Fist of Doom

Synopsis:

BDB

Tim Goodman - late of the sf chronicle - now at the Hollywood reporter loved this..

Gunde

The trailers make it look pretty stupid and unfunny.

kstublen

I actually think the trailer made it look pretty funny, especially the parts with the friends on the phone with the cop there and Roy coughing as a signal his wife was listening in.

I do think changing the name from Mixed Signals to Traffic Light was pretty dumb though.

DJariya

Hey It's Roy from The Office! I'll check it out, hopefully it's good.

Edit: And Agent Lee from NCIS!

kstublen

It also has one of the IT Guys from The Office, the one whose name no one could remember.

writer106

I'll give this a show a chance.

kstublen

I really liked it. Much, much better than Running Wilde, haha.

For a Pilot, it was actually pretty good and showed a lot of potential. Much better than the other shows looking at three couples that have premiered this season. I like that it's sort of low key and had some more subtle humor and wasn't in your face or trying really hard to be funny; came across as a more natural and authentic show that way.

I'll definitely keep tuning in.

MrX

I thought the parts in the car with the guy who played Roy and his wife were great

BDB

I too enjoyed it. Like the cast.

Cough Cough!

Snowmaker

Was Running Wilde cancelled?

BDB

yup cancelled/gone

rfduncan

I enjoyed it well enough, and this was a pilot so I will forgive the overuse of the cellphones as a "device". It would seem to get tired very quickly if every episode is just them dickishly trying to get together for male-bonding and ditch their S.O.'s. I mean HIMYM just had a "phone episode" which was unique and funny. Centering a whole series around the concept will get tired fast.

However, I agree that it beats Running Wilde by a LONG SHOT!

Fist of Doom

Aw, what's with the Running Wilde bashing? Don't speak ill of the dead.

Excellent pilot. Reminded me of The League. Great interplay among the cast and nice timing.

The ending was pretty much a shocker.

rfduncan

I was thinking that too except their cast isn't as tight with their timing and interplay as The League's writing allows their cast to be. Certainly promising even if it ends up being only a poor imitation of that show.

jgantert

Loved this show! "She's very symmetrical" Great line!

Fanboy

I couldn't make it though to the first commercial break. It was just too talky for me. With everyone getting their lines in on top of each other there was no time for the comedy to breathe.

Patman

Wish the chickas were hotter.

mdc3000

I liked it a lot - not amazing but the potential is there. The speaker phone scenes were hilarious. 100x better than (the nearly identical) Perfect Couples.

Dragon Tattoo

This was terrible. I can only imagine the people who like this like shit like The Big Bang theory and 2 and a half Men.

Michael T Hudson

Whatever.

kstublen

What were the ratings like?

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Also, Dragon Tattoo...I liked the premiere, but can't stand Big Bang Theory, find it truly unfunny. And while Two And A Half Men is lowest common denominator funny, and I only catch it at odd times in syndication, it has some funny moments. But yeah, Big Bang Theory is garbage.

mdc3000

I absolutely HATE both of those shows but found this tolerable. It wasn't Modern Family, Community or Parks and Rec good, but showed promise I thought.

Drav3n

This. Seeing that it had Roy and the IT guy from The Office, I figured I had to give it a shot. It look's like it could have potential.