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Most movies with titles that start "Once Upon a Time In..." tend to be pretty good but I've never seen the Jet Li (?) Once Upon a Time In China movies so I don't know how universal the rule is.
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I never thought I'd ever be so impressed by Alexis Bledel as an actress, and tbh her Emmy win kind of prepared me for her to actually be giving a good non-Rory performance for once. She's really great The Handmaid's Tale-- and I can only imagine it gets better b/c I'm not too deep in yet. But the real shocker for me is Yvonne Strahovski as Serena Joy. I was super worried about her casting but she's killed it for me so far. I'm digging them casting her and Fred younger way more than I expected I would. It adds another layer to it that you don't get when they're both middle aged and greying.
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esperterra posted:Accurate. Oh yeah, I've totally seen them all. Desperado is just my favorite. I agree with Wheat Loaf -- there's a bit too much Johnny Depp in the last one, but he does have a suitably ridiculous arc.
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Wheat Loaf posted:Desperado is the one good Robert Rodriguez sequel. Yeah, but it has the world champion of pork dishes. Cochinita pibil. Mmmmm... i'm making some next week now.
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Wheat Loaf posted:Most movies with titles that start "Once Upon a Time In..." tend to be pretty good but I've never seen the Jet Li (?) Once Upon a Time In China movies so I don't know how universal the rule is. The ones with Jet Li are good(1,2,3 and 6). I liked 1 the most, but 2 is also very good and has a higher rating on the Tomatometer iirc. If you like Wuxia films then you should definitely make a point to watch at least the first two.
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esperterra posted:I never thought I'd ever be so impressed by Alexis Bledel as an actress, and tbh her Emmy win kind of prepared me for her to actually be giving a good non-Rory performance for once. She's really great The Handmaid's Tale-- and I can only imagine it gets better b/c I'm not too deep in yet. But the real shocker for me is Yvonne Strahovski as Serena Joy. I was super worried about her casting but she's killed it for me so far. I'm digging them casting her and Fred younger way more than I expected I would. It adds another layer to it that you don't get when they're both middle aged and greying. You are gonna love where she is by the end of season 1 and especially in season 2. She loving owns Just finished Preacher season 2 last night and I have to disagree hard with people who didn't like it. The couple of slow episodes early were a bit snoozey, but from episode 6 or so until the end it was  Especially everything involving The Grail and Eugene. "I am not a homosexual." God drat Herr Star was inspired casting.
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I had honestly been super worried with Bledel as Seriously blown away by Strahovski tho goddamn. And as far as objectification goes I'd be Joseph Fiennes' Scrabble partner any day iykwim. I'm equal opportunity, y'all! esperterra fucked around with this message at 08:05 on Apr 30, 2018 |
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So what's Dr Smith's endgame here other than just putting everybody against everybody
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"Doctor" "Smith". incidentally, this is the best song i can think of that directly references the original show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjRaJjVR330
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Apr 30, 2018 00:46
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God, the description of "Braxton Family Values"
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Calaveron posted:So what's Dr Smith's endgame here other than just putting everybody against everybody Get the robot as her bodyguard so when they go back to the big ship, they can't jail or execute her.
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Also it really can't be healthy for John to pass out over and over and over
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The dynamic of having an evil unhelpful prick on your team that you can't get rid of because you need their skills is a really really strong source of drama, tension and character conflicts, it's amazing this reboot managed to make it dull.
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Lurdiak posted:The dynamic of having an evil unhelpful prick on your team that you can't get rid of because you need their skills is a really really strong source of drama, tension and character conflicts, it's amazing this reboot managed to make it dull. Because her only skill is being manipulative which as far as I know isn’t a skill they need to get off the planet or solve their inter familial conflicts
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Wheat Loaf posted:Most movies with titles that start "Once Upon a Time In..." tend to be pretty good but I've never seen the Jet Li (?) Once Upon a Time In China movies so I don't know how universal the rule is. don't worry, it's universal the Once Upon a Time in Chinas with Jet Li are loving rad
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Twitter is such a bad website to write longform on.
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Kings and Jack and Bobby were such weird blips on the TV landscape. Aside, but am I the only one that thinks Community Seasons 5 and 6 were just so, so bad?
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The problem with Kings was that the lead role was played by a loaf of white bread
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Apr 30, 2018 07:30
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Kings was a cool show, wasn't great but it could have gotten another season.
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esperterra posted:Bledel as Offred Ofglen
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less laughter posted:Ofglen lmao thanks, idk how I didn't notice that before.
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I never watched the last episode of Kings
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Kings was awesome and I'm still lighting a candle for it yearly.  Its second season could've been rad.
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FilthyImp posted:Aside, but am I the only one that thinks Community Seasons 5 and 6 were just so, so bad? I just finished watching Community for the first time not too long ago and while there is a definite change in the show for the last two seasons I think there are a number of strong episodes and I think the ending works really well, things change, people leave, but life goes on.
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I can't imagine anyone thinking 5 and 6 were worse than 4 to the point that I kinda disregard their opinion in every possible other thing.
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Mu Zeta posted:The problem with Kings was that the lead role was played by a loaf of white bread That was also when summer was still where shows just got burned off. But yeah what an amazing supporting cast to one of the most dead weight main character casting choices I've ever seen.
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FilthyImp posted:Kings and Jack and Bobby were such weird blips on the TV landscape.
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Aw man Syfy passed on Kevin Bacon's Tremor reboot series
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IRQ posted:That was also when summer was still where shows just got burned off. I kind of miss when summer was like that. It brings back fond memories of playing in the backyard and coming inside to watch reruns of The Simpsons or the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air when it started getting dark.
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The pitch for Kings feels like it should be some network's 10pm prestige series, or in modern times should have been a Hulu/Netflix pickup. Network reorganizations can be a bitch.ONE YEAR LATER posted:I just finished watching Community for the first time not too long ago and while there is a definite change in the show for the last two seasons I think there are a number of strong episodes and I think the ending works really well, things change, people leave, but life goes on. I definitely liked the ending, even if it was a little too Family Matters for me to really buy it (Jeff, honestly, is in a pretty lovely place professionally without the rest of the group). Honestly I feel like I have brain damage because I can buy most of S4, but Repilot feels like it was a newsgroup pitch of an episode, and S6 feels like they forgot how to write the characters. I guess most of that is the new group dynamics (Frankie never landed for me) and the feeling they were killing time to fulfill #6Seasons. The after-credits shorts were pretty good, though.
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https://twitter.com/MissBrittHayes/status/990713195374546944 Do you not?
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Season 6 of Community was the best of the post-firing seasons, adding Keith David and Paget Brewster did a lot to shake up the show. The virtual realty episode alone would fit in with the best if season 2 or 3.Vanderdeath posted:Kings was awesome and I'm still lighting a candle for it yearly. There's a podcast I listen to called Cancelled Too Soon that covers TV shows that ran for only one season or less and I liked their episode on it because while the show had a lot of promise it also had a fair amount of problems that may or may not have been addressed or improved upon if it was renewed.
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Hey, I've read people recommend Leftovers as a show similar to Lost and just good in general. But I'm 3 episodes in and nothing in this show makes sense - unrelatable characters doing crazy inexplicable things with no rhyme or reason, everyone's insane, crying and self-destructing with no explanation to the viewer. Like, every scene hints at some deeper mystery or motive but in an incredibly indecipherable way. Show might just not be for me, but, hey, maybe it gets better later on, because at the moments it's all over the place in a very frustrating way. Should I continue watching?
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The 3rd episode is good and gets a little better as it goes a long. Are there some characters that are really annoying? They get rid of all of them in season 2. If you don't like episode 3 it might not be for you. Lost is garbage by the way.
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Monglo posted:Hey, I've read people recommend Leftovers as a show similar to Lost and just good in general. But I'm 3 episodes in and nothing in this show makes sense - unrelatable characters doing crazy inexplicable things with no rhyme or reason, everyone's insane, crying and self-destructing with no explanation to the viewer. Like, every scene hints at some deeper mystery or motive but in an incredibly indecipherable way. The prevailing sentiment is that Seasons 2 and 3 are all-time great TV, but you have to slog through Season 1 in order to get to those. I have yet to make it past the Season 1 pilot.
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I felt that way about basically the whole 1st season of Leftovers. You've basically got to accept that every single person left on Earth is dealing with some profound loss and unanswerable questions and that's fine I guess, but it wasn't the kind of show I really looked forward to watching. The 2nd and 3rd season are much better in my opinion if you bother to make it that far.
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