The USTV Thread - Closing Down Sale announced

[Prototype]

Don't want to accidently get spoilers for Dex. Would someone be kind enough to PM me the MU link please?

[Pez]

Was disappointed with the Homeland finale. So, everything will go back to square one?!? Carrie will not remember and Brody will go back to no one knowing what he is up to. I can see it now, somewhere near the end of season 2 she will remember about Brody and Nazir's son. They will string it along for a whole season.

They really should have gone the route of tying up the Brody story line and starting with a new threat for next season. Seemed like a massive cop out.

I'm really annoyed at how it ended. This has been my favorite show since Rubicon and was fantastic up until the finale. What a shame.

[Memento Mori]

Game of Thrones 1x01- Impressive. I was somewhat sceptical of the praise the show's got as I'm not a particularly big fan of the fantasy genre but the pilot was very good. I'd love to see Sean Bean do more USTV.

American Horror Story 1x01- It's like they wrote down as many horror movie clichés as they could, put them in a hat and filmed whichever ones they picked out at random. I'd like to think I would have guessed it was a Ryan Murphy show if I hadn't already known in advance. Strangely entertaining though and I'd watch again.

Dexter 6x12- The last scene was a season too late, the weird intern and the hand still hasn't paid off as a plot, Hanks was dispatched having done nothing of value all season but Jennifer Carpenter's acting was fairly good all things considered. She's just about holding the show together.

[satriales]

Was disappointed with the Homeland finale. So, everything will go back to square one?!? Carrie will not remember and Brody will go back to no one knowing what he is up to. I can see it now, somewhere near the end of season 2 she will remember about Brody and Nazir's son. They will string it along for a whole season.

They really should have gone the route of tying up the Brody story line and starting with a new threat for next season. Seemed like a massive cop out.

I'm really annoyed at how it ended. This has been my favorite show since Rubicon and was fantastic up until the finale. What a shame.

I think the writers have done enough good this season that you should wait and see before writing off season 2. But even if it did start off as you say then it's different from season 1 as we the viewer now know that Brody is not good, Carrie is no longer working for the security agency, there is still a mole inside the agency somewhere, and we know right from the start that the threat is on the (soon to be) President.

[melatonin]

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/more-importa ... t-30-rock/

Anyway, for those of you that don’t know, the NBC series ended its last season with the news that Jack’s (Alec Baldwin) wife, Avery Jessup (Elizabeth Banks), had been kidnapped by the North Korean dictator and it the story was supposed to be a major plotline for this year. With the new season’s premiere only weeks away and much of it already filmed, we can imagine that yesterday’s news is throwing a mighty big wrench in the works.

Awwwkward....

[Tineash]

Oh no, diplomatic relations with the North Koreans may be compromised by this unprecedented parody of their beloved leader!

[Drumstick]

Game of Thrones 1x01- Impressive. I was somewhat sceptical of the praise the show's got as I'm not a particularly big fan of the fantasy genre but the pilot was very good. I'd love to see Sean Bean do more USTV.

Yeah I've not watched it either for similar reasons, but Bean is brilliant in most things. Trevelyan.

Dexter 6x12- The last scene was a season too late, the weird intern and the hand still hasn't paid off as a plot, Hanks was dispatched having done nothing of value all season but Jennifer Carpenter's acting was fairly good all things considered. She's just about holding the show together.

Pretty much my thoughts (as I posted). Do we think the weird intern guy is going to be the villain for next season? I can't see it, really, and if he isn't, then what is the point of him and where is this plot going?

[melatonin]

Oh no, diplomatic relations with the North Koreans may be compromised by this unprecedented parody of their beloved leader!

Eh, can definitely see the new season being put back slightly to accommodate for it. There's parody and there's ill-timed parody.

[Hesk]

Pretty much my thoughts (as I posted). Do we think the weird intern guy is going to be the villain for next season? I can't see it, really, and if he isn't, then what is the point of him and where is this plot going?

I'm thinking this too. Quite unlike Dexter as a show to have two plot points left open at the end of a series.

[Memento Mori]

Game of Thrones 1x01- Impressive. I was somewhat sceptical of the praise the show's got as I'm not a particularly big fan of the fantasy genre but the pilot was very good. I'd love to see Sean Bean do more USTV.

Yeah I've not watched it either for similar reasons, but Bean is brilliant in most things. Trevelyan.

I would definitely recommend you give it a try, I'm glad I did.

Dexter 6x12- The last scene was a season too late, the weird intern and the hand still hasn't paid off as a plot, Hanks was dispatched having done nothing of value all season but Jennifer Carpenter's acting was fairly good all things considered. She's just about holding the show together.

Pretty much my thoughts (as I posted). Do we think the weird intern guy is going to be the villain for next season? I can't see it, really, and if he isn't, then what is the point of him and where is this plot going?

What I hope they don't do with the intern is retcon him as being the never before mentioned third Moser brother. That would be terrible. I suspect he'll be more of a side-story again as he isn't charismatic enough to be a big bad on his own but neither was Travis so who knows?

EDIT:Leaving aside how Dexter can stealth out of a building in broad daylight with an unconscious guy and a kid, what really annoyed me about the finale was that none of the cops looked at the crime scene with the Dexter painting. Ridiculously stupid.

[chalkitdown]

Miami Metro are the worst police force in the history of fictional cop shows.

[Crimson]

Homeland was brilliant.

Dexter was mostly awful. Let's pretend S6 never happened and just run with this new plot point and S7 could be amazing.

[Monkey Man]

Good end to Homeland, difficult to make it great as him blowing up would be a waste of Brody, his hot wife and kids I don't hate. Been a cracking 1st season.

Dexter - Terrible episode to go with a terrible season but due to the ending I'll be back next season.

[YouSmellOfWee]

Was disappointed with the Homeland finale. So, everything will go back to square one?!? Carrie will not remember and Brody will go back to no one knowing what he is up to. I can see it now, somewhere near the end of season 2 she will remember about Brody and Nazir's son. They will string it along for a whole season.

They really should have gone the route of tying up the Brody story line and starting with a new threat for next season. Seemed like a massive cop out.

I'm really annoyed at how it ended. This has been my favorite show since Rubicon and was fantastic up until the finale. What a shame.

I think the writers have done enough good this season that you should wait and see before writing off season 2. But even if it did start off as you say then it's different from season 1 as we the viewer now know that Brody is not good, Carrie is no longer working for the security agency, there is still a mole inside the agency somewhere, and we know right from the start that the threat is on the (soon to be) President.

I disagree. They were doing a good job, but then shat their pants at the end and went for a less dramatic end. I didn't feel a bit of tension in the bunker, as it seemed quite obvious that he would either gooseberry fool his pants and not go through with it, or something would prevent him from pulling the trigger. After the vest malfunctioned, it seemed quite obvious that his second attempt would be thwarted.

You know what made it SUPER obvious... The fact that he didn't say 'the holy words'.


Basically... Massive cop-out.

[Monkey Man]

Terra Nova S01E12 & S01E13 (Season finale) - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N4QWKJSR or http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B44AC429

[satriales]

Dexter

First of all there was the cheesy boat scene: "He wants to rob me but I have nothing to give. Except death"

That pales in comparison to the stuff with the painting. So Deb finds out about the murder scene, goes to Dexter's flat to tell him about it, and then after an awkward love scene they both drive over there. And during all of this time not a single person has been inside the crime scene, they've all just been standing on the lawn waiting for the blood guy. And then they don't even follow Dexter in, they let him have the house to himself for a few minutes. Not once in the whole 6 seasons have they worked like that, so it's way too conveniant that it happens this time.

Then that final scene. It would have been amazing if they had done it last year when they set it up perfectly, but this time it didn't have the same impact. Should mean the next season is a bit different at least.

Anyone that hasn't seen S6 can just skip it and pretend that the S5 cop out actually happened.

[Mr Yoshi]

Homeland was absolutely brilliant. Haven't felt that much tension in an episode of anything since the early days of 24.

[Victor Mildew]

Ahhhh Dexter



Oh good lord where to start?!

Adding to the ones above, the boat was fcking ridiculous, murdering someone in front of how many people?! Its alright though, they're foreigners so probably don't have a word for murder where they come from.

Have you been in the house?! Nah we were waiting for you, even though you're the last person to see a crime scene every other time we've done this. What's that hammering sound? Probably Dexter's camera or something

A serial killer is on the loose, we need some serious security checkpoints set up. Code words people? Erm, how about 'All Clear'? PERFECT! We'll rumble this fuckball when he tries to say 'echo one checking in' LOLZ. I guess we'll have a guy at every entrance point of the building too, no one in or out....OR we could just have some goon on the roof with his back to the lift

Hey you, where are you taking that body and child?! UPS maam, go back to your coffee.

At least he's been 'caught' now, although what should be an epic couple of seasons chasing him around will no doubt be explained away in 5 mins while Deb sticks her fingers up Dexter's arse or something.

Only that ending will keep anyone watching, this better get a serious hike in quality or i can see it being cancelled despite the seasons being contracted.

[Mr Yoshi]

[Prototype]

Really enjoyed Dexter. Can't wait for S7 now.