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@Crucial said in TV Serieseseses:
I've been a bit busy so have been saving this after getting excited about it. I did watch the Hamilton Boks game episode though and that was very well done editing with real clips alongside the plot.
Young Falani is starting to be more and more like the brilliant Falani created by Dave Fane.
I wish there was some way Aaron Spiller's character could be weaved in but he is not born and there was never a mention of his parentsIt's been a while - but I thought there might have been a very subtle nod to him (rather his parents)... perhaps in the episode featuring the 1st Test... I seem to recall a tow-truck being involved? (Apologies if that's considered what the kids call a "spoiler", but there is a very good chance I completely made that up anyway)
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@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
@Crucial said in TV Serieseseses:
I've been a bit busy so have been saving this after getting excited about it. I did watch the Hamilton Boks game episode though and that was very well done editing with real clips alongside the plot.
Young Falani is starting to be more and more like the brilliant Falani created by Dave Fane.
I wish there was some way Aaron Spiller's character could be weaved in but he is not born and there was never a mention of his parentsIt's been a while - but I thought there might have been a very subtle nod to him (rather his parents)... perhaps in the episode featuring the 1st Test... I seem to recall a tow-truck being involved? (Apologies if that's considered what the kids call a "spoiler", but there is a very good chance I completely made that up anyway)
Cool. I'll watch for it. Aaron Spiller was a great character.
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Westside Season 2
'The Curse of the Who's Wolf?'3 actors in 7 episodes. Must be some sort of record.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel and @Rocky-Rockbottom
The better half and I used to be hooked on Pawn stars and the Storage Wars. Watched them every time there wasn't anything else on Foxtel. Was always good light entertainment and often informative too.
Except that all changed when we found out that both shows and their various spin-offs are heavily produced and most of the "interesting" stuff is planted.
For example, in Storage Wars, the producers would plant items of interest and/or value to add interest to the show into the lockers once they were purchased by the "stars" of the series.
And for Pawn Stars, apparently a lot of the items that "come into the store" are actually items already in Rick and Cos collection and are planted with fake customers to again, make things more interesting.
That sort of shit over-produced fakery has really put me off both shows and these types of shows in general.
Container Wars seems to be a little more real, but time will tell on that one too.
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@RoninWC said in TV Serieseseses:
@Rancid-Schnitzel and @Rocky-Rockbottom
The better half and I used to be hooked on Pawn stars and the Storage Wars. Watched them every time there wasn't anything else on Foxtel. Was always good light entertainment and often informative too.
Except that all changed when we found out that both shows and their various spin-offs are heavily produced and most of the "interesting" stuff is planted.
For example, in Storage Wars, the producers would plant items of interest and/or value to add interest to the show into the lockers once they were purchased by the "stars" of the series.
And for Pawn Stars, apparently a lot of the items that "come into the store" are actually items already in Rick and Cos collection and are planted with fake customers to again, make things more interesting.
That sort of shit over-produced fakery has really put me off both shows and these types of shows in general.
Container Wars seems to be a little more real, but time will tell on that one too.
I twigged when they found shoes used by the Olive Oil character in the Popeye film. Yeah OK.
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@RoninWC said in TV Serieseseses:
@Rancid-Schnitzel and @Rocky-Rockbottom
The better half and I used to be hooked on Pawn stars and the Storage Wars. Watched them every time there wasn't anything else on Foxtel. Was always good light entertainment and often informative too.
Except that all changed when we found out that both shows and their various spin-offs are heavily produced and most of the "interesting" stuff is planted.
For example, in Storage Wars, the producers would plant items of interest and/or value to add interest to the show into the lockers once they were purchased by the "stars" of the series.
And for Pawn Stars, apparently a lot of the items that "come into the store" are actually items already in Rick and Cos collection and are planted with fake customers to again, make things more interesting.
That sort of shit over-produced fakery has really put me off both shows and these types of shows in general.
Container Wars seems to be a little more real, but time will tell on that one too.
Hold the front page! "Reality TV show turns out to be fake".
What is the world coming to?
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@Rancid-Schnitzel Auction Hunters is likely the same, some of the finds were just too good...I used to watch that, but just got bored when they tried to spice it up with Ton just up and leaving one day, but eventually coming back.
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@taniwharugby they did at least admit that they only showed a tiny number of the lockups they searched and most of them were shit so never got shown , also they actually sold their stuff unlike that other bullshit one where they take it to an "expert" who gives them an estimate.
I read an article years ago about the people who do it full time, they all hope for one big score and most of them never get it. One of the people in the article scored Liz Hurleys locker after she did a runner back to the Uk when Hugh Grant was caught getting a bj from that skank.
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I have to laugh at the way these shows contradict each other.
You get the lockup and lost baggage ones that claim 'profit' based on what they think the item is worth, then the pawn shop ones that pay out less than half the potential value.
They should do a combined programme where the smartarse buyer thinks he is so clever and goes to the pawn shop and has an argument.
'But my valuer says this teddy bear is worth 2k because it has Michael Jacksons spunk all over it'
'OK, I'll get a DNA test done and if true pay you 200 for it' -
Finished watching TOTL -China Girl
Now at least I am educated that
- all men are complete arseholes and
- women may be neurotic messes but it's all because of point 1
Some huge plot holes which I won't spoil.
The only good part is the Alexander character (which at least offers something we haven't seen before) but even he hams it up to some cringeworthy moments.
I liked TOTL, it was moody, had a good 'mystery' behind it and I didn't mind the flaws in the main character as they were part of the story.
TOTL 2 is a feminazi beat up though that totally overplays the women as having to carry mental burdens and the men as being stupid and sleezy.
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@jegga said in TV Serieseseses:
Michael , my sensors indicate this will be garbage
fuck off with the reboots already!! jesus suffering fuck
seriously, this has to stop. we are in a golden age of TV, with many amazing, varied, and original shows being made, with big budgets and top line talent involved. Why of why are they rebooting this stuff. Especially stuff like this, that won't even really work now? In the 80s a car that could talk and drive itself was pretty fucking cool. Now? It's a google project that will probably roll out not long after this airs. whoop de fuck
Movies, TV, all of it, just fucking stop. Execs spend a little less on coke, and a little more on creative ideas.
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@mariner4life bravo, that was an incredibly accurate rant . Why are these people shitting on my childhood and bizarrely Patrick Swayzes body of work?
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next thing we'll be looking at a reboot of Mash, Greatest American Hero, Cheers, Happy Days or something!
quality rant @mariner4life
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@taniwharugby see, of all of those, i reckon you could do something pretty cool with The Greatest American Hero, especially given the prevalence of Superhero movies and TV shows today. Tie in the presence of social media, the rise of the SJW, and you could make a very good social commentary.
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@mariner4life well they re-did CHIPS & Baywatch into movies...
I've not watched either.
Yeah GAH was cheesy AF, so I reckon they'd ruin it by being more clean PC or take out humour all together
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@taniwharugby dark is not necessary good.
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@mariner4life said in TV Serieseseses:
@taniwharugby dark is not necessary good.
Yes, thank you modern day Disney. Some of us wanted the Ewoks to lose and Luke to join the Dark Side...
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@jegga said in TV Serieseseses:
Michael , my sensors indicate this will be garbage
They already did this in the 2000s. I think it lasted 1 season and they even screwed up the (classic) starting song.
Without even Googling I'm going to assume that the Mcgyver reboot was a flop.
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