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Re: Some TV show I didn't just see.
« Reply #180 on: January 14, 2015, 01:34:40 am »
My understanding is that this is true because such anime are generally about nubile young ladies. Or maybe that is what you mean by "Japanese version of Friends"?
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Re: Some TV show I didn't just see.
« Reply #181 on: January 14, 2015, 01:55:15 am »
yeah, it seems like there are often anime babes falling in love with nerdy anime guys.
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Re: Some TV show I didn't just see.
« Reply #182 on: January 14, 2015, 06:20:15 am »
Quote from: wombat on January 13, 2015, 01:57:28 pm
I think Totoro counts as anime for Americans just because the studio is so massively successful and respected, even though the style is different, but just liking Studio Ghibli movies does not make you an anime fan. You should definitely go watch the rest of those though. Spirited Away is my favorite.

I've seen Spirited Away. I was just keeping my comment simple.

Also this.
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Re: Some TV show I didn't just see.
« Reply #183 on: February 16, 2015, 04:14:55 am »
When I was home over x-mas every single night my parents were in the living room watching a show where someone was being raped or tortured. Yeesh. When did everything get so damn dark? I can't find anything to watch that isn't a cartoon. I can handle reading really heavy/dark stuff, but watching it on TV and hearing screaming/crying is not my idea of fun.

My best bet is the goofy humor of cartoons on Adult Swim, or Archer (which is violent, sure, but is animated and funny). Maybe I need to catch up on Parks and Recreation and re-watch The Office.
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Re: Some TV show I didn't just see.
« Reply #184 on: February 16, 2015, 09:08:33 pm »
I long ago gave up expecting to watch anything on American TV but I can't find anything to read either because I don't want to read about torture, the apocalypse, etc. It's also a big part of why I can't get anything published. This fashion has become ridiculous - now even middle grade books are about people dying and post-apocalyptic civilizations.
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Re: Some TV show I didn't just see.
« Reply #185 on: February 16, 2015, 10:45:22 pm »
Quote from: Asherdan on February 16, 2015, 10:04:58 pm
This is a really interesting problem to think about that you guys bring up, actually. Lots of times Spouse and I don't want to watch the murder/torture dramas nor do we have an interest in all the sex-farce sit-com stuff.

Where does this leave us? Watching Judge Judy lay teh beatdownz on the proles, usually.

Educational, yet strangely soothing...
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Re: Some TV show I didn't just see.
« Reply #186 on: February 16, 2015, 10:53:18 pm »
Quote from: Asherdan on February 16, 2015, 10:04:58 pm
This is a really interesting problem to think about that you guys bring up, actually. Lots of times Spouse and I don't want to watch the murder/torture dramas nor do we have an interest in all the sex-farce sit-com stuff.

I suppose this is part of why I like Phineas & Ferb so much.

I have started watching "Louie" again, which is depressing in its own way, but much more relateable. I enjoyed Community but it's no longer on in syndication (though it's supposed to be on Yahoo with a new season soon).
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Re: Some TV show I didn't just see.
« Reply #187 on: February 17, 2015, 12:36:38 am »
Quote from: Asherdan on February 16, 2015, 11:22:45 pm
My dirty secret is that Storage Wars

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Re: Some TV show I didn't just see.
« Reply #188 on: February 17, 2015, 04:55:26 pm »
Let's see what's on my DVR as far as murder&mayhem go:

48 hours ✔
Alaska State Troopers ✔
America's First Sport: Lacrosse
Blue Bloods ✔
CSI ✔
Hawaii 5-0 ✔
How It's Made
Jake and the Neverland Pirates
Mythbusters
NCIS ✔
NCIS: LA ✔
NCIS: New Orleans ✔
Octonauts
PAW Patrol ✔
Person of Interest ✔
Phineas and Ferb
Pit Bulls and Parolees
Scandal ✔
The Mentalist ✔
Womens College Basketball: Pac-12 (4) ✔

Other than sports and kiddie shows, science shows (not listed at them moment: Nova, Cosmos) seem to be the only breaks in the People Being Awful To Each Other theme.  Plus a show about dogs and redemption.  There's something uplifting at least.

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Re: Some TV show I didn't just see.
« Reply #189 on: February 17, 2015, 06:23:10 pm »
Anybody else watching Better Call Saul?
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Re: Some TV show I didn't just see.
« Reply #190 on: February 17, 2015, 10:04:02 pm »
Quote from: jaydub on February 17, 2015, 04:55:26 pm
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Womens College Basketball: Pac-12 (4) ✔

If I was going to check one of those two as "murder and mayhem," that's not the one.
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Re: Some TV show I didn't just see.
« Reply #191 on: February 17, 2015, 10:14:31 pm »
DVR'd episode three of BCS, watching it tonight.

I find the Breaking Bad/Vince Gilligan internet fandom pretty awful, and I'd hate to see Better Call Saul turn entirely into a fanservice delivery engine for this demographic. I already feel like Mike and Tuco's prominent roles are veering the show into this territory. Let's just hope that not every episode has some kind of in-your-face 'easter egg' casting decision.

I'm also on the fence about the editing style and self-seriousness. It feels too much like Breaking Bad in tone -- I kind of want the writers/cinematographers/whatever to let the show breathe and become its own thing.

All of which is to say I'm not disliking the show so far, and I'm happy they're making it -- I'm just antsy to see which overall direction it  takes as it continues.

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Re: Some TV show I didn't just see.
« Reply #192 on: February 18, 2015, 06:18:44 am »
Quote from: Carlos del Vaca on February 17, 2015, 10:04:02 pm
If I was going to check one of those two as "murder and mayhem," that's not the one.
I...I have no explanation for the check mark there.  Pac-12 basketball...those girls do go hard, though.
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Re: Some TV show I didn't just see.
« Reply #193 on: February 18, 2015, 06:18:08 pm »
Quote from: Asherdan on February 16, 2015, 11:22:45 pm
My dirty secret is that Storage Wars show because of knowings some of the people and all of the areas they cover.


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Re: Some TV show I didn't just see.
« Reply #194 on: February 18, 2015, 08:30:19 pm »
Quote from: Asherdan on February 18, 2015, 05:17:08 pm
I found out early and often that getting into a pickup game that involves D1 lady players is straight up putting your balls on the line.
I can't believe that there are people who watch golf on TV and wouldn't think to watch women's basketball.
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