Josh Schwartz Does Not Respect My Intelligence: TV Thread Part 300

[jebreject]

NON!

[jebreject]

dammit, lack of context is gonna make my joke make NO SENSE whatsoever

[Nick]

them's the (page) breaks

[girl]

I gave up on Ally McBeal. (It was the musical episode at the end of season 3 that finally pushed me over the edge.) I'm watching 30 Rock now. You guys are right. It's pretty funny.

[heather marie]

it's sad how this thread is so...alone.

anyway, I'm almost finished with S3 of the Wire. I just watched the episode where McNulty left his kids at home sleeping to fuck the campaign lady. I think I officially don't love McNulty anymore. Yeah.

Also, for some reason, I was under the impression that Avon was in on the whole thing with D getting killed, but the reaction he just got from Stringer tells me he wasn't. Interesting.

[heather marie]

Man I don't know why I whited that out, I'm the only person on the board who isn't up to date anyway.

[jebreject]

Whoa, no, Avon DEFINITELY wasn't in on it. That was Stringer by his own damn self.

[heather marie]

I don't know why I assumed that, but I'm glad Avon wasn't in on it.

[girl]

Have I mentioned how much I love season 3? The Stringer/Avon plot is still my favorite thing in all of The Wire.

[nonotyet]

hey can we talk about how that Quarterlife show that is going to start in February or something makes me want to punch everyone involved? and I haven't even seen the internet episodes
or "webisodes"
and excuse me I have to go punch myself now

edit: IT STARTED ON MYSPACE TV??????

AND THIS IS AN ACTUAL PLOTLINE?

Danny and Jed use a basketball as arbitrator
and torture device to try to settle a dispute of
who should get the groceries so they don't
have to eat another meal of Shrimp Ramen.

fucking jesus hell

[heather marie]

Have I mentioned how much I love season 3? The Stringer/Avon plot is still my favorite thing in all of The Wire.

It's awesome how every season just gets better and better. When I was mid s2, I was all "Damn, S1 was the best" and then "damn, S2 was awesome" and now it's "fuck, S3 is awesome." I'm gonna try to finish it up today since there's A MILLION INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.

[Andrew_TSKS]

hey can we talk about how that Quarterlife show that is going to start in February or something makes me want to punch everyone involved? and I haven't even seen the internet episodes
or "webisodes"
and excuse me I have to go punch myself now

it amuses me that a tossed off john mayer lyric* became a pretty standardly used word within the span of 5 years. but i haven't seen that show and don't care enough to check out the "webisodes". i can imagine that it's probably hella fuckin mediocre.


*"I rent a room and I fill the spaces with wood in places to make it feel like home, but all I feel's alone. It might be a quarter life crisis, or just the stirring in my soul."--from "why georgia"

[nonotyet]

It's also a book that I think might predate the song. I distinctly remember recieving large shipments of it when i worked at Barnes & Noble and being all HAY GUYS I ARE MARKETABLE.

[dieblucasdie]

Yeah the term definitely predates that John Mayer song.

The John Mayer song reinforces the fact that it's a term only douchebags use though.

[DCDave]

Clearly you're not aware of the hilarity of John Mayer?

[The_Tourist]

edit: IT STARTED ON MYSPACE TV??????

AND THIS IS AN ACTUAL PLOTLINE?

there was a big article in the l.a. weekly a while ago about all the hollywood talent agencies making departments dedicated to youtube/myspace video/whatever and how they're all snatching up and "developing" shows and movies based on shitty youtube videos.

things are gonna go from bad to worse.

[dieblucasdie]

Clearly you're not aware of the hilarity of John Mayer?

I've seen him be funny in interviews but writing the song "Daughters" = automatic douchebag-for-life

[nonotyet]

things are gonna go from bad to worse.

And now, a line that I recall from the Quarterlife commercial.

"If she, you know, makes it through the night, wanna go out sometime?"

That sound you hear is me gouging out my eyes

[ellaguru]

Well, my cousin is recording season five of The Wire for me, and, though I've only season 1-3, I have 1-4 on DVD, so now is the time to start at the beginning again, and watch the whole series straight through.

Starting...now!

[Andrew_TSKS]

It's also a book that I think might predate the song. I distinctly remember recieving large shipments of it when i worked at Barnes & Noble and being all HAY GUYS I ARE MARKETABLE.

you're right, that predates the john mayer song, but only by 4 months. weird. i wonder if the authors and john mayer both came up with it at the same time, independently of each other.

[Andrew_TSKS]

edit: IT STARTED ON MYSPACE TV??????

AND THIS IS AN ACTUAL PLOTLINE?

there was a big article in the l.a. weekly a while ago about all the hollywood talent agencies making departments dedicated to youtube/myspace video/whatever and how they're all snatching up and "developing" shows and movies based on shitty youtube videos.

things are gonna go from bad to worse.

i wonder if this is a way to retaliate against the writer's strike.

[elpollodiablo]

Dude I think that's been in the cultural lexicon for much longer than either of those sources would indicate, as blucas said

[slow west vultures]

hey what did you all think of that there Lost show last night?  i was a little underwhelmed for a season premiere.  i know they're starting from where they left off, but there were moments of last nights episode that were just plain cheesy.  it felt like they were compelled to create a Lost for beginners episode, becuase towards the end of the show they had an ad saying "Its not to late to get Lost!"  i don't know, overall i guess it was a promising start, but did they really have to throw in the line

Bernard: Hugo, if you want to cannonball: cannonball.

 
or

Kate: what are you doing?
Sawyer: doing what i've always done.  survivin'

just felt a little too slow and melodramatic.  i thought they should have got things off to a more dyanamic start.  but we'll wait and see.  i'm interested to know who the 6 are.  i hope the flash forwards don't get too confusing with the flash backs.  i will now open it up to the rest of the floor.  

[The_Tourist]

looks like that article is online in case anyone cares... http://www.laweekly.com/news/news/hollywood-schmoozer-meets-internet-geek/17676/

[diesel_powered]

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is the funniest fucking show ever.