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Does Hercules
Contain GLEE??

testing 1 2 3 by xega	May 19th, 2009 01:45:21 AM
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"meets high school musical" doesn't really help by punto	May 19th, 2009 01:51:14 AM
unless you've seen "high school musical". who the hell watches that? and wtf is a "glee club"? is that something that exists, or is it made up for this show?
"This year's Little Miss Viva Laughlin!" by Paul T. Ryan	May 19th, 2009 01:52:32 AM
There, I said it.
Wait a sec... by Ronald Raygun	May 19th, 2009 02:06:26 AM
John Hughes (check), Judd Apatow (good writer, yeah), and... DIABLO CODY??!! Quick, what's a good onomatopoeia for throwing up? How bout BLUUUUUUUUUGH
Another sterotype High School Bullshit movie? by lockesbrokenleg	May 19th, 2009 02:42:06 AM
Don't we have enough of those already?
As funny as High School Musical by V'Shael	May 19th, 2009 03:14:08 AM

And as musical as Revenge of the Nerds by V'Shael	May 19th, 2009 03:14:26 AM
Well, you sold me.
You know what? I'm looking forward to this show. by dance4days	May 19th, 2009 03:35:14 AM
There, I said it!
Election may be a better movie than Revenge of the nerds but it by slimballs	May 19th, 2009 04:35:57 AM

ain't funnier by slimballs	May 19th, 2009 04:36:20 AM

If Murphy wants to by The McPoyle Clan	May 19th, 2009 05:27:00 AM
drag out the high school cliches again, he should just bring back Popular. At least it had a better looking cast.
nip/tuck was total barf. by alice 13	May 19th, 2009 05:59:22 AM
wait- they forgot to cover mutual amputee barf eating. no wonder the ratings tanked.
lynch left party down by TheExterminator	May 19th, 2009 06:52:11 AM
for this....booooooo
Cliche upon steotypical cliche by Yeti	May 19th, 2009 07:09:30 AM
A hetro teacher wants to take over the glee club? Suspension of disbelief - out the window!
"homosexual pedophile" by chrth	May 19th, 2009 07:11:12 AM
Uhhh ... so he was a homosexual who also a pedophile?
*who was by chrth	May 19th, 2009 07:11:21 AM

HERC: Did you mean to close the DVD column talkback? by chrth	May 19th, 2009 07:28:55 AM

Nip/Tuck. Explores sexuality and family. by V'Shael	May 19th, 2009 07:34:08 AM
In other words, incest. Wasn't this the show where Famke Janson played a mother who has sex with her son, only to (twist on twist) reveal that "she" was previously a dude who'd had a sex-change operation? Yes. Bring us more of this exploration of "family" and "sexuality" of which you are so proud.
Election funnier than Revenge of the Nerds? by Shut the Fuck up Donny	May 19th, 2009 07:38:14 AM
Diablo Cody in the same pantheon as John Hughes? These are bold assertions, Herc. Get back on your meds.
The fired teacher? by V'Shael	May 19th, 2009 07:41:16 AM
Apparently, Stephen Tobolowsky plays the teacher who's fired, for fondling a male student. Don't know if you'd call that a pedophile, exactly. Ephebophile maybe. Still, I'm sure Herc wasn't just using the term pedophile to make the gay character a hate-figure.
ABC's fall lineup announced! by PennsyDeux	May 19th, 2009 07:44:27 AM
Monday 8 Dancing with the Stars 10: Castle TUESDAY: 8: Shark Tank 9: Dancing with the Stars Results 10 The Forgotten WEDNESDAY: 8: Hank 8:30 The Middle 9 Modern Family 9:30 Cougar Town 10: Eastwick THURSDAY: 8 Flash Forward 9 Grey's Anatomy 10: Private Practice FRIDAY: 8: Supernanny 9: Ugly Betty 10:. 20/20 SATURDAY: 8: Saturday Night College Football SUNDAY: 7: America's Funniest Home Videos 8: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 9: Desperate Housewives 10 Brothers & Sisters
Better Off Ted a midseason replacement? by chrth	May 19th, 2009 07:52:41 AM
Harumph
Fuck! I thought it was about DICKBLOOD being banned by The_Man_Behind_The_Curtain	May 19th, 2009 07:53:06 AM
That would give me GLEE.
entertainment weekly by yippeekaiyaymofo	May 19th, 2009 07:55:17 AM
Have you ever noticed EW's reviews on things are often the opposite of what they turn out to be? For example, every review I read by Lisa Schwartzbaum, I wonder why she's writing movie reviews, or for the entertainment industry as she never seems to get the point. EW is entertainment reporting for dummies, it makes me sick most times. The fact that they loved this show doesn't bode well for it's actual quality. That said, I usually agree with Herc unless we're talking about My Name Is Earl...
I Could Have Predicted This Response From The Talkbackers... by Sean38	May 19th, 2009 08:08:19 AM
...but I thought Herc had better taste. Open your mind to something that's not either sci fi or created by Joss Whedon. This show looks to be everything that American Idol and High School Musical aren't. Simply because all three feature singing characters doesn't mean they have anything else in common. That's like comparing The Dark Knight to Batman & Robin simply because both featured Batman. Expand your horizons a little bit.
I loved "Popular" but... by Mr. Profit	May 19th, 2009 08:22:33 AM
It took a while for that show to really get going. The two part premiere was a bit bland, but then Murphy brought the crazy, and the show became ridiculous in a genius way. Then The WB had to come and rain on the parade and demand the show to get serious. Resulting in an uneven Season 2. Anyhow, can Leslie Grossman join the cast of "Glee" as Mary Cherry?
Once Dancing w/the Has Beens is over, yes... by PennsyDeux	May 19th, 2009 08:42:14 AM
Better off Ted will then step in. Also in the bullpen is the V reboot, The Deep End, True Beauty, Wife Swap.
RE: The fired teacher? by V'Shael by VoteRoslin08	May 19th, 2009 09:06:23 AM
You're arguing semantics in an effort to take the heat off a fictional character who fondled a kid. As a gay man, I had a negative reaction to the phrase "homosexual pedophile". I get annoyed when some lazy comedy writer makes a lame joke based on a stereo-type proved wrong by tons of child abuse stats. But what I won't do is say, "Hey... it's not like he had sex with the kid or anything", because that would be silly. Be mad at the script writer, not Herc's word choice.
The "quirky" sitcom by terry1978	May 19th, 2009 09:21:27 AM
I know that's the in thing these days, with weird cartoon-like abstract humor and pop culture references, but it's getting a little heavy now. The clips I saw of this seem pretty funny in a 30 Rock kind of way, but who knows.
"Clap you hand everybody.." by jarjarmessiah	May 19th, 2009 09:23:43 AM
"And everybody clap your hands. We're Lambda, Lambda, Lambda..." I love that part. I also like Booger Presley.
don't stop believing? again? by mrgreentheplant	May 19th, 2009 10:14:38 AM

ahem let me continue by mrgreentheplant	May 19th, 2009 10:24:18 AM
is anyone else sick of this shitty 80's song being used for its hip, ironic value? i can't go into a bar without some idiot nerd or loud sorority girl playing this song on the jukebox and yelling at the top of their lungs because it's "hilarious and awesome." family guy's use of it was even worse. let this song die as it deserves.
NBC's fall lineup: Chuck a midseason replacement... by PennsyDeux	May 19th, 2009 10:27:32 AM
Heroes will end its 4th season before the Winter Olympics, and the Mothership (Law & Order) will be on Fridays at 8. Here's the lineup, just announced in the last 30 minutes, split into Fall and Midseason FALL: Monday 8 Heroes 9 Trauma (new drama) Tuesday 8 The Biggest Loser Wednesday 8 Parenthood (new drama) 9 Law & Order: SVU Thursday: 8 SNL Weekend Update Thursday 8:30 Parks and Recreation 9 The Office 9:30 Community Thursday (after "SNL" ends) 8 Community 8:30 Parks and Recreation 9 The Office 9:30 30 Rock Friday (same at midseason, too) 8 Law & Order 9 Southland Saturday: 8 Dateline NBC 9 Trauma reruns 10 Law & Order: SVU" reruns Sunday 7 Football Night in America 8:20 Sunday Night Football MIDSEASON: Monday: 8 Chuck 9 Day One (new drama) Tuesday 8 Biggest Loser 9:30 - 100 Questions (new comedy) Wednesday 8 Mercy (new drama) 9 Law & Order: SVU Saturday 8 Dateline NBC 9 Southland repeats 10 Law & Order: SVU repeats Sunday 7 Dateline NBC 8 The Marriage Ref (new reality) 9 Celebrity Apprentice No Medium at all - looks like it's going to CBS after all.
Xenu will not be pleased My Name is Earl is also gone. by PennsyDeux	May 19th, 2009 10:36:39 AM
:D
CBS cancels The Unit; Friday Night Lights delayed til Summer '10 by PennsyDeux	May 19th, 2009 10:38:33 AM
Per the Hollywood Reporter and TV Guide, respectively, just in the last 15 minutes.
Yes! Zombie David Palmer for Season 8! (& Pennsy) by chrth	May 19th, 2009 10:45:43 AM
Pennsy: Of course Xenu will be pleased. Xenu will not be pleased, however, that both Fox and ABC may be interested in bringing it back.
Ausiello makes it sound like a sure thing that by chrth	May 19th, 2009 10:46:18 AM
Medium will be on Friday after Ghost Whisperer.
BTW, no interest in this by chrth	May 19th, 2009 10:51:45 AM
None. I just hate high schoolers. Self-imporant gits that need to be smacked down.
How the fuck can NBC keep Heroes on Mondays? by PennsyDeux	May 19th, 2009 10:52:01 AM
After getting castrated by DWTS, 2.5 Men and 24? (Not to mention their writers' room handing them the castrating equipment. It'll run straight through until January, then it's done for the season.
nip/tuck = wonderful trash by turketron_2	May 19th, 2009 11:00:31 AM
Well, for the first few seasons at least... then they truly stopped giving a shit and you could predict the twists by simply thinking "ok, what's the most fucked up thing they can do next?". The son, Matt, on that show has done it all: tried in court for Hit and Run he and his friend did on his lesbian cheerleader girlfriend, failed self-circumcision, banged a post-op tranny, messed around with a pre-op tranny, in a relationship with a white supremacist, had a baby with his real father's ex, got into scientology, became a meth addict, got blown up in his meth lab, had sex with his half-sister, and I'm probably missing some stuff. The depravity on that show is cartoonish.
PennsyDeux! Did you get banned? by IAmMrMonkey!	May 19th, 2009 11:27:40 AM
That's craziness. Perhaps someone here is a Kristen Bell hater.
Misunderstanding; I asked for a Party Down talkback by PennsyDeux	May 19th, 2009 11:38:26 AM
in a Dollhouse TB, and that's been heavily moderated of late. But I'm back; can't keep me down for long.
But since you brought up Hollywood's most rabid Red Wings fan... by PennsyDeux	May 19th, 2009 11:44:02 AM
Here's a preview of Friday's PD finale, with KB in uber-bitch mode. FEEL the SNARK! http://tinyurl.com/pr6abp
No, seriously, what's a Glee club? by Psychonaut	May 19th, 2009 11:46:05 AM
It sounds like something that could only be run by paedophiles, homosexual or otherwise.
Is it wrong to hope Glee gets cancelled so Jane Lynch by PennsyDeux	May 19th, 2009 11:47:06 AM
can return to Party Down?
I knew it! The moment I first heard of Day One by Big Jim	May 19th, 2009 12:37:08 PM
I knew the only place NBC would consider putting it was opposite 24. Will Heroes need to be PG'd even more for its new 8:00pm timeslot?
This is Heroes' final season; I'm saying it right now, by PennsyDeux	May 19th, 2009 12:42:03 PM
DWTS AND House will have such a field day with them it'll be shooting fish in a barrel. And Heroes is NOT an 8PM show, in any way, shape or form.
What's up with Herc's DVD column? by Big Jim	May 19th, 2009 12:51:43 PM
I tried to post and got "Comment: unauthorized comment submitted or comment submitted to a closed node..." Pennsy, don't forget about Monday Night Football.
That too, Big Jim. Forgot about MNF... by PennsyDeux	May 19th, 2009 12:52:25 PM
Triple-whammy.
"Don't Stop Believing" + "High School Musical" = Chick Crack by Dapper Swindler	May 19th, 2009 12:55:51 PM
Absolutely shameless, but someone did their homework.
Count me there by johnnyangel	May 19th, 2009 01:30:14 PM
NOT!!! See I make a joke because you think I watch the show but then I tell you I really not!! Haha!
The term "Glee" means... by MGTHEDJ	May 19th, 2009 02:17:25 PM
"Glee Club" was the term for a High School Choir/Chorus before the 1970's.-----later----m
"homosexual pedophile" by Toonol	May 19th, 2009 03:35:48 PM
Is a perfectly acceptable term to describe a homosexual who is a pedophile. It doesn't insinuate that all homosexuals are pedophiles, or vice versa. Although, I don't think attraction to high-school-age kids is technically pedophilia... but that's a side issue. I will never watch this show, by the way.
Homosexual pedophile by Henry Fool	May 19th, 2009 04:40:28 PM
The majority of pedophiles go after little girls. The issue of having a gay pedophile as a character is unnecessarily stereotypical. Yes there are gay men who are also pedophiles but they're uncommon and usually closeted. I doubt "Glee" does anything to further this knowledge. It's also exactly what I expect from Fox, which likes to spread bigotry and pass it off as edgy humor. Personally, I think someone should force Fox executives to watch "South Park" episodes so they can get an idea of how to show tolerant intolerance. Incidentally, am I the only one her who thinks that Rupert Murdoch is the fucking devil!? I still can't believe they renewed Dollhouse, which I admit, has put me in a state of temporarily not hating Fox...
Henry Fool, I believe Kevin Spacey said it best by Big Jim	May 19th, 2009 09:04:14 PM
in The Usual Suspects. Something about the greatest trick Rupert Murdoch ever pulled is making the world believe, by renewing Dollhouse, that he isn't a douchebag.
mrgreentheplant by jocutus	May 19th, 2009 09:08:23 PM
Well, I may be as sick of the song as you are but they hardly use it "for its hip, ironic value". They pretty much use it for genuine, literal, inspirational "Don't stop believing" in yourself motivation. Also, as a song about a girl and a boy it works okay as a duet between a boy and a girl.
I Liked the Show. by mistergreen	May 19th, 2009 09:32:19 PM
It was witty
Sorry haters... by x factor	May 19th, 2009 10:47:20 PM
...but this show is VERY good. Quirky, funny, and just enough edge (courtesy of the NIP TUCK folk) to find what I predict to be a VERY large audience. Facebook was absolutley lit up with people raving about this show this evening. I think this one's a keeper. And, sorry, but Jane Lynch WAS friggin funny as hell. If our boy Herc doesn't get that, I gotta wonder about him.
Stephen Tobolowsky was cool, as always by Rinse	May 19th, 2009 11:16:03 PM

Mr. Profit, you are right, by GooberNGrape	May 19th, 2009 11:43:30 PM
if not Mary Cherry (t'would be nice), then more Leslie Grossman, pls.
Won't last.... by Jiggah	May 20th, 2009 02:09:53 AM
Not because it's not interesting, but it'll run out of steam quickly. The biggest issue is song licensing. If this show is suppose to be what was shown in the preview then that would be a big repertoire of songs for multiple episodes. Most shows already have issues with licensing for a handful of songs. People are going to tune in to want to hear the music. The idea is great for a small movie, but not for a series. This show also conjures up the "Frat Pack" idea that was buzzing a while back about doing a movie about the college a capella scene.
It was really good. by dance4days	May 20th, 2009 02:41:55 AM
It really is funny. Not in a quippy punchline way, but in an "oh my god, these people are batshit crazy and it's awesome" sort of way. It's also very fast-paced (for a drama), and the direction was great. And the characters aren't caricatures so much as they're archetypes being explored.
Kevin Spacey said it best... by V'Shael	May 20th, 2009 07:44:21 AM
"I was out walking my dog. At 4am. And I was mugged. Some kid stole my phone." "Really?" "Well, no, not really. He didn't mug me. This guy asked to use my mobile phone. So I gave it to him. And he ran off with it. When I ran after him, I tripped because my trousers were down. I mean, my dog got in the way of my legs." "So you weren't mugged?" "No" "But he stole from you?" "Yes" "If we catch this guy, he'll tell his side of the story in court. And probably be able to identify your penis from a line up." "I'll drop all charges then." "Yes we thought you might."
That Was Awful by RichardAlpert_TimePimp	May 20th, 2009 08:03:45 AM
I watched about...34 minutes before I had to turn it off. So incredibly un-enjoyable. Manic, is what I would call it. Trying REALLY hard to be funny and failing, and then trying REALLY hard to be meaningful and sweet, and EPICALLY failing. I can't believe fox is building their season around this dead-on-arrival piece of shit.
"This does not contain any links to a Whedon show... by Meglos	May 20th, 2009 08:23:21 AM
...so I will be hyper critical of it!" Actually this was a pretty good show. Look forward to the next episode...4 months from now.
I thought it was good. by STLost	May 20th, 2009 08:28:38 AM
So did my wife. We're looking forward to watching it in the fall. It's a nice change of pace from all of the reality, cop, lawyer shows. So far, it looks like something we can actually watch with our daughther. A shock, I know. I don't understand why there can't be a show where good things can happen to people. Does every show need murders and rapes and sex to be cool and popular? I never got into the CSIs or the Law & Orders, I see enough of that crap on local news anyway. My wife and I watched "Singin' in the Rain" one Saturday night on PBS. We thought it's a shame you don't see these happy movies anymore. I thought "Glee" is a step in the right direction.
Having sex with a high school student by hst666	May 20th, 2009 10:42:53 AM
does not make you a pedophile. An abuse of position and morally and ethically wrong, but not a pedophile. If there's grass on the field, play ball.
Go ahead and fail to watch Glee ... by leftofcentristdotcom	May 20th, 2009 12:01:36 PM
... that way, you'll be playing catch-up with the rest of us when it becomes a hit. Herc is wrong on a lot of counts this time. The show is NOT High School Musical, these kids don't break out in song in the middle of the cafeteria. Different is good. There are far too many procedural dramas, reality shows, and sitcoms out there out there right now.
Under americas "child pornography" laws by V'Shael	May 20th, 2009 01:30:02 PM
two 16 year olds can have sex, but if they video it for themselves, they're guilty of child pornography. Retarded, but true.
Actually, it makes sense for Jane Lynch to be in this by leftofcentristdotcom	May 20th, 2009 01:31:16 PM
The more I think about it, the more the show reminds me of a Christopher Guest production.
Herc is an Idiot by Jack Shepherd	May 20th, 2009 02:44:54 PM
There's no way Election is as funny as Revenge of the Nerds. Young people, do not listen to this man.
Wow, Herc, did you get this one wrong... by Roguewriter	May 20th, 2009 03:32:01 PM
It's FREAKS AND GEEKS in a sequined dance suit, man. This show is superb. Usually I agree with you, but you completely missed the boat on GLEE. Phenomenal pilot. Can't wait for the series next fall. Which, if it's as funny, clever, smart, painful and glorious as the pilot, is sure to get canceled after a handful of episodes. I can't believe Fox greenlit something this good in the first place; wish it were on FX...
Roguewriter: If it's that good, then by V'Shael	May 21st, 2009 01:26:44 AM
give us some lines to prove it. Herc gave us some that made it look like the script was written by a grade-A tool with no sense of humour. The sort of muppet who writes/laughs at Christmas Cracker jokes.
glee is great - Herc's ageez by flipster	Sep 10th, 2009 04:23:00 PM
dude get over yourself please. it's a lot of fun. Methinks you are an envious Gleek type yourself my man. peace out

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