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Chuck versus the NeoGAF - The Official Season 4 Thread - Mondays on NBC
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PhoncipleBone
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Taken with the front facing camera? The front camera is VGA resolution only.celebi23 said:
PhoncipleBone
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Thank you.Cornballer said:
PhoncipleBone
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Yup. Back camera is that spiffy 5MP one. The front is a VGA camera, which I thought was only 640x480, but those pics are 768x1024.celebi23 said:
Chuck is officially a cartoon now. Defcon 1 button in the Buy More + insane impractical slide in the buy more + them traveling around the world and shrugging off $45,000 in debt for a joke. It's morphed into a completely different show. I'll keep watching but I am official neutral on season 4 at this point.
Other random thoughts:
- Levi's haircut is a big improvement.
- Bizarre seeing Munn guest star, considering she is someone I have worked with (albeit very peripherally) in the past.
- I can't get over how stupid the CIA buy more is. Is there a possibly a worse cover than a big box retail store that will have thousands of customers a day? And an all glass front? It makes no sense.
Other random thoughts:
- Levi's haircut is a big improvement.
- Bizarre seeing Munn guest star, considering she is someone I have worked with (albeit very peripherally) in the past.
- I can't get over how stupid the CIA buy more is. Is there a possibly a worse cover than a big box retail store that will have thousands of customers a day? And an all glass front? It makes no sense.
TurboLibre
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Good episode to kick off the season, even if I don't remember anything about the last season finale and was left a little confused through most of it. I cringed when they brought back the Buy More though, how many times are they going to trick the audience into believing he's leaving that place only to bring him back yet again. I'm also not feeling the CIA run Buy More. It doesn't make any sense and feels really contrived.
Anyways, the shot when Dolph hit the EMP and blacked out the city was really well done. I also like the change in style the show is going for, I hope they run with it.
Anyways, the shot when Dolph hit the EMP and blacked out the city was really well done. I also like the change in style the show is going for, I hope they run with it.
close to the edge
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That's definitely great. I've always liked her in Chuck and I think her character more potential than "do this, do that and don't screw up" at the beginning of the episode and "good/bad/awful work" at the end.Cornballer said:
Yeah, it definitely feels a little cartoonish but that's fine by me. The show was never really realistic in the first place.
UnluckyKate
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Probably been asked a thousand times already, but what I have missed between the season's 3 finale and season 4 first ep ? It's like... I missed an ep or something ?
Keyser Soze
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UnluckyKate said:
Chuck ended May 24 last season, if you watched all the way up to there you should not be confused. Unless you forgot to come back after the small break that started April 5 and lasted to April 26, then there is no reason to be confused
UnluckyKate
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Keyser Soze said:
Well, the last ep I saw was:
Chuck's Dad being killed, Elie and Awesome chasing the car, going into a spy life and such
I'm pretty sure that was the season finale. But you are making me doubt now !
Keyser Soze
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UnluckyKate said:
I think you missed an episode...
If you were watching live on TV, two episodes aired that night. If you only saw one, then you missed the finale. If you saw both, then you are safe, but then I am not sure why you are confused.
UnluckyKate
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Keyser Soze said:
Well, in the first ep of season four:
They said Buy More has been rebuild (but I can't remember it was destroyed or anything, I don't know that hot chick that welcomes Chuck & Morgan. I can't remember Chuck looking for a new job, because in the last ep, he was consider rogue from the CIA and General Beckman and all his team as well, they were like, alone against the entire Ring...
And now, Chuck is a civilian, living happy, looking for his mother (What ? I never heard of her as a spie in the show) and Beckman shows up like a flower in a Buy More...
And now, Chuck is a civilian, living happy, looking for his mother (What ? I never heard of her as a spie in the show) and Beckman shows up like a flower in a Buy More...
Damn, I'm confused. I'll have to check my episodes from last season, I must have missed one, but I was sure I didn't back then.
Keyser Soze
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Yeah, I am sure you missed the last episode of Season 3 now.
The last episode had
<=== not a huge spoiler, but something you should know if you seen or not
The last episode had
Flashbacks to when Chuck and Ellie were kids
Screaming_Gremlin
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UnluckyKate said:
As HixxSAFC said, you definitely missed the very last episode of the season three. It sounds like you saw "vs. the Subway," but missed "vs. the Ring: Part II."
UnluckyKate
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Oh well. Two ep of Chuck for tonight then !
Nemesis121
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Why does NBC insist on putting Chuck against House and the CBS/ABC lineup? it would survive nicely at the 10pm hour.
Dr.Horrible
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Finally watched the premiere, thought it was a good episode.
Also, I about died when Lundgren said
. I loved it. 
Lol @ the sexting as well.
I'm looking forward to the reintroduction of Awesome and Jeffster. Also Casey's daughter, she's hot.
Also, I about died when Lundgren said
"If they die, they die"
Lol @ the sexting as well.
"SOS? Skin on skin?"
I'm looking forward to the reintroduction of Awesome and Jeffster. Also Casey's daughter, she's hot.
Cornballer
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The S3 finale is up on Hulu (along with the S4 season premiere) if you want to catch up on them there.UnluckyKate said:
Captain Blood
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The best part of Chuck being back is that I actually look forward to mondays again.
Screaming_Gremlin
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Just as a reminder for everyone, you don't need to use spoiler tags once the episode has aired in the US east coast (I'm not counting the stuff about last season's final, since it was just people trying not to ruin it for UnluckyKate).
Sir Garbageman
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Really liked the first episode. The CIA / Buymore was a little over the top, but I thought it was a solid episode that got right back into the swing of things and potentially set up the rest of the season well.
UnluckyKate
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Finaly catch my missed ep. So good. Know the season's four premier make waaaaaay more sens :lol
Lundgren as a blonde evil russian is really believable. God, I lived in Russia and I was enjoying evey bits of this last part. All the puns about the cold, the accent, the rusty facility and Casey " time to kill some russians " :lol
There the usual over-the-top Chuck things (Buy More, etc) but hey, it's Chuck, it's why we watch this.
Chuck is back. It feels good man (nearly as good as Sarah taking pic of herself in the jet)
Lundgren as a blonde evil russian is really believable. God, I lived in Russia and I was enjoying evey bits of this last part. All the puns about the cold, the accent, the rusty facility and Casey " time to kill some russians " :lol
There the usual over-the-top Chuck things (Buy More, etc) but hey, it's Chuck, it's why we watch this.
Chuck is back. It feels good man (nearly as good as Sarah taking pic of herself in the jet)
Screaming_Gremlin
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Cornballer said:
I disagree a lot with his first point. I like the show because while it has drama, for the most part it keeps a light-hearted nature. I think the show loses a lot of its charm if it goes down a dark drama route.
Second point I could agree with, although I think they sort of approached that with Shaw last year.
And isn't Dolph's boss supposed to sort of be a season long bad guy this year?
As for the third point, I would be fine with them moving the Chuck/Sarah romance into the background. It got pretty overbearing last year. Although I disagree with his reasoning. I think their chemistry together is great.
Points four and five I would be fine with.
Cornballer
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Screaming_Gremlin said:
I believe he/she is supposed to be a season long threat, but they may not have an actor playing that character until the very end of the season. It might be one of those situations where the organization harasses Team Bartowski all season rather than the character. I suspect the reason behind not having a season long villain is partially a budget restriction. It'd be a decent chunk of change to get a guest star on for a long stretch.
In any case, I do agree with his point that having a more long term villain would be a good thing since they have weekly bad guys that are entertaining, but they're typically dead or jailed by the end of the episode. It feels like we don't get enough mileage out of a lot of the good ones.
None of the usual Buy More characters and Devon 'Captain Awesome' were in the first episode, which made the episode unusual. Yeah I know that they probably won't get every character in each episode because of budget cuts. Plus I'm still not convinced Morgan is a spy agent. Chuck is already an agent now Morgan. Seems a bit redundant though it does add comic relief.
I still like the show and will watch every week.
I still like the show and will watch every week.
PhoncipleBone
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It is interesting that Levi is not as huge a celebrity as many of the other people in the auction, but has the highest bids. It goes to show how feverishly devoted people are to the show that he can attract that kind of attention with so few followers.Cornballer said:
Screaming_Gremlin
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PhoncipleBone said:
Yeah, it is sort of crazy. Although despite what the article said, I was under the impression Levi had said something about taking the winner out for coffee or something back when it was still at $4,000 because he was surprised at how large the bidding had become.
PhoncipleBone
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Either way, it shows just how dedicated the fanbase is for the show. And Levi seems like a really cool guy.Screaming_Gremlin said:
Was Yvonne in on the auction? She could make the winning bidder have the opportunity to just get a glimpse of her in person and that would drive the price sky high.
Screaming_Gremlin
My QB is a Dick and my coach is a Nutt
PhoncipleBone said:
No she wasn't. Probably since she just started using twitter like a month or two ago. Actually seeing how Chuck's audience is male dominated I would be curious if she get a higher price than Levi.
PhoncipleBone
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She has a lot less followers too. Perhaps if Baldwin were in on it he would give you a phone call and just grunt into the phone.Screaming_Gremlin said:
Sir Garbageman
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Cornballer said:
I would be fine with all five of these suggestions as long as the show doesn't lose its "dramedy" vibe.
Screaming_Gremlin
My QB is a Dick and my coach is a Nutt
In the good news for Chuck ratings, it is still NBC's top rated spy show, well at least in the 18-49 demographics. Undercover only pulled a 2.0/6 last night, although it had about 2 million more total viewers.
Dr.Horrible
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Screaming_Gremlin said:
That's great considering Chuck had less promotion and is in a much more difficult time slot.
Screaming_Gremlin
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Apoc29 said:
Just something the Wall Street Journal does on the cover page. Just google search "WSJ Cover" to see more examples.
Screaming_Gremlin
My QB is a Dick and my coach is a Nutt
You don't need to use tags for speculation unless it is based on actual spoilers that haven't aired yet. I would have to watch the scene again, but I can't really see them going that way. It would be sort of goofy for his father not to mention something about that to him, plus it would be a bit similar to the Alex storyline from last year.
Also I know some people disliked them bringing back the Buy More again. Axel Serenity over on the SA boards mentioned that it was actually Warner Brothers (he works on the lot) who pushed to bring it back, not NBC. The entire set is pretty much a giant opportunity for in-show advertising (think the Call of Duty display from a season or two ago you always saw in the background) and with the budget cuts they need as much money as possible.
Also I know some people disliked them bringing back the Buy More again. Axel Serenity over on the SA boards mentioned that it was actually Warner Brothers (he works on the lot) who pushed to bring it back, not NBC. The entire set is pretty much a giant opportunity for in-show advertising (think the Call of Duty display from a season or two ago you always saw in the background) and with the budget cuts they need as much money as possible.
Glad to see Chuck back. I thought as the premiere started with all the talk of cancellation around season 2, I can't believe we zipped past 3 and now on season 4!
Was surprised to see Harry Dean Stanton playing the Repo Man, made me grab my Repo Man DVD and try to remember any quotes to see if he'd say anything specific, like plate of shrimp. :lol
(I'm sure someone's mentioned the "Repo Man" connection, but I haven't read through the entire thread, only skimmed it.)
Was surprised to see Harry Dean Stanton playing the Repo Man, made me grab my Repo Man DVD and try to remember any quotes to see if he'd say anything specific, like plate of shrimp. :lol
(I'm sure someone's mentioned the "Repo Man" connection, but I haven't read through the entire thread, only skimmed it.)
Screaming_Gremlin
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Two bits of news. The first photo of Karolina Kurkova's guest spot next week was released by E!.
Summer Glau will also be a guest star later this season on Chuck.
Not really a spoiler, but it does mention her role on the show.
Summer Glau will also be a guest star later this season on Chuck.
Not really a spoiler, but it does mention her role on the show.
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