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[IdolEyes787]

Art you're from New Zealand or some other place that has possums and dirt .Is The Almighty Johnsons any good?

A cable network (Space) is going to start airing it here and I don't want to waste space on my PVR that could be better used to record American Ninja Warrior and Big Brother and other good stuff like that.

[IdolEyes787]

Emmy nominees and the list with a few obvious wtf's almost makes sense for a change.


Best Drama
“Boardwalk Empire”
“Breaking Bad”
“Downton Abbey”
“Mad Men”
“Homeland”
“Game of Thrones”
Best Actor — Drama
Steve Buscemi, “Boardwalk Empire”
Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad”
Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”
Damien Lewis, “Homeland”
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”
Timothy Olyphant, “Justified”
Hugh Bonneville, “Downton Abbey”
Best Supporting Actor — Drama
Peter Dinklage — “Game of Thrones”
Giancarlo Esposito — “Breaking Bad”
Jared Harris — “Mad Men”
Brendan Coye, “Downton Abbey”
Jim Carter, “Downton Abbey”
Aaron Paul — “Breaking Bad”
Best Supporting Actress — Drama
Archie Punjabi, “The Good Wife”
Anna Gunn, “Breaking Bad”
Maggie Smith, “Downton Abbey”
Joanne Froggat, “Downton Abbey”
Christina Hendrix, “Mad Men”
Christine Baranski, “Good Wife”
Best Actress — Drama
Claire Danes — “Homeland”
Julianna Margulies — “The Good Wife”
Elisabeth Moss — “Mad Men”
Kathy Bates, “Harry’s Law”
Glenn Close, “Damages”
Michelle Dockery, “Downton Abby”
Best Comedy
“Girls,”
“Modern Family,”
“30 Rock,”
“Veep,”
“The Big Bang Theory”
“Curb Your Enthusiasm”
Best Actress — Comedy
Tina Fey — “30 Rock”
Lena Dunham — “Girls”
Zooey Deschanel, “New Girl”
Julia Louis Dreyfus — “Veep”
Amy Poehler — “Parks and Recreation”
Melissa McCarthy, “Mike and Molly”
Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie”
Best Actor — Comedy
Don Cheadle — “House of Lies”
Louis C.K. — “Louie”
Jon Cryer, “Two and a Half Men”
Larry David, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
Jim Parsons, “Big Bang Theory”
Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”
Best Supporting Actress — Comedy
Miayim Balik, “Big Bang Theory”
Meritt Weaver, “Nurse Jackie”
Julie Bowen, “Modern Family”
Kristen Wiig, “Saturday Night Live”
Sofia Vergara, “Modern Family”
Kathryn Joosten, “Desperate Housewives”
Best Supporting Actor — Comedy
Max Greenfield, “New Girl”
Bill Hader, “Saturday NIght Live”
Ed O’Neill, “Modern Family”
Ty Burrell, “Modern Family”
Eric Stonestreet, “Modern Family”
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, “Modern Family”
Best Television Movie or Miniseries
“Sherlock”
“Heminway and Gelhorn”
“American Horror Story”
“Luther”
“Hatfields and McCoys”
“Game Change”
Lead Actress — TV Movie or Miniseries
Julianne Moore, “Game Change”
Nicole Kidman, “Hemingway and Gelhorn”
Connie Britton, “American Horror Story”
Ashley Judd, “Missing”
Emma Thompson, “The Song of Lunch”
Lead Actor — TV Movie or Miniseries
Woody Harrelson, “Game Change”
Clive Owen, “Hemingway and Gelhorn”
Benedict Cumberbatch, “Sherlock”
Idris Elba, “Luther”
Kevin Costner, “Hatfields & McCoys”
Bill Paxton, “Hatfields & McCoys”
Supporting Actress — TV Movie or Miniseries”
Sarah Paulson, “Game Change”
Francis Conroy, “American Horror Story”
Jessica Lange, “American Horror Story”
Judy Davis, “Page Eight”
Mare Winningham, “Hatfields & McCoys”
Supporting Actor — TV Movie or Miniseries”
Ed Harris, “Game Change”
Dennis O’Hare, “American Horror Story”
David Straitharn, “Hemingway and Gelhorn”
Martin Freeman, “Sherlock”
Tom Berenger, “Hatfields & McCoys”
Variety Show
“The Daily Show”
“The Colbert Report”
“Real Time with Bill Maher”
“Saturday Night Live”
“Jimmy Kimmel Live”
“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”
Reality Competition
“So You Think You Can Dance”
“The Amazing Race”
“Dancing with the Stars”
“Top Chef”
“Project Runway”
“The Voice”
Reality Competition — Host
Cat Deely, “So You Think You Can Dance”
Phil Keoghan, “The Amazing Race”
Ryan Seacrest, “American Idol”
Betty White, “Betty White’s Off Their Rockers”
Tom Berengon, “Dancing with the Stars”
Best Animated Series
“Futurama”
“The Simpsons”
“American Dad”
“Bob’s Burgers”
“The Penguins of Madagascar”

Or I'm assuming that it makes sense since frankly I don't watch any of this shit.

[Snee]

I really don't get why merkins are so into Downton Abbey.

To me it could basically be any one out of a dozen british costume dramas I saw random episodes out of, growing up.




I tried a few episodes, and yes, the acting is good, but the stories are just blah. It goes nowhere. About as fun as watching some dodgy japanese slice of life thing with no humour, ie Aria.

I was slightly high (or should that be low?) on painkillers at the time, which should have made it more accessible, as well.

[manker]

Everything under the catagory; 'Best Actress — Drama' was like white noise.
Clare Danes should be a stick on for that, I reckon.

I also agree with most of the nominations, although I'd never heard of Downtown Abbey before, is it good?



Edit: Snee's post wasn't there when I opened the thread. Weird how I asked about the very thing he posted. And colour me shocked that it's British.

[megabyteme]

Christ ,True Blood has now degenerated to full-blown self parody.

Gave up on it after 1 1/2 episodes into the season. Thought about asking if anyone else thought it had pulled itself together, but your post (in absence of a valuable, credible, or wanted opinion) answers my question well enough.

[manker]

Christ ,True Blood has now degenerated to full-blown self parody.

Gave up on it after 1 1/2 episodes into the season. Thought about asking if anyone else thought it had pulled itself together, but your post (in absence of a valuable, credible, or wanted opinion) answers my question well enough.

I just downloaded the (weirdly huge first 5 or six instalments of this season, why are the HD eps for this always on average around half a gig or more larger than usual HD episodes?) and plan on watching them soon. I'll report back.

Bit gutted to see that it's apparently gone to shite. I like True Blood.

[Busyman™]

Gave up on it after 1 1/2 episodes into the season. Thought about asking if anyone else thought it had pulled itself together, but your post (in absence of a valuable, credible, or wanted opinion) answers my question well enough.

I just downloaded the (weirdly huge first 5 or six instalments of this season, why are the HD eps for this always on average around half a gig or more larger than usual HD episodes?) and plan on watching them soon. I'll report back.

Bit gutted to see that it's apparently gone to shite. I like True Blood.

You probably got a download from a person that compresses for shit. I'll go with those 1GB or more episodes only if they are the only thing available.

Many times those large files are the first ones put out. Someone else takes the same one, compresses it better, puts it out, then slaps their name on it.

Christ ,True Blood has now degenerated to full-blown self parody.

Gave up on it after 1 1/2 episodes into the season. Thought about asking if anyone else thought it had pulled itself together, but your post (in absence of a valuable, credible, or wanted opinion) answers my question well enough.

I don't give up that fast. However, if it does start to look shit (I have only watched episode 1 this season) then it'll be a show I watch on my Blackberry at work. Currently I am watching The Listener season 2 on it cuz I certainly wouldn't take time out at home for that show.

Hell I didn't like True Blood at first. It was too romantic and mushy but by episode 3 I was all good. It started to get medieval.

[manker]

I just downloaded the (weirdly huge first 5 or six instalments of this season, why are the HD eps for this always on average around half a gig or more larger than usual HD episodes?) and plan on watching them soon. I'll report back.

Bit gutted to see that it's apparently gone to shite. I like True Blood.

You probably got a download from a person that compresses for shit. I'll go with those 1GB or more episodes only if they are the only thing available.

Many times those large files are the first ones put out. Someone else takes the same one, compresses it better, puts it out, then slaps their name on it.

It's not that.
I don't download shitty encodes.

From the very first series, True Blood episodes have consistently been larger encodes than other episodes or a similar length. Often from the same release group (IMMERSE). For example Dexter and other stuff that's on for circa 58 minutes instead of 43 will be way smaller.

[Busyman™]

You probably got a download from a person that compresses for shit. I'll go with those 1GB or more episodes only if they are the only thing available.

Many times those large files are the first ones put out. Someone else takes the same one, compresses it better, puts it out, then slaps their name on it.

It's not that.
I don't download shitty encodes.

From the very first series, True Blood episodes have consistently been larger encodes than other episodes or a similar length. Often from the same release group (IMMERSE). For example Dexter and other stuff that's on for circa 58 minutes instead of 43 will be way smaller.

IMMERSE encodes run approx 2 GB.
Everyone else approx 500MB.

[manker]

You obviously have no idea what you're talking about.