Emmy Prediction Thread — Page 3

#51

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:06pm

Sorry, not on board with either shows. Especially the overrated, overacted, hick soap opera. And there's no way Cranston deserved the award three years running.

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Updated On: 9/18/11 at 10:06 PM

#52

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:10pm

What the show needs is Gordon Ramsey coming in & yelling at everyone to "Piss Off".

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#53

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:12pm

Yay! Downton!

Yay! Maggie Smith!

Maybe not such a wash out for us Brits tonight after all!

I love that Julian Fellowes son is called Peregrine.

Updated On: 9/18/11 at 10:12 PM

#54

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:13pm

Wow FNL is so NOT an overrated or overacted "hick" soap opera. If anything it was under-appreciated and underrated. Kyle Chandler's win was LONG OVERDUE and I am glad he won. RICHLY DESERVED!!!

Updated On: 9/18/11 at 10:13 PM

#55

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:13pm

Congrats, Maggie! No surprise but thoroughly deserved. Two Emmys and two Oscars.

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#56

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:16pm

Nice to see that Jeremy Piven's "sushi consumption" didn't prevent him from attending the Emmys.

#57

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:20pm

"Wow FNL is so NOT an overrated or overacted "hick" soap opera. If anything it was under-appreciated and underrated. Kyle Chandler's win was LONG OVERDUE and I am glad he won. RICHLY DESERVED!!!"

Thank you! It is a beautifully written and acted family show. Any soapy-ness came and left after the second season. Honestly if that is considered a soap opera than every drama on TV, including Mad Men, is a soap opera.

#58

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:23pm

I agree with AC1 about Friday Night Lights and think "overacted hick soap opera" is an apt description.

#59

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:25pm

I've seen drag queens on Christopher Street exhibit more subtlety than Connie Britton on any given episode of FNL.

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"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

#60

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:26pm

Barry Pepper was by far the best thing about The Kennedys.

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#61

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:31pm

This entire show has been one gigantic steaming pile of s#!t. Seriously, is this really the best they can do? What a complete embarrassment for all involved.

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Updated On: 9/18/11 at 10:31 PM

#62

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:32pm

First time in three years there hasn't been a Golden Girl in the memoriam. May Betty be sitting in the audience for many more ceremonies to come!

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#63

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:33pm

I agree with AC1 about Friday Night Lights and think "overacted hick soap opera" is an apt description.

You're both certainly entitled to your opinion but I find it offensive the unfortunate use of the word "hick" in AC1's assessment of the show. It's unnecessary and derogatory.

Updated On: 9/18/11 at 10:33 PM

#64

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:41pm

So can Kate Winslet come to broadway now so she can work towards an EGOT

Updated On: 9/18/11 at 10:41 PM

#65

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:42pm

I don't think "hick" is any more offensive than any other term used to describe regionality.

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"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

#66

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:42pm

I can't wait for Kate Winslet to come to Broadway and complete her EGOT.

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#67

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:42pm

Cheers to Maggie for Emmy number two!

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Updated On: 9/18/11 at 10:42 PM

#68

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:45pm

No, Winslet won.

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"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

#69

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:46pm

Maggie won too in a supporting category and naturally, the cast of Entourage accepted on her behalf.

#70

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:47pm

And so did Maggie Smith for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Miniseries for "Downton Abbey".

#71

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:49pm

Mad Men. Again. I think that show is so overrated.

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#72

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:53pm

I'm so sick of Mad Men.

#73

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:54pm

^ This.

#74

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:56pm

I know it gets boring when Mad Men keeps on winning but they deserved it for this season (season 3, not so much). I just wish the show got honored for acting once in a while.

I think Game of Thrones spoiled it for Boardwalk Empire in winning. HBO usually never has two shows going up against each other in drama. I mean, you never saw The Wire against The Sopranos.

And Modern Family wins.

#75

Emmy Prediction Thread

Posted: 9/18/11 at 10:57pm

I thought Boardwalk Empire was a great concept that failed in execution. It's beautiful to look at and the premise should be thrilling, but it's deathly boring.

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"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body