sad statement that his thread gets three pages. Shakes has moved up the manly man list for his correct analysis. I gave it 15 minutes after Stern's rant. Boring as fuck.

and yes, that woman is below average even outside the actress world

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Come on, CH. Any guy who plays drums on "All Right Now" should be able to get his daughter in a Tom Cruise movie. A mediocre HBO sitcom is shooting low.

My favorite is the little Jewish virgin. I met her uncle at a party recently. He's a professional arranger and pianist. He wanted silence when he began to play at this party. I'm like, "Dude, it's a fucking cocktail party, not a concert." He was cool though.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

That chick is Mamet's daughter isnt she?

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Yeah. His younger brother is a friend of a friend. A bunch of guys at this party all went to Francis Parker together. I was at the party representing for the working class.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Also, her mom is the girlfriend from Slapshot who was also the female lead in the great underrated House of Games.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

The GF loves it. I find it mildly amusing. Not a bad show, but not great either....an awkward comedy.

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Complete chick comedy, if it was not written by a female, they would have never made the show!

When a show needs to rely on the backstory, it needs to go away. The horse racing mini series they had on HBO? Was all time bad and they pushed that thing like it was the next Sopranos. Sucked

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“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

John in Cinncinnati was worse than the horse show but I see what you are saying. I will defend HBO in that
they seem to have a pretty good track record overall. Most shows make it at least 2 seasons which is better
than network TV.

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The wife likes it, and it's not so horrible that I can't sit through it for thirty minutes. There are enough tits and ass to keep me somewhat interested. The dialogue is pretty good, but ultimately, it's just a bunch of idiots complaining all the time, especially the guys. The dude with the broken leg seemed like a player in the beginning, but he is just a needy baby. The ex-boyfriend of the chick that won't show her jugs, is a sac-less Caller Bob. The least annoying of the guys is the gay dude.

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<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

I think I wrote this before but it's pretty clear that the men are all written with serious personality issues and as the character develops it is only more accentuated. Even now, the guy who found a new girlfriend is constantly treated like garbage by his new one and just takes it. Meanwhile, all the girls, many of whom have virtually no personality whatsoever, are constantly treated like they are interesting and fun and heroic for overcoming the horror of the mundane life challenges they have(I have to bring pain medication to someone, the guy I dumped is dating someone!, the guy I slept with didn't want to get married!).

Ultimately, this is a show about how men are dumb and stupid and women, despite living dumb and stupid lives are not.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

my 15 minutes of viewing didn't reveal this but is this show proposing with a straight face that the unattractive enodomorph is finding partners regularly who stick around for more than a night? If so, it is obviously a woman's show with no basis in reality.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
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My gf watches this, have. Only seen 20 minutes. Or so not horrible but not good...the main character is ugly, well below average and strips often...which is disturbing.

The horse racing show was not bad, better than a lot of bad shows on HBO like flight of the condor's or treme.

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Flight of the Conchords and Treme are/were great

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Agreed, you have to get the jokes on Flight of the Conchords. If it isn't your kind of humor you won't get it.
Treme is one of the better dramatic shows they have had on HBO in the last 10 years.

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Uhhh no.....you want great?....here is great

The wire
Justified
sopranos
Game of thrones
Homeland
Walking dead
the series with Michael chicklis and Boyd crowder about dirty cops.

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I was only referencing HBO shows, and if you use that criteria than Treme is easily in the top 10
shows on HBO in the last 10 years. Others include The Wire, Deadwood, Sopranos, Curb Your
Enthusiasm and Game of Thrones just off the top of my head.

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boys

girls

boys

girls


androgyny...



wait, wrong thread

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It was a shame they killed him off so early in the season. I heard they may do some flashing back
to end the season and if they do I hope he gets a few scenes, although they have so much to wrap up and only
half a season to do it so I am not counting on it.

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I was more entertained by that one season of Luck than I have been by three of Treme.

Well to each their own. Although it hasn't been the quickest moving series I have really enjoyed the actors
and the development of the characters and how they intertwine. The music has been phenomenal.

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The slow-moving plot is the common complaint, but beyond that, when there is development, it has no subtlety at all. See for instance the worst example of this from last season, "Davis and Annie are having problems in their relationship and we'll show you at least two scenes of tense exchanges and awkward silences for the last 6 episodes to convey this!!!"

I will admit there is a little bit of that. I am not sure if it is because there are so many characters and they think
you will forget about it so they hit you over the head with it or what. If this was a soap opera that shit would be
knocked out in a week ( essentially 5 episodes ). I have invested a lot of time into the series so I am going to
try to enjoy the last 1/2 season. I can understand why some people wouldn't want to stick with it.

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Because it's bad.

Have you even seen the show or are you just stirring the pot?

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I haven't seen Flight of the Chonchords, but I definitely agree that Treme is a great show. Its ability to present post-Katrina New Orleans society in all of its complexity while still developing compelling individual characters and personal narratives is pretty remarkable. Plus the music on that show is phenomenal. It is a worthy successor to The Wire, still the greatest show in the history of television (even if HBO claims to be something other than that) for my money.

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Agreed zeph


Forgot about deadwood tbone ...it was outstanding

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As I explained above and earlier in this thread I have seen the show enough to know it sucks.

The wife and I gave it a shot, but it wasn't funny, clever, hip or anything of the sort. It was annoying, banal, idiotic and tiresome and I wanted all of the characters to die in horrible, gut wrenching ways.

Amen brother

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SomeGuy, you are aware the current exchange was about Treme, and not Girls, right?