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Old 04-07-11 | 12:14 PM
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Re: Breaking In -- New FOX Comedy -- "Pilot" -- 4/06/11

I thought it was all right. The characters are kind of interesting. Been a fan of Brett Harrison since The Loop.

I just thought it felt rushed and maybe would be better as a 1 hour comedy (like Reaper)
Old 04-07-11 | 03:00 PM
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I liked it too. It was very silly but goofs make me laugh so...

"The names Duncan. Duncan MaNuts"

"What, a black man can only play Lando Calrissian? OBAMA!"

"Captain Kirk did you get my friend request? Beam me up!"

"Any-rape"
Old 04-07-11 | 03:24 PM
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Re: Breaking In -- New FOX Comedy -- "Pilot" -- 4/06/11

I liked it enough to watch it for a few episodes..

Seems like a "Chuck/Sneakers/The Office" kinda mash-up.
Old 04-07-11 | 03:32 PM
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Re: Breaking In -- New FOX Comedy -- "Pilot" -- 4/06/11

Originally Posted by Deftones
Had no idea this was a half hour show. I assumed it was an hour show. More incentive to check it out.
That's why I watched. If it was an hour long it probably would have stayed on the DVR for about a week before I decided that I didn't want to really watch it and just delete it. Since it was 30 minutes, I watched right away.

I liked it... kind of. Nothing special. It seems like it's trying to be like Chuck (which is a good thing) by mixing in the action and comedy but wasn't that funny (which is a bad thing). All the jokes by the black guy seemed way too forced. I had to roll my eyes every time he said "boom goes the dynamite".

But I like the cast. The guy from The Loop is funny, I've always been a fan of Christian Slater, that one chick is smoking hot and Lex Luthor is awesome. So I'll keep checking it out... but I hope it hits a stride in the coming weeks. If it doesn't, I'm out.
Old 04-07-11 | 10:35 PM
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Re: Breaking In -- New FOX Comedy -- "Pilot" -- 4/06/11

Originally Posted by Gunde
"What, a black man can only play Lando Calrissian? OBAMA!"
I expected the main character to say he thought his costume was actually Lando from the end of Empire Strikes Back.
Old 04-08-11 | 06:19 AM
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I like Brett Harrison and loved the shows that he has starred in, The Loop & Reaper. I really liked this one, but chances are, it'll join his other canceled too early shows.
Old 04-08-11 | 08:21 AM
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Hmmm. Had it's moments but the cast seemed really weak.
Old 04-08-11 | 03:28 PM
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Re: Breaking In -- New FOX Comedy -- "Pilot" -- 4/06/11

That was hilarious. I laughed quite a few times.

The core 3 members of the cast (Slater, Harrison and Annable) were great. I didn't mind the zany supporting characters.

Loved how they hazed Cameron after he started working at Contra, especially with his car being flipped upside down.

Duncan MaNuts

Dutch to Cameron: "Hey, you look smart, Can I have some Urine?"

Is there actually a Curling video game for the Wii?
Old 04-08-11 | 03:33 PM
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Re: Breaking In -- New FOX Comedy -- "Pilot" -- 4/06/11

For any of you who are curious about how this did in the ratings (and already assuming the worst):

http://www.deadline.com/2011/04/rati...-sunshine-map/

9.9M viewers and 3.5 in the 18-49 demos. Highest rated FOX comedy in 3 years. We'll see how it does week 2.

Also, I noticed this show was produced by Adam Sandler's production company Happy Madison.
Old 04-08-11 | 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by CPA-ESQ.
This show reminded me of that "The Knights of Prosperity" show from 4 years ago on ABC (I think).
yeah, but Knights Of Prosperity was actually funny
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I certainly hope the show was better than the trailer. Because that, at least, was fucking horrid.
Old 04-09-11 | 02:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Dragon Tattoo
I certainly hope the show was better than the trailer. Because that, at least, was fucking horrid.
Well, are you going to watch it or what? As you can see most of the opinions here are positive, including myself.

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Old 04-09-11 | 09:10 AM
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Re: Breaking In -- New FOX Comedy -- "Pilot" -- 4/06/11

I liked the pilot. The cast was good and I liked the premise of the show so I will be back. I thought it was pretty funny actually.
Old 04-10-11 | 02:21 AM
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Got the pilot free on iTunes and liked it a bunch. Didn't even notice rosenbaum was in it.

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