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Old 12-30-2013, 10:13 PM   #1
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Default I know nobody here likes Kevin Smith

but has anybody watched "Comic Book Men"?

It's a total reality show (nothing happens) on AMC and Netflix about the 4 guys that work in Kevin's comic book store "jay and bobs secret stash" in new jersey. They just hang out and talk about classic comics and entertain people that come in trying to sell stuff.

A camera crew comes in and films the shop and eventually they all meet with Kevin Smith to talk about it. You can tell by watching it in bulk that all of the commentary was filmed on the same day.

So it's kind of like watching really boring surveillance footage with the directors extended commentary. I really like it.


 
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Old 12-30-2013, 10:14 PM   #2
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but has anybody watched "Comic Book Men"?

It's a total reality show (nothing happens) on AMC and Netflix about the 4 guys that work in Kevin's comic book store "jay and bobs secret stash" in new jersey. They just hang out and talk about classic comics and entertain people that come in trying to sell stuff.

A camera crew comes in and films the shop and eventually they all meet with Kevin Smith to talk about it. You can tell by watching it in bulk that all of the commentary was filmed on the same day.

So it's kind of like watching really boring surveillance footage with the directors extended commentary. I really like it.



Also Kevin Smith is drunk all the time.

 
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Old 12-30-2013, 10:35 PM   #3
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i watched the first two seasons and it got me real stoked to read some classic comics, like "crisis of infinite earths" or "death of gwen stacey" (which they bring up A LOT) type stuff.

downloading a bunch of comic torrents atm. thanks comic show.

 
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Old 12-30-2013, 11:11 PM   #4
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I really like it.
how does your mind work

 
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Old 12-30-2013, 11:15 PM   #5
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reality tv should be like watching an aquarium

 
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Old 12-30-2013, 11:16 PM   #6
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One of my favorite programs was "Train Panorama." All you see is a train going through landscapes. It's boring, and perfectly relaxing.

 
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Old 12-30-2013, 11:16 PM   #7
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it is kind of a fun show, even though they can be annoying weirdos

Toy Hunter on Travel Channel is where it's at

 
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Old 12-30-2013, 11:17 PM   #8
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as opposed to when the producers start interjecting "ideas" for the cast members to do every episode.

"let's have a camouflage limousine race!" - as per the duck dynasty thread

 
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Old 12-30-2013, 11:18 PM   #9
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One of my favorite program's was "Train Panorama." All you see is a train going through landscapes. It's boring, and perfectly relaxing.
i used to subscribe to a youtube channel that made hour-plus long digital train animations based on models of real landscapes. it went offline

i will look this show up.

 
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Old 12-30-2013, 11:46 PM   #10
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i enjoy that "camouflage" and "limousine" are both french loanwords.

 
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Old 12-30-2013, 11:51 PM   #11
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i thought i was spelling them wrong at first (*mou*). it's not too often you get to posit those two words side by side.

 
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Old 12-31-2013, 12:02 AM   #12
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i used to subscribe to a youtube channel that made hour-plus long digital train animations based on models of real landscapes. it went offline

i will look this show up.
Can't find it in any archives - it was a German tv program in the 90s.


Space Night is awesome, it's on since 1994, always between 4 and 6 in the morning. NASA and ESA footage with music.
http://www.br.de/mediathek/video/sen...night-296.html

 
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Old 12-31-2013, 12:20 AM   #13
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Some episodes of a recent train-travel-landscape thingy are online, but it's either in French or German. I used to re-watch it on mute with music.
And I don't know who Kevin Smith is. If he smells good I'll like him.

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Old 12-31-2013, 12:31 AM   #14
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If I'm watching it to fall asleep I prefer foreign languages

 
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Old 12-31-2013, 12:37 AM   #15
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sometimes the understanding of the language keeps me from sleep

 
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Old 12-31-2013, 12:49 AM   #16
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'Kevin Smith' didn't even ring a bell, shame on me. I blame his surname.

http://www.virginmedia.com/images/vi...ma-590x350.jpg

 
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Old 12-31-2013, 01:30 AM   #17
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Haven't seen comic book, but I like most all of his films.

 
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Old 12-31-2013, 01:34 AM   #18
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I started listening to the podcast about Jay and Silent Bob which Kevin created as a weekly intervention for Jay (Jason Mewes). They just talk about how fucked up Jay used to be in order to keep him off of drugs. Interesting concept.

 
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i want to stop smoking and then everytime i want to smoke just subsitute one of those podcasts

 
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Old 12-31-2013, 02:15 AM   #20
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i want to stop smoking and then everytime i want to smoke just subsitute one of those podcasts
does it work? only substitute that "works" for me is food.
What do you want to stop smoking anyway - cigarettes or weed or both?

 
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Old 12-31-2013, 02:29 AM   #21
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Cigarettes. If I'm not at home I can go long periods without smoking. When I'm at home I just eat them.

 
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Old 12-31-2013, 02:31 AM   #22
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This guy brought in a killer golden age comic collection on the show but they shop didn't buy them because they were smoke damaged. He had them stored below his cigar shop for 15 years. Makes you think.

 
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Old 12-31-2013, 09:55 AM   #23
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reality tv should be like watching an aquarium
And then there's that reality showing about BUILDING aquariums!

 
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Old 12-31-2013, 12:18 PM   #24
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waiting on fatman on batman #53.


 
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Old 12-31-2013, 04:38 PM   #25
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And then there's that reality showing about BUILDING aquariums!
sounds too project-driven.

I began watching the old '66 Batman series in chronological order. This show is fantastic. The storytelling is so classically basic it serves as a paint-by-numbers guide for writing any sort of action drama. I feel like I'm learning when I watch it.

 
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Is there the story of a hero brewing??

 
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Old 12-31-2013, 05:52 PM   #27
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I was thinking it would be entertaining to take the basic structure of a Batman episode and notating it like a screenplay and then apply the same elements of pacing and cinematography to a comic book panel.

 
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Is there the story of a hero brewing??
It think it would be more like a story that has crime-fighting in it or be about crime-fighting but not necessarily about a hero.

 
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Old 12-31-2013, 05:55 PM   #29
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Also it could tie in with Cops Comics - Crime Fighting Comics or maybe just Crime Comics

 
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CHiPs

 
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