Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: The Unicorn

2019-10-03 Thread Kevin M.
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 11:21 PM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Gee, I thought it showed some potential. Enough to come back, anyway. > Granted, a lot of it was Goggins, but it was a damn sight better than > something like "Sunnyside" or, worse. "Parks and Rec."

[TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: Sunnyside

2019-10-03 Thread 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV
This was to me what "The Unicorn" was to you. I stopped the recording about 15 minutes in, thankful that more brain cells had not been killed. --Dave Sikula On Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 8:47:02 PM UTC-7, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > The concept isn’t bad, but the execution feels a lot like the

[TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: The Unicorn

2019-10-03 Thread 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV
Gee, I thought it showed some potential. Enough to come back, anyway. Granted, a lot of it was Goggins, but it was a damn sight better than something like "Sunnyside" or, worse. "Parks and Rec." --Dave Sikula On Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 8:52:10 PM UTC-7, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > First pil

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: Evil

2019-10-03 Thread Jim Ellwanger
> On Oct 3, 2019, at 9:05 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > Is “Evil” the first US series actually set (and filmed) in Canada? "Orphan Black" comes to mind, although I'm a little unclear on whether it should be fully counted as a "US series." (It was produced for BBC America, although there may have

Re: [TV orNotTV] Fox News Host Todd Starnes Out After Saying Democrats Worship Pagan God Moloch

2019-10-03 Thread Tom Wolper
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 6:48 PM Brad Beam wrote: > *From:* tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Tom Wolper > > *>*When the Hebrew Bible was pronounced sealed and infallible, the rabbis > said it contained all of God's laws and analyzed the text to define

[TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: Evil

2019-10-03 Thread Kevin M.
Is “Evil” the first US series actually set (and filmed) in Canada? A few years back, “Rookie Blue” aired on ABC, but that was originally a Canadian show if memory serves. On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 7:31 PM Kevin M. wrote: > Sort of like the X-Files, if Scully had four kids and Mulder was a priest. >

Re: [TV orNotTV] CBS puts its brand on studio in Canada

2019-10-03 Thread Mark Jeffries
And the Jim Perry Studio would be over at CFTO--excuse me, CTV Toronto. Though they'd probably call it "The Dave DuVall Studio." Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 9:27 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > John E

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quick Review: Crank Yankers

2019-10-03 Thread Mark Jeffries
And now Trevor Noah can remind anyone who wants to call him a major influencer that he is on a network where his show follows puppets making crank phone calls. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 1:10 PM John Edwards wrote: > What an amazing, inn

[TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: The Unicorn

2019-10-03 Thread Kevin M.
First pilot of the season I couldn’t watch through the end. Just. Don’t. Pilot free on iTunes, but really just don’t https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/the-unicorn-season-1/id1475709367 -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNo

Re: [TV orNotTV] Late Show first commercial break squeeze

2019-10-03 Thread Mark Jeffries
This seemed to be a one-week only thing--they stopped doing it last week. Meanwhile, last Wednesday night CBS ran before the promos coming out of the station breaks on "Survivor" a voice-over saying "'Survivor' will return after these CBS previews." The visual was the contestants entering for Tri

[TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Sunnyside

2019-10-03 Thread Kevin M.
The concept isn’t bad, but the execution feels a lot like the “Community” pilot episode, but with a more diverse cast. Oh, and although I do like Kal Penn, he only has one facial expression... he ought to stand in front of a mirror and work on that. Pilot free on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/u

Re: [TV orNotTV] Fox News Host Todd Starnes Out After Saying Democrats Worship Pagan God Moloch

2019-10-03 Thread Kevin M.
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 3:48 PM Brad Beam wrote: > *From:* tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Tom Wolper > > *>*When the Hebrew Bible was pronounced sealed and infallible, the rabbis > said it contained all of God's laws and analyzed the text to define

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Stumptown

2019-10-03 Thread Jon Delfin
Much the same could be said about "All Rise" -- 20 pounds of plot in a 10- pound bag. After two episodes, the person we know the least about is the lead. Program guide blurb for next week is discouraging. On to better things. On Thu, Oct 3, 2019, 4:54 PM Tom Wolper wrote: > On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 a

[TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Evil

2019-10-03 Thread Kevin M.
Sort of like the X-Files, if Scully had four kids and Mulder was a priest. Pilot free on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/evil-season-1/id1475712540 -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe f

RE: [TV orNotTV] Fox News Host Todd Starnes Out After Saying Democrats Worship Pagan God Moloch

2019-10-03 Thread Brad Beam
From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Wolper >When the Hebrew Bible was pronounced sealed and infallible, the rabbis said it >contained all of God's laws and analyzed the text to define what the laws are. >They came up with 613 laws that all Jews

Re: [TV orNotTV] Fox News Host Todd Starnes Out After Saying Democrats Worship Pagan God Moloch

2019-10-03 Thread Tom Wolper
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 5:29 PM Jon Delfin wrote: > What a load of molochy. > When the Hebrew Bible was pronounced sealed and infallible, the rabbis said it contained all of God's laws and analyzed the text to define what the laws are. They came up with 613 laws that all Jews have to follow. One

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: ESPN retiring namesake print magazine

2019-10-03 Thread Kevin M.
As of today, Sports Illustrated is in the hands of bloggers and other mostly unpaid content creators. The journalists on staff are crying out for a halt, but to no avail. Massive layoffs, full restructuring, and the sketchy former head of the LA Dog Trainer all factor in. Bye bye SI. https://www.n

Re: [TV orNotTV] Fox News Host Todd Starnes Out After Saying Democrats Worship Pagan God Moloch

2019-10-03 Thread Jon Delfin
What a load of molochy. On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 5:27 PM Kevin M. wrote: > I, for one, welcome our new Moloch overlords! > > On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 2:02 PM Tom Wolper wrote: > >> On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 3:27 PM Kevin M. wrote: >> >>> He seems charming. >>> >> >> Quoting the article: "and instead

Re: [TV orNotTV] Walmart streamer unveils first original flick

2019-10-03 Thread Kevin M.
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 1:57 PM Ben Combee wrote: > Vudu has mostly been notable to me for it's Disc2Digital service where > you could get streaming versions of a lot of your physical media for > relatively little money. > https://www.vudu.com/content/disc_to_digital.html > Or you can use HandBra

Re: [TV orNotTV] Fox News Host Todd Starnes Out After Saying Democrats Worship Pagan God Moloch

2019-10-03 Thread Kevin M.
I, for one, welcome our new Moloch overlords! On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 2:02 PM Tom Wolper wrote: > On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 3:27 PM Kevin M. wrote: > >> He seems charming. >> > > Quoting the article: "and instead may worship Moloch, a pagan god often > associated with child sacrifice." There is no

Re: [TV orNotTV] Fox News Host Todd Starnes Out After Saying Democrats Worship Pagan God Moloch

2019-10-03 Thread Tom Wolper
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 3:27 PM Kevin M. wrote: > He seems charming. > Quoting the article: "and instead may worship Moloch, a pagan god often associated with child sacrifice." There is no other association for Moloch. He only appears in the Bible and its commentaries and the context is always ch

Re: [TV orNotTV] Walmart streamer unveils first original flick

2019-10-03 Thread Ben Combee
Vudu has mostly been notable to me for it's Disc2Digital service where you could get streaming versions of a lot of your physical media for relatively little money. https://www.vudu.com/content/disc_to_digital.html On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 3:49 PM Tom Wolper wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 5:15 P

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Stumptown

2019-10-03 Thread Tom Wolper
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 10:29 AM Kevin M. wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 6:53 AM Tom Wolper wrote: > > I think the quirks are just a way to keep the characters from being too > generic. > > The way to make a character non-generic is to write a character. Writing > pointless affectations is jus

Re: [TV orNotTV] Walmart streamer unveils first original flick

2019-10-03 Thread Tom Wolper
On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 5:15 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Vudu will release *Adventure Force 5*, a takeoff of the retailer's toy > brand, this December; it's about sci-fi-fanboy brothers dealing with > invading creatures in a beachside town. Jamie-Lynn Sigle

[TV orNotTV] Michael Smith out at ESPN

2019-10-03 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
The former cohort of Jemele Hill on the 6pm east SportsCenter, who's been in what NY Post media columnist Andrew Marchand calls "gold-plated purgatory" since it ended, is now free to move on to a new LA-based digital startup focussed on sports content, "featuring athletes as storytellers," said

Re: [TV orNotTV] Fox News Host Todd Starnes Out After Saying Democrats Worship Pagan God Moloch

2019-10-03 Thread Kevin M.
He seems charming. On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 11:36 AM Steve Timko wrote: > https://www.thewrap.com/exclusive-host-todd-starnes-out-at-fox-news/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

[TV orNotTV] Fox News Host Todd Starnes Out After Saying Democrats Worship Pagan God Moloch

2019-10-03 Thread Steve Timko
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Stumptown

2019-10-03 Thread Kevin M.
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 6:53 AM Tom Wolper wrote: > On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 1:27 AM Kevin M. wrote: > >> Again, the TV trope of opening with an action sequence, then flashing >> back to tell the story of how it came to be. >> >> P.S.- Does every character have to be overly quirky? Native American

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Stumptown

2019-10-03 Thread Tom Wolper
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 1:27 AM Kevin M. wrote: > Again, the TV trope of opening with an action sequence, then flashing back > to tell the story of how it came to be. > > P.S.- Does every character have to be overly quirky? Native American woman > who compulsively knits. Cop who excessively uses P