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Post by vanhagar3000 on Feb 26, 2005 12:25:13 GMT -5
Pure Comedy is at a low point on TV, with the best stuff simply being shows that have been around for years ( The Daily Show, South Park, The Simpsons, Conan, etc.) while the new comedy shows have, with few exceptions, been dreadful. But Drama, on the other hand, is doing all right. I've started watching 2 new shows this year that I like a lot: Desperate Housewives and the new Battlestar Galactica. Both are so good that I don't miss any episodes of either one (luckily, I have a DVR to prevent that) - and it's been a long time since I've said that about any new shows. I may try Battlestar Gallactica. Desperate Housewives looks to me like a network version of Sex in the City, which I didn't like too much to begin with. |
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Post by vanhagar3000 on Feb 26, 2005 12:27:00 GMT -5
Sitcoms (Everyone of them is a fat guy with a good looking wife) While I don't think it's completely realistic, it gives some of us hope. |
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Post by GodoHell on Feb 26, 2005 13:16:25 GMT -5
I have been fighting the urge to post here for some time. I see some highly rational, well thought-ought discussions of the videoscape we loosely call TV. I in no way wish to discourage this discussion.
I am, at times, a small, small man. And this is one of them.
TV SUCKS, DUDE.
Anymore, if it's not one of the ubiquitous Discovery Channels, I just don't watch TV. And I was a child raised on TV. The safe, tired formulas just don't work on me anymore, I guess. Not that any of this makes me better than anybody. Probably the opposite, since my mind is no longer open enough to suspend disbelief.
*Sigh*
There. That feels better. Carry on, and pay no attention to the curmudgeon in the corner.
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Post by Dave Walker on Feb 26, 2005 14:04:51 GMT -5
Spoken like a true prodigy. See, I once had a thread here asking if there was any good TV left. I got some responses about decent shows, but it still wasn't enough for me. |
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Post by donmac on Feb 26, 2005 23:33:11 GMT -5
I may try Battlestar Gallactica. Desperate Housewives looks to me like a network version of Sex in the City, which I didn't like too much to begin with. I can't say if you'll like it, but I can tell you it's nothing like Sex and the City. |
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Post by GodoHell on Feb 27, 2005 23:37:43 GMT -5
Spoken like a true prodigy. See, I once had a thread here asking if there was any good TV left. I got some responses about decent shows, but it still wasn't enough for me. Curmudgeons like us have to stick together, Dave. (Somebody has to do Phantom's job once he...well...lives up to his name, let's say.) So... ummmm... ya wanna go see what's on TV? |
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Post by dash on Feb 27, 2005 23:42:07 GMT -5
my tv life has ended and had a rebirth many times now. it died with mst3k then came back again with buffy and angel, then died again, and has now been reborn wtih the office (even though it's via the wonders of dvd). david brent is a genius and if i had my penn & teller (don't have showtime), i'd probably be able to look at my remote once more.
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Post by Buddhist Kitten on Feb 28, 2005 22:22:22 GMT -5
Wel, I watch television and I am entertained by it still, but that's because I watch cartoons.
Tons and Tons of cartoons.
Also, I am a hyperactive teenager. My tastes in comedy are probably so much less refeined and. . . well. . . so much less good than most of the members on the board. But I am happy this way. I will face your dilemma in a couple of years or so.
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Mar 2, 2005 2:49:45 GMT -5
I'm aparently one of about seven people on the planet who doesn't think that Desperate Housewives is all that it's cracked up to be. I mean,....I'll give you that the show actually has subplots that exist between the episodes, and that said plots grow in a reasonable fashion....but still, the show just seems like the XFL done as a drama. If it weren't nearly 2 AM I'd better explain that analogy.
As for Adult Swim....I liked 'em back in the early days when they were merely "edgy" at times (heck, there was a time when Space Ghost didn't have a parental advisory warning). The writing seemed a lot more creative then. Now I just see what looks like they have a big wheel in their writing room with various topics, they spin the wheel, and then make fun of that topic for a while. "Okay, spin one gave us "tree", spin two gave us "ukelele", spin three gave us "martian." We've got enough for an episode, start writing! And don't decapitate the main character this week, we did that the past three episodes. Just settle for four or five more expletives than usual."
Granted, I've not watched Adult Swim since they stopped getting new episodes of Home Movies (lost my cable about a week after that), so maybe they've turned a new leaf and I shouldn't judge 'em.
Dang it, this political correctness won't even let me hold opinions about prior events....stupid Harrison Burgeron-esque Forshadowing Societal Trends....
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Post by donmac on Mar 4, 2005 13:23:12 GMT -5
I'm aparently one of about seven people on the planet who doesn't think that Desperate Housewives is all that it's cracked up to be. I mean,....I'll give you that the show actually has subplots that exist between the episodes, and that said plots grow in a reasonable fashion....but still, the show just seems like the XFL done as a drama. If it weren't nearly 2 AM I'd better explain that analogy. Huh? There's no one named HE HATE ME on Desperate Housewives! |
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Post by Melting Manos on Mar 4, 2005 14:37:15 GMT -5
TV as good as MST3K, no, but there are some shows that I really like that are on. Here they are.
Chappelle's Show
South Park
Two And a Half Men
Still Standing
Everybody Loves Raymond
Listen Up
Cops
Judge Mathis (The man has the most finely tuned BS detector you will ever see. I'm not a huge court TV show guy, but his show is absolutely hilarious.)
The Simpsons
Howard Stern
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