Television General Discussion

Nice little article from Grantland about the guys from TNG:

Itā€™s a pretty simple formula - take a hot girl, make her a geek and watch nerds flock. Iā€™m sort of annoyed by it because it seems sort of like pandering to a demographic. I mean, if the pandering is incidental, thatā€™s ok, but i donā€™t think it is. However, Iā€™m also not going to argue with seeing Zooey each week in nerdy glasses and cute dressesā€¦

TNG is funny, I like it, but how on earth is her kind of ā€œnerdyā€ more normal then BBT nerdy? She still comes off as totally strange and socially ineptā€¦

Edit: Unless youā€™re referring more to the guys, ok I could see that, but then I wouldnā€™t really put them in the same class description as BBT anyway.

BBT?

Big Bang Theory

well her whole style is pretty indy geek. not even just this showā€¦her singing to her choices in movies. i honestly think thats just who she is and not just the part she potrays in hollywood but i could be wrong.

Oh, donā€™t get me wrong, I donā€™t think Zooey is pandering, I think the network execs areā€¦

ohā€¦totally.

FX is on an amazing roll of TV shows right now, nothing they put out is bad.

Televisions are pretty cool. :slight_smile:

Picked up the Blackadder Remastered ā€“ The Ultimate Edition setā€¦Iā€™ve been reading rave reviews on it.

http://www.tactools.org/apocalypse-man-survival-instruction/

Watching this on History channel. Damn good info. Required viewing for all srk zombie apocalypse survivalists, and it might just come in handy in the near futureā€¦Iran IS nuking up, you knowā€¦

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xztvUuonHuI only shows worth watching

Anybody happen to watch that new show Homeland after the Dexter premiere? Good friggin stuff and it has that weird red-headed guy from Life which just adds to the goodness.

For anyone who isnā€™t familiar with it, the showā€™s about a thought-to-be-dead POW who gets rescued, only some thing heā€™s been turned and is now spying/planning an attack on American soil. Much of the show is figuring out whether or not heā€™s a terrorist now. Of course thereā€™s other stuff like the drama of him returning home to his family (the details of which I wonā€™t spoil) and some other stuff. If you get chance, you should definitely check it out.

Ok before this thread goes any further; The New Girl will not be referred to as TNG anymore but simply as NG. I refuse to have Star Trekā€™s The Next Generationā€™s rep tarnished by mistaken acronyms.

I thought it felt wrong calling it TNG but couldnā€™t put my finger on why. Thanks Val.

I never liked Trek. Let this add to the reasons.

Ok, Iā€™m not REALLY that into Terra Nova, but Iā€™m giving it a chance so farā€¦theyā€™ve fulfilled some basic expectations already by having at least 1 person become a snack for a dinosaur, along with having some pretty hot ass on the show. This broad right here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0174909/ is gorgeous, and she just bent over a little while ago in some very small booty-shorts. I happened to tune in just in time to catch that bend over sceneā€¦ Iā€™m surprised they even showed it, since most networks appear to be afraid of showing a hot ass when the woman is wearing small shorts or a short skirt. Anyway, she also gets bonus points for having a british accentā€¦ at first glance I thought she was Parminder Nagra (adorable little piece of hot Indian assā€¦ I watched ER simply because she was on it), but apparently not. ā€¦but yeah, *Rogue One *was surprisingly good.

The oldest daughter on the show looks good too.

I also need to check out The New Girlā€¦yes, my interest in that show is purely because Zooey D. is on there.

Universal Soldier TV series?

I guess it could work if they took it seriously enough. Since theyā€™re saying itā€™d be a reboot, that gives them a ton of freedom to craft a decent mytho. After the awesome series which was Battlestar Galactica, any sci-fi reboot/re-imagining gets a chance with me.

ah, finally I get to see The New Girl. Zooey is indeed absolutely adorable. This girl defines new levels of cute/hotnessā€¦she looks like a beautiful cartoon/comic book character that somehow became a real beingā€¦gorgeous.

ā€œRingerā€ is losing me, but CW still dominates when it comes to the TnA content. Thereā€™s so much hot ass on the shows from that network itā€™s ridiculous. About 5 years and 3 months from now, I farted. Yeah Iā€™m posting from the future, muthafuckas!