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    Modern Family - season 1

    I was really looking forward to seeing it because I'd love to see Ed ONeill on tv again. I made it through about ten minutes or so before changing the channel. It just wasn't funny. Like others said, there were a couple good moments but the rest fell VERY flat. I made it to the scene where the...
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    "King of the Hill" appreciation thread

    The final episodes aired last night. If you didn't see it, you can see the finale on Hulu. Mike Judge has said that whey they produced that episode they didn't know it would be the "series finale" (it had not been cancelled yet). However it does wrap up nicely at the end...
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    Ridley Scott's Legend on Blu Ray?

    Last night HDNet broadcast "Legend", and it looked fantastic. I popped in the directors cut DVD into my Toshiba HD-A2 (upconverting, connected with HDMI), and it didn't even come close to the HDNet broadcast. This is a movie that definitely looks great in high definition. I can't wait for the...
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    True Blood: Season Two

    I agree that this particular episode was intentionally funny, especially all the scenes with Jason Stackhouse (and he was in it a lot). This whole episode was played for laughs. The tone felt like "Shaun of the Dead" to me. Much like The Sopranos, True Blood is very, very funny when it wants...
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    Eastbound & Down - Season One

    I read somewhere that the Pilot episode was taped months prior to the rest of them, and Katy Mixon lost a lot of weight between the taping of the pilot and the rest of the series. I loved the show. I can't wait for the DVD so I can sit down and watch the whole series back to back like one long...
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    A few thoughts about.....LET THE RIGHT ONE IN

    The following post is from the cheapassgamer forum, where we have a pretty good discussion of this going on. See my comments below his quote... Let The Right One In - Page 4 - Cheap Ass Gamer This is the best post I've seen so far on this issue. I've been around to other forums and nobody...
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    A few thoughts about.....LET THE RIGHT ONE IN

    Thanks Ron. I emailed them. I let them know that the ones who are getting the shaft are the fans who ran out and bought this disc on day one, like myself. As a distributor they know that week one sales are very important, and it's the folks like us who keep them in business. I don't know the...
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    *** Official THE WRESTLER Discussion Thread

    I saw it and loved it and everyone I talk to seems to love it as well. It's getting really good word-of-mouth, like "Juno" good. However, I'm disappointed it's not getting a wider release - at least none has been scheduled yet. As of Jan 23 there are still only a bunch of major cities listed...
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    The Office season 5

    I have two points I'd like to throw out here. Amy Ryan continues to be so impressive on this show. After "Gone Baby Gone" I didn't expect her to come back with a character like Holly. At first I didn't know what to make of the character - would she be straight-laced? or a little dorky like...
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    Fringe - By J.J. Abrams

    Nice link. :emoji_thumbsup: But did we expect any less from Abrams? My wife enjoyed it because it reminded her of Alias (young heroine loses boyfriend in first minutes, takes up crusade against govt. conspiracy group). It reminded me of X-Files, but not nearly as good. It also had the tone...
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    Voiceover King Don LaFontaine dead at 68

    Just think: Without Don, the first 10 minutes of your movie theater experience will never be the same.
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    If you could bring a dead rock star back to life

    Although Hendrix would certainly be cool, I have to vote for Keith Moon.
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    The Dark Knight (2008)

    The difference is that that Dark Knight has a nice, tidy ending, unlike Empire. If, God forbid, a third movie is never made, it would be okay because there is no cliffhanger. As far as we know, Dent is really dead, and Joker is locked up in Arkham. Life goes on in Gotham as usual. What's really...
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    The Dark Knight (2008)

    One thing that kind of bothers me... What was the deal with Scarecrow? What was he up to? Why was he there? What was the point of his cameo? Why is he hanging out with the "imposters"? It was midnight, I was tired, and it was and early in the movie so I think my brain was still warming up...
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    The Dark Knight (2008)

    As I was watching that scene I thought to myself, they have officially "nuked the fridge". Basically that was a little much for us to suspend our disbelief. But like you said, it was small and I can forgive. I loved the movie anyway. From Urban Dictionary: Nuke the Fridge: "A colloquialism...
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    WipeOut & I Survived a Japanese Game Show

    I watched Wipeout and found the commentary to be annoying and un-funny. I love MXC, and Wipeout is just a poor ripoff. Sure I laughed because it was funny to see people fall, but I turned down the volume because the two Johns commentary was so awkward. They even tried to steal the MXC style...
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    Stan Winston R.I.P.

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    *** Official THE HAPPENING Discussion Thread

    I was thinking that too. How bad can a film be, if it creates so much discourse. Internet advertisers must love it when his movies come out, because every movie blog and forum is alive this morning with discussion of The Happening (for better or worse). You watch, this thread and the Review...
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    *** Official THE HAPPENING Discussion Thread

    You're not the only who feels that way. It's M. Night's third biggest opening ever. Bottom line: People are still paying to see his movies. M. Night Shyamalan Movie Box Office Results Good for him, but I agree, next time I'd like to see him bring back "THE TWIST". If everybody is going to...
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    *** Official THE HAPPENING Discussion Thread

    He does tend to inadvertently drop spoilers from time to time. I read the whole thing and he does say "The performances by Wahlberg and Deschanel bring a quiet dignity to their characters." So yeah, he did at least address what looks to be strange performances from them. I can't wait to see...
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    TRANSFORMERS 2 Rumblings/Filming!

    Since when does Michael Bay need a script? :laugh: That was too easy....
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    The Office: Season Four

    It really struck me how completely INAPPROPRIATE that comment is, especially coming from HR (whose job it is to know what's appropriate in the office). That was our first clue that Holly will be no "regular" HR person, and that there is much more to come from this character. I love Amy Ryan and...
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    ABOMINABLE: Bigfoot with Attitude!

    Did the original DVD have bonus features? At Anchor Bay's site, they list a ton of bonus features, and say "Featuring Uncensored Footage Not Seen In The Sci Fi Channel Broadcast!". Obviously the DVD would have more footage than the (likely edited) TV version, but I don't know if it's new to this...
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    Iron Man (2008)

    I loved that line too. I also didn't see it coming, but maybe we should have. The key is that Stark changed over the course of the movie; grew up a bit. But then he says that last line and we realize that he's the same old Tony Stark. I also loved the use of the Black sabbath song immediately...
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    DVD Review HTF DVD REVIEW: Cloverfield

    As long as you have a decent sound system, you should be able to capture the theater experience of this movie. In particular, the LFE will rattle your bones, like nothing you've felt before.
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    Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who - quick review

    I agree with Patrick. I'd also probably give it a B. It's quite a good movie (animated or otherwise). Just the other night I saw Bee Movie (so it was fresh in my mind), and that was okay - funny, cute, good message, and appealed to both kids and adults - but Horton is clearly in another league...
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    Great article on all the post format war doomsaying...

    That reeks of fanboyism. He had me until those last two sentences.
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    *** Official 2008 Oscars Nominations List and Forum Discussion Thread

    I noticed about 5 sound drop-outs. And yes, the first I noticed was during Javier Bardem's supporting actor speech, but he was speaking in Spanish at the time so I assumed it wasn't the censors (unless it was some Spanish profanity). I have DirecTV, by the way (going on 4 months), and usually...
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    Semi Pro..Same Will Farrel Again

    Nobody has mentioned Old School. At least he was playing a normal guy, and not some cartoon character. I thought Ron Burgundy was at least something fresh, and Elf was solid too. I'm not a fan of the "cartoon" character he plays in "Blades" and "Talledega", (and Semi Pro looks to be the...
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