Name an actor that would make you more inclined to watch a show: Simon Pegg, Mark Valley, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Claudia Black, Nathan Fillion
Do you get "Human Target"? It's Valley's new show! Good cast. Major action and adventure. Not as smart and clever and fantastically awesome as "Keen Eddie" but I'll take Mark Valley however I can get him.
What TV show do you wish you never watched? Most American sitcoms. Specifically, I persevered through several episodes of 'Two and a Half Men' because I like Jon Cryer and Charlie Sheen, but it is SO, SO PAINFUL.It IS a painful show! I don't understand why it's still on the air, why the ratings are good and why it keeps getting awards. It's not funny at all. The humor is crude and cruel and, pretty much, humorless. I'm stunned that the same people make "The Big Bang Theory" because THAT show is the most awesome piece of geektastic/poporgasmic bliss ever. The only GOOD thing the two shows share is a decent theme song (but, apparently, Two And A Half Men" has stopped
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I didn't much like the pilot of Human Target - I actually thought the most interesting character was the (really!)scary little guy. But Chi Pounder is cool and for Mark Valley, I'll give it a couple more eps. After all, many a great series had a crap pilot. *g*
I clearly need to start watching The Big Bang Theory!!!
I don't mind shows going dark and depressing, hell, with everything they were going through, it only made sense. I know a lot of people didn't like that Bad Thing that happened in season 6 (that we can't mention because someone on my flist is only just catching up on Buffy and hates spoilers) and the Stupidly Contrived Plot Point in season 7 *nearly* made me stop watching, but I persevered and I'm glad I did.
Hee, there should be a real DIY show for getting stranded on a desert island!!
the (really!)scary little guy Do you mean Jackie Earle Haley? He played Rorschach in "Watchmen." I'm liking him a lot as an actor.
many a great series had a crap pilot This is VERY true. I, too, will give the show a few more eps. I watched the second on and while there were a couple of things that were just "sigh, really?" moments, clearly done just to be sensational, I'm still enjoying Valley. Of course, I long for more Keen Eddie - because that was a brilliant show for so many reason!
I clearly need to start watching The Big Bang Theory!!! Oh, yes! I can't think of any other show on tv now (or ever) that has me laughing that much during one half hour. And the humor is really smart - it's not prat-falls or based on contrived misunderstandings which could be cleared up in two seconds if they were real people. I'm really shocked this show has not been canceled - usually, clever, intelligent shows like this rarely make it past half a season. But it looks like it's going strong, so yay!
I haven't seen Watchmen - the bland little guy with the mo, who was like 'I will kill your women and children' and the big scary thugs were like *whimper*
Valley is fun and cute, and I would give A LOT for more Keen Eddie *sigh* There's a lj comm but it is deader than dead, and I honestly don't understand why. Such a brilliant show! Such chemistry between the characters! It makes me sad.
I am totally going to hunt down The Big Bang Theory now.
I've decided Supernatural is just too much hard work. I skipped season 3 because people were like 'stay away! stay away!' and I've seen about half of s4 and now you say s5 is stale???? I give up.
Pshaw. Who wants a scientist when you're stuck on a desert island? Especially when you have a magic source of clean drinking water! You want people who can cut down trees! and fish with spears! and skin things! and make you laugh when time drags!
Did you ever find out HOW you can distill the water when you only have an elastic band and some chewing gum?
Later seasons of MASH, for quality writing, acting and social commentary.
Seriously? I only watched the first season, and while I enjoyed it, it was also so unselfconsciously racist and misogynist I cringed all the way through it. Maybe I should try and hunt down a later season.
I probably wouldn't have thought of it, because it's been a long time since I watched MASH, only the friend I got this meme off had nominated it -
I would like to choose something which raised consciousness on things that matter, or led to people becoming more compassionate. I would suggest MASH - because while it was genuinely funny, it was also dramatic and issue-based. Even though it was fairly sexist (possibly because of when it was made/set), it did feature a very strong female character, and I liked that during a time where all comedies had laugh tracks, this show had a 'no laugh track' rule during scenes set in the operating room.
To which I commented -
I got given the first season of MASH, thinking I'd collect the whole lot, and I found it unwatchable. I know, I KNOW, it was the time, but the scene where it was HILARIOUS to tell that bloke was Margaret was waiting for him in her tent for sexy timez, and then stand around laughing while she screamed in terror because she'd woken up being assaulted. Yeah. No. I'll stick to
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I have no idea which season is which - you know how you just watch reruns on TV - they've been recycling MASH since I was a kid. I'll ask around. And by 'around' I mean on lj. But I'll canvass people in real life too.
You say you get mocked for liking Smallville? Present tense? After years of irredeemable drek scripts which have lost them half of their audience, you still like Smallville? I'm just hoping that when Kristin Kreuk joins the cast of Chuck, she doesn't infect it with Smallville-ness.
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Name an actor that would make you more inclined to watch a show: Simon Pegg, Mark Valley, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Claudia Black, Nathan Fillion
Do you get "Human Target"? It's Valley's new show! Good cast. Major action and adventure. Not as smart and clever and fantastically awesome as "Keen Eddie" but I'll take Mark Valley however I can get him.
What TV show do you wish you never watched? Most American sitcoms. Specifically, I persevered through several episodes of 'Two and a Half Men' because I like Jon Cryer and Charlie Sheen, but it is SO, SO PAINFUL.It IS a painful show! I don't understand why it's still on the air, why the ratings are good and why it keeps getting awards. It's not funny at all. The humor is crude and cruel and, pretty much, humorless. I'm stunned that the same people make "The Big Bang Theory" because THAT show is the most awesome piece of geektastic/poporgasmic bliss ever. The only GOOD thing the two shows share is a decent theme song (but, apparently, Two And A Half Men" has stopped ( ... )
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I clearly need to start watching The Big Bang Theory!!!
I don't mind shows going dark and depressing, hell, with everything they were going through, it only made sense. I know a lot of people didn't like that Bad Thing that happened in season 6 (that we can't mention because someone on my flist is only just catching up on Buffy and hates spoilers) and the Stupidly Contrived Plot Point in season 7 *nearly* made me stop watching, but I persevered and I'm glad I did.
Hee, there should be a real DIY show for getting stranded on a desert island!!
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Do you mean Jackie Earle Haley? He played Rorschach in "Watchmen." I'm liking him a lot as an actor.
many a great series had a crap pilot
This is VERY true. I, too, will give the show a few more eps. I watched the second on and while there were a couple of things that were just "sigh, really?" moments, clearly done just to be sensational, I'm still enjoying Valley. Of course, I long for more Keen Eddie - because that was a brilliant show for so many reason!
I clearly need to start watching The Big Bang Theory!!!
Oh, yes! I can't think of any other show on tv now (or ever) that has me laughing that much during one half hour. And the humor is really smart - it's not prat-falls or based on contrived misunderstandings which could be cleared up in two seconds if they were real people. I'm really shocked this show has not been canceled - usually, clever, intelligent shows like this rarely make it past half a season. But it looks like it's going strong, so yay!
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Valley is fun and cute, and I would give A LOT for more Keen Eddie *sigh* There's a lj comm but it is deader than dead, and I honestly don't understand why. Such a brilliant show! Such chemistry between the characters! It makes me sad.
I am totally going to hunt down The Big Bang Theory now.
I've decided Supernatural is just too much hard work. I skipped season 3 because people were like 'stay away! stay away!' and I've seen about half of s4 and now you say s5 is stale???? I give up.
Pshaw. Who wants a scientist when you're stuck on a desert island? Especially when you have a magic source of clean drinking water! You want people who can cut down trees! and fish with spears! and skin things! and make you laugh when time drags!
Did you ever find out HOW you can distill the water when you only have an elastic band and some chewing gum?
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Seriously? I only watched the first season, and while I enjoyed it, it was also so unselfconsciously racist and misogynist I cringed all the way through it. Maybe I should try and hunt down a later season.
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I would like to choose something which raised consciousness on things that matter, or led to people becoming more compassionate. I would suggest MASH - because while it was genuinely funny, it was also dramatic and issue-based. Even though it was fairly sexist (possibly because of when it was made/set), it did feature a very strong female character, and I liked that during a time where all comedies had laugh tracks, this show had a 'no laugh track' rule during scenes set in the operating room.
To which I commented -
I got given the first season of MASH, thinking I'd collect the whole lot, and I found it unwatchable. I know, I KNOW, it was the time, but the scene where it was HILARIOUS to tell that bloke was Margaret was waiting for him in her tent for sexy timez, and then stand around laughing while she screamed in terror because she'd woken up being assaulted. Yeah. No. I'll stick to ( ... )
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