Because two threads weren't enough.
The other one got combined at my request Grumps.
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:10:29 PM
The other one got combined at my request Grumps.
Well, then, we'll need someone to create another one. Because I can't get enough of this shit.
Particularly what happens to the producer when they run off the end of the books, and Martin's fat ass hasn't finished anything else, because the tard is working on a new series.
THAT'S when shit gets bloody.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:12:37 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:10:29 PM
The other one got combined at my request Grumps.
Well, then, we'll need someone to create another one. Because I can't get enough of this shit.
Particularly what happens to the producer when they run off the end of the books, and Martin's fat ass hasn't finished anything else, because the tard is working on a new series.
THAT'S when shit gets bloody.
Or better yet, when he dies before he finishes the series.
On second thoughts, that would be a win for the producers really.
BREAKING: GoT PRODUCERS ASSASSINATE POPULAR AUTHOR, FINISH SERIES
THEIR WAY! TURN ON HBO!
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:15:42 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:12:37 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:10:29 PM
The other one got combined at my request Grumps.
Well, then, we'll need someone to create another one. Because I can't get enough of this shit.
Particularly what happens to the producer when they run off the end of the books, and Martin's fat ass hasn't finished anything else, because the tard is working on a new series.
THAT'S when shit gets bloody.
Or better yet, when he dies before he finishes the series.
On second thoughts, that would be a win for the producers really.
BREAKING: GoT PRODUCERS ASSASSINATE POPULAR AUTHOR, FINISH SERIES THEIR WAY! TURN ON HBO!
Hillary Duff singing something. <--- Will somehow be involved.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:17:47 PM
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:15:42 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:12:37 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:10:29 PM
The other one got combined at my request Grumps.
Well, then, we'll need someone to create another one. Because I can't get enough of this shit.
Particularly what happens to the producer when they run off the end of the books, and Martin's fat ass hasn't finished anything else, because the tard is working on a new series.
THAT'S when shit gets bloody.
Or better yet, when he dies before he finishes the series.
On second thoughts, that would be a win for the producers really.
BREAKING: GoT PRODUCERS ASSASSINATE POPULAR AUTHOR, FINISH SERIES THEIR WAY! TURN ON HBO!
Hillary Duff singing something. <--- Will somehow be involved.
An entirely CGI rendered version thereof. With added autotune.
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:19:01 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:17:47 PM
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:15:42 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:12:37 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:10:29 PM
The other one got combined at my request Grumps.
Well, then, we'll need someone to create another one. Because I can't get enough of this shit.
Particularly what happens to the producer when they run off the end of the books, and Martin's fat ass hasn't finished anything else, because the tard is working on a new series.
THAT'S when shit gets bloody.
Or better yet, when he dies before he finishes the series.
On second thoughts, that would be a win for the producers really.
BREAKING: GoT PRODUCERS ASSASSINATE POPULAR AUTHOR, FINISH SERIES THEIR WAY! TURN ON HBO!
Hillary Duff singing something. <--- Will somehow be involved.
An entirely CGI rendered version thereof. With added autotune.
And Corey Feldman saves the day at the end.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:19:42 PM
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:19:01 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:17:47 PM
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:15:42 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:12:37 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:10:29 PM
The other one got combined at my request Grumps.
Well, then, we'll need someone to create another one. Because I can't get enough of this shit.
Particularly what happens to the producer when they run off the end of the books, and Martin's fat ass hasn't finished anything else, because the tard is working on a new series.
THAT'S when shit gets bloody.
Or better yet, when he dies before he finishes the series.
On second thoughts, that would be a win for the producers really.
BREAKING: GoT PRODUCERS ASSASSINATE POPULAR AUTHOR, FINISH SERIES THEIR WAY! TURN ON HBO!
Hillary Duff singing something. <--- Will somehow be involved.
An entirely CGI rendered version thereof. With added autotune.
And Corey Feldman saves the day at the end.
Guest starring Corey Haim
Move the other one to literate chaotic please as you're coming across as a bit sensitive having it pop up in your Apple Talk.
I should have started it there anyway.
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:22:25 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:19:42 PM
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:19:01 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:17:47 PM
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:15:42 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:12:37 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:10:29 PM
The other one got combined at my request Grumps.
Well, then, we'll need someone to create another one. Because I can't get enough of this shit.
Particularly what happens to the producer when they run off the end of the books, and Martin's fat ass hasn't finished anything else, because the tard is working on a new series.
THAT'S when shit gets bloody.
Or better yet, when he dies before he finishes the series.
On second thoughts, that would be a win for the producers really.
BREAKING: GoT PRODUCERS ASSASSINATE POPULAR AUTHOR, FINISH SERIES THEIR WAY! TURN ON HBO!
Hillary Duff singing something. <--- Will somehow be involved.
An entirely CGI rendered version thereof. With added autotune.
And Corey Feldman saves the day at the end.
Guest starring Corey Haim
Charley Sheen gets to be the king at the end. Just saying.
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:23:33 PM
Move the other one to literate chaotic please as you're coming across as a bit sensitive having it pop up in your Apple Talk.
I should have started it there anyway.
wat
No, apple talk is the right place for the thread.
And for the record I really like game of thrones, both the books and the TV series (so far anyway, on both counts).
And I can be sensitive whenever I damn well please.
Oh, I get it. I can't take the piss, unless I'm somehow all butthurt.
:lulz:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:24:00 PM
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:22:25 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:19:42 PM
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:19:01 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:17:47 PM
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:15:42 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:12:37 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:10:29 PM
The other one got combined at my request Grumps.
Well, then, we'll need someone to create another one. Because I can't get enough of this shit.
Particularly what happens to the producer when they run off the end of the books, and Martin's fat ass hasn't finished anything else, because the tard is working on a new series.
THAT'S when shit gets bloody.
Or better yet, when he dies before he finishes the series.
On second thoughts, that would be a win for the producers really.
BREAKING: GoT PRODUCERS ASSASSINATE POPULAR AUTHOR, FINISH SERIES THEIR WAY! TURN ON HBO!
Hillary Duff singing something. <--- Will somehow be involved.
An entirely CGI rendered version thereof. With added autotune.
And Corey Feldman saves the day at the end.
Guest starring Corey Haim
Charley Sheen gets to be the king at the end. Just saying.
But only after Sarah Palin splinters the right wing vote with her Direbagging party.
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:26:19 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:24:00 PM
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:22:25 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:19:42 PM
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:19:01 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:17:47 PM
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:15:42 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:12:37 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:10:29 PM
The other one got combined at my request Grumps.
Well, then, we'll need someone to create another one. Because I can't get enough of this shit.
Particularly what happens to the producer when they run off the end of the books, and Martin's fat ass hasn't finished anything else, because the tard is working on a new series.
THAT'S when shit gets bloody.
Or better yet, when he dies before he finishes the series.
On second thoughts, that would be a win for the producers really.
BREAKING: GoT PRODUCERS ASSASSINATE POPULAR AUTHOR, FINISH SERIES THEIR WAY! TURN ON HBO!
Hillary Duff singing something. <--- Will somehow be involved.
An entirely CGI rendered version thereof. With added autotune.
And Corey Feldman saves the day at the end.
Guest starring Corey Haim
Charley Sheen gets to be the king at the end. Just saying.
But only after Sarah Palin splinters the right wing vote with her Direbagging party.
Isn't she in charge of all the "Others", the frozen-brained undead from the North?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:27:16 PM
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:26:19 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:24:00 PM
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:22:25 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:19:42 PM
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:19:01 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:17:47 PM
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:15:42 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:12:37 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:10:29 PM
The other one got combined at my request Grumps.
Well, then, we'll need someone to create another one. Because I can't get enough of this shit.
Particularly what happens to the producer when they run off the end of the books, and Martin's fat ass hasn't finished anything else, because the tard is working on a new series.
THAT'S when shit gets bloody.
Or better yet, when he dies before he finishes the series.
On second thoughts, that would be a win for the producers really.
BREAKING: GoT PRODUCERS ASSASSINATE POPULAR AUTHOR, FINISH SERIES THEIR WAY! TURN ON HBO!
Hillary Duff singing something. <--- Will somehow be involved.
An entirely CGI rendered version thereof. With added autotune.
And Corey Feldman saves the day at the end.
Guest starring Corey Haim
Charley Sheen gets to be the king at the end. Just saying.
But only after Sarah Palin splinters the right wing vote with her Direbagging party.
Isn't she in charge of all the "Others", the frozen-brained undead from the North?
No, by the end she'll have moved down to Kings Landing with her daughter. (Somewhere far, far away from Russia.)
Bristol Palin as Lollys Stokeworth, and they don't cut the scene.
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:28:26 PM
No, by the end she'll have moved down to Kings Landing with her daughter. (Somewhere far, far away from Russia.)
Right, she quits half way through the invasion, and then her daughter won't let her in the castle.
HEY! WHAT IS THIS THREAD DOING IN MY APPLE TALK? :argh!:
Dok, this thread needs to be moved to TFYSS, just saying.
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:32:10 PM
Dok, this thread needs to be moved to TFYSS, just saying.
I'M TOO BUTTHURT TO WORK THE CONTROLS! UNNNNNG!
Merge it with "Introspection and the bias blind spot."
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:33:07 PM
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:32:10 PM
Dok, this thread needs to be moved to TFYSS, just saying.
I'M TOO BUTTHURT TO WORK THE CONTROLS! UNNNNNG!
HIT THEM HARDER, MAKE THEM WORK!
(http://jerrysjuicebar.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/rich2.jpg)
Fuck that, this should be a wandering Thrones thread, invading subforums at random, causing maximum butt hurt before moving on to it's next victim.
:lulz:
I think Discordians should sit around and discuss TV shows all day. :)
AND BOOKS! DON'T FORGET THOSE THINGS!
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:38:29 PM
I think Discordians should sit around and discuss TV shows all day. :)
:lol:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:38:29 PM
I think Discordians should sit around and discuss TV shows all day. :)
But only the
approved ones.
LMNO
-is going to change all the "American Idol" references in his rants to "Mad Men" and "The Wire".
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:40:23 PM
AND BOOKS! DON'T FORGET THOSE THINGS!
Uh, books DO encourage a certain amount of imagination and effort.
The tellybox seldom does.
~~~Payne: Happy to discuss books.
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:40:23 PM
AND BOOKS! DON'T FORGET THOSE THINGS!
Wait. So all your friends are coming over, and you're going to sit in front of a book?
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (deceased) on July 14, 2011, 08:41:07 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:38:29 PM
I think Discordians should sit around and discuss TV shows all day. :)
But only the approved ones.
LMNO
-is going to change all the "American Idol" references in his rants to "Mad Men" and "The Wire".
I am going to quote nothing but Breaking Bad.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:38:29 PM
I think Discordians should sit around and discuss TV shows all day. :)
So help me, I WILL discuss which of the vampires on Buffy was sexier.
I
AM
OMAR!
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:41:31 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:40:23 PM
AND BOOKS! DON'T FORGET THOSE THINGS!
Uh, books DO encourage a certain amount of imagination and effort.
The tellybox seldom does.
~~~Payne: Happy to discuss books.
Well that one flopped itself to death on the floor now didn't it.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:41:49 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:40:23 PM
AND BOOKS! DON'T FORGET THOSE THINGS!
Wait. So all your friends are coming over, and you're going to sit in front of a book?
We sat around a light box to watch a show made after a book series we all love. We're now all reading the next one in tandem.
And yes, we have sat around and discussed this book series. Usually on the few nights they can convince me to roll a character in their campaign and drink ourselves silly.
Quote from: Luna on July 14, 2011, 08:43:58 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:38:29 PM
I think Discordians should sit around and discuss TV shows all day. :)
So help me, I WILL discuss which of the vampires on Buffy was sexier.
And we should talk about Charmed.
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:45:15 PM
We sat around a light box to watch a show made after a book series we all love.
Sort of like sitting in front of
Survivor, only different?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:46:21 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:45:15 PM
We sat around a light box to watch a show made after a book series we all love.
Sort of like sitting in front of Survivor, only different?
:troll:
I see the bait, yet refuse to bite.
Have I really been here almost a year?
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:48:21 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:46:21 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:45:15 PM
We sat around a light box to watch a show made after a book series we all love.
Sort of like sitting in front of Survivor, only different?
:troll:
I see the bait, yet refuse to bite.
Have I really been here almost a year?
Oh, so me asking a serious question is a troll if you don't feel comfortable answering it.
I see.
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:48:21 PM
Have I really been here almost a year?
I dunno. Been too busy watching
Real Housewives of Des Moines.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (deceased) on July 14, 2011, 08:49:47 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:48:21 PM
Have I really been here almost a year?
I dunno. Been too busy watching Real Housewives of Des Moines.
I am now going to refer to the TV as the "lightbox", and to my Jeep as the "goes really fast thingie".
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:41:31 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:40:23 PM
AND BOOKS! DON'T FORGET THOSE THINGS!
Uh, books DO encourage a certain amount of imagination and effort.
The tellybox seldom does.
~~~Payne: Happy to discuss books.
u kin reed?
Quote from: Charley Brown on July 14, 2011, 08:51:28 PM
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 08:41:31 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:40:23 PM
AND BOOKS! DON'T FORGET THOSE THINGS!
Uh, books DO encourage a certain amount of imagination and effort.
The tellybox seldom does.
~~~Payne: Happy to discuss books.
u kin reed?
I do declare I can.
But only subtitles. They count as a book, right?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:49:26 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:48:21 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:46:21 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:45:15 PM
We sat around a light box to watch a show made after a book series we all love.
Sort of like sitting in front of Survivor, only different?
:troll:
I see the bait, yet refuse to bite.
Have I really been here almost a year?
Oh, so me asking a serious question is a troll if you don't feel comfortable answering it.
I see.
It is if you're trying to imply that Survivor or American Idol = A Game of Thrones made into an HBO series and being srs for reals SRS.
Either you're blatantly ignoring the difference in the hopes I'll get all :cramstipated: about it, or you really do believe they're equivalent.
I can't honestly believe the latter is the case, but ok, maybe I'm wrong. Wouldn't be the first time.
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:53:57 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:49:26 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:48:21 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:46:21 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:45:15 PM
We sat around a light box to watch a show made after a book series we all love.
Sort of like sitting in front of Survivor, only different?
:troll:
I see the bait, yet refuse to bite.
Have I really been here almost a year?
Oh, so me asking a serious question is a troll if you don't feel comfortable answering it.
I see.
It is if you're trying to imply that Survivor or American Idol = A Game of Thrones made into an HBO series and being srs for reals SRS.
Either you're blatantly ignoring the difference in the hopes I'll get all :cramstipated: about it, or you really do believe they're equivalent.
I can't honestly believe the latter is the case, but ok, maybe I'm wrong. Wouldn't be the first time.
A TV show is a TV show. Even the good ones.
Especially the good ones.
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:53:57 PM
It is if you're trying to imply that Survivor or American Idol = A Game of Thrones made into an HBO series and being srs for reals SRS.
Either you're blatantly ignoring the difference in the hopes I'll get all :cramstipated: about it, or you really do believe they're equivalent.
I can't honestly believe the latter is the case, but ok, maybe I'm wrong. Wouldn't be the first time.
Explain the difference to me.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:41:49 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:40:23 PM
AND BOOKS! DON'T FORGET THOSE THINGS!
Wait. So all your friends are coming over, and you're going to sit in front of a book?
Yes but we only ever sit in front of
Magic:The Gathering novels.
Don't look at me like that, mister intellectual pretentioushead!
Quote from: Triple Zero on July 14, 2011, 08:55:44 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:41:49 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:40:23 PM
AND BOOKS! DON'T FORGET THOSE THINGS!
Wait. So all your friends are coming over, and you're going to sit in front of a book?
Yes but we only ever sit in front of Magic:The Gathering novels.
Don't look at me like that, mister intellectual pretentioushead!
I just buy an empty hardcover journal and invite all my friends over. Then we just think pretentious thoughts until either we enjoy ourselves or accidentally Yoko Ono.
Quote from: Triple Zero on July 14, 2011, 08:55:44 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:41:49 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:40:23 PM
AND BOOKS! DON'T FORGET THOSE THINGS!
Wait. So all your friends are coming over, and you're going to sit in front of a book?
Yes but we only ever sit in front of Magic:The Gathering novels.
Don't look at me like that, mister intellectual pretentioushead!
I think all parents need to read their children bed time stories by Stephen King.
This thread has given me the courage to declare to you all that I fucking LOVE OMAR.
So there's always that.
Also, this thread has bumped me over 10000 posts, and I am now doomed.
I might as well move to Tucson now.
Also I just farted.
Quote from: Luna on July 14, 2011, 08:43:58 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:38:29 PM
I think Discordians should sit around and discuss TV shows all day. :)
So help me, I WILL discuss which of the vampires on Buffy was sexier.
Everyone knows it's Spike
Quote from: Charley Brown on July 14, 2011, 08:58:28 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on July 14, 2011, 08:55:44 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:41:49 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:40:23 PM
AND BOOKS! DON'T FORGET THOSE THINGS!
Wait. So all your friends are coming over, and you're going to sit in front of a book?
Yes but we only ever sit in front of Magic:The Gathering novels.
Don't look at me like that, mister intellectual pretentioushead!
I think all parents need to read their children bed time stories by Stephen King.
I so would have loved that as a kid
The best part is when I get to turn the page.
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 09:01:10 PM
Also, this thread has bumped me over 10000 posts, and I am now doomed.
I might as well move to Tucson now.
Don't be ridiculous, you haven't even reached 25 ft yet.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on July 14, 2011, 09:07:28 PM
Quote from: Payne on July 14, 2011, 09:01:10 PM
Also, this thread has bumped me over 10000 posts, and I am now doomed.
I might as well move to Tucson now.
Don't be ridiculous, you haven't even reached 25 ft yet.
Look, spag, post counts
matter.
So do my favourite TV shows and my bodily functions.
How can you have bodily functions if you weigh minus 248.8 kilogrammes?
Quote from: Triple Zero on July 14, 2011, 09:13:00 PM
How can you have bodily functions if you weigh minus 248.8 kilogrammes?
I only weigh minus 248.8 KG cause I have excess phlogiston.
EDIT: Cause I got confused with Kazakhstan again.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 08:55:30 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 08:53:57 PM
It is if you're trying to imply that Survivor or American Idol = A Game of Thrones made into an HBO series and being srs for reals SRS.
Either you're blatantly ignoring the difference in the hopes I'll get all :cramstipated: about it, or you really do believe they're equivalent.
I can't honestly believe the latter is the case, but ok, maybe I'm wrong. Wouldn't be the first time.
Explain the difference to me.
It's a bit like the difference between sitting down and reading Twilight or The Hitchhikers Guide. Sure, they're both keep you occupied for an evening, but in a choice between doing the former or pounding sharp objects through my dick, I'm going to grab the keys and go looking for the nearest hardware store.
Yeah, but your subjective opinion doesn't determine what makes a TV show intellectually valuable or not.
here's a hint: the answer is always "not".
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on July 14, 2011, 09:37:32 PM
Yeah, but your subjective opinion doesn't determine what makes a TV show intellectually valuable or not.
here's a hint: the answer is always "not".
I never once mentioned intellectual value. In fact, it was pretty clear I was talking about entertainment and yes the same applies, I realize that.
The same goes for books though, really.
If you're NOT trying to ascribe some notion of intellectual value to certain TV shows, then what exactly IS the difference between, say, Game of Thrones and American Idol?
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 09:43:00 PM
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on July 14, 2011, 09:37:32 PM
Yeah, but your subjective opinion doesn't determine what makes a TV show intellectually valuable or not.
here's a hint: the answer is always "not".
I never once mentioned intellectual value. In fact, it was pretty clear I was talking about entertainment and yes the same applies, I realize that.
The same goes for books though, really.
If sitting and passively looking at a box is entertainment, okay.
But don't come crying to me when your brain falls into your neck.
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on July 14, 2011, 09:49:31 PM
If you're NOT trying to ascribe some notion of intellectual value to certain TV shows, then what exactly IS the difference between, say, Game of Thrones and American Idol?
Production value, scope, depth of narrative,
watchability.
All very subjective, granted. Can't get around that.
But applying all of those things to books (rightly so) makes it hard to put forth a case that books are somehow "better" or "more intellectual" than TV, regardless of the subject. I see that a lot, that the medium superscedes the media before judgement is made on worth. Always sounded like snobby, pretentious bullshit to me. I give two fucks if you enjoy watching Survivor, it's just not for me. Doesn't make you an idiot but certainly is one less thing we can have a conversation sharing our own perspective on.
I think the prevailing argument is that books are more intellectual than TV because books force you to engage your own imagination to flesh out the story.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 14, 2011, 09:51:56 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 09:43:00 PM
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on July 14, 2011, 09:37:32 PM
Yeah, but your subjective opinion doesn't determine what makes a TV show intellectually valuable or not.
here's a hint: the answer is always "not".
I never once mentioned intellectual value. In fact, it was pretty clear I was talking about entertainment and yes the same applies, I realize that.
The same goes for books though, really.
If sitting and passively looking at a box is entertainment, okay.
But don't come crying to me when your brain falls into your neck.
The only thing more interactive about a book is that you get to turn the pages and the story unfolds to you at your own pace.
God damnit, have you fuckers actually gotten me DEFENDING television?
I hate you so fucking much. Myself too for doing it, but special hate is reserved for you.
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 14, 2011, 10:03:24 PM
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Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on July 14, 2011, 09:37:32 PM
Yeah, but your subjective opinion doesn't determine what makes a TV show intellectually valuable or not.
here's a hint: the answer is always "not".
I never once mentioned intellectual value. In fact, it was pretty clear I was talking about entertainment and yes the same applies, I realize that.
The same goes for books though, really.
If sitting and passively looking at a box is entertainment, okay.
But don't come crying to me when your brain falls into your neck.
The only thing more interactive about a book is that you get to turn the pages and the story unfolds to you at your own pace.
God damnit, have you fuckers actually gotten me DEFENDING television?
I hate you so fucking much. Myself too for doing it, but special hate is reserved for you.
1. Well, that, and the fact that you have to imagine the scenery.
2. Welcome to the club, son. :lulz:
Well, that and the fact that (with some exceptions) books force you to visualize all of the details of the story for yourself. Before the Lord of the Rings movies came along, none of us would have thought Frodo Baggins looked like Elijah Wood, and we likely would have all had very different mental visualizations of him.
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on July 14, 2011, 10:01:49 PM
I think the prevailing argument is that books are more intellectual than TV because books force you to engage your own imagination to flesh out the story.
Ah, yes. I also believe that. I had similar thoughts about music videos replacing our imaginations about what a song means with someone else's, often not even the song writers.
I get the feeling we're just going to end up arguing semantics on this. I obviously (should be obvious) hold books in much higher regard than television.
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on July 14, 2011, 10:05:13 PM
Well, that and the fact that (with some exceptions) books force you to visualize all of the details of the story for yourself. Before the Lord of the Rings movies came along, none of us would have thought Frodo Baggins looked like Elijah Wood, and we likely would have all had very different mental visualizations of him.
Also as a rule the detail in books has greater depth. They can't reproduce every detail in a movie and much is missed.
According to that reasoning, if it's about visualisation, comics and TV are equally "valuable" (for the particular type of "value" that is being discussed ITT).
And reading Marmaduke is exactly as intellectually stimulating as reading Transmetropolitan.
Got it! :lulz:
Actually, I don't really believe that is the case. But I'm just following things to their logical conclusions here :lol:
Quote from: Triple Zero on July 14, 2011, 10:12:50 PM
According to that reasoning, if it's about visualisation, comics and TV are equally "valuable" (for the particular type of "value" that is being discussed ITT).
And reading Marmaduke is exactly as intellectually stimulating as reading Transmetropolitan.
Got it! :lulz:
Actually, I don't really believe that is the case. But I'm just following things to their logical conclusions here :lol:
A vein pulses in my head when I hear someone say that comics or graphic novels have no or less literary value as other books.
Alright, going back to my book cause GRRM is dropping fucking bombs in it and I'm hooked.
Quote from: Triple Zero on July 14, 2011, 10:12:50 PM
According to that reasoning, if it's about visualisation, comics and TV are equally "valuable" (for the particular type of "value" that is being discussed ITT).
And reading Marmaduke is exactly as intellectually stimulating as reading Transmetropolitan.
Got it! :lulz:
Actually, I don't really believe that is the case. But I'm just following things to their logical conclusions here :lol:
I think a more apt comparison would be reading the original Dracula by Bram Stoker vs. reading an abridged comic-book version vs. watching the worst movie Gary Oldman was ever in.
And I would agree with the part about TV and comics having equivalent baseline intellectual value.
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on July 14, 2011, 10:16:46 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on July 14, 2011, 10:12:50 PM
According to that reasoning, if it's about visualisation, comics and TV are equally "valuable" (for the particular type of "value" that is being discussed ITT).
And reading Marmaduke is exactly as intellectually stimulating as reading Transmetropolitan.
Got it! :lulz:
Actually, I don't really believe that is the case. But I'm just following things to their logical conclusions here :lol:
I think a more apt comparison would be reading the original Dracula by Bram Stoker vs. reading an abridged comic-book version vs. watching the worst movie Gary Oldman was ever in.
And I would agree with the part about TV and comics having equivalent baseline intellectual value.
snobby cunt, aren't you? :lol:
Absolutely.
However, I'm perfectly willing to take my entertainment in whatever form it comes in as long as it's entertaining.
I mean, in general I think that the average comic and the average TV show share a similar baseline intellectual potential, but I'd still rather read The Watchmen a hundred times than watch the Ellen DeGeneres show once.
The real problem with TV is that I've finished all five seasons of The Wire, and now everything else is a disappointment.
It's like if you lost your virginity to Scarlett Johannson. Where do you go from there?
try watching Treme, ECH, made by the same people who made the wire.
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on July 14, 2011, 10:29:28 PM
I mean, in general I think that the average comic and the average TV show share a similar baseline intellectual potential, but I'd still rather read The Watchmen a hundred times than watch the Ellen DeGeneres show once.
Holy crap. I'd rather watch Twilight (without the rifftrax track) than read Watchmen more than twice.
You realize you also gotta read the HELLO I AM A METAPHOR stupid (BTW METAPHOR) pirate (DID YOU NOTICE IT'S A METAPHOR) story again, right?
And also the really long boring walls of text in between the chapters about stuff that doesn't actually matter except for the one or two plotpoints that are hidden in it.
And those fucking emo pirates, goddamnit, I'll watch sparkly vampires any day, seriously. OH OH UHHHH LOOK AT ME I'M SO DAMNED AND MUST PAY FOR MY HONOUR OR SINS OR SOMETHING WHATEVER BTW DID YOU NOTICE I'M A GODDAMN METAPHOR
Quote from: Pixie on July 14, 2011, 10:33:26 PM
try watching Treme, ECH, made by the same people who made the wire.
Treme is outstanding.
Quote from: Triple Zero on July 14, 2011, 10:49:48 PM
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on July 14, 2011, 10:29:28 PM
I mean, in general I think that the average comic and the average TV show share a similar baseline intellectual potential, but I'd still rather read The Watchmen a hundred times than watch the Ellen DeGeneres show once.
Holy crap. I'd rather watch Twilight (without the rifftrax track) than read Watchmen more than twice.
You realize you also gotta read the HELLO I AM A METAPHOR stupid (BTW METAPHOR) pirate (DID YOU NOTICE IT'S A METAPHOR) story again, right?
And also the really long boring walls of text in between the chapters about stuff that doesn't actually matter except for the one or two plotpoints that are hidden in it.
And those fucking emo pirates, goddamnit, I'll watch sparkly vampires any day, seriously. OH OH UHHHH LOOK AT ME I'M SO DAMNED AND MUST PAY FOR MY HONOUR OR SINS OR SOMETHING WHATEVER BTW DID YOU NOTICE I'M A GODDAMN METAPHOR
Hey, it's pulp entertainment. I'm not holding it to the same standard I'd hold Solzhenitsyn to. :lulz:
Quote from: Pixie on July 14, 2011, 10:33:26 PM
try watching Treme, ECH, made by the same people who made the wire.
Oh...if it's even half as good you'll probably be my new favorite person for a few weeks.
This is one of the stupidest conversations I have ever seen here. :lulz:
Right? Hard to believe that MRH hasn't made an appearance.
Quote from: Nigel on July 15, 2011, 12:06:43 AM
This is one of the stupidest conversations I have ever seen here. :lulz:
That's a bold statement considering some of the other threads I've seen bumped over the last year, going back a few years but please, elaborate.
I thought it was pretty damn funny.
:lulz: This thread cracks me up.
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on July 14, 2011, 11:01:22 PM
Quote from: Pixie on July 14, 2011, 10:33:26 PM
try watching Treme, ECH, made by the same people who made the wire.
Oh...if it's even half as good you'll probably be my new favorite person for a few weeks.
Verthaine told us he's the caterer for the show. Not that THAT says anything bout the quality of it, but perhaps a bit of its authenticity. Don't think he'd be on board with an outfit that didn't try to BE something it wasn't. If you get my drift. Drafty. (sorry, that's a phrase my dad says)
Treme's awesomeness in a can with cheese, and makes me YEARRN to be in N'Awlins everytime I watch a 'sode.
I now have a love-hate relationship with HBO. I watch too damned much of it. BUT I've started reading fantasy fic again, something I stopped doing in undergrad.
Quote from: Disco Pickle on July 15, 2011, 12:56:40 AM
Quote from: Nigel on July 15, 2011, 12:06:43 AM
This is one of the stupidest conversations I have ever seen here. :lulz:
That's a bold statement considering some of the other threads I've seen bumped over the last year, going back a few years but please, elaborate.
I thought it was pretty damn funny.
Yeah but it's still stupid. These things are not mutually exclusive.
Yeah I realized that after I posted it but eh.. went back to the book.
Quote from: Nigel on July 15, 2011, 12:06:43 AM
This is one of the stupidest conversations I have ever seen here. :lulz:
THERE'S NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO IF I STEAL THE REMOTE IN THE DENTIST'S WAITING ROOM.
WHAT'S THAT, STEVE? YOU CAN ONLY WATCH ONE PROGRAM AT A TIME?
I'M WATCHING 20, IN "FLIP-VIEW".
TRY NOT TO GET CNN CONFUSED WITH CAPTAIN PLANET, OPIE. I'LL BE KICKING BAG, SHOVING THE ENTIRE DISH OF SUGAR-FREE CHEWING GUM INTO MY MOUTH.
MRH,
BLOWING BUBBLES WHILE HE BLOWS UP THE TV.