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You really feel it with Simmons because he's been around for basically the entire show. I'm not sad tho because this show's great at making up new villains and I'm looking forward to see who steps up to fill the Simmons void.
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Zaggitz posted:You really feel it with Simmons because he's been around for basically the entire show. I'm not sad tho because this show's great at making up new villains and I'm looking forward to see who steps up to fill the Simmons void. Possibly Elias's friend Scarface. Elias has, thus far, been keeping on Team Machine's good side, but he's going to have to slip up at some point, especially since he's going to fill the power vacuum left by HR/the Russians disappearing. Alternatively, somebody else is going to take a crack at it and Elias can stay not-opposed to Team Machine.
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Elias and his crew aren't people to stick their necks out, so the only way they become a threat is because Elias does something huge, which is not really his style. And Marconi (Scarface) has never been shown to be anything but loyal as hell. Would be interesting to see but they would have to start the fuse now seeing as it was never lit in the first place.
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Sober posted:Elias and his crew aren't people to stick their necks out, so the only way they become a threat is because Elias does something huge, which is not really his style. Elias's end objective is probably still to take complete control of mob activities in the city, so he will have to start making bigger moves sooner or later.
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Honestly, Elias is probably wary enough of Team Machine's mysterious ability to show up whenever people start getting murdered to know that as long as he keeps the killing to a minimum they'll never actually show up and bother him. The machine doesn't care if you break someone's legs, only if you kill them. You could keep them on.. cordial terms then - Elias being the lesser evil of all the various crime syndicates, and getting rid of him would make someone worse step in.
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That's sort of the best case scenario for Team Irrelevant, if the organized crime element of this world is now more or less under control it allows them to focus more on stuff like Decima and Vigilance.
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Zaggitz posted:That's sort of the best case scenario for Team Irrelevant, if the organized crime element of this world is now more or less under control it allows them to focus more on stuff like Decima and Vigilance. That's what I'm suspecting will happen, if only because Decima, Vigilance, and Team Relevant is all next level poo poo that will bring the series to places it's been threatening to go for a long while (ever since "God is an American"). That's not to say that I have no interest in an Elias arc -- honestly, I'll eat whatever this show puts in front of me at this point, my trust in it is so high -- but from where I sit, it doesn't look like an Elias arc would tread any new ground. Besides, if they keep Elias as a sidelined asset, that allows Enrico Colontini to do his own thing in Canada. DivisionPost fucked around with this message at 05:46 on Dec 1, 2013 |
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Dec 1, 2013 05:43
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Still though, more Enrico Colontini in any capacity is a good thing.
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A colontini sounds like the worst possible drink you could order.
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raditts posted:A colontini sounds like the worst possible drink you could order. Especially if you order it shaken, not stirred.
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Guess that's what I get for C&Ping without a Google-assisted spellcheck.
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SpookyLizard posted:poo poo, Lee Tergeson was last weeks? How did I notice him? I was rewatching Generation Kill and I did a double when I realized Robert John Burke (Simmons) was playing General Mattis.
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So after forgetting about this show between seasons 1 and 2, I just caught up. It was spoiled for me before starting season 3 that Carter would die before the last episode, so I spent the entire season waiting for the hammer to drop. The entire penultimate episode was tense as hell, especially with all the happy moments near the end. Good show.
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I'm not sure you think this, but just in case - season 3 isn't over. This was less than halfway through as that was just the 10th episode out of 23. Next episode is not until December 17 and then another break until January 7.
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Regy Rusty posted:I'm not sure you think this, but just in case - season 3 isn't over. This was less than halfway through as that was just the 10th episode out of 23. Yeah, I was aware. Figured it was as good a time as any to catch up, though I have no idea how the second half of the season can top that.
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V-Men posted:I was rewatching Generation Kill and I did a double when I realized Robert John Burke (Simmons) was playing General Mattis. Oh poo poo how did I not make that connection? (unrelated I met Chance Kelly at starbucks last month. blew my goddamned mind)
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I just finished catching up, and wanted to pop in and say that the music choices in this show continue to be loving superb. The last episode, opening with Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt was tremendous, but then they topped it by using Digitalism in the shootout. TOPPED IT. Someone way cooler than me should find a way to blend "I'm Afraid of Americans" with "Miami Showdown" like was done with the Peter Gunn theme and "Every Breath You Take" on The Sopranos.
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Okay. I just caught up with this show after being overworked since the episode where Reese lets the two murderous married lawyers kill each other. I will contain my thoughts to the most recent three parter, although let me say that the episode with the Root and Shaw team-up was awesome. Starting off with an episode that was only great, the final two parts were nothing short of fantastic. Despite the previews I had seen while trying not to spoil myself, I had a feeling that they wouldn't be so obvious as to kill Fusco. While network executives are sometimes that stupid, I was confident that the people behind this show were throwing the audience some misdirection. However, for a good fifteen minutes, I really had no idea who was going to die. All I knew was that Reese was going to survive (again, I was accidentally spoilered by a preview during a different show). But it seemed that anyone other than Root in her lockup was in a position to catch a bullet at any moment. For a brief second, I even wondered if Finch was going to be killed and Reese would have no choice but to trust Root with the Machine. I then wondered if I was wrong about network executives, this show, and stupid previews when they made Fusco say goodbye to his son on the phone and Shaw told him she wasn't coming for him (Needless to say, I cheered at his extreme badassery). The whole preceding episode had foreshadowed Carter's death hard, so when she managed to get Quinn to the FBI, I was pretty surprised. But then as soon as things started moving quickly again, and Carter had called Finch out on the Machine, I knew she was going to get the Kate Todd treatment. Even then, the way the scene played out, with the phone ringing and Finch having his back turned for the shots (the look on Michael Emerson's face was agonizing to watch), plus how they had Simmons hit Reese as well, I thought it was done a lot better than when NCIS went the same route. The only real complaints I have about the episode are that Carter figured out the Machine (I get that it was set up with her technology line at the Judge's house in the first part of the story, but it still seemed cheap and an obvious nod to the fact that her character was about to die) and the sudden elevation of the Reese and Carter relationship that came out of left field (though I may rethink my position on this and it's interesting that it was completely unscripted). The third part was absolutely brilliant. I liked how Reese still intended to kill Quinn but the gun jammed, but the thing that really blew me away was Kevin Chapman's acting at the end. That man deserves a loving Emmy. I went from a  moment when he was talking to the therapist in the flashback to being brought to tears when he was railing about how he was better than that because of Carter. His decision to arrest Simmons was the best scene of this show all season, and Fusco's best scene period.I never saw the end with Elias coming, though. But it was a superb way to give Simmons what was coming to him, and Elias's speech was incredibly well delivered. Gordon Shumway fucked around with this message at 03:59 on Dec 4, 2013 |
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jscolon2.0 posted:Was that Variety blind item about an actor shopping a pilot secretly because his character hadn't been killed off yet ever traced to anyone? Or was it about Carter and the rumor got the gender wrong? I was hoping it's actually (boardwalk empire spoiler  ) Jack Huston cause goddamn does he need to star in something 
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jscolon2.0 posted:Was that Variety blind item about an actor shopping a pilot secretly because his character hadn't been killed off yet ever traced to anyone? Or was it about Carter and the rumor got the gender wrong? It could have been Ron Pearlman from an FX show
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Hi guys, just thought I'd check in and see what's been happening... Oh my.
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A friend told me that he considered Elias to be 'Keith Mars gone bad'. He was right.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:A friend told me that he considered Elias to be 'Keith Mars gone bad'. He was right.
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Flashpoint is his big one, it ran for quite a few years. Beyond that yeah, he has great on Veronica Mars.
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I first saw him in Flashpoint which is a Canadian police procedural-type show about (essentially) a SWAT team. e;fb
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Don't forget Just Shoot Me.
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hollylolly posted:Don't forget Just Shoot Me. I didn't, that's the reason I had no idea he was such an amazing actor!
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I'll always see him as Mathazar from Galaxy Quest.
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Sub Rosa posted:As someone who hasn't seen any of Veronica Mars but who now loves Enrico Colantoni, does he get to flex his acting chops this much in that show? Alternately what "Canadian projects" can I check out to get more of him while we are on hiatus? Veronica Mars is awesome and he is really good in that.
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Kai Tave posted:I first saw him in Flashpoint which is a Canadian police procedural-type show about (essentially) a SWAT team.
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Flashpoint is the most Canadian show about a SWAT team ever, whenever they actually have to shoot someone it isn't a "gently caress yeah, awesome!" moment, it's presented as a failure to resolve things peacefully through negotiation. Also man, it can be one of the most depressing shows.
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Found this piece of magic on youtube, 80's style Opening Credits. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elCGJ5rfe24
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I saw this show before Veronica Mars and it took me at least have the season to get used to him as Keith Mars. Any confrontation he got into I just expected him to call in a hit or do something violent. After watching Veronica Mars I wanted to hug Elias whenever he was on screen and I now don't believe he can really be that bad. I mean...look at that face!  Of all the TV dads, I'd pick Keith Mars as mine.
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Zaggitz posted:Found this piece of magic on youtube, 80's style Opening Credits. You know when you say "Jeesus CHRIST!" in disgust and laugh at the same time? Yes, this.
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beanieson posted:I was hoping it's actually (boardwalk empire spoiler The spoilered character has a large role in Kill Your Darlings, if you want to see him in a feature.
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The last episode was probably the best they've had and there have been some great ones along the way. Elias was the icing on the cake, not just for being one of the show's strongest guest actors but that the show's verisimilitude was intact because of course he'd want to avenge Carter. Having started watching again from season 1 it's impressive how much was plotted out from the start given the general episodic/everything self-contained nature of most US television.
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Press release for the next ep is online and circulating, but as usual I like to save posting those for when I do my heads up posts. I figure this will be a sufficient teaser for now. 
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The thing I'm curious about is how Reese is going to be acting from now on. In The Devil's Share, he had revenge to devote himself to and influencing his actions. What's he going to be like now that the object of his revenge is dead, without him even getting to see Simmons die?
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