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Sunday night is TV night! Season 2 of "Homeland", then "Vegas" which i thought was pretty cool, and then "Strike Back" (best opening credits ever). Good stuff.
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So Sorkin fans - what's the verdict on Newsroom. Personally I'm loving it. It has all the trademarks of his drama's but I'll put up with a lot just for the quality of his monologues. Just like Jed Bartlett was the President we should have, Newsroom is the TV news we will never get.
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[quote name='dogmeat' timestamp='1350275709' post='317637']So Sorkin fans - what's the verdict on Newsroom. Personally I'm loving it. It has all the trademarks of his drama's but I'll put up with a lot just for the quality of his monologues. Just like Jed Bartlett was the President we should have, Newsroom is the TV news we will never get.[/quote]<br />
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It's okay. Overtly anti-Fox and whilst some of it is far fetched they do capture what has become an extremely fast paced, short grab, controversy laden industry (24 hour news that is) -
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The Tranny?<br />
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That Tig is one weird screwed up dude. I see Clays grubby fingers all over those home invasions too.<br />
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[spoiler]Turns out you were right, not overly surprisingly, I still wonder if he is working with someone else as well.[/spoiler]<br />
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Revolution has aired ep 1 & 2, and yes you have to ask what happened to the electricity and power (I mean why did anything powered, be it powered by electricity or not suddenly stop working)<br />
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Looks watchable, certainly not a must watch...got a wee concerned to see JJ Abrahms is involved, I still havent forgiven him for Lost! -
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Revolution has aired ep 1 & 2, and yes you have to ask what happened to the electricity and power (I mean why did anything powered, be it powered by electricity or not suddenly stop working)<br />
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Looks watchable, certainly not a must watch...got a wee concerned to see JJ Abrahms is involved, I still havent forgiven him for Lost!<br />
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I watched the first half of the opening episode(s) and thought, what a crock of shit. They just set up a scenario without any rhyme or reason or attempt at explanation and then kicked off a story in this 'new world'. I stopped watching but kept the recording going just in case.<br />
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Last night I thought I'd give it a bit more effort and watched the rest, followed by last night's episode. It looks like they do actually have some kind of 'mystery' behind the lack of power and even a backstory being explained at a reasonable rate. Still way and wondering how much time I'll give it to grab me but my feeling is that it's either going to get better or worse very quickly. -
Its Abrahms Lost influence!!<br />
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Its Abrahms Lost influence!!<br />
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Yeah I usually take 5 or 6 episodes before I decide if I dont like something (in the case of Lost it was 5 or 6 years)<br />
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I lasted 1 and a half seasons of Lost before it lost me.<br />
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I have to admit to being a fool in watching 10 episodes of Alcatraz in hope each time that they were going to advance the actual story more than just a snippet each time. Once burned.... -
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Geez, gotta love the cameos that SoA manages to conjure up. First King, then Goggins[b], now McHale[/b]. What others have there been?<br />
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I had no idea who you were talking baout until the Missus pointed him out!!!<br />
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I had no idea who you were talking baout until the Missus pointed him out!!!<br />
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Seems to be a bit more deaths of people close to the Sons this season???[/quote]Mate how do you miss Jeff Winger! Odd little role though so I assume there's more to come. In fact it all seems to be getting pretty chaotic at the moment, seeming quite strange. -
never watched Community (googled Jeff Winger)<br />
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No love for Boardwalk Empire S03? Nucky gets nasty and a new bad ass is in town.<br />
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[b]Downton Abbey S03 another good watch [/b]and if you like DA then Parades End would be worth a look.<br />
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Yeah just just started on that this week, gotta love some of the dialogue and indignation at some of the situations, hilarious!<br />
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Finished S3 of BSG, great series, just the right amount of chessiness, and had a looksie at ep 1 of Strike Back too, looks like my cup of tea. -
I think me and Mrs Mariner are the only 2 people in Australia watching "Strike Back", it's already been bumped to the 11.30pm slot. Fuckers.<br />
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3 episodes in and Season 2 of "Homeland" is ticking along nicely. I was wondering how they were going to drag out a second season, but its pretty good.<br />
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Still liking "Vegas" as well. It's a pretty simple premis, but it's entertaining TV. -
ANyone seen Elementary, another take on Sherlock Holmes with Johnny Miller & Lucy Liu
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Certainly a lot of death in SOA this season although am wondering if the one we think from the end of the last ep will happen due to what he knows. <br />
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Walking Dead started on tv here last night at the prime time of 2230! WTF! It is only what 4 weeks behind yet they slot it in that time slot? I hadn't intended watching it on tv with ads....any who, picked up where it left off, pretty good.
