TV shows you can't stand.

[Rageaholic]

I am not home most nights for primetime TV during the week because of my shift, but I can't believe Raising Hope is still on. That show was so stupid to begin with.

From what I've seen of Raising Hope, it looks incredibly lame and obnoxious. Of course I wasn't in the best mood when I was watching it because a rerun of it had taken the place of another show I like.

[IDrinkaRum]

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In the latest episode of Fringe Peter goes into his dad's house in a timeline where his dad hasn't lived in the house since the 80s.

In Peter's normal timeline him and his dad live in this house. The set designers apparently forgot. They covered the place in dust and put sheets over all of the furniture.

The stupid part is that they forgot to take out the flat screen tv and the armchair of a design not seen until the 90s at least.

Things that in that timeline would not have been there.

That's bad continuity and someone needs to be in charge of note taking and set notes. Is there a job for that?

I tried watching the first season, but I got bored with it.

[DrFaroohk]

That's bad continuity and someone needs to be in charge of note taking and set notes. Is there a job for that?

There was recently a "timeline" change. Everything in that world that happened after 1985 or something is now different. Anythign that doesn't fit they can just toss into the timeline argument.

[jackfaire]

There was recently a "timeline" change. Everything in that world that happened after 1985 or something is now different. Anythign that doesn't fit they can just toss into the timeline argument.

That's the point DR that is what the error was. The house that Peter and Walter were living in prior to the Timeline change was Walter's house from when he was a professor and was still owned by him.

Due to the timeline change him and Peter never moved into the house and since Walter had been in mental hospital for 12 years no one occupied the house after the 80s

The error is because they had technology in the house that hadn't been touched since the 80s that was clearly New Millenium technology.

[DrFaroohk]

Or so we thought. Perhaps Peter's lack of existance caused leaps and bounds in the TV industry, to the point that they can even teleport a TV into an unused house!

[fireheart17]

Umm...what spinoffs? Surely you don't think Futurama counts.

Futurama was MADE by the same people. There's no link between The Simpsons and Futurama.

Now if you want a show that has Spin-offs, think of Family Guy and The Cleveland Show.

[Gravekeeper]

Season 2 of Fringe seems to be better....so far anyway. They're being more grounded with the tech and less "Invented by mystical space fairies". I've only had to yell "WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY" at the screen once or twice so far.

[jackfaire]

I've only had to yell "WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY" at the screen once or twice so far.

Careful if they blow a logic fuse you will find yourself tilting at them.

[blas87]

Oh FFS, Drunken Shore is back on again.

I'd rather watch an all day marathon of 16 and Knocked Up than that nonsense.

I could just drive down by the university on a Friday or Saturday night to the bars and watch a bunch of fairer skinned more Norwegian or German type people of the same mentality wearing the same clothes and acting the exact same way.

[Ginger Tea]

I've only had to yell "WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY" at the screen once or twice so far.

my main beef with the X DO/DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY meme is that ChaosD1's mic is crap on the last few times hes been called upon do shout it, I've never till now seen/heard anyone else do the same, so really I should write 'catchphrase' and not meme.

[the_std]

Uhm, GingerTea, ChaosD1 didn't start that phrase. It's originally from a Futurama episode, uttered by Morbo the TV Monster.

[Ginger Tea]

I have to admit I've watched only a hand full of episodes of the show and even if it only ever appeard in one episode and I might have seen it, well it just didn't stick in my memory.

And if it had appeared in a show that never got aired this side of the pond, well all I could do is go "thewhatnow?" google it, find out we never had show X and just shrug.

he still needs a better mic if he is to be shouting like that regardless of what he is shouting.

[the_std]

If you're curious, here is the original bit. I would definitely recommend watching the full episode, as it is one of the series' best. It is Season 4, Episode 8 "Crimes Of The Hot".

[HYHYBT]

I know it's not the point, but how don't windmills work?

[the_std]

The entire joke is that the planet is overheating due to global warming. Hordes of turtles are shown migrating to Holland in an attempt to escape the heat. The female news anchor says, "I'm sure all those windmills will keep them cool!" Then Morbo the monster anchor gets angry and yells, "WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! GOODNIGHT!"

But really, explaining it takes every ounce of humour out of it. It's a thousand times funnier if you watch the episode.