The Television Show Test Thread

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Originally posted by Tweek:
I have never seen a complete episode of Friends   

I haven't either.

Anybody ever watch The Wire.  I know Faze got to Season 2, but didn't finish. The series completed about a month ago.  Anyways I think it was underrated and should have won more awards.

[Reply #41 on:]

Funny story, I do temp work at Charity Shops sometimes and I always see stacks of Friends DVD's and Video Casettes.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that E4 (Channel 4's attempt at Youth Oriented Program Channnel) constantly has like eleventy billion episodes everyday or the fact everyone realises it reminds them of the nineties and they wish to purge them from their households...

[Reply #42 on:]

Anybody ever watch The Wire.  I know Faze got to Season 2, but didn't finish. The series completed about a month ago.  Anyways I think it was underrated and should have won more awards.

Dude, I finished watching it a few months ago, it's absolutely awesome.
But I thought Omar would be the avenging angel in the end,

Spoiler warning! Click to show/hide!

not shot by some baby kid!

[Reply #43 on:]

Is Sisto a regular, now?  He was good in {b] Six Feet Under[/b]...  Billy got to be all carazzzzzy and incestuously perverted in his obsession with his sis  and then straighten his act up and be all redeemed by the finale and deaeth of said series...   Six Feet Under... haven't thought of that for ages!  Thanks, cha, I'm going to go rent the series again when I get done Marathoning Sweeney Todd Demon Barber of Fleet Street and   Hitchhickers' Guide to the Galaxy.  Good ole' Billy and all those corpses!

Originally posted by HYPNoBRECKY:
cha

Now you're just being rude.

Jesus Christ, is this where it started? Fucking hyprnobrecky...

[Reply #44 on:]

I enjoyed HYPNoBRECKY.

[Reply #45 on:]

I missed Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and was trying to find where the video which I taped on TV but couldn't. so I bought one at Play.com It should be on it's way soon.

[Reply #46 on:]

Is Sisto a regular, now?  He was good in {b] Six Feet Under[/b]...  Billy got to be all carazzzzzy and incestuously perverted in his obsession with his sis  and then straighten his act up and be all redeemed by the finale and deaeth of said series...   Six Feet Under... haven't thought of that for ages!  Thanks, cha, I'm going to go rent the series again when I get done Marathoning Sweeney Todd Demon Barber of Fleet Street and   Hitchhickers' Guide to the Galaxy.  Good ole' Billy and all those corpses!

Originally posted by HYPNoBRECKY:
cha

Now you're just being rude.

Jesus Christ, is this where it started? Fucking hyprnobrecky...

Quiet Cha.

Also, anyone catching the latest series of Charlie Brookers Screenwipe?

[Reply #47 on:]

I got the Darkplace DVD.

[Reply #48 on:]

Bought seasons 1-4 of the wire for $15ea, only 2 eps in, but it's fucking awesome.

[Reply #49 on:]

(Spoilers) A BIG DRAGON KILLS MCNULTY!

Nah not really, Omar and Bunk are the best.

[Reply #50 on:]

Is it me or has Have I Got News For You become only a few laughs funny now and not the belly aching I can't breathe type of laughs it used to be.

Is it just me?

[Reply #51 on:]

HIGNFY's crown has been taken by Mock The Week.

[Reply #52 on:]

The main thing I found about the Wire is that I could not watch is casually, that is to say using the internet and such, it required my full attention to make sure i did not miss anything.

Was nice to see Bub's and Omar appear in Heroes even if their characters in that were no where near as well realised.

What did surprise me when watching some of teh extras is that the guys who play Mcnulty and Stringer Bell are in fact English. Maybe it is because I am English I can not easily distinguish American accents.

Still if you have not seen this series get it, watch it, love it.

[Reply #53 on:]

Bubs and Marlo were in Heroes, not Omar.

Most important question of all about The Wire:
WTF IS UP WITH SNOOP, THAT CHICK THAT LOOKS LIKE A DUDE AND TALKS REALLY WEIRD!

She freaks me out.

[Reply #54 on:]

Bubs and Marlo were in Heroes, not Omar.

Most important question of all about The Wire:
WTF IS UP WITH SNOOP, THAT CHICK THAT LOOKS LIKE A DUDE AND TALKS REALLY WEIRD!

She freaks me out.

As Senator Clay Davis would say "Sheeeeeeeeit". You are right it is Marlo not Omar, whoops.

As for Snoop, well apprently that is her name in real life as well and she was part of "The Game" and went to prison for some time. Can only guess she talks that way to seem more masculin as she plays for the same team as Detective Greggs.

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(Spoilers) A BIG DRAGON KILLS MCNULTY!

Nah not really, Omar and Bunk are the best.

Which ones are they? Is that the black dude and the white dude who work in Narc with the lesbian black chick?

[Reply #56 on:]

Omar is usually the guy with the shotgun everybody is running from or lying dead near, he robs from the drug dealers.

Bunk is the fat homicide detective, McNultys partner, who likes to get drunk and he smoke cigars.

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Mmk, I know who bunk is now. But not sure who Omar is yet, i'll figure it out soon i'm sure.

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Right, now lets move on to Californication, I think airbags watches this, anyone else?

I think it's absolutely awesome, a modern day rock and roll love story that's also hilariously vulgar at times (Marcy slays me, Coke Smurf!)

Last episode: OMG!

[Reply #59 on:]

Episode 4 of The Wire is great. Them trying to get the cabinet through the door, hilarious.

Also, Lester is great. "13 years?" "and 4 months"

[Reply #60 on:]

Californication Series 2 is pretty weak.

[Reply #61 on:]

But Hanks crazy antics, CRAZY ANTICS!
Actually it's been mostly Lou Ashbys crazy antics, and the pregnancy and Coke Smurf, I still like it.

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Could be better though. I'm hoping for a self-destructive spiral to kick in. Hopefully Series 3 will involve some kind of debasing, humiliating rock-bottom state for either Moody or Runkle, with the other one pulling them out of it and generating lolz along teh way.

[Reply #63 on:]

I see no news of another Discworld TV movie on SKY at all. Knew that Old Rincewind in Colour of Magic was going to kill it.

[Reply #64 on:]

Major Lols at Bunk and McNulty talking in the bar about Bunk gently fucking McNulty.

"Keep your money, take it back you whore". hehehe

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Hopefully Series 3 will involve some kind of debasing, humiliating rock-bottom state for either Moody or Runkle

Looks like it'll be Runkle! Or as I like to call him, FapMaster R.

Poor Bunk, he'll have to put up with a lot more of McNultys shit.

[Reply #66 on:]

So I caught the infamous Assey McGee thanks to Adult Swims YouTube Episode Channel dealie last night.

What utter bollocks. Newsflash, Adult Swim. The ass-for-a-face gag has already been done, South Park did it several years ago for an entire episode. They also worked in other jokes in the same episode.

Seriously, the whole thing is one long 11 minute stretched out joke.

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I see no news of another Discworld TV movie on SKY at all. Knew that Old Rincewind in Colour of Magic was going to kill it.

To be perfectly honest, Sky didn't have a chance in hell of doing Discworld justice anyways.

What we need is for some big Hollywood studio to split Colour Of Magic & Light Fantastic into three massively big budget films, swear off CG animation in favour of traditional effects techniques, hire a bunch of unknowns to fill the major roles, and use stars as the background characters. Then they need to delay release by six months, blame it on something that makes no sense, "leak" a bunch of stills, work up some hype on teh interwebs, revamp the trailer and then push the first movie out back-to-back with the second before making us wait a year for the third.

Original score by Danny Elfman and John Williams, classical orchestra with 10% electro-synthesiser, needs a little bit of product placement, so how about a line of toys by Kenner to complement the movie, maybe some promotional wizzard hat giveaways, and some sort of soft-drink tie-in. Sausage inna bun, anybody?

Announce that the films will NEVER be released on DVD, stage a "fan campaign" to have the decision reversed, grab some headlines (free publicity) and then "relent"once all the films have finished their cinema run, bringing out a feature-packed disc for each film that costs twice the usual price and comes in a shiny metal tin, and there's a special knack of getting it to open.

Recipie for a much-loved film series that wil gross relatively well at the box office, and perform solidly in DVD sales (particularly if the DVD's come cout around Xmas) I would think.

[Reply #68 on:]

I thought The Hogfather TV film was quite alright :/.

[Reply #69 on:]

I quite enjoyed The Hogfather as well, I haven't seen the other one though.

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I thought The Hogfather TV film was quite alright :/.

It was entertaining, but having now watched it a dozen or so times, I think they failed to do the book justice, as well as having somewhat failed with a couple of the characterisations. Not that it isn't entertaining in its own right, but I'd rather read the book.

[Reply #71 on:]

As a Discworld fan, I do agree it could have made more effort but it could have been worse.

If you've seen the crappy cartoon movie of Soul Music you'd know what I mean.

[Reply #72 on:]

KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMAAAAAAAAAAAAA AA!

:'(

[Reply #73 on:]

You know what show I love?  Life.  It's a good show.  Damien Lewis is hilarious, and, despite her character sleeping with the idiotic captain, Sarah Shahi plays a pretty good straight-man.  Adam Arkin is also funny.

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Sadley chay you will be probably screaming a lot of names before the series is through.

Now I really want to see the Corner but I can't seem to find a region 2 version and my region free has given up the ghost.

[Reply #75 on:]

Also... Bubs

The end of the first season is sucky

Did i mention ?

[Reply #76 on:]

...

Wallace

Just finished first season of the Wire.

Pooooor Wallace, Poooooor bubs, Pooooooooor Mcnulty, YAaaaaaaay Omar!

Will start on season 2 soon.

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Channel 4 showed the Christmas episode of Father Ted last night which I haven't seen for a long time. Classic!

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^ Yes! I watched the start of it too, epic opening:

[Reply #79 on:]

Who don't know the meaning of the word "Cancelled"?