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drat good TV.... its the mail bot ep next week... really looking forward to that.
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Mar 20, 2015 01:51
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There's no way Martha lives out the end of the season - she's going to die, either by her own hand, murder, or murder that makes it LOOK like she did it with her own hand. The Center is going to wire money into her account and have her 'mugged' shortly thereafter without telling Philip about it, which will likely send him over the deep end into that screaming fit we saw him having with Gabriel in that "this season" clip. Philip can only stall, but soon they're going to want to know why they're not getting any more primo-level intel from the Bureau's counter-intel division.
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Mar 20, 2015 03:12
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Ok, what's the most disturbing scene of the season so far? Luggage lady? DIY dentistry? Or necklacing? I mean besides Gaad abusing Mail Robot.
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Mar 20, 2015 03:23
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zoux posted:Ok, what's the most disturbing scene of the season so far? Luggage lady? DIY dentistry? Or necklacing? Luggage Lady still holds the candle (no pun intended) to Mr. Barbecue. DIY dentistry takes the bronze simply because Liz knew she had to endure it eventually.
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Mar 20, 2015 03:28
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I knew the necklacing was coming because that was a major thing in the 80's, one of the gory details that resonated with Americans from the fight against Apartheid. But goddamn I was not expecting it to be so disturbing.
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Mar 20, 2015 03:34
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I thought the point of necklacing was to fill the tire with gas, not douse the victim completely, so as to make the whole burning to death thing take a lot longer. If you are going to cover them in gasoline then the tire is superfluous and all you need is some duct tape.
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Mar 20, 2015 03:39
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zoux posted:I knew the necklacing was coming because that was a major thing in the 80's, one of the gory details that resonated with Americans from the fight against Apartheid. But goddamn I was not expecting it to be so disturbing. It does kind of feel like the rest of the episode suffered for it, though. Sort of like they were worried about doing anything more controversial in the fear that it'd get it bounced by even the loose standards of violence on general cable TV. "Okay, we're burning a dude alive this week, but we can't have him flail and suffer for more than 20 seconds or we'll trigger 'x' number of FCC tripwires."
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Mar 20, 2015 03:39
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withak posted:I thought the point of necklacing was to fill the tire with gas, not douse the victim completely, so as to make the whole burning to death thing take a lot longer. If you are going to cover them in gasoline then the tire is superfluous and all you need is some duct tape. Well the first reports of the practice came in a 1985 report so maybe they were perfecting it still.
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Mar 20, 2015 03:47
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I usually watch wearing headphones (the kids are asleep) , and with that the necklacing seemed worse than luggage lady. The gasping/gurgling was rough, where as the other was like generic bone-snapping.mp3 I'm surprised there has been absolutely no kimmy the last 2 weeks
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Mar 20, 2015 03:50
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Ugh this show. It's so hard to watch, on one hand you sympathise with them then it's like nope , they're horrible people. This poo poo with Martha is rough , she's going to die/ get killed/ kill herself and it's going to be horrible.
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Mar 20, 2015 04:25
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Matthew Rhys was on Archer just now as a Welsh terrorist. He wore a wig and glasses as a disguise.
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Mar 20, 2015 04:27
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Gonz posted:Matthew Rhys was on Archer just now as a Welsh terrorist. He wore a wig and glasses as a disguise.  had no ideahis American accent was hilarious dude
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Mar 20, 2015 04:31
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Gonz posted:Matthew Rhys was on Archer just now as a Welsh terrorist. He wore a wig and glasses as a disguise. Not only that but he got a Story By credit for the episode.
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Mar 20, 2015 04:49
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qbert posted:Not only that but he got a Story By credit for the episode. Timothy Olyphant was the closeted agent that raped Archer a while back. FX obviously likes to incorporate talent into things. Fingers crossed for Billy Crystal making a cameo voice appearance in this season or the next to promote his new show.
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Mar 20, 2015 04:51
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Dr.Caligari posted:I usually watch wearing headphones (the kids are asleep) , and with that the necklacing seemed worse than luggage lady. The gasping/gurgling was rough, where as the other was like generic bone-snapping.mp3 Ugh the wikipedia article on necklacing points out that it's meant to take a long time to die, as long as 20 minutes. So in retrospect I'm glad we got the short gurgling version.
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Mar 20, 2015 07:26
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I'm not sure why, but the necklace death on The Shield disturbed me way more.
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Mar 20, 2015 10:12
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I decided to look up necklacing on Wikipedia, and came across this: In 1986 Winnie Mandela, then-wife of the imprisoned Nelson Mandela, stated "With our boxes of matches and our necklaces we shall liberate this country" which was widely seen as an implicit endorsement of necklacing, which at the time caused the ANC to distance itself from her...  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie_Madikizela-Mandela#Criminal_convictions_and_findings_of_criminal_behaviourNo wonder he divorced her.
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Mar 20, 2015 10:48
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Gonz posted:Matthew Rhys was on Archer just now as a Welsh terrorist. He wore a wig and glasses as a disguise. I can't wait to watch this tonight.
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Mar 20, 2015 10:57
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Man, how is Alison Wright British?! Her American accent is so good.
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Mar 20, 2015 14:43
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ufarn posted:Man, how is Alison Wright British?! Her American accent is so good. I'm gonna tell you something about Matthew Rhys that will blow your mind.
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Mar 20, 2015 15:00
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ufarn posted:Man, how is Alison Wright British?! Her American accent is so good. Whaaaa?  JohnSherman posted:I'm gonna tell you something about Matthew Rhys that will blow your mind. I kind of sort of deliberately avoid hearing any interviews with Rhys for that very reason. I did the same thing with Hugh Laurie when he was playing House. Some comparisons are too jarring.
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Mar 20, 2015 15:10
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BIG HEADLINE posted:It does kind of feel like the rest of the episode suffered for it, though. Sort of like they were worried about doing anything more controversial in the fear that it'd get it bounced by even the loose standards of violence on general cable TV. FCC can only police the airways (i.e. Broadcast TV and radio). So FOX counts but FX can do whatever they want. The cable channels "self-regulate" due to advertising.
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Mar 20, 2015 15:15
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howe_sam posted:Whaaaa? He was great in Archer tonight.
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Mar 20, 2015 15:28
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What's the opinion on S3? I have yet to watch this season (they are collecting on my DVR). I don't want to read any spoilers.
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Mar 20, 2015 15:47
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It's great watch it.
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Mar 20, 2015 15:54
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I did not know they were a pair in real life... That explains some of the on-screen chemistry.
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Mar 20, 2015 16:21
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Radiohead71 posted:What's the opinion on S3? I have yet to watch this season (they are collecting on my DVR). I don't want to read any spoilers. Probably the best season yet. Genuinely some of the best drama airing at the moment in my opinion.
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Mar 20, 2015 16:36
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wayfinder posted:I did not know they were a pair in real life... That explains some of the on-screen chemistry. they? who you responding to?
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Mar 20, 2015 16:58
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Shadow posted:they? who you responding to? Rhys and Russell started dating in the first season.
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Mar 20, 2015 17:02
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Radiohead71 posted:What's the opinion on S3? I have yet to watch this season (they are collecting on my DVR). I don't want to read any spoilers. Best season yet.
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Mar 20, 2015 17:13
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I swear Philip is gonna gently caress that robot in the finale
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Mar 20, 2015 19:30
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This is both a complaint and a compliment for the show, but I think The Americans is the Anti-Dexter in terms of exposition and audience handholding. They rarely ever blatantly point things out or make things overly obvious which I enjoy. The audience is expected to keep up and be at least somewhat knowledgeable of Cold War history. Russian characters speak Russian with subtitles instead of speaking English in a fake Russian accent. But on the other hand, I just realized this week that the new FBI guy was named Aderholt and I don't think they mentioned Vasili's name once this episode despite the long gap since his last appearance. Some plotlines take a very long time, like Elizabeth's work on the Northrop employee which has been going since last season. We had one scene furthering that plot last week but it seemed unrelated to the rest of that episode. Other plots move extremely quick as is the case of the whole South African thing, with a lot of people being confused at the end of last week's episode. Characters drop in and out as needed, like Yousaf and Kimmy who haven't been seen in a few episodes now. Hell, the whole Kimmy plotline was introduced through hard-to-hear radio chatter without any subtitles. All in all I'm glad they do it the way that they do, but I completely understand why a lot of people can't get into the show. I really think this show is perfect for binge-watching, like an extended movie.
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Mar 20, 2015 20:56
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The only major flaw with this show was Mr. Exposition at the end of season 2... and it didn't even really make sense.
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Mar 20, 2015 22:33
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Baloogan posted:The only major flaw with this show was Mr. Exposition at the end of season 2... and it didn't even really make sense. The kid who killed his parents because they didn't want him to be a spy?
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Mar 21, 2015 00:53
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ally_1986 posted:The kid who killed his parents because they didn't want him to be a spy? The kid who delivered a 2 minute exposition despite bleeding from the throat, yes. I've got to admit, I almost dropped the show entirely over that scene. On the other hand, I'm not sure when else they'd be able to tell the audience, or the Jenningses, about the second-generation illegals.
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Mar 21, 2015 01:10
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withak posted:I thought the point of necklacing was to fill the tire with gas, not douse the victim completely, so as to make the whole burning to death thing take a lot longer. If you are going to cover them in gasoline then the tire is superfluous and all you need is some duct tape. The Slate podcast this week had one of the show's stunt coordinators on and he talked about how you douse the guy to hide the gel they use (which makes people look soaking wet), so this is probably just a case of having to tweak the realism around the constraints of TV. Also, the actor playing the guy they burned apparently saw real-life necklacings
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Mar 21, 2015 01:53
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darthbob88 posted:The kid who delivered a 2 minute exposition despite bleeding from the throat, yes. I've got to admit, I almost dropped the show entirely over that scene. On the other hand, I'm not sure when else they'd be able to tell the audience, or the Jenningses, about the second-generation illegals. Yea they could have just let him said I killed them die and have Mags explain the rest(which happens anyway?), I was more annoyed by how much his voice changed/sounded weird took me out of the moment thought the over explanation thing is stupid too!
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Mar 21, 2015 01:53
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Kersch posted:I swear Philip is gonna gently caress that robot in the finale Seducing Mail Robot would be pointless now that it's not allowed access to classified material.
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cheerfullydrab posted:Seducing Mail Robot would be pointless now that it's not allowed access to classified material. Not to mention it's even younger than Kim
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