Anyone still watching Chuck?

POSTED BY: JLin
UPDATED: Monday, November 10, 2008 03:49
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TRAVELER

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 11:06 PM

Chuck has me. Loved this weeks Missle Command showdown. I remember that game. I would not mind getting a copy of it.

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NCBROWNCOAT

Thursday, October 30, 2008 12:03 AM

My daughter and I were getting ready to go into Best Buy for something and I had a slip...I called it Buy More!

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CYBERSNARK

Thursday, October 30, 2008 12:47 AM

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Originally posted by zzetta13:
which has me thinking, why do networks put so much worth in tv viewership? I mean, I can’t always see some of my favorite television programs due to my shifting work schedule but then I do catch the episodes I miss on-line.

It's because the Networks' viewership model is older than Missile Command.

The Internet is still new and untested technology as far as they're concerned (which is a big part of what the Writers' Strike was about).

We're starting to see changes (with the shift toward product placement instead of advertisement, and add-supported online streaming), but there are some serious upheavals coming in the entertainment industry. The sad truth is that shows like Chuck, and TSCC, and even our beloved Firefly, only exist to sell add-space (which is where the money comes from). The internet makes it way too easy to see the show without the adds, which (as far as the Nets are concerned) makes the whole thing meaningless.

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ANONYMOUS1

Thursday, October 30, 2008 1:40 AM

"Anyone still watching Chuck?"

Yes. I am. I'm taping Terminator for the special effects and watching Chuck live. Went to check on Terminator in a commercial and realized I was taping baseball...Rewind...Then Fringe was a re-run on Tuesday. Didn't care to watch a re-run of Fringe...

FLORALBUNNY

Thursday, October 30, 2008 3:33 AM

love
love
love
love
Chuck
and
Casey
yes
yes
yes

bun
Frisky Browncoat
I'll be in my bunk

JLIN

Thursday, October 30, 2008 2:09 PM

What a great response! I'm so glad people are still watching and the Buy More scenes are my favorite part. And Casey reminds me so much of Jayne, at least his love of firearms anyways.

Thank Universal for airing Firefly in HD at
http://universalhd.com/Firefly/

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Thursday, October 30, 2008 3:04 PM

just found it on Hulu- been watching an ep a day-- don't want to burn it all out.

Sadly, tho, I think Adam has been underused, at least in the eps I've seen, but not enough to keep me from watching. And it has got lots of funny stuff.

MACBAKER

Thursday, October 30, 2008 4:37 PM

This is one of my favorite shows. It's so much fun. Adam as Casey is awesome. Jayne with brains!

I love the addition of character names from 80's movies.

In the episode "Chuck VS The Seduction" the woman he was supposed to seduce, was named Sasha Banicek. Played by Heart of Gold's Melinda Clarke. Linda Fiorentino played a character by the same name in the movie "Gotcha".

In the episode "Chuck VS The Cougars", the bomber designer was named Mark Ratner. A character from the movie "Fast TImes at Ridgemont High".

In the episode "Chuck VS Tom Sawyer, the new assistant manager is named Emmett Millbarge. Taken from the first name of Chevy Chase's character, and last name from Dan Aykroyd's character in the movie "Spies Like Us". This episode also had another nod to "Fast TImes at Ridgemont High, with Nerd Herd's Jeff in a very "Jeff" Spicoli like scene.

I'm sure there are movie names I've missed...... Anyone else catch a character name that sounded familiar?

I'd given some thought to movin' off the edge -- not an ideal location -- thinkin' a place in the middle.

MACBAKER

Thursday, October 30, 2008 5:08 PM

I just found other cultural references in Chuck episodes.

In "Chuck VS The Cougars" the High School that Sarah's reunion is held at, is called James Buchanan High School. The name of the school the "Sweathogs" went to, in the series "Welcome Back Kotter"!

This Episode also played heavily on scenes from "Grosse Point Blank".

In "Chuck VS Tom Sawyer", the Missile Command "The End" screen shown at the end of Chuck's initial failure was the closing shot of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"!

Also in this episode, the The global terrorist "Farrokh Bulsara" is named after Freddie Mercury's birthname.

In the first season episode "Chuck vs. the Helicopter", Chuck is viewing a series of photos when one triggers his recall of the secrets. He begins revealing apparently-unconnected secrets including "Oceanic Flight 815 was shot down by a surface-to-air...", the exact same flight number that crashed on the series "Lost".

I'd given some thought to movin' off the edge -- not an ideal location -- thinkin' a place in the middle.

SICKDUDE

Thursday, October 30, 2008 5:12 PM

I watch Chuck every week, and I also watch T:SCC and How I Met Your Mother as well. In fact, it never occurred to me, but Mondays at 7 CST has three shows with veteran Whedon actors on all at the same time. Adam on Chuck, Summer on T:SCC, and Allison Hannigan and now Neil Patrick Harris on How I Met Your Mother.

Now, if only the rest of primetime was like that....

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