TV - Fall 2012

[Josephus]

I'll take that as a no.

When the main guy and the cute young lady go to the rebel base they introduce themselves as Stu Redman and Frannie (characters from The Stand).

When they prepare to build a tunnel they say "let's Shawshank our way out of here."

[Tonitrus]

I'll take that as a no.

When the main guy and the cute young lady go to the rebel base they introduce themselves as Stu Redman and Frannie (characters from The Stand).

When they prepare to build a tunnel they say "let's Shawshank our way out of here."

I also noticed the rebel camp was located at "Lone Pine Mall" for a Back to the Future reference. 

[garbon]

Caught the last fifteen minutes of CBS' Sherlock Holmes knockoff last night.

Unimpressive. Poorly cast Sherlock Holmes; guy looks like a bad bartender. I can buy a female Watson (especially Lucy Liu  ), but the two don't seem to have any chemistry. Definitely not the type of energy like between Cumberbatch and Freeman.

I didn't see the whole show so I can't really speak to the story or the case.

Now that I've seen this - not sure I really get your comment. First episode makes a big deal out of the fact the characters (not the actors) don't have any sort of chemistry...with Lucy Liu's Watson being very turned off by Holmes.  Strikes me as pretty accurate as know one loves a know-it-all. I think the point is that over the story arc then they'd start getting along better once they understand each other. No idea if the writing/acting will successfully pull that off.

[FunkMonk]

Caught the last fifteen minutes of CBS' Sherlock Holmes knockoff last night.

Unimpressive. Poorly cast Sherlock Holmes; guy looks like a bad bartender. I can buy a female Watson (especially Lucy Liu  ), but the two don't seem to have any chemistry. Definitely not the type of energy like between Cumberbatch and Freeman.

I didn't see the whole show so I can't really speak to the story or the case.

Now that I've seen this - not sure I really get your comment. First episode makes a big deal out of the fact the characters (not the actors) don't have any sort of chemistry...with Lucy Liu's Watson being very turned off by Holmes.  Strikes me as pretty accurate as know one loves a know-it-all. I think the point is that over the story arc then they'd start getting along better once they understand each other. No idea if the writing/acting will successfully pull that off.

Fair enough. Like I said I didn't see the entire show, just the final 15 minutes.

[Sophie Scholl]

Totally not impressed by 3 of the returning shows I watch.  The Mentalist, Castle, and Once Upon A Time just came out terribly flat, boring, or utterly predictable.  I'll give them a couple more weeks, but it doesn't look good.

[Eddie Teach]

Totally not impressed by 3 of the returning shows I watch.  The Mentalist, Castle, and Once Upon A Time just came out terribly flat, boring, or utterly predictable.  I'll give them a couple more weeks, but it doesn't look good.

I gave up on OUAT about 2/3 through the first season. Been a while since there was a network show I felt worth watching for two seasons. Thinking Community may have been the latest one. And of course it has flirted with cancellation the whole time. 

[Sophie Scholl]

Come to think of it, Grimm is pretty bad too this season.  It's lost even its moderate brain release of the week function.  About the only shows that I'm enjoying now are Hell on Wheels and Copper, and they both end soon.  Ugh.

[MadBurgerMaker]

I noticed Last Resort was on my DVR, so I went ahead and checked it out:  yeah okay that was dumb



Oh and what the hell was that dancing shit when they crossed the equator?  I got blasted in the face with a fire hose, (temporarily) locked in a coffin full of ice water, had some shit dumped on me that smelled really bad and stuck around for quite a while, and had to grovel at the court of Neptune, among other filthy wog-like things.  Then they gave me a card and let me do the same shit to wogs later on.  There was no dancing. 

e: I mean come on.  If you're going to make a ridiculous show about a bunch of bubbleheads going off and creating their own dumb island nation with nukes or whatever, at least get the hazing parts right.

[garbon]

What you described wouldn't have been at all fun to watch...but just awkward.

[CountDeMoney]

e: I mean come on.  If you're going to make a ridiculous show about a bunch of bubbleheads going off and creating their own dumb island nation with nukes or whatever, at least get the hazing parts right.

Slamming dolphin pins into each others' chests until they bleed like stuck pigs doesn't translate well into the prime time family time slot.  Especially with a coed crew.   

[Darth Wagtaros]

I noticed Last Resort was on my DVR, so I went ahead and checked it out:  yeah okay that was dumb



Oh and what the hell was that dancing shit when they crossed the equator?  I got blasted in the face with a fire hose, (temporarily) locked in a coffin full of ice water, had some shit dumped on me that smelled really bad and stuck around for quite a while, and had to grovel at the court of Neptune, among other filthy wog-like things.  Then they gave me a card and let me do the same shit to wogs later on.  There was no dancing. 

e: I mean come on.  If you're going to make a ridiculous show about a bunch of bubbleheads going off and creating their own dumb island nation with nukes or whatever, at least get the hazing parts right.

I've heard that submariners get vicious with the jokes.  Probably wouldn't play well for the family hour.  Save the hardcore stuff for when they wanna remake OZ but in a sub.

[Faeelin]

You know, as much as Revolutions bothers me, I kind of like that its protagonists view the collapse of the USA as a bad thing. Unlike the series the idea was stolen from, where everyone goes WEE FEUDAL KINGSHIPS.

[Ed Anger]

Somebody had been reading SM Stirling.

[Brazen]

The 10th series of Red Dwarf begins tonight. Hope it's an improvement over the last couple of cheap-ass series.

[crazy canuck]

The 10th series of Red Dwarf begins tonight. Hope it's an improvement over the last couple of cheap-ass series.

OMG - send me the file!