dodint wrote:NBC is going to do a pilot for an American version of The IT Crowd. I don't trust any of the big 4 to do much of anything right, and feel like this is probably going to be a watered down version of Silicon Valley. Something like Silicon Valley meets The Big Bang Theory. Hokey and stupid and not cheeky at all. I wish AMC had picked it up first and made it a lighthearted version of Halt and Catch Fire.
The more of The IT Crowd I watch the less I think it'll work here. The Brits aren't as Puritan as America so they can do adult themed jokes without being shocking. Here in the states you're either watered down to fit into as many homes as possible (Last Man Standing) or over the top to try and be shocking (Girls) without actually being entertaining. There doesn't seem to be a lot of middle ground. Something like The League comes close but uses the adult humor to get the laugh instead of being organic to it.
I'm still working through The IT Crowd and I laugh out loud at least once an episode. I feel like NBC is going to make it the IT version of The Office/Community and that will make me sad.
dodint wrote:NBC is going to do a pilot for an American version of The IT Crowd. I don't trust any of the big 4 to do much of anything right, and feel like this is probably going to be a watered down version of Silicon Valley. Something like Silicon Valley meets The Big Bang Theory. Hokey and stupid and not cheeky at all. I wish AMC had picked it up first and made it a lighthearted version of Halt and Catch Fire.
The more of The IT Crowd I watch the less I think it'll work here. The Brits aren't as Puritan as America so they can do adult themed jokes without being shocking. Here in the states you're either watered down to fit into as many homes as possible (Last Man Standing) or over the top to try and be shocking (Girls) without actually being entertaining. There doesn't seem to be a lot of middle ground. Something like The League comes close but uses the adult humor to get the laugh instead of being organic to it.
I'm still working through The IT Crowd and I laugh out loud at least once an episode. I feel like NBC is going to make it the IT version of The Office/Community and that will make me sad.
The IT Crowd is good, but in small doses. If you watch 3 episodes in a row you are ready to hit someone.
eddysnake wrote:2nd episode of the newsroom this season was really good.
Watched the first two last night and you're right, the 2nd was good. The break was so long I'd forgotten who was dating/sleeping with who but I caught right back up. Speaking of, Olivia Munn is the closest I have to a celebrity crush but wardrobe isn't doing her any favors this year.
This is the last season for The Newsroom and that makes it more exciting, literally anything can happen.
Pretty excited about fox doing an American adaptation of the BBC show Luther. If you haven't watched it's on netflix and extremely good. Ruth Wilson's character is simply awesome and I really hope they can vast her role as well as the BBC did.
AHS Freak show has been up and down for me. When I get bored with it, a great episode or two comes along, and then I get into it, and then it gets boring again. Not the best season IMO.
newarenanow wrote:AHS Freak show has been up and down for me. When I get bored with it, a great episode or two comes along, and then I get into it, and then it gets boring again. Not the best season IMO.
Season 1 was the best, everything after that has been lousy imo
newarenanow wrote:AHS Freak show has been up and down for me. When I get bored with it, a great episode or two comes along, and then I get into it, and then it gets boring again. Not the best season IMO.
Season 1 was the best, everything after that has been lousy imo
Any remaining doubt over whether Harrison Wells is Reverse-Flash or not has to be gone now. I wonder how they're going to play it off since there seem to be elements of multiple variants of the character Reverse-Flash, Professor Zoom, and Zoom for sure.
Digitalgypsy66 wrote:Is it just me or did Katie Cassidy lose a lot of weight between season 1 and 2 of Arrow? She looks...odd in season 2, at least to me.
I think she looks odd period. She doesn't do much for me. I like her sister much better