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I've watched it since the beginning. It's not really that great a show, and far worse than the book.
That said, I picked up all the references and in-jokes, but i never really laughed.
I think the problem is that the main character is not very likeable.
That said, I picked up all the references and in-jokes, but i never really laughed.
I think the problem is that the main character is not very likeable.
That looks great. Unfortunately none of the shows are actually available on the site yet. I'll hafta check back another time.
haha fucking red green...guys been on tv forever.
i actually watched my 1st episode of this last nite too. i have to say its entertaining, sometimes a little forced, but it has very good production values all around. the cbc has been cranking out hits for a long time i dont know who wouldnt like the cbc. i know its been pretty shit sometimes, especially Royal Air Farce, who the hell watches that.
Allen Thicke was hilarious, funny to see him playing that type of role. The scenes at the game company were very cheesy and so is the whole show, but I like it the way it is.
i actually watched my 1st episode of this last nite too. i have to say its entertaining, sometimes a little forced, but it has very good production values all around. the cbc has been cranking out hits for a long time i dont know who wouldnt like the cbc. i know its been pretty shit sometimes, especially Royal Air Farce, who the hell watches that.
Allen Thicke was hilarious, funny to see him playing that type of role. The scenes at the game company were very cheesy and so is the whole show, but I like it the way it is.
Seriously, this looks good to people? The trailer was so lame and...corny I guess, that I couldn't stand watching the actual show.
It honestly looks like it could go either way.
Pros:
Dude grows pot
Alan Thicke is in it...that is all
It has video games
Mo-cap sex is hawt
It's got an indie vibe to it
Cons:
The music sucks
The characters are all waaaaay too divided into extremes
The acting seems mediocre to good
No one plays Lair, 2007's game of the year.
I'd watch it, but then again I'd watch Colette participate in a piggyback race through Rhode Island by carrying a heavily intoxicated and incorrigible Ron Workman. Actually, can we make that into a show?
Pros:
Dude grows pot
Alan Thicke is in it...that is all
It has video games
Mo-cap sex is hawt
It's got an indie vibe to it
Cons:
The music sucks
The characters are all waaaaay too divided into extremes
The acting seems mediocre to good
No one plays Lair, 2007's game of the year.
I'd watch it, but then again I'd watch Colette participate in a piggyback race through Rhode Island by carrying a heavily intoxicated and incorrigible Ron Workman. Actually, can we make that into a show?
Honestly, I wasn't a big fan of the book. It all just seemed like it was trying so goddamned hard to be hip and ended up coming out pretentious. It also had no plot, it just strung together wry and seemingly witty observations that really weren't once you actually had time to think about them. I read the whole book and I really couldn't tell you anything about any of the characters because there were no characters.
And from the trailer, the show looks even worse than that.
And from the trailer, the show looks even worse than that.
I'm Canadian and love the CBC, but unfortunately I still have to resort to the Internet because I don't own a television. But, I must say, this trailer looks pretty bad. Though I love the CBC dearly, it is struggling and a lot of the time releases some really awful shows. I've read a few books by Coupland though, and for short reads I've mostly been impressed, so I'm still going to give this a shot. Here's hoping ..
The CBC has had some really great shows lately, Dragon's Den, Marketplace, The Hour, Little Mosque on the Prarie, uh...Hockey Night in Canada. OK i suppose that's about it really.
England sucks too much to get decent gaming shows. I haven't used my TV for watching since I bought it...unless it's an American show i've downloaded...or an unskippable cutscene in Ass Creed.
Shit to be a Brit.
Shit to be a Brit.
First off, this isn't a series, it's a mini-series, 13 episodes only. Secondly, if it ends the way the book did you wouldn't want anymore after that. It would be boring, bland and be incredibly stupid.
NOTE: INADVERTANT SPOILERS FOR THE BOOK MAY FOLLOW
The show is sort of getting better. I have to say the difference from the book sort of disappoint, namely one character I hate so much more in TV form, namely Kaitlin.
Seriously, I hate her so much. But perhaps that comes from the lack of Evil Mark. Kam Fong is too likable, some of the things that are getting changed seem to be for the worse. And Ellen who is a very minor character in the book is getting shipped off to China presumably. Which if you read the book makes absolutely no sense for the rest of the basic inane office plot. So I assume Coupland is either going in a completely different direction, or he will shoehorn the plot into this some way or another.
NOTE: INADVERTANT SPOILERS FOR THE BOOK MAY FOLLOW
The show is sort of getting better. I have to say the difference from the book sort of disappoint, namely one character I hate so much more in TV form, namely Kaitlin.
Seriously, I hate her so much. But perhaps that comes from the lack of Evil Mark. Kam Fong is too likable, some of the things that are getting changed seem to be for the worse. And Ellen who is a very minor character in the book is getting shipped off to China presumably. Which if you read the book makes absolutely no sense for the rest of the basic inane office plot. So I assume Coupland is either going in a completely different direction, or he will shoehorn the plot into this some way or another.
No offense, but jPod is a terribly poor show. I dont know when the book was written, but it seems to me to want to try to take the best of stuff like Weeks, The Office, Fargo and Arrested Development, and fails utterly as making it entertaining at all.
The humor is forced, the characters for the most part are uninteresting and shallow, and the only good part, which is the office banter and hijinks, is what the show LEAST focuses on. And even that barely wrestled a smile off my jaded, bitter lips.
To sum it up: DO NOT WANT.
The humor is forced, the characters for the most part are uninteresting and shallow, and the only good part, which is the office banter and hijinks, is what the show LEAST focuses on. And even that barely wrestled a smile off my jaded, bitter lips.
To sum it up: DO NOT WANT.
Give the show a chance. The trailer may not be great but I died laughing watching the episode I seen.
Crappy to hear that its a mini series. The CBC site didn't have a great amount of information on it, plus my computer kept freezing when I tried to watch the video. Stupid computer.
Crappy to hear that its a mini series. The CBC site didn't have a great amount of information on it, plus my computer kept freezing when I tried to watch the video. Stupid computer.
Jesus, reading those comments, i was thinking "give it a chance guys, the book was brilliant" Then I watched that. Maybe its the shit soundtrack, of the fuck-awful acting. But that shits all over how I imagined those characters. I dont; remember cowboy being such a sterotypical stud. I find it hard to believe anyone who was constantly strung out on cough medicine could be that buff and generic looking. God, look, I've ranted now. I'm sorry. Fuck television.
I watched the first episode and wasn't too impressed, but the following two episodes were pretty decent. As Christina mentioned, give it a couple of episodes before deciding it's crap or not.
Wow, you guys like Jpod? I'm Canadian and I don't even consider the show to be any good. Bad acting, limp comedy...Meh. If you think Canadian comedies are good then you definitely need to watch some British TV. Extras, Spaced, Little Britain are just a few examples of the best comedy shows out their in TV land.
I've got a friend who works at EA Vancouver, and was part of the skate team. He laughed at some of the content (of the book) and some parallels with the actual skate project.
However, he lacks a J in his name.
However, he lacks a J in his name.
For all those non-Canadians who are reading this article right now
Or Canadians who don't have cable (and can't get good enough reception for CBC). :p
I remember seeing adverts for this when out or at my parents' house. Like a few other people said they didn't make me want to watch the show at all. I suppose I'll give it a shot though.
Or Canadians who don't have cable (and can't get good enough reception for CBC). :p
I remember seeing adverts for this when out or at my parents' house. Like a few other people said they didn't make me want to watch the show at all. I suppose I'll give it a shot though.
"You aren't watching?"
Bull. I'd already watched the first two episodes before this article was posted. (And am listening to the book in e-book form as well, in order to note differences.)
Bull. I'd already watched the first two episodes before this article was posted. (And am listening to the book in e-book form as well, in order to note differences.)
England sucks too much to get decent gaming shows. I haven't used my TV for watching since I bought it...unless it's an American show i've downloaded...or an unskippable cutscene in Ass Creed.
Shit to be a Brit.
Shit to be a Brit.
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