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Big Mean Jerk posted:There’s no way this happens. What’s far more likely is that Jimmy/Saul finally pushes his gimmick too far, they break up, and she puts distance between them. That opens it up for her to defend him in court in the modern day finale when he inevitably gets caught and shipped back to ABQ for his trial. I feel like Kim's chance of survival is pretty much 50/50 at this point. If she does actually die I feel like that makes Saul from breaking bad a much shittier dude though, because it would mean he just continued on with his worst impulses despite the worst case scenario happening. I'm leaning towards him just going too far and losing her.
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Tokyo Vice is good. It's kind of got four leads, and Elgort is easy enough to ignore. I hope it fares better than Luck!
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The good thing about Severance is that it does not rely on mysteries or cliffhangers to be interesting/to create tension. The appeal is with the characters and the hosed up concept it works with. You learn everything you need to know pretty much in the first episode, i.e. that a hosed up company is treating its workers in a uniquely hosed up way which results in an interesting philosophical conundrumand the rest is just trimmings. What really makes the show work is the character development. We're not really waiting for any big reveal, we're waiting to see what the characters are gonna do about their predicament (and they do plenty in season 1).
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Apr 10, 2022 14:37
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I like that in Severance the audience knows so much more than the characters do, so it's enjoyable watching the mysteries present themselves. Better than  where it was just mystery after mystery and we didn't know any more than the characters.
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Apr 10, 2022 14:49
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Severance is some of the best TV I've watched in a long, long time. I love everything about it - writing, music, acting, aesthetic, all top notch. The finale was absolutely gripping, I'm at once completely satisfied and hungry for more.
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Apr 10, 2022 15:09
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veni veni veni posted:I feel like Kim's chance of survival is pretty much 50/50 at this point. If she does actually die I feel like that makes Saul from breaking bad a much shittier dude though, because it would mean he just continued on with his worst impulses despite the worst case scenario happening. I'm leaning towards him just going too far and losing her. I hope you're right because she's such a good character. But she never showed up in breaking bad so I don't have a good feeling about it.
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Barry Foster posted:Severance is some of the best TV I've watched in a long, long time. I love everything about it - writing, music, acting, aesthetic, all top notch. The finale was absolutely gripping, I'm at once completely satisfied and hungry for more. my favorite part of the finale is (not a story spoiler) that John Turturro doesn't have a single line of dialogue, just pure acting
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Apr 10, 2022 16:36
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Field Mousepad posted:I hope you're right because she's such a good character. But she never showed up in breaking bad so I don't have a good feeling about it. BCS is essentially "breaking good", so the ultimate breaking good would be her escaping Saul's self destruction.
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I want to see that trust me, I always thought she was too smart to let Jimmy put her life in danger but she's not apparently.
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Apr 10, 2022 19:11
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precision posted:my favorite part of the finale is (not a story spoiler) that John Turturro doesn't have a single line of dialogue, just pure acting holy poo poo I didn't even pick up on that
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A MIRACLE posted:holy poo poo I didn't even pick up on that He yells a name at the end! 
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Captain Jesus posted:The good thing about Severance is that it does not rely on mysteries or cliffhangers to be interesting/to create tension. The appeal is with the characters and the hosed up concept it works with. You learn everything you need to know pretty much in the first episode, i.e. that a hosed up company is treating its workers in a uniquely hosed up way which results in an interesting philosophical conundrumand the rest is just trimmings. What really makes the show work is the character development. We're not really waiting for any big reveal, we're waiting to see what the characters are gonna do about their predicament (and they do plenty in season 1). I'd agree with this. It could be that the work they do is explained enough as is - it's probably some way of quantitatively testing the mental/emotional faculties of each "refiner". Really the only Lost-ish mystery I'm waiting for a big reveal on is those loving baby goats.
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Captain Jesus posted:The good thing about Severance is that it does not rely on mysteries or cliffhangers to be interesting/to create tension. The appeal is with the characters and the hosed up concept it works with. You learn everything you need to know pretty much in the first episode, i.e. that a hosed up company is treating its workers in a uniquely hosed up way which results in an interesting philosophical conundrumand the rest is just trimmings. What really makes the show work is the character development. We're not really waiting for any big reveal, we're waiting to see what the characters are gonna do about their predicament (and they do plenty in season 1). I also think that it's possible you may be disappointed with the next season if you are imagining it as being a mostly psychological show about how the characters deal with the fact that they're stuck in their situation, because it's not clear if that's the direction the show is going in now. Since so little information has been revealed so far, I think there is a lot of room to imagine it going in different directions. It is possible that it could go back to something more like the beginning of the show in the second season, but it's also very possible that it could just continue directly along the lines of the season finale. mystes fucked around with this message at 22:55 on Apr 10, 2022 |
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RCarr posted:He yells a name at the end! I think he also calls radar a good boy at some point, but I think the point still stands. Irving B. is much a changed man from his initial character.
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mystes posted:Severance has a premise that definitely could have have been made as a show where this description applies, but I absolutely don't think it applies to the actual show as it has been made, especially after the last episode, where there is a lot of plot and the entire season literally ends on a cliffhanger. The show might be going in a different direction in the next season of course, but I personally have no problem with the show doing that (in theorey - I might have if it sucks for some reason). The plot is left unfinished in the last episode, but there hasn't been any revelation or new information that changes the nature of what we've learned so far (with the exception of Helly being revealed as a member of the Eagen family . My point is that the show does not rely on unsolved mysteries to keep you interested, which I don't think your post disproves.
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The Ultimatum is Netflix taking their trash reality tv genre to new heights of trashiness, it's so bad. The takeaway reasonable people will have from the show is that literally all of these people should break up and work on themselves. There's a lot of talk from the contestants of "going through this experiment", which has become a common theme in all of these Netflix dating shows and you can tell that's how the producers are pitching it to these people. But if it was actually an experiment about becoming better partners or strengthening your relationships, all of these people would be going to couples counseling and individual counseling throughout the entire show. Instead it's just Jerry Springer with a fancy Netflix sheen.
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Papercut posted:The Ultimatum is Netflix taking their trash reality tv genre to new heights of trashiness, it's so bad. The takeaway reasonable people will have from the show is that literally all of these people should break up and work on themselves. "I never thought MY boyfriend would makeout with another woman," sobs woman who elected to be on the Send Your Boyfriend To Live With Someone Else For Three Weeks Show.
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Papercut posted:The Ultimatum is Netflix taking their trash reality tv genre to new heights of trashiness, it's so bad. The takeaway reasonable people will have from the show is that literally all of these people should break up and work on themselves. I haven't watched it but I did watch Love is Blind which is the most amazing pile of poo poo I have ever watched and noticed the Ultimatum is hosted by the same boy band guy and his wife. One of my favorite things in Love is blind is how he always introduces himself as "I'm Nick Lachey, but you already know that" "I'm Nick Lachey, obviously" "I'm Nick Lachey, but that goes without saying" and then he's just like oh yeah this is my wife she's just some lady I had to google who the gently caress he was.
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thiccabod posted:"I never thought MY boyfriend would makeout with another woman," sobs woman who elected to be on the Send Your Boyfriend To Live With Someone Else For Three Weeks Show. lol it's a lot worse than simple jealousy issues like that though, the whole show is basically: Person 1: "I want x" Person 2: "I don't want x" Person 1: "Actually you do want x and now I'm gonna get really defensive and argumentative about why I'm right" veni veni veni posted:I haven't watched it but I did watch Love is Blind which is the most amazing pile of poo poo I have ever watched and noticed the Ultimatum is hosted by the same boy band guy and his wife. Every scene they're in they try to impart the wisdom from their own relationship to the poor non-celebs trapped in the room with them 
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Papercut posted:lol it's a lot worse than simple jealousy issues like that though, the whole show is basically: My finance was practically yelling at the screen as one dude kept insisting that the woman who doesn't want kids actually does want them but she just doesn't realize it yet and he'll totally convince her how wrong she is. Absolute psycho poo poo
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I had the urge to watch Russian Doll again the other day, probably because I'd been thinking about the S2 trailer, and had completely forgotten that it takes place on her 36th birthday. It was my 36th birthday when I sat down to watch it again. Weird. Anyway it's still a great show and season 2 comes out in about a week so it's a good time to rewatch.
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I wasn't sure about Metal Lords at first, but it totally won me over and goddamn the last scenes were perfect. The concert was legit great. Gotta say, for fans of classic metal or anyone who has ever been in a band, give it a shot.
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The Night House: is it good or is it wack
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regulargonzalez posted:The Night House: is it good or is it wack It's good!
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I liked it. It didn't blow me away but Rebecca Hall is really good in everything (see Christine, the most depressing film) and it's worth seeing.
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it has some really great, creative cinematography and there were some parts that were genuinely chilling imo otherwise it's just okay
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Yeah I'd give it a B. Really nothing bad to say about it. It's one of those horror movies that is well made, but also doesn't really stand out a whole lot to me.
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Meh. Some cool imagery, but it felt like a Lifetime movie that tried to go the prestige horror route.
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6 Episodes into severance and this show is so goddamn good
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veni veni veni posted:6 Episodes into severance and this show is so goddamn good Yeah. Also check out From.
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Disposable Scud posted:Yeah. Also check out From. Nice. This sounds up my alley I’ll check it out.
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I don't know how you people can in good conscience support the cliffhanger-industrial complex.
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TV is an inherently flawed narrative device and I will always prefer a tight 105 but dammit if I don’t love a cliffhanger.
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I generally hate cliffhangers, but have some issues with what people actually view as a cliffhanger lately. At least in a negative light. I cannot comment on Severance, since I still have 2 more episodes. I'm sure I'll have something to say about the ending tomorrow. But I did read people's posts (just opinions no spoilers) as it aired, and after watching it I feel like I can safely say that people that didn't like it are the exact same breed that hates stuff like Raised by Wolves. People that just watch things with the mindset of "how are they going to explain this" which really misses the forest for the trees. I mean, I'm not going to sit and pretend I don't care about the central mysteries of the show. of course I want to know wtf Lumen is actually doing, but to me all of that feels really secondary to the drama, characters and the show's take on split consciousness, which is far more interesting. it's not impossible the ending just gets botched, but I'll be happy if it pushes the characters forward in some interesting way. I don't need to know all the answers. E: Archive 81 went out of it's way to explain everything at the end of the season and it sort of ruined the show because the answers weren't all that interesting. And then they still did a cliffhanger lol. veni veni veni fucked around with this message at 08:29 on Apr 15, 2022 |
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From is guilty of the "nothing is explained and more mysteries are introduced" cliffhanger, but I really wasn't expecting it to answer anything. I just hope it's a planned out series with answers that will pay off scenes from season 1. Severance has a "cliffhanger", but it absolutely answered questions. You know more about what's going on than you do in the first episode.
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What do y'all think about Moon Knight so far? I like all the actors but the action scenes are kind of weak. Just kinda meh so far to me.
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Field Mousepad posted:What do y'all think about Moon Knight so far? I like all the actors but the action scenes are kind of weak. Just kinda meh so far to me. I thought the big fight scene in ep3 was pretty great honestly. The score really stood out to me too, they are going big movie budget on it. I was kinda iffy on the show for the first 2 but the 3rd ep sold me on it.
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The fight scenes mostly suck because the CG Moon Knight costume is loving terrible.
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I think the cgi is fine, the fight sequences are just boring.
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