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FRINGE aka THE NEW MAD SCIENCE X-FILES

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  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    dogg, i grew up on the x-files and star trek, watching red dwarf on the weekends

    far-fetched plot is in my blood

    You would love Loose Change

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Loose Change isn't far-fetched, it's just retarded.

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  • DaricDaric Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Daric wrote: »
    They already made this show
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    Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

    Well, hello Jensen. What's that? You want me to see your abs? Well, if you insist.


    edit: Seriously, Supernatural is a fucking amazing television show.

    I only refer to him as Coach Teague. There is no such character as Dean Winchester.

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  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    this show is pretty entertaining, but i could probably take it or leave it

    good thing abrams is doing the standalone episode thing with it

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    that website is pretty indepth, i just sent a few emails, posing as a freelance journalist.

    let's see what happens!

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  • JC of DIJC of DI I think we're fucked up. I know I am.Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Me Too! wrote: »
    I'm going to say it again
    I wouldn't mind a monster-of-the-week format with some conspiracy stuff in every episode
    The way X-Files did it drove me nuts and I could never follow the conspiracy

    the fun thing about the x-files was that most of the interesting conspiracy threads were wrapped up by season 5 because carter wanted to stop the series, but it was too successful so FOX made him continue

    one of the many reasons why everything after season 5 sucks

    Man this was on page 3 but I'm going back to it because season 7 had X-Cops and that's one of the greatest episodes ever.

    Jose Chung and Clyde Bruckman definitely are above it though.

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    well, yeah, there was the occasional gem like bad blood

    but really

    everything past season 5 was not up to par

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    Clyde Bruckman is one of the first episodes I watched in its entirety
    I love it to death

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  • JC of DIJC of DI I think we're fucked up. I know I am.Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Bad Blood was season 5 actually.

    Though I will concede that yeah, in general it went into a decline.

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    Massive Energetic thanks the MD family for its support during rescue of Antarctic field survey team. All team members are present and accounted for!

    At the Mountains of Madness?

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    I hated that fucking story

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    yeah but

    nobody listens to you about anything

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  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    anyone see this show true blood? i enjoyed that pilot. shame i'm cancelling hbo.

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    yeah but

    nobody listens to you about anything

    Don't get me wrong I dig Lovecraft
    Just not that story
    "We saw more weird shit in the ice today. Stuff broke down. Nothing is going right."

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Daric wrote: »
    They already made this show
    1150846856_Dean.jpg
    Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

    Well, hello Jensen. What's that? You want me to see your abs? Well, if you insist.


    edit: Seriously, Supernatural is a fucking amazing television show.

    You are damn right there. It's a shame it is on at obscure times here in the UK. Like 11pm on some digital channel.

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  • captainkcaptaink TexasRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Me Too! wrote: »
    yeah but

    nobody listens to you about anything

    Don't get me wrong I dig Lovecraft
    Just not that story
    "We saw more weird shit in the ice today. Stuff broke down. Nothing is going right."

    Man that is one of the best ones.

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    it's my absolute favourite lovecraft story

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    Just could not hold my attention
    And I read all of Charles Dexter Ward and liked it
    But Mountains of Madness made me want to slap a bitch

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    so this show is pretty great so far

    mainly for John Noble and Lance Reddick

    I'm not so sold on the blonde and Pacey from Dawson's Creek

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Daric wrote: »
    Daric wrote: »
    They already made this show
    1150846856_Dean.jpg
    Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

    Well, hello Jensen. What's that? You want me to see your abs? Well, if you insist.


    edit: Seriously, Supernatural is a fucking amazing television show.

    I only refer to him as Coach Teague. There is no such character as Dean Winchester.

    You shut up Deano is my bishi.

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    What the fuck Metz
    Also
    This shit is bananas
    Just the opening sequence had me going WHAAAAA

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    wait are we talking about how awesome Supernatural is?

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Indeed we are.

    I want their car.

    Also, one of the first few episodes, the one in the abandoned hospital was fucking scary. In fact the show is consistently on the good side of creepy that a lot of shows dont manage to achieve.

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    God it is such an amazing show. The cast is great, the car is great, the music is great, the effects are great... the writing...

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    God it is such an amazing show. The cast is great, the car is great, the music is great, the effects are great...

    :^:
    We got our priorities right with this show.

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    it was one of those shows I refused to watch because UPN but then someone showed me Tall Tales and I was hooked.

    seriously everything about it is great, and I can't recommend it enough to anyone.

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  • doublehawk00doublehawk00 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    as a lost nerd it was my duty to watch this

    did not disappoint, will watch again next tuesday, A+

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Fucking YES!

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  • DaricDaric Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    it was one of those shows I refused to watch because UPN but then someone showed me Tall Tales and I was hooked.

    seriously everything about it is great, and I can't recommend it enough to anyone.

    My friends all said it was stupid and then I showed them the episode with the website that created the ghost in the house.

    The line "Seriously, man. WWBD? What would Buffy do?" was what sold them.

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    god i need to get the show on dvd.

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  • PhonehandPhonehand Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    i watched about 15 minutes of this today and didn't care

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  • trentsteeltrentsteel Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Fuck you all. I like cliffhangers.

    I HATE shows that can each be contained within each episode like CSI and all that crap.

    But, I'm one of those bizarre few that got annoyed when he found out the next week of X-files would be another monster episode. I liked all the conspiracy stuff.

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  • trentsteeltrentsteel Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Come to think of it though, there definitely could be a better balance. Take Firefly, for instance. Each episode can stand on its own but there are still mysteries going on beneath the surface of the series that WOULD HAVE been developed eventually, like the blue hands and all that.

    Even House is too stand-alone for me. I'm sure there's a continuing storyline but not enough of one for my tastes.

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    I keep saying
    It wasn't the conspiracy stuff I minded
    It was the fact that he spaced out the conspiracy stuff and then would have like 2 episodes devoted to it that I hated
    I could never remember what was going on

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  • trentsteeltrentsteel Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Me Too! wrote: »
    I keep saying
    It wasn't the conspiracy stuff I minded
    It was the fact that he spaced out the conspiracy stuff and then would have like 2 episodes devoted to it that I hated
    I could never remember what was going on

    That and the fact that (take this from a dude that use to OBSESS over it) it all just started contradicting itself and it was quite clear that the writers were just winging it for the most part.

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  • DaricDaric Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Daric wrote: »
    it was one of those shows I refused to watch because UPN but then someone showed me Tall Tales and I was hooked.

    seriously everything about it is great, and I can't recommend it enough to anyone.

    My friends all said it was stupid and then I showed them the episode with the website that created the ghost in the house.

    The line "Seriously, man. WWBD? What would Buffy do?" was what sold them.

    "Dude...she's stronger than I am."

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  • trentsteeltrentsteel Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I still fail to see what all the fuss is about with that show.


    "Seriously, man. WWBD? What would Buffy do?"--a line like that forces me to change the channel. I hate that shit.

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    trentsteel wrote: »
    I still fail to see what all the fuss is about with that show.


    "Seriously, man. WWBD? What would Buffy do?"--a line like that forces me to change the channel. I hate that shit.

    it was used ironically, you turd. by very stereotypical geek paranormal investigators, who aren't the main characters.

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    trentsteel wrote: »
    Me Too! wrote: »
    I keep saying
    It wasn't the conspiracy stuff I minded
    It was the fact that he spaced out the conspiracy stuff and then would have like 2 episodes devoted to it that I hated
    I could never remember what was going on

    That and the fact that (take this from a dude that use to OBSESS over it) it all just started contradicting itself and it was quite clear that the writers were just winging it for the most part.

    When I watched the first three seasons on DVD I ended up skipping the conspiracy after the first season

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