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Rubicon (tv show...spoilers no doubt) and Persons Unknown (mucho swearing under the fold)

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9/2/2010 Karl "Kid Don Cornelius" R. says:

First, what the FUCK was that Persons Unknown fuck pickle? The NBC press stuff promised we were getting a self contained "all mysteries revealed" miniseries. Instead we got a 13 part failed tv series where NBC couldn't even be bothered to air ep 11 and instead buried it on the web. And it skipped a week for gymnastics which actually pulled in HIGHER ratings for the time slot.

All we seemed to find out is they were running some kind of free will experiment. And the introduction of Voyager's hologram doctor in the 11th hour with a mop on his head just made zero zero fucking sense.

And what the fuck was up with that weird satellite thingy that landed in the middle of the street. The two main character rushed out side to see what the fuss was about, saw it was an amazingly dangerous piece of hardware only getting bigger before their eyes, and then promptly ignored it to talk about who had won the world series or something.

Stunning stunning fail for a show that actually started off in a quite well.

Arg.

Okay the great Lost hope now turns to AMC's Rubicon. Geek sexy. Conspiracy stuff.

http://en.wikipedia.or...

Haven't finished the first ep yet but I'm liking the pacing and the characters.

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    9/2/2010 Chris "How quickly can I hit 4 digits?" P. says:

    Ok, I thought it was just me that thought something was fucked up when I didn't see episode 11.

    I agree with all of your comments Karl; a cluster fuck of a show that started out with really high potential.

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    10/4/2010 Kelly "Swagger Coach" O. says:

    Okay - so there WAS an ep. 11?  Please post a link if so.  I was really into that show, and I KNOW it didn't get enough ratings for another season.  So like the failed Carnivale on HBO, we are just screwed.  That stinks!!!

    I'm loving Rubicon....so far so good!!!!  Good characters, lots of intrigue - it could be great!

    Are you guys watching The Event?  I am really intrigued with that one as well!

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    10/4/2010 Karl "Kid Don Cornelius" R. says:

    Kelly do you use bit torrent? I could send you a link to a torrent of ep 11. I might guess ep 11 is blacked out in Canada.

    Rubicon keeps delivering. Great pacing. Great character development. I like how we're about 10 eps in and the main characters are only now crossing paths. I love the weird middle boss who is gay. I love how he told the secretary's ex to get packing. His game is hard to figure out.

    The Event I've only seen the first ep plus half of the second. It has potential but might go the way of Persons Unknown. I do like how they're working forwards from the event plus showing you how the characters got there.

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    10/4/2010 Kelly "Swagger Coach" O. says:

    I do use Vuze...I saw the epidose where the end is that they are on a large ship...is that ep 10 or 11?

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    10/4/2010 Karl "Kid Don Cornelius" R. says:

    That's the final episode... the one where they promised to answer all the questions. But just answered the question "does the Voyager holographic doctor look funny with a mop on his head?" (yes)

    You can get the web ep here:

    http://eztv.it/shows/3...

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    10/4/2010 Kelly "Swagger Coach" O. says:

    Oh...well thanks for nothing guys.  You couldn't possibly have had a more fucked up ending!  Seriously!!!

    Argh.

    I think if they know the show won't get renewed, they owe it to the audience to tie those ends up!  Sheesh!

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    10/4/2010 Karl "Kid Don Cornelius" R. says:

    NBC totally lied to us. They took a failed open ended series and packaged it as a mini series where all would be revealed, no unanswered secrets, etc. Gah. Rat bastards.

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