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Siam

Careful justifying Banshee TR, could make for a long thread pointing out holes in that "cartoon". I turned off the care factor switch when the mad injuns were blasting holes through the 6 inch steel plated police station only to be thwarted by "Van" cleverly putting flimsy filing cabinets over the holes.
 
Poor ol' injuns with their 16mm guns were no match for the office mate clearance sale specials.
 
I quite like the similar (ish) show "Justified"
 
and "Moone Boy" makes me laugh out loud

taniwharugby

Yeah I know it is that kind of show, but sometimes somethigns annoy me and I gots to be bitchin', and I still havent forgiven them for killing the 2 hotties and not replacing them!! :ireful:
 
Longmire is probably similar to Justified, but without the touches of humour.
 
Heard quite a few people with good things to say about Better Call Saul now...

mooshld

Getting into S3 of House of Cards. Only at E4 but its getting good already. 
 
MooshLd

Siam

Top Gear
 
Does anyone else share my view that Jeremy Clarkson is so inconsequential to our daily lives that his antics are actually quite amusing?
 
I see the BBC are stabling their cash cow because of something Clarkson's done again. Why take the man seriously?
 
That comment in Thailand when he said "the bridge has got a slope on it" was comedy gold!

gollum

I've gone off Top Gear, its nothing but scripted shit now. Park on a hill, get out, oops! forgot the handbrake! HIL-LAAARIOUS! It used to be a very fun spontaneous show, now its just scripted shit.
 
Lot of talk that Steve Coogan is being lined up to replace Clarkson, cant say I'd be too upset by that. The Trip was outstanding, Coogan is genuinely funny & he's a massive petrol head.
 
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Issue there is its pretty 1970's casual racist, lets call islanders coconuts & anyone else a darkie too before popping out for a chinky, cause that is kinda funny really - alas the BBC is at the poltically correct end of the spectrum, plus they make a feck ton of cash selling it globally, so calling half your prospective audience slopes & niggers may not be the smartest move. Although it sells well in Aussie & bits of the States, hence the spinoffs.

jegga

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I've gone off Top Gear, its nothing but scripted shit now. Park on a hill, get out, oops! forgot the handbrake! HIL-LAAARIOUS! It used to be a very fun spontaneous show, now its just scripted shit.
 
Lot of talk that Steve Coogan is being lined up to replace Clarkson, cant say I'd be too upset by that. The Trip was outstanding, Coogan is genuinely funny & he's a massive petrol head.
 
 
Issue there is its pretty 1970's casual racist, lets call islanders coconuts & anyone else a darkie too before popping out for a chinky, cause that is kinda funny really - alas the BBC is at the poltically correct end of the spectrum, plus they make a feck ton of cash selling it globally, so calling half your prospective audience slopes & niggers may not be the smartest move. Although it sells well in Aussie & bits of the States, hence the spinoffs.
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The "slope joke" was pretty shitty , I've had a couple of Chinese mates over the years and the shit people casually give them is pretty awful. I don't understand why but they never want to make a fuss about it either, one of them was out fishing in a kayak and a charter boat full of drunken rednecks circled him shouting racist crap and trying to tip him over with their bow wave. We were all for him naming and shaming the boat on the NZ fishing forum but he wouldn't do it. 
 
Didn't know Coogan was a petrol head if he joins it I might watch the show for a while, I've never been a fan to be honest.

taniwharugby

Loved a line on latest ep of Justified: why'd you shoot me in the back? I woulda shot you in the front if you were running toward me 
Or something like that

Nepia

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Careful justifying Banshee TR, could make for a long thread pointing out holes in that "cartoon". I turned off the care factor switch when the mad injuns were blasting holes through the 6 inch steel plated police station only to be thwarted by "Van" cleverly putting flimsy filing cabinets over the holes.
 
Poor ol' injuns with their 16mm guns were no match for the office mate clearance sale specials.
 
I quite like the similar (ish) show "Justified"
 
and "Moone Boy" makes me laugh out loud
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I don't see Banshee and Justified as similar. Banshee is basically a cartoon as you say, Justified is one of the best action dramas on TV. and is grounded in a much more realistic world. And like TR says, they've been killing off hotties and not bloody replacing them.
 
 
 
 
As for Clarkson, when I was young and impressionable I thought he was quite funny on TV, but really he's mostly a fluffybunny when you dig a little bit deeper.

mariner4life

everyone on TV is a smug, arrogant fluffybunny, he just doesn't bother to hide it (far too smug and arrogant for that).

jegga

I remember some of these shows but didn't watch many of them , <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://m.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11416614'>http://m.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11416614</a> I saw most of internet island which was a slow moving train wreck, there's one mentioned in the comments that rings a bell too-a kiwi version of big brother. That thing really stank, the contestants weren't particularly likeable although the chicks were quite hit. 
I never watched miss personaility but I went to mermaids on a stag do and Vicki Lee was stripping and the sign out the front said she was on it. 
Also does anyone remember a show where they gave a bunch of people cameras and they videoed their lives? 1999 or 2000, was woeful , they had some skank from Auckland and a dreadlocked creature from Southland who hooked up with a guy who looked like her twin.
 
And those treasure island shows were pretty ordinary too. 
 
Vicki Lee during her 15 minutes of NZ fame.
 
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Rancid Schnitzel

I'd like to see Clarkson replaced because he's a dick and Coogan is much funnier. But the hysteria over every bloody utterance from Clarkson is a thing to behold. The guy is/was the host of a car show ffs.

taniwharugby

Watched ep 1 of Black Sails - Jegga will love it! 
 
Not a bad 1st ep, even the scene where they introduced John Silver to Black beard....

Crucial

Love how Banshee has been set up for season 4. Now go and cast some hotties

Tim

<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jinx_(miniseries)'>The Jinx</a> was well worth watching.

taniwharugby

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Love how Banshee has been set up for season 4. Now go and cast some hotties
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Yeah was an interesting addition to the back-story.
 
Pretty decent finale, explosive and then just as you thought it was over...Rebecca is so badd-ass! 
 
But yes, they need at least 2 more hotties!

jegga

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Loved a line on latest ep of Justified: why'd you shoot me in the back? I woulda shot you in the front if you were running toward me 
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Saw that, 
You shot me on the back 
If you wanted me to shot you on the front you should have run towards me 
The conversation about the coffins was not bad either

hydro11

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I don't see Banshee and Justified as similar. Banshee is basically a cartoon as you say, Justified is one of the best action dramas on TV. and is grounded in a much more realistic world. And like TR says, they've been killing off hotties and not bloody replacing them.
 
 
 
 
As for Clarkson, when I was young and impressionable I thought he was quite funny on TV, but really he's mostly a fluffybunny when you dig a little bit deeper.
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Why can someone not be funny and a "fluffybunny"? There are lots of people I don't like but find funny.

Nepia

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Why can someone not be funny and a "fluffybunny"? There are lots of people I don't like but find funny.
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I didn't say they couldn't. I just don't find Clarkson funny anymore and he's a fluffybunny.

taniwharugby

Hope they aren't setting Raylan up for the finale...

Crucial

OK, I persevered and after giving Breaking Bad a short rest tried to get into it again but gave up. I just can't get into the characters, I find them all unlike-able and annoying. The only one I got interested in was Jesse's girlfriend and then she was gone.
I guess I need characters that make me want to know what happens to them, to get involved with their stories....
 
Might give Better Call Saul a go as he was at least interesting and his only back story has potential.
 
Killing time until GoT and Orphan Black come back now.

The Silver Fern

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