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reepbot said:
Been watching a bit of MASH recently. Love that show. Perfect mix of humor and drama. While they all enjoyed some laughs the characters never forgot the hell-hole they were stuck in. Doctors, nurses, and soldiers working side by side trying their best to help keep soldiers from all sides of the conflict alive and in good health.
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The Captain Tuttle episode was always my favourite.
 
smurfette said:
It's quite creepy. Children are asked to play games by an imaginary friend called Drill - he will give them something that they want if they do what he asks them to.But Drill isn't really imaginary, or human, he is an entity with an agenda.
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Sounds interesting, what's it on?
 
The Strain is about a vampire virus.

The year for me most of my shows were superheroes or reality.

The superhero shows varied. Daredevil was a great binge - probably the best superhero thing this year, since Avengers II disappointed and Any Man was meh. Arrow continued its style of being excellent on its best nights, but not always at its best, instead sometimes being a bit dour or self-serious. The Flash, however, was consistently fun, if not reaching the peaks of the Green Arrow. Iris needs to be recast, though, as she has zero charisma or chemistry with anyone. Gotham sometimes satisfied, but they are following the schema set up by JJ Abrams Star Trek, of just rewriting or ignoring 'canon' instead of coming up with clever new ways to explain it. Prequel writers are having a bad time of it. Better Call Saul was okay, though, although it doesn't"t feel like it has peaked yet.

I quite enjoyed some surreal comedies, too. Louie and Man Seeking Woman had their highlights. Rick and Morty was good when high.

Survivor had a pretty average season, but this next one should be great. I often read of people saying they don't like returning player's seaons, but I don't understand that. OK, All Stars was pretty dark, but Micronesia and Heroes Vs Villains are surely both in the conversation for best season ever. Cagayan was good after the merge, and Blood vs Water had good strategy and characters. Any others? Redemption Island was weak, mostly because Rob was just playing too well, and South Pacific was pretty blah, but even so, Coach started a cult and Ozzie fulfilled the promise of what a challenge beast can do with the Redemption Island Twist (a Twist which, surprisingly, actually seemed to work on BvsW.)

International Big Brother was all a bit interfer-y lately.

Anyway, that was my year on TV.
 
Winterbourne said:
The Strain is about a vampire virus.

The year for me most of my shows were superheroes or reality.

The superhero shows varied. Daredevil was a great binge - probably the best superhero thing this year, since Avengers II disappointed and Any Man was meh. Arrow continued its style of being excellent on its best nights, but not always at its best, instead sometimes being a bit dour or self-serious. The Flash, however, was consistently fun, if not reaching the peaks of the Green Arrow. Iris needs to be recast, though, as she has zero charisma or chemistry with anyone. Gotham sometimes satisfied, but they are following the schema set up by JJ Abrams Star Trek, of just rewriting or ignoring 'canon' instead of coming up with clever new ways to explain it. Prequel writers are having a bad time of it. Better Call Saul was okay, though, although it doesn't"t feel like it has peaked yet.

I quite enjoyed some surreal comedies, too. Louie and Man Seeking Woman had their highlights. Rick and Morty was good when high.

Survivor had a pretty average season, but this next one should be great. I often read of people saying they don't like returning player's seaons, but I don't understand that. OK, All Stars was pretty dark, but Micronesia and Heroes Vs Villains are surely both in the conversation for best season ever. Cagayan was good after the merge, and Blood vs Water had good strategy and characters. Any others? Redemption Island was weak, mostly because Rob was just playing too well, and South Pacific was pretty blah, but even so, Coach started a cult and Ozzie fulfilled the promise of what a challenge beast can do with the Redemption Island Twist (a Twist which, surprisingly, actually seemed to work on BvsW.)

International Big Brother was all a bit interfer-y lately.

Anyway, that was my year on TV.
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What was meh about Ant Man?
 
reepbot said:
What was meh about Ant Man?
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Just another Marvel origin story. The camera-work was quite static, except occasionally during the size changes. It was okay -a nice Paul Rudd movie, and I like Paul Rudd, but it wasn't a superhero rush like The Avengers, or a sci Fi rush like Guardians of the Galaxy (which I think was the best of the 'phase II' movies). Rudd was good, but he wasn't as funny as Iron Man. It was okay, a forgettable 'summer' blockbuster. iMHO etc.
 
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Winterbourne said:
Just another Marvel origin story. The camera-work was quite static, except occasionally during the size changes. It was okay -a nice Paul Rudd movie, and I like Paul Rudd, but it wasn't a superhero rush like The Avengers, or a sci Fi rush like Guardians of the Galaxy (which I think was the best of the 'phase II' movies. Rudd was good, but he wasn't as funny as Iron Man. It was okay, a forgettable 'summer' blockbuster. iMHO etc.
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Okey-dokey.


Well my year of tv was The Bill, Coronation St, Eastenders, Midsomer Murders, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Happy Days, House of Cards, MASH, Murder She Wrote, Columbo, and Poirot.
 
bleachy_dude said:
Does anyone here watch "the weekly with Charlie Pickering" ??

It's funny how in a sitcom I basically don't notice the canned laughter, but on this show it's so jarring and OTT.
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Ha, really?! I really like The Weekly and I haven't noticed the canned laughter. I assumed there was a live studio audience.
 
Mooseface said:
Ha, really?! I really like The Weekly and I haven't noticed the canned laughter. I assumed there was a live studio audience.
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It's always sounded very artificial to me. Hate that canned stuff when there's one audience member who laughs weirdly, louder, longer or at odd times. Oh wait, that would be Carrie Bickmore, lol.
 
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