Season Premiere Time - 2011 Edition

[Canada 02]

for Terra Nova, I was more interested in the apocalyptic Earth that they were leaving. Obama money, population control, gas masks to breathe. That world looked bleak, and really caught my attention.

[Sainters7]

Anyone catch the season premiere of American Dad on Sunday? I thought it was great, pretty much laughed through the whole thing. I should mention that I HATE musicals, even during the Simpsons' heyday whenever they'd do one I'd hate it. But this one was funny. Maybe its because they were mostly making fun of songs/pop culture from an era when I was immersed in pop culture, but I was on board. That and I saw Little Shop of Horrors as a kid.

I can't get that "Dipped a Toe" and "Daddy's Gone" songs out of my head! I laughed so hard during the latter song, when Steve & Roger had their shirts open acting all Backstreet Boys'ish and were just jacked. Thought Cee Lo Green was arguably the best celeb guest I had ever seen in a cartoon too, which I did not expect. I'm not a fan of his, but he did a great job.

Had to love the very end too: "Well, there you have it, that's our story. Stan's dead. Goodnight!" Great start to the season. I wonder when people will finally realize this show's been awesome for 3-4 years now, 100 times better than played out Family Guy.

[Kybosh]

When the principal sent Stan a text message about going to hit him, I laughed for a solid 5 minutes. American Dad is the best animated show in Sunday nights.

[flambers]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Yup, I don't think the shows going to last all that long, or the key villian dies as he's already filming another T.V. series.

I kinda figured the same thing as you Cow, and on top of that, if I'm in the jungle, standing over a massive waterfall and I hear something shrieking close by like that, I think I'm heading for the freaking car thanks, not continuign to explore a place that you know has Dinosaurs.

I doubt the key "vilian" was even shown as of yet.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

I liked the concept of Terra Nova, but couldn't get past the terrible dialogue, bad acting and horrendous CGI. I will give the CGI a pass because I think we've been spoiled by big budget movies that have great CGI and expect everything else to be like that, but that great CGI is expensive and shows like these don't have it in the budget.

Acting/dialogue, I can't give a pass on. I thought the son(whatever his name is) was just brutal. Commander Taylor was very cliche as well.

I will watch one or two more to see if I can get into it, but I sure hope this show is more than about people living amongst dinosaurs.

[J pold]

How do you guys find the time to watch all of these shows?!

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by Kybosh

When the principal sent Stan a text message about going to hit him, I laughed for a solid 5 minutes. American Dad is the best animated show in Sunday nights.

Imma crash into you!

Oh ya so many good one liners last night.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by IliketoPuck

You're telling me you wouldn't risk a couple Dinosaurs for some cute tail?

The moody teenager is just like you when you were younger CC, breaking the rules and chasing girls.

In fact, are you or are you not the Dad from TerraNova. Be honest here.

Yeah, I broke rules to get girls, but I didn't snivel and whine in front of a girl to my old man, because he wouldn't give me the sad hurt look like the dad in the show, I would have been flying across the court yard after the donkey backhand from the old man. while the hot girl looked on with an odd look of disgust and pity.

Snivel - "You're a hypocrite dad"

POW!!!!


I'm the furthest thing from that dad, and maybe its worked out for the best that I don't have kids.

[flambers]

Originally Posted by J pold

How do you guys find the time to watch all of these shows?!

"PVR"... watch them later

[Lil Pedro]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

Opening night for the NFL now always begins on the Thursday, with the Superbowl winner vs. another top team (Packers vs. Saints). After the first week they will go back to regularly scheduled Sunday night games (I think they have a Sunday night game the first week as well).

After American Thanksgiving Thursday night games return but there on the NFL Network too.

[REDVAN]

My impressions of some of the new shows/ season premieres that I've watched:

Playboy Club: BRUTAL. Watched the first two episodes, and frankly, the bunny suits aren't enough to keep my eyes on the screen. Oh and the male lead? Mad Men called, they need you back on set for Jon Hamm's stunt double. Thanks.

Castle: boring, I have no idea why I watch this show. Two main characters are so boring. Barf. Do old people like this show or who?

CSI: interested in seeing the Ted Danson direction, but this show doesn't bring anything new to the table anymore. Good for something to watch when really bored- but with hockey coming up, I can't see wasting PVR space on this show.

Whitney: I thought the premise was good, but the pilot was bad. The boyfriend was pretty funny, if you like that sort of humour. I'll give it a few more episodes to even out, but I'm expecting mediocre.

HIMYM: Boring, annoying, and doesn't make me want to watch any more.

Modern Family: This show does NOT grab my interest, although it has it's funny spots.

The office: Um, I haven't watched this show for years and caught the premiere... WTF happened?

Blue Bloods: I really like this show, but I'm not sure it'll stick around too much longer. It's a shame it didn't get a better time slot.

Law & Order SVU: Dying. Once they lose the lady cop as well as Stabler, the show is all but done for. Speaking of which- do we get to see Law & Order UK, LA at all, or were they cancelled?

Prime Suspect: was decent and deserving of the promotion it got. Can see it might develop into a great show if given enough time.

Person of Interest: Loved it, despite it being so far fetched and ridiculous. Good entertainment IMO.

Free Agents: It won't last because it doesn't have a BIG name, which is too bad because I found it quite funny.

Up All Night: Has 2 big names, but the show itself sucks. The characters are just... you can't root for them so when they are acting like idiots, it comes across as idiotic.

2 and a half men: Meh.

Revenge: Only watched half of the first episode. Maybe pre-teen girls like it I don't know.

Looking forward to watching but haven't yet:
Man Up, How to be a gentleman, terra nova, Mike & Molly, New girl, House, Mentalist, whatever else I have on pvr or will have in the next week or two.

edit: forgot about 2 broke girls. Probably the worst of all, like the guy below says. Ha, and they're not even hot so there goes that justification.

[3 Justin 3]

God, why the hell am I still watching 2 Broke Girls, what an awful show. Both of their voices are so annoying and the acting is terrible.

[3 Justin 3]

Originally Posted by REDVAN

My impressions of some of the new shows/ season premieres that I've watched:

Playboy Club: BRUTAL. Watched the first two episodes, and frankly, the bunny suits aren't enough to keep my eyes on the screen. Oh and the male lead? Mad Men called, they need you back on set for Jon Hamm's stunt double. Thanks.

Castle: boring, I have no idea why I watch this show. Two main characters are so boring. Barf. Do old people like this show or who?

CSI: interested in seeing the Ted Danson direction, but this show doesn't bring anything new to the table anymore. Good for something to watch when really bored- but with hockey coming up, I can't see wasting PVR space on this show.

Whitney: I thought the premise was good, but the pilot was bad. The boyfriend was pretty funny, if you like that sort of humour. I'll give it a few more episodes to even out, but I'm expecting mediocre.

HIMYM: Boring, annoying, and doesn't make me want to watch any more.

Modern Family: This show does NOT grab my interest, although it has it's funny spots.

The office: Um, I haven't watched this show for years and caught the premiere... WTF happened?

Blue Bloods: I really like this show, but I'm not sure it'll stick around too much longer. It's a shame it didn't get a better time slot.

Law & Order SVU: Dying. Once they lose the lady cop as well as Stabler, the show is all but done for. Speaking of which- do we get to see Law & Order UK, LA at all, or were they cancelled?

Prime Suspect: was decent and deserving of the promotion it got. Can see it might develop into a great show if given enough time.

Person of Interest: Loved it, despite it being so far fetched and ridiculous. Good entertainment IMO.

Free Agents: It won't last because it doesn't have a BIG name, which is too bad because I found it quite funny.

Up All Night: Has 2 big names, but the show itself sucks. The characters are just... you can't root for them so when they are acting like idiots, it comes across as idiotic.

2 and a half men: Meh.

Revenge: Only watched half of the first episode. Maybe pre-teen girls like it I don't know.

Looking forward to watching but haven't yet:
Man Up, How to be a gentleman, terra nova, Mike & Molly, New girl, House, Mentalist, whatever else I have on pvr or will have in the next week or two.

I agree for the most part. I still find Castle entertaining, mostly because of Nathan Fillion, but I agree that their characters are becoming really dull.

With Playboy Club I like the main character, yeah he is a Jon Hamm rip-off, but I think he pulls it off. Everything else about the show is brutal though, minus Amber Heard she is amazing in everything.

[Sainters7]

One more thing about American Dad that I just learned, the voice of Steve Smith is Scott Grimes, aka Malarkey from Band of Brothers. Man you'd never know it.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

One more thing about American Dad that I just learned, the voice of Steve Smith is Scott Grimes, aka Malarkey from Band of Brothers. Man you'd never know it.

And former linemate of our very own LAFlamesfan. (at least until he was benched for not backchecking)

[IliketoPuck]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Yeah, I broke rules to get girls, but I didn't snivel and whine in front of a girl to my old man, because he wouldn't give me the sad hurt look like the dad in the show, I would have been flying across the court yard after the donkey backhand from the old man. while the hot girl looked on with an odd look of disgust and pity.

The donkey backhand comment got me some weird looks when I snorted into my coffee at work. Nice.

If there was ever a predictable moment in TerraNova last night it was that the kid sneaking off with the girl would result in dinosaurs attacking them. What did they expect was going to happen? The kid didn't even get so much as a kiss from the girl, and looked like he wet himself when he saw her in the bikini.

And agreed with the Dad comment. You would think that a cop/inmate would have a bit more backbone dealing with his unruly kids than to look hurt and slowly back away when his kid is skipping school.

(and I was using a cheesey quote from the show last night to poke some fun at you)

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by IliketoPuck

The donkey backhand comment got me some weird looks when I snorted into my coffee at work. Nice.

If there was ever a predictable moment in TerraNova last night it was that the kid sneaking off with the girl would result in dinosaurs attacking them. What did they expect was going to happen? The kid didn't even get so much as a kiss from the girl, and looked like he wet himself when he saw her in the bikini.

And agreed with the Dad comment. You would think that a cop/inmate would have a bit more backbone dealing with his unruly kids than to look hurt and slowly back away when his kid is skipping school.

(and I was using a cheesey quote from the show last night to poke some fun at you)

I could just imagine after the whole Dinosaur attack son rescue, when the dad and the son are driving home in the car

Dad - "So son, that girl, did you at least get to second base with her"

Son - "No"

Dad - "So did you at least get a kiss, I mean she was walking around you in a bikini, come on tell me that you got a kiss out of her"

Son - "No"

Dad shakes his head in disgust.

Dad - "In my day, I got laid on my first night in prison, you're a disgrace to the family name . . . oh uh crap"

[IliketoPuck]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

I could just imagine after the whole Dinosaur attack son rescue, when the dad and the son are driving home in the car

Dad - "So son, that girl, did you at least get to second base with her"

Son - "No"

Dad - "So did you at least get a kiss, I mean she was walking around you in a bikini, come on tell me that you got a kiss out of her"

Son - "No"

Dad shakes his head in disgust.

Dad - "In my day, I got laid on my first night in prison, you're a disgrace to the family name . . . oh uh crap"

Dad - She even let me get at her without our respirators on, that's how real men get theirs. You, you couldn't even get a smile from the girl while drinking goober berry moonshine, I'm beginning to think your mom might have slept with the postman about 17 years ago.

[hmmhmmcamo]

favorite line was at the end, when back at the base,the son told the dude who had just had his leg munched on by the slasher..."try not to put too much weight on it"

[IliketoPuck]

Originally Posted by hmmhmmcamo

favorite line was at the end, when back at the base,the son told the dude who had just had his leg munched on by the slasher..."try not to put too much weight on it"

Or how all of the people with these horrific gashes to their legs and torsos still managed to look so full of life mere minutes after being catatonic on the ground.

If that slasher thing hits you with that much force, I'm sorry it isn't going to leave a 2 inch gash in your torso, its going to freaking cut you in half.