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GopherRock

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Re: Worst Shows on TV
« Reply #126 on: May 19, 2021, 01:22:16 PM »
Watching the Twinkies are no better
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« Reply #127 on: May 19, 2021, 02:38:17 PM »
Batwoman is really bad
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Re: Worst Shows on TV
« Reply #128 on: May 19, 2021, 03:37:09 PM »
Are you two watching Twinkies and Batwoman? I can't find Dark Shadows to save my backside
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Re: Worst Shows on TV
« Reply #129 on: May 19, 2021, 03:53:59 PM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on May 19, 2021, 03:37:09 PM
Are you two watching Twinkies and Batwoman? I can't find Dark Shadows to save my backside
I have always liked Marvel and DC shows and movies but Batwoman is really bad
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Re: Worst Shows on TV
« Reply #130 on: May 19, 2021, 04:24:15 PM »
To me this is a trick question, because I haven't watched a stitch of TV since CBB ended.

TV shows suck, in general. I suppose if I were holed up in Illinois, I'd watch some HGTV and Food stuff. But I'm not.
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Re: Worst Shows on TV
« Reply #131 on: May 19, 2021, 04:28:10 PM »
I occasionally watch Law and Order reruns.  I am often amazed how a theme from a 20 year old show is relevant today.

The writing was often excellent.  

I could not name a single current network TV series.

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« Reply #132 on: May 19, 2021, 05:24:29 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on May 19, 2021, 04:28:10 PM
I occasionally watch Law and Order reruns.  I am often amazed how a theme from a 20 year old show is relevant today.

The writing was often excellent. 

I could not name a single current network TV series.


I can get totally lost in a run of those shows. They’re constructed in such a way that I end up rooting for people doing despicable things, which I suppose is good narrative to a degree.

And the beauty is, the ones ripped from the headlines are still highly interesting decades later. 
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Re: Worst Shows on TV
« Reply #133 on: May 19, 2021, 07:26:29 PM »
Criminal law is timeless and  forever relatable even if one has no actual personal criminal past.  One can learn a lot sitting in a gallery during intake and bail hearings alone.
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« Reply #134 on: May 19, 2021, 08:52:11 PM »
I'm not sure I've ever watched an entire episode of Law and Order. I would say, Better Call Saul was perhaps the most realistic depiction of actual criminal law (taking out the cartel and all that). There is a scene where Jimmy is hassling the prosecutor in the bathroom, arguing for a particular plea deal on some misdemeanor theft offense. He keeps at it and gets extremely frustrated that the prosecutor keeps saying no. Then the prosecutor realizes he was confused about who the person was, and agrees to the deal. Criminal justice, in a nutshell.

Also a shout out to A Few Good Men. While it gets criticized for being unrealistic, those criticisms miss the point that only experience will give you. Getting an absolute sweetheart deal on a murder charge, dealing with the frustration of a client who refuses to take it, throwing a hail mary in the resulting trial - that hits home.
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« Reply #135 on: May 19, 2021, 09:34:31 PM »
Quote from: MaximumSam on May 19, 2021, 08:52:11 PM
I'm not sure I've ever watched an entire episode of Law and Order. I would say, Better Call Saul was perhaps the most realistic depiction of actual criminal law (taking out the cartel and all that). There is a scene where Jimmy is hassling the prosecutor in the bathroom, arguing for a particular plea deal on some misdemeanor theft offense. He keeps at it and gets extremely frustrated that the prosecutor keeps saying no. Then the prosecutor realizes he was confused about who the person was, and agrees to the deal. Criminal justice, in a nutshell.

Also a shout out to A Few Good Men. While it gets criticized for being unrealistic, those criticisms miss the point that only experience will give you. Getting an absolute sweetheart deal on a murder charge, dealing with the frustration of a client who refuses to take it, throwing a hail mary in the resulting trial - that hits home.
Then you would like My Cousin Vinny
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Re: Worst Shows on TV
« Reply #136 on: May 19, 2021, 09:53:13 PM »
Quote from: longhorn320 on May 19, 2021, 03:53:59 PM
I have always liked Marvel and DC shows and movies but Batwoman is really bad
With Batwoman you gotta go 60s or bust. 


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Re: Worst Shows on TV
« Reply #137 on: May 19, 2021, 10:57:49 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on May 19, 2021, 04:24:15 PM
To me this is a trick question, because I haven't watched a stitch of TV since CBB ended.

TV shows suck, in general. I suppose if I were holed up in Illinois, I'd watch some HGTV and Food stuff. But I'm not.
HGTV and Food Network switched from being informative and interesting, to being mostly reality/competition shows, a long time ago.  For me, these days, they're just unwatchable.

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Re: Worst Shows on TV
« Reply #138 on: May 20, 2021, 06:59:18 AM »
Yep, no mas on the Food Network. Cooking channel still had some decent stuff, but I found myself digging for old Julia and Pepin stuff, and some of the stuff on PBS Create.
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Re: Worst Shows on TV
« Reply #139 on: May 20, 2021, 10:07:48 AM »
Yeah, Food Network is very rarely any more about teaching you anything cooking-related. I still tend to watch Chopped and Beat Bobby Flay, which are usually on as background noise, and then watch Worst Cooks In America, because that's as compelling as a train wreck. It's horrific, but you just can't look away.

As far as cooking instruction, Michael Symon has a decent show on Food Network right now, and the wife likes Trisha and the queen [Ina Garten]. But I don't really think of any of those as "instruction" any more, it's more that they're giving recipe ideas. We see something they've made and if it looks like something we'd want to do, look up the recipe.

I still say the best competition cooking show is Top Chef, and it's not close. 

For cooking "instruction", you're better off on YouTube than any TV channel...
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