Television (no longer temporary)
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Very solidbrian wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 7:42 pmI really liked Zero Zero Zero and all the score/music was done by Mogwai if that’s your thing. (It is mine).DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:26 pm We finished 'The Undoing' last night. Enjoyed it quite a bit.
The amount of plastic surgery Nicole Kidman has had is disturbing. She has no lines on her face! She's 53!
This morning I finished "Zero Zero Zero" (on Amazon Prime) which follows a shipment of drugs from Mexico to Italy. It was worth checking out.
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Ken Jennings was very good
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An honest to God cult of personality - formed around a failed steak salesman.
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i honestly thought he did a hell of a job, really after the initial monologue and aside from the player intros in a way it was no different. No disrespect to Alex whatsoever - rather I think KJ once mentioned he had studied Alex's cadence and I think a lot of that came out yesterday.
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And Alex said in his autobiography that he thinks there are a number of people who can do the job as well as he did it.MaxWebster wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 10:21 am i honestly thought he did a hell of a job, really after the initial monologue and aside from the player intros in a way it was no different. No disrespect to Alex whatsoever - rather I think KJ once mentioned he had studied Alex's cadence and I think a lot of that came out yesterday.
At the end of the day, it's a game show, and truth be told, Alex Trebek was a pretty bland guy.
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I think that's a large part of what made him good, especially for that show. Most TV "personalities" these days are fucking obnoxious.
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as opposed to game show hosts from the late 70s and 80s? Not just these days.Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 11:39 amI think that's a large part of what made him good, especially for that show. Most TV "personalities" these days are fucking obnoxious.
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And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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The last time she screamed that loud, she sat on a BLANK!
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Wasn’t that exactly what made trebek great? He could go a month without attention because he knew zero attention was better than negative or divisive attention. Some showman type taking over jeopardy would ruin everything.
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I could be wrong, but I don't think Jeopardy will ever have a host like that. Frankly, the format of the show doesn't really allow for it anyway. The show isn't about the host, it's about the game. Trebek understood that and presumably the producers of the show understood that's why Trebek was the perfect host for the show and aren't going to be looking to re-invent the wheel.
This could be construed as an insult, though it absolutely isn't -- but no one watched Jeopardy just to see Alex Trebek.
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Exactly what Trebek knew and believed.brian wrote: ↑Wed Jan 13, 2021 8:58 amI could be wrong, but I don't think Jeopardy will ever have a host like that. Frankly, the format of the show doesn't really allow for it anyway. The show isn't about the host, it's about the game. Trebek understood that and presumably the producers of the show understood that's why Trebek was the perfect host for the show and aren't going to be looking to re-invent the wheel.
This could be construed as an insult, though it absolutely isn't -- but no one watched Jeopardy just to see Alex Trebek.
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I need to echo everyone before that to host something like Jeopardy, it requires more a deft hand than an outsized personality. It’s a serious show, and it needed a serious host to push the players.
His last show and all this week’s is sitting in my DVR. I haven’t been able to watch it yet because I know it’ll get really dusty.
His last show and all this week’s is sitting in my DVR. I haven’t been able to watch it yet because I know it’ll get really dusty.
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Where there other game shows where the game carried the show over the personality?
Wheel?
Price is right?
Wheel?
Price is right?
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HERE IS THE HOST OF JEOPARDYYYY, LESLIE JONES!
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You shut the fuck up. This is hate speech.
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She was (a contestant) on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and I made it about 40 seconds. Tony Hawk looked like he got hit by a truck.
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Pitino: Wow, what stamina!
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I gritted through that. She was unbearable but props because she was really fucking good at WoF.
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I will join a march on the Culver City studios if this is even hinted at.
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And then a couple blocks more for lunch at Versailles.
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Wandavision is strange and funny and I have a feeling it's building to something even stranger.
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That’s all I can figure. It’s weird as fuck.
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Thirded. I can’t tell if I’d be sticking with it if there was no big picture MCU payoff coming but I’m glad I have to.
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I love how weird it is and how much effort they’ve put into the sitcom premise(s). And given how important this show is to them as the first MCU streaming show I have very little doubt that they’re gonna nail the payoff.
The bubble gum in the gears animation made me laugh each time.
Anyone hear of that Ted Lasso show on Apple+? Gosh that’s a nice show! (finally got my wife to stay up to watch and we watched the first three episodes in a row)
The bubble gum in the gears animation made me laugh each time.
Anyone hear of that Ted Lasso show on Apple+? Gosh that’s a nice show! (finally got my wife to stay up to watch and we watched the first three episodes in a row)
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The smile on the gum's face just made it that much better.rass wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:28 pm I love how weird it is and how much effort they’ve put into the sitcom premise(s). And given how important this show is to them as the first MCU streaming show I have very little doubt that they’re gonna nail the payoff.
The bubble gum in the gears animation made me laugh each time.
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Finished The Good Lord Bird last night. Excellent start to finish. Ethan Hawke gives one of the best performances in a long, long time. If you get a 7-day free trial of Showtime and just watch this and the Muti-part Doc on the Comedy Store, I think you would find it time well spent. There's also the crazy "This is America" Sacha Baron Cohen mini-series doc as well.
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I don't understand what is going on with Wandavision, but I am hooked.
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Sepinwall's reviews have been helpful to me on this front:
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I guess this was sorta helpful too - I just read it.
https://www.ign.com/articles/wandavisio ... bol-marvel
https://www.ign.com/articles/wandavisio ... bol-marvel
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And this makes sense from the larger drift of what the post-avengers marvel universe Disney stuff may be heading:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/wanda ... uxbndlbing
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/wanda ... uxbndlbing
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My daughter is giving me info on an "as needed" basis. It's kind of fun to be in the dark bout so much of what is going on.
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Started Cobra Kai and while there are an unfortunate number of blow job and dick jokes for a show that my wife insisted on watching with the girls Johnny is such a great fucking character that I’m willing to deal with it.
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It alternates between sweet and dumb but it’s worth watching. It’s aggravatingly dumb at times though.
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You should keep watching Ted Lasso.rass wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:28 pm I love how weird it is and how much effort they’ve put into the sitcom premise(s). And given how important this show is to them as the first MCU streaming show I have very little doubt that they’re gonna nail the payoff.
The bubble gum in the gears animation made me laugh each time.
Anyone hear of that Ted Lasso show on Apple+? Gosh that’s a nice show! (finally got my wife to stay up to watch and we watched the first three episodes in a row)
I just binged the first three episodes of WandaVision. The Sun Always Shines on TV to the angst of Take on Me.
I like it.
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Everyone here are Ted lasso fans. Because we are humans. That show rules.
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Yeah, was making light of the near universal love here and elsewhere for Lasso. It’s great.
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