DSP's TV Thread (with J.E. Magee) [OT]

by **dsp** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 14:31:17

How to bitorrent guide on the front page of the thread. It's easy.

SAG Nominations, the most pretentious and biggest night of Hollywood self-congratulation.

PRIMETIME TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Thomas Hayden Church, "Broken Trail"
Robert Duvall, "Broken Trail"
Jeremy Irons, "Elizabeth I"
William H. Macy, "Nightmares & Dreamscapes"
Matthew Perry, "The Ron Clark Story"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Shirley Jones, "Hidden Places"
Annette Bening, "Mrs. Harris"
Helen Mirren , "Eilzabeth I"
Cloris Leachman, "Mrs. Harris"
Greta Scacchi, "Broken Trail"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
James Gandolfini, "The Sopranos"
Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"
Hugh Laurie, "House"
James Spader, "Boston Legal"
Kiefer Sutherland, "24"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Patricia Arquette, "Medium"
Edie Falco, "The Sopranos"
Mariska Hargitay, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"
Chandra Wilson, "Grey's Anatomy"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Jeremy Piven, "Entourage"
Steve Carell, "The Office"
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
Jason Lee, "My Name is Earl"
Tony Shalhoub, "Monk"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Megan Mullally, "Will & Grace"
Felicity Huffman, "Desperate Housewives"
America Ferrera, "Ugly Betty"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "The New Adventures of Old Christine"
Mary-Louise Parker, "Weeds"
Jaime Pressly, "My Name is Earl"

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
"24"
"Boston Legal"
"Deadwood"
"Grey's Anatomy"
"The Sopranos"

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
"Desperate Housewives"
"Entourage"
"The Office"
"Ugly Betty"
"Weeds"

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 14:32:58

Are files from BitTorrent the same quality? If so, I'll be BitTorrenting Friday Night Lights based on all y'alls suggestions.

by **dsp** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 14:33:41

yea most of its copied from hd

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 14:35:12

William H. Macy, "Nightmares & Dreamscapes"

Isn't that a Sandman story? Was there a Sandman adaptation that I totally missed or is this something completely different?

by **jemagee** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 14:48:25

Nightmares and Dreamscapes was a 'novella' collection from Stephen King, similar to The Bachman Books (but probably not as good, cause the long walk is just awesome) that TNT turned into a mini series event.

The Sandman collection you are thinking of, I believe, has a slightly different title.

If Neil Gaiman is paying attention, I don't think any of his 'creations' will ever be turned into anything cinematic, which is a shame, cause i'd love to see some sort of animated series of the sandman similar to what they did with spawn (but better)

by **MarkdlV** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 14:56:25

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
"24"
"Boston Legal"
"Deadwood"
"Grey's Anatomy"
"The Sopranos"

What does The Wire have to do just to get nominated for a non-critics award?

by **The Red Tornado** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 15:03:09

jemagee wrote:Nightmares and Dreamscapes was a 'novella' collection from Stephen King, similar to The Bachman Books (but probably not as good, cause the long walk is just awesome) that TNT turned into a mini series event.

The Sandman collection you are thinking of, I believe, has a slightly different title.

If Neil Gaiman is paying attention, I don't think any of his 'creations' will ever be turned into anything cinematic, which is a shame, cause i'd love to see some sort of animated series of the sandman similar to what they did with spawn (but better)

You can at least look forward to the upcoming HBO series adaptation of The Preacher. I would love to see them also do Y The last Man

by **The Dude** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 15:06:19

"The Long Walk" was released by itself, too, right?

by **jemagee** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 15:09:28

The Red Tornado wrote:You can at least look forward to the upcoming HBO series adaptation of The Preacher. I would love to see them also do Y The last Man

I could, if I had any faith that they'd maintain what was done in the comic books, i mean seriously, a 'hero' who is out to find (and destroy) god, a 200 year old alcoholic vampire who is a slut, the 'holy line' of christ so inbred that the current heir is more retarded than Forrest Gump? Let's just say I'm INCREDIBLY wary of the scheduled preacher series.

Of course, the fact that global frequency never made the air also makes me wary...plus the lousy adaptations (movies) of Spawn, LXG, COnstantine, etc...I don't think the moving picture folks know how to handle the 'out of the ordinary' comic books and really should just stay away.

"The Long Walk" was released by itself, too, right?

Possibly, don't know, but still a great read

by **dsp** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 15:10:35

MarkdlV wrote:
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
"24"
"Boston Legal"
"Deadwood"
"Grey's Anatomy"
"The Sopranos"

What does The Wire have to do just to get nominated for a non-critics award?

I'm not sure. It's pretty funny that it's continually ignored.

by **MarkdlV** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 15:17:36

The Red Tornado wrote:You can at least look forward to the upcoming HBO series adaptation of The Preacher. I would love to see them also do Y The last Man

This is from Wiki:

The film rights to the series have been acquired by New Line Cinema, and as of April 2006 Vaughan has been given the chance to write the screenplay. There is no scheduled release date.

It is a shame because Y would be an excellent TV series.

Brian K Vaughn has joined the writing staff of Lost as well.

by **The Red Tornado** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 15:18:25

jemagee wrote:
The Red Tornado wrote:You can at least look forward to the upcoming HBO series adaptation of The Preacher. I would love to see them also do Y The last Man

I could, if I had any faith that they'd maintain what was done in the comic books, i mean seriously, a 'hero' who is out to find (and destroy) god, a 200 year old alcoholic vampire who is a slut, the 'holy line' of christ so inbred that the current heir is more retarded than Forrest Gump? Let's just say I'm INCREDIBLY wary of the scheduled preacher series.

Of course, the fact that global frequency never made the air also makes me wary...plus the lousy adaptations (movies) of Spawn, LXG, COnstantine, etc...I don't think the moving picture folks know how to handle the 'out of the ordinary' comic books and really should just stay away.

at least its on HBO, so it has a shot to be good, for the most part HBO doesnt shy away from controversy.

Poor Alan Moore, so far all of his adaptations have been crap. I dont blame him for wanting his name removed from any tv or movie projects. A Top Ten animated series would be awesome.

by **jemagee** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 15:18:55

I'd like to see Fables as a series - i think fables is just excellent, there are some great books out there that would make great animated series...like on adult swim, or showtime after 11 or whatever they do to hide the mature cartoons.

Y probably makes a bad movie though...not enough time.

by **jemagee** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 15:19:48

Well the 'best' alan moore work ever done has been in movie production limbo for decades, it's doubtful watchmen will ever be made into a movie (and that's probably a good thing for Moore)

by **The Red Tornado** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 15:20:17

MarkdlV wrote:
The Red Tornado wrote:You can at least look forward to the upcoming HBO series adaptation of The Preacher. I would love to see them also do Y The last Man

This is from Wiki:
The film rights to the series have been acquired by New Line Cinema, and as of April 2006 Vaughan has been given the chance to write the screenplay. There is no scheduled release date.

It is a shame because Y would be an excellent TV series.

Brian K Vaughn has joined the writing staff of Lost as well.

A 90minute to 2 hour movie will never do the series justice, heck the story hassnt been finished and its had over 50 comic books come out.

by **The Red Tornado** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 15:21:45

jemagee wrote:Well the 'best' alan moore work ever done has been in movie production limbo for decades, it's doubtful watchmen will ever be made into a movie (and that's probably a good thing for Moore)

They actually had a website last year promoting the film while Greengrass was slated as director. Its gone now. Unless it becomes a cable miniseries I hope Watchmen stays in limbo.

by **The Red Tornado** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 15:29:24

Taken from a poster on ZCultfm.com

Preacher Casting idea: Terry OQuinn as Herr Starr

by **MarkdlV** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 15:34:52

As long as Nicolas Cage isn't Jesse Custer, I'm fine with whoever they cast.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 15:40:32

by **SpeedRacer** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 17:17:19

Never read Preacher, but it sounds pretty good from your guy's comments. I loved the Watchmen and am extremely wary of that becoming anything other than a 12 part HBO/Sho miniseries.
Anyone else here dig on Dexter? That was my favorite show of the season, along with Heroes. Now that it's off, it's back to loving heroes and trying really hard to get into Studio 60. At least the Office and House are good. Although I am officially done with the Tritter arc in House.

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