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dawks · Mar 18, 2005

aircooled · Mar 18, 2005

Originally posted by: tfinch2
Leo and Kate Botello were good hosts for the show. I thought it sucked after Kate left.

i liked Kate too. I think the show did ok without her though

Schrodinger · Mar 18, 2005

Originally posted by: dawks

Originally posted by: Schrodinger

Originally posted by: blurredvision
I could care less about Leo, as you guys always praise Leo anytime a Screensavers or G4 thread pops up on this board. He wasn't all you guys make him to be, but he was a lot better than the crap they have on there now. I watched the first part of it a couple of weeks ago, and it looks like they've completely moved away from computers. The two hosts just kept running their mouths, trying to out-talk each other, and neither even made complete sentences when they spoke. Then they talked about their favorite sites they'd found, the hot chick said something or another, then they tried to get everybody revved up for some rock band that was going to be on the show. WTF? What the hell happened to the show?

No surprise to me that they are cancelling it. It's of nobody's fault but the producers.

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Leo was great. Not because of his technical knowledge. Leo didn't know as much as Kevin knows. It was his personality and on camera style are infinitely better than "omg im an ereeet hax0rs !!! look at muh new toolz!" type of persona that Kevin Rose has/had.

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Whoa, slow down there cowboy. Kevins knowlege is no where near as vast as Leo's.. half of what kevin knows was obtained from watching leo, and just having lots of people email him stuff because hes on tv.

Don't kid yourself. Kevin knows much more particular details of hardware and how things work. Leo just had the bullsh!t business level speak of things that most people think equates intelligence. Really.

Watch Kevin again. He does know things in more detail. Leo would always refer to a website or something but kevin knew different features of hardware or how something worked offhand.

I still thought Leo was better overall. His flow and how he put things together for the viewer was better. It was something my parents could watch and understand.

Raincity · Mar 18, 2005

Originally posted by: tfinch2
Leo and Kate Botello were good hosts for the show. I thought it sucked after Kate left.

Thats when I stopped watching. After Paul Allen sold his stake in ZDTV and it went to ZDNET it was all downhill from there.

Aztech · Mar 18, 2005

The amount of suck it produces is unfathomable

Haha! I like that. I agree that the show has gone downhill. The past few times I've watched it, it's been REALLY bad. I watch X-Play but Adam and Morgan are pretty corny. I prefer Judgement day for game reviews, and I think the chicks on the G-Spot are pretty cool and pretty hot

lokiju · Mar 18, 2005

Originally posted by: mwtgg
The show is horrible, I wish G4 would burn in flames.

I agree, I liked it with Patrick and Kevin even, but the new format since G4 took over sucks ass, no loss really.

MikeyIs4Dcats · Mar 18, 2005

never seen it and I will die a happy man

sonoma1993 · Mar 18, 2005

the show was great when leo and pat were runnin the show, it was awesome too when they had sargent martin and kevin with them. these new one just plain suck.

Kalvin00 · Mar 18, 2005

Thank God they finally are kiling the show. It has never been the same since Leo & Pat were not there..

platinumike · Mar 18, 2005

It was alrite with just Patrick and Kevin. When Patrick left, then the show went down the drain.

sonoma1993 · Mar 18, 2005

id forgot which one was kevin? was he the one with like the frizzy fuzzy lookin hair and glasses? and kinda annoying voice?

I Saw OJ · Mar 18, 2005

Originally posted by: Jynx980
What really sucked was when X-Play got revamped and they added Morgan. The amount of suck it produces is unfathomable.

ouch! how dare you speak of morgan that way!! Shes alot better than that other female co-host they had on there before her, I forgot her name, but she was a real spaz. But ya, poor TSS, leo and patrick kicked ass together. Those idiots they have on there now can eat a dick and rot in hell.

seth

dakata24 · Mar 18, 2005

i miss zdtv/techtv.

fresh gear, call for help, tss.

g4techtv should be renamed to VideoGameTV or something..

TitanDiddly · Mar 18, 2005

I hate G4. This show used to be good, then they come in and ruin the entire network.

ultimatebob · Mar 18, 2005

Originally posted by: dakata24
i miss zdtv/techtv.

fresh gear, call for help, tss.

g4techtv should be renamed to VideoGameTV or something..

They already renamed the network back to G4, and canceled most of TechTV's lineup. It already IS Video Game TV

SludgeFactory · Mar 18, 2005

Originally posted by: LiQiCE
If they axe Xplay and The Screen Savers then basically Comcast just bought out TechTV to eliminate the competition since there's no more TechTV shows left.

That, and I think they mostly wanted to get themselves on all the cable systems that TechTV was on. I don't watch any shows on that channel any more, but I noticed they finally dumped the TechTV portion of the name a while back. Renaming this show is just one more way to divorce themselves of anything TechTV-related and reach the final solution.

As for Leo, I think it was clear that other people had deeper knowledge than he did on certain stuff, but he knew enough to come across as authentic and believable to me. He was a better TV host than anybody on that network and probably has the personality and interviewing skill to be working in a major market or even a "real" national network doing something like a morning show, totally unrelated to tech.

Falloutboy · Mar 18, 2005

fvcking burn in hel G4 you suck a$$

dakata24 · Mar 18, 2005

Originally posted by: ultimatebob

Originally posted by: dakata24
i miss zdtv/techtv.

fresh gear, call for help, tss.

g4techtv should be renamed to VideoGameTV or something..

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They already renamed the network back to G4, and canceled most of TechTV's lineup. It already IS Video Game TV

oh i didnt realize that.

Stark · Mar 18, 2005

leo is on the radio every weekend in LA.

Blayze · Mar 18, 2005

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
No loss there, it sucked after Leo left anyway

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I concur :beer:

CocoGdog · Mar 18, 2005

I wish that the blonde girl and the asian girl would show their boobies...

Rock Hydra · Mar 19, 2005

Anyone remember Megan Morrone from TSS? I still have TSS wallpapers done by that photoshop guru that came on.

Holy crap!!!! Patrick Norton actually took part in publishing something online!
PatrickNorton!!!!111oneoneone

Mayfriday0529 · Mar 19, 2005

Originally posted by: Schrodinger

Originally posted by: RockHydra11

Originally posted by: dartworth
http://www.g4techtv.ca/callforhelp/aboutus/

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Aw, lame. I wanna see Leo on TV.

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Trust me, you don't. The show is pretty crappy and slow. Its not the same without Patrick and the hotties like Jessica Corbin on the side Come to think about it she was the only "hottie" ever on TSS. The rest were nasty.

He has a guy co-host who is annoying. And the girl is alright but definitely no Jessica Corbin

Megan was alright.

jst0ney · Mar 19, 2005

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
No loss there, it sucked after Leo left anyway

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I concur :beer:

TwiceOver · Mar 19, 2005

Patrick and Leo made the show. Kevin and his B!tch made it a soapopera.

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