Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted September 6, 2014 Awards Moderator Share Posted September 6, 2014 (edited) A supposed alternate ending to How I Met Your Mother has leaked prior to its inclusion on the Complete Series boxset:  It's in this link  And seems to be confirmed in this one Edited September 6, 2014 by HarmonicGenerator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted September 6, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted September 6, 2014 Shame the Great British Bake Off was marred by controversy recently (an old woman who was accused of sabotage fainted and lost her sense of taste and smell apparently) but it's still an easy watch, I don't fancy SPOILER - Highlight the black box to readChetna or Martha's chances of staying much longer but I can't call it between the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 (edited) I used to not mind How I Met Your Mother, but watching that clip, the cloying "everyone loves everyone, let's all give loving smiles, all is right with the world" stuff makes me heave. I've no patience for that Friends-esque nonsense anymore. Although I know Modern Family is bound to be guilty of the same thing, and Parks and Recreation, and I love them. And The Big Bang Theory probably doesn't have so much of that stuff, but everyone who has ever enjoyed it should be tortured and strangled. So it's probably really just that watching the clip reminded me that How I Met Your Mother is shit, and I focused on the smiles and sentimentality because it made it seem smug in its shitness. It's definitely not that I'm just bitter at having nothing better to do on a Saturday night than watch alternate endings to sitcoms I don't like. Edited September 6, 2014 by King Pitcos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEWM Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 I thought the alternate ending was as shit as the proper one. Which is to say, quite shit. The show had long gone beyond a point where a relatively satisfying conclusion was possible for all of the characters, especially Ted. And all the characters were arseholes by the end, a common trait with the longstanding US shows that forcibly outstay their welcome. I stuck with it week after week like a mug because I do that with programmes I start, but it reached a point where in hindsight, the actual majority of it was fucking shite, rather than one duff season or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted September 6, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted September 6, 2014 I really like HIMYM, it has the same "not great but very watchable" feel to me that most people have about Friends. I find the cast immediately more likable.The alternate ending is too clean, I liked the original because though glum, it all made sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Ted Moseby is a massive nob head and undoes all the goodness that Jason Siegel brings to HIMYM. Ted should get together with the main girl off Orange is the New Black and make the all time most unlikeable sitcom couple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted September 7, 2014 Moderators Share Posted September 7, 2014 Jason Segel drags NIMYM from the abyss on his own. He's so damned likable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 (edited) Segel's bit in This is the End taking the piss out of How I Met Your Mother is apparently something he would often do talking to people at parties and stuff while he was in the show. Edited September 8, 2014 by King Pitcos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators neil Posted September 8, 2014 Moderators Share Posted September 8, 2014 HIMYM is pretty awful. I have a friend who was one of the writers on the last couple seasons of that show, in fact some of our mutual friends were extras in one episode. However, it's funny because most of us will admit to it not being that good to each other. The final episode ending was dreadful in my opinion. Â I came into this thread because I just saw this, http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Its-Official-Tony-Winner-James-Corden-Named-Host-of-CBSs-LATE-LATE-SHOW-20140908 Â ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? I AM MOVING BACK TO THE UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Don't come back too quick, you'll be in the airport with Piers Morgan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted September 8, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted September 8, 2014 Haha! They must've seen his hilarious performance hosting the Brits and were sold by that. They're taking all our comedy greats- first Ianucci, now Corden. When will it end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz2050 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Can anybody recommend and good 'cat and mouse' type T.V programmes (NOT Tom and Jerry!)  I'm currently addicted to Death Note, A Japanese Anime (Also the first Anime I've ever watched) which I'm almost coming to the end of. It involves a man who can kill people just by writing their name in a notebook, trying to rid the world of evil people, and another guy trying to catch him without being found out so he can stay alive.  If anyone has seen this and knows of similar stories where there is continuity, Like with The Mentalist and Red John, please feel free to recommend them, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Hannibal, if you haven't seen it, is quite a bit of cat and mouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted September 8, 2014 Awards Moderator Share Posted September 8, 2014 (edited) In my 'finally getting round to watching The Wire' effort I started in March, I'm now a couple of episodes away from the end of season 3, and   they just killed Stringer! I don't know why but I just assumed he'd be in it until the end. Really quite shocked at that development.  Edited September 8, 2014 by HarmonicGenerator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Hannibal was my first thought too, the first season isn't too great at times but it really picks up during the second. If you want to watch another anime then I'd recommend Zankyou no Terror which has a very similar vibe to Death Note, it's currently airing in Japan but it's subbed and released over here at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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