Old media you're enjoying because most current media is crap

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JSoup said:
As it turns out, what she really needed was to be turned into an immortal hologram and sent back into the delta quadrant with a ship at least as armed as Voyager was.

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Oh, and we'll call her Emergency Training Hologram.
Prodigy is very likely going to be crap, but if we get scenes where they encounter peoples Voyager ran into and then they see Janeway 9000 only to freak the fuck out, it'll be worth slogging through.
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Why not the Doctor? WHY! WHY!?!?!?!
 
Mickmrly said:
I just didn't get the office at all. I tried watching a few episodes but I just didn't feel anything for it. Comedies after around 2005 seem too stale for my taste, although the middle was sort of interesting. Perhaps it is more to do with the actors then just the show, I don't think I've seen too many movies with Steve Carrell but I have seen a few things with Neil Flynn (the janitor from Scrubs and dad in the Middle).
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I absolutely love Neil Flynn - he's brilliant, absolutely brilliant. I enjoyed the Middle for a long time but the latter seasons not so much.
 
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Damn, I have to say I'm really liking the Friday Night Lights tv show. It's the perfect antidote to all the woke media that's out there right now. I can't believe I never heard about it until it popped up on Netflix...
 
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In the spirit of my post recommending the 70's Musketeer movies, I urge you to watch the 2006 Spanish film Alatriste:

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Based on the popular novel series The Adventures of Captain Alatriste by Arturo Perez Reverte, the film stars Viggo Mortensen as the title character, a Leonese soldier fighting in the 80 years War during the the reign of King Phillip IV in 17th century Spain. In between campaigns he earns his keep as a sword for hire in Madrid, which brings him in conflict with local cutthroats, the Spanish nobility and even the dreaded Holy Office of the Inquisition.

The film received a mix reception by audiences when it first came out, as it condenses the plots of the Alatriste novels into a 2-hour plus film. But many fans of the books like the film, particularly the excellent performance of Viggo Mortensen as Alatriste, and of course, the spectacular sword fights.

I recommend this film to anyone who likes swashbuckling films but with a darker and more cynical edge.
 
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My friend was asking me to name a comedy movie that has come out in the past 2 years, basically nothing has. I came up with Tag, that was 2018. Almost everything on this list is from 2018. Free Guy is literally the only one I can think of and it's bog standard Disney prop. Where are the fucking funny movies.

You got funny comedies constantly in the 80's and 90's, it is so unbelievable just how dead comedy is, particularly during trying times when humour would be very appreciated.

Kind of like that broad from Watchmen said, even shitty old entertainment looks better and better to me every day as everything modern continues to suck around us.
 
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Nymphae said:
My friend was asking me to name a comedy movie that has come out in the past 2 years, basically nothing has. I came up with Tag, that was 2018. Almost everything on this list is from 2018. Free Guy is literally the only one I can think of and it's bog standard Disney prop. Where are the fucking funny movies.

You got funny comedies constantly in the 80's and 90's, in is so unbelievable just how dead comedy is, particularly during trying times when humour would be very appreciated.

Kind of like that broad from Watchmen said, even shitty old entertainment looks better and better to me every day as everything modern continues to suck around us.
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It's too much of a minefield when it comes to who you're going to offend now. Most my comedy I get from TV shows but even those have been delayed mostly due to the pandemic.
 
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Explosive Zombie said:
It's too much of a minefield when it comes to who you're going to offend now. Most my comedy I get from TV shows but even those have been delayed mostly due to the pandemic.
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That's been true for some time now, yet that website basically shows 2018 as the year comedy died. They're not even trying anymore.
 
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Tbh it would be a stretch to call some of those comedies.
EDIT: Actually Tag looks like good fun.
 
Speaking to the trend of modern stuff being shit....

I just watched 21 jump street(2012) and I think this was the start of the fall. A lot of the jokes were wokeish but they were funny at the time because they were so outrageous. Like Channing Tatum getting accused of beating up a kid for being gay or the idea of bullying not being cool.

Still a great flick but I feel the jokes are now mainstream and in every movie. Kind of wild to watch Hollywood to turn to even more shit.

2010-2020 will be studied for ages by historians. They will look back and see how the world lost their fucking mind because of social media.
 
Nymphae said:
My friend was asking me to name a comedy movie that has come out in the past 2 years, basically nothing has. I came up with Tag, that was 2018. Almost everything on this list is from 2018. Free Guy is literally the only one I can think of and it's bog standard Disney prop. Where are the fucking funny movies.

You got funny comedies constantly in the 80's and 90's, in is so unbelievable just how dead comedy is, particularly during trying times when humour would be very appreciated.

Kind of like that broad from Watchmen said, even shitty old entertainment looks better and better to me every day as everything modern continues to suck around us.
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There's a lot comedies from the 70's and 80's that would offend wokies today. Monty Python in particular has the cast wearing blackface, dressed as savage natives, calling a Japanese a 'Nip,' regularly playing Nazis in skits, etc. Hell, let's not forget that in Life of Brian that they did a transgender joke 30 years before they were all the rage now.
 
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CloudNull said:
Speaking to the trend of modern stuff being shit....

I just watched 21 jump street(2012) and I think this was the start of the fall. A lot of the jokes were wokeish but they were funny at the time because they were so outrageous. Like Channing Tatum getting accused of beating up a kid for being gay or the idea of bullying not being cool.

Still a great flick but I feel the jokes are now mainstream and in every movie. Kind of wild to watch Hollywood to turn to even more shit.

2010-2020 will be studied for ages by historians. They will look back and see how the world lost their fucking mind because of social media.
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It's amazing to me that those historians will be looking back and saying " Holy shit! Dave Chapelle, Chris Pratt and Joe Rogan were the only sane people left in Hollywood."
 
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El Rey said:
I'm currently getting Sledgehammer so I can rewatch that series. My dad and I were reminiscing about it the other day so now I want to watch that.
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'Trust me, I know what I'm doing'

Used to love that show when it was first on. Thanks for reminding me about it as I'm now currently getting it myself.

Watched first 10 minutes and it's as funny as I remember 👌
 
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Nada said:
'Trust me, I know what I'm doing'

Used to love that show when it was first on. Thanks for reminding me about it as I'm now currently getting it myself.

Watched first 10 minutes and it's as funny as I remember 👌
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I rewatched the first 6 episodes the other night in a row and it definitely is as funny as I remember it too! So you're welcome :D
 
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Also watching The Pall Bearers Revue with Jerry Sadowitz , can't believe the BBC used to show stuff like this compared to the PC rubbish they put on now. Damn I miss the 90s 😪
 
I decided to go back and fill my Plex server with awesome 80s/90s cheese, so we've now got all of A-Team, Macgyver, Mash, Magnum PI, Charmed and of course StarGate (but that's always been there). Next up I'll start collecting animated shows in preparation for an eventual kid or two.
 
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Little necro here, but recently I've been enjoying immensely this wonderful A&E series from 2001:

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Nero Wolfe (2001) - Based on the novels and short stories from Rex Stout, Maury Chaykin plays Nero Wolfe, a man weighing a 'seventh of a ton' and one of New York's most brilliant private detectives. Wolfe charges huge sums of money for his services, despite never leaving his plush brownstone lodging where he can indulge in his favorite pastimes, eating gourmet food courtesy of his personal chef Fritz and tending to his collection of rare orchids. Assisting Wolfe is his longtime suffering aide and partner, Archie Goodwin, played by Timothy Hutton. Archie himself is a good PI who does most of the legwork for Wolfe yet still defers to his boss when a case needs to be resolved.

This series is awesome, a great mix of hardboiled whodunit and odd couple comedy. Chaykin and Hutton are great in the leads and have great chemistry together, along with a solid supporting cast and a revolving cast of guest actors who frequently appear in numerous episodes in different roles, much like repertory theater. The mysteries themselves are intriguing and well crafted and rarely feel repetitive.

This show is a must for anyone who loves a good mystery series.
 
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A couple months ago, I started watching It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia again. It's been quite a while since I had seen it.

The first season drags a bit before they get Danny Devito on the show. They didn't really know what they wanted to be just yet and tried doing social commentary in such an in-your-face way. Charlie is basically a normal person at the start. I was enjoying it, though.

But damn, maybe 8 seasons or so in it starts going downhill for me a bit. They start just re-doing all their previous hit episodes and referencing their own shit over and over. Doing it a couple times is fine, but it felt like half of one of the seasons was re-treads. And then you get weird shit like doing an entire 1990s ski movie homage for a movie no one ever saw or gave a shit about.

And by season 13, they're back to trying to do political commentary. Just watched the episode where they try to solve the bathroom issue. Remember when the most important issue in the world was whether or not a dude in a wig could invade a girl's bathroom that little kids were in? And people wanted the mentally ill dude whipping his dick out next to their daughters? It aired in like 2018 so of course the whole gang is suddenly very pro-trans, despite all the earlier episodes making fun of trannies and saying the word fag a million times.
 
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Watching all of Seinfeld as I've never in my life really sat around and watched it. Honestly I absolutely love it. I watch a few episodes every night and look forward too it. I had no idea I'd love it this much.
 
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