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precision posted:I actually had no idea that Farscape was an Australian production. Huh. Lycus fucked around with this message at 22:23 on Dec 8, 2013 |
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Irish Joe posted:Good, but kinda dull and in a foreign language. Opera is often subtitled these days (or overtitled, since they project them above the stage), but there are the opera equivalent of weeaboos who throw hissy-fits over this desecration of their precious popular theater.
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Dec 8, 2013 22:22
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Tupping Liberty posted:If I were to make a thread for The Sing Off would anyone post in in besides me? Before I go into the effort of making something decent... Post it in the singthread. I'll copy your post into the OP. There's already some hype in there for TSO.
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Dec 8, 2013 22:33
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Random Stranger posted:Opera is often subtitled these days (or overtitled, since they project them above the stage), but there are the opera equivalent of weeaboos who throw hissy-fits over this desecration of their precious popular theater. Yeah, back in high school, we had a field trip to see the Barber of Seville, with projected subtitles... it was honestly pretty great and accessible.
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Dec 8, 2013 22:58
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And honestly, there's no excuse for anyone to not go see Carmen. You already know half the songs.
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Dec 8, 2013 23:19
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Lycus posted:I believe it was more an American/Australian co-production. It was filmed in Australia, though. I think the first few seasons were strictly aussie funded, and the end/miniseries were dual funded.
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Dec 8, 2013 23:27
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Kaizoku posted:I think the first few seasons were strictly aussie funded, and the end/miniseries were dual funded.
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Dec 9, 2013 00:07
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Kraps posted:What's Farscape? It's an awesome show, you should watch it.
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Dec 9, 2013 00:12
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I just watched the pilot of Farscape the other day. Pretty charming, all things considered, just plunges you into this strange universe with minimal exposition. I like Aeryn (that's her name, right?) already, seems like a badass who got hosed by her douchey boss. 
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Dec 9, 2013 00:20
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Spatula City posted:I just watched the pilot of Farscape the other day. Pretty charming, all things considered, just plunges you into this strange universe with minimal exposition. I like Aeryn (that's her name, right?) already, seems like a badass who got hosed by her douchey boss. Yeah, that's her name and her character gets a ton of development and focus throughout the show's run.
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Dec 9, 2013 00:26
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Pinwiz11 posted:And honestly, there's no excuse for anyone to not go see Carmen. You already know half the songs. You can say the same thing about The Nutcracker and it wouldn't make that show any less boring. Here's the thing about opera, ballet and classical symphonies: we're all familiar with them because they're associated with things we like (Big Bird, Natalie Portman and Looney Tunes, respectively). Remove that association and all that's left are things we don't really enjoy on their own. I know opera tends to get a pass because its 'sophisticated,' but think of it this way: you don't like Polka even though Weird Al has produced a hundred awesome polka mash-ups, so why do you think other people would enjoy Carmen just because it was on Sesame Street 30 years ago? Irish Joe fucked around with this message at 00:39 on Dec 9, 2013 |
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Dec 9, 2013 00:34
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Spatula City posted:I just watched the pilot of Farscape the other day. Pretty charming, all things considered, just plunges you into this strange universe with minimal exposition. I like Aeryn (that's her name, right?) already, seems like a badass who got hosed by her douchey boss. Are you watching on Netflix? Because they have some stuff in a weird order, probably because of production codes or such. "I, E.T" feels weird, particularly how the characters behave, if you don't watch it right after the Premiere. The rest of Season 1 seems okay. The first episode of Season 2 you should watch is "Mind the Baby". "Dream a Little Dream" should instead be watched sometime later in season. I haven't noticed anything else. Lycus fucked around with this message at 02:52 on Dec 9, 2013 |
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Dec 9, 2013 00:38
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Irish Joe posted:You can say the same thing about The Nutcracker and it wouldn't make that show any less boring. Here's the thing about opera, ballet and classical symphonies: we're all familiar with them because they're associated with things we like (Big Bird, Natalie Portman and Looney Tunes, respectively). Remove that association and all that's left are things we don't really enjoy on their own. I know opera tends to get a pass because its 'sophisticated,' but think of it this way: you don't like Polka even though Weird Al has produced a hundred awesome polka mash-ups, so why do you think other people would enjoy Carmen just because it was on Sesame Street 30 years ago? I think you're trying to say that one Bugs Bunny cartoon resembles The Barber of Seville in the slightest and that's why anyone would care to see the actual opera, but I hope that's not what you're trying to say because that's too stupid even for a post from you.
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raditts posted:I think you're trying to say that one Bugs Bunny cartoon resembles The Barber of Seville in the slightest and that's why anyone would care to see the actual opera, but I hope that's not what you're trying to say because that's too stupid even for a post from you. It's Irish Joe.
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Dec 9, 2013 00:52
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Are the children on The Good Wife about to become as grating as I expect them to be?
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The son is pretty good. The daughter does a weird religious thing for a while. The Good Wife is a really enjoyable show overall. You can look forward to Alan Cumming joining the cast. And they have like every other gangster from The Sopranos playing judges and it's great. Mu Zeta fucked around with this message at 01:26 on Dec 9, 2013 |
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Dec 9, 2013 01:07
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Irish Joe posted:you don't like Polka even though I don't? You can go straight to hell, good sir.
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Dec 9, 2013 01:08
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SHUPS 4 DETH posted:Post it in the singthread. I'll copy your post into the OP. There's already some hype in there for TSO. That is a generous offer but I think I will just stick to posting in that thread. Glad there's a place to talk about it!
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Dec 9, 2013 01:50
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Farscape was Doctor Who before Doctor Who came back. It had that same vibe of a fundamentally *weird* universe that's always more strange and fantastic than you can imagine, only instead of a brilliant eccentric alien our hero is a normal guy who is driven insane.
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Dec 9, 2013 02:33
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On a whim, my friend and I just watched the first four episodes of Orange is the New Black. Despite my incredible disdain for Jenji Kohan this show is pretty good. Not amazing, but great casting/performances/production really help take it up a notch. The only moment I found a little eye rolling was the screwdriver incident seemed so obvious. It reminds me a bit like Breaking Bad in that if it weren't for the spots of humour this would be an incredibly dark show.
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Farscape really does make me wish they'd been able to transplant the entire cast of it into the Green Lantern movie a few years ago.
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Irish Joe posted:You can say the same thing about The Nutcracker and it wouldn't make that show any less boring. Here's the thing about opera, ballet and classical symphonies: we're all familiar with them because they're associated with things we like (Big Bird, Natalie Portman and Looney Tunes, respectively). Remove that association and all that's left are things we don't really enjoy on their own. I know opera tends to get a pass because its 'sophisticated,' but think of it this way: you don't like Polka even though Weird Al has produced a hundred awesome polka mash-ups, so why do you think other people would enjoy Carmen just because it was on Sesame Street 30 years ago? I wasn't gonna take the bait but if you're gonna pretend that my giant music boner for Mahler and Tchaikovsky is because of nostalgia, you're high as poo poo. If you don't like classical/orchestral music that's fine I guess but it's not because the music isn't powerful on its own. You're probably just loving with us anyway, so whatever. Anyway, I watched the pilot of American Horror Story a few days ago. It was pretty great. Looking forward to seeing where the craziness goes from there. I also liked the pitch-black humor, like the image of Dylan McDermott jacking it while sobbing uncontrollably.
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CaptainHollywood posted:On a whim, my friend and I just watched the first four episodes of Orange is the New Black. Despite my incredible disdain for Jenji Kohan this show is pretty good. Not amazing, but great casting/performances/production really help take it up a notch. The only moment I found a little eye rolling was the screwdriver incident seemed so obvious. It reminds me a bit like Breaking Bad in that if it weren't for the spots of humour this would be an incredibly dark show. I really love this show, it's really been a great watch between me and my girlfriend. It does the "black comedy" really well, I just hope it's not going to jump the shark because it's going in that direction.
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JediTalentAgent posted:Farscape really does make me wish they'd been able to transplant the entire cast of it into the Green Lantern movie a few years ago. Farscape makes me wish a Wonder Woman movie had been made fifteen years ago. Maybe Claudia Black could show up on Arrow as Hippolyta for no real reason. Ben Browder was already in an episode. The Green Lantern movie just makes me wish there had been a completely different Green Lantern movie.
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I am finally getting around to watching Fringe and just watched the Peter episode. That was amazing, and I am glad I was not watching as it aired. It must have been brutal seeing an outstanding episode like that then wondering if the show would get another season, much less a chance to wrap up all the plot lines. Long live streaming binges!
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Hey so uh telltale games announced yesterday night on the VGX awards that they're doing a season of an officially licensed made-in-conjunction-with-HBO Game of Thrones adventure game. So, um, yeah. Are telltale games reaching a point wherein we could feasibly discuss them in TVIV? Like, they have seasons of "shows" and each season has a distinct set of episodes attempting to tell a larger narrative within those seasons. They even seem to have showrunner-adjuncts that can determine creative direction of each season as it "airs". If this is the new path telltale is attempting to carve in cross-media creations I think a TVIV thread on the latest season of whatever "showgame" (for lack of a better word) could have tremendous value And it's not like those threads could be any worse than the current got and TWD threads...
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Occupation posted:Hey so uh telltale games announced yesterday night on the VGX awards that they're doing a season of an officially licensed made-in-conjunction-with-HBO Game of Thrones adventure game. Why... not just go to the relevant threads in Games? grrarg posted:I am finally getting around to watching Fringe and just watched the Peter episode. That was amazing, and I am glad I was not watching as it aired. It must have been brutal seeing an outstanding episode like that then wondering if the show would get another season, much less a chance to wrap up all the plot lines. Long live streaming binges! The show gets so great from that point out. You have some especially good episodes just ahead. thexerox123 fucked around with this message at 08:11 on Dec 9, 2013 |
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What the gently caress is a telltale game?
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Slamhound posted:What the gently caress is a telltale game? Telltale is a company that makes episodic adventure games. For the most part they've made some fair-to-middling games and inexplicably managed to make game sequels to Back to the Future and Jurassic Park that were kind of poo poo, but last year they made a game based on The Walking Dead that was great and had a ton of crossover appeal. Right now they're making a game based on a comic book about fairy tales that's a reactionary nutjob's metaphor for the Irael-Palestine conflict, and they just announced that they're making a Game of Thrones game. I liked their The Walking Dead game a lot more than the TV show, but making TVIV threads for Telltale games is like making Book Barn threads about videogame manuals or making a CineD thread for the cutscenes in Final Fantasy XIII.
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Do you just not want to talk to the people in Games or something?
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Lycus posted:Do you just not want to talk to the people in Games or something? Have you been to Games? Actually, it's not much worse than here 
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Slamhound posted:What the gently caress is a telltale game? They made a Walking Dead game a while ago that was excellent and really just plays like a movie that you have imput on. If you have any love for the TV show or comic series definitely check it out. It's some top grade poo poo.
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I realize that NOBODY is going to miss Low Winter Sun but this sarcastic exchange about the show's fate by a pair of internet posters in the comments section of an AV Club article announcing it's demise made me chuckle nonetheless...uselessbeauty posted:This is the defining moment for us, the Low Winter Sun generation. In years to come our children will ask us where we were when Low Winter Sun was cancelled. Battlecar Compactica posted:I was on the sixth floor of the Book Depository, drawing a bead on President Kennedy, when I heard my phone go off (I have my phone set to play "Blurred Lines" when I get an A.V. Club notification--don't judge me). Anyway, I put down the rifle and fish my phone out of my pocket and see that Low Winter Sun's been cancelled. So I say, "I got a Low Winter Sun notification for--" but before I can finish I hear gunfire from the direction of the grassy knoll and realize that I've been set up by my co-conspirators.
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thexerox123 posted:Why... not just go to the relevant threads in Games? Because I'd rather not wade through a bunch of black bars and would rather discuss its cinematic strengths and weaknesses over its gameplay strengths and weaknesses The games thread is too obsessed with the idea of player choice over the discussion of quality of the story told, or the acting/cinematography/pacing, which makes sense considering the subforum but isn't what I look to in the telltale game. Also: why not? We have a got spoiler thread and TWD spoiler thread despite there being perfectly serviceable threads in TBB and BSS, respectively. We can have a topic discussed in multiple subforums simultaneously especially if they come from different perspectives. For example, my telltale games thread(s) (since I'm obviously asking for permission to make one) would be more focused on analysis and discussion of story quality over modularity of its plot. I would also like to have a place to discuss what telltale is doing and have a debate over what exactly they're making, because they're not exactly games but still clearly not tv shows. I just think that since there's no limit on space for threads being able to have threads about "showgames" would be valuable, especially since next year it's gonna be directly relevant and applicable to the most popular thread on this forum. NieR Occomata fucked around with this message at 09:59 on Dec 9, 2013 |
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Dec 9, 2013 09:56
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ufarn posted:Are the children on The Good Wife about to become as grating as I expect them to be? Like a cheesegrater on your bellend. thexerox123 posted:Why... not just go to the relevant threads in Games? Because Games is a cancerous shithole? I'm not saying he's right, but I can fully understand the lack of faith in being able to engage in even the most superficially interesting debate about the story there.
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Occupation posted:The games thread is too obsessed with the idea of player choice over the discussion of quality of the story told, or the acting/cinematography/pacing, which makes sense considering the subforum but isn't what I look to in the telltale game. That same obsession pops up when people discuss TWD in TVIV too though, and all the other subforums here where the game gets mentioned. There actually are a lot of really good posts about it in Games. Its just a lot more popular subforum so they're not easy to specifically find with all the normal discussion going on around it. I bet the discussion ratio would probably end up about same here. Take the TWD show thread for example... its not as bad as it use to be, but it's still pretty hard to find posts engaging things like imagery or symbolism (even the blunt stuff) compared to all the normal or low engagement or whatever posts it gets buried under. Not that those watercooler discussions are inherently bad or without value, there's just a lot more of it than reflective posts and there probably always will be.
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Yeah, sorry. The last thing we want around here is more Game of Thrones and Walking Dead threads. I understand not wanting to go to the Games subforum but that's where it belongs.
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Kraps posted:What's Farscape? My favorite sci-fi show. I'll knife fight anyone who says differently. Lycus posted:I believe it was more an American/Australian co-production. It was filmed in Australia, though. Thinking of that quote from Warren Ellis about the show: that's its the story of an American through Australia's bondage scene.
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Shageletic posted:Thinking of that quote from Warren Ellis about the show: that's its the story of an American through Australia's bondage scene. That also explains Crichton's leather pants... 
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Shageletic posted:My favorite sci-fi show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY_bF-UnpOg
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