Shows we have 'cancelled' for ourselves

[Dalty]

Cancelled pretty quick was it? Given that I was not even aware it existed.

[Mal Shot First]

It was canceled before it even premiered.

[Dalty]

Adam just THOUGHT about this show and it was gone?

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

It felt Adam's damning love from across time and space. It sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.

[Dalty]

2 Broke Girls has been consigned to the bin.

Hawaii Five-Oh remains on life support.

[Dalty]

Empire. Turned off and deleted from planner about 6 minutes in when it turned into "R&B Glee".

[Space Tycoon]

I gave Odd Couple 1-2 tries. The guy playing Felix Unger nails it, but beyond that, it's just another unremarkable sitcom.

Basically, Matthew Perry doing middle aged Chandler Byng. Not quite the Oscar Madison I remember. Someone defiantly offensive like Bill Barr could have run with it, theoretically.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

There's a new Odd Couple? Well, I'll be damned.

Thomas Lennon plays Felix Unger, turns out. People have been trying to convince me that he's funny ever since the nineties. Most of these people were fans of The State. He's been in some reasonably funny stuff, I guess, but I've found so much of what I've seen of his to be just terrible. He's even worse as a writer than he is as a performer. Dude wrote or co-wrote Night at the Museum, Balls of Fury, The Pacifier, and Taxi (the Jimmy Fallon/Queen Latifah movie). He also wrote Herbie Fully Loaded, but I kind of liked that one. (I was apparently the only person who did. I think maybe I was nurturing a small crush on pre-breakdown Lindsay Lohan. It also has Michael Keaton in it. I'm a sucker for Keaton.)

Lennon was one of the creators and writers on Reno 911!. That show has some pretty rabid fans, but it was always pretty hit or miss for me. I felt like he was the least funny thing on it. Same thing goes for Viva Variety.

[Dalty]

Taxi was appalling. Somebody I know got confused between that and Taxi Driver with hilarious results.

[Adam54]

The new Odd Couple was atrocious. I made it through maybe an episode and a half. Completely agree on the "Middle Age Chandler Bing" assessment.

[Dalty]

Five-Oh has been binned off.

Gotham is on the bubble.

I really need to kick crappy Legends Of Tomorrow off my planner, but feel it comes in a three pack with Flash and Arrow. Both of which are boring me to fucking tears, but both also feel like they have such an investment of my time that I have to stick with them.

I think if one goes all three will go.

That will also free up room in my life for Man In High Castle and Jessica Jones.

[neglet]

I got rid of Legends of Tomorrow a few weeks ago. It's the same thing over and over, there's no ethical logic to Arthur Darville's character, and it hurt to watch owl girl attempt to act. The characters in general, except for the two former criminals (the Prison Break guys), were pretty poorly written.

I watch everything on Hulu, so I didn't feel I was risking Flash or Arrow. Arrow I'm close to binning, just because of the stupid way every criminal targets Central City for no reason. But if Laurel stays dead (which would be a miracle), I may keep onto it. It doesn't hurt that Stephen Amell is a pretty, pretty man. Flash I like best of all, and will stick with even when the monster-of-the-week gets silly. I really like the way they challenge the characters.

Debating whether to pick up Supergirl, which is moving to the CW. I may watch an ep or two before deciding.

[Mal Shot First]

That will also free up room in my life for Man In High Castle and Jessica Jones.

I watched the pilot episode of Man in the High Castle. They somehow managed to make it boring as fuck. I kept pausing to see how much of the episode I still had to sit through. The answer every time: too much.

Just read the book, Dalty.

[Dalty]

Noted!

Legends Of Tomorrow has been binned. Gone, dead, deceased. It is an ex-TV show (to me!)

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

Has it run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible?

[neglet]

Btw, really loved he final episode of this season's Flash. It's actually got me excited to see where they take it next season. Still haven't caught up on Arrow, though.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

Ulic and I chatted Flash throughout the season. It's going to be a long wait before we can do it again. We'll have to come up with something new to chat about in the meantime.

[Dalty]

Arrow has built to a bit of a rollicking climax this year. Nukes and hidden cities and death powered super-villains. It's all a bit good. Fighting is still fairly ropey. Also I thinks it's a blip in an otherwise downwards trajectory.

It might be next to go to the great TV trash can in the sky where Legends Of Tomorrow and Hawaii Five-Oh live.

[Mango]

Arrow felt dragged out this season, as did the last half of last season. I can't put all the blame on it but I still feel the 'suicide squad embargo' really hurt their long term plans.
Still, I've enjoyed it. Plus this is season five; they claimed to have a five year plan. I'm excited to see everything come full circle.

I've decided I can't quite give up on "Legends of Tomorrow" just yet. True, it wasn't very good but "Arrow" got amazing in the second season, and even "Flash" ironed out a couple of the wrinkles I disliked in the first season (or wrinkle, or Iris.)

Also, I've decided I can't quite give up on "Supergirl" just yet. True, it wasn't very good but "Arrow" got amazing in the second season, and even "Flash" ironed out a couple of the wrinkles I disliked in the first season (or wrinkle, or Iris.)

[Dalty]

Legends is like Dr Who with more muscle and less thought. It makes me feel sorry for Brandon Routh. I liked his Superman.

[Adam54]

It is an ex-TV show (to me!)

Do you want me to phone it and tell it you died?

[Dalty]

If you are talking about it, it already knows.

[neglet]

Legends is like Dr Who with more muscle and less thought. It makes me feel sorry for Brandon Routh. I liked his Superman.

Exactly!

[Dalty]

And Vandal Savage is fucking dull.

[neglet]

Yup. Boring villain, repetitive story lines, characters who are inconsistent = binned.