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Scrubs reboot.

Salli Richardson-Whitfield from Eureka (Dr. Blake) was asked about a Eureka reboot - "Who wants to see a series come back just so they can see who has aged the worst." (Paraphrasing)

I loved Scrubs, and I'll give the reboot a chance. But the old scrubs hijinks doesn't work 20 years later.

The IMDB 8.4/10 rating is very generous.

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Finished Knight of the Seven Kingdoms in 2 viewings. Liked it so much more than the crappy House of the Dragon.

Part of why I was disappointed by GoTs final season was they spent years developing characters and story arcs and in the last season, Dany was flying a dragon entirely across Westeros in a half hour. The Hound and Arya type relationship was what made that series great and that’s what they’re doing here and I loved it.
 
temery said:
Scrubs reboot.

Salli Richardson-Whitfield from Eureka (Dr. Blake) was asked about a Eureka reboot - "Who wants to see a series come back just so they can see who has aged the worst." (Paraphrasing)

I loved Scrubs, and I'll give the reboot a chance. But the old scrubs hijinks doesn't work 20 years later.

The IMDB 8.4/10 rating is very generous.

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Reboot is terrible. It’s a 30 minute T-Mobile commercial.
Needs more of “the Todd.”
 
Alum86 said:
Reboot is terrible. It’s a 30 minute T-Mobile commercial.
Needs more of “the Todd.”
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I'm hoping they plan to develop the younger characters and slowly fade out the older crowd (still 20 years younger than me) to supporting roles.

The problem with the younger characters is either:

1) A rush to, or no time for character development
2) Bad casting
3) Bad acting

The first few episodes of the original scrubs did an incredible job and character development. This reboot seems like a rush to try to re-create something that was great 20 years ago.

The first few episodes of the reboot should have only had one or two from the original cast, adding originals (not the vampires) slowly, or a frequent cameo appearances.

Having JD and Elliot, now divorced is going to be lame. JD is going to date a new hottie every two or three episodes, just like 20 years ago.

They're going to try to sell the "JD and Elliot" getting back together, and it's going to lame. If they try to set up a hottie of the week for JD who's in her 20s, it's gotta be gross. If they try to find him 50 year-old hotties for JD, that's not gonna be nearly as well. Maybe just go around they'll give Elliot a new love interest every two or three episodes and make JD jealous.
 
Been nerding out on Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

1) Duncan the Tall is referenced 3 different times in GoT. One time is Joffrey commenting "Sir Duncan the Tall has four pages?" in some historical book he's flipping through and insinuating he accomplished some pretty great things. Another time is one of the old Maesters telling a story about how Duncan the Tall didn't stand for a house or for power, but stood for honor. That was clear in the first season and obviously going to be a theme in the series.

2) There's a theory that Brienne of Tarth is a descendant of Duncan the Tall, which is pretty cool. There's detail around that if you search quickly.

George RR Martin is either a genius or a madman or both.
 
Palatine said:
Jury Duty (Prime) It is very silly but it had myself and the Mrs. laughing. All the jurors, the judge, etc, are actors -- except one guy who thinks he is part of sequestered jury. So the show is mostly written with improv when they interact the guy. It's basically a prank show.

James Marsden plays himself as a reluctant juror who couldn't get out of jury duty. He is very funny. Like I said, a lot of it is silly, so I understand if that is not your sense of humor. But the set up works. You will know by the end of the first episode if you like it or not.
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Watched that a while back. It is a bit odd of a show. It seems crazy time-wise how they had to actually produce the show with everyone but one guy and then do the fake production of the documentary.
 
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temery said:
Young Sherlock

I'm on episode four, and this has been very good so far. It's a new twist on Sherlock Holmes. Young Sherlock (mid 20s) teams up with Moriarty with no Dr. Watson so far.

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I've watched the first couple. It is very well done. I hope they keep up the pace of the first two. Playing with the idea of a Holmes/Moriarty friendship is interesting. Is this part of the origin story or a new idea?
 
Started Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Good so far. Two episodes in.

Finished Season 2 of Artful Dodger. Didn't seem anyone else has seen this, but it is excellent and some of the actors should certainly be up for awards.
 
The first handful of episodes of Season 2 of Paradise is up on Hulu. I liked, not loved the first season, but have found Season 2 to be enjoyable. New storylines that take place outside of the bunker.
 
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billythekid said:
The first handful of episodes of Season 2 of Paradise is up on Hulu. I liked, not loved the first season, but have found Season 2 to be enjoyable. New storylines that take place outside of the bunker.
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Yeah, enjoying it here too, but the last episode left me begging to know
what is Xavier feeding the baby?
 
storrsroars said:
Yeah, enjoying it here too, but the last episode left me begging to know
what is Xavier feeding the baby?
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Needless to say, the show requires you to suspend disbelief to a high degree.

We know it's been, at least, three years since the apocalypse. How is the gasoline still fresh enough to power the vehicles?

I did enjoy the Shailene Woodley arc.
 
2 episodes into Young Sherlock, enjoyable so far. Most of the way thru the final season of Suburgatory. Got a bit into Season 1 of Veronica Mars, but on hold for the moment. I've only watched bits and pieces of earlier seasons of The Lincoln Lawyer, mostly have the gist of it, Season 4 is out now. There must be some fans of it on here. That's been getting air time in the household.

There was a character that popped up briefly, I knew I knew the actress, but just couldn't place her. Looked it up on imdb, it's Emmanuelle Chiriqui. Pretty much unrecognizable.
 
ZooCougar said:
Guess what I am not binge watching

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Watch the last episode that aired yesterday. Much closer to Star Trek the next generation than galaxy quest. I will admit they started losing me a couple episodes ago when one of their characters vomited glitter. But this last episode was very good.
 
Just started watching "Drops of God" on AppleTV. You need captions since it's in English, Japanese, and French. About a woman whose wine expert father dies, and to get her inheritance, she has to identify wines in a competition with his #1 student. She's allergic to alcohol is the first twist. Watched 4 shows already, very well done.
 
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Most of the way through "Young Sherlock." Enjoying it, but it seems like Holmes really isn't clever enough in this. Doesn't seem to be displaying the superhuman powers of observation and deduction. Mostly he has photographic memory, so he can recreate a scene in his head and then figure out all the clues he missed the first time, which very un-Sherlock like.
 
Rooster (HBO) is pretty good through two episodes. It is a little comedy set at a college, quirky, but not too quirky. Steve Carrell and Charly Clive star. Carrell is always good, and Clive does a really good job with a part that could go off the rails easily.
 
Almost through Season 2 of One Piece. Still goofy and still entertaining. Nami is definitely my favorite character, followed by Sanji.

It was just going merrily along, then it bowled me over with this side story about Tony Tony Chopper. Where did that come from?
 
navery12 said:
Halfway through Season 3 of The Night Agent. I suspect the prevailing opinion will be it's not very good, but I've enjoyed it. I'm a sucker for any crime/thriller type like this. I've loved all of the recent releases like it with His & Hers, Run Away, The Beast in Me
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I watched season 1 when it came out, found it OK, but forgot about it till your post. So I binged S2 last week, and S3 this week. S2 was the better of the two. There's a problem with a ton of series and movies about characters getting from one place to another so quickly it breaks the rules of physics. That bugged me a lot in both S2 and S3, but especially in the latter. I did find the Jacob Monroe character to be an interesting take on the wealthy criminal mastermind. He "won" most of the scenes he was in. The dude playing the president had no gravitas, so it was hard to take him seriously. But the action was good, and across the three seasons gave me a greater appreciation of why dark haired women are more interesting than blondes 😉
 
The One Piece. Netflix. It’s weird Japanese anime brought to live action but it works. It’s goofy, irrational and odd but it works. Emily Rudd is very appealing but the whole thing is just kind of mindless fun. Think, The Monkees without the music. It’s quite a clever live action adaptation, remains colorful and doesn’t try to seem real.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Rooster (HBO) is pretty good through two episodes. It is a little comedy set at a college, quirky, but not too quirky. Steve Carrell and Charly Clive star. Carrell is always good, and Clive does a really good job with a part that could go off the rails easily.
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Question: Is Steve Carell just Michael Scott on a campus? I am a big Office fan but feel like he's pigeonholed now.
 
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Deepster said:
Question: Is Steve Carell just Michael Scott on a campus? I am a big Office fan but feel like he's pigeonholed now.
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You really should consider watching one of the million movies and shows he's been in since The Office.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Rooster (HBO) is pretty good through two episodes. It is a little comedy set at a college, quirky, but not too quirky. Steve Carrell and Charly Clive star. Carrell is always good, and Clive does a really good job with a part that could go off the rails easily.
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It is good.
Can’t really binge it at this time, it’s new and week to week. McGinley is funny as the quirky college prez.
 
Deepster said:
Question: Is Steve Carell just Michael Scott on a campus? I am a big Office fan but feel like he's pigeonholed now.
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Closer to yes than no, i.m.o. A cerebral witty doofus.
Not as dark as the Morning Show, but it is not supposed to be.
 
ZooCougar said:
Because if you did you would see he has a range?
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The same range as Anchorman, 40 Yr Old Virgin, Evan Almighty, Space Force and Get Smart. Or as you may call them Newscaster Michael Scott, Best Buy Michael Scott, Newcaster Michael Scott (again), Michael Scott in space and Threat Level Midnight Michael Scott?
 
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