That's HBO's jump the shark moment.
Nossir, I disagree. Killing Deadwood's 4th season was when the shark jump happened.
Angel: Just admit it: you think you're gonna ride in, save the day, and sweep Buffy off her--Spike: Like you're not thinking the same thing. Angel: I'm already seeing somebody. Spike: What, dog girl?
'The Girl in Question'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
Hayden - Jul 07, 2008 8:09:00 pm PDT #951 of 11998
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
DavidS - Jul 07, 2008 9:03:05 pm PDT #952 of 11998
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Nossir, I disagree. Killing Deadwood's 4th season was when the shark jump happened.
Fair point. And Rome right after. It's like they forgot what worked.
le nubian - Jul 08, 2008 2:41:21 am PDT #953 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Did they kill Deadwood? I thought the creator didn't want to do a 4th season.
amych - Jul 08, 2008 3:45:50 am PDT #954 of 11998
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
HBO announced that they weren't planning to pick up people's contracts, and then as a followup offer, they offered a 6-episode season, which Milch wasn't interested in doing. There's a lot of bitterness in his last commentary on S3 about how unfinished the stories are -- he had a part in the stalemate, certainly, but it doesn't sound to me like he didn't want to do any more.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 08, 2008 4:32:05 am PDT #955 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
As long as we get more Flight of the Conchords, I'm keeping my HBO. If they kill that in an untimely fashion, I'd probably switch to Showtime so I can get Dexter live (and Billie Piper as a 'ho).
le nubian - Jul 08, 2008 4:34:16 am PDT #956 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
thanks amy. I was not an HBO subscriber then, so I thought Milch was the one who decided to pull out.
HBO has been fucking up since they didn't fund season 3 of Carnivale, IMO. Just to bring up an old wound.
Vortex - Jul 08, 2008 6:06:49 am PDT #957 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I'd probably switch to Showtime so I can get Dexter live (and Billie Piper as a 'ho).
they had a wierd thing where I had showtime, HBO, etc. Then it suddenly stopped. it was after a storm, so I thought that it might be due to that. They told me that I'd only had it for a 6 month deal. I said okay, and hung up. then I started thinking, not only had I had it for 9 months, it didn't even end when he said that it had ended. So, now I'm wondering if they just forgot and then noticed.
The other weird thing is that he didn't try to upsell me at all. You would think that when a customer calls in upset that they've lost their pay channels that they would try to sell them to you. He was like "whatever"
Wolfram - Jul 08, 2008 11:33:48 am PDT #958 of 11998
Visilurking
Did you watch last week's episode?
Well I saw the one with the luchadors and then I went ahead and watched one that recorded last night with the plastic surgery aliens. Sadly, my opinion has not changed.
sumi - Jul 08, 2008 11:51:32 am PDT #959 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!
You don't have to whitefont if it's aired on the East Coast. Of course, what little discussion there has been has been in Boxed Set.
I'm still really enjoying it.
Java cat - Jul 08, 2008 5:18:29 pm PDT #960 of 11998
Not javachik
Flight of the Conchords
I've just started watching this on DVD, while waiting for the 1st part of Entourage Season 3 to come in. OMG it's a riot. The guys are so droll. I love Murray and his meetings, complete with roll call. The last ep I watched was the David Bowie-through-the-years visitation thing. Took me a few minutes to figure out who was playing David Bowie. Cracked me up.
eta fixed typo