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Been waiting a few weeks to start True Detective this season. Prob gonna binge it in two sittings.

Gonna watch Ballers too when I get some time. Looks tits but it has The Rock in it and I'm pretty sure everything he's ever done has been "B" level shite, so not getting my hopes up.

I might enjoy a spin off show with Ari Gold from Entourage tho.

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Originally Posted by Skiz

Been waiting a few weeks to start True Detective this season. Prob gonna binge it in two sittings.

Gonna watch Ballers too when I get some time. Looks tits but it has The Rock in it and I'm pretty sure everything he's ever done has been "B" level shite, so not getting my hopes up.

I might enjoy a spin off show with Ari Gold from Entourage tho.

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Colin Farrell is good and Raquel McAdams is OK if only because she playing the strong sexy female cop thing.
As you'd expect , Taylor Kitsch is underwhelming but the truly bad thing is Vince Vaughan who thinks he's doing King Lear or something.
The story,such as it is so far is interesting in a Raymond Chandler, depressing as fuck sort of way.

They're sort of endanger of the atmosphere becoming the plot in place of an actual plot though.

Ballers is decent if only for the Rock who is the single likable character in the entire cast.

There is also The Brink which I'm hoping will end up actually going somewhere other than Jack black running around being annoying. Seriously if you want a mix of comedy and politics, Veep is like forty times better.

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Originally Posted by megabyteme

I wasn't familiar with the term "high concept", but it is a good one to know. Look at the success of Lost, and all of the wonderful network tricks we've seen since- like half-seasons, and 3 episodes followed by repeats for 6 weeks, then 3 more episodes (while taking a week off for a national holiday, of course...

We were quite intrigued with The Hatch, and the number sequence, and Sawyer's dark past, then the other members on the other island... :O

Don't underestimate viewers' ability to get suckered in to lame, pointless stories. :no:

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Network executives like high concept because it's easy to pitch.

Scorpion,it's about this group of misfit geniuses see, who go around saving the World because they're smarter than anyone.
Fill in the blanks with a bunch of stereotypical characters and a bunch of bland uninspired but comfortably familiar stories and you're go to go.

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I planned to start over from the beginning.

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Thing about Penny Dreadful beyond the creator having planned out how the entire series will play out beforehand so everything feeds on itself, is that it understands that most every monster is born of tragedy.So with the revulsion there's also always a tinge of sympathy accompanying it.
Conflict is the basis of drama.

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Originally Posted by IdolEyes787

Raquel McAdams is the strong sexy female cop

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She looks damn good in this role, tbh.

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Originally Posted by IdolEyes787

Vince Vaughan who thinks he's doing King Lear or something.

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Not too bad a description, but I'm glad to see him staying away from his chummy buddy schtick for once.

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Originally Posted by IdolEyes787

Scorpion,it's about this group of misfit geniuses see, who go around saving the World because they're smarter than anyone.

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The premise sounded good, then I learned it was a puffed-up vanity piece. Have not given it a second thought.

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Thing about Penny Dreadful beyond the creator having planned out how the entire series will play out beforehand so everything feeds on itself, is that it understands that most every monster is born of tragedy.So with the revulsion there's also always a tinge of sympathy accompanying it.
Conflict is the basis of drama.

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I don't think I gave it a true shot before. Eva Green has nice perfect tits, so there is no real risk of loss here...

Veep. Has it gotten better? I watched the pilot episode and it was about as funny and interesting as a brick.

Primetime Emmy Awards 2014

Won Primetime Emmy

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Julia Louis-Dreyfus Home Box Office (HBO) For playing "Vice President Selina Meyer".

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Tony Hale For playing "Gary Walsh".

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Anna Chlumsky Home Box Office (HBO) For playing "Amy Brookheimer".

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Simon Blackwell Tony Roche Armando Iannucci For episode "Special Relationship"

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Gary Cole Home Box Office (HBO) For playing: "Kent Davison".

And they managed that without any of their characters being overtly gay.

To be honest though more the snickering , that was witty kind of comedy as opposed to the laugh out loud kind. They try for the absurd but I don't know if that's even possible with politics the way they are.

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Vince Vaughan who thinks he's doing King Lear or something.

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Not too bad a description, but I'm glad to see him staying away from his chummy buddy schtick for once.

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Therein lies the problem.He's trying too hard to divest himself of that stuff and it shows .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAvVe92mi5k

The trick to good acting is to look like you're not acting.

Gotta give Vaughn credit for that scene, though. He nailed acting like any other jerkoff you'd ever see in public that pushes you to the very edge of punching him in the face.

I suspect he's got years of fine-tuning that scene. :yup:

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Gotta give Vaughn credit for that scene, though. He nailed acting like any other jerkoff you'd ever see in public that pushes you to the very edge of punching him in the face.

I suspect he's got years of fine-tuning that scene. :yup:

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Every scene he's in just ruins my suspension of disbelief. And that's telling when Colin Farrell's bon mots are the show's hightlights.

Vaughn might have worked if cast along side Owen 'wow' Wilson. Or Jon Favreau, if he still acted.

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Originally Posted by piercerseth

Vaughn might have worked if cast along side Owen 'wow' Wilson. Or Jon Favreau, if he still acted.

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HBO tagline for that version: You get the show you deserve.