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Nepia

[quote name='Tim']I can't handle Kyle Chandler though, he's just such a cheesy fucker.[/QUOTE] 
Really? :shock: I think he's great and finally got a well deserved Emmy. Would make it hard to watch the show if you don't like Chandler. I haven't watched a Nicole Kidman movie in years.

Tim

He does that puppy-dog eyes thing, and is so cheesy. He's as bad as Dylan McDermot to me. :shock: 
 
I wanted to punch out my monitor when I saw the [I]Super 8[/I] trailer.

Nepia

I guess my real equivalent is Daniel Day-Lewis. Apparently I'm supposed to rate him the best actor in the world when I just consider him the biggest ham on the planet (and not in a good way - like when Gary Oldman is in his ham mode). I spent 3 hours wanting to punch my monitor during that oil movie and when I got to the milkshake scene I wanted to punch myself out and hopefully wake up with no memory of the previous 3 hours. So I understand your beef with Chandler.

rustycruiser

[quote name='taniwharugby']I have plenty of viewing coming up (I always wait until I have the full series to watch at my leisure) Dexter, SOA (a 14 ep series this time too?) Homeland, Downton Abbey (although I see there is a break for the final episode) 
 
Finale to the Borgias this week too.[/QUOTE] 
 
Put Dexter toward the end of your watch list. It is pretty crap this year. More crap than any previous year (and they have been going downhill since the first season). Homeland, SOA are a better investment of your time. Walking Dead S02 part 1 was pretty meh as well.

antipodean

In other news, Gossip Girl is back on, which is when I leave the room. While my wife engages in her "brain dead, look at pretty things" mode, she doesn't appreciate me taking the piss.

Bones

[quote name='antipodean']In other news, Gossip Girl is back on, which is when I leave the room. While my wife engages in her "brain dead, look at pretty things" mode, she doesn't appreciate me taking the piss.[/QUOTE]It can't be as bad as fucking Made in Chelsea...

taniwharugby

[quote name='rustycruiser']Put Dexter toward the end of your watch list. It is pretty crap this year. More crap than any previous year (and they have been going downhill since the first season). Homeland, SOA are a better investment of your time. Walking Dead S02 part 1 was pretty meh as well.[/QUOTE] 
 
Yeah it has been on the decline, but I still like it. Although TBF I thought the 2nd half of the series with John LIthgow was bloody good.

Crucial

Back to 'Person of Interest'. 
 
I have caught right up on the episodes and it does get better. You still have to suspend reality quite a bit while watching and it's not the greatest TV ever made but it is watchable and the continuing threads keep you coming back. 
 
What I have discovered though, is that the uneven progression of the series was due to the way US TV works. The first Ep was a 'pilot' and from that the producers got the OK to make a few more to see if interest would continue. That's when it hit formula with only hints at backstory or underpinning threads. When the ratings continued to be good they got the go ahead to complete the series and things picked up. 
 
This seems to have also been the case with the Borgias when I think back. First ep grabbed attention, the next few hit a formula and closed out a story each episode before it kicked into gear with longer plots and better character development. 
 
In part that is why Homeland has been so good. It was obvious from the start that the whole story is plotted out over a season and the writers have been able to play the watchers along accordingly. 
 
My anticipation for the final episode of SOA4 is huge. I can see the value in TRs theory of waiting for the whole series, but I didn't have the patience.

Bones

Yeah why would you need to run a pilot and get approval in the US for a series where muslim = baddie terrorist <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

Frye

[quote name='Crucial'] 
My anticipation for the final episode of SOA4 is huge. I can see the value in TRs theory of waiting for the whole series, but I didn't have the patience.[/QUOTE] 
 
Totes. At the very least the last two episodes need to be watched back to back.

taniwharugby

last ep hasnt aired yet has it??

Frye

[quote name='taniwharugby']last ep hasnt aired yet has it??[/QUOTE] 
 
Yeah that's what I meant, poorly worded on my behalf. 
 
Episodes 13 and 14 are really one episode, it cuts off halfway through. Leaves you really hanging on till next next week.

taniwharugby

will start watching that next week. 
 
Was a bit disappointed with the finale of The Borgias, was a little flat really.

Crucial

[quote name='Don Frye']Yeah that's what I meant, poorly worded on my behalf. 
 
Episodes 13 and 14 are really one episode, it cuts off halfway through. Leaves you really hanging on till next next week.[/QUOTE] 
 
Love the way they really aren't hiding the Hamlet storyline now. Eps 13 and 14 are titled "to be or not to be" Parts 1 and 2

Crucial

[quote name='Bones']Yeah why would you need to run a pilot and get approval in the US for a series where muslim = baddie terrorist <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />[/QUOTE] 
 
For those cynical about the US approach to this subject, Homeland is showing a remarkable level of balance. Hopefully a few rednecks drawn in under the simple guise Bones explains will learn a little bit outside the square.

Nepia

I started watching Homeland on the weekend and am nearly out of episodes - it is great. 
 
I wonder if the Israeli original is available anywhere?

taniwharugby

I also started watching HOmeland, and looks good...also started on SOA, which is moving along nicely, if not a wee predictable.

Crucial

[quote name='taniwharugby']....also started on SOA, which is moving along nicely, if not a wee predictable.[/QUOTE] 
 
Strangely that was the appeal to me. It's like you know the story and where it's heading but the characters don't. Watching them get there is the attraction. The story is a tragedy and they tend to work best that way. 
 
There's still room for the story to go in different directions right to the end though and I am hanging out for the last ep.

Rembrandt

Just watched the last 'Walking Dead' for the year. Holy crap! Intense. Still a great show

Bones

[quote name='Crucial']For those cynical about the US approach to this subject, Homeland is showing a remarkable level of balance. Hopefully a few rednecks drawn in under the simple guise Bones explains will learn a little bit outside the square.[/QUOTE]<img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> No I was starting to get a bit cynical but the last couple of episodes have tipped the balance a bit...it's certainly getting better and not worse, good show.

The Silver Fern

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