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[gwyn_r]

I am watching a LOT of TV. With the three free months of HBO, Starz, and Showtime, I've managed to get close to maxing out my HD tifaux, and I have to watch my regular network stuff in order to keep making room for more movies to pile up that I can watch when the three free months run out. Not to complain or anything, since really, I love TV

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[torra]

To make it even worse, Lie To Me actualy dumbs down even the names of the stuff they're talking about. Not only don't think the audiance is inteligent to know to figure out that someone rubbing their own hands while talking and frowing is lieing, but they do things like call it "Self-Reassurance Touch", which is inncorrect! It's not a Self-Reassurance Touch, it's a Self Touch Gesture! They are two totaly difrent things! They mean much the same thing, but they are different! And they do it constantly. They almost never get a name right, they change it to make it more obvious as to what it means.

I wanted to like this show so much, I study this disiplin for fun, I pass the time watching the news and pointing how the liers to my family and so on, but this.... AARRGGHH!! And to make it worse, my best friend LOVES it! Every week, she asks, "Have you watched it yet? Have you? What did you think!?" and then dosn't wanna hear my pointing out the obvious mistakes. ::facepalm::

[killabeez]

Next I should write about something I do like, Primeval

\o/ !!

*waits patiently*

I am trolling the internet looking for decent Nick/Stephen fic even now. ENTERTAIN ME PLEASE.

[smithereen]

I don't have anything to add, but I do agree. I don't watch a lot of procedurals, but even with something like Psych (which I still enjoy a lot) it's always bugged me that they have to highlight every clue Shawn sees with sound effects and golden bursts of NOTICE ME, MORONS light.

[anoel]

I've found Trust Me so frustrating because I *want* to like it, the slash potential and advertising (I find it fascinating) but it's just boring. And the two guys lack any kind of interesting, lovable and complex personalities. So I'm about ready to give up on it. Sad because I like both the main actors.

I really do believe though that scripted TV will get better with the rise of online TV and more independent creaters that don't have to rely on the mass ratings. It seems execs are just scared of decreasing ratings and try to go with safe, dumb writing than anything interesting or complex.

[keiko_kirin]

Yay! You ranted. :)

Aside from Simon Baker, the main thing Mentalist has that Lie to Me completely lacked: Mentalist *entertains* me. Lie to Me wasn't entertaining. It was excruciating.

Poor Tim Roth. I hope Lie to Me gets canceled and he can find something better to do.

And *yes* about that freakin' office!