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zoux posted:Chloe Grace Moretz was the last overly sexualized child star I can recall, I think she turned out alright. That one legendary creepshot not withstanding. I was gonna say Ellen Page, but that was probably just Hard Candy, I don't actually remember much media frenzy like the Chloe Moretz stuff.
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I've been way behind on this thread for ages but just chiming in to say that the current seasons of Nathan For You, Vice Principals, Broad City, Mr. Robot and The Good Place are all loving killing it. This is one of the strongest years of TV in a long time.
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Seems like I'm watching less TV but said TV is of much higher quality.
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Looten Plunder posted:I've been way behind on this thread for ages but just chiming in to say that the current seasons of Nathan For You, Vice Principals, Broad City, Mr. Robot and The Good Place are all loving killing it. And Teachers comes back next week.
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Mr. Robot had a million think pieces about it in season 1 and now it's like the show doesn't exist. Nobody in the media seems to care about it at all, regardless of the actual quality of the show.
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Looten Plunder posted:I was gonna say Ellen Page, but that was probably just Hard Candy, I don't actually remember much media frenzy like the Chloe Moretz stuff. Ellen Page was already in her twenties when she was playing teens in Hollywood movies, fwiw. And her actual teen roles in Canada weren't sexy or anything. e: 18 in hard candy tho, thought she was already 20. ffs that was 2005????
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That's because S1 was mostly plot-driven and "figuring out what's going on" driven. Then S2 turned sharply into pure character poo poo, which turned away a lot of the "doing hacking missions" and "being like fight club" fans. It also kept getting weirder. These are all good things, from my perspective, but harder to write accessible "thinkpieces" about.
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Mu Zeta posted:Mr. Robot had a million think pieces about it in season 1 and now it's like the show doesn't exist. Nobody in the media seems to care about it at all, regardless of the actual quality of the show. Josh Wiggler and Antonio Mazzaro do a great job on their Post Show Recaps podcast. Josh has access to one of the writers that he does a deep dive with every week and there are still a ton of cool observations they make. For example, the amount of The Shining homages in the last episode was incredible.
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TUGZ1VQDss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L7GsGc5adk Holy poo poo, he is amazing.
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Snak posted:That's because S1 was mostly plot-driven and "figuring out what's going on" driven. Then S2 turned sharply into pure character poo poo, which turned away a lot of the "doing hacking missions" and "being like fight club" fans. It also kept getting weirder. These are all good things, from my perspective, but harder to write accessible "thinkpieces" about. The ending of season 1 really wrote them into a massive corner that by necessity would change a lot of what would come after, yeah. I love the show, and think the show's highs are at least as high as in the first season now, but I also think it's generally shakier and can feel like character motivations are opaque or even arbitrary at times. I'm in for the long haul, but I don't blame anyone looking for something more grounded.
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STAC Goat posted:That and there are just creepy perverts who have always and will always be gross creeps about celebrity teenage girls. And some of them probably work at Disney and in the pop music industry. I find myself remembering with a deep inward shudder, the "countdown til the Olsen Twins are legal" websites of internet yesteryear.
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Fox is bringing back '24'......as a legal drama. Lame. http://deadline.com/2017/11/24-series-comeback-female-lead-fox-franchise-1202199024/ I forced myself to watch 24: Legacy but didn't end up finishing it. It was so much worse than even the worst season of original '24'.
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Nov 2, 2017 02:24
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Didn't 24 drop the "this takes place in 24 hours" conceit after the second season?
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precision posted:Didn't 24 drop the "this takes place in 24 hours" conceit after the second season?
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FlamingLiberal posted:Only 24: Legacy did because they only had 12 episodes. And they didn't make it 12 two-hour episodes? Come on people!
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FlamingLiberal posted:Fox is bringing back '24'......as a legal drama. Lame. What would make a good 24 re-branding would be a 24 about a major natural or ecological disaster and the chaos and insanity that goes down in the initial response. Basically Fukushima but set at a US facility or a major hurricane wrecking a city.
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pentyne posted:What would make a good 24 re-branding would be a 24 about a major natural or ecological disaster and the chaos and insanity that goes down in the initial response. Basically Fukushima but set at a US facility or a major hurricane wrecking a city.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Fox is bringing back '24'......as a legal drama. Lame.
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The only reason they aren't making more Legacy is because Corey Hawkins is off doing a play or something like that and they didn't know when he would be available again.
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Speaking of Mr Robot, the commercial for next week's episode says that it will be completely commercial free and uninterrupted.
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muscles like this! posted:Speaking of Mr Robot, the commercial for next week's episode says that it will be completely commercial free and uninterrupted. I hope that means it has fake commercials in it.
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I caught up with S3 of Mr Robot and I really hope that all the hints they're dropping about time/dimensional travel and the LHC is just a red herring/honeypot after the twists in S1 and S2 were guessed so handily so quickly, because otherwise this show is going to be an implosion on par with True Detective or Homeland.
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Nov 2, 2017 04:23
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Snak posted:I hope that means it has fake commercials in it. Probably means more gently caress-words than usual, or maybe some gore or sex beyond what they're usually allowed to show. "Commercial-free and uninterrupted," on a cable show that makes a non-insignificant amount of its budget back from ad buys, is a diplomatic way of saying "no advertisers would touch this with a fifty foot pole."
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:Probably means more gently caress-words than usual, or maybe some gore or sex beyond what they're usually allowed to show. "Commercial-free and uninterrupted," on a cable show that makes a non-insignificant amount of its budget back from ad buys, is a diplomatic way of saying "no advertisers would touch this with a fifty foot pole." I like the speculation that it's going to be an entire episode that's one long take.
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muscles like this! posted:The only reason they aren't making more Legacy is because Corey Hawkins is off doing a play or something like that and they didn't know when he would be available again.
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24 Legacy and Designated Survivor were both massively disappointing. The last Kiefer Sutherland-related thing I really enjoyed was Metal Gear Solid V.
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muscles like this! posted:Seems like I'm watching less TV but said TV is of much higher quality. Yeah, same. Now that I don't have any tv service if any kind, I just keep up with whatever shows I already liked by watching them the next day online, and I occasionally check out shows that get a lot of online hype. precision posted:Didn't 24 drop the "this takes place in 24 hours" conceit after the second season? You're thinking of the "events occur in real time" concept. Each episode was still supposed to be an hour, just that they became creative about timing within that hour. raditts fucked around with this message at 06:00 on Nov 2, 2017 |
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Guy Mann posted:I caught up with S3 of Mr Robot and I really hope that all the hints they're dropping about time/dimensional travel and the LHC is just a red herring/honeypot after the twists in S1 and S2 were guessed so handily so quickly, because otherwise this show is going to be an implosion on par with True Detective or Homeland. I've avoided the thread and everything else on the Internet about this show, can you summarise some of the evidence to this theory?
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Looten Plunder posted:I've avoided the thread and everything else on the Internet about this show, can you summarise some of the evidence to this theory? Have you watched the show? It's blatant at this point. It's either a massive red herring or true, but as of this season there are lines of dialogue and stuff that directly allude to or support the "theory"
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Ugh, I really need to catch up then. I only saw the first episode of the season. How many are out?
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precision posted:Have you watched the show? It's blatant at this point. It's either a massive red herring or true, but as of this season there are lines of dialogue and stuff that directly allude to or support the "theory" I just realised there was an episode just now that I haven't seen.
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Snak posted:Ugh, I really need to catch up then. I only saw the first episode of the season. How many are out? Last night was ep 4.
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K. I just watched ep 2. It was good.
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Finally finished up Legion, and yeah that was real satisfying overall; great cast, soundtrack, cinematography, etc. I'm super excited to see what happens with the next season.
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I just realized what bugs me about the legal proceedings on The Good Wife: No one ever does redirect examinations.
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Mu Zeta posted:If you keep watching the series I'm really looking forward to how you react to a future Kalinda thing. It takes place over a long time and not many people noticed it at first. It's one of the controversial parts of the show so don't look up any articles about The Good Wife if you don't want the spoiler. If you mean the thing that solidifies near the end of season 2 I guessed it in season 1.
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Hi, hello, Riverdale is good.
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Lurdiak posted:If you mean the thing that solidifies near the end of season 2 I guessed it in season 1. That's around the time thing starts, or doesn't start.
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I just discovered Big Mouth. I can't believe i missed this, it's way up my alley.
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Lurdiak posted:If you mean the thing that solidifies near the end of season 2 I guessed it in season 1. If you're talking about Kalinda being bi, that's not it. I think. Everyone's being very coy.
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