Anim8rFSK
5/10/2013 3:50:00 AM
In article <cvsio850lj9bvp3gh3rgngn5ldj19db7uj@4ax.com>,
Jim G. <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> anim8rFSK sent the following on Mon, 06 May 2013 18:16:17 -0700:
> > In article <hlcgo89l91hkutqu7cuvhjvcaggrj21j6c@4ax.com>,
> > Jim G. <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> >
> > > anim8rFSK sent the following on Mon, 06 May 2013 14:41:23 -0700:
> > > > In article <rdrfo8t0rmr4tghf9vsebi13tcquahqe93@4ax.com>,
> > > > Jim G. <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Mason Barge sent the following on Thu, 02 May 2013 18:35:30 -0400:
> > > > > > On Thu, 02 May 2013 15:04:28 -0500, Jim G.
> > > > > > <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >Mason Barge sent the following on Wed, 01 May 2013 16:10:27 -0400:
> > > > > > >> On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:49:25 -0500, Jim G.
> > > > > > >> <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> > > > > > [...]
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >> I very often go back and try things, that I simply rejected out
> > > > > > >> of
> > > > > > >> hand initially, based on the reviews of others, especially
> > > > > > >> invididual
> > > > > > >> reviews (as opposed to professional reviews). I've really run
> > > > > > >> into
> > > > > > >> some of my favorite movies and tv that way.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >Same here. Right now, the only reason I'm watching ORPHAN BLACK
> > > > > > >and
> > > > > > >HEMLOCK GROVE is because I got a heads-up for each of 'em right
> > > > > > >here.
> > > > > > >I
> > > > > > >suppose I could have found out about them elsewhere if I'd spent
> > > > > > >time
> > > > > > >there instead of here, but once I know of some people with
> > > > > > >opinions
> > > > > > >worth listening to (because they like a lot of the same stuff that
> > > > > > >I
> > > > > > >like and can recognize stupidity), it's really efficient to stick
> > > > > > >with
> > > > > > >those sources. I do a similar thing with books and people who
> > > > > > >share a
> > > > > > >similar "book DNA" with me.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >> Like, I rejected Defiance after about ten minutes of the pilot.
> > > > > > >> But
> > > > > > >> if there were five people on r.a.t. (other than Ian, of course)
> > > > > > >> raving
> > > > > > >> about how great it was, I'd probably give it a few hours.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >It's a GREAT show! You really should check it out! Don't listen to
> > > > > > >the
> > > > > > >haters here. I know that *I'd* be watching every week if I didn't
> > > > > > >need
> > > > > > >to free up those 43 minutes so that I could repeatedly jam a fork
> > > > > > >in
> > > > > > >my
> > > > > > >eye.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Well, that is two rave reviews, one from you and one from shawn.
> > > > > > So .
> > > > > > . . a definite "must miss" :)
> > > > >
> > > > > I think that you're missing the fact that I *totally* love to jam a
> > > > > fork
> > > > > in my eye. Reallly. It's just a shame that I had to choose between
> > > > > that
> > > > > and DEFIANCE.
> > > >
> > > > Okay. I woke up at something like 3am. Turned on the TV. Syfy had
> > > > DEFIANCE. SyfyHD had DEFIANCEHD.
> > >
> > > So your first mistake was in thinking that Syfy would be a good option,
> > > even at 3 in the morning...
> >
> > I was looking for something that wasn't an infomercial ...
>
> Good luck with that. Whenever I'm unable to sleep, I go right to
> something prerecorded.
>
> > > > Okay, what the Hell, I'll give it a
> > > > try. First I had to sit through some endless commercial and then ....
> > > > DEFIANCE! Without audio. There were some people in some sort of
> > > > crummy
> > > > place, and what might have been a cute girl under a ton of make-up, and
> > > > somebody pale in the background. I flipped around to see if the
> > > > problem
> > > > was localized to DEFIANCE and indeed it was and ... switched to HATARI!
> > >
> > > Not the Duke's best, but that still leaves plenty of room for it to be
> > > light-years better than DEFIANCE. You should be very grateful for the
> > > audio problems that you were having.
> >
> > I love HATARI!
>
> I liked it, but I didn't think it was one of his best.
What do you think are his best?
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"Every time a Kardashian gets a TV show, an angel dies."