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The TV Thread (GoT spoilers)

Tony Montana

Burnwinter wrote:
Couldn't it justly be argued that AMC inhabit a niche that HBO created with even better shows, even if their current lineup isn't so earth-shattering?

Also, after so much of it I'm starting to question the value of "character-driven" drama. It's basically a recipe for plotting circle-jerks, which are entertaining but are empty calories without strong intellectual and thematic content.

The Wire's socially themed seasons were significantly richer in that regard. By contrast, although season three of Breaking Bad was enjoyable it has practically disengaged itself from reality. Its depiction of border politics is a disappointing caricature hardly better than that in Weeds, for example.

Mad Men was preferable in that its project to recreate a specific milieu was quite meticulously executed.

What are circle-jerks?

What are empty calories?

Burnwinter

The former are instances of a scalable methodology for all-male mutual masturbation.

The latter's food with high energy content but little other nutritional value.

Needless to say both metaphors were used pejoratively.

Claudius

scalable methodology. lol. where do you come up with this stuff? 😆

Burnwinter

Can't escape that shit at work mate 😃

Timbob

Game Of Thrones is excellent. I think Klaus has been eating bad meatballs.

lorddulaarsenal

Man v Food is the best thing on telly at the mo.

Tony Montana

Burnwinter wrote:
The former are instances of a scalable methodology for all-male mutual masturbation.

The latter's food with high energy content but little other nutritional value.

Needless to say both metaphors were used pejoratively.

I don't understand you half the time....honestly.

goon

GoT is brilliant, yesterdays episode was great. It's basically a better, less soapy version of Rome.

Glad to see it's gaining viewers.

Tony Montana

Anyone watch Friday Night Lights?

Just seen the pilot.

Interesting show about middle america set in high school football environment. I wonder whether it's an accurate depiction.

USArsenal

Machete wrote:
Man v Food is the best thing on telly at the mo.

this is one of our "filler shows".. when we dont quite want to watch an hour program right before heading off to bed, we throw on an episode of MVF... i love that guy and some of the food on that show is just ridiculous

lorddulaarsenal

USArsenal wrote:
Machete wrote:
Man v Food is the best thing on telly at the mo.

this is one of our "filler shows".. when we dont quite want to watch an hour program right before heading off to bed, we throw on an episode of MVF... i love that guy and some of the food on that show is just ridiculous

adam's awesome, such a fun attitude

would have thought you could grab snacks like that somewhere in most towns in america no?

he eat 15 dozen oysters in 40 mins the other day lol

lorddulaarsenal

RonBurgundy

Burnwinter wrote:
Couldn't it justly be argued that AMC inhabit a niche that HBO created with even better shows, even if their current lineup isn't so earth-shattering?

Also, after so much of it I'm starting to question the value of "character-driven" drama. It's basically a recipe for plotting circle-jerks, which are entertaining but are empty calories without strong intellectual and thematic content.

The Wire's socially themed seasons were significantly richer in that regard. By contrast, although season three of Breaking Bad was enjoyable it has practically disengaged itself from reality. Its depiction of border politics is a disappointing caricature hardly better than that in Weeds, for example.

Mad Men was preferable in that its project to recreate a specific milieu was quite meticulously executed.

Some of your posts remind me of that episode of Friends where Joey discovers his computer's thesaurus and uses it on every word of a letter he's typing. 😆

I mean that in a good way, of course.

Edit: found it!

Burnwinter

Tony Montana wrote:
I don't understand you half the time....honestly.

That's why I've got "great communication skills" down on my CV mate 😉 Nah, I'm sorry I just get carried away from time to time.

Ron: heh.

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Hehe. Burn reminds me of these dudes from Nigeria.

The first is a member of the House of Reps, whilst the other is a preacher in one of the major churches.

Claudius

Btw Burns, you should stick that scalable methodology definition in an online urban dictionary when you get a chance.

Burnwinter

Meanwhile, back on topic, I'm re-watching Twin Peaks slowly at the moment.

Thoughts ...

Cooper is a unique and brilliant creation
The romantic sub-plots are dreary, particularly anything involving James
The comedic sub-plots are hit and miss, but Lucy/Andy/Dick is pretty damn funny
The Windom Earle arc really doesn't work that well relative to the Laura Palmer arc
Like most Lynch creations, the series has a superb soundtrack

Anyway if you haven't seen it and you like TV and weirdness I think it's practically mandatory.

Burnwinter

Oh yeah and Twin Peaks wouldn't have been axed after two seasons in 2011. Would've gotten three 13 ep seasons is my guess, but some of the subplots would've been removed.

Qwiss

Tony Montana wrote:
Anyone watch Friday Night Lights?

Just seen the pilot.

Interesting show about middle america set in high school football environment. I wonder whether it's an accurate depiction.

Its brilliant. One of the best things on TV in the last decade.

Qwiss

Klaus wrote:
Maybe not. Probably should have read the books instead, but I don't really feel like it now.

The Killing, on the other hand, is an excellent show. The last episode was probably the best one yet. The characters are amazingly well-crafted. HBO could learn a thing or two from AMC.

Feel the other way round on The Killing and GOT. The Killing started very well but its just been a bit dull the last few episodes and the political side of the story is just silly at times. GOT on the other hand was slow to start as it set the scene and introduced the characters but from around ep 5 onwards its been brilliant, pushing the story forward at a rapid pace in pretty much every episode.

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