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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mchicken wrote:
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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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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

We stopped watching. I hated all the characters.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

kallie wrote:
I'm perfectly capable of enjoying the performance of well-written amoral and immoral characters.


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The Tudors' 1 April 2007 debut was the highest rated Showtime series debut in three years.


It's good.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mchicken wrote:
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The Tudors' 1 April 2007 debut was the highest rated Showtime series debut in three years.



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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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Look, the point is the guy had and/or killed a lot of wives.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.
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