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jerseydevil said:
It's pretty un-thrilling. Very predictable(so far) and more or less The Patriot-lite. Gonna give it a few more but an hourlong drama shouldn't be a slog to get through(you hearing me Orphan Black????)
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I haven't watched yet, the episodes are on the DVR, but this is what I've heard from a couple other people as well.

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You won't believe who Robert Kirkman wants as Negan on The Walking Dead | Blastr
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Jon Hamm would be a fantastic Negan.
 
Actually episode 2 of TURN, well, took a TURN for the better. Primarily because of Angus MacFayden as the head of the Queen's Rangers. Good enough to buy it another week.
 
So...episode 3 of TURN. Not bad, getting better. Certainly more watchable than the premier episode. Getting a little more backstory and some good characters. Never gonna be must watch tv, but I'm not ready to take it off the DVR yet.
 
Walking Dead showrunner explains why 'nobody's too important' to die | Blastr

"Well, that isn't this show. I mean, it's a bummer, but nobody's too important to kill off. I'm not thrilled to say that, but it's just the nature of this show. Anybody can die, anybody will die, and my goal is that it not just be for shock value and that it serve the story," he said. "People might last a good long time, or they might be taken tomorrow. And the speculation of all of it -- I try not to pay too much attention to that, because it's really important that we just serve our story. People are thinking that we're killing too many people, that we're not killing enough people. I'm just trying to tell the story."
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BlahBlahBlah...you kill Darryl...we walk.
 
PREACHER TV Show Details from Producers Evan Goldberg and James Weaver

SO much really promising stuff here...but this was particularly interesting

Finally, AMC lost a heavy hitter when Breaking Bad ended, and Mad Men will finish up in 2015. Weaver went into detail about why Preacher is a big deal for the network:

WEAVER: It feels like that moment HBO was in after The Sopranos where The Sopranos is finished, and they’re looking around and saying, “What’s the next thing that’s going to be our big deal at the network?” And I think they’re hoping against all hope that it’s this thing; this tentpole thing they can pair up with The Walking Dead. So they couldn’t be more supportive and awesome. We actually made a pretty specific choice that they were the right home for this, so we’re definitely hopeful that they’re going to be supportive and behind, to be blunt, the craziest version of this because that’s the only thing that’s going to work.


Read more at PREACHER TV Show Details from Producers Evan Goldberg and James Weaver
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Take your time guys...get it right, please...just get it right.
 
jerseydevil said:
Walking Dead showrunner explains why 'nobody's too important' to die | Blastr



BlahBlahBlah...you kill Darryl...we walk.
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I am telling you that AMC is allowing them to talk way too much about major character deaths - they are going to screw this up.

Gimple showed some restraint and helped get the show back on the tracks that Darabont laid out (and Mezzera screwed up). I hope they can keep the train running here but I have, as always, my doubts. And if AMC can develop Preacher (and other hits) then we could really see TWD go off the rails.
 
Wow...you Mad Men fans are quiet. Did they overstay? The show clearly has lost a LOT of it's buzz. Is it because it is going out lame duck style????

And TURN, never gonna be must see...but putting the guy from Leverage on it didn't hurt, especially making him a Queen's Ranger, where the show has it's one real star in Matthew MacFayden. Solid, if unspectacular, show that I do enjoy watching but could just as easily not. I know it's not a ringing endorsement...but I am still watching it. Oh yeah, and Stephen Root on board too...that's always a plus.
 
I have all the Turn eps on the DVR, but haven't started it. Was going to wait a while and see if the reviews got better before I decided whether to invest the time. So far, I'm not convinced.
 
I made it Ep. 4 of Turn and completely lost intrest. Way too predictable and Heather Lind is a terrible actress...TERRIBLE!

Her poor timing is really distracting and Jamie Bell seems way to "high strung" for his role.

IMHO, the only thing this show has going for it is Samuel Roukin. I love to hate him.
 
jerseydevil said:
Wow...you Mad Men fans are quiet. Did they overstay? The show clearly has lost a LOT of it's buzz. Is it because it is going out lame duck style????
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i've been enjoying it. it's been better than it was last season.
i liked when roger tried to retrieve his daughter from the commune. don owned the episode not from this past sunday, but the one before it. and ginsberg going bonkers was... interesting. the return of bob benson in the last episode was interesting as well. one more episode. if anything, i think splitting the last season in half (like i hear they do with all the big AMC series), kind of kills the fun. it might've been ok with breaking bad, but the pace to this show is so different. why make a show that moves slowly move even slower?
 
lunchbox said:
i've been enjoying it. it's been better than it was last season.
i liked when roger tried to retrieve his daughter from the commune. don owned the episode not from this past sunday, but the one before it. and ginsberg going bonkers was... interesting. the return of bob benson in the last episode was interesting as well. one more episode. if anything, i think splitting the last season in half (like i hear they do with all the big AMC series), kind of kills the fun. it might've been ok with breaking bad, but the pace to this show is so different. why make a show that moves slowly move even slower?
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Yeah, the split season for them is a move of desperation. I've found this season to be slightly disappointing...I miss Don's badass-ness, although that appears to be coming back
 
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