the director films the word being said... and then it is bleeped. Why? Either say the word or don't, but don't say it and then don't say it.
Same thing with the shot of the topless woman leaning out of the window and having her tits pixilated. Just don't film it at all.
I agree. I mean, when it's a movie to tv, I understand it, because it's what was filmed was filmed. They don't shoot a hardcore then shoot a cable version. But when it's made for tv, it's not attractive (wrong word, but it's 4:45am and I'm coming off a major panic attack). I figure it's either a way of thumbing their noses to Standards and Practices, either for their own artistic integrity or to seem to be rebellious. Or a way of making it seem like they're standing up to S&P and the network. Who knows? It's just wrong tho.
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#479469 - 04/16/10 02:49 PM
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so burning coal= fucking black people?  ive seen the first two eps of this season of breaking bad and im not sure what to make of it.seems like this is gonna be the last season already.ill keep watching though.might start getting good like the pacific did halfway through the series.
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#479470 - 04/16/10 04:14 PM
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Frank... as far as breaking bad goes.. apply yourself for once, it will pay off.
The Pacific.... I think it fucken sucks. SUCKS. I'm not impressed or even compelled to see what happens next. Dead slopes just aren't that interesting and I mean no offense to anyone that's killed one or is related to someone etc..
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#479473 - 04/16/10 11:18 PM
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You're forgetting that series like this do very well on DVD, there it will be uncut.
No, you're forgetting I don't forget simple shit like that.
1) I was expressing my disappointment over a particular stylistic choice not ignorance about how business works.
2) The writers/director/producer/whomever seem to agree with me since the cursing and nudity has disappeared completely. The beginning of the first season had obviously gratuitous and unnecessary nudity and language issues, while the later seasons left out any foul language or even nudity that was appropriate to the story line (e.g. sex scenes integral to the story line had NO nudity and were not shown).
3) If the idea was to film a "director's cut" for DVD sales, and punish the core audience along the way with pixelation of nudity and bleeps of cursing, as the series got more critical acclaim, more awards, and renewed for more seasons by the network, you would expect to see more occurrences of bleeped speech and pixelated nudity, not fewer; which is the actual case.
Whatever was going on in the first season, it had absolutely nothing to do with possible DVD sales, and subsequent seasons have improved. I am all for playing Devil's advocate, but come on that was a pretty weak attempt by somebody not familiar with the series they were talking about, hmmm?
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#479476 - 04/18/10 07:54 AM
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I've downloaded Breaking Bad and it reminds me of There Will Be Blood. There is one actor who is pulling off a great performance that draws you in and the rest is mediocre crap.
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#479477 - 04/18/10 10:57 AM
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Just watched the latest Pacific... ep 5 or whatever. The beach landing. It's pretty fucken good, actually it's awesome. I was wrong. There.
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There is one actor who is pulling off a great performance that draws you in and the rest is mediocre crap.
I really do like the series but Fiend is spot fucken on. Brilliant. Fiend, go see Kick-Ass if you have time. I'm hearing things and want to know what you think.
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#479480 - 04/18/10 07:05 PM
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The comic book/anime/geek part of me wants to see Kick-Ass in the worse way but in my heart I know the movie is gonna suck ass because the trailers are too good for the movie not to suck ass. Sadly, the biggest draw to this movie is going to be the violent, potty mouthed loli, Hit Girl. Serioulsy, they have an 12 year old girl running around in various costumes being violent and saying fuck, cunt and cock. The closet pedos are going to be all over this flick like white on rice. Hit Girl Trailer The butterfly knife she asks for is a $1000 discontinued balisong. The song playing in the trailer is a cover of the Tra La La song from the Banana Splits Show.
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#479481 - 04/18/10 10:09 PM
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It's worth it. Get the fuck out of the house and see it. Very cool film. I'm getting that shit on blu-ray without a doubt...!
(and yeah, the little girl totally steals the movie)
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#479486 - 04/20/10 01:15 AM
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There is one actor who is pulling off a great performance that draws you in and the rest is mediocre crap.
Funny, cause that's how I'd describe Kick-Ass too. Any scene without Hit Girl killing and cursing is blandcity.
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#479487 - 04/20/10 02:40 PM
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I watched the Champions League semi-final between Inter Milan and Barcelona tonight. Pretty entertaining.
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#479490 - 04/27/10 01:50 PM
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Did anyone see this weeks episode of the "Pacific". Damn ! Brutal, blood, tears, laughs and general intensity ! Great episode. 
Best episode so far, overall I've found the series to be disappointing.
Also I guess all the Italian-American organizations were to busy bitching about The Sopranos and Jersey Shore to complain when they cast a fucking Puerto Rican as John Basilone.
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#479492 - 04/27/10 02:03 PM
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Did anyone see this weeks episode of the "Pacific".
Best episode so far, overall I've found the series to be disappointing.
I've caught them all and I'm glad you said that. This series can't hold a candle to "Band of Brothers". Much of the blame has to go to the director, for the dialogue is not well done at all, and yes the casting is less than ideal. I'll still watch it, but it only reinforces how incredible "Band of Brothers" really was.
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#479494 - 05/12/10 05:08 PM
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Top Gear on BBC...
Awesome, I love this show. They had Schumacher on as the Stig the other day. Epic.. 
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