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[quote name='taniwharugby']I am just hanging out for Breaking Bad really!! <br />
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What is Terriers about?<br />
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I have both SOA and Dexter to watch[/QUOTE]<br />
It's a detective show, it's described as neo noir on wikipedia. It has two private detectives, one an ex cop the other an ex thief. Each episode has a mix of standalone and toward the season arc - it combines the best procedurals with the best arc shows.<br />
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I haven't been able to get into Breaking Bad after watching the first two episodes. I'm hoping if I leave it I will come round like I did with BSG and The West Wing. -
[quote name='Nepia']Let me know if there are any other new season shows worth watching - especially comedies, please.[/QUOTE]<br />
I am actually not the best guy for this, cause I am "too cool" for mainstream comedies. I generally loathe formulaic, multi camera, laugh track ones such as Two and Half Men. The new ones this year that are most successful viewer wise and buzz wise are Mike and Molly (Chuck Lorre show who makes BBT, and TAHM), Shit my Dad Says (see twitter/book), and Raising Hope (Greg Garcia show, who made My Name is Earl). Of those, I checked out Raising Hope, and left after one episode. To give you an idea of my taste, I think Arrested Development was unadulterated genius, Better off Ted almost as good, and Community and Park and Recreation (2nd season reboot) are the best comedies on TV at the moment. I also think 30 Rock is on the down swing for the last year or so, and the Office is a shell of it's former self and pretty meh.<br />
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TR. Terriers name, and happy theme music along with the way Fx marketed it here made you think you were going to be watching a peppy buddy detective show type weekly procedural. Instead it is so much more, with a dark season long arc and broken characters just trying to make it and reconstruct their lives. I have been a Donal Logue fan since the Tao of Steve a decade ago, and he really has a chance to shine here. It is very much worth a watch and only a 13 episode commitment. -
[quote name='rustycruiser']A month later since my last post. Sons of Anarchy this year is still lame, and Boardwalk Empire, The Walking Dead, and Terriers are still the only new shows I think are worth watching. Terriers is actually one of my three favorite shows on at the moment, along with the final season of Friday Night Lights, and the absolutely brilliant Community.[/QUOTE]<br />
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Yeah, Sons is shit this year. It cannot operate as a heavy handed, "tragic", drama. This week's episode was better though.<br />
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Boardwalk Empire could be good, but it's so unfocussed. Rubicon was really good (from ep 3 on) but has been cancelled. Terriers is very good, but it may be cancelled too.<br />
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Sad to hear that SOA has drifted off the good list. <br />
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I'm not one to download shows so am only watching it as it is being shown here on TV3. So far I really like it. I like the premise of the group walking a line between good and bad (by their own definitions) and the ideals of the two main characters pulling around this line.<br />
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[quote name='Crucial']Sad to hear that SOA has drifted off the good list. <br />
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I'm not one to download shows so am only watching it as it is being shown here on TV3. So far I really like it. I like the premise of the group walking a line between good and bad (by their own definitions) and the ideals of the two main characters pulling around this line.<br />
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I can only guess that the writers ran out of ideas down that avenue.[/QUOTE]<br />
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assuming you are watching on TV3, which is only S1, S2 is still pretty good as well, am yet to start on S3. <br />
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Anyone seen the new series of Dexter to comment? For me, S3 drifted, with S4 average for the 1st half, with the 2nd half really upping the ante leading to the shock finale. <br />
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@Nepia, Breaking Bad would easily be the best thing I have watched for sometime! -
[quote name='taniwharugby']@Nepia, Breaking Bad would easily be the best thing I have watched for sometime![/QUOTE]July <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> 7 bloody months!
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watched first ep of SOA last night, bizaare first ep, they have done it like this is what happened in thier world since the end of the last series...like they have created a storyline form the word go, and looked at how to start it, rather than one developing over the series?
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[quote name='Tim']Yeah, Sons is shit this year. It cannot operate as a heavy handed, "tragic", drama. This week's episode was better though.[/QUOTE]<br />
The SOA season finale was awesome. Showed what we had been missing all year long. -
[quote name='rustycruiser']I am actually not the best guy for this, cause I am "too cool" for mainstream comedies. I generally loathe formulaic, multi camera, laugh track ones such as Two and Half Men. The new ones this year that are most successful viewer wise and buzz wise are Mike and Molly (Chuck Lorre show who makes BBT, and TAHM), Shit my Dad Says (see twitter/book), and Raising Hope (Greg Garcia show, who made My Name is Earl). Of those, I checked out Raising Hope, and left after one episode. [B] To give you an idea of my taste, I think Arrested Development was unadulterated genius, Better off Ted almost as good, and Community and Park and Recreation (2nd season reboot) are the best comedies on TV at the moment. I also think 30 Rock is on the down swing for the last year or so, and the Office is a shell of it's former self and pretty meh.[/B]<br />
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TR. Terriers name, and happy theme music along with the way Fx marketed it here made you think you were going to be watching a peppy buddy detective show type weekly procedural. Instead it is so much more, with a dark season long arc and broken characters just trying to make it and reconstruct their lives. I have been a Donal Logue fan since the Tao of Steve a decade ago, and he really has a chance to shine here. It is very much worth a watch and only a 13 episode commitment.[/QUOTE]<br />
Me too - I think all those shows are great. But then, I'm not a snob, I like mainstream as well. I think that 30 Rock has improved this year over the last.<br />
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The Terriers first episode did that as well. I nearly stopped watching after the 2nd Ep because the tone of the show seemed to change. I'm glad I stuck with and I'm going to be very disappointed when they cancel it.<br />
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I have the final ep of SOA to watch, and yep, the whole Irish thing got tiring quick, although the music they did over some of the scenes was pretty cool!<br />
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They cancel Terriers? I have the 1st ep to watch, but not sure if I'll bother if it is left hanging! -
Not canceled yet, but might be due to anemic ratings. Even if they cancel it, you should still watch it the first season. Bloody good stuff, and they do a good job wrapping up things.
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final ep of SOA was pretty damn good! Redeemed enough for me to carry on with the next series, which is obvious as to what that will be largely about....
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I just wanted to say i love The Amazing Race. I love watching stupid americans thrust into the middle of Bangledesh, trying to find their way around, and interacting with the locals. The scenery is cool too, but mainly i watch it for inter-partner meltdowns and culture shocks. <br />
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"What country do you think you are in now?"<br />
"London?"<br />
"The country of London?"<br />
"yea"<br />
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S5 of Dexter<br />
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little disappointing, not as dark as previously, almost light hearted in places. Am struggling to see how he manages to juggle his private life, work life and his dark passenger -
[quote name='taniwharugby']S5 of Dexter<br />
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little disappointing, not as dark as previously, almost light hearted in places. Am struggling to see how he manages to juggle his private life, work life and his dark passenger[/QUOTE]<br />
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Thought it was still 1000x better than season 4 (thought it was pretty shitty except for Lithgow), and also better than season 3. Returned the focus to Dexter, his "pursuits", and the possibility that he may be caught. There was pretty good chemistry between the Dexter character and Julia Stiles' character as well.
