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Mortal Kombat with fatalities, but the game is going to be rated T? I'll assume that means you give wedgies and one guy says OH POOPIES! Really...

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Mortal Kombat with fatalities, but the game is going to be rated T? I'll assume that

means you give wedgies and one guy says OH POOPIES! Really loud.

As for the the videogame news around these parts for today:

Lastly, HBO will be running a George

Carlin marathon. RIP Mr. Carlin.

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From The Chatty
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    June 24, 2008 6:00 PM

    Good Evening. Did I mention that studio 60 is good?

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      June 24, 2008 6:01 PM

      I agree fully.

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      June 24, 2008 6:01 PM

      my idol is in it matthew perry

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      June 24, 2008 6:04 PM

      i liked the first few episodes, went downhill after that though.

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      June 24, 2008 6:09 PM

      it was decent, but the conflicts really just weren't that interesting.

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        June 24, 2008 6:13 PM

        ^^^ at first it was comedy writers against the world. Then it was about the romance and bland conflicts

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          June 24, 2008 6:16 PM

          Very true.

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          June 24, 2008 6:18 PM

          this is how i feel

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          June 24, 2008 6:19 PM

          I'm just to episode 3.

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            June 24, 2008 6:23 PM

            Better not read my post / click my link then, sorry :)

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          June 24, 2008 6:22 PM

          Once they got their ratings back in what the third ep and Perry was writing 95% of a 90 min show it kinda lost it's drama. Worth it for the Christmas episode though.

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          June 24, 2008 6:26 PM

          True. However even the romance stuff was better than most everything on the air at the time. I'm gonna miss it.

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          June 24, 2008 6:29 PM

          and even that wasn't all that entertaining. i liked when matt and harry were decent to each other as friends, it was sappy and romanticized but it worked. the danny and matt relationship was also one of the best ever in television.

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          June 24, 2008 6:32 PM

          Once it becomes a full out romance it goes to complete and utter shit. Maybe it got better afterwords but 3 straight episodes of cutesy phone talk and staring off in the space thinking about their significant others I stopped watching. But yeah the first....idunno 7 or whatever episodes I enjoyed.

          Also, Jennifer Garner can't stop smiling every emotion she displays is her smiling. Its almost as bad as that chick on lost who looks like Trinity from Matrix.

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      June 24, 2008 6:14 PM

      of course its good, it was awesome, thats why it had to be canceled

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      June 24, 2008 6:22 PM

      SPORTS NIGHT is even better

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        June 24, 2008 7:22 PM

        Hell. Yes.

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        June 24, 2008 7:37 PM

        \m/ YES \m/

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        June 24, 2008 7:58 PM

        after the demise of the laugh track

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          June 24, 2008 11:32 PM

          I Does that mean they got rid of the laugh track at some point of series? If that's the case, I might give it another chance.

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            June 24, 2008 11:39 PM

            it's been a while since i've watched it but i think that's a yes.

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            June 25, 2008 12:41 AM

            Oh yes, and the show got way better afterwards.

            I thought when I saw the previews for S60 that the networks had learned, and were not going to fuck with Sorkin. Nope. Laugh Track in Sports Night. No drugs and "deadlines" in TWW. Stupid romance plots in S60. Networks.

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      June 24, 2008 6:22 PM

      Indeed it is.

      There are a lot of writers that never quite get the hang of arguing a point they themselves don't believe in. What I loved about Sorkin is that he can tackle religion from any angle and create something intresting, funny or touching without being one dimensional or disrespectful. I think he manages to do that because he can put himself, using Studio 60 as an example, in Matt or Harriot's shoes and understand where both are coming from. Their resolution in the end, while I'm sure it's been rushed, is my favorite part of Studio 60.

      http://youtube.com/watch?v=2aniVtz2tME

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        June 24, 2008 6:43 PM

        The Matt/Harriet thing got so old so quick. I loved that show and I hate that it got canned but the one thing I would have changed would be the Matt/Harriet thing.

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          June 24, 2008 8:03 PM

          Nah, the Danny/Jordan thing was much worst and came out of nowhere.

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      June 24, 2008 6:26 PM

      All the preachiness of the West Wing, with just as many laughs.

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        June 24, 2008 8:00 PM

        West Wing was funny as hell when it wanted to be

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          June 24, 2008 8:25 PM

          Not when I was watching, I guess. :(

          My point was that Studio 60 should have taken itself less seriously. And actually been funny.

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      June 24, 2008 6:31 PM

      Aaron Sorkin writes him some good dramas

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      June 24, 2008 6:46 PM

      It was a great show that NBC dicked with, pushed too fast, and put on a road to ruin when it needed time to just develop and grow.

      One of my favorite pilots. A couple really REALLY good episodes that are Sorkin at his best are there too.

      Even at the lowest point for S60, it was better than 90% of everything else on TV just because Sorkin was writing it.

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        June 24, 2008 8:06 PM

        I think NBC only broke even on the show during its run. The bidding fee and production costs were so high that Studio 60 had to consistently be #1 in its demographic to bring in enough advertising revenue to make a profit but it just didn't deliver.

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          June 24, 2008 8:52 PM

          Studio 60 ranked high in key demos that are made up of people more likely to actually spend money on the products that are advertised. This is an often ignored segment in TV executive land and is more important than just total eyeballs.

          And they even did a meta take of that on the program itself.

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        June 24, 2008 8:35 PM

        IA. There were a few episodes that were very, very good.

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      June 24, 2008 9:03 PM

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      June 24, 2008 10:32 PM

      I too enjoyed Studio 60 thoroughly, senor thief. Sure, there were a few issues, but the cast chemistry and the overall strength of the writing really made it worth while. I still didn't catch the last few eps :(

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      June 24, 2008 10:54 PM

      we had long arguments about this when it was actually airing. tl:dr - it got cancelled, therefore the point is moot.

      for the record I love Sorkin's brain and how it writes. He can write a conversation like a motherfucker.. but I just couldn't care enough about the central characters to keep watching.

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      June 24, 2008 11:28 PM

      Not at all. 90210 on a comedy sketch set.

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        June 24, 2008 11:44 PM

        That makes as much sense as two rhinos fucking a donkey.

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          June 25, 2008 2:02 AM

          I will not rest until I find a picture of this. Internet don't fail me now

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      June 25, 2008 1:18 AM

      It was pretty damn good yes. If they gave it more time it would have rocked, just like The West Wing.

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