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I love Justified, probably one of my favourites. I often recommend it to people, but nobody ever listens! I was a big fan of Deadwood too, so it's a little bit like watching Seth Bulloch's descendants continuing the trade. Personally, I enjoy the experience of watching it much more than I do something like Breaking Bad (which for all its technical achievements is a pretty downer story).

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. - Carl Sagan

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Never got into Justified but I have watched the episode involving Hitler's paintings a number of times because I find the ending (and the journey to it) just so darn satisfying. smile

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Sold! I'm going to check out season 1 of Justified.

I agree on Breaking Bad, also. I keep wanting to see it, but I am rarely in the mood for the subject matter (I usually catch up on classics like The French Connection, instead).

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I post because I care.
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"Feel free to flame me. I don't like Legends of Korra or Gravity, either."

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9 months into the year and the Hannibal finale is still the best directed hour of any Movie or TV all year.

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Protection and power are overrated. I think you are very wise to choose happiness and love. -Uncle Iroh

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"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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Protection and power are overrated. I think you are very wise to choose happiness and love. -Uncle Iroh

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Over the past season, having to regularly explain why I keep watching a show that I have lots of legitimate complaints about, I've rationalized Sons of Anarchy many, many times. Currently where I stand with it is:

Sons of Anarchy is like a restaurant where the food is surprisingly good considering how cheap it is, but the wait-staff have a tendency to spill loads of it on the floor before it even reaches your table.

Disclaimer: if you dislike the tone of a post I make, re-read it in a North/East London accent until it sounds sufficiently playful smile

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Protection and power are overrated. I think you are very wise to choose happiness and love. -Uncle Iroh

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Protection and power are overrated. I think you are very wise to choose happiness and love. -Uncle Iroh

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I'm out of shows to watch these days. Honestly. I watch Doctor Who, and Game Of Thrones, and that's just about it.
I've tried watching Grimm, didn't like it. I've got Gotham on my list, and had Constantine, but after the reviews, I decided not to.
Once Upon A Time had a cool premise, but I tend to grow tired quickly from 20+ episodes a season series.
I've yet to complete Breaking Bad, I'm gonna watch House Of Cards and True Detective, but I feel like time is what I'm missing.

I'd love to watch Avatar and Korra, I just can't stand anime, no matter where it's made sad

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Oh, that I know. I catch the occasional Adventure Time, Gumball, Regular Show and Uncle Grandpa on CN. I have children who watch it, but I probably enjoy it way more than they do smile

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Protection and power are overrated. I think you are very wise to choose happiness and love. -Uncle Iroh

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Avatar and Korra aren't anime in the terms you're thinking of. They're Western cartoons, and the storytelling is very Western. The art style takes cues from anime, but that's about it. I agree, I really can't do traditional anime either.

They're also two of the best shows in recent memory, so. There's that.

"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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They also aren't anime in that they are animated in Korea. Korea, as anyone in that country will tell you, isn't Japan smile

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Protection and power are overrated. I think you are very wise to choose happiness and love. -Uncle Iroh

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Don't get me wrong, I've seen plenty of anime films that I enjoyed, but then, I guess, there's the nature of the films being 100% serious, and none of that deforming shit, and/or slapstick.

Akira, Ghost in The Shell, Mononoke, Nausicaä, and even a verison of Arietty, which, incidentally, is also "adapted" by British TV, (Borrowers), featuring Stephen Fry and Christopher Eccleston.

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"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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Protection and power are overrated. I think you are very wise to choose happiness and love. -Uncle Iroh

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I could write a full-length essay on the clear implications of that scene but some people would still INSIST that it was merely platonic. So in that sense, I guess it was ambiguous? But everything about the staging, cinematography, structure, and score of that scene indicates otherwise.

"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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Protection and power are overrated. I think you are very wise to choose happiness and love. -Uncle Iroh

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"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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