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precision posted:episode 2 of Happy continues to be loving awesome, this might be one of the best new shows if it keeps this quality level up I’m watching this now and wondering why the hell it doesn’t have a thread yet. I mean it stars Patton Oswalt and the guy that played Elliot Stabler on Law & Order SVU for twelve seasons, so if nothing else it’s well-casted.
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feedmyleg posted:That Harmon video just made me feel like he's Kevin Smith For People Who Consider Themselves Smart. Harmon being an insufferable, self-righteous tool is pretty well-known at this point, considering it got him fired from Community and it's caused some issues with Rick & Morty's production (to say nothing of how the staff on the latter show were abused). I still don't think he's realized that Rick Sanchez is a pretty direct parody of him.
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Nah, he definitely knows. The thing about Harmon is that he has a massive amount of self-awareness, he just doesn't know what to do with it and just doubles down on his egotistical eccentricities rather than learning anything and growing as a person.
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precision posted:Now You See Me is actually fantastic I enjoyed both of them. I'm under no illusion (heh) that they're smart or even good movies, but they're much more entertaining to me than that other magician franchise about the kids in wizard school.
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I thought it was just Ocean's 11 with real magic
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The first Now You See Me is stupid because they can't decide if the magic stuff is just practical or CG fakery. The end is especially stupid because they pull out holograms out of nowhere.
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Mu Zeta posted:I thought it was just Ocean's 11 with real magic It’s not real magic. It’s stage magic even in the movies but they don’t bother to make most of it plausible.
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muscles like this! posted:The first Now You See Me is stupid because they can't decide if the magic stuff is just practical or CG fakery. The end is especially stupid because they pull out holograms out of nowhere. This was my problem with it - magicians performing heists is a fun premise but then oh no it turns out magic is actually real. Harry Potter guy was funny in #2 though.
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The general presentation of it turned me off of the movie just from the marketing. "Magicians do a heist" is a good premise for a movie, but when it's clear that you're just going to use CGI to make "astonishing tricks" do whatever you want all the time, and also try and make that visual spectacle a selling point of the film... that doesn't work for me. I slightly similar problem with the ending to Burt Wonderstone: his ultimate trick involves using gas to roofie the entire audience. yeah. So, like, great "Home Alone" level prank I guess, but even in a comedy, it just takes me right out of the movie as a "we're supposed to believe this is a thing that happens"
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Dr. Gitmo Moneyson posted:I’m watching this now and wondering why the hell it doesn’t have a thread yet. I mean it stars Patton Oswalt and the guy that played Elliot Stabler on Law & Order SVU for twelve seasons, so if nothing else it’s well-casted. Thread for Happy! https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3843155
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feedmyleg posted:Nah, he definitely knows. The thing about Harmon is that he has a massive amount of self-awareness, he just doesn't know what to do with it and just doubles down on his egotistical eccentricities rather than learning anything and growing as a person. Eternally stuck at the halfway mark of his own story wheel.
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Cithen posted:oh, god... 'A Christmas Story: Live' is an abomination. Who thought this was a good idea? Considering that the source material is a miserable, lethargic, ugly movie, a terrible live musical adaptation seems about par for the course.
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:Thread for Happy! Thank you.
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Cithen posted:oh, god... 'A Christmas Story: Live' is an abomination. Who thought this was a good idea? I tapped out 15 minutes in. I actually like ACS despite its overexposure this time of the year, but doing it as a musical just doesn't work for me.
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Chris James 2 posted:Cartoon Network in 2017 Cable television is going the way of AM radio.
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Cithen posted:oh, god... 'A Christmas Story: Live' is an abomination. Who thought this was a good idea? God the songs are such garbage. Looking forward to everyone freaking out about how “A CHRISTMAS STORY” has a song about Hanukkah [kirmit_sipping_tea.gif] Chris James 2 posted:Cartoon Network in 2017 New Steven Universe this week!  ... wait, was my takeaway supposed to be different? [Edit: seriously though TTG is insanely popular and pulls in really good numbers, which helps them pay for their shows that don’t do very well... such as Steven Universe! Also, CN’s target audience isn’t the people who are actually watching Steven Universe.] asecondduck fucked around with this message at 02:42 on Dec 18, 2017 |
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feedmyleg posted:That Harmon video just made me feel like he's Kevin Smith For People Who Consider Themselves Smart. that... actually sums harmon up really, really well Timby posted:Harmon being an insufferable, self-righteous tool is pretty well-known at this point, considering it got him fired from Community and it's caused some issues with Rick & Morty's production (to say nothing of how the staff on the latter show were abused). I still don't think he's realized that Rick Sanchez is a pretty direct parody of him. my favorite Harmon Got Fired story is when he worked on the Sarah Silverman Program and staged a "they go or I go" ultimatum against Sarah Silverman Cithen posted:oh, god... 'A Christmas Story: Live' is an abomination. Who thought this was a good idea? Probably the same people who thing that making a musical adaptation of every halfway popular IP is a good idea raditts fucked around with this message at 02:47 on Dec 18, 2017 |
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lelandjs posted:[Edit: seriously though TTG is insanely popular and pulls in really good numbers, which helps them pay for their shows that don’t do very well... such as Steven Universe! Also, CN’s target audience isn’t the people who are actually watching Steven Universe.] This is...an extreme. But if you told me as a kid that, for this week I was home from school, I could tune in to CN at literally any time and watch one of my favorite shows? I'd probably be down. Also, I'd like to know what CN's ratings for this time period look like, historically. Between travel, seeing family and distractions from shiny new presents, I would wager that the last week of December is (counterinuitively) a ratings low for them.
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Watched Wolf Creek season 2. As a whole it was much tighter and better structured than season 1. It suffered for not having a lead character as strong as Lucy Fry, but overall a stronger outing.
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feedmyleg posted:That Harmon video just made me feel like he's Kevin Smith For People Who Consider Themselves Smart. Kevin Smith fans tend to think of themselves as smarter and better than the average film goer.
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Oh man A Christmas Story Live seems specifically designed to piss off idiots: *Surprise! It’s a musical! (Lotta people on Twitter were actually surprised by this) *Lots of POCs in the cast, including Maya Rudolph as Ralphie’s Mom *Not actually showing the BB Gun onscreen *The classic Ovaltine decoder ring bit was removed *The department store Santa was black *A song celebrating Hanukkah was added Don’t get me wrong, the musical itself is garbage, but I’m having fun watching people throwing poo poo fits about it on Twitter. Bonus: Ralphie’s dad is played by the “This guy fucks!” guy from Silicon Valley and it turns out he’s a great singer.
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I wasn’t quite enjoying the last season of Parks & Rec and then it hit an upswing for a couple of episodes and now it’s bad again Wonder if it has anything to do with Tom not being in a couple of episodes after the first few but then comes back
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muscles like this! posted:I saw multiple ads for it that never mentioned the musical part. I didn't know it was a thing that existed until I saw it posted here, and I knew it was a musical because of course it loving is.
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They did actually show the BB gun after he gets it but not until then.
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JethroMcB posted:Considering that the source material is a miserable, lethargic, ugly movie, You motherfucker. I hope you shoot your eye out.
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JethroMcB posted:Considering that the source material is a miserable, lethargic, ugly movie, a terrible live musical adaptation seems about par for the course. gently caress you 
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So Ken Jeong played the Christmas tree salesman who also, inexplicably, owns the Chinese restaurant. The employees, however, employ perfect diction while singing “Deck The Halls”. [Edit: oh my god there are actually people complaining that taking out the “Fa Ra Ra Ra” ruined the ending] asecondduck fucked around with this message at 03:53 on Dec 18, 2017 |
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If you want a memorable Christmas experience watch Pottersville on Netflix. Don't read anything about it beforehand, just...let it wash over you.
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lelandjs posted:So Ken Jeong played the Christmas tree salesman who also, inexplicably, owns the Chinese restaurant. That does ruin it!
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Rhyno posted:That does ruin it! ...tell me you’re not serious. A Christmas Story is my #3 favorite Christmas film (It’s A Wonderful Life, Die Hard) but the racist loving ending always leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Maybe—MAYBE—if the film were made in the time period it takes place in, it could be overlooked, but it was made in 1980-loving-3. It’s a stupid, racist, hurtful “joke” and could be easily removed with literally no harm done to the film. [Edit: this is relevant to TV chat because TBS spends all day on Christmas reminding Asians that white people think the way newly emigrated Chinese people talk is amusing] asecondduck fucked around with this message at 04:11 on Dec 18, 2017 |
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Recent Chinese immigrants do say fa ra ra ra ra
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No I'm not serious. That doesn't mean the original scene isn't funny.
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Catching up on Agents of Shield. Started season 4. I expect it will mostly be practical effects, they spent the cgi budget on ghost rider transforming constantly.
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Nasgate posted:Catching up on Agents of Shield. Started season 4. I expect it will mostly be practical effects, they spent the cgi budget on ghost rider transforming constantly. This isn't how budgets work though?
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