The Television Streaming Thread: Now With Felonies

pilot growing pains. def my least favorite business idea too but Nathan For You is a legendary 6 bagger

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nathan graduated from one of canada’s top business schools with really good grades

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As BJ says above, its a legit top ten show with a not great pilot. If you havent tried again since that first attempt, give it another shot.

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Might have been mine, too-- both top-ten shows of the past decade. A Community / 30 Rock hour is the only thing that could’ve come close. (Or if ABC had put Happy Endings and Don’t Trust the B— in Apt. 23 together.) Review had one of the best endings I’ve ever seen. Nathan For You is my #1 show of the 2010s (non-personal-involvement division)

If you don’t care to read the whole list, I’ll just tell you Review was #8 and Detroiters was #12. Another Period is on there, too, plus a few other Comedy Central shows.

That’s my favorite episode. It might not be as ambitious or audacious as something like ā€œDumb Starbucksā€ or ā€œFinding Frances,ā€ but I think it’s a perfect example of how Nathan’s simple (albeit ridiculous) ideas can go in wildly unexpected directions.

(Also, Ray Primus is on Facebook. He’s a MAGA weirdo and I think self-publishes books.)

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From about 2:45 onward is maybe my favorite segment

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lmao I somehow jumped right to the line I was looking for, it kills me every time

What kind of lawyer am I, I’m signing shit I haven’t read?

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Speaking of Nathan For You, update on what the guy from The Movement is upto now

posted january 6th

Highly recommend watching any and all of that guy’s interviews with local news that you can find.

Netflix has picked up the original CowboyBebop; if you’re a weirdo who isn’t seen it yet, now is the time before the live action version drops.

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There are only 26 eps? No excuse not to see it, I guess.

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The complete series is also available for purchase on iTunes for $5. (Digital)

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Signed up for the free year of Paramount+ and watched the second episode of Detroiters. Holy shit this show is amazing. I don’t know how it only got two seasons.

Overall, Paramount+ looks kind of shitty, though, unless you like CBS shows for old people or Nickelodeon. The Comedy Central stuff is good. Some good movies, too, though I’ve seen most of them. I did stumble upon a random nothing sitcom that I was an extra in a million years ago, so that was kind of fun to see me in my wide-eyed innocent days.

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I must find this

https://twitter.com/jfrankensteiner/status/1459041114791501839?s=21

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Watched Deathnote on Netflix.

6/10

I haven’t watched anime before and my expectations weren’t high, but it was ok. I lost interest about 2/3rds of the way through though.

The anime is an actual 10, the movie is a 1 and I’m not an anime guy.

(Yes, it does slow down etc)

I thought the anime was 8/10, no idea why you would skip it and go straight to the lolive action version, that is very silly.

I should have been specific. I saw the American movie Deathnote a while back and didn’t like it. But I heard a lot of people who were shitting on the movie say the anime was good I thought I’d give the anime a chance.

I was pleasantly surprised by the anime. Not enough to recommend it to anyone who wasn’t an anime fan before, but I kept watching.

I lost interest though

after Light killed L. L then gets replaced by N who is nearly the same as L. I thought it was just rehashing the same idea again

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Yes, the back half (?) falls a bit flat for that reason.

Pretty nervous about the live action version. I can’t imagine John Cho doing Jeet Kune Do.

Hell yeah

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