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GobiasIndustries posted:I'm curious, did anyone binge the season instead of watching it every week? While I enjoyed it I understand people's complaints and I wonder what people who watched it all at once think. I watched the first three episodes weekly, didn't like most of it so I stopped. Binged the rest over the last two days and while episodes 8+9 were pretty good, I think the season is bad compared to the first two. I agree with the general complains in the thread, the characters were too one-dimensional and the plot too thin. Unlike the first two seasons I don't remember ever having that "oh my god it's already over" feeling at the end of any episode. On the contrary more than once I thought an episode was over and there were still 10 minutes to go. I also don't understand what's supposed to be so clever about the opening scene of episode one versus the final scene. Of course I am inclined to believe the civilian in the first scene because Stasi bureaucracy has a reputation of arresting innocent people and I know nothing about the civilian, he also sounds like a nice guy who is genuinely troubled. And of course I think that Varga is a dirty liar, I just watched 10 episodes of TV establishing that and also he comes across as a complete rear end in a top hat in that scene. Now some people consider this commentary on how we understand stories and how we perceive reality and I agree somewhat, but - like so many things this season - it's way too on-the-nose. sicDaniel fucked around with this message at 23:16 on Jul 9, 2017 |
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sicDaniel posted:I watched the first three episodes weekly, didn't like most of it so I stopped. Binged the rest over the last two days and while episodes 8+9 were pretty good, I think the season is bad compared to the first two. I agree with the general complains in the thread, the characters were too one-dimensional and the plot too thin. Unlike the first two seasons I don't remember ever having that "oh my god it's already over" feeling at the end of any episode. On the contrary more than once I thought an episode was over and there were still 10 minutes to go.
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# ? Jul 11, 2017 03:30 |
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Even if you are down on this season, you have to appreciate that episode 3 is probably the best episode from any season. It's also one of the best episodes of anything put on TV, in my opinion. The monologue that Zimmerman delivers from the hospital is so well done, even if it is a little heavy handed. There's a real Ozymandias vibe to that scene that ties into the entirety of the season nicely.
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# ? Jul 13, 2017 02:17 |
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a new study bible! posted:Even if you are down on this season, you have to appreciate that episode 3 is probably the best episode from any season. It's also one of the best episodes of anything put on TV, in my opinion. The monologue that Zimmerman delivers from the hospital is so well done, even if it is a little heavy handed. There's a real Ozymandias vibe to that scene that ties into the entirety of the season nicely. "Am I getting laid tonight or what?" "Or what." The problem is that it's not a giant amazing season the way the previous 2 were, that's all.
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# ? Jul 13, 2017 09:38 |
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I love 303 but I know a few people who were down on it
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# ? Jul 13, 2017 09:41 |
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I thought it was a weird choice to place it so early on, but in retrospect it's one of the better episodes of the season. THe problem is that this isn't saying as much as it would've in previous seasons.
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# ? Jul 13, 2017 12:52 |
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Count me as one who wasn't terribly impressed with episode 3. If you're going to completely grind your season narrative to a halt just as it should be ramping up, it should at least tell us something about the characters involved. Instead our investigator hero spends the whole hour barely doing anything while chasing a lead we know is irrelevant and at best offers an explanation for why a character we saw for one scene was kind of a jerk. Felt like a waste of time and was one of the reasons I dropped the season shortly thereafter.
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# ? Jul 13, 2017 14:54 |
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I thought season 3 was better than 2
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# ? Jul 13, 2017 18:00 |
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Poppyseed Poundcake posted:I thought season 3 was better than 2 Definitely agreed, but before the finale I'm not sure I would have. Escobarbarian posted:I love 303 but I know a few people who were down on it I liked it but I wouldn't say it was the best ep of the season or anything.
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# ? Jul 13, 2017 21:12 |
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Comparison is the death of joy and personal scorecards are silly. Each season takes similar ingredients and does different things with it, and I enjoy all of them on their strengths. Season 3 definitely seems to take the meta-view of Coen styled "truth is very hard to whittle down to" escalating misunderstanding and wrap it around several plot threads that don't all follow through to the end of the season. That's intended, I feel. The incompleteness is a component on its own.
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# ? Jul 14, 2017 16:14 |
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Finally watched this. Though not how it was intended, I found it interesting to interpret it as a metaphor for the current political situation. Emmet is a Trump, Vargas is Putin, Ray is the American middle class, Nikki is the lower class. Trump first got involved with Russians in the Great Recession when American banks stopped lending money for his property projects and turned to Russian oligarchs for investment. Discuss. twoday fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Jul 19, 2017 |
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Hawley is going to be involved in a new FX project with the Russo brothers. So yeah, probably means an extended hiatus for Fargo. At least it’s relatively easy to make another season at some point down the road when/if Hawley wants to.
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# ? Jul 20, 2017 03:12 |
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I think I read he was just a producer on this one, but I could be wrong.
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# ? Jul 20, 2017 07:35 |
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Just need somewhere to vent my love for this Big Lebowski homage starring Leland Palmer.
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JBP posted:Just need somewhere to vent my love for this Big Lebowski homage starring Leland Palmer. It's a good one.
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# ? Aug 9, 2017 11:12 |
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JBP posted:Just need somewhere to vent my love for this Big Lebowski homage starring Leland Palmer. I've said it before, but that whole sequence in the bowling alley is some of the best television ever, in my opinion. If just for Ray the Kitten alone
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# ? Aug 9, 2017 19:04 |
I loved seasons 1 & 2 and somehow completely missed that 3 had even aired until a few days ago. I just binged it since Thursday and, whilst I might need to go back and revisit the first two, I think this might be the best one yet. Episode 8 might possibly be my favorite episode of any television show yet.
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# ? Aug 18, 2017 23:16 |
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For anyone who didn't know, Mary Elizabeth Winstead ("The Swango") has a gorgeous voice and recorded an album with producer Dan "The Automator" Nakamura as Got a Girl. It's pretty great, especially if you liked groups like Lovage, Bitter:Sweet, and Portishead. The video for "Did We Live Too Fast": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD6upBLkbj8
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# ? Aug 19, 2017 04:13 |
Am I the only one disappointed that the Bridge subplot never went anywhere? I wanted to see The Swango kick rear end at Bridge tournaments...
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:For anyone who didn't know, Mary Elizabeth Winstead ("The Swango") has a gorgeous voice and recorded an album with producer Dan "The Automator" Nakamura as Got a Girl. It's pretty great, especially if you liked groups like Lovage, Bitter:Sweet, and Portishead. I didn't realize that but it makes sense because she's on the second Deltron 3030 album. SimonChris posted:Am I the only one disappointed that the Bridge subplot never went anywhere? I wanted to see The Swango kick rear end at Bridge tournaments... Her Bridge abilities informed her ability to outsmart Varga
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# ? Aug 19, 2017 15:25 |
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Watching season 1 again and episode 4, when Gus calls Molly to say they've gotten Malvo, she's reading an email about Lester's phone dump and there's an Outlook folder called Emails from Mom. Did they ever say when her mom died or even if she was dead? At the very least she lived long enough to send 9 or so emails. Also I love the fact Malvo uses his one phone call to check on his partner's progress on obtaining crickets. Because getting arrested on a probable triple murder charge is nothing to sweat over.
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ymgve posted:Up to episode 8 now, and it annoys me how these previously cold and calculating criminals are now using more and more extreme supervillain tactics that is anything but subtle. First they risk exposing themselves by attempting to poison Nikki inside a jail cell, and when that fails they decided to overturn a loving prison bus, which is gonna attact more attention than the sum of everything that has happened so far in the season. Sure, it's almost half a year later, but I just binged watch S3. Vargas had send Meemo to kill Ray and Nikki, who was going to do it at the motel. But then Ray left, so Meemo was just going to kill Nikki. But then Emmit kills Ray, so Vargas needs Nikki to take the fall, so Meemo leaves. Which is what happens when the cops show up. However, their whole story depends on the cops believing Nikki killed Ray for beating her. Which falls apart quite quickly if she tells the police it wasn't Ray, but a Russian and an Asian dude who attacked her. So they send the Golem, who she hasn't seen, to kill her by injecting her. Then the cops will find her body, assumed that she had smuggled in a syringe (hey, she's a criminal. She's likely to do that.) and overdose either over guilt or fear.
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# ? Dec 28, 2017 17:21 |
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Man I gotta rewatch this season.
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# ? Dec 28, 2017 18:04 |
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2019 for season 4 (hopefully) https://www.avclub.com/fargo-season...SocialMarketing
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# ? Jan 5, 2018 20:58 |
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I really dug season 3 but I did feel like Hawley may have stretched himself too thin with that AND Legion in the same year, so I don't mind him taking a little extra time before season 4.
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# ? Jan 6, 2018 22:58 |
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I kind of expected another year honestly (S4 in 2020) while he worked on other stuff. So this is good.
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# ? Jan 7, 2018 05:25 |
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This is sort of a backhanded compliment, but Fargo sets the minimum standard for what I accept from TV. The visuals are pretty, the writing occasionally sparkles, and the acting is top-class. But it falls back on too many narrative conveniences, feels a little formulaic, and its most original, envelope-pushing material -- such as the animated sequences -- are more interesting than astonishing. I'll also agree with whoever said Hawley needs to manage what's on his plate. Though he was also the first name that popped in my head for American Gods' new showrunner.
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# ? Jan 7, 2018 16:59 |
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Vegetable posted:Fargo sets the minimum standard for what I accept from TV You accept 30FPS?
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# ? Jan 7, 2018 17:20 |
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American Gods is getting a new showrunner? If yes, good, that show is nothing short of amazing visually, but kind of a mess in the writing department.
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# ? Jan 7, 2018 19:18 |
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My Lovely Horse posted:American Gods is getting a new showrunner? Yeah, well, say goodbye to the visuals because that's very much Fuller's specialty. That show is his baby. Who knows what it's gonna look like next season.
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# ? Jan 7, 2018 21:41 |
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My Lovely Horse posted:American Gods is getting a new showrunner? The reason he's leaving is over budget constraints, so it will probably be bad in both departments!
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# ? Jan 7, 2018 22:24 |
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Poppyseed Poundcake posted:You accept 30FPS? What autist nerd even considers fps when deciding what to watch?
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# ? Jan 8, 2018 00:00 |
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I thought the last season was to be fully blunt awful. I guess I am curious to see if the ship veers back on course.
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# ? Jan 8, 2018 05:28 |
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Ewan McGregor won a golden globe for his role in Fargo... not sure which role though :p
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Fargo S3 seems similar to True Detective S2. Shows that aren't bad but considered a decline in quality and they are bringing back after a pause.
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