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I miss the old G4.
« on: 03 Jul 2009, 10:17 »
Way back when, I used to have it on in the background pretty much 24-7. Portal. Cinematech. Icons. And the other neat little segments.

After the DTV conversion, my house is getting G4 again, and it has really gone *shudder* mainstream. Its so sad. Its like being reunited with your long lost childhood best friend only to find out they've become a dickwad sociopath.  :-(
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #1 on: 03 Jul 2009, 11:01 »
I liked TechTV before they merged with G4.
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #2 on: 03 Jul 2009, 20:22 »
ahhh, good ol' TechTV...reminds me of old cartoon network and toonami...god i miss them both
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #3 on: 07 Jul 2009, 11:46 »
I miss the old adult swim. Back when it was mostly good anime. When it had Trigun, Cowboy Beebop  and FLCL.
Now it's mostly stupid comedy.
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #4 on: 07 Jul 2009, 20:19 »
Trigun is the bombdiggity but if you don't like Space Ghost Coast 2 Coast, Harvey Birdman, Metalocalypse, ATHF, Tim & Eric, Venture Bros. etc. etc. etc. ad infinitum then you clearly have  no soul.
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #5 on: 08 Jul 2009, 07:12 »
Quote from: Trevlordyte on 07 Jul 2009, 11:46
I miss the old adult swim. Back when it was mostly good anime. When it had Trigun, Cowboy Beebop  and FLCL.
Now it's mostly stupid comedy.


Also the straight black and white texts without music. I thought they were clever and interesting to pay attention to... Apparently it's all about color and music all the time.... every time.... endlessly.... until we realize we were never paying attention at all.

Teck TV was really great. I loved Kevin Rose segments..... but absolutely hated Martin Sargent.
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #6 on: 08 Jul 2009, 07:46 »
i miss tech tv's extended play with just adam. now granted morgan was a great addition i just appreciated the lo-fi presentation. also what was the tech tv phone in show loved it as well.
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #7 on: 09 Jul 2009, 02:52 »
call for help with leo laporte :)

i think that's his last name/spelling of last name
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #8 on: 09 Jul 2009, 17:29 »
ya thats it thanks. I loved how everything was so lo-tech but still had plenty of substance. Now its the exact opposite. Hi-tech with little or no substance.
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #9 on: 10 Jul 2009, 07:06 »
does anyone else hate olivia munn? she is such a crappy host.

i just miss tech tv.
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #10 on: 10 Jul 2009, 17:58 »
she's cute...=\
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #11 on: 10 Jul 2009, 19:06 »
Quote from: tinysmidgen on 09 Jul 2009, 02:52
call for help with leo laporte :)

i think that's his last name/spelling of last name

i loved that show.

i do miss the old g4, too.
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #12 on: 10 Jul 2009, 19:09 »
not sure i know tech tv did anime at night but did they ever show desert punk or neon genisis? think i might have my networks mixed up.
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #13 on: 10 Jul 2009, 22:43 »
They only have three original shows - X-Play, Attack of the Show! (formerly The Screen Savers) and Web Soup.  The rest of their schedule is made up of episodes of Cops (and Cops 2.0, which is stupid), Cheaters and movies.  It gets better, the network is reportedly having financial problems and as a result, cut X-Play down to I believe just three or four new episodes a week.  Hell, they won't even or aren't able to shell out money to pay royalties on licensed songs, which makes reviewing any audio product on AOTS hard for the cast.
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #14 on: 11 Jul 2009, 06:34 »
SCREEN SAVERS! I couldn't remember what the hell it used to be called. That was seriously bugging me.
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #15 on: 11 Jul 2009, 09:29 »
Yeah, AOTS aired its 1000th episode on Thursday, two hours.  The format is different from Screen Savers. The first ten or fifteen minutes are dedicated to showing clips of the five "most popular" videos on the internet, with Kevin Pereira and Olivia Munn making jokes about them and skits parodying them.  The end of the show they'll usually show an "epic fail", which is just a clip of something trying to do a stunt and utterly failing at it.  In between those two bookends, it depends on the day, but its pretty much just DVD reviews, gadget reviews, etc.
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #16 on: 15 Jul 2009, 07:16 »
Quote from: Aurjay on 10 Jul 2009, 19:09
not sure i know tech tv did anime at night but did they ever show desert punk or neon genisis? think i might have my networks mixed up.


i am pretty sure they used to show neon genesis evangelion at night.
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #17 on: 15 Jul 2009, 07:16 »
Quote from: tinysmidgen on 10 Jul 2009, 17:58
she's cute...=\

a cute girl does not a good host make.

morgan webb is cute and she is a decent host.
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #18 on: 15 Jul 2009, 17:29 »
I never did get to see the old G4 :(  I do agree that Tech TV was way better back in the day. I can't even begin to count how many awesome computer tips I got from the Screen Savers. Now I can't even begin to count the number of brain cells that die on me every time I watch AOTS for 5 minutes. Also, is it just me or does Adam Sessler bear an uncanny resemblance to Alton Brown? Either way, I like both of them, so I'm not complaining.
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #19 on: 15 Jul 2009, 19:33 »
Quote from: David_Dovey on 07 Jul 2009, 20:19
Trigun is the bombdiggity but if you don't like Space Ghost Coast 2 Coast, Harvey Birdman, Metalocalypse, ATHF, Tim & Eric, Venture Bros. etc. etc. etc. ad infinitum then you clearly have  no soul.

Okay, well Venture Bros. is funny and metalocalypse, but the problem is that it's always the same joke. 
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #20 on: 16 Jul 2009, 07:10 »
Quote from: Kross on 10 Jul 2009, 22:43
They only have three original shows - X-Play, Attack of the Show! (formerly The Screen Savers) and Web Soup.
Wrong. Attack of The Show and The Screensavers ran alongside each other, but like everything good that made G4TechTV what it was, they cut it.

I agree with everything in this thread, including disliking Olivia Munn.
I can't stand the direction they've taken with the show. They don't even HAVE content anymore, all they do is repeat word-perfect news reports from Kotaku, and idiotic memes from 4chan. It's so sad. I loved TechTV, I loved it even more when G4 and TechTV merged, but then it just went to crap.
Now, instead of The Screensavers, we have "Attack Of The Show", instead of Filter, we have... Well, they kept filter around for a while, but then it was only "Vote for your top ten dildos/hot chicks/idiotic meme" before they sacked it. They even ruined Cheat with that Kristen Holt chick. Man, they all piss me off.

I am glad that they got rid of those two idiots who reviewed games, not too sure of the name of the show, but they were so biased...
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #21 on: 16 Jul 2009, 09:46 »
Are you talking about Judgement Day?  Yeah, that show was a joke.  I still like Kevin Pereira (sic), he's just about the only part of that channel that I like anymore.
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #22 on: 16 Jul 2009, 10:49 »
Hate Pereira, preferred Rose.
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #23 on: 17 Jul 2009, 20:37 »
I lost faith in G4 ages ago. The movies that don't suck segment is pretty good though.
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #24 on: 18 Jul 2009, 15:36 »
Or up until they played the Street Fighter movie.
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #25 on: 20 Jul 2009, 09:07 »
MTV used to play music videos, too.
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Re: I miss the old G4.
« Reply #26 on: 20 Jul 2009, 09:09 »
Ye olde goode days
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