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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #390, on January 30th, 2012, 01:54 AM »
But I've never seen the clip before, let alone the show, so how the hell do I remember it?
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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #391, on January 30th, 2012, 08:05 AM »
Because you thought it yourself maybe? ;)
I thought it too -- just never put it in writing.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #392, on January 30th, 2012, 01:21 PM »
No, it was that exact line, in a female voice.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #393, on January 30th, 2012, 01:38 PM »
Then you must be watching TBBT in your sleep ;)

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #394, on January 30th, 2012, 02:10 PM »
I dunno, the one time I saw it I wasn't even at home (but at parents-in-law) and I won't watch it again, it just isn't funny.

(American comedy as a general rule does not understand the finer points of irony, sarcasm, or satire in general. That's why I suspect most British comedies are so popular over in the US, is because they *do* understand these things and it makes them 10x funnier than anything normally put out by the US.)

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #395, on January 30th, 2012, 03:24 PM »
I don't know, although I prefer The IT Crowd over TBBT (because it has such timeless episodes as the Countdown one), I can't say I've never been laughing out loud at TBBT... Plus they have time to develop the characters. And seasons 4 and 5 give more screen time to the girls -- Penny and the two nerds, Amy and Bernadette. They're quite funny, too.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #396, on January 30th, 2012, 04:18 PM »
Another show I don't want >_<

I'm quite hard to please in terms of comedy, e.g. over Christmas I got the Black Books DVDs, but I didn't find it as funny as I thought I might, even with Bill Bailey as one of the core characters.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #397, on January 30th, 2012, 04:30 PM »
What...? You mean that even the British don't understand the finer points of irony, sarcasm, or satire in general? :lol:

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #398, on January 30th, 2012, 04:32 PM »
Even the British can understand but fail to apply them :D Just that we at least invariably make an attempt to do so in every comedy show we make... I have yet to see a US show that can claim the same.

Except maybe House, though that isn't a comedy it at least understands irony, sarcasm and satire. Probably because of Hugh Laurie.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #400, on February 5th, 2012, 02:57 PM »
Hahahahahhahaahahahahaha

It wasn't just me that felt there were similarities then... :whistle:

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #401, on February 5th, 2012, 06:08 PM »
So. Apart from the obvious pseudo deaths, he's saying that River is The Woman and Moriarty is The Master?

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #402, on February 5th, 2012, 07:08 PM »
I think that's a pretty fair assessment, yes...

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #403, on February 8th, 2012, 06:42 PM »
Portlandia 2x02 (not a good show, but I've only seen THAT episode) has a storyline about characters getting hooked on BS Galactica (sounds familiar :)), and trying to write a new episode... The last lines of the episode mention Doctor Who in a funny way. Just have a look if you're curious ;) Plus, it has nice guests like Adama, Gaius and Ron D. Moore himself (in two versions, if I may say.)

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