William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Matt,
FWIW - I thought "The Colbert Report" for the first couple of eps was BORING. But then I picked it up after a couple of months and I'm fucking sold. The ep with Colbert and Sean Penn is magic.
I'm not lying. It is really funny. I thought Penn lost his sense of humor, but that is not the case.
FWIW, the new Futurama movie is as good as any of the good episodes, plus canonical tentacle porn....
the new Futurama movie
Ah, back on topic!
FWIW - I thought "The Colbert Report" for the first couple of eps was BORING. But then I picked it up after a couple of months and I'm fucking sold.
My friend and I went to see a taping of The Colbert Report pretty close to when it started (we got tickets with only a week's notice) and when people get impressed by it, we always explain that it was before it was funny.
The only episode of Law and Order I've ever seen has been a Homicide crossover. Any kind of Law and Order. Ever.
OK, let's just air all our potentially heretical TV proclivities.
HIMYM is utterly conventional. The stuff they do with narrative is nice, but does not in any way overcome how whiny and high-pitched all their actors are; it can't be a good show when people will readily agree that the lead sucks.
(And that's not heresy, that just needs to be said.)
HIMYM is utterly conventional.
I wouldn't dispute that.
but does not in any way overcome how whiny and high-pitched all their actors are
I wouldn't characterize Cobie Smulders like that.
it can't be a good show when people will readily agree that the lead sucks.
I don't agree with that. I think he's fine. But the heavy lifting comedically is done by NPH and Jason Segal. Aly is sort of mis/underused. Or maybe that's as much as she can do in a sitcom. She may actually be a better dramatic actress.
I...
HERETICAL WARNING AHEAD.
I think AH is overrated as an actress. There. I said it. I feel bad.
I don't think SMG's that great, but I don't feel bad about it. She did Buffy well enough to hook me crazily on the show, if not the character, and that was much of her job.
I think AH is overrated as an actress. There. I said it. I feel bad.
Let's hear it. What are her weaknesses in your estimation?