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Oh, was Ascension any good? I forgot it started last night.
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# ? Dec 16, 2014 20:00 |
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# ? May 25, 2024 13:20 |
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IRQ posted:eurotrash nightclub 5 seasons of Alias distilled into a single phrase
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# ? Dec 16, 2014 20:26 |
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Yeah, but its still more realistic than an elderly Asian lady doing flipkicks so awesome that it distorts the laws of physics and causes men three times her size to fly six feet through the air.
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# ? Dec 16, 2014 20:34 |
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Ascension is maybe the worst thing put on TV in years. I honestly can't think of anything that comes close to it.
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# ? Dec 16, 2014 20:44 |
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I haven't seen it and I can guarantee it's not the worst thing put on TV this month, much less ever.
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# ? Dec 16, 2014 20:45 |
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sbaldrick posted:Ascension is maybe the worst thing put on TV in years. I honestly can't think of anything that comes close to it. Buffy and Firefly. I am not kidding.
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# ? Dec 16, 2014 20:57 |
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CelestialScribe posted:Buffy and Firefly. So either I don't give a poo poo about it or it owns? That doesn't narrow it down much.
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# ? Dec 16, 2014 21:06 |
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CelestialScribe posted:Buffy and Firefly. Hot take.
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# ? Dec 16, 2014 21:35 |
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zoux posted:I haven't seen it and I can guarantee it's not the worst thing put on TV this month, much less ever. Go back a page to see the spoliers for it and come back.
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# ? Dec 16, 2014 21:42 |
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Yeah I saw the spoilers but this is also the month that saw a man famously not get eaten by a snake.
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# ? Dec 16, 2014 21:46 |
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And also Nick Kroll is back on TV soon.
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# ? Dec 16, 2014 21:50 |
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IRQ posted:Oh, was Ascension any good? I forgot it started last night. Ascension was really great. It's a near perfect envisioning of 1950's era sci-fi juxtaposed with post-modern plot. For those complaining about its so-called "twist" despite not actually having watched it, realize that the show is more of a what-if scenario. You may not like a plotline or believe something is too ridiculous to bother seeing, however, that doesn't actually make it bad. If the director is competent, if the writers are competent, a show can actually be good. It's called imagination. I don't give a poo poo if they're dildo wielding power rangers, if the show is entertaining I'll watch it. Ascension is entertaining.
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# ? Dec 16, 2014 21:55 |
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Aphrodite posted:And also Nick Kroll is back on TV soon. I'm actually looking forward to going through its three seasons when it wraps up. This Christmas break is gonna be a godsend for that kind of stuff: got my Amazon prime free month, so Transparent and other Amazon stuff. Netflix queue up the wazoo. Maybe see if I can handle Banshee. Finish up Skins. Planning on how you're going to be doing nothing for a few days is the best guys. EDIT: Speaking of the Firefly, I'm seeing Wash on posters about some sort of news comedy. Anybody watched it? EDIT 2: Oooh, Justified too! Shageletic fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Dec 16, 2014 |
# ? Dec 16, 2014 22:29 |
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Shageletic posted:
It's Newsreaders and It's amazing. It's a spinoff from two episodes of Children's Hospital where they partially broke the 4th wall and did a behind the scenes of the "TV show." Alan Tudyk took over from Mather Zickel as the 'anchor' in the 2nd season. It also has Ray Wise and Kumail Nanjiani
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# ? Dec 16, 2014 23:07 |
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Ravane posted:Ascension was really great. It's a near perfect envisioning of 1950's era sci-fi juxtaposed with post-modern plot. For those complaining about its so-called "twist" despite not actually having watched it, realize that the show is more of a what-if scenario. You may not like a plotline or believe something is too ridiculous to bother seeing, however, that doesn't actually make it bad. If the director is competent, if the writers are competent, a show can actually be good. Ascension is not entertaining the slightest, without going too much I to the plot its a remake of one of the worst movies made in the 2000s but set in space. That's without getting into the no social changes from 50s America but a black first officer depiste there being a class system on board. I honestly thought you where Irish Joe for a second.
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 00:12 |
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sbaldrick posted:I honestly thought you where Irish Joe for a second.
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 00:33 |
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Irish Joe posted:Yeah, but its still more realistic than an elderly Asian lady doing flipkicks so awesome that it distorts the laws of physics and causes men three times her size to fly six feet through the air. Ah yes, Realism: the main attraction of an action television show. In the same post you also praised Spartacus which is indeed awesome but the fight scenes are the furthest thing from realistic. At least try to be consistent Irish Joe. Also I assume you're talking about Ming-na and I don't think anybody could possibly deny she is just all-around fantastic for her age.
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 00:40 |
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Wandle Cax posted:Ah yes, Realism: the main attraction of an action television show. In the same post you also praised Spartacus which is indeed awesome but the fight scenes are the furthest thing from realistic. At least try to be consistent Irish Joe. Spartacus is hyper stylized; its not supposed to be realistic. SHIELD and Nikita aren't stylized, though, so when the world's greatest secret agent is a 60 year-old lady who does kung-fu, it strains credibility and ruins any sense of tension. It doesn't matter if Ma-Ning can win a fight, she will ALWAYS win because she's the hero and can pull impossible karate moves out of her rear end. So what's the point of watching any fight she's in? Irish Joe fucked around with this message at 01:10 on Dec 17, 2014 |
# ? Dec 17, 2014 01:04 |
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What's the point in watching Thor, he is just too strong, completely boring.
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 01:07 |
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The good guys always win what's the point of watching anything ever made ever.
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Irish Joe posted:Spartacus is hyper stylized; its not supposed to be realistic. SHIELD and Nikita aren't stylized, though, so when the world's greatest secret agent is a 60 year-old lady who does kung-fu, it strains credibility and ruins any sense of tension. It doesn't matter if Ma-Ning can win a fight, she will ALWAYS win because she's the hero and can pull impossible karate moves out of her rear end. So what's the point of watching any fight she's in? Ming-Na Wen is 51, not 60. Calling her elderly, as you did earlier, is just moronic. I'm not even talking about how she looks, which would be amazing if she was 31. Calling 51 elderly is just stupid. Stop it. edit: It's not that I don't understand what you're saying (though you watch the fights because they're fun and well choreographed. Die Hard is fun to watch even if I know Bruce Willis isn't going to die). Saying "elderly" and "60", plus loving up her name because you couldn't give two shits about looking it up, isn't helping your point. thrawn527 fucked around with this message at 02:30 on Dec 17, 2014 |
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 02:26 |
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I don't watch any show that I know ends. I like to be surprised.
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 02:29 |
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thrawn527 posted:Die Hard is fun to watch even if I know Bruce Willis isn't going to die John McClane is the poster boy for how much more satisfying it is to see the hero win if he mostly loses along the way.
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 02:44 |
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thrawn527 posted:Ming-Na Wen is 51, not 60. Calling her elderly, as you did earlier, is just moronic. I'm not even talking about how she looks, which would be amazing if she was 31. Calling 51 elderly is just stupid. Stop it. Irish Joe with a stupid, derogatory opinion about a woman? Why I never!
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 02:55 |
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thrawn527 posted:plus loving up her name because you couldn't give two shits about looking it up, isn't helping your point. It's just one of those pathetic little deliberate touches to his posts, plainly obvious since the correct spelling was in the very text he quoted.
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 03:04 |
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Ascension is crap, even without the twist. I can't buy the loser from Cougar Town as the Captain of his ship or that racism seemingly doesn't exist anymore. Also, that twist would have been awesome with a better cast.
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 03:51 |
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thrawn527 posted:Ming-Na Wen is 51, not 60. Calling her elderly, as you did earlier, is just moronic. I'm not even talking about how she looks, which would be amazing if she was 31. Calling 51 elderly is just stupid. Stop it. My grandma is 59. When I was 14, 8 years ago, she was still elderly to me. 51 is elderly, people in their 50's are old enough to have grandkids, thus 51 is old. VDay posted:Irish Joe with a stupid, derogatory opinion about a woman? Why I never! This usually applies to men, too, unless you are talking about captain america. Granted, men are usually in better shape than women at that age, so a man being able to fight well wouldn't be farfetched, though he'd obviously be slower and weaker than in his prime (the latest James Bond is proof of that). Ravane fucked around with this message at 04:02 on Dec 17, 2014 |
# ? Dec 17, 2014 03:59 |
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You can be 30 and have a grandkid.
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 04:00 |
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I know someone who was a grandparent in their early 30s.
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 04:01 |
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Ravane posted:My grandma is 59. When I was 14, 8 years ago, she was still elderly to me. 51 is elderly, people in their 50's are old enough to have grandkids, thus 51 is old. Johnny Depp, Julianne Moore, Sandra Bullock and George Clooney are elderly, gotcha.
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 04:01 |
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GreenNight posted:You can be 30 and have a grandkid. Yeah, but I'm talking about responsible conservative people who don't have underage sex.
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 04:05 |
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Doctor Spaceman posted:Johnny Depp, Julianne Moore, Sandra Bullock and George Clooney are elderly, gotcha. They look elderly without makeup.
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 04:07 |
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Underage sex? How dare they!
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 04:07 |
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Sir Kodiak posted:John McClane is the poster boy for how much more satisfying it is to see the hero win if he mostly loses along the way.
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 04:07 |
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Ravane posted:Yeah, but I'm talking about responsible conservative people who don't have underage sex. You're trying way too hard and it's not working. Stop.
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 04:10 |
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At least there are still people that pretend Irish Joe is a human being. Aim higher.
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 04:25 |
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Ravane posted:Yeah, but I'm talking about responsible conservative people who don't have underage sex. hahaha, do those people still exist outside of Mormonism?
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 05:09 |
raditts posted:You're trying way too hard and it's not working. Stop. Yeah, this.
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 05:11 |
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Ascension part 2 spoilers turns out the whole thing is a breeding program set up by an ex-Nazi to try and create psychics. Which it totally did.
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 05:12 |
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I haven't gotten around to watching Ascension but hahaha those spoilers. Sy-fy going for broke or something? Should've ordered High Moon to series instead.
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# ? Dec 17, 2014 05:36 |