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TV 10: Blacklisted Sons: The Musical

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I did watch Scorpion and I liked it. I enjoyed the fact that head person showed emotion in wanting to help his sister that has an ailment. If you give the characters depth and show they aren't nerds, I think they'll hook more people.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
That's the most negative review I have ever read for HoC
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Be nice. My taste in good TV is respectable. It's my taste in bad TV that is the tragic flaw.

Speaking of which, Survivor and Amazing Race have both re-started! Spoilers in white below.

Survivor:

Peachy is shorter of breath and six months closer to death, and his attempts to conceal his contempt for the contestants and audience grow less earnest each cycle.

John Rocker hasn't said or done anything despicable to the inevitable gay couple yet, and truth be told he's a horse as an athlete. His strippergram girlfriend is straight from Central Casting's line of gold diggers and is presumably angling for a shiner on national TV to clinch the settlement.

Those hideously shrill Sri Lankan twin airheads from Amazing Race are back for another 15 minutes. There is a lot of gabba gabba southern, a Boring Black Couple and a Date Rapey But Uh I Guess Hunky? pair of lax bro broing their bro thing, and the de rigeur "earn daddy's respect!" desperate father-son team, the son of which is Unfrozen Caveboy Fireman.

There are cops and firemen and "Boston Strong" shirts all over the place to fill the dead time with piano music and treacle.

Amazing Race:

Hot Phil is still ridiculously handsome and charismatic and seems to be over whatever flu bug / existential crisis made him so down for most of last season. He even met the cast midway through the episode which never happens.

Bulimic, blonde, bimbo amputees are the new market inefficiency. First there was the Bachelor's judgey, hate-pinched-faced Sarah. Now there's some "Soul Surfer" chick who my wife tells me spends every waking moment cashing in on her brief encounter with Shark Jesus on the Joel Osteen Vacuity Circuit. There is a recycled couple from an old Survivor season who are so forgettable I can't even recall their appearance on that show. There is no "earn daddy's respect!" desperate father-son team, but there's some famdram in the form of an old guy who clearly thinks his daughter is a whore (in fairness to him, she does appear to be a whore), and, for wacky symmetry, a daughter with a wayward mommy. The painfully over-tanned dentists said and did things that indicate they might be a little sharper than you'd guess over-tanned dentists would be. The Vietwhatever youngsters, the Different (?) Boring Black Couple, and the rest seem in no way objectionable, now that the execrable Fox-and-Friends-Like "Miami realtor" blondes, set to be the most hateful pair, mercifully got themselves booted first for inability to read a compass.
 
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Haven't they taken Survivor, Amazing Race and Dancing with the Stars out back and shot em yet? Cancel DWT (C-list)S and give me back my Monday Night Football.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
A little? :p
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Ok, a lot. :D

Still good anyway. I've been trying to not watch the British version because I've heard the American version mirrors it closely, but I do have to wonder if they're going to go just three seasons like the British version or if they'll stretch it to four for 52 episodes and a true "House of Cards"
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
Person of Interest started out great. Going to be an awesome season for that show the way they've set it up.
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I finally watched episode one of the current season last night. I was really skeptical based on how last season ended. The first episode of this season started out much better than I expected.

I was afraid it might follow the arc of Fringe: really good premise for the first couple of seasons, they finally reach a resolution, and then nothing very interesting happens as they are unable to pivot. That hasn't happend with PoI yet.

I suppose once they overthrow Samaritan the show would reach that point. I wonder what the odds are for someone else to get killed off first though.
 
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Spartanforlife4 said:
Ok, a lot. :D

Still good anyway. I've been trying to not watch the British version because I've heard the American version mirrors it closely
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I started rewatching the British version which I enjoyed a long, long time ago. It's unwatchable now. It's incredibly dated and the US version is a twist-for-twist remake so with that fresh in mind there are no surprises. The US version is, and I swear I'm not making this up, far superior.
 
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Kepler said:
Be nice. My taste in good TV is respectable. It's my taste in bad TV that is the tragic flaw.
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No, I was making a point at just how good HoC really is. Nothing wrong with your review, just saying it should be on everyone's must watch list. :)
 
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Kepler said:
I started rewatching the British version which I enjoyed a long, long time ago. It's unwatchable now. It's incredibly dated and the US version is a twist-for-twist remake so with that fresh in mind there are no surprises. The US version is, and I swear I'm not making this up, far superior.
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I feel like that's what happened with the British Office. I saw an episode or two on Adult Swim years ago and thought it was hilarious, but tried watching it this summer and it just wasn't funny at all. I don't know if it was because everything seemed outdated, or because the British humor didn't hit me like it used to, but I just couldn't get into it.
 
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As for the US HoC, they only had 2 seasons to do at first, so that's why the second season was very accelerated in events. If they knew then what they know now, I bet they could've had S2 made into at LEAST one more season, if not two. Flesh things out a little more.

As for SOA (last night's episode): Schnikeys. They aren't dillydallying with that episode (man, Tig's great!).
 
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Brenthoven said:
As for SOA (last night's episode): Schnikeys. They aren't dillydallying with that episode (man, Tig's great!).
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Just watched it as i can't on Tuesdays due to hockey.

Points of discussion below...

Jackie Boy's plans aren't quite working out as well as they used to - which is an improvement to the plot line. Things that would have lined up just so in every other season are spiraling a bit out of his control. Good.

Knew right away that Gemma would want to kill Juice when she heard him talk about his head going all wack-a-doo. Apparently, Juice sees it coming. He's an idiot, but even he can see it coming. Good.

Yes, Tigs is the best. Told the wife that I hope those two make it through the finale and end up together. Would be a good Cali twist.


Good episode. I'm back in even though I still think they have fallen short of potential overall.
 
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Oh I think we all agree that a really really great show was not realized due to various points. But it's still a good show.

I mentioned it during Juice's suicidal days...he's just a kid. He's not the hardened vet like Bobby, Jax, Chibs, Tig. He is still naive in many ways, and his little speech is proof of that.

I think the boiling point of this last ep (not the ending, hint hint) was beyond obvious. As soon as that scene/cut started...I muttered the result immediately. They need to work on that a little.

And....*putsonDrObviousHat*: The cop's bribe thing is a play. She's as clean as can be, methinks, when it comes to law, even with the Chibs storyline. She knows she can use that.

Edit: I have to watch on Wed, due to no cable. Bought an Amazon Season Pass.
 
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Brenthoven said:
Oh I think we all agree that a really really great show was not realized due to various points. But it's still a good show.
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Agreed. It is a good show - really good even.
 
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Gurtholfin said:
Agreed. It is a good show - really good even.
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I have no qualms in saying it's my second fave in the last 7 years or so. BB is obviously #1. I'd put Justified at #3, Mad Men at #4. The Americans is moving up that list, though. If that continues to be as awesome as it is...they could easily take the #3 spot.

Edit: these are the shows I watch. There are a couple that could break into the rankings when I watch them, like American Horror Story and Rectify.
 
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Premiere's Last Night.

Criminal Minds - Still a really really good show. Jennifer Love Hewitt is a good addition to the cast.
Stalker - I liked it. Good premise, like the star characters, good character development.

South Park was awesome again this week. Better than week 1 actually.
 
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So who's been watching Outlander? It's become one of my favorite shows. The scene in the last episode where she and her husband were both at the stones, only separated by time, was very powerful. And a beautiful theme song.
 
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