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"people are pretending" is such a self revealing thing to say. most people don't do that, might just be you!
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Shageletic posted:Still trying to get past the 1st episode lol If you can get past the cherry tomato boys scene, you'll be fine Just kidding it gets way, way worse
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Also https://shop.a24films.com/products/online-ceramics-x-the-curse-cherry-tomato-boys-tee?variant=40132868735025
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The Curse owns, the finale being half thematically relevant and half shaggy dog story is what makes it so hilarious, what incredible assholes they were to make this show at all lol
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Holy poo poo, The Curse. I see what you did there.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:If you can get past the cherry tomato boys scene, you'll be fine I know it's an A quality show, I still can't belive that guy is Safdie. But the cringe. The cringe. One of these days I'll smoke a ton of herb and accept the pain lol
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John Yossarian posted:I started watching Northern Exposure for the first time and I really like it, but I kinda hate the character Joel Fleischman. I guess that's weird since he's the main character, but I find him really obnoxious. Keep watching.
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Shageletic posted:I know it's an A quality show, I still can't belive that guy is Safdie. But the cringe. The cringe. All experience in samsara is characterized by suffering.
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mcmagic posted:The show has some really good moments and it's impossible not to watch Emma Stone do stuff but the finale was terrible and boring. I think a lot of people are pretending to like it to seem cool. FWIW The Curse is my favorite show since Twin Peaks: The Return, for anyone on the fence. There are a lot of shared elements even if they remain pretty different thematically, and I’m glad television like this exists! 100% on board with everything Fielder (and Safdie) does in the future
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The Curse feels super adjacent to two of my favorite movies, 3 Women and Safe, and I loved the whole thing.
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Boy of Joy posted:Delurking to say this type of “criticism” is loving wack and maybe you should just let people like what they like instead of trying to figure out why someone would like something you don’t in the most boneheaded way.
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I pretend to like absolutely everything I like because I want to seem cool, i dont actually like anything for real. I don't know what joy is. There are many of us so leave off of that guy
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Boy of Joy posted:Delurking to say this type of “criticism” is loving wack and maybe you should just let people like what they like instead of trying to figure out why someone would like something you don’t in the most boneheaded way. Wait actually is reverse imposter syndrome just sociopathy?
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Nightmare Cinema posted:I see what you did there. I'm glad someone appreciated me being a cheeky little guy
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I like what the Curse does, but its level of cringe is unlike anything the world has seen before and I am not strong enough to endure it.
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I watched The Passenger on prime and it kinda had an interesting premise but didn't really go anywhere.
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Boy of Joy posted:Delurking to say this type of “criticism” is loving wack and maybe you should just let people like what they like instead of trying to figure out why someone would like something you don’t in the most boneheaded way. let em have it! "you're pretending to seem cool" just makes you sound like you're embarrassed you didn't like it or that you so envy the thought of anyone genuinely enjoying something you don't, so you make it up in your head that they're just pretending. instead of this bad faith bullshit, put some effort into explaining what you don't like about it.
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I've been on a weird sci fi thing on streaming recently Rebel Moon is so unwatchably bad I don't even think the most ardent Snyderheads are gonna write multiple paragraphs explaining its genius, there is a cool military robot that achieves self-awareness but he's only in it for five minutes and also Charlie Hunnam is there with maybe the worst accent of all time The Creator is fine if not particularly amazing. Like you know exactly where it's going and what will happen next the entire time but the whole thing looks pretty good, there is a cool child robot that achieves self-awareness but she's in it a little too much and also John David Washington is there giving the most perfunctory protagonist performance since Sam Worthington Scavenger's Reign is some top tier sci-fi animation and is low key great, but its so low key I'd kind of forget I was watching it so it took me two weeks to finish it, its basically people stranded on an alien planet running into new bizarre poo poo and gasping at it every episode. There is a cool utility robot in it that achieves self-awareness and she's in it just the right amount, and if they ever do a live-action version Elijah Wood should play the creepy guy that gets possessed and Chris Pine should play the embittered captain.
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Wolfsheim posted:Scavenger's Reign is some top tier sci-fi animation and is low key great, but its so low key I'd kind of forget I was watching it so it took me two weeks to finish it, its basically people stranded on an alien planet running into new bizarre poo poo and gasping at it every episode. There is a cool utility robot in it that achieves self-awareness and she's in it just the right amount, and if they ever do a live-action version Elijah Wood should play the creepy guy that gets possessed and Chris Pine should play the embittered captain. It's really really good but you also have to be in the mood for some trippy alien animation sequences that aren't necessarily *directly* adding to the story but look cool af
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I’m always in the mood for that It was a really cool show. I definitely recommend at least checking it out.
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Scavenger's Reign sounds great, I'll deffo watch. I just finished Midnight Mass, which I missed when it came out. It was fine, occasionally very good, occasionally too monologue-y. Big time Stephen King influence.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Scavenger's Reign sounds great, I'll deffo watch. This is like an evergreen description of Flanagan's shows. I really like Haunting of Hill House if you haven't watched that, it's my favorite of his. The Midnight Club was somewhat promising but got cancelled before he could finish it up with season 2, so he had to write a postmortem describing what his plan for the characters was.
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It's the first thing I ever saw of his so I was not familiar with the amount of monologuing. Also, I think they cast Riley precisely for his incredibly good "active listening" face.
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I watched dr sleep and it was dull and then I watched haunting of hill house and I’m content with never watching his other shows.
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His newest one, fall of the house of usher, makes good use of his monologuing style but I wouldn't say it'll win over any flanny haters. It does deliver some gnarly gore tho
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I loved the first hour of Dr. Sleep and muddled through the middle but the ending is such a dreadful Marvel style "it's time to return...to the source!" style finale that it sucked all the wind out of its sails imho His other stuff ranges from cool to boring but if you didn't like Hill House I don't think he'll ever hit for you tbh
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MacheteZombie posted:His newest one, fall of the house of usher, makes good use of his monologuing style but I wouldn't say it'll win over any flanny haters. It does deliver some gnarly gore tho I watched the acid scene and that’s what was missing from hill house
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Flanagan rules and we need more thoughtful monologues in shows. feels very old school and tickles an itch for me I dunno.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:It's the first thing I ever saw of his so I was not familiar with the amount of monologuing. Also, I think they cast Riley precisely for his incredibly good "active listening" face.
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Famethrowa posted:Flanagan rules and we need more thoughtful monologues in shows. feels very old school and tickles an itch for me I dunno. no we need more goop.
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CelticPredator posted:no we need more goop. I did watch a ton of Floor is Lava with the kids this weekend
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CelticPredator posted:no we need more goop. we can have both and live in wonderful harmony
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Doctor Sleep is just so long and seems ehh enough that I keep procrastinating. I dig his tight and concise stuff like Oujia/Oculus/Hush. Still haven't gotten into his series for similar reasons. Gerald's Game I appreciate just for the utter hilarity of the ending reveal and discovering that weird rear end original King story.
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Fargo season 5 Stuck The loving Landing
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Upsidads posted:Fargo season 5 And not at all in how I expected.
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tetrapyloctomy posted:And not at all in how I expected. Absolutely
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Upsidads posted:Fargo season 5 Incredible tail end, that one! I lost it at the okiedokie hug
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