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On the Tee-Vee: January-February 2011

johnjones — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 07:15:30 -0800

There's not really much to talk about for the moment for me. I'm looking forward to Chuck, White Collar and Castle coming back in January, but not much else, though I'll at least look at The Cape.

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D.J. — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 03:32:51 -0800

Archer is coming back at the end of the month. I'm watching through the first season and am surprised to find it's actually quite funny. Shameless premieres on HBO on the 9th, FX's Lights Out on the 11th and Parks & Rec finally returning on the 20th. I don't expect The Cape to be any good, but I'll give it a go. Justified comes back February, and other than that and all the shows coming back from hiatus, there's not much to mention.

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StefanJ — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 18:40:10 -0800

Watched the first two episodes of Max Headroom, via a DVD collection I bought last month. I had them on crummy VHS tapes recorded off the air, but I wanted fresh crisp recordings and was interested in the commentary.

What a strange experience. It isn't exactly dated; the grunge-tech look is in a sense timeless. On the other hand the wireframe computer graphics are awfully archaic looking and action dwells on them, suggesting that at the time they were damn cool and worth dwelling on.

The feisty anti-corporate, anti-big-media theme of the show . . . relevant as ever.

The little booklet that came with the collection notes that Bryce Lynch was born in 1988, suggesting that we're already lived through Max's time.

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InvincibleM — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 18:52:06 -0800

Archer is coming back at the end of the month. I'm watching through the first season and am surprised to find it's actually quite funny

If you like Archer, you should check out the two seasons of its predecessor, Frisky Dingo. They're only eleven minutes long and while it starts off slow, it has a sort of unstoppable momentum to its humor as the plot and characters get more and more out of hand.

I too look forward to the second season of Archer as well as the return of 30 Rock. I'm considering Parks and Recreation due to Adam Scott joining the cast, but I am as of yet skeptical towards network sitcoms.

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LokiZero — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:28:58 -0800

I really hope we get a full season out of FRINGE, but since it's been moved to Fridays I don't hold much hope.

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government spy — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:29:35 -0800

I watched a couple episodes of The Vice Guide to Everything over the past week or two. First off, I haven't watched MTV in years, but the guys behind Heavy Metal Baghdad looked worth it.

At first glance, the show seems impressive, with ballsy filmmaker & crew going places that are hard to get into and reporting on tough topics, like the all-white town in South Afrika, or on Narco-Cinema in Mexico. But after watching a couple episodes, there's definitely a slant to their reporting.

When filming Border Rangers in Arizona, instead of discussing the dangerous risk that local militias are taking, they poke fun at the rednecks with assult rifles who say that they aren't interested in your average illegal immigrant coming over the border; they're looking for drug dealers and violent cartel members smuggling drugs, etc. into the USA. Which is fine, if that's how you see it. But then to go to a small village in Pakistan and buy automatic weapons and shoot them off of rooftops and say how cool it is, and point RPGs at the camera, and later revisit the small town and show that its under control of the Taliban because of the US's attacks in Afghanistan, and say how sad it is that you can't go back there and buy more weapons. I find the show to be the kind of snarky that I don't like, like they're trying to prove how cool they are instead of how serious the topic they're covering really is. But, hey, it's just another fucking show on MTV so I don't know why I held it to a higher standard in the first place.

I had some decent expectations for the show, based on what I knew from the creators, and now I'm kind of pissed at them.

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johnjones — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:49:54 -0800

So I saw part of The Cape yesterday but I cut out right about the time they introduced "The Circus of Crime." I think the biggest problem I had with this show is that I'm not eight years old. Eight year old me would've loved The Cape. I still like Batman, Superman, Spider-man and Iron Man because they got to me before my analytical adult had formed to tell me that radiation gives cancer instead of cool powerz.

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BOODOFFSTAGE — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:56:31 -0800

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!!

Here is the latest epidose on you tube. Check it out.

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mister hex — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:18:52 -0800

@Bood- Teletoon here in Canada has screwed up the order they're showing the Avengers in. (Typical, really.) I still haven't seen the Captain Marvel ep, theMasters of Evil ep or the Kang ep. Last week, they reran the Thor/Hulk fight. Where's my new episodes?

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BOODOFFSTAGE — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:30:22 -0800

Where's my new episodes?
@misterhex

Love to be of help.:) First off pretty much all the latest episodes are on you tube.

You can go here to see the episode list and the order they go in. They even have the upcoming, unaired episodes up too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Avengers:_Earth%27s_Mightiest_Heroes_episodes

in order to find the specific episodes in You tube.

Type out "The Avengers Earth's mightiest heroes and then the title of the episode and that will give you a direct link to that episode."
Ie. "The avengers earths mightiest heroes Masters of evil."

the captain marvel episode is called "459"

the one I posted on top is the first episode of the Kang the Conqueror storyline(looks like this will be a three parter"

The Thor vs Hulk you mentioned was "some assembly required" I think, and if that is the last episode you've seen than you have 9 new episodes to see on you tube.

Helpful?

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DC — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:01:59 -0800

Californication, anyone following it? The first episode of the fourth season looked like the same but at the end of the second Hank does something so out of character imo that I fear for the direction the show may take this season.

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steevo — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:12:16 -0800

The second? I thought the first just came out on Sunday?

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DC — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:25:43 -0800

Well, the first 2 episodes came up online 2 weeks ago, some kind of previews episodes.
Pioneer One released a second episode and so far it's really good for the means they have.
Human Target introduced 2 female team members. Quite obvious roles, the cute thief and the rich lady that now finances them. Easily dispensable but it’s mildly fun.

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Lazarus99 — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:42:17 -0800

Oddities is a short-episode (20-odd minutes) program about Obscura Curios and Antiques in Manhattan. It's sort of like Antiques Roadshow for the terminally weird. Keep an eye out in the first episode for the CREEPIEST MOTHERFUCKER EVER..."isss thaaat aaa ssstrraaiiitjaacket?"

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TAL — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:24:44 -0800

Californication is still awesome.

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D.J. — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:10:33 -0800

Lights Out was interesting. A few cliche family moments and whatnot, but once they're a couple episodes in and have established everything they need to, it could be a really good show.

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jonah — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:22:00 -0800

Law & Order SVU with Jeremy Irons was crazy. Would have been a great Cronenberg movie.

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frequentcontributor — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:35:46 -0800

I'm super psyched about Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein's Portlandia on IFC, which I think starts Jan 21. IFC has been showing so much good shit, lately (finally checking out Larry Sanders Show on there, so it's new to me...), and Fred Armisen is hilarious. Ricky Gervais Show season 2 on HBO soon, either tomorrow or next Friday...

Episodes with Matt LaBlanc was TERRIBLE. Will give a second episode, but God the first one was a pain to watch. Shameless was damn good, though.

Also very curious about Syfy's new Face Off competition show, which seems to be like Top Chef for makeup special effects artists. I'm way into old-school movie effects, so if it's cool, that will be nice. Syfy does weird shit sometimes, though...

Bob's Burgers was funny enough. It's certainly a different vibe than Simpsons or the McFarland shows, and I'm a Home Movies fan, so I'll stick with it awhile.

Oh, and Rupaul's Drag Race is back on, which is a fucking hoot. If you like Project Runway, these trannies make way crazier dresses out of basically nothing in half the time and never bitch and moan about it, then they wear them down the runway while catfight-lipsynching. It's awesome and wholesome.

Will check out the Being Human remake (with the werewolf, vamp and ghost living together) but don't expect much. Skipping the Skins remake because while I thoroughly enjoyed the British version the first time around, I can see all the exact same scenes in the trailers, and just don't have the energy to watch it over again with more annoying American people.

And still waiting for Inbetweeners season 3 on BBC America.

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Cat Vincent — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 06:25:53 -0800

Depending on your tolerances, The Cape is either mildly hilarious shit, or unbearable shit. Keith David looks like he's having fun, though.

And I just head there's a US remake of Randall and Hopkirk: Deceased in the works. Presumably, not a remake of the Vic and Bob remake.

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Foamhead — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:54:02 -0800

Fingers crossed.

Can Stargate Universe come back from the dead?

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StefanJ — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:50:26 -0800

I'm too cheap to pay for a cable plan with IFC. I look forward to opinions about Portlandia.

I enjoyed the pilot of The Cape. Nothing deep; predictable but fun.

Men of a Certain Age continues to please, but it is kind of sobering to realize that I'm in its target demographic.

Bob's Burgers . . . man, that last episode was great. Bob gets stuck in a series of dusty narrow spaces behind the walls of his apartment / restaurant; he decides to stay there to avoid visiting in-laws. Meanwhile, his loopy daughter has erotic dreams about zombies.

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Chris Noble — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:15:53 -0800

Just caught episode 2 of "Pioneer One", and am very surprised by how little I'm hearing about it.

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justinpickard — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:02:47 -0800

@StefanJ - The first episode of Portlandia appears to be on YouTube. No idea what, if anything, that means, or if it'll stay there.

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StefanJ — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:26:22 -0800

@Justin: Thanks! But, crap, I got about 18 minutes in (end of the Hide n' Seek sketch), paused it, and when I started play again it had gone private.

What I saw was pretty damn funny. The settings were definitely Portland. Can't say as I've met many people like that. Portland has always struck me as more mellow than weird.

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Santos — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:10:57 -0800

That show the Cape was almost unbearable to watch. It wasn't even funny in the "Oh, this is so bad" sense.

The first episode of Portlandia was awesome. I can't wait to see the next one.

Has anyone heard if Fringe is getting cancelled? I am still a huge fan and looking forward to the episode tonight. At least I hope they get to wrap it up.

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Stoto — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:35:07 -0800

Just watched an episode of Bob's Burgers. Thought it was pretty funny. Reminded me a bit of The Life and Times of Tim.

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justinpickard — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:04:15 -0800

@Santos - No announcements yet, though here's Abrams: "if we’re going to fail, let’s go down doing the most badass, weirdest, interesting, sophisticated version of a series that we could possibly do…"

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Cat Vincent — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 04:45:26 -0800

Fringe is back, in full effect. Christopher Lloyd, The Observer doing a lot more than Observing...

Also, this: Walter's favourite band in the show is called Violet Sedan Chair (Lloyd being their lead singer). The name has been mentioned for a while... and in true JJ Abrams easter-egg style, they made a Violet Sedan Chair album and put copies of the vinyl version in various US music stores for fans to find.

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steevo — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 08:14:30 -0800

@Cat - Want.

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Cat Vincent — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 09:23:09 -0800

steevo - here you go... the music, at least!

Also. 1) There's supposed to be a hidden 11th track, and
2) VIOLET SEDAN CHAIR is an anagram of OLIVIA CAN READ THIS

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Colby — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 10:10:30 -0800

You got this, which I got express how excited I am for.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ5p18wIQEI

New Being Human series starts tomorrow, really excited for that.

Californication is awesome as always.

Watching X-Men: The Animated Series online and I'm very surpised at how each episode is built, each one builds off the next and establish new things. It's very interesting with some interesting character development, I'm surprised.

And am watching Carnevale on DVD. Which is awesome.

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D.J. — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:49:39 -0800

Okay, this Violet Sedan Chair album is great. Thank you, Fringe.

I just watched the second episode of Bob's Burgers, and it was much better than the first.

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Oddcult — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 04:52:22 -0800

Anyone else see the US remake of Being Human? It was very weird seeing the third different version of the same thing. I suppose I'm naturally disposed to say this, but I felt that it was much weaker than the original and being far less subtle really damaged it.

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Colby — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:39:39 -0800

I don't know, I think it has potential. But we'll see.

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SteadyUP — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 19:19:19 -0800

The first episode of The Cape was not as bad as I'd expected. It's very simple, but not dumb simple. Campy, but not Batman & Robin campy.

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D.J. — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 21:40:52 -0800

Am I the only one who would much prefer Batman campy than whatever The Cape is?

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DavidLejeune — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:07:10 -0800

The Cape is very close to the 90s The Flash series campy. Keith David seems to get it, but the lead really doesn't.

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Vaehling — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:53:34 -0800

This VIOLET SEDAN CHAIR stunt is amazing!

Too bad this probably won't ever be available here in Germany. Well, legally, anyway.

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Oddcult — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:05:50 -0800

New episode of the British version of Being Human was superlatively good. Funny and nasty in equal measure. Still absolutely the best British genre TV series in recent memory, pipping Misfits by dint of having a lot more depth and the metaphors working better.

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Santos — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:18:33 -0800

I thought BBC's "Luther" was really great. I was able to catch the first series on BBC America. Anyone else see that?

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aodh_rua — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 01:15:21 -0800

Been catching up on Misfits (E4). Succinctly described to me as Heroes if it didn't suck. Also, very funny. 'Save me Barry!' pays off a background gag extremely well at the end of the first series.

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shining_lion — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:32:42 -0800

aodh_rua: That is precisely how I've described MISFITS. :-) Also: yeah, that show is a lot of fun.

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Cameron C. — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:29:14 -0800

Thank you very much for the links about Violet Sedan Chair and the music!!

I was alright with the first two episodes of the cape, despite being so poorly and awkwardly paced. But I could hardly watch the last episode. Oh god ><

BUT FRINGE IS AWESOME STILL.

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Colby — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:07:05 -0800

That last episode of Being Human was pretty cool and it spun off into a new web series. Check it out.

http://blastr.com/2011/01/watch-the-1st-episode-of.php

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johnjones — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:08:43 -0800

This needs closure now, I believe.

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SteadyUP — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:57:03 -0800

Still got another month - it's Jan-Feb.

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johnjones — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 04:45:15 -0800

Gah, you're right. I was seeing all the other monthly closures and got ahead of myself. My bad.

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MartinSheen — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:39:48 -0800

Californication seems to be slipping a little this season. It's still the only thing being released these days that I find remoted entertaining though :)

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tmcd02 — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:57:24 -0800

@MartinSheen - Agreed. Sometimes I feel like they're trying too hard at this point, if that makes sense. Though it's still probably what I look forward to the most every week.

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government spy — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:16:38 -0800

Caught Eagleheart last night, but if you already can't stand Chris Elliot, then you won't like it. It's somewhat a parody of terrible cop movies, and I like it, because of the ridiculously bad acting.

Also, Hard Time on NatGeo is pretty good, about an Ohio State Prison, the inmates open up fairly well, showing what illegal things they are doing behind the walls, and are pretty candid about how they feel. Obviously, not for the faint of heart; the insights into a homosexual inmate who isn't sure if he'd be straight or not if he wasn't locked up, a life long felon who likes being in prison, a kid who's been locked up his whole life and is scared of being released in a few days, all of these stories hit pretty hard, even if you've seen this kind of stuff before.

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Jay Kay — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 14:48:55 -0800

Catching up on shows I've been meaning to get to:

Up to episode 3 on The Cape--really enjoyable. It reminds me a lot of, say, Batman in the Bronze Age, a really solid mix of effective drama and lovely camp.

In the middle of catching up on Fringe--for some reason I just stopped watching half-way through this season.

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KPatrickGlover — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 15:00:18 -0800

Season premiere of Justified is this coming week, I think. Just about the only show that I can't wait for.

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D.J. — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:20:49 -0800

Oh, Justified. Never stop being you.

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Foamhead — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:22:48 -0800

Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's 'Good Omens' TV series in development?

(Christ, is this book really 20 years old?)

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steevo — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:40:13 -0800

Hey, I can't believe this hasn't been mentioned, but did you guys see the D&D episode of Community last week? Friggin genius.

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government spy — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:15:47 -0800

Was that Bryan Singer on last night's Fringe?

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Finagle — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:18:28 -0800

I went and watched the "Dungeons and Dragons" episode of "Community" based on that recommendation above.
Wow. Really excellently done. I'm also impressed at the ability of the writer and director to channel Chevvy Chase appropriately and keep him on that low roiling boil.

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Cat Vincent — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 16:00:51 -0800

Guys, if you've been avoiding the Spartacus shows... trust me, they are splendid. The 6-part prequel series Gods of the Arena just got to ep 5 - and amidst the semi-300-ultraviolence, tight plotting and the vast amount of nudity and swearing, there's a truly extraordinary love story told between John Hannah and Lucy Lawless - Lawless this week was beyond superlatives. And yes, she gets nekkid, a lot.

Fringe seems to be heading towards a kind of 'love conquers or maybe destroys all' ending for Season 3, with no promise of a 4th. I hope this wonderful slice of clever SF gets more chance to tell its' tale.

I suspect Justified may be even better this season - Margot Martindale's reefer-growing matriarch is a fine addition to the story.

And... Outcasts was a colossal pile of shite. It's getting raves from mainstream press & even the likes of IO9 - yet they're stripping the last 3 eps across one late night, so even the Beeb knows they've got a dog on their hands. What fucks me off it they'll point to it as "see, we do adult sci-fi now!". What a waste.

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city creed — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:08:54 -0800

This whole season of Community has been great, it's one of my favourite shows just now. That D&D ep was particularly good.
Can say much the same about Fringe, it's had some pretty wonderful moments lately.
And... yes, Outcasts was terrible - the kind of joyless, earnest SF that leads to hatecrimes against geeks.

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Tim Simmons — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:19:48 -0800

I thought BBC's "Luther" was really great. I was able to catch the first series on BBC America. Anyone else see that?

Finished the last episode last night-- REALLY enjoyed it.

Bit of silly meta-fiction fun in episode 5, where Luther calls out to get in touch with Det. Munch in the US--

Det. Munch, as many of you know was a character in Homicide, and also Law and Order--
He also appears as a brief cameo in The Wire (They never say it's him, but c'mon-- YOU KNOW IT IS)--

All of which means: Stringer Bell has a twin that works as a detective in London.

(and if you haven't seen The Wire, shame on you! Go now!)

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johnjones — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:13:50 -0800

Det. Munch, as many of you know was a character in Homicide, and also Law and Order--
He also appears as a brief cameo in The Wire (They never say it's him, but c'mon-- YOU KNOW IT IS)--

Not counting an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel, the Homicide TV movie and one on Sesame Street (when he was played by a different actor) the character of John Munch has appeared on nine different television series.

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KSullivanLingle — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:28:26 -0800

Kick ass new promo for Game of Thrones coming in April. Yeah, I am absolutely one of "those" fans.

Invitation to Westeros

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steevo — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 22:02:03 -0800

Re: D&D Community, I thought Chevy Chase did one of the best portrayals of an over the top villain that I've ever seen in that ep. The scene where:

he said, "So many things, Abed, so many things" on his throne of boxes and cones had me simultaneously busting a gut and getting shivers down my spine, not a combination I thought I'd ever experience.

And his inflection in the, "...Jeff Winger, of all people..." line was damn near perfect.

Watch this episode if you like things that are funny or parodies of fantasy stuff or D&D. I think the only one that tops it is the paintball ep from season 1.

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MaC — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:42:45 -0800

I am really jazzed to see Game of Thrones this April. HBO seems to be the go-to-place for drama on television this season. If Game of Thrones manages to be successful enough for us to see A Clash of Kings and a Storm of Swords, holy shit I will be so pumped. I'm on Feast for Crows at the moment but those first three books were really great.

Also in April I am increasingly getting pumped for Treme season 2. I am watching Season 1 as we speak and I think it's a really tremendous show and I am enjoying it immensely. I'm invested and intrigued by damn near every character's story arc's and motivations. Loving it.

And then Boardwalk Empire which I just recently finished?! Holy shit HBO is kicking a lot of ass.

Then if we can get Mad Men back this year also. I was lost for solid drama on the television but the triple play of Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire, and Treme will fill that void. And if Game of Thrones turns out to be a great adaptation then just YAY.

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Lazarus99 — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:07:25 -0800

Holy shit, Community is the funniest thing I've seen in years. I can't believe I'm only just finding this. Just saw the Phys Ed episode (naked pool) and I ache all over...wait...

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Colby — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:39:45 -0800

So apparently this just aired on Cartoon Network:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWrh1axPj0M

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SteadyUP — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:17:10 -0800

@Lazarus - what episode again?

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Lazarus99 — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:29:35 -0800

@SteadyUP
Season 1, ep 17.

Halloween eps were great. AD&D was funny, but not as funny as I thought it would be to me, who plays...

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SteadyUP — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:46:49 -0800

Oh, right - I was thinking pool pool.

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johnjones — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:02:34 -0800

And... I guess this thread needs closure now.

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Foamhead — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 07:40:03 -0800

Brian Michael Bendis on FX's 'Powers' pilot

Last week, FX announced it was producing a pilot for a proposed series based on Powers, a long-running saga about cops in a city teeming with superheroes. Think: NYPD Blue meets Watchmen; Jack Kirby meets James Ellroy. Handling the adaptation: writer/producer Charles H. Eglee (formerly of The Shield and Dark Angel; he also helped filmmaker Frank Darabont bring The Walking Dead to TV life) and veteran TV director Michael Dinner. Superstar comic book scribe Brian Michael Bendis — who created Powers with artist Michael Avon Oeming — will work on the show as an exec producer.

Since launching in 2000, Powers has distinguished itself as one of the comic industry’s best, most visually distinctive, and certainly edgiest superhero comics. The creators’ cited influences: Homicide: Life on the Street and Taxi Driver. Yet the Powers world isn’t just grim and gritty; it’s deep and mythic, too.

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Foamhead — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:16:33 -0700

Erm...

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StefanJ — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:24:47 -0700

Whoa.

(pat, pat)

Yeah, still heterosexual.

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Oddcult — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:57:07 -0700

Is that the porn one or the real one?

Either way, no Linda Carter.

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Cat Vincent — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:35:17 -0700

Tragically, that is indeed Adrianne Palicki as the new Wonder Woman - from, let us not forget, the creator of Ally MacBeal.

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D.J. — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:38:51 -0700

Adrianne Palicki is gross in the face.

Which is all I am judging her by.

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trini_naenae — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:13:47 -0700

This thread has become very depressing very quickly.

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SteadyUP — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 22:54:36 -0700

As someone who bears no ill will whatsoever toward Adrianne Palicki, and who was a fan of Ally McBeal back in the day - that photo is a war crime.

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Alan Tyson — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 23:20:28 -0700

That thing looks hard as hell to get in and out of.

Just sayin'.

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Oddcult — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:17:42 -0700

Nah. You've just got to spin round a few times. Easy.

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Foamhead — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 06:29:08 -0700

The backlash continues...

(does that pose make her look like she's got a really sore back?)

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Vaehling — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 08:09:23 -0700

She looks as if she'd rather be somewhere else.

Can't say I blame her.

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city creed — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 10:01:10 -0700

Anna Torv channeling Leonard Nimoy channeling a priapic hybrid of Qui Gon Jin and Alfred Hitchcock was all too frighteningly believable and deeply, deeply wrong and I feel very strongly that a stop must be put to this.

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Cat Vincent — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:35:49 -0700

citruscreed: Aw c'mon... surely the idea of

Leonard Nimoy's katra being taken out of Anna Torv, put into Gene the cow and him/it sexually enjoying being milked by Astrid

is something we all can love?

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government spy — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:59:39 -0700

I've been a fan of Fringe since day 1, and man, this whole concept of Bell-livia is pushing it for me. I really want to see this series finish well, in a satisfying way, but the way it's going, I just really don't want to be pissed off.

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SteadyUP — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:32:16 -0700

I'm loving Bellivia. It's creepy, sure, but it's extremely impressive in terms of Anna Torv's range as an actress.

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scs — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 23:14:23 -0700

@StefanJ wrote

Max Headroom . . . It isn't exactly dated; the grunge-tech look is in a sense timeless. On the other hand the wireframe computer graphics are awfully archaic looking and action dwells on them, suggesting that at the time they were damn cool and worth dwelling on.

The graphics were already dated at the time, but you've nailed it on how the action dwelt on them - it was just one more piece of the whole self-aware, tongue-in-cheek undercurrent. Most folks either just didn't get it or thought they were being talked down to. Unfortunates the middle group between those two just wasn't very big.

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Foamhead — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 03:28:18 -0700

[Carefully posting here, avoiding eye contact with any & all Fringe references because I haven't caught-up yet]

Sorry to drag the Wonder Woman outfit thing back to life but I found this and had to ask if anyone knew why/where this lovely ensemble comes from?

God forbid the new show tries to make an updated version of this.

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SteadyUP — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 09:56:20 -0700

I've definitely seen that before - I think she was swimming or ice skating or some shit.

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warrenellis — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 14:47:01 -0700

Adrianne Palicki is gross in the face.

Which is all I am judging her by.

Thread closed, grow the fuck up.