Yeah, gave up on The Strain after one episode.dimejinky99 wrote:It's way away from the stuff i usually watch, and it's more enjoyable than the strain, by a huge amount..
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so are the Teletubbies so...dimejinky99 wrote: it's more enjoyable than the strain, by a huge amount..
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Man, i spent manys the morning goofing off on this that and the other with friends watching teletubbies...with the right drugs inside you, they make perfect sense 
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In fact, I remember EXTREMELY clearly the first time I saw that show. It was after a late play rehearsal at university. It must've been about 10pm or so. My friend and I were getting a lift with another cast member, and a more senior cast member hopped in as well. He was riotously funny, but also awkward and a little weird and quiet.
On the way to drop him off, he said "do you want me to show you the scariest road in *insert town name here*?" Our driver starts freaking out, 'cuz she was a nervous driver and South African streets are often not very safe at night. But eventually, he convinces us, and we go down increasingly rough road to this twisting patch of dirt, the verges of which are overflowing with rusty old appliances and random shit, lit only by our headlights.
We may have been a little high, because we were getting absolutely weirded out for some reason, and awkward cast member was making things work by speaking in a strangely affected and distracted tone of voice. When we pulled up to his house, he said "do one of you want to come inside and see something cool?" and we all started making excuses and telling him that he was freaking us out, but he kept on saying "C'mon, just pick somebody and come inside. It'll be great." We argued for literally about 20 minutes.
Eventually, we all decided to go in with him, for backup. He led us through his house into his bedroom, turned on his computer, selected a file, turned to look at us as he double-clicked it and opened an episode of Boobah.
As soon as it was over, he said "see you tomorrow, close the door on your way out" and we left.
On the way to drop him off, he said "do you want me to show you the scariest road in *insert town name here*?" Our driver starts freaking out, 'cuz she was a nervous driver and South African streets are often not very safe at night. But eventually, he convinces us, and we go down increasingly rough road to this twisting patch of dirt, the verges of which are overflowing with rusty old appliances and random shit, lit only by our headlights.
We may have been a little high, because we were getting absolutely weirded out for some reason, and awkward cast member was making things work by speaking in a strangely affected and distracted tone of voice. When we pulled up to his house, he said "do one of you want to come inside and see something cool?" and we all started making excuses and telling him that he was freaking us out, but he kept on saying "C'mon, just pick somebody and come inside. It'll be great." We argued for literally about 20 minutes.
Eventually, we all decided to go in with him, for backup. He led us through his house into his bedroom, turned on his computer, selected a file, turned to look at us as he double-clicked it and opened an episode of Boobah.
As soon as it was over, he said "see you tomorrow, close the door on your way out" and we left.
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You've been on the Boohbah zone, right?
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Oh. My. God.theplatypus wrote:You've been on the Boohbah zone, right?
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I rewatched the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Measure of a Man" yesterday. Goddamn that is one incredible, profound piece of writing and acting. Gotta be one of the greatest episodes of any TV show ever.
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i'm all about some boohbah, bros
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some show called Deadwood. pretty good so far.
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This is high praise... may have to look this one up.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I rewatched the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Measure of a Man" yesterday. Goddamn that is one incredible, profound piece of writing and acting. Gotta be one of the greatest episodes of any TV show ever.
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If you have Netflix, the whole series is streaming. It's episode 9 (I think) of season 2. It's really a remarkable piece of work.broken iris wrote:This is high praise... may have to look this one up.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I rewatched the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Measure of a Man" yesterday. Goddamn that is one incredible, profound piece of writing and acting. Gotta be one of the greatest episodes of any TV show ever.
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how many semi-sentient mutant lizards appeared in that episode?LoathedVermin72 wrote:If you have Netflix, the whole series is streaming. It's episode 9 (I think) of season 2. It's really a remarkable piece of work.broken iris wrote:This is high praise... may have to look this one up.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I rewatched the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Measure of a Man" yesterday. Goddamn that is one incredible, profound piece of writing and acting. Gotta be one of the greatest episodes of any TV show ever.
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Moone Boy is a hugely popular tv show here and in the UK, about a boy in a small town in Ireland, and his imaginary friend(played brilliantly by Chris O Dowd). It's like an inverse Calvin and Hobbes...but, now it's getting an American makeover it seems...I love the show but how successful this will be? be interested to see..
http://www.joe.ie/entertainment/moone-b ... ake/472093
http://www.joe.ie/entertainment/moone-b ... ake/472093
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dimejinky99 wrote:Moone Boy is a hugely popular tv show here and in the UK, about a boy in a small town in Ireland, and his imaginary friend(played brilliantly by Chris O Dowd). It's like an inverse Calvin and Hobbes...but, now it's getting an American makeover it seems...I love the show but how successful this will be? be interested to see..
http://www.joe.ie/entertainment/moone-b ... ake/472093
Ps, if you haven't seen this show, look it up. It's wonderful.
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Yeah, so seasons five and six of The Sopranos really blow the first (already great) seasons out of the water. I credit Matthew Weiner.
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The Argonaut wrote:Yeah, so seasons five and six of The Sopranos really blow the first (already great) seasons out of the water. I credit Matthew Weiner.
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I think I agree with you.The Argonaut wrote:Yeah, so seasons five and six of The Sopranos really blow the first (already great) seasons out of the water.
Skitch likes to bash them, but the Kevin Finnerty episodes are some of my favorites.
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I'm with you. It's the sort of thing the show did in these last couple seasons that allowed it to get away with such a ballsy ending. If that came at the end of season four, it might have felt gimmicky and wouldn't have worked.theplatypus wrote:I think I agree with you.The Argonaut wrote:Yeah, so seasons five and six of The Sopranos really blow the first (already great) seasons out of the water.
Skitch likes to bash them, but the Kevin Finnerty episodes are some of my favorites.
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The Argonaut wrote:I'm with you. It's the sort of thing the show did in these last couple seasons that allowed it to get away with such a ballsy ending. If that came at the end of season four, it might have felt gimmicky and wouldn't have worked.theplatypus wrote:I think I agree with you.The Argonaut wrote:Yeah, so seasons five and six of The Sopranos really blow the first (already great) seasons out of the water.
Skitch likes to bash them, but the Kevin Finnerty episodes are some of my favorites.
I love the ending.
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