Comments | chuntankhamen: some things i know, and some things i don't

chuntankhamen

some things i know, and some things i don't

Jun 18, 2007 12:12

so to fill the void left by the sopranos the home box has given us john from cincinnati and the flight of the concords. has anyone watched john? it's weird, but i'm compelled to watch it. maybe that's just because i watched back to back eps on demand and i could get into it. we'll see if it captures me enough to go back week after week. i do ( Read more... )

john from cincinnati, hbo, flight of the concords

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I don't know Butchie, instead... walther1 June 18 2007, 17:49:53 UTC

I also watched the first 2 episodes of John from Cincinatti in rapid fire and I think it has alot of potential. Hopefully it doesn't run out of steam.

I didn't get to watch FotC yet, but based on the previews I figured it was going to be exactly what you described. Hopefully it will be good and not just feel like a NZ version of Tenacious D.

Re: I don't know Butchie, instead... chuntankhamen June 18 2007, 19:01:41 UTC

dude, i wanted that to be the title of my post but i COULD NOT remember the line for the life of me.

also, right now i'm sticking with the angel theory. he is too stupid to be jesus.

Re: I don't know Butchie, instead... walther1 June 18 2007, 19:07:20 UTC

His name is John Monad... Monadology was a Liebnitz theory that involved all atoms (monads) having knowledge of all other atoms in the universe. There are alot of crazy options including him being an alien, an alien abductee, an angel, a crazy time traveler or something else.

king_kai June 18 2007, 19:06:55 UTC

i've only seen the first ep (my cable is fucked up again; this time we have the guide & dvr, but we don't get any of the HBOs or any hi-def channels. and the internet is spotty. it's actually funny to me at this point) of john, but i have more faith in david milch to make a show i will like than just about anyone. nypd blue & deadwood are 2 of my all-time favorite shows, w/ deadwood being (in my opinion) probably the best-written show ever in the history of television ( ... )

tell them, it was a friend chuntankhamen June 18 2007, 19:52:52 UTC

i agree, with milch behind the wheel i have faith in it.

i'm not saying FotC wasn't funny and i'm not saying i didn't laugh, because i did. all i'm saying is i've seen this before. and you are right, out of their element they are not as funny. this being said, their element is on a stage in front of a live audience, not on tv.

Re: tell them, it was a friend king_kai June 20 2007, 17:19:25 UTC

now having seen ep 2 of john & ep 1 of fotc, i can comment furthur.

i am already loving john. (with the glaring exception of luke perry, who reads his lines like the lead in a high school play who thinks he's good but no one has the heart to tell him he sucks balls because he's the star quarterback. seriously, fucking dylan makes the kid who plays shaun seem like a young marlon brando by comparison.) i can't get enough of ed o'neill. he is basically playing andy sipowicz +35% crazy. it's awesome. he's even got the forehead rub thing down. al bundy as sipowicz, how can you not love that? i was hype to see garret dillahunt as the doc. he was awesome on deadwood. both times. plus you have ellsworth smoking fatties. bonus.

as for fotc, i can see where you guys are coming from. the d is strong with this one. the whole thing with lee mel the superfan esp felt derivative. but the songs are effing hilarious. so i will keep watching.