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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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mchicken wrote: | lizakova wrote: | Why aren't we watching that show right now? |
Because we have to watch Henry VIII kill all his wives first. |
I thought you took care of that last weekend.
Also, what a terrrrrrible show. |
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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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kallie wrote: | I thought you took care of that last weekend.
Also, what a terrrrrrible show. |
It's multiple seasons, hard to do that in a day.
I disagree. It's no Rome though. |
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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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We stopped watching. I hated all the characters. |
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lizakova is shinying up her life. Kitty Guardian
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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That show is excellent. And you're not supposed to like the main characters. They're all both amoral and immoral. |
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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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kallie wrote: | We stopped watching. I hated all the characters. |
"You know what, this space scene is pretty long."
"Yes, I agree, it is quite long."
"Yeah, it's pretty long."
"Why is this scene so long?"
"Seriously, it's pretty long."
"I don't like this movie."
"Me neither."
"I agree."
"You're right." |
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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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lizakova wrote: | That show is excellent. And you're not supposed to like the main characters. They're all both amoral and immoral. |
I'm perfectly capable of enjoying the performance of well-written amoral and immoral characters. |
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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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kallie wrote: | I'm perfectly capable of enjoying the performance of well-written amoral and immoral characters. |
Quote: | The Tudors' 1 April 2007 debut was the highest rated Showtime series debut in three years. |
It's good. |
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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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mchicken wrote: | Quote: | The Tudors' 1 April 2007 debut was the highest rated Showtime series debut in three years. |
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So you're saying that a bunch of scrubs who watch television decided to tune into the premier of a series they knew nothing about?
Also:
wikipedia wrote: | The premiere of The Tudors' on 1 April 2007 was the highest rated Showtime series debut in three years,[1] and on 23 March 2008 The New York Times called The Tudors a "steamy period drama ... which critics could take or leave but many viewers are eating up."[8] A 28 March 2008 review also by the Times said that the series "fails to live up to the great long-form dramas cable television has produced" largely because "it radically reduces the era's thematic conflicts to simplistic struggles over personal and erotic power."[7] Another online review site described it as 'essentially, a 1500s Hollyoaks'.[12] |
... in the interest of full disclosure. |
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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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Enjoyment is a reasonable basis for liking a show or even calling it good. Critical acclaim is not necessary. She didn't say: "This is the most well-written show on television." She said it was excellent.
It's not great, it's not particularly well-written dialogue, but it can still be good.
Arrested Development is, however, terrible. |
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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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It's funny because I'm watching Arrested Development right now and laughing at every well-crafted line.
I suppose there is no objective scale for "enjoyable"? |
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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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kallie wrote: | It's funny because I'm watching Arrested Development right now and laughing at every well-crafted line.
I suppose there is no objective scale for "enjoyable"? |
Is it objective if it's a function of each person individually? |
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lizakova is shinying up her life. Kitty Guardian
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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Look, the point is the guy had and/or killed a lot of wives. |
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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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lizakova wrote: | Look, the point is the guy had and/or killed a lot of wives. |
So you're saying it's possible he killed some without having them? |
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lizakova is shinying up her life. Kitty Guardian
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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mchicken wrote: | lizakova wrote: | Look, the point is the guy had and/or killed a lot of wives. |
So you're saying it's possible he killed some without having them? |
Yyyes. |
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jaster is back in black Mod Emperor of Dune
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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mchicken wrote: |
"You know what, this space scene is pretty long."
"Yes, I agree, it is quite long."
"Yeah, it's pretty long."
"Why is this scene so long?"
"Seriously, it's pretty long."
"I don't like this movie."
"Me neither."
"I agree."
"You're right." |
This is funny.
Also, I'm going to start watching Reboot when term begins. _________________ When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles.
-Children of Dune, attributed to Louis Veuillot |
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