I'm seeing some people dismiss it as X-Files trying and failing to do Black Mirror but I disagree
Black Mirror I feel would have had some hacky fucking dystopia that's absurdly miserable on its face, where this kind of thing just happens to everyone as a matter of course if they aren't nice enough to their apps, and it would have been too heavy handed
But X-Files' way of having it be just another normal night until all these things just... go rogue, and then just as quickly back down, was way spookier and, honestly, more fun
Uh anyway have I mentioned I don't think much of Black Mirror
It's always weird watching old network TV shows and seeing who they thought was enough of a celebrity to guest star and try and pop ratings
Like Paris Hilton showing up on The OC just to say like one line, or Tara Reid's recurring role on Scrubs, etc
I recall a guest appearance by Britney Spears saved How I Met Your Mother from cancellation early on?
Yup! There was a poster on the IMDB forums who I assume was a massive Britney Spears fan and would not shut up about how she saved the show.
I had forgotten about this until mentioned, but I do remember her cameos now, they were terrible. Tho unsure if was her, or just the terrible character they wrote for her that made it so bad, with how the writing on that show was in later seasons , I'm willing to believe the latter
On the other hand Mandy Moore's guest spot was awesome.
Mandy Moore is actually a pretty decent actor though.
Yo, if any of you haven't seen Saved! you need to right this moment.
Mandy Moore is so good in it.
You beat me to this. Saved! is up there with Clueless and Meangirls. I think its the weakest of those three, but still damn good.
It's always weird watching old network TV shows and seeing who they thought was enough of a celebrity to guest star and try and pop ratings
Like Paris Hilton showing up on The OC just to say like one line, or Tara Reid's recurring role on Scrubs, etc
I recall a guest appearance by Britney Spears saved How I Met Your Mother from cancellation early on?
Yup! There was a poster on the IMDB forums who I assume was a massive Britney Spears fan and would not shut up about how she saved the show.
I had forgotten about this until mentioned, but I do remember her cameos now, they were terrible. Tho unsure if was her, or just the terrible character they wrote for her that made it so bad, with how the writing on that show was in later seasons , I'm willing to believe the latter
On the other hand Mandy Moore's guest spot was awesome.
Mandy Moore is actually a pretty decent actor though.
Yo, if any of you haven't seen Saved! you need to right this moment.
Mandy Moore is so good in it.
You beat me to this. Saved! is up there with Clueless and Meangirls. I think its the weakest of those three, but still damn good.
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I would say the Will Graham stuff really takes off toward the end of the season but it’s true that the show is really going to be what you’re seeing dialed to 11
this week's gotham introduced the new poison ivy actress in the most gloriously absurd way
she emerges from a seed pod in the middle of a spooky warehouse garden
doesn't this take place when Bruce Wayne is a kid
he is currently a petulant teen club kid party boy
I mean that's great but also like
aren't there some continuity concerns here
no
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Did Smallville care about continuity when it had literally everyone who’s ever appeared in a Superman comic somehow going to the same high school in Iowa?
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It's always weird watching old network TV shows and seeing who they thought was enough of a celebrity to guest star and try and pop ratings
Like Paris Hilton showing up on The OC just to say like one line, or Tara Reid's recurring role on Scrubs, etc
I recall a guest appearance by Britney Spears saved How I Met Your Mother from cancellation early on?
Yup! There was a poster on the IMDB forums who I assume was a massive Britney Spears fan and would not shut up about how she saved the show.
I had forgotten about this until mentioned, but I do remember her cameos now, they were terrible. Tho unsure if was her, or just the terrible character they wrote for her that made it so bad, with how the writing on that show was in later seasons , I'm willing to believe the latter
On the other hand Mandy Moore's guest spot was awesome.
Mandy Moore is actually a pretty decent actor though.
Yo, if any of you haven't seen Saved! you need to right this moment.
Mandy Moore is so good in it.
Saved was part of one of my Inappropriate Double Features I used to inflict on my friends
I believe the movie I showed before it was Beerfest
That is quite the tonal whiplash!
yeah another time it was Sky High then Tenacious Pick of Destiny
Katy Perry was good on himym. Although obviously the Moby ep is the best musician cameo
I remember the central gag of the Katy Perry episode (It was called "Oh Honey" and it was named after a phrase used to denote basically "Oh you poor, sad thing". Perry played some naive woman.) but I don't remember her being particularly special. Better than Britney, but that wasn't exactly difficult.
I also remember HIMYM casting Jennifer Lopez one time as well.
Did Smallville care about continuity when it had literally everyone who’s ever appeared in a Superman comic somehow going to the same high school in Iowa?
I'm on episode 4 of Hannibal and I am thoroughly not feeling it
You should probably bail now. It only gets MORE of everything as it goes on.
Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of Fuller's whole "style" (WAY OVERDONE), which bounced me off of Hannibal and am having a hard time getting through the first season of American Gods because of that
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If we're going to talk about sitcoms that used their guest stars well, Friends needs to be mentioned.
I'm on episode 4 of Hannibal and I am thoroughly not feeling it
You should probably bail now. It only gets MORE of everything as it goes on.
Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of Fuller's whole "style" (WAY OVERDONE), which bounced me off of Hannibal and am having a hard time getting through the first season of American Gods because of that
For the record, I love it. But I also recognize that there are going to be lots of people who are perfectly legitimately turned the fuck off by it.
Hannibal's probably just the most glaring example of "if you don't love it within 2 or 3 episodes, you'll only end up hating it more."
Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
So far I've turned like 4 co-workers onto it and gotten essentially the same text from each of them: "Holy shit that fight at the end of episode 8 WTF!?"
Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
I remember people saying as delectable as Pushing Daisies looked, with shots of fresh fruit and baked crusts and whatnot, Hannibal had similarly grotesque shots. Didn't watch Hannibal, though.
I remember people saying as delectable as Pushing Daisies looked, with shots of fresh fruit and baked crusts and whatnot, Hannibal had similarly grotesque shots. Didn't watch Hannibal, though.
Yeah, that's a fair comparison. I bet Hannibal himself found some of the shots in Hannibal to be pretty delectable, though.
If we're going to talk about sitcoms that used their guest stars well, Friends needs to be mentioned.
And Scrubs
Scrubs was actually the show that I was watching when I was thinking about this. Specifically, Tara Reid's character during her fairly long arc. She also randomly shows up a season later just to bother people (it's the episode where the hospital goes into lockdown and she's stuck there so she just bugs Dr Cox all night)
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But X-Files' way of having it be just another normal night until all these things just... go rogue, and then just as quickly back down, was way spookier and, honestly, more fun
Uh anyway have I mentioned I don't think much of Black Mirror
You should probably bail now. It only gets MORE of everything as it goes on.
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You beat me to this. Saved! is up there with Clueless and Meangirls. I think its the weakest of those three, but still damn good.
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That wasn’t Moby
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doesn't this take place when Bruce Wayne is a kid
he is currently a petulant teen club kid party boy
Perfect.
I mean that's great but also like
aren't there some continuity concerns here
no
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
Hahahahaha
It isn't a problem with the exception of one villain.
yeah another time it was Sky High then Tenacious Pick of Destiny
I remember the central gag of the Katy Perry episode (It was called "Oh Honey" and it was named after a phrase used to denote basically "Oh you poor, sad thing". Perry played some naive woman.) but I don't remember her being particularly special. Better than Britney, but that wasn't exactly difficult.
I also remember HIMYM casting Jennifer Lopez one time as well.
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Wait. Iowa?
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
Nope. Sorry you have to hand in your nerd badge.
Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of Fuller's whole "style" (WAY OVERDONE), which bounced me off of Hannibal and am having a hard time getting through the first season of American Gods because of that
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And Scrubs
I LOVE how absolutely TERRIBLE Brad Pitt is as a sitcom actor.
For the record, I love it. But I also recognize that there are going to be lots of people who are perfectly legitimately turned the fuck off by it.
Hannibal's probably just the most glaring example of "if you don't love it within 2 or 3 episodes, you'll only end up hating it more."
I've lived in both! They're way different!
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So far I've turned like 4 co-workers onto it and gotten essentially the same text from each of them: "Holy shit that fight at the end of episode 8 WTF!?"
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Yeah, that's a fair comparison. I bet Hannibal himself found some of the shots in Hannibal to be pretty delectable, though.
Scrubs was actually the show that I was watching when I was thinking about this. Specifically, Tara Reid's character during her fairly long arc. She also randomly shows up a season later just to bother people (it's the episode where the hospital goes into lockdown and she's stuck there so she just bugs Dr Cox all night)
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