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Sorry if there is already a thread, I couldn't find it.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/106903/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-the-gang-wrestles-for-the-troops#s-p1-so-i0
So great. I never really liked Danny Devito all that much before this but I find him hilarious in the latest episode.
Roddy Piper was just so great in this. It was just so funny when I realized during his second scene that he was mocking Rourke's character in "The Wrestler".
A bucket full of Chestnuts!
I never watched this show before but I caught a couple of episodes online and parts of it are amazing. I feel kind of bad that I might have missed out on this since I don't watch TV at home any more.
Does anyone else like this show?
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I love Always Sunny. One of the best shows on tv, hands down.
Last night's episode had me laughing my ass of the entire time.
"Does YOUR cat walk around too much?! Does YOUR cat make too much noise when it's walking around?! YOU NEED KITTEN-MITTENS!"
Charlie is definitely my favorite character.
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(http://fortsanders.net/files/kittenmittens.gif)
I could watch this ALL DAY.
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I believe it was spelled Kitten-Mittons.
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Always Sunny has such aggressively stupid characters that I cannot help but love it. It's a shame that between work, boarding and gaming that I have so little time to watch it. It is my favorite indefensible thing.
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Always Sunny has such aggressively stupid characters that I cannot help but love it.
exactly.
I always liked how, for a while, almost every episode ended with somebody saying "You are the worst people on the planet!"
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I just like how there's an episode called "Frank Sets Sweet Dee On Fire." I haven't even seen that one yet, but come on!
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I know there is an episode with water-boarding. I have to see that.
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and let's not forget all the horrible things they've done to Rickety Cricket over the years.
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I just like how there's an episode called "Frank Sets Sweet Dee On Fire." I haven't even seen that one yet, but come on!
oh god that is such a good episode
almost as good as the one when they find the dumpster baby
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also i am very attracted to the recurring character of the Waitress
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also i am very attracted to the recurring character of the Waitress
Me too! She is quite the attractive young lady.
Fun Facts: her and Charlie are married in real life, which makes their interaction in the show even more hilarious. Also, Rob(Mac) and Dee (whatever her name is) are married in real life as well (this one seriously surprised me)
The More You Know
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Logically that must mean Dennis and Danny DeVito are married.
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Their naming convention and the way the timing of the title card for each episode is so good.
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Yeah, I like how the name of each episode doesn't really leave much to the imagination as far as the main plot goes, yet each episode is still packed full of suprises and hilarity.
"Sweet Dee Is Dating A Retarded Person" for example. One of my favorite episodes of all time. OF ALL TIME.
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Indeed, there has never been any doubt in my mind that Sweet Dee is going to be set on fire in the episode I mentioned. Always Sunny doesn't do metaphors. It's really just a question of how many times she'll be set on fire and whether she'll get any help putting herself out.
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I liked one where they are trying to help charlie get a date so they sign him up for a dating website. the entire dialog between the guys while they are filling out his profile is too funny! It reminded me of when my brother wanted to make me a myspace page, it happened just like that, I answered his questions and he just wrote something else haha.
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Favourite food, "Milksteak", haha you start boiling the milk, Ill get the steak.
My fav was S02E03, where Dennis and Dee are on Welfare, when they were sitting on their steps blastin' the boombox and drinking beers out of paper bags. Mac tries to talk them out of what they are doing, so they just ignore him completely, turn the volume back up and start singing again, not to mention the scene where they buy crack.
I really enjoy the constant over the top references to white guilt and the certainty that if there is a plot, its unspoken that someone already betrayed the other and everyone is on board with it.
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Every now and then I see this show listed in the T.V. guide late at night, but I've never seen a review of it by any Australian T.V. reviewer and on the one or two occasions when I've tuned in to see what it was I obviously suffered from lack of prior knowledge. Can someone give me a quick synopsis of the show and characters along with some other basic info, like how long it's been on the air for?
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Or, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Always_Sunny_in_Philadelphia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Always_Sunny_in_Philadelphia)
I left my laptop downloading the entire Seasons 1-4 and I've just got up and watched a few episodes. I like it a lot, it has elements of some of my favorite American sitcoms eg Curb Your Enthusiasm and Arrested Development but there's something about the characters, Alex C summed it up pretty well, they're so aggressively . I am looking forward to getting to Danny DeVito in Season 2.
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i've actually finished downloading the first four seasons recently but haven't started watching them yet.
i might do that at some point today.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAaaaaaaaaaaaaa... I want kitten mittons
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There's now 5 seasons of the show, which makes it pretty tough to summarize, but I'll try. The show is about "the Gang," and their shenanigans. The episodes are largely self-contained but there's quite a few running jokes and the show will generally seem less inexplicable if you realize going in that all of the characters are incredibly selfish and are about as loyal as socially maladjusted vultures. They are constantly betraying one another over money, sex and petty slights. Much of the show takes place in a poorly ran bar (Paddy's) owned at various points by several of the characters.
A quick run down of the 5 primaries:
Dennis: Vain, stupid, drunken lech. Dee's twin brother.
Deandra, aka, Sweet Dee: Drunken, stupid black sheep. Target of rampant sexism and receives little to no respect from the rest of the cast, even from her twin brother. Bartender at Paddy's. As far as I'm aware, she's the only one never allowed to become a co-owner of the bar. Her ideas are routinely dismissed by the other characters only to be adopted later with no credit being given to her.
Mac: Vain, stupid, drunken hypocrite. Likes to act the tough guy and usually gets his ass kicked for it.
Charlie: So stupid the rest of the cast thinks he's stupid. When he's not drinking he's sniffing glue. Freakishly durable. Has a crush on The Waitress and lives in squalor.
Frank: Only introduced after a few seasons. Played by Danny DeVito, he is Dennis and Dee's legal but not biological father. Lives with Charlie (who may be his biological child) despite having a surprising amount of wealth and illegal connections. Often gets the best of other cast members through experience, but is still mostly stupid. Often is gambling or otherwise mixed up in shady deals. Last I checked he is the primary owner of Paddy's now.
Other important characters:
The Waitress: works at a coffee shop. She's obsessed with Dennis, who isn't interested, and Charlie is obsessed with her, so she often ends up getting involved in whatever stupid shit is going on from episode to episode.
Cricket: A homeless guy who suffers greatly at the hands of the Gang. Former priest who wouldn't be homeless if it weren't for the main characters. Dennis and Mac teabag him constantly. He is attracted to Sweet Dee.
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After everything everyone said, I decided to check out an episode. Let me tell you, wow. I didn't laugh that hard for a long while. I watched the Kitten Mittons episode. It's gold. Next time I'm at the library, I am renting the first two seasons for sure.
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I am really happy this show is starting to get a bit bigger. It is probably my favourite television show of all time. My best friend and I dressed up as Charlie and Mac for Halloween last year.
Haven't seen the Kitten Mittens episode yet.
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It's like Seinfeld, but the characters aren't upper-class and the fact that they're awful people is the whole point of the show, rather than a persistent undercurrent.
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"Upper class"? Seinfeld? Where on earth do you get that from? The four main characters ranged from lower- to "middle"-middle class, at best.
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I think it's just easy to have that impression at times because Jerry is always pretty successful and in many ways he sets the tone for the show. Elaine's career also has a lot of highs as well as lows and Kramer is basically completely insulated from consequences, in part due to some large sum of money he acquired before the series began. Hell, even George managed to work for the Yankees and regularly talk to George Steinbrenner for a few seasons.
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They definitely interacted with upper class (or at least upper-middle class) characters pretty regularly, but a large part of the humour of the show came from the fact that none of them - George and Kramer especially, Elaine to a lesser extent - actually "belonged" in that company and they were all hopelessly out of their depth in trying to act like they did.
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True enough, but the fact remains that the weird gray area between success, mediocrity, and eventually, failure is a place where the show spent an awful lot of time, particularly in the mid-to-late seasons, and as I said, Jerry is always inexplicably successful, living in an expensive apartment and cheerfully renting houses in Tuscany just to prove a point, although he admittedly does come from a decidedly middle class background. I simply don't think KvP's post is as crazy an interpretation as your post made it out to be. Ultimately, a lot of this depends on where you want to draw the line as to where one social class begins and another one ends. Remember that the most common academic interpretation of the phrase "American upper class" applies to so few people in the United States that the term is rather rarely used that way here in common conversation, since a term dedicated to the 1% megarich population is frankly pretty useless. As far as the rank and file working class here are concerned, many doctors and lawyers may as well be considered upper class.
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Ah. Well it's hard to remember something I'd never heard before!
We're getting into the "two nations divided by a common language" thing here. In Australia "upper class" still means something pretty close to what it means in the U.K. - namely, Old Money. From that perspective, there's a definite dissonance in trying to think of George, Jerry, Elaine, or Kramer as upper class.
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Dammit, US cultural imperialism should have trained you better than that. :-D
Yeah, when people say upper class in the US, they often mean upper middle class people rich enough to be pretty insulated from working class problems, and that fits Jerry to a T. There are definitely Old Money families in the US that hold themselves apart from the rest of us, but that's an east coast thing in many ways; in a country of 300,000,000 people, it becomes harder and harder to be culturally relevant just by sitting at home turning your nose up at mid-priced sedans. Once you start to get out west it becomes almost purely about how much cash you can throw around at any given time and whether you're a business owner as opposed to an employee. It's more about capitalism pure and simple here, with breeding being a secondary thing, racism aside.
And before anyone says anything, I'm not sure I think this is really any better of a situation than what goes on in the UK. While many of us have a looser definition "upper class", the idea that anyone can become a big player in society often just means we're that much more ready to blame the poor for being poor whether it's an accurate reading of the situation or not.
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Ninjavideo currently has a pre-air of the Christmas special.
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I love this show. I didn't watch it when it first started because I heard people comparing it to Seinfeld and, well, I hated Seinfeld (or at least I hated Jerry Seinfeld enough to not be able to watch his show). But IASIP is hilarious, surreal, sick -- the first two eps I actually saw, from season 4, I think, were the one where they try and take a road trip to the Grand Canyon, and the one where Charlie writes a musical. Oh man. I need to watch more of this show. Sadly, I always forget when it's on. But I have season 1 on DVD now, and I will catch up on it.
"You have to pay the troll toll . . ."
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The Nightman Cometh is the finale of season four. The road trip episode is the second episode of season five.
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what's the title of the roadtrip episode? I don't think I've seen that one and between me and my previous roomates we had every released season on dvd and watched it on tv whenever we could.
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The Gang Hits the Road
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There are a bunch of episodes on hulu.
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What did you guys think of the episode that was an extended commercial for Dave and Busters?
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brilliant.
at first, when they were there for the first time and mentioning it by name i was like "oh god they sold out" but once the gag matured a bit, i found it to be pretty brilliant.
It was a very subtle gag in an in-your-face kind of way. :| if that makes any sense
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You're not gonna get a better steak in an arcade setting.
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Anybody who's willing to associate themselves with the proprietors of Paddy's Bar deserve what they get.
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"Upper class"? Seinfeld? Where on earth do you get that from? The four main characters ranged from lower- to "middle"-middle class, at best.
Uh, well they lived in Manhattan in spacious apartments they did not share with anyone. If that's not upper class I don't know what is.
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hopefully I can remember that there is a new episode tonight in time to tear my face away from MW2 and actually watch it.
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Every time I see MW2 I still think people mean Mechwarrior for at least a minute or so.
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"Upper class"? Seinfeld? Where on earth do you get that from? The four main characters ranged from lower- to "middle"-middle class, at best.
Uh, well they lived in Manhattan in spacious apartments they did not share with anyone. If that's not upper class I don't know what is.
See discussion above.
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It's also important to remember that Elaine does have a roomie at least at some point and Harry's accurate mention of their misfit status when associated with rich people, the fact that they all had places was probably more of a simple plot consideration and not something to read too much into
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Found it! The scene I mentioned above
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDc2L4GjXGc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDc2L4GjXGc)
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Man sometimes I re-watch episodes of this show just to look at their facial expressions. Charlie's face after he says "Ghouls" for the first time is magical.
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"CATINTHEWALL?! Now you're speaking my language!"
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I still standby Milksteak, so good.
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I've just watched the first season because of this thread and it kept getting funnier and funnier.
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It is the ultimate in schadenfreude. Because they all deserve it so very, very much.
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I've just watched the first season because of this thread and it kept getting funnier and funnier.
i don't mean this to be a dig at you or anything, but i think that's one of very few positive things i've ever heard you say about anything.
I'm glad that you like it!
p.s. Somehow, it just keeps getting better as it goes on, so you're in for a treat if you're new to the show.
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This season has been classic!
Milksteak and jelly beans. "Kitten Mittens". Wrestling gone horrifically awry: "I knew this shit wasn't fake."
There is no finer comedy on television at the moment.
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If season 5 is better than the start of season 4 I will probably die. The episodes are really formulaic but I really can't fault the stupid idea, bitter rivalries form, everything spirals out of control format. I think I almost cried during The Gang Solves The Gas Crisis, and little touches like Charlie's teeth falling out and Mac being obsessed with the wedding dress in the next episode are amazing.
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The Gang Solves The Gaz Crisis was completely hilarious! I rented the fourth season from the library yesterday, and I never laughed that much.
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Probably my favorite episode.
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WILD CARD, BITCHES!
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So many great episodes. Dumpster baby has to be my favorite because of the side plot with Charlie and Frank becoming trash men. Also, the line where Charlie says: "We'll sleep in this dumpster!" and Frank goes "I'm not above that!"
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Favorite bit is the bucket full of chestnuts.
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WILD CARD, BITCHES!
That seems to be everyone's favorite line, but I'm partial to "We're going to be fillin' ya'll up now and we're not goin' to take no for an answer."
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Speaking of The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis, I was forced to see New Moon this weekend and the whole time I kept hearing in my head 'Y-you want 'em to think you're gonna take a dump?' whenever they would use their angry faces.
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WILD CARD, BITCHES!
That seems to be everyone's favorite line, but I'm partial to "We're going to be fillin' ya'll up now and we're not goin' to take no for an answer."
My favourite part is when they all take their shirts off in the bank and have that little pose off.
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Holy crap. The fourth Season DVD has a live version of The Nightman Cometh!
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It's actually an episode which centers around Charlie writing a play called "The Nightman Cometh" and the gang putting it on.
"I thought the rape scene went really well."
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haha made some new friends this week and one of them brought over the christmas episode. I have never laughed so hard!
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It's actually an episode which centers around Charlie writing a play called "The Nightman Cometh" and the gang putting it on.
"I thought the rape scene went really well."
Yeah they do a live on stage version of that episode with the entire Nightman Cometh play which was cut down for the episode.
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So I've watched a few episodes of this show now and it strikes me that I'd find it a whole lot funnier if they'd slow down and not constantly talk. Guys, if you have jokes you have to give them room to breath. Four people constantly talking really loudly at each other at a million words a minute is not in itself funny.
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Some canned laughter would help too.
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I think having the gang all live in two apartments that are across the hall from each other would really help the dynamic.
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Especially if they all fell in love with each other.
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They should replace the bar with a coffee house they all like to hang out in too.
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A monkey would be cool, but then again, they already have Charlie.
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I have to say the christmas episode was just awesome. Then in the morning the santas visit!
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Sunny is such a great show. My brother gave me the frist 3 or 4 (I dont remember) seasons a year or so ago and I just love it. the musical episode is probably my favorite. I know he has the fifth season for me but i havnt gotten around to bringing my external hardrive to get it yet.
Just thinking about it makes me so so happy.
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I ordered my parents to get me pirated Seasons of this when they are in Bali so hopefully I will know what the shit you guys are on about real soon.
Also was it really necessary to be a dick to Harry like that? How is his point not valid, whether you agree with it or not?
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Now that I look back, it was kind of dismissive to post like that, but at that point I didn't really care one way or the other. No harm intended, sorry.
But yeah, the show is hardly perfect, and they do talk a lot at some junctures.
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I meant to say before as well, a few of you mentioned crushes on The Waitress. I thought she was really cute at the start but as the seasons go on I can't help but notice she is a bitch! Which makes her significantly less cute.
Although really, anyone who will do anything for Dennis is hardly going to be adorable.
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My parents could only find the Xmas special in Bali D:
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Curiosity has struck, can you not download the seasons? As I do not get FX this is how I am left to watch it, and I imagine since you're trying to import bootlegs its not any kind of moral issue.
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I'm on an Internet plan with limited bandwidth and three housemates who spend just as much time online as me.
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Yeah, Australian internet pricing schemes and standards leave a lot to be desired. By North American standards, you're typically picking between "Draconian" and "Mildly less draconian."
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Don't I know it!
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By contrast, today I downloaded Highlander 1 and 2 via bittorrent because I was bored and there was nothing stopping me from doing so. I didn't even want to watch either movie in their entirety, and after watching about 3 minutes of Highlander 1, I deleted both films. As always, the lesson here is that Americans are immensely spoiled.
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The question is what is wrong with you Highlander is glorious.
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Highlander makes a much better memory than it does a reality.
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I watched the entirety of Highlander going "when is this going to get good?" Now I kind of look back on it with fond memories even though i didn't enjoy it that much.
Was there not talk of a Highlander remake? Whatever happened to that?
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Sanity prevailed?
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I meant to say before as well, a few of you mentioned crushes on The Waitress. I thought she was really cute at the start but as the seasons go on I can't help but notice she is a bitch! Which makes her significantly less cute.
Think about it, she's spent at least five years being stalked by Charlie, abused by Dennis, and then she slept with Frank. Good god, the woman' was driven completely batshit insane.
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The question is what is wrong with you Highlander is glorious.
Well, I was in an argument with my brother about what is the most god awful sword fight in a movie that many people unquestionably love, so I had to bust out Ramirez vs. Kurgan. Otherwise I didn't really feel like watching it.
I never had any intention of watching Highlander 2, for reasons that are obvious to anyone who's seen it. I downloaded it because I was too lazy/oblivious to notice it was bundled in with the first one.
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Thing is, Highlander's premise makes a better TV show than a movie. And yes I know there was a TV show, but to make a TV show set in a different period, or worse, multiple periods in time is very expensive. Lets look at Deadwood for example, they basically built a small town which must cost a pretty penny.
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I thought she was really cute at the start but as the seasons go on I can't help but notice she is a bitch!
I think it's really funny that it turns out that she either was as bad as everyone else all along, or that they've brought her down to their level.
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Yeah, she started out as being at least somewhat more legit than 'the gang' but now she has just been so thoroughly mangled emotionally that she's just as bad as them.
i think she could end up going even farther off the deep end than rickity crickit, given the opportunity.
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I also have to point out at how awesome it is that Charlie accidentally uses the word filibuster correctly by starting an aside argument with Dee that prolongs the going ons of bird law and other such lawyerings.