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[quote name='rustycruiser']USA just started two more series following their usual template. Suits, and Necessary Roughness. Of the two, Suits looks the better, but they only have aired 1 or 2 episodes of both, so pretty early to judge. You know neither will win an Emmy, but probably will be light and somewhat entertaining.<br />
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I am really not watching anything else new. Not too much on this summer. Waiting for the new season of Breaking Bad, Rescue Me, Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm etc to start in a couple of weeks. Also, am finally watching Sports Night. Had the files for over 3 years, just never had the time.[/QUOTE]<br />
Cheers Rusty - I saw Suits on EZTV and was wondering whether to give it a look.<br />
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I've never really got into Curb Your Enthusiasm and indeed my enthusiasm for Seinfeld has waned markedly recently. I rewatched about 10 eps recently (3rd time round) and have to say it was a struggle. Scarily I think that friends has aged better.<br />
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[quote name='rustycruiser']USA just started two more series following their usual template. Suits, and Necessary Roughness. Of the two, Suits looks the better, but they only have aired 1 or 2 episodes of both, so pretty early to judge. You know neither will win an Emmy, but probably will be light and somewhat entertaining.<br />
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I watched the first ep of Suits and thought it was pretty good - typical USA formula of cocky guy, not so cocky guys and a decent looking woman! On that, I think that Burn Notice and White Collar need to come up with arcs pretty soon because they're a little bit too formulaic at the moment. In the case of White Collar a better arc than the Nazi loot.<br />
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Spys, detectives and lawyers seem to be the extent of the USA Networks writers' capabilities <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />. -
I watched the first 2 episodes of some alien invasion show "Falling Skies" last week. To anyone who may have seen it, does it get any better?
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[quote name='Don Frye']Breaking Bad (season four) started last night. First episode was excellent.[/QUOTE]<br />
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I'm gonna wait til the season is finished then download the lot. It pisses me off when I have to wait a week between episodes. -
[quote name='cricketman']I'm gonna wait til the season is finished then download the lot. It pisses me off when I have to wait a week between episodes.[/QUOTE]<br />
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I dont watch until I have it all either, but get them ASAP as they come down a bit quicker.<br />
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Caught the new Man vs Wild the other day, the one shot in NZ.<br />
Never gotten into the show, was just curious to see how challenging he would find it here. Was dropped near the Southern Alps and had to trek across to the West Coast. Obviously no predators to worry about, just the tricky conditions he had to go through.<br />
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[quote name='Deepblue']I think True Blood has lost it's way just a little, seems as though when they're short on ideas they just through in a different kind of supernatural being. Still love the characters they've created and the whole feel of the show.[/QUOTE]<br />
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yeahit has been on a downhill slide since about 2/3 the way through S2, S3 was all over the place.<br />
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Will watch a few eps but probably leave it to my wife to watch, I have more important things, like Breaking Bad!! -
Currently watching a short series "The Borgias" about Pope Alexander VI and his family using the papalcy to basically do what he wants. Gods work you understand. its pretty good, the family are pretty ruthless, and there are some seriously unlikeable characters. Jeremy Irons is, as ever, excellent.<br />
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The absolute worst show on TV at the moment (even worse than Covert Affairs) is the Criminal Minds spin off "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behaviour". Forrest Whitaker is some sort of black, lazy-eyed, psychic ninja who apparently solves crimes and tracks down bad guys just by existing, or making wild assumptions based on fuck all, that always apparently work out. He has a team who don't appear to do anything to help (Janeane Garofalo is fucking poorly cast, i have never seen an actor look less comfortable holding a gun) but appear to be fairly ordinary eye-candy (seriously, the supposed hot chick does absolutely nothing, while the good looking pommy guy was apparently some marine scout-sniper in a previous life, perfectly setting him up to be an FBI investigator). Its horrible, don't be sucked in by the "Criminal Minds" bit, it isn't a patch on the original. Worst. Spin-off. Ever. -
[quote name='Tim']Sons of Anarchy is back tonight. <br />
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As a commentator put it on the AV Club:[/QUOTE]<br />
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There have been a couple of mini-"appisodes" released for the SOA iphone app during the break to link series 3 and 4 while the boys have been incarcerated. If you haven't seen them already .....<br />
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The "Top Secret America" documentary on PBS Frontline. Recommended. The early piece on evaluating the size of the private intelligence contracting industry is also recommended. The scale of this unaccountable industry is quite staggering - over 1 million employees apparently.<br />
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Sad to see Andy Whitfield the guy who played Spartacus in Spartacus Blood and Sand has died <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />
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[quote name='Baron Silas Greenback']Sad to see Andy Whitfield the guy who played Spartacus in Spartacus Blood and Sand has died <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />[/QUOTE]<br />
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[quote name='Tim']Sons of Anarchy is back tonight. <br />
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Saw Ep1 last night. SOA in great form and an interesting storyline set up. I see it broke records for opening episode veiwers too.<br />
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Glad I watched those short 'Appisodes' though. Certainly the first one, or I could have miseed the reasoning behind what happened.<br />
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Anyone who lost interest during the waffling on part on Series 3 in Ireland should come back if the first episode is a good indication of this series. -
[quote name='rustycruiser']Wow, that's terrible. Poor guy wasn't even forty.[/QUOTE]<br />
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[quote name='Crucial']Saw Ep1 last night. SOA in great form and an interesting storyline set up. I see it broke records for opening episode veiwers too.<br />
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Glad I watched those short 'Appisodes' though. Certainly the first one, or I could have miseed the reasoning behind what happened.<br />
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Anyone who lost interest during the waffling on part on Series 3 in Ireland should come back if the first episode is a good indication of this series.[/QUOTE]<br />
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started watching the new series of True Blood...WTF! First half of the new episode????<br />
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Really gone down hill since S1, glad I have Breaking Bad, SOA and next month Dexter to watch!<br />
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rather than give True Blood a whole post; watched up to E3 and decided to flag it, wife is still watching, I have asked her to let me know when the dragons, elves and trolls make and appearance!
