i'm no cortez......fuck that dude......but i'm into that show. did the new season start?rlipps wrote:I miss having Cortez around to discuss The Americans with. Such a great, great show.
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Yep, first episode aired this past Tuesday at 10:00.dime in the gutter wrote:i'm no cortez......fuck that dude......but i'm into that show. did the new season start?rlipps wrote:I miss having Cortez around to discuss The Americans with. Such a great, great show.
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I didn't know the series was based on a film. I'll have to check that out! I've only seen Season 1 of the television series but I know there's at least a Season 2 because I was googling it to find out who's on the soundtrack -- really smooth Italian gangster rap. My favorite is a guy named Rocco Hunt, I've been listening to him when I run. I have no idea what he's saying but that's probably for the best.dime in the gutter wrote:yepper.Flea wrote:
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very much, most excellent.
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Title sounds like a thriller/adventure thing, but the pic sort of makes it look comedic. Can you spare us a few descriptive words, dime?dime in the gutter wrote:
very much, most excellent.
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dark comedy thriller about a depressed folk singing assassin who must gain employment (for NOC reasons) at a milwaukee based manufacturer of industrial piping. his real father is his cia boss and his younger brother is a track suit wearing, beastie boy loving helper of his assassin deeds. top notch. great cast. snappy nonsense "piping" dialogue. amazing to look at and listen to. sad man in a suit.beantownbubba wrote:Title sounds like a thriller/adventure thing, but the pic sort of makes it look comedic. Can you spare us a few descriptive words, dime?dime in the gutter wrote:
very much, most excellent.
highly recommended.
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I'm hooked just from dimes summarydime in the gutter wrote:dark comedy thriller about a depressed folk singing assassin who must gain employment (for NOC reasons) at a milwaukee based manufacturer of industrial piping. his real father is his cia boss and his younger brother is a track suit wearing, beastie boy loving helper of his assassin deeds. top notch. great cast. snappy nonsense "piping" dialogue. amazing to look at and listen to. sad man in a suit.beantownbubba wrote:Title sounds like a thriller/adventure thing, but the pic sort of makes it look comedic. Can you spare us a few descriptive words, dime?dime in the gutter wrote:
very much, most excellent.
highly recommended.
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Yep. The magic of the dimer in full flight.Clams wrote:I'm hooked just from dimes summary
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Episode 1 in the can. Dime is a genius.beantownbubba wrote:Yep. The magic of the dimer in full flight.Clams wrote:I'm hooked just from dimes summary
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Really loved last weeks "Blackish" Talk about hitting the nail on the head.
and that pussy Alec Baldwin blew that girl away, and speaking of pussy Steve got it all!
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Just started this. Looks like its gonna be a good one.
Also, fuck Nazis.
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such a consistently great show. Ruby and Diane are awesome characters, and the show does indeed nail pretty much every issue they confrontSwamp wrote:Really loved last weeks "Blackish" Talk about hitting the nail on the head.
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The newest episode of Billions featured Ronnie & Neal & Goddamn Lonely Love...
Great show to, season 2 is better than season 1 IMO.
Great show to, season 2 is better than season 1 IMO.
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If you liked The Fall, check out The Killing (Netflix). 4 seasons, 3 crimes...really good crime drama.TW_2.0 wrote:Finished this a couple of weeks ago. We liked it, although I thought it petered out a bit towards the end.whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:Haven't started season 2 yet. We almost did last night but instead started the BBC series The Fall. Watched the first two episodes
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Fowl Play: Saying Goodbye to 'Duck Dynasty,' TV's Worst Show
This is the way the dynasty ends – not with a quack but with a whimper.
This is the way the dynasty ends – not with a quack but with a whimper.
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good riddanceTequila Cowboy wrote:Fowl Play: Saying Goodbye to 'Duck Dynasty,' TV's Worst Show
This is the way the dynasty ends – not with a quack but with a whimper.
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Lol. I've never understood why some people hate that show so much and love crapping on the Robertson family.Zip City wrote:good riddanceTequila Cowboy wrote:Fowl Play: Saying Goodbye to 'Duck Dynasty,' TV's Worst Show
This is the way the dynasty ends – not with a quack but with a whimper.
I get it that the show wouldn't be a lot of people's cup of tea. But the hissing from the social justice warrior crowd about how awful those folks are is just funny. Two of the sons and their wives have adopted black children. For all the lip service given from the fringe left types who are so vocal about the plight of the black community in this country I wonder how many of them would do something like that. Another of the sons adopted a young man with pretty serious emotional problems who suffered some pretty frightening abuse early in his life. I guess social programs are better than actually trying to do something about it.
For all the talk about what bigots these people supposedly are from the intellectual virtu signaling crowd, they do more to actually help others and give more of their own money and time to good causes than the majority of their critics. Maybe that's why those people dislike them so much.
Or maybe it's he Jesus stuff. I'm sure if they were any other religion besides Christians or Jews they would be heros to these same folks. And with all the crap on TV where the heros are drug dealers and murderers, Lord forbid we have one show that itsn't "dark" or "gritty". Lol. People are so funny.
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I think it's the disgusting anti-LGBT stuff, which, admittedly, has been spewn places other than the tv show
http://ew.com/article/2013/12/18/duck-dynasty-anti-gay/
http://ew.com/article/2013/12/18/duck-dynasty-anti-gay/
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I watched it a few times when it was at it's zenith of popularity. I didn't care a bit about the "we love Jesus so much" stuff. I just thought it was fake and silly. Pretty much what I think about most of those type of reality shows. So many of those shows have ruined my favorite channels, The History Channel, TLC, Discovery, etc.Cole Younger wrote:Lol. I've never understood why some people hate that show so much and love crapping on the Robertson family.Zip City wrote:good riddanceTequila Cowboy wrote:Fowl Play: Saying Goodbye to 'Duck Dynasty,' TV's Worst Show
This is the way the dynasty ends – not with a quack but with a whimper.
I get it that the show wouldn't be a lot of people's cup of tea. But the hissing from the social justice warrior crowd about how awful those folks are is just funny. Two of the sons and their wives have adopted black children. For all the lip service given from the fringe left types who are so vocal about the plight of the black community in this country I wonder how many of them would do something like that. Another of the sons adopted a young man with pretty serious emotional problems who suffered some pretty frightening abuse early in his life. I guess social programs are better than actually trying to do something about it.
For all the talk about what bigots these people supposedly are from the intellectual virtu signaling crowd, they do more to actually help others and give more of their own money and time to good causes than the majority of their critics. Maybe that's why those people dislike them so much.
Or maybe it's he Jesus stuff. I'm sure if they were any other religion besides Christians or Jews they would be heros to these same folks. And with all the crap on TV where the heros are drug dealers and murderers, Lord forbid we have one show that itsn't "dark" or "gritty". Lol. People are so funny.
I didn't even care much when the patriarch was spouting his nonsense at speaking engagements. I actually thought some of the things he said were taken out of context and he was unfairly crucified by the easily offended. But the fact that the show is over. Good riddance. I just wish it would take the rest of the reality shows with it.
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brett27295 wrote:I just thought it was fake and silly. Pretty much what I think about most of those type of reality shows. So many of those shows have ruined my favorite channels, The History Channel, TLC, Discovery, etc.
This. It's less about the family and more about our culture's race to the bottom with hokey, scripted "reality" non-content.brett27295 wrote: I just wish it would take the rest of the reality shows with it.
The fact that so many Americans can stare lovingly at this, or Honey Boo Boo, or Jerry Springer explains a lot about the mess we're in.
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I don't really care about their politics, I just think it's funny that a bunch of guys who can't dress up without using a headband have become the spokespeople for American morality.Cole Younger wrote:Lol. I've never understood why some people hate that show so much and love crapping on the Robertson family.Zip City wrote:good riddanceTequila Cowboy wrote:Fowl Play: Saying Goodbye to 'Duck Dynasty,' TV's Worst Show
This is the way the dynasty ends – not with a quack but with a whimper.
I get it that the show wouldn't be a lot of people's cup of tea. But the hissing from the social justice warrior crowd about how awful those folks are is just funny. Two of the sons and their wives have adopted black children. For all the lip service given from the fringe left types who are so vocal about the plight of the black community in this country I wonder how many of them would do something like that. Another of the sons adopted a young man with pretty serious emotional problems who suffered some pretty frightening abuse early in his life. I guess social programs are better than actually trying to do something about it.
For all the talk about what bigots these people supposedly are from the intellectual virtu signaling crowd, they do more to actually help others and give more of their own money and time to good causes than the majority of their critics. Maybe that's why those people dislike them so much.
Or maybe it's he Jesus stuff. I'm sure if they were any other religion besides Christians or Jews they would be heros to these same folks. And with all the crap on TV where the heros are drug dealers and murderers, Lord forbid we have one show that itsn't "dark" or "gritty". Lol. People are so funny.
The Robertsons are just cashing in on trash TV and playing up stereotypes for yucks and $. I'm just not sure why that gives them any kind of credibility. I guess it's how conservatives feel about liberal celebrities acting like their take on politics means jack shit. The difference for me is that I don't know if I've ever had a liberal friend spam social media with celebrity opinions and hold liberal celebrities on the pedestal some of my conservative friends put the Robertsons on.
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I also agree that scripted reality shows in general help make people dumber and less able to think critically, but that's the viewer's prerogative.
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It's almost as if a reality TV star is running your country.Beebs wrote:brett27295 wrote:
The fact that so many Americans can stare lovingly at this, or Honey Boo Boo, or Jerry Springer explains a lot about the mess we're in.
His facial expression is terrifying. He's basically the equine Chucky.
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It's almost as if a reality TV star is ruining your country. FTFYPonyGirl wrote:It's almost as if a reality TV star is running your country.Beebs wrote:brett27295 wrote:
The fact that so many Americans can stare lovingly at this, or Honey Boo Boo, or Jerry Springer explains a lot about the mess we're in.
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Young Pope, anyone? I could watch Jude Law walk around in head to toe rich, flowing fabrics for hours. And truly that's much of the show - not a lot of plot but a lot of fun.
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anyone else still watching Walking Dead?
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We just finished season 1 of This is Us yesterday and I have to say that it's probably the best written network television show in a decade. Not usually my cup of tea but this one is innovative enough and incredibly well executed.
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Yep. Pretty good finale last night. Shiva is now my favorite character.whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:anyone else still watching Walking Dead?
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Finale was definitely better than most of the season. Indeed glad to see Shiva finally get to run wild. Happy to see Shiva chomp on that "vegetables, not veggies" dude who was creeping on EnidFlea wrote:Yep. Pretty good finale last night. Shiva is now my favorite character.whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:anyone else still watching Walking Dead?
That said, for a show that demands a ton of disbelief suspension, last night took it to an altogether new level.
a few random questions:
(1) where did Gregory run off to?
(2) has Eugene truly emraced "I am Negan" mode or is he running a long con?
(3) does the carved solider with "didn't know" mean Dwight didn't know that Negan had made a deal with the garbage people (Heapsters)?
(4) why the hell do the Heapsters talk the way they do?
(5) how does Shiva know who to kill?
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