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Re: TV: Current and Recent

Postby Darkweasel » Thu Nov 15, 2012 1:13 am

Season 5 is excellent.

2, 1, 4, 3.

Can't include Season 5 as it hasn't finished yet but at the moment it would be in 2nd place.
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Postby Slayer-ov-orcs » Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:00 am

Ok, cool. I will check it out!
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Re: TV: Current and Recent

Postby georgebailey96 » Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:38 pm

Luke_X wrote:Still, my point is that Tru Blood didn't influence Walking Dead in anyway from comic to tv. They are so far apart, the comparisson is stupid.

I know about them both man, i didnt mean it like that. I meant the idea for 'Supernatural' after death TV. I was just saying, how many people had heard of the walking dead OR true blood (Southern Vampire) before the TV shows? All I meant was, if True Blood hadnt have ever been produced, would the Walking Dead ever have come about.

Also, just before you think the opposite, I actually prefer The Walking Dead by MILES.
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Re: TV: Current and Recent

Postby Delightful-Jim » Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:50 pm

Shows on my "to watch/catch up on list" :

Breaking Bad
Boardwalk Empire
Sons Of Anarchy
Homeland
If I like it, It's probably awful.

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Re: TV: Current and Recent

Postby Azubi » Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:40 am

georgebailey96 wrote:
Luke_X wrote:Still, my point is that Tru Blood didn't influence Walking Dead in anyway from comic to tv. They are so far apart, the comparisson is stupid.

I know about them both man, i didnt mean it like that. I meant the idea for 'Supernatural' after death TV.


Eh? To be fair you were probably in nappies when it was on TV but what about Buffy? That went into loads of seasons and was all about that shit and had a spinoff, Angel.
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Re: TV: Current and Recent

Postby georgebailey96 » Fri Nov 16, 2012 7:11 am

Azubi wrote:Eh? To be fair you were probably in nappies when it was on TV but what about Buffy? That went into loads of seasons and was all about that shit and had a spinoff, Angel.

Yeah, i know BUT I meant about reviving it all, 10? or so years after?

And yeah, I probably was in nappies :P
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Re: TV: Current and Recent

Postby Jobdone » Fri Nov 16, 2012 7:38 am

georgebailey96 wrote: All I meant was, if True Blood hadnt have ever been produced, would the Walking Dead ever have come about.


Almost certainly.

The sudden rush of popularity and money making potential for zombies in the past couple of years would have assured it.
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Postby Azubi » Fri Nov 16, 2012 7:50 am

I disagree personally, zombie fiction and vampire fiction have both risen in popularity but more often than not to two different markets. The revival of zombie based films came before 2008 and were a success for the most part and there has been a steady rise in popularity with many zombie survival games, books and things like the zombie walks in major cities for the last 5 or so years. To say that TWD is only here because of TB is a leap I personally don't feel I can take.
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Re: TV: Current and Recent

Postby Jobdone » Fri Nov 16, 2012 7:59 am

Sorry, may have wrote that badly, just woke up.

I meant it was almost certain that walking dead would've got made, even if true blood hadn't been.

Or you might have nto been replying to me. EITHER WAY I CONCUR WITH YOUR POINT BECAUSE IT IS MY POINT AS WELL i don't fucking know.
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Postby Azubi » Fri Nov 16, 2012 8:03 am

Ha yeah, you snuck that fucker in before me whilst I was typing (and playing Medal of Honor), we are saying the same thing.
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Re: TV: Current and Recent

Postby Moonburp » Fri Nov 16, 2012 8:10 am

I've caught up with all Supernatural. My life is emptier now.

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Re: TV: Current and Recent

Postby Luke_X » Fri Nov 16, 2012 12:06 pm

Azubi wrote:
georgebailey96 wrote:
Luke_X wrote:Still, my point is that Tru Blood didn't influence Walking Dead in anyway from comic to tv. They are so far apart, the comparisson is stupid.

I know about them both man, i didnt mean it like that. I meant the idea for 'Supernatural' after death TV.


Eh? To be fair you were probably in nappies when it was on TV but what about Buffy? That went into loads of seasons and was all about that shit and had a spinoff, Angel.


Wasn't Randal and Hopkirk Deceased (show about ghosts) on in the 70's? You've also got shows like X Files (which toyed with ideas about the supernatural quite a lot), Tales of The Crypt, even Supernatural was about long before Tru Blood. I honestly don't think you can say Tru Blood started anything, it just happened to appear right when Twilight was released.

Plus the Walking Dead comics are massivly popular, mainly because of Robert Kirkman's reputation, but the show wouldn't have found any footing without the help of Frank Darabont. None of this can be attributed to Tru Blood I'm afraid.

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Re: TV: Current and Recent

Postby mikeftw » Fri Nov 16, 2012 12:09 pm

Watched Southlands last night, that program is brutal
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Re: TV: Current and Recent

Postby Applecore » Fri Nov 16, 2012 1:48 pm

New Girl and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in being consistently good non-shocker.
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Re: TV: Current and Recent

Postby Moonburp » Fri Nov 16, 2012 1:59 pm

Applecore wrote:New Girl

The Supernatural void is filled. :D