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First! by champvinyl	Jun 4th, 2009 05:47:30 AM
What a garbage show... Being from canada i have no problem saying that anything produced up here has a 90% chance of total suckage. hah.
also, i realize I'm a retard for doing that shit. by champvinyl	Jun 4th, 2009 05:47:59 AM

Nice tyo see my country aimed for mediocre by Yeti	Jun 4th, 2009 07:01:16 AM
and just managed to make it there. Blah.
I can't wait for the next show in this style: The Olfactor* by chrth	Jun 4th, 2009 07:36:05 AM
*He smells your guilt
I AM SO FUCKING GLAD I CLICKED ON THIS STORY by Smilin'Jack Ruby	Jun 4th, 2009 08:33:50 AM
Nicholas Meyer wrote a book about directing "Trek II" and "Trek VI?!?!?!?" Probably the first thing I've ever pre-ordered through a website link. You should really, really make this a top story or something if you want to start banking Amazon cash. I had no idea such a book was coming and goddamn, if I'll bet it will be awesome. Beyond directing, Meyer's just a great, great screenwriter, so I'd imagine his storytelling here will be fabu (though isn't the word that he pretty much just hangs in Malibu and listens to film soundtracks all day while typing and has kind of turned his back on all that Hollywood bullshit?).
I read a review about this a while ago. by Mr Walter	Jun 4th, 2009 09:12:47 AM
It sound so dumb I am surprised it was taken itself seriously.
I'm going to rip off "Olfactor" with "Sweat Detector" by kabong	Jun 4th, 2009 09:36:26 AM
Like, this guy can discern perspiration and knows you're, like, lying. Or something like that.
Whenever I see ads for this show, I'm am reminded of by Big Jim	Jun 4th, 2009 09:40:20 AM
Antonio Banderas' reading of a line from The 13th Warrior. When asked how he learned the Viking's language, he replies, shouting: "I LEES-END!"
Damn you kabong. I respond with a humorous take ... by chrth	Jun 4th, 2009 09:51:00 AM
Flared. His nostrils know.
If Canada makes it...its gonna suck ass by supermarch	Jun 4th, 2009 09:53:36 AM
That's a solid rule for Canadian TV. I mean if w a show grabs 25 thousand viewers and is called a "huge hit" then you should really just avoid our TV shows all together. I'm looking at you Little Bigoted Mosque on the Racist Prairie (whitey is dumb haha!). Canadian TV sucks because the people green lighting stuff are still coasting the 'success' of Beachcombers.
Yeah this has aborted matt parkman spin-off by I am the most horrible	Jun 4th, 2009 10:12:12 AM
all over it
which is karmic by I am the most horrible	Jun 4th, 2009 10:13:31 AM
Heroes ripped off pretty much everything else
When will NBC make SNL's "The Looker"???!!!! by DarfurOnTheRocks2	Jun 4th, 2009 10:19:12 AM
You know you want it!
CANADIAN CONTENT by BadFishBiggerBoat	Jun 4th, 2009 10:23:45 AM
Show sounds terrible. USA stations should have brought over Corner Gas during the last strike (when they brought over Flashpoint). That show was way funnier than 95% of American sitcoms from that season. Seriously, can anyone out there sit through a whole episode of 2 and a half men? That show is horrible, yet it is the number one sitcom.
"Made in Canada" - funniest Canadian show ever made by Big Jim	Jun 4th, 2009 10:32:25 AM
(why all seasons are not on DVD is a shame) Never had a chance to see "The Newsroom" in full but the couple of episodes I did catch were great. "Slings & Arrows" is quite funny too.
I'm a Red Green Show man myself by chrth	Jun 4th, 2009 10:33:24 AM
One of the few things I regret about moving South: no Red Green on PBS down here.
Can't not mention great sketch comedy shows by Big Jim	Jun 4th, 2009 10:34:44 AM
like "Four on the Floor" and "The Kids in the Hall".
good Canadian TV: by Jarek	Jun 4th, 2009 10:45:58 AM
Twitch City, The Newsroom, old Counterstrike (well, it was cheesy as hell, but I grew up watching it).... not much else.
jarek by redfishbluefish	Jun 4th, 2009 11:16:09 AM
Twitch City was great. Less Than Kind is a newer canadian show that is wonderful, plus i did enjoy a lot about the defunct jPod. this Listener show, however, is complete crap
If NBC insists on buying/rerunning Canadian by dogrobber	Jun 4th, 2009 12:52:16 PM
shows, why not show something that is actually good, like 'ReGenesis'?
So it actually takes place in Toronto? by Ironmuskrat	Jun 4th, 2009 01:13:05 PM
The show looks silly as hell, but I will give them props for having it take place in Toronto instead of filming it there and pretending it is a American city somewhere.
"...bland Canadian 'Dead Zone...'"??? by Pdorwick	Jun 4th, 2009 02:30:59 PM
Need I remind everyone that "Dead Zone" was a Canadian movie?
...oh, and supermarch, you're a fuckin' ignorant cunt... by Pdorwick	Jun 4th, 2009 02:32:33 PM
...next time you open your lazy mouth try watching some Canadian TV. There are plenty of good examples given above.
NBC's new show: "THE TALKER"! by MrMysteryGuest	Jun 4th, 2009 03:09:57 PM

Some Canadian producer saw "Medium" and thought... by tangcameo	Jun 4th, 2009 04:21:05 PM
If NBC buys a show about a psychic working mom who talks and acts like she's permanently on Valium, why can't we sell them another, cheaper, crappier version?!
Exactly dogrobber! by tangcameo	Jun 4th, 2009 04:25:19 PM
Once in a while we actually make a good show. The latter seasons of DaVinci. The latter seasons of Cold Squad. Corner Gas. Friday The 13th: The Series (my personal choice for a BSG style revamp). Heck, I'd love to see a remake of Seeing Things with Jason Alexander as Lou Ciccone - he's got the George Costanza rant chops to pull it off.
Herc! Post the Globe & Mail review too! by tangcameo	Jun 4th, 2009 04:26:18 PM
Our national Canadian newspaper thinks it sucks ass too!
NBC Fall 10:00 PM Slot: THE CHIN by AzulTool	Jun 4th, 2009 05:17:46 PM
Hehe. I couldn't resist
Setting by Canuck815	Jun 4th, 2009 06:32:21 PM
It actually does take place in Toronto. Just caught a few seconds of a random episode on Space (not sure if it was the pilot or what), and was surprised to see shots of the CN Tower and such. Watch them edit all of that stuff out for you guys in the US
Pdorwick by supermarch	Jun 4th, 2009 06:33:28 PM
What am I ignorant of? Every show mentioned aside from Kids in the Hall (minus the last two seasons) sucks or sucked. You're just a stupid fuck with no taste or ability to recognize originality and quality. Pull your head out of your ass. btw BSG is only shot in Canada. So is Supernatural. They're both amazing but NOT Canadian. The Newsroom was that old fart whats his name coming back to Canada after failing to make it in American TV. Didn't know that? Yup...that fat fuck who did Coner Gas (sucked!!!!) also couldn't make the cut in America. Canadian TV sucks. You can't argue it.
And also... by Canuck815	Jun 4th, 2009 06:36:19 PM
it does indeed, suck. Coming from someone who admittedly thought it was cool seeing a slick CSI-styled Yonge Street
ScarJo gives me THE BONER by AzulTool	Jun 4th, 2009 07:34:49 PM
I wanna see her in that suit goddammit!
bittorrent by ls420	Jun 4th, 2009 09:05:00 PM
its really bland, but good for canadian tv.
Someone gave Guinan a series! by lockesbrokenleg	Jun 4th, 2009 10:07:10 PM

It's gotta be better than... by rfid	Jun 4th, 2009 11:50:15 PM
...Jimmy Fallon on Late Night.
My girlfriend is Canadian... by Human_Bean_Juice_	Jun 5th, 2009 01:50:04 AM
and she knows fuck all about TV. Poor thing.
My One-Word Review of the series premiere of The Listener: by Big Jim	Jun 5th, 2009 08:34:01 AM
"Plodding"
Garbage!! by lostbat	Jun 5th, 2009 09:19:17 AM
But Canadian tv isn't all that bad. Regenesis, Flash Point, Gas corner are much better as 80% of the present US-shows. But then when I think again... 80% of all US-shows is garbage.....
so it IS canadian? by Bouncy X	Jun 5th, 2009 11:57:18 AM
saw commercials on local stations and it just screamed canadian made, had that cheap look our tvs have. but then i saw commercials on NBC or whoever is airing it in america and thought it might be american afterall. but yeah it does look cheap. canada must use cheap cameras and film or something because all our tv shows look crappy, regardless if the show is actually good.
NBC is the deposit of dirty old condoms by spiceybiscuit	Jun 5th, 2009 12:31:04 PM
Fuck any new show they have...Heroes is the worst...I won't rant again like I did when they canceled Life but seriously, the execs. over there deserve a day in Harry's pants w/his sweaty balls...
24 "vet"...? by Nasty In The Pasty	Jun 5th, 2009 03:25:02 PM
So, appearing in less than one half of a full season of a show makes you a "veteran"?
New NBC show, THE FARTER by lockesbrokenleg	Jun 5th, 2009 03:27:15 PM
This guy can sniff out farts a mile away, and get the killer.
Bouncy X Not just that Canadian look... by tangcameo	Jun 5th, 2009 04:49:46 PM
...but that filmed in Toronto, shot by CTV cameras, looks like every other Toronto show, jaundiced look. Like there's some contract between CTV, the city and the camera company.
No Canadian TV is worth watching. by kjmad25	Jun 5th, 2009 09:37:18 PM
Although Kenny vs Spenny can be good for a few laughs now and then.
canadian show by darkpassenger	Jun 8th, 2009 02:24:04 AM
wish puppets who kill was still around bill the ventriloquist dummy was hilarious

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