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Second episode of this Outlander show was alright but ugh, that preview... I was hoping it would turn out like a Scottish Jin after hearing "time-traveling medic" but apparently its just a soap? Jackard fucked around with this message at 05:42 on Aug 18, 2014 |
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So besides poorly justified T&A, is Legends actually any good? Also how long to you expect a show with Sean Bean in the lead to last? I mean they HAVE TO kill him off at some point right? That's either a really poorly modelled banyan tree or those are not banyan trees Mr. Locke.
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Aug 18, 2014 11:34
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Wandle Cax posted:Yeah I mean this is television, let's have all women fully covered up at all times like they should be please. I always thought tv shows needed more burqas.
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Aug 18, 2014 12:05
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TNT is actually using the "Sean Bean dies in everything" idea in their advertising. As for the show itself, I liked the first episode well enough. Turns out Bean can actually turn off the accent whenever he wants (although he normally has the accent as the FBI agent with the excuse is that his dad was in the military) and his first undercover was against his normal type as kind of a schlubby guy. They set up an overarching mystery to the show where Bean is told that everything he knows about himself is a lie.
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Aug 18, 2014 12:06
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muscles like this? posted:They set up an overarching mystery to the show where Bean is told that everything he knows about himself is a lie. The twist is that Sean Bean has been dead all along.
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Aug 18, 2014 12:33
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The one thing I found kind of annoying about the show is that they explain the title by saying that the FBI refers to cover identities as "Legends." I don't know if this is true or not but the show really wanted to drive it in with characters constantly talking about Legend this and Legend that.
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Aug 18, 2014 12:36
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Sounds like bullshit to me, for we'd probably have heard it before if it was true.
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Aug 18, 2014 13:42
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PittTheElder posted:Jon Lajoie is solid. Jason Mantzoukas too, even if he only really ever plays one character. I like to think that Jason Mantzoukas is just like that in real life.
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Aug 18, 2014 13:45
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the posted:RE: Lost They gave themselves an out where, if Emerson or the arc itself wasn't working, they could kill him off and just have him be one of the 'others' who answered to a leader. It was during filming that they just decided that Emerson would carry on and be the leader. For as much poo poo as the show eventually gets, they did actually an Option A/Option B for a lot of things in case stuff didn't work out. The only thing that really crumbled in their hands was the Mr Eko stuff, seeing as Lindelof and Cuse confirmed that he was meant to be a big part of the show going forward, and would serve as the antitheses of John Locke. I can't help wondering if the end of the show might've been a bit more palatable if you have that strong religious component there throughout. It's easy to see that Eko/Locke would've been set up as the new Jacob etc. As for Legends, as ridiculous as it is that they give a reason for Bean's accent, I really wish more shows would do it for people whose accents are not that strong. It takes one line of dialogue and that's it. As much as I like The Knick, Clive Owen has proven quite a few times that he accent work is wavy at best. Does the show really lose anything from him keeping his natural voice? No.
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Aug 18, 2014 14:23
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Someone cast David Boreanaz as an Irishman please
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Aug 18, 2014 15:47
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Irish Joe posted:So I watched the first three episodes of Garfunkle and Oates, and here's a quick rundown on why its awful: This show is pretty horrible, but it did lead to some woman on twitter getting into a slapfight with David Sims yesterday because the AVClub doesn't review it all social justice style.
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Aug 18, 2014 16:19
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On The Price is Right, people outbid other people all the time by adding a dollar to whatever the last bid was, but I think today is the first time I've ever seen someone bid a dollar less than someone else. Drew Carey was speechless, like he wanted to tell the guy how loving stupid that was but he wasn't allowed to.
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Aug 18, 2014 16:28
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GreenNight posted:Sounds like bullshit to me, for we'd probably have heard it before if it was true. They're pushing it as an FBI thing when actually 'legend' meaning an agent's false identity is donkeys years old and not confined to the US security community. I heard it at least twenty years ago in the UK.
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Aug 18, 2014 16:33
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:They're pushing it as an FBI thing when actually 'legend' meaning an agent's false identity is donkeys years old and not confined to the US security community. I heard it at least twenty years ago in the UK. You're the second person to mention the UK as this phrase being from, to me, so that's not surprising as I'm culturally illiterate.
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Aug 18, 2014 16:38
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Mu Zeta posted:Can't wait for the Drunk Hannah cooking show and PewDiePie on Comedy Central. I haven't watched it in a year or two but My Drunk Kitchen used to be hilarious and would be pretty cool on CC. bentacos posted:I like to think that Jason Mantzoukas is just like that in real life. I think he is, if you listen to How Did This Get Made? he talks like a slightly smarter Rafi. Also he uses the word "literally" literally all the time.
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Aug 18, 2014 16:59
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raditts posted:On The Price is Right, people outbid other people all the time by adding a dollar to whatever the last bid was, but I think today is the first time I've ever seen someone bid a dollar less than someone else. Drew Carey was speechless, like he wanted to tell the guy how loving stupid that was but he wasn't allowed to. No, I've definitely seen that happen in the Bob Barker era, some people just aren't very bright.
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Aug 18, 2014 17:03
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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Aug 18, 2014 17:04
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raditts posted:If G4 didn't only technically exist at this point I wouldn't be surprised if they gave loving pewdiepie a TV show. The fact that dude is literally a millionaire is very depressing and makes me feel old. I mean, I know he gives money to charity and whatever but I can't even make it 10 seconds through one of his videos, I don't get it.
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Aug 18, 2014 17:10
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At one point eBaum's world was going to get its own show. Old media trying to co-opt the internet is almost always terrible.precision posted:The fact that dude is literally a millionaire is very depressing and makes me feel old. I mean, I know he gives money to charity and whatever but I can't even make it 10 seconds through one of his videos, I don't get it. Kids watch his videos because they can't afford to buy video games. Aside from that he's basically Fred all over again only edgier.
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Aug 18, 2014 17:21
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...of SCIENCE! posted:At one point eBaum's world was going to get its own show. Old media trying to co-opt the internet is almost always terrible. I saw a Honey Nut Cheerios ad last night with "Grumpy Cat" (I'm not sure they even bothered to get the real cat). 
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Aug 18, 2014 17:32
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I think I have officially gotten old because I had no idea what either of those youtube channels are and I'm ok with that.
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Aug 18, 2014 17:41
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Pewdiepie has the most subscribers on Youtube so he makes $4 million a year playing video games and yelling into the camera. He's a good looking dude though so I think he also has a lot of female fans. I don't know his secret. Maybe it's his accent. I only know about Drunk Hannah because I was looking for home pizza recipes and her video came up but it was just a bunch of bullshit.
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Aug 18, 2014 17:45
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My Drunk Kitchen is sort of a take it or leave it show. You probably know going in whether people/a person getting drunk and doing weird poo poo while making some fun recipes sounds entertaining to you. At least Hannah Hart does possess some on-camera talent, which is more than I could say about Pewdiepie.
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Aug 18, 2014 18:05
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Irish Joe posted:So I watched the first three episodes of Garfunkle and Oates, and here's a quick rundown on why its awful:
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Aug 18, 2014 18:09
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GreenNight posted:Sounds like bullshit to me, for we'd probably have heard it before if it was true. It is true about the term 'legends'. In most security agencies not just the FBI though. edit:gently caress beaten.
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Aug 18, 2014 18:17
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Sober posted:(really, how sheltered can they be if they think people on youtube telling them 'to go make a sandwich' in this day and age is a compliment is beyond me) The joke you see is that they took it in the sense that it means they're skinny ("go eat a burger!" type comments). I'm not saying it's an amazing joke, but it seems like you may have missed its intention.
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Aug 18, 2014 18:47
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precision posted:The joke you see is that they took it in the sense that it means they're skinny ("go eat a burger!" type comments). I'm not saying it's an amazing joke, but it seems like you may have missed its intention.
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Aug 18, 2014 19:35
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I've just watched the first episode of Legends and yeahhh, the Ali Larter stuff is one of the laziest and creepiest uses of an acrtess I've seen in a long time. She's introduced as the hero's boss, but is immediately shown to have no real authority over him, then it's revealed that she sleeps with subordinates (the hero), and then she falls through a plot hole into a stripper bar where she's in lingerie. Contrast that to the first (I believe) episode of Heroes where Ali Larter also appears writhing around in her undies, but then it is revealed that she's a single parent reduced to doing that as a way of providing for her son. There's a world of difference in the context behind the two basic premises of "let's put Ali Larter in skimpies it'll be hot." Legends has other problems with bad writing (primarily far too much exposition), but the portrayal of Larter's character is atrocious.
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Aug 18, 2014 19:46
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poo poo, now Sharlto Copely is in Powers. I'm actually getting kinda excited for this.
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Aug 18, 2014 19:52
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MrAristocrates posted:poo poo, now Sharlto Copely is in Powers. I'm actually getting kinda excited for this. And Michelle Forbes, though (anybody who's committed to the TV series without reading the comics probably shouldn't read this as they seem to be playing this like a shock reveal) I'm surprised since Retro Girl is dead when we open the comics, and there doesn't seem to be a lot of flashing back to her. Is the first season going to be "Who Killed Retro Girl?" That seemed like a one-episode plot at most. Copely as Walker is interesting, though: he doesn't have Christian Walker's bulky figure, and is a Nicolas Cage-esque actor sliding into a more straight-and-narrow role. DivisionPost fucked around with this message at 20:05 on Aug 18, 2014 |
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Aug 18, 2014 20:00
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DivisionPost posted:And Michelle Forbes, though (anybody who's committed to the TV series without reading the comics probably shouldn't read this as they seem to be playing this like a shock reveal) I'm surprised since Retro Girl is dead when we open the comics, and there doesn't seem to be a lot of flashing back to her. Is the first season going to be "Who Killed Retro Girl?" That seemed like a one-episode plot at most. They've made a bunch of changes. Wolfe is normally a shriveled old man, or a bodybuilder in flashbacks, and Forbes is a good 20 years older than Retro Girl is drawn.
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Aug 18, 2014 20:08
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Caught up on Girl Meets World over the weekend and if anyone bowed out after the first 1 or 2 episodes, it's gotten way better.
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Aug 18, 2014 20:13
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sportsgenius86 posted:Caught up on Girl Meets World over the weekend and if anyone bowed out after the first 1 or 2 episodes, it's gotten way better. Good. I was afraid that a children's tv show wasn't going to live up to my high standards for that sort of entertainment.
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Aug 18, 2014 20:20
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Aphrodite posted:They've made a bunch of changes. I don't know who Charlie Huston is, but I've met a couple of people around these parts who swear by him, so I'm definitely interested.
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Aug 18, 2014 20:22
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JohnSherman posted:Good. I was afraid that a children's tv show wasn't going to live up to my high standards for that sort of entertainment. It's still not as good as Star Trek, but meh.
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Aug 18, 2014 20:38
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It seemed like they were lining up Forbes to be a regular on Orphan Black next season. Not sure if that influences how much she'll be on Powers.
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Aug 18, 2014 20:39
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sportsgenius86 posted:Caught up on Girl Meets World over the weekend and if anyone bowed out after the first 1 or 2 episodes, it's gotten way better. Does it stop doing the kinda uncomfortable 'her friend's life is trash' thing? Like, I get she's the new Shawn but we constantly saw that Shawn had a decent dad despite his flaws and even though they were low class his trailer park was mostly decent people and all.
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Aug 18, 2014 20:55
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In other news, Here is the complete schedule for FXX's Simpsons Marathon.
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Aug 18, 2014 21:08
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hcreight posted:It seemed like they were lining up Forbes to be a regular on Orphan Black next season. Not sure if that influences how much she'll be on Powers. Eh, everything is filmed in Canada using the same actors. I've seen some of them show up on like 3 shows simultaneously. I don't think there will be a problem with her being on two shows at once.
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Aug 18, 2014 21:10
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Her role on Powers is small if it follows the comics.
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