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Oh, I don't mind that angle I guess then. Makes sense. Thanks!
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I was loving the first 3 episodes, then started to find it tiresome. Getting annoyed with all the characters and they all seem played out, except Matt. Zach Woods is awesome. Plays the same character, but you can slot him into anything and it works. I'm 7 episodes in, and I will finish it, but I find I don't care about it, feels like I'm watching to finish a task. But VFX cracked me the fuck up. The delivery was just so perfect.
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Watched a few episodes and am in love.
The tone that the show hits is really hard to pull off.
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I've never seen anything like it, and am so glad that my boys will watch it with us. It probably helps that Joe reminds my house of my wife's recently deceased uncle, who was just as sweet and doddering.
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The religious Right Christians will get offended over ANYTHING. I bet if he reads the comments slagging him, he'd respond by saying the producers either intentionally removed G-d from the pledge to attack Christians, or think they should have edited history to include G-d to right a historical wrong.
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Well, you can kind of tell by context that the tweet he replied to was some mook bitching that he is a godless scum because he "removed" "Under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance in the screenplay of the show he wrote.
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Right. Just a moron dipshit Republiturd who feels compelled to call Simon a godless liberal for showing kids reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in a show set in 1940 when it wasn’t added to the Pledge until the mid-50s
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I was wondering if anyone else was watching that show (Plot Against America). I watched the 1st episode yesterday, and liked it (I read the book quite a few years ago), but was a little thrown by Zoe Kazan playing the mom. She didn't look that much older then the oldest son!
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I was so excited to read the book when it came out. First half was great, but then it seemed like Roth lost interest or was rushing to finish. I'd like to watch the show eventually, but thinking about living under Nazis isn't all that appealing at the moment.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed Apr 01, 2020 3:53 pm I was wondering if anyone else was watching that show (Plot Against America). I watched the 1st episode yesterday, and liked it (I read the book quite a few years ago), but was a little thrown by Zoe Kazan playing the mom. She didn't look that much older then the oldest son!
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I've been watching and listening to the accompanying podcast. I've enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Other than Winona Ryder and John Turturro I had never heard of any of the other actors. Simon makes no bones about this being an allegory to today's world.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed Apr 01, 2020 3:53 pm I was wondering if anyone else was watching that show (Plot Against America). I watched the 1st episode yesterday, and liked it (I read the book quite a few years ago), but was a little thrown by Zoe Kazan playing the mom. She didn't look that much older then the oldest son!
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Zoe Kazan played the Emily Gordon role in 'The Big Sick' (which is a great movie, if you haven't seen it).GoodKarma wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:35 amI've been watching and listening to the accompanying podcast. I've enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Other than Winona Ryder and John Turturro I had never heard of any of the other actors. Simon makes no bones about this being an allegory to today's world.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed Apr 01, 2020 3:53 pm I was wondering if anyone else was watching that show (Plot Against America). I watched the 1st episode yesterday, and liked it (I read the book quite a few years ago), but was a little thrown by Zoe Kazan playing the mom. She didn't look that much older then the oldest son!
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That is brilliant. I miss that show so much.brian wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 5:58 pm This 30 Rock coronavirus episode is genius. Tina Fey still rocks.
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That is brilliant. I miss that show more than sybian does.brian wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 5:58 pm This 30 Rock coronavirus episode is genius. Tina Fey still rocks.
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Following up on this...Kazan is 36, so I guess she could have kids those ages, but she looks so young it seems jarring.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:47 amZoe Kazan played the Emily Gordon role in 'The Big Sick' (which is a great movie, if you haven't seen it).GoodKarma wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:35 amI've been watching and listening to the accompanying podcast. I've enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Other than Winona Ryder and John Turturro I had never heard of any of the other actors. Simon makes no bones about this being an allegory to today's world.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed Apr 01, 2020 3:53 pm I was wondering if anyone else was watching that show (Plot Against America). I watched the 1st episode yesterday, and liked it (I read the book quite a few years ago), but was a little thrown by Zoe Kazan playing the mom. She didn't look that much older then the oldest son!
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There's a whole bunch of thesesancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 6:34 pmThat is brilliant. I miss that show more than sybian does.brian wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 5:58 pm This 30 Rock coronavirus episode is genius. Tina Fey still rocks.
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snowpiecer the movie...GREAT
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snowpiecer the graphic novel..1st book great, 2nd book okay, 3rd book meh
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It's embarrassing, but I never really watched "Parks and Recreation." Please don't judge. Watched a whole whack of Season 2 over the last few days. Fantastic show.
I love "Joe Pera Talks To You" so much - praying there's a season 3.
And watched the first couple of episodes of "Home Before Dark" on Apple TV. Really liked it.
I love "Joe Pera Talks To You" so much - praying there's a season 3.
And watched the first couple of episodes of "Home Before Dark" on Apple TV. Really liked it.
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Parks and Rex is a great rewatch able show too.
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"Dave" on FX is pretty funny, but it's more than just a comedy.
The final season of "Brockmire" is... making me happy it's the final season.
The final season of "Brockmire" is... making me happy it's the final season.
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Yeah Dave is outstanding I think, and much more so when it’s more serious than not.
Bob and Sharon Mill still cracks me up though.
Bob and Sharon Mill still cracks me up though.
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The episode that revolved around GaTa and his past was phenomenal.
The end of the episode (*last three minutes or so) with Bob and Sharon Mill was also top-notch.
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Gonna disagree and say I definitely want to buy some Cleveland Colonizers merch.DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 8:26 am "Dave" on FX is pretty funny, but it's more than just a comedy.
The final season of "Brockmire" is... making me happy it's the final season.
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4 episodes in, and really liking it. His videos were awesome, and seeing him show himself in the worst light possible is pretty funny. He goes hard. Plus the girl who plays his GF is so hot.
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brian wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 12:47 amGonna disagree and say I definitely want to buy some Cleveland Colonizers merch.DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 8:26 am "Dave" on FX is pretty funny, but it's more than just a comedy.
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Just like the American version of The Office, this show took about half of the first season to really figure out its "voice" or tone. But when it figured things out?Pruitt wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 10:04 pm It's embarrassing, but I never really watched "Parks and Recreation." Please don't judge. Watched a whole whack of Season 2 over the last few days. Fantastic show.
I love "Joe Pera Talks To You" so much - praying there's a season 3.
And watched the first couple of episodes of "Home Before Dark" on Apple TV. Really liked it.
One of my top 5 sitcoms, easily. Watched the entire run last year, might do it again.
Only other show I've done that with is The Office. Started in on Friends and got sick of it. Might try to find the old, but not oldest Newhart show.
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IIRC, the 1st season of P&R was also the year of the writer's strike, hence the short run. It definitely got infinitely better in seasons 2 and beyond.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 10:11 amJust like the American version of The Office, this show took about half of the first season to really figure out its "voice" or tone. But when it figured things out?Pruitt wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 10:04 pm It's embarrassing, but I never really watched "Parks and Recreation." Please don't judge. Watched a whole whack of Season 2 over the last few days. Fantastic show.
I love "Joe Pera Talks To You" so much - praying there's a season 3.
And watched the first couple of episodes of "Home Before Dark" on Apple TV. Really liked it.
One of my top 5 sitcoms, easily. Watched the entire run last year, might do it again.
Only other show I've done that with is The Office. Started in on Friends and got sick of it. Might try to find the old, but not oldest Newhart show.
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Parks & Rec took off when Mark Brendanawicz ceased to be a character.
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Yup
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I was exited for P&R when it came out, watched 2 or 3 episodes and found it too painful to watch. Maybe halfway through Season 2, you people got me to give it another shot, and it's gold. I should rewatch from the beginning.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 10:20 am
IIRC, the 1st season of P&R was also the year of the writer's strike, hence the short run. It definitely got infinitely better in seasons 2 and beyond.
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It's not a perfect comparison, because 30 Rock was more fully formed from the start than P&R, but they did the same after getting rid of the Jimmy Fallon character.
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My wife and I have been enjoying Berlin Station. It's available on Epix on-demand, not sure if it's available anywhere else. (We didn't have Epix on our system when the show came out in 2016, but it's on there now.)
It's a Euro-spy-suspense series, like Homeland or MI-5. We eat that shit up.
It's a Euro-spy-suspense series, like Homeland or MI-5. We eat that shit up.
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I stuck around through the first season because I had faith in Amy Poehler, and I felt like I was rewarded in the second season with the hunting episode. Echo about the addition by subtraction of the Mark character. An utter wet blanket.The Sybian wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 10:28 amI was exited for P&R when it came out, watched 2 or 3 episodes and found it too painful to watch. Maybe halfway through Season 2, you people got me to give it another shot, and it's gold. I should rewatch from the beginning.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 10:20 am
IIRC, the 1st season of P&R was also the year of the writer's strike, hence the short run. It definitely got infinitely better in seasons 2 and beyond.
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Nah. You didn't miss much.The Sybian wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 10:28 amI was exited for P&R when it came out, watched 2 or 3 episodes and found it too painful to watch. Maybe halfway through Season 2, you people got me to give it another shot, and it's gold. I should rewatch from the beginning.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 10:20 am
IIRC, the 1st season of P&R was also the year of the writer's strike, hence the short run. It definitely got infinitely better in seasons 2 and beyond.
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I wish there was a cut that just took Mark Brendanwicz out but left everything else in.
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On our latest rewatch, I decided Mark wasn't that bad. I'm probably wrong since he was, you know, axed from the show. But I think the greatness of Ben Wyatt does him a little bit of a disservice by comparison.
Oh, it's my favorite show ever by the way.
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I agree with both sides of this. He wasn't as bad as I remembered, but the show definitely benefited from his departure in a significant way.
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