tv shows what u into

[CBratron]

After watching his new series (Man Finds Food) late last year, he certainly lost a lot of weight after he finished this older series of his (Man Versus Food). I think he realised how unhealthy it was eating all those unhealthy and oversized foods, so got himself into shape and changed his show into secret eats (which aren't always bad foods, nor require him to eat massive items).

My first thought on seeing the title was hobos dumpster diving.

And now I'm tempted to track down old eps of Come and Get It (with Peter Russel Clark) and Yan Can Cook.

[Bartrim]

Really enjoying season 2 of Sleepy Hollow. The overall plot is getting interesting, coupled with Ichabod trying to assimilate to todays culture for comedic relief is a very entertaining combination. Last night I watched episode 5, Detective Mills was explaining what a lovers lane was to which he replied "Yes we had them back in our day. A pathway where a man could walk with his betrothed holding hands... with their parents not too far behind to make sure nothing unreasonable occurred"

[griffin]

Saw a tv show promo today on 7mate(?). I think its called Extreme Collectors. The show, if I understand it correctly, is about valuating people's collection. Not exactly my thing. I'd rather just look & appreciate people's collection. Starts 27th January.

I hope a TF collector appears on one of the episodes.

I watched the first two episodes that screened on the 27th, and it is interesting to see what some people obsessively collect... but the show doesn't do much delving into the collection or talking about more than a couple items (if that) like the Toy Hunter show does (one of the redeeming features of TH was the education we'd get of a number of items each episode).
Of the 7 or 8 collections this Extreme Collectors show covered in the first two episodes, it kept padding out the episode with repeated material (before and after the break, and between collections, which were intermixed throughout the 22 minute episode, not each collection featured at a time... so at least a quarter of the time is wasted on repeated footage and commentary as if people need reminders in a 22 minute episode of what has already happened or about to happen).

Then when collections are actually featured, we get a bit about how and why they got into collecting (which is one good thing, like the old ABS Collectors show, which focused on the Collectors rather than Collections). But after their life story was told, the focus was on a quick evaluation. Sure, the show premise is to find and evaluate big collections, but the values noted at the end of a segment are meaningless if they don't even show much of the actual collection.

The Harry Houdini collection was probably the most thorough one we saw, but they still rushed over much of it, so it's final evaluation of over a million dollars is meaningless, because we didn't see much of what constitutes a million dollar collection.

The least thorough was the toy collection that featured in the second episode. A guy in Dallas Texas had a house of (allegedly) 5,000 different action figure toys, which included a lot of Transformers from the original series to recent Masterpiece toys, but the TV show focused on his Captain America comic... giving us a quick pan of some toy shelves before spending the rest of the 5-ish minutes on this one comic (which isn't even a toy, despite him being there to valuate a toy collection).
The shot of the Transformers toys, which looked to cover three walls of shelves, was so fast, I had to pause and go frame by frame to see what he had. In live speed, it was less than half a second. Seriously.
Such a waste.
A segment and collector hyped up as being about toys, to spend 90% of the time on a single comic issue... that ended up being a restored comic, so had reduced value anyway. (still worth $75,000 but could have been a quarter million if un-restored)

Not as good as I was hoping the show would be, but I'll still try to keep watching it out of curiosity of what other types of things people obsessively collect out there.

[5FDP]

Just finished season 2 of American Horror Story. Better than the first Absolutely brilliant!

[Megatran]

Watched the double episode of Extreme Collectors yesterday evening. The collections are the only shining light for this show. The rest is filled with valuations. Don't think I can sit through a whole season.

Just finished season 2 of American Horror Story. Better than the first Absolutely brilliant!

A bit too on the dark side for me personally, but I can see why people are drawn to it.

[griffin]

Watched the double episode of Extreme Collectors yesterday evening. The collections are the only shining light for this show. The rest is filled with valuations. Don't think I can sit through a whole season.

I watched the repeat screening on the Sunday afternoon, and some of these collections should be set up as a museum and charge people admission.

(still not caring much for the valuations, but that gives the show a reason)

The first episode was in Las Vegas and included a guy who had over a thousand sports hats, as well as a guy who as a couple hundred vintage Barbie dolls and sleeps in a hot pink room that looked like something from a Barbie house. (in the various promos leading up to the segment I thought it was a middle-aged lady, but when he spoke in the segment it was actually a guy )
Then there was a Pepsi collector, who had anything with the Pepsi name on it... but I couldn't see if they had any of the Pepsi Optimus/Convoy toys among all the vintage mid 20th century items.
And the fourth collection was a 10 Million dollar collection of Vegas show costumes and accessories since the 1950s... something that should be a featured museum at one of the casinos.

The second episode was in Toronto and had an action figure collector of a couple thousand toys, but only looked like he collected humanoid action figures, as I didn't see any Transformers. But seeing what is claimed to be the worlds first Action Figure (a wooden superman from the 1930s) was fascinating.
The next person had a collection of 50s diners items, models and a complete diner setup in one of their rooms.
The third person collected a couple thousand mouth organs/harmonicas, with what you'd call an international history of the musical instrument.
The fourth collection was Barbie Dolls.... and all of the lead up pro

Most of the more "extreme" collections that are basically an archive or a history of a brand or concept, should be made viewable by the public - not just to make a little money back off the expense, but to give other fans and visiting tourists something to look at. Some wouldn't be able to warrant a sole public museum, but could still be significant enough to spend some time on display at a state art gallery or museum. (something I'd like to do one day with my collection)

[lancalot]

The problem with public viewing is that alot of people don't respect your collection at all and with kids around as well .... I just love that 50s garage with all the cars and vintage sign and a whole diner beautifully restored ,i was surprised at the valuation as i was expecting it to cost heaps more .

I just stumble onto the new 12 monkey tv series ... it getting quite interesting ... love the time travel element and there alot of that happening ! Also blacksail is back along with arrow and flash ...

[griffin]

The problem with public viewing is that alot of people don't respect your collection at all and with kids around as well .... I just love that 50s garage with all the cars and vintage sign and a whole diner beautifully restored ,i was surprised at the valuation as i was expecting it to cost heaps more .

Well you wouldn't allow people to be able to touch things, or else stuff goes missing or gets damaged. Keep everything behind glass or roped off with enough distance and monitoring to prevent people from getting their grubby little fingers on it.

And that diner collection did seem low, but then, there probably wouldn't be much demand for a full set of diner fittings... so selling the collection at auction probably wouldn't make much.

[sideswipes brother]

OMG, OMG, OMG.... Walking dead starts again today!!!!

[ILikeSoundwave]

OMG, OMG, OMG.... Walking dead starts again today!!!!

Yasssss! Was not expecting that at all! Especially on the mid-season premiere.