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I get that the idea was that Nora is reliving past trauma, but even with that in mind the episode really had a bit of a "been here, done that" feeling to me. It's still an hour devoted to Carrie Coon so its not the worst thing in the world. Raxivace fucked around with this message at 06:28 on Apr 24, 2017 |
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The introduction of that other Chief Kevin was very reminiscent of the Twin Peaks movie when they introduced the town of Dear Meadow which was basically Twin Peaks with everything good about it turned lovely.
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I thought the conversation between Tommy and Nora was just... cold. 'I left her for my father. I didn't even know who you were.' Like, ouch. I do think it's kind of funny that from the speculation from last week of where's Lily/where's Erika/how'd Nora get the cast? the answers are all kind of just mundane. And again they hit the tie-in throughout the seasons; season 1 all of the Perfect Strangers cast departed, season 2 they found Mark Linn-Baker hiding out in Mexico, this episode he's the one that contacts Nora.
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LadyPictureShow posted:I thought the conversation between Tommy and Nora was just... cold. 'I left her for my father. I didn't even know who you were.' Like, ouch. Felt the same, which is odd since their interaction started so warmly. And it's even worse, he says "I didn't even know you existed" or something, which felt way harsher than he needed to be
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Apr 24, 2017 13:37
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I wonder if we're going to get a new theme song every episode or if we're getting the Perfect Strangers theme every week
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I think I've told you this before, but I can't help but genuinely laugh when I see or think of your username + avatar I don't believe you have, but thanks! Perfect Strangers has kind of been a running joke with me since I trolled an AOL chat room in the 90s called The Writers Lounge. I claimed my book The Perfect Strangers Definitive Episode Guide: From Mypos to Chicago and back had been picked up by a publisher. Looking back the concept was stupid but 15 year old me had a lot of fun with it. I got other people in on the joke and the pinnacle was when a friend of mine ended up teaching ESL to Korean Soldiers while he was stationed there and taught them that "Don't be ridiculous!" was popular American slang. I'd like to think for a while at least, there were a bunch of Korean soldiers running around imitating Balki.
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I assume we'll be back to whatever the standard theme song will be for the rest of the season next week, that Lindelof couldn't resist trolling people who were waiting to see what would happen with the third season credits after the wildly different versions of season 1 and 2 and then skipping the credits altogether with the first episode of season 3.
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Oh, Lindsay Duncan. I loving love you, and you're already pretty good in the role, but your accent needs work.
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Lindsey Duncan was on a BBC miniseries called Perfect Strangers
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THE LEFTOVERS IS THE GREATEST SHOW ON TELEVISION
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Why haven't they addressed the Trump issue yet? That would be a good tie in that could explain the disappearances
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Lick! The! Whisk! posted:THE LEFTOVERS IS THE GREATEST SHOW ON TELEVISION If they nail this season it'll be my favorite ever made
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AHAHAHAHAHA holy poo poo Lindelof is the greatest. https://www.instagram.com/p/BTQOPbDD3cZ/
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Poppyseed Poundcake posted:Why haven't they addressed the Trump issue yet? That would be a good tie in that could explain the disappearances I like TV as a place to escape the news for the most part.
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Lick! The! Whisk! posted:AHAHAHAHAHA holy poo poo Lindelof is the greatest. Is that actually him? He left Twitter because of how much poo poo people gave him over the finale still.
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:Is that actually him? He left Twitter because of how much poo poo people gave him over the finale still. yes it is actually him
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Apr 24, 2017 18:28
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Carrie Coon will never reveal the Wu-Tang secret.
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Lick! The! Whisk! posted:THE LEFTOVERS IS THE GREATEST SHOW ON TELEVISION read in i think the NYTimes review that Nora's DSD boss says "she's goin'" to his co-worker once he gets off the phone with her about her going to St. Louis. continuity error or some weird foreshadowing? Escobarbarian fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Apr 24, 2017 |
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Escobarbarian posted:read in i think the NYTimes review that Nora's DSD boss says "she's goin'" to his co-worker once he gets off the phone with her about her going to St. Louis. continuity error or some weird foreshadowing? Why continuity error? The coworker likely was able to piece together that Nora asked for the funding.
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Escobarbarian posted:read in i think the NYTimes review that Nora's DSD boss says "she's goin'" to his co-worker once he gets off the phone with her about her going to St. Louis. continuity error or some weird foreshadowing? I'm no scientist... but I think he meant St. Louis
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It probably was a little foreshadowing cause I thought the same thing. But it really doesn't matter. If it was foreshadow we can smug the gently caress out later but if it's not nobody cares.
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hi thread I will watch the remaining 6 episodes, but episode 2 was just... real bad. Is anyone still taking this show seriously after the wu tang trampoline scene? That was the dumbest thing I have seen in ages. We couldn't stop laughing during the whole thing, but not in a good way. It's just like the worst episodes of lost right now. It's boring, it tries to be smart but it isn't. Nicely shot though. Lindelof is a bad writer, he needs someone to tell him wat bad storytelling is. He has good ideas, but he needs an actual writer with him, like Perotta during the first season.
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oliwan posted:hi thread Your bad
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oliwan posted:hi thread What a hilariously misinformed post this is.
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"Damon Lindelof needs a 'real writer' (what?) with him, like the guy who literally co-wrote the episode with him this week." - an idiot
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Apr 24, 2017 22:18
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Please enlighten me, I hope someone can convince my this is good?
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Apr 24, 2017 22:19
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I could see why you wouldn't like it but it wasn't bad writing. This is how people are coping with tragic loss and is consistent with what the show portrays through the series. And real people cope in different and sometimes silly ways.
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Like i said before, i have an MA in literature, I'm an English teacher, i have lots of experience with listening to arguments about storytelling, thematics, etc. Please tell me why you think this was a good episode.
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Invalid Validation posted:I could see why you wouldn't like it but it wasn't bad writing. This is how people are coping with tragic loss and is consistent with what the show portrays through the series. And real people cope in different and sometimes silly ways. Well that's the thing: why tell us something that we already know, or have seen before?
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I mean nothing we could say would change your mind. So what's the point other than to stroke your teaching boner?
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oliwan posted:Like i said before, i have an MA in literature, I'm an English teacher, i have lots of experience with listening to arguments about storytelling, thematics, etc. Please tell me why you think this was a good episode. all these qualifications and you still have bad taste. Sad!~
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Invalid Validation posted:I mean nothing we could say would change your mind. So what's the point other than to stroke your teaching boner? Eh no. Maybe I'm missing something? I've read lots of books/ saw lots of movies and shows that i didn't like before someone pointed me to something that I missed, or didn't interpret right, and now i like them 
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Matt Zerella posted:I'm in love with Carrie Coon. It's pretty much impossible not to be. Where the hell has she been before like 2 years ago?
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Like how is the trampoline scene supposed to add anything to the story? Except for hurrr durrr look how wacky we (the writers/directors) are?
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oliwan posted:Like how is the trampoline scene supposed to add anything to the story? Except for hurrr durrr look how wacky we (the writers/directors) are? You're the most pretentious poster on TVIV or a really bad troll, I haven't decided which yet.
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oliwan posted:Like how is the trampoline scene supposed to add anything to the story? Except for hurrr durrr look how wacky we (the writers/directors) are? You should be able to figure it out yourself with all these qualifications. It couldn't be any easier to understand, really. Of course you're just a bad troll so
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:You're the most pretentious poster on TVIV or a really bad troll, I haven't decided which yet. Doesn't that award go to that guy with the Brother Mouzone av?
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oliwan posted:Like i said before, i have an MA in literature, I'm an English teacher, i have lots of experience with listening to arguments about storytelling, thematics, etc. Please tell me why you think this was a good episode. What the poo poo? Do you have experience explaining your arguments? Or just listening? Edit: You are such a literary master that your criticism is "lol, we laughed at that scene in a totally not good way" UmOk fucked around with this message at 23:20 on Apr 24, 2017 |
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Apr 24, 2017 23:17
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PLEASE! do not feed the bad troll
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oliwan posted:Like how is the trampoline scene supposed to add anything to the story? Except for hurrr durrr look how wacky we (the writers/directors) are? Also echoing that the conversation with Tommy ended on a bizarrely mean note. Otherwise a pretty good episode though. Probably we get to Australia next episode and change gears a bit.
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