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Charlie Sheen: the downward spiral
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Hot Coldman
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Aristotlekh said:
yes. YES
Napoleonthechimp
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To play the same character?StopMakingSense said:
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ConfusingJazz said:
If they did this I would start watching the show
Combichristoffersen
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Glad to see he's killed that terrible show. Now I hope he can go kill According to Jim too.
DeaconKnowledge
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Combichristoffersen said:
According to Jim's been off the air for a year.
Combichristoffersen
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DeaconKnowledge said:
Really? That's great.
Combichristoffersen
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drizzle said:
Oh, no. I thought it was still going, as it's still on TV here. Now, what other shitty TV shows could The MaSheen kill?
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Combichristoffersen said:
Mike and Molly (it's on in the UK dunno if it got shitcanned in the states, heard it was doing well, also it suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks)
snesfreak said:
isn't that basically DOA anyway
HomerSimpson-Man
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Shame, I kinda liked the show.
Sheen had a it made, it was a show caricature of himself, one of the highest rated on TV and he was being paid over $20 million a year for it too.
From all the craziness, it really sounds like Charlie Sheen needs genuine help.
Sheen had a it made, it was a show caricature of himself, one of the highest rated on TV and he was being paid over $20 million a year for it too.
From all the craziness, it really sounds like Charlie Sheen needs genuine help.
Charlie's been saying that, after his "recuperation" and cleaning up in-house, he went back to work and Chuck Lorre told him that there were no Scripts...
And to tell you the truth, I believe him. Two and a Half man has had no major plot this last season. It was so boring that they had to bring Rose back, a Character which story was already finished.
Ending the series is probably something that should've been done last year, when Charlie found a woman he actually liked and settled down and Alan found a woman that actually asked him to move in with her meaning that all the major plot points of the series were done. I'm betting they couldn't get a deal with the network that worked, so somebody pulled this "let's blame Charlie for it".
Chuck Lorre has two other successful TV Shows (Big Bang Theory is a hoot, Mike & Molly is watchable, but nothing too special), he doesn't need Two and a Half man anymore. The network might think otherwise, tho.
The Circus that this turned into, however, is pathetic. Don't get me wrong, I love it. Charlie, clearly, knows how to use this to his advantage. Prior to the "scandal", he didn't even have a public internet image. Now, he has a twitter account (in which he daily tweets #tigerblood and #winning, to gain attention), has a daily webcast, is hiring "assistants" that will help him improve his internet following - the guy, or somebody in his payroll, knows what he's doing.
And we all want to be like him. Money coming out of their pores, banging two chicks at the same time, screaming "fuck you" to our bosses and saying we kick so much ass we can take all the drugs we want and be immortal.
But whatever, it's amusing.
And to tell you the truth, I believe him. Two and a Half man has had no major plot this last season. It was so boring that they had to bring Rose back, a Character which story was already finished.
Ending the series is probably something that should've been done last year, when Charlie found a woman he actually liked and settled down and Alan found a woman that actually asked him to move in with her meaning that all the major plot points of the series were done. I'm betting they couldn't get a deal with the network that worked, so somebody pulled this "let's blame Charlie for it".
Chuck Lorre has two other successful TV Shows (Big Bang Theory is a hoot, Mike & Molly is watchable, but nothing too special), he doesn't need Two and a Half man anymore. The network might think otherwise, tho.
The Circus that this turned into, however, is pathetic. Don't get me wrong, I love it. Charlie, clearly, knows how to use this to his advantage. Prior to the "scandal", he didn't even have a public internet image. Now, he has a twitter account (in which he daily tweets #tigerblood and #winning, to gain attention), has a daily webcast, is hiring "assistants" that will help him improve his internet following - the guy, or somebody in his payroll, knows what he's doing.
And we all want to be like him. Money coming out of their pores, banging two chicks at the same time, screaming "fuck you" to our bosses and saying we kick so much ass we can take all the drugs we want and be immortal.
But whatever, it's amusing.
toastyToast
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Bringing the demise of Two and a Half Men sounds like winning to me.
Warm Machine
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I don't get the Two and a Half Men hate. Yeah, it is the same joke episode to episode but they are good about retelling it.
GhaleonQ
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http://www.avclub.com/articles/nobodys-watching-the-strange-genius-of-the-fourth,42394
"Nobody's watching: The strange genius of the fourth season of 'Til Death"
Excerpt:
"And here's the thing: I haven't even seen every episode of the fourth season of 'Til Death, just the highlights of Doug's arc. It's possible that even weirder stuff crept in around the edges in other episodes. After all, Reo, his cast, and crew could be pretty certain no one was watching this. Why not just do something completely nuts? Further compounding problems and making the show seem even more hallucinatory was Fox's decision to screen the 15 episodes they never aired from season three along with the season four episodes, so the show would ping-pong randomly between a series about a bitter married couple having strained fights and living with JB Smoove to a weird, hallucinatory nightmare of suburban life filtered through the perception of a stoned, possibly mentally ill manchild. Ally would be played by a blonde in one episode (from season three), then a brunette in another, then another brunette in yet another. Plus, Fox aired the episodes all out of order. Doug and Ally's wedding aired before their engagement, and the birth of their first childintended to be the series finalewas followed by three more rejected third season episodes. The show itself seemed to give up as well, tossing weird, random sound effects and obnoxiously loud music over the top of establishing shots or having a recurring plot where guest star Martin Mull is in a dom-sub relationship with a woman who may or may not be a psychopath.
I don't want to make this sound more interesting than it actually is. There is a fair chance that if you seek the fourth season of 'Til Death out (and it's highly unlikely any of these episodes will ever air again after this summer), you will be disappointed because half the fun was happening upon these episodes in the moment and wondering what world you'd wandered into. By the time Doug and Ally's wedding rolled around, the show had finally lost it completely, tossing in lengthy animated sequences done in styles ranging from Disney to Edward Gorey, letting Fisher sing at length, and having Garrett do Rodney Dangerfield impressions for no apparent reason. You wanted to stop watching; you couldn't look away. This was television made by consummate professionals who were pretty sure no one was ever going to see it, and it was somehow gloriously awful and compellingly watchable all at once."
Copy this insanity, but on the scale of the most popular comedy on American television. It would be remembered forever.
"Nobody's watching: The strange genius of the fourth season of 'Til Death"
Excerpt:
"And here's the thing: I haven't even seen every episode of the fourth season of 'Til Death, just the highlights of Doug's arc. It's possible that even weirder stuff crept in around the edges in other episodes. After all, Reo, his cast, and crew could be pretty certain no one was watching this. Why not just do something completely nuts? Further compounding problems and making the show seem even more hallucinatory was Fox's decision to screen the 15 episodes they never aired from season three along with the season four episodes, so the show would ping-pong randomly between a series about a bitter married couple having strained fights and living with JB Smoove to a weird, hallucinatory nightmare of suburban life filtered through the perception of a stoned, possibly mentally ill manchild. Ally would be played by a blonde in one episode (from season three), then a brunette in another, then another brunette in yet another. Plus, Fox aired the episodes all out of order. Doug and Ally's wedding aired before their engagement, and the birth of their first childintended to be the series finalewas followed by three more rejected third season episodes. The show itself seemed to give up as well, tossing weird, random sound effects and obnoxiously loud music over the top of establishing shots or having a recurring plot where guest star Martin Mull is in a dom-sub relationship with a woman who may or may not be a psychopath.
I don't want to make this sound more interesting than it actually is. There is a fair chance that if you seek the fourth season of 'Til Death out (and it's highly unlikely any of these episodes will ever air again after this summer), you will be disappointed because half the fun was happening upon these episodes in the moment and wondering what world you'd wandered into. By the time Doug and Ally's wedding rolled around, the show had finally lost it completely, tossing in lengthy animated sequences done in styles ranging from Disney to Edward Gorey, letting Fisher sing at length, and having Garrett do Rodney Dangerfield impressions for no apparent reason. You wanted to stop watching; you couldn't look away. This was television made by consummate professionals who were pretty sure no one was ever going to see it, and it was somehow gloriously awful and compellingly watchable all at once."
Copy this insanity, but on the scale of the most popular comedy on American television. It would be remembered forever.
LongDongJunon
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JOHN STAMOS' SECOND RENAISSANCE MUTHA FUCKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS
OpinionatedCyborg
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l o lNekoFever said:
CBS has put themselfs at a corner.
To me I love it.
Warners could only take so fucking much, so fucking much - they had to pull the plug. (but dont worry, - as one quote would say - WE got this...)
But CBS has bad leadership - and as much as Harvey W blows hard for Mooves cock harder than his wife - who after multiable surgries actually isnt cracking...yet...
... CBS's statement to the firing just shows how fucking BACKWARD these igits are. Corprate FIRED HIM DIMWITS. Stop taking the drug Charlie Sheen. The dude is on or near his death bed, and your Syndie-Tabloids for NON FUCKING stop prayed that the dude recovered so he can go back making money for you.
What a fucking shame. You have Mark Harmon, what more do you igits need?
To me I love it.
Warners could only take so fucking much, so fucking much - they had to pull the plug. (but dont worry, - as one quote would say - WE got this...)
But CBS has bad leadership - and as much as Harvey W blows hard for Mooves cock harder than his wife - who after multiable surgries actually isnt cracking...yet...
... CBS's statement to the firing just shows how fucking BACKWARD these igits are. Corprate FIRED HIM DIMWITS. Stop taking the drug Charlie Sheen. The dude is on or near his death bed, and your Syndie-Tabloids for NON FUCKING stop prayed that the dude recovered so he can go back making money for you.
What a fucking shame. You have Mark Harmon, what more do you igits need?
speculawyer
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No worries . . . . I'm sure Sheen's Korner will be much bigger than 2 and 1/2 men.
(Yeah, right.)
Charlie melted down so hard that they they pulled the plug on a very profitable show . . . that is pretty amazing.
OK . . . I GOT IT! . . . Someone needs to do a sketch where Martin Sheen is sent to hunt down & kill a TV show star that has gone so far off the deep end that they must terminate his stardom. With extreme prejudice. Winningapocalypse Now
(Yeah, right.)
Charlie melted down so hard that they they pulled the plug on a very profitable show . . . that is pretty amazing.
OK . . . I GOT IT! . . . Someone needs to do a sketch where Martin Sheen is sent to hunt down & kill a TV show star that has gone so far off the deep end that they must terminate his stardom. With extreme prejudice. Winningapocalypse Now
Lone_Prodigy
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Bye-winning.
NomarTyme said:
Just saying CBS was deluded in posting a press release after Warners saying he was fired, - in effect saying that Warners was bullshitting and hes still under their contract.
So i saying that the network put themselfs, in a corner. They had the number 1, still have the number 2 and number 3 highest paid actors in Hollywood - and their crying over Sheen which makes no sense at all.
The Harvey Weinstein bit was his interview with Piers Morgan saying how good Moonves is with his network. Really? Really? dont get me started, i wouldnt work on their network if MY life depended on it unless its with McManus.
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LMAO oh my the Simpons were so ahead of the game!Aristotlekh said:
Following storyline for 2 and a half men:
Charlie goes into rehab, the third brother no-one knew of shows up: Emilio Estevez, introduced by his father: Martin Sheen. They become lead-characters for the show and every now and again the writers will work in a line that breferences Charlie Sheen's insanity ("How can you keep going for an entire weekend?" "Tigerblood and warlockbrain.")
Charlie goes into rehab, the third brother no-one knew of shows up: Emilio Estevez, introduced by his father: Martin Sheen. They become lead-characters for the show and every now and again the writers will work in a line that breferences Charlie Sheen's insanity ("How can you keep going for an entire weekend?" "Tigerblood and warlockbrain.")
Charlie?Novid said:
Anyway, it's an interesting tactic they're playing. I figured there would be no way Sheen's contract isn't pretty ironclad, but they are essentially saying that since he's a felon, that gives them the right to fire him?
Except it seems they are the ones saying he's a felon and not the justice system. I hope they don't settle out of court for this one.
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