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-wanted this to be a new "So I just read this thing called a book" thread-
I watch Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune with my grandparents. Sometimes I watch soaps, the news, crime documentaries, that Nostradamus bullshit on the History channel, and such with them as well.
If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan Chah
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I watch... err... cartoons... Oh. And Smallville.... I just made it worse, didn't I?
"Everyone wants an answer, don't they?... I hate things with answers." — Grant Morrison
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Cartoons are fucking awesome. Haven't watched any too recently though. Least aways Western ones anyway. Madoka counts as a recent cartoon...To Aru That Long Fucking Name too...
If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan Chah
What is this
Adventure Time is one of the best out right now. It's reminiscent of the more surreal 90s cartoons.
"Everyone wants an answer, don't they?... I hate things with answers." — Grant Morrison
Oh My
Haven't watched that all yet. I think the most recent Western cartoon I've watched with any regularity is Total Drama ENTER A FUCKING WORD HERE. Haven't watched it since about half way through Action...I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S HAPPENING.
If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan Chah
I liked Twin Peaks.
I'm not sure if this should go here or in the other thread.
Earth-Pig Born
The Wire is the greatest television show ever concieved.
Try to watch something else after you finish it, it'll change your perception on TV Shows.
You can get what you want and still not be very happy.
What's the URL of this... "television"... you speak of?
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(I was hoping for that too.)
God Of Cake
I don't watch too many live action fiction shows, but I am a Gilmore Girls addict.
Emperor Wu liked cake, but not exploding cake!
HIP HOP HIPSTER
My main problem with The Walking Dead is that Rick is something of a Marty Stu. Same with the comic really.
edited 17th Mar '11 8:52:14 PM by LolipodDistortion
Underneath the bridge The tarp has sprung a leak And the animals I've trapped have all become my pets
It's becuse The Walking Dead ight as well be called "Rick's survival". The whole point is that he's an exceptional human being facing exceptional conditions.
Anyway, I watched The Wire until season 4 and I'm looking for Five. I recommend the show wholeheartedly. It's got humor, sadness, grittiness, style, it looks gorgeous (The blue and grey palette in S04 is just amazing) and it's suberpfully wirtten.
It's not exactly naive. And it can happen. But it's tough. And definetly worthwhile.
HIP HOP HIPSTER
I almost cried during the "Where's Wallace" scene.
Underneath the bridge The tarp has sprung a leak And the animals I've trapped have all become my pets
Big fan of No Ordinary Family but alas, it's probably not getting a second season.
Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?
@Lolipod: That's not even the greatest blow the show will achieve. Trust me.
It's not exactly naive. And it can happen. But it's tough. And definetly worthwhile.
HIP HOP HIPSTER
Also, Kima getting shot and the aftermath in the next episode is probably my favorite sequences from any show ever.
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Underneath the bridge The tarp has sprung a leak And the animals I've trapped have all become my pets
'80s TV Action Hero
Cadfael. Awesomeness.
edited 18th Mar '11 3:28:21 AM by InverurieJones
'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
@Lolipod: I think that's the moment that sold the show for me. Well, either that or the second-to-last ep of S02.
It's not exactly naive. And it can happen. But it's tough. And definetly worthwhile.
HIP HOP HIPSTER
Just finished Season One.
My main reaction: Bubbles! Y U no stay clean!?
Underneath the bridge The tarp has sprung a leak And the animals I've trapped have all become my pets
Zzzzzzzzzz
Saw an episode of Fringe last night for the first time. I have only two comments:
1) It must be fun writing for a show that doesn't care whether the plot makes sense or not.
2) Those writers are smoking some good shit.
edited 24th Sep '11 8:27:05 PM by Madrugada
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
Terra Nova which starts tomorrow looks to have some promise and is available on both public and cable channels. Science fiction style series with time travel being used to start a colony in the distant past during the time of the dinosaurs.
Who watches the watchmen?
Ah, Fringe... Deliciously insane. And yet once you figure out what's going on, the story is actually pretty strong somehow. Maddy's evaluations are pretty accurate.
edited 24th Sep '11 11:09:51 PM by Tangent128
Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?
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I found it strangely compelling, despite all the times I wanted to fling something at the TV and yell "<fitb> doesn't work that way!"
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
Which episode did you see? That reaction describes 90% of them. 
And yet for this one show, I am okay with it...
Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?
AKA, we talk about TV. I'm currently watching The Wire (still on season one, near the end. The "Where's Wallace" scene was so sad) and The Walking Dead, which is cool if a little slow.
edited 17th Mar '11 3:35:48 PM by LolipodDistortion
Underneath the bridge The tarp has sprung a leak And the animals I've trapped have all become my pets