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McSpanky posted:Yeah I mean, the Callister crew's like "we have an infinite universe to explore!" but it's an MMO videogame universe and they're NPCs, everyone's gonna treat them like disposable tools and they still can't die. It seemed very darkly ironic to me. And about the same for the modern direction of corporate franchise management as well. I look forward to the follow up where they find their niche sending players looking for 10 Tribble Fangs
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Four episodes into the new Black Mirror and I thought that the fourth one was the first great episode.
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Generally liked the fourth season. Some highs, some lows, eps 2 and 6 were a snooze I thought. Especially 6, what with it trying to be like some ur-episode of the series, and with each substory you're waiting for something interesting to happen but are just left going ".... that's it?". Still, nothing in this season as bad as "Hated In The Nation" from last season. Bloody Hedgehog fucked around with this message at 06:35 on Dec 31, 2017 |
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Generally liked the fourth season. Some highs, some lows, eps 2 and 6 were a snooze I thought. Especially 6, what with it trying to be like some ur-episode of the series, and with each substory you're waiting for something interesting to happen but are just left going ".... that's it?". I'm confused by your take on 6. I thought the first 2 stories were really entertaining, and the finale was terrible but "that's it?" Is a an odd reaction to something so ridiculous.
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Tainen posted:Four episodes into the new Black Mirror and I thought that the fourth one was the first great episode. Same, but I enjoyed them all (even token bad episode Metalhead)
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Ep 2: What if IPads hit you in head. Has technology gone too far?
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I just watched the first episode of Patriot (Prime Original) and holy poo poo, i'm hooked.
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god peaky blinders is soooo boring. Thing happens, thing happens, Betrayal!, thing happens, not really betrayal, oh no they're hosed, but really they had a plan all along. Sums up every single season.
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Doorknob Slobber posted:god peaky blinders is soooo boring. Thing happens, thing happens, Betrayal!, thing happens, not really betrayal, oh no they're hosed, but really they had a plan all along. Sums up every single season. Man I hate to say it, but you're not wrong. I had this feeling while watching season 4, and I think so much time passes between seasons that I didn't catch onto it before. Also I thought Adrian Brody was hilariously terrible this season.
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Just blew through Ash vs Evil Dead, Punisher, Dark, and Mist over the past few weeks. Really liked the first two, Dark was okay and I don't know what kept me hooked on the Mist but made it through. Lots of unlikable characters including Adrian who has the most punchable face I've seen in awhile. Anyhow, thinking about picking back up on Penny Dreadful. Does it ever pick up on the monster hunting? First few episodes, everyone was getting introduced, things started picking up, they went to a nest without too much much excitement, it had me hooked and then there were 2-3 episodes in a row that was pretty much Eva Green's character acting crazy (which she does an excellent job of) without much going on and I started the Wire and never went back to it. Should I give it another shot? I'm not expecting a Michael Bay vampire show, but it was described to me as kind of an early Supernatural set in the 1800s and maybe those people who told me that are just retarded or I didn't give it enough time.
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Mammal Sauce posted:Just blew through Ash vs Evil Dead, Punisher, Dark, and Mist over the past few weeks. Really liked the first two, Dark was okay and I don't know what kept me hooked on the Mist but made it through. Lots of unlikable characters including Adrian who has the most punchable face I've seen in awhile. Not exactly, no. It remains focused mostly on the cast and the weird poo poo they've got going on, whereas the monsters they're after tend to remain something of a backdrop. It's still a pretty good show (mostly on the back of Eva Green), but it's not hugely monster-hunter-y.
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drunken officeparty posted:2 new Dave Chappelle specials are out today. Just finished the first one and it's much better than his previous Netflix specials. Really good stuff.
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Both specials are really good, but as usual there's some iffy poo poo in there so if you didn't like the last ones for that reason, you probably wont like these. They're definitely both better than the last ones though.
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I thought all 4 of them were great and mostly on par with each other.
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End of the 4th special is kind of a wet fart. Tell jokes man I don't care about your drama with Comedy Central stop dwelling on the past in such an unfunny way
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Any more misguided LGBT jokes or complaints about political correctness?
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He addresses the trans thing and expands on how he feels about making jokes about it without apologizing, but tries to seem more empathetic. Whether or not that is sufficient is up to the viewer I guess. I didn't really think the ones in the first special were all that bad tbh. Edit: Truthfully he kind of doubles down on it a bit. if someone was bothered by that in the last one I wouldn't recommend this one to them. veni veni veni fucked around with this message at 03:00 on Jan 1, 2018 |
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Finally getting around to watching Jean-Claude Van Johnson. I haven't laughed this hard at a TV show in years. This is amazing.
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Dango Bango posted:Finally getting around to watching Jean-Claude Van Johnson. I haven't laughed this hard at a TV show in years. This is amazing. In what way?
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Pander posted:In what way? Watch the opening scene of the pilot. It should make it pretty clear what this show is like. To describe it kinda gives it away. e: I'll also add that there are a lot of fantastic callbacks to JCVD movies. Dango Bango fucked around with this message at 04:05 on Jan 1, 2018 |
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Pander posted:In what way? I'm surprised there's not any overlap with the production of Patriot. Both shows have a deadpan reaction as they build absurdity in a way that works well.
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Mammal Sauce posted:Anyhow, thinking about picking back up on Penny Dreadful. Does it ever pick up on the monster hunting? First few episodes, everyone was getting introduced, things started picking up, they went to a nest without too much much excitement, it had me hooked and then there were 2-3 episodes in a row that was pretty much Eva Green's character acting crazy (which she does an excellent job of) without much going on and I started the Wire and never went back to it. Should I give it another shot? I'm not expecting a Michael Bay vampire show, but it was described to me as kind of an early Supernatural set in the 1800s and maybe those people who told me that are just retarded or I didn't give it enough time.
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When Chapelle said that the world is full of bitch rear end niggas, I was like, you the one afraid of powerful black women, homie. Slow your fuckin role.
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knows a black guy posted:Man I hate to say it, but you're not wrong. I had this feeling while watching season 4, and I think so much time passes between seasons that I didn't catch onto it before. Also I thought Adrian Brody was hilariously terrible this season. Yeah, WTF. He just straight up copies Don Corleone for his voice. Even if all Sicilian mobsters spoke like that, Brando's performance is to iconic to go anywhere near without drawing unfavorable comparisons.
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Wormwood is good as gently caress and everyone should watch it.
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veni veni veni posted:He addresses the trans thing and expands on how he feels about making jokes about it without apologizing, but tries to seem more empathetic. Whether or not that is sufficient is up to the viewer I guess. I didn't really think the ones in the first special were all that bad tbh. Yeah, I'll pass. He's mentally stuck 20 years in the past. Here's a video of a comedian who is both funny and empathetic. https://www.facebook.com/attn/videos/1371332462902209/
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Sort of annoyed that Black Mirror Season 4 Episode 2 is perpetuating the myth that the morning after pill is an abortion pill. I liked the first 2 episodes so far. The third one is probably my least favorite of the entire series.
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WarEternal posted:Wormwood is good as gently caress and everyone should watch it. Not emptyquoting
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Nihonniboku posted:Yeah, I'll pass. He's mentally stuck 20 years in the past. It's like when Richard Pryor went to Africa and instead of realizing how wrong he was for calling his brothers the N word, he doubled down on it and called Africans a bunch of soft rear end bitches for not getting on the trend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AltWj4iAmno
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Agreed that Black Mirror's morality play is a bit wanting this season, but I still had a lot of fun. I really didn't like episode 2/Arkangel, which dragged on and on and the conceit was straightforward from the outset. I 5/Metalhead more than everyone else, apparently. I found myself rooting for the protagonist and the dog, and feeling sympathy for the poor robot dog's hurt paw. I still haven't finished the finale but it seems sort of clip-showy. I liked the little callbacks, especially in episode three, having that song part of the episode and that "Wraith Babes" was an option on the hotel porno channel.
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ruddiger posted:It's like when Richard Pryor went to Africa and instead of realizing how wrong he was for calling his brothers the N word, he doubled down on it and called Africans a bunch of soft rear end bitches for not getting on the trend. Oof. That's pretty bad.
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ruddiger posted:It's like when Richard Pryor went to Africa and instead of realizing how wrong he was for calling his brothers the N word, he doubled down on it and called Africans a bunch of soft rear end bitches for not getting on the trend. God drat this is hilarious.
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honestly, the difference there is that Pryor is speaking within his lane. he's no less affected by the use of the N-word than other black guys, and he's perfectly entitled to his opinion on the word, even if he's got a weird opinion. Chappelle, meanwhile, is punching down at issues he has little to no actual experience with and that do not affect him, so it feels a lot meaner and shittier.
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Meh it wasn’t that bad.
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WarEternal posted:Wormwood is good as gently caress and everyone should watch it. it's the closest thing to a Metal Gear Solid movie we have
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When the entire setup and punchline of the joke is misgendering a person it's actually extremely lovely.
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I guess to me if something is funny it's warranted in stand up, and it was pretty funny, more so in the new special. Less so in the first. That said, he says some stuff that is going to rub some people the wrong way and if they don't want to engage because of that, it's fine and I'm not gonna fault them for it. I guess what I don't get is why it's ok to make fun of almost everything, but then this one thing is totally taboo. If I'm watching Dave Chappelle I'm not really going in there expecting him to be sensitive to anyone. It's part of his schtick. Like, Bill Burr is another one of my favorite comedians and I disagree with 50% of what he says, but if he's funny about it, I still enjoy it.
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Nihonniboku posted:Yeah, I'll pass. He's mentally stuck 20 years in the past. I thought comedy was supposed to be funny.
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