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Lazy_Osprey t1_jaa9qpc wrote
Reply to ‘I Still Don’t Know What It Was’ An oral history of Kings, the ambitious, expensive, proudly weird drama on which NBC bet its prestige future and lost. by KalamsLongknife
I liked it but I do remember thinking that the marketing didn’t really match the show.
CunningWizard t1_jaa9pgq wrote
Reply to comment by the_original_Retro in What four sitcoms would you put on your Mount Rushmore? by Cmyers1980
Agreed. While most shows I’ve seen listed in this thread I absolutely love, I think the #1 answer has gotta be MASH. Set the standard for decades.
Seinfeld and the Simpsons are right next to it in terms of genre altering/defining, but MASH takes the top spot.
Irishwake4653 t1_jaa9nix wrote
Reply to Best Song in Finale End Scene by [deleted]
Book of Love. First finale of Scrubs.
J68- t1_jaa9l66 wrote
Reply to comment by Jessetagit in Finally giving LOST a watch in 2023. by shadowdra126
Not a chance. Spending a week coming up with theories was half the fun of the show. The only benefit to watching it now is not having to wait months between seasons.
ratiganthegreat t1_jaa9kbb wrote
Reply to comment by JustThrowMeAway0311 in Stephen Fry to Host ‘Jeopardy!’ for ITV in U.K. by TheCrazedGeek
“Oh no”
360fov t1_jaa9em4 wrote
Reply to comment by freedraw in Finally giving LOST a watch in 2023. by shadowdra126
"Where did the polar bear come from??" ... that question came up so much in Uni and with friends. There's an insanely detailed video about Lost on youtube, like 3 hours long (plus some skits that the dude acts out)...it shines a light on just how huge Lost was, with one of the first ever podcasts, magazine covers, features on every late night talk show under the sun etc... and the Internet was really becoming a thing, so it was during the wild west of message boards / forums etc.. Great nostalgia.
captainhaddock t1_jaa9alb wrote
Reply to comment by Shoddy-Bonus7096 in What four sitcoms would you put on your Mount Rushmore? by Cmyers1980
Nothing else I've seen does such a good job capturing the classism of British society and turning it into comedy!
Ah_Salmon_Skin_Roll t1_jaa972t wrote
Has there ever been a UK version? I’m shocked it’s taken this long if not.
Maninhartsford t1_jaa8usi wrote
Arrow's gotta be in the running. A whole team of vigilantes with enemies constantly trying to kill them who will not answer the phone if they're mad at someone. Whoever that someone is is usually getting kidnapped at that very moment.
Sks44 t1_jaa8sjz wrote
We now have the polar opposite of all the posts where some person watched a highly regarded show and then posts “I finally watched X and it sucked!”
mavajo OP t1_jaa8sgt wrote
Reply to comment by WaldenFont in Which show was the worst offender of "No one ever talks to each other" trope? by mavajo
Omg is this real or did you make it up lol
360fov t1_jaa8s40 wrote
Reply to Finally giving LOST a watch in 2023. by shadowdra126
I watched it again after watching it when it was brand new. I'm amazed at how much I completely forgot..entire seasons it would seem. REALLY enjoyed it; one of the best binges you can undertake, with all the WTF moments etc..
Sks44 t1_jaa8lrz wrote
I think people who vote on these things associate it with Breaking Bad and Breaking Bad won a shitload of awards. So they mentally figure “eh, it’s someone else’s turn”.
lanfordr t1_jaa8lka wrote
Reply to 'Citadel': Amazon’s Big Bet for a Global TV Franchise - Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas star in Amazon’s ambitious action spy series that will premiere on Amazon on April 28, with planned spin-offs around the world. by Neo2199
Check out the QR code in the last picture for a Teaser.
cheek_splitter t1_jaa8l91 wrote
Reply to comment by Acidraindancer in What four sitcoms would you put on your Mount Rushmore? by Cmyers1980
its always sunny in Philadelphia
GregSays t1_jaa8eyo wrote
Reply to comment by ErtGentskee in ‘Perry Mason’ Finds Its Mojo in Season 2 by Getting Down and Dirty by jez124
It took until about halfway through for it to find it’s footing but I think it got pretty good. I have high hopes for season 2 now that they know what they’re doing.
no_name_left_to_give t1_jaa851r wrote
Reply to comment by OShaunesssy in ‘I Still Don’t Know What It Was’ An oral history of Kings, the ambitious, expensive, proudly weird drama on which NBC bet its prestige future and lost. by KalamsLongknife
Pushing Daisies would've still been canceled after 2 seasons if it was on Netflix though.
eidbio OP t1_jaa81ji wrote
Reply to comment by Mentoman72 in What flawed show you just can't leave because it's really that good in certain parts despite its wrongs? by eidbio
I think S4 will be more grounded. The creators said it'll explore the Soviet Union. S3 had many dumb plots, but I still think it set interesting directions for the story.
Mentoman72 t1_jaa7ow3 wrote
Reply to What flawed show you just can't leave because it's really that good in certain parts despite its wrongs? by eidbio
Yeah that longer I've sat in season 3 of FAM the less I've liked it in my mind. I'll be there for season 4 but honestly it needs to be really good if I'm going to keep watching. I don't think it's unsalvagable at all for the record and the last few of episodes of season 2 are pretty fucking incredible.
KarenIsAmused t1_jaa7o6g wrote
Reply to comment by Lady_Disco_Sparkles in Best Song in Finale End Scene by [deleted]
That montage 😭😭😭😭😭 me. I’ll never do a rewatch, only to avoid that.
SurrealRaypissed t1_jaa7nkx wrote
Reply to The trope of dropping a mostly non-plot related flashback or side story episode right after a major plot point. Good or Bad? (General spoilers) by logicalnoise
its weak as hell and I consider it filler - in general and specifically last nites episode
(especially with the fake tension of will they or wont they kiss when it was obvious from the beginning)
no_name_left_to_give t1_jaa7lny wrote
Reply to ‘I Still Don’t Know What It Was’ An oral history of Kings, the ambitious, expensive, proudly weird drama on which NBC bet its prestige future and lost. by KalamsLongknife
It never actually had a chance. It needed something like 2.5 rating in the 18-49 demo for it to be successful and there was no way in hell it was going to get right out of the gate (and on Sunday nights going up against Fox animated shows).
By '09 there was simply no way for a broadcast network to launch that sort of big budgeted drama and give it enough time, support and exposure for it grow like AMC, FX or HBO could do for their prestige dramas, and I honestly don't think there ever was time NBC or any other broadcast network could've done it. It took until the final half season of Breaking Bad for it to be a legit hit, Game Of Thrones also took a few seasons to turn into a blockbuster, same with Sons of Anarchy and Mad Men was never a hit in the first place.
Archamasse t1_jaa7kh8 wrote
Damn, Three's Company coming out of the corner swinging so far.
thalo616 t1_jaa7iig wrote
Reply to comment by crudedrawer in Party Down - Season 3 Premiere Discussion by Prax150
You ever think about them having sex?
_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_jaa9v90 wrote
Reply to comment by Ah_Salmon_Skin_Roll in Stephen Fry to Host ‘Jeopardy!’ for ITV in U.K. by TheCrazedGeek
Nope.
The whole “write the answer as a question” thing seems entirely pointless and non-sensible. The host isn’t giving the answers to questions, they’re giving clues to answers. Nobody starts an answer to “Who is X?” with “This actor…”