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Celery Jello posted:the navelgazing listicles and My World of Flops-style journeys into weird pop culture esoterica are where my bread gets buttered I feel it should be pointed out for anyone else who wasn't aware, like me, that Mr. My World of Flops/top Juggalo himself Nathan Rabin started his own, obscenely quickly updated site.
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Awesome and my newest bookmark in months. AVClub sucks now. e: read a few posts and god drat Nathan Rabin is really sad all the time about money Mu Zeta fucked around with this message at 00:25 on Jul 13, 2017 |
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Jul 13, 2017 00:05
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Just be aware that on Rabin's site, any image that fails to load (which seems to be a lot of them, thanks Squarespace) defaults to a still from the motion picture Theodore Rex depicting Whoopi Goldberg and titular dinosaur cop in a suit. He is not practicing some long game non sequitur comedy by peppering every page with this photo.Mu Zeta posted:e: read a few posts and god drat Nathan Rabin is really sad all the time about money Remember, the dude went insanely into debt about a decade ago and has lost his job from two websites in as many years.
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Jul 13, 2017 00:30
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Hahaha I wish I'd read that explanation for the Dinosaurs pic like 45 minutes ago. Rabin's site seems cool, although he definitely benefited from having someone else edit and proofread. I might chip in to the Patreon. e: more than anything I just don't think he's all that funny Escobarbarian fucked around with this message at 01:18 on Jul 13, 2017 |
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Jul 13, 2017 01:02
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Shageletic posted:DP's recommendations require a lot of time and patience to bear fruit, and alot of them thrive by building off and playing with previous established archetypes. Considering that and your lack of exp with TV, I wouldn't watch PoI or You're The Worst. Instead these might be more up your alley: Band of Brothers is probably up there in my favorite shows of all time and its the best WWII movie/miniseries ever created and it will never be topped, I recommend looking at its IMDB page since there are a ton of actors you wouldn't believe were in it.
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Jul 13, 2017 01:31
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They tried with to top it with The Pacific. They failed 
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Jul 13, 2017 01:47
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Spielberg/Hanks are trying again with The Mighty Eighth about WW2 bombers. They learned their lesson and the show will be about one group of people only.
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Jul 13, 2017 01:49
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I'm still waiting for that Revolutionary War series they picked up a while back.
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Jul 13, 2017 02:01
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:They tried with to top it with The Pacific. The greatest problem with The Pacific is that stories of the PTO lack the...I dunno, grandeur? Heroism? Sense of purpose? Of the European. Just bleak tales of men in Hellish conditions, being driven to their limits. I thought it was a good series overall but it seriously took me 6 months to watch the whole thing because I'd psych myself up to watch it, make it through the hour, then see in the preview that the next episode was a Sledge one and say "I can't deal with that right now."
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Jul 13, 2017 02:09
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JethroMcB posted:The greatest problem with The Pacific is that stories of the PTO lack the...I dunno, grandeur? Heroism? Sense of purpose? Of the European. Just bleak tales of men in Hellish conditions, being driven to their limits. I thought it was a good series overall but it seriously took me 6 months to watch the whole thing because I'd psych myself up to watch it, make it through the hour, then see in the preview that the next episode was a Sledge one and say "I can't deal with that right now." Pretend I posted that gif of a guy tossing rocks into a Japanese soldier's vacated skullcap here.
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Jul 13, 2017 04:34
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I am four seasons into Supernatural and let me just say that we do not deserve Jensen Ackles.
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Jul 13, 2017 05:09
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Like, I immediately recognize that episode and want to rewatch it now.
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Jul 13, 2017 05:27
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I remember watching "Yellow Fever" when it aired and thinking it was as good as a single episode of TV could ever be, and then two weeks later comes "Wishful Thinking". Season 4 of supernatural was pretty amazing.
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Jul 13, 2017 05:32
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STAC Goat posted:Like, I immediately recognize that episode and want to rewatch it now. That was scary!
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Jul 13, 2017 05:44
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Rarity posted:Have we really reached the point where people don't realise I recommend this ironically? It's more that this person's new, so wouldn't necessarily get that, if they hadn't ended up already seeing it.
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Jul 13, 2017 06:55
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One more recommendation, if you like horror and "so bad it's good," is Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. The premise is it's a British supernatural medical drama from the 80s released in 2004 with commentary from its Stephen King writer/dreamweaver/lead actor and the rest of the cast. It's absolutely hilarious and there are only six 25 minute episodes so it's not a big time commitment at all.
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Jul 13, 2017 07:11
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Emmy nominations come out in about 90 minutes!!!
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Jul 13, 2017 14:58
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I love that because of the cutoff point any nominations OITNB will get will be for season 4. Even 5 feels like it came out ages ago now.
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Jul 13, 2017 15:30
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Well it kinda did...
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Jul 13, 2017 16:26
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Ha well ignoring the leak it's only been like a month. But with streaming shows that feels a lot longer than with something that aired week-to-week
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Jul 13, 2017 16:36
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For once I can't really see any really egregious noms or snubs. I'm pleasantly surprised.
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Jul 13, 2017 16:53
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try the new taco place posted:Emmy nominations come out in about 90 minutes!!! Not a single nomination for Leftovers. That's just insane.
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Jul 13, 2017 16:57
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Nothing in the main categories at least, don't know about writing etc yet. As if I needed a reason to consider the Emmys invalid.
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Jul 13, 2017 17:05
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No leftovers and no The Americans for best drama. stranger things for best drama give me a break.
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Jul 13, 2017 17:06
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and house of cards is still getting that nom hahah as is modern family I mean neither is unexpected but jeez
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Jul 13, 2017 17:07
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What is This Is Us, I have never seen anyone talk about it.
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Escobarbarian posted:and house of cards is still getting that nom hahah Yeah I don't know much about HoC, but Modern Family is getting incredibly tedious. It's probably not in the top 20 comedies airing right now. Maybe not even top 30.
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Hakkesshu posted:What is This Is Us, I have never seen anyone talk about it. Sure Jan.
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Jul 13, 2017 17:10
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Its a Parenthood knockoff with good actors.
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Jul 13, 2017 17:10
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I don't watch it but Sterling K. Brown is in it and he's amazing
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Jul 13, 2017 17:12
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I couldn't understand why Game of Thrones would get snubbed so I went and looked it up, and Jesus Christ, "Winds of Winter" aired in June 2016 and season 6 fell under last year's Emmys. It's been a long time!
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Jul 13, 2017 17:12
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Some pretty odd picks for the Emmys. Better Call Saul's Jonathan Banks over Michael McKean for Supporting Actor is nuts. Should probably have taken the place of Westworld's Anthony Hopkins and Jeffrey Wright. Vegetable fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Jul 13, 2017 |
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Jul 13, 2017 17:25
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Jeffrey Wright owns
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Jul 13, 2017 17:33
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hahaha Leftovers did get a guest actress nom for (I guess this is a spoiler?) Ann Dowd.
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Jul 13, 2017 17:49
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Eezee posted:Not a single nomination for Leftovers. That's just insane. It's a small consolation that Carrie Coon got a nom for Fargo, but a consolation nonetheless.
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lelandjs posted:For once I can't really see any really egregious noms or snubs. Tell that to the corner of the Internet that's screaming bloody murder, crying and grabbing pitchforks because Gilmore Girls got nothing. Mu Zeta posted:Its a Parenthood knockoff with good actors. Yeah, it's basically Parenthood with Shameless levels of misery porn.
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Jul 13, 2017 19:59
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Timby posted:Tell that to the corner of the Internet that's screaming bloody murder, crying and grabbing pitchforks because Gilmore Girls got nothing. Wait what? Even the most hardcore GG fans are pretty ambivalent towards the miniseries.
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Jul 13, 2017 20:11
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I'm a fan of Liev Schreiber but I don't understand how he keeps getting nominated. That show is bad (I still watch) and his character is not particularly special.
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Jul 13, 2017 20:12
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Its strange that Ezra Eddelman was nominated for OJ: Made in America. I know ESPN gave it a theatrical release to get it to be Academy Award nominated, but do the Emmy's not care about that sort of thing, and as long as it was on TV its ok?
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I will admit that I didn't notice the lack of the Leftovers because I haven't watched it.
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