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Kingtheninja posted:How many episodes of titans are left? I think tonight's is the last one based on my google-fu. e: and it was bonkers as poo poo. Wow. I don't even know what to think. TheDK fucked around with this message at 03:33 on Dec 23, 2018 |
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What's everyone's thoughts on Runaways s2? I'm about halfway in and it just seems.... Not good. It seems they're trying to make all of the parents anti-heroes (or just plain good guys), which seems to make the need to run away kind of pointless.
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Dec 23, 2018 22:06
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Medullah posted:What's everyone's thoughts on Runaways s2? I'm about halfway in and it just seems.... Not good. It seems they're trying to make all of the parents anti-heroes (or just plain good guys), which seems to make the need to run away kind of pointless. there's a big change in the series' status quo in E7, but I'm a third of the way through E8 and the narrative thrust of the rest of the season isn't exactly clear yet. So far, I'd say that people who liked S1 despite its considerable flaws will still like it (like me), and people who didn't probably won't change their minds too much. At the very least, there aren't yet any pacing issues as bad as the back half of last season (where the entirety of eps 6-8 seemed to serve no purpose whatsoever except to put off the moment when the kids finally openly confront their parents and run away).
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Dec 24, 2018 00:50
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I don't know, I liked season 1 and am not really feeling season 2. Maybe it's that I finally have a great Runaways comic to read so I don't have to hang on to every little thing that they get right in the show and am now seeing it for what it is.
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Dec 24, 2018 01:41
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I'm enjoying season 2, but mainly because the cast is really good, especially the kids. I think there's too much infighting with them currently, but I'm only halfway through so hopefully that goes away. Nico's costumes and makeup are on point.
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Dec 24, 2018 01:59
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also, the Netflix release model for this season was definitely the right choice, because the show works a lot better binged than weekly
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Dec 24, 2018 03:01
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TheDK posted:I think tonight's is the last one based on my google-fu. Yeah. The credits stinger was all 
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Dec 25, 2018 16:36
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Finished Runaways S2, and while I enjoyed it overall, the expanded episode count was definitely a mistake. The season finale is actually good, and I’d still be on board for S3 if it gets renewed, but the last six episodes (after the big plot developments of E7) take far too long to find a compelling narrative hook. I can only imagine how much worse this would have come off if they had stuck with S1’s weekly release model.
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Dec 26, 2018 23:43
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Barry Convex posted:Finished Runaways S2, and while I enjoyed it overall, the expanded episode count was definitely a mistake. I'm having a hard time caring about the back half here. There's some real good development happening and exposition but it's bogged down by a plot that lacks the focus of the first half. I'll finish it probably tomorrow and on the whole it's good but man, they really did a bad job laying out this season.
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Dec 27, 2018 04:22
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That makes it sound like the problems of season 1 are compounded in season 2. Takes too long to get anywhere, too much focus on the parents.
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Dec 27, 2018 08:05
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without getting into spoiler territory, the showrunners/writers still seem incapable of deciding exactly how unsympathetic the parents should be, and the main hook for Season 3, while potentially interesting, is also very much an attempt to have it both ways
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Dec 27, 2018 17:33
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A lot of the parents are fun and good actors, so I'm fine with keeping them around. They don't get as much focus as in the first season. I ended up really liking this season. I think they should lean into Nico and Chase being the two leaders. It was also great to see that they just dropped the whole Staff of One was tech and this year it's straight up magic.
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Dec 27, 2018 17:54
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Codependent Poster posted:A lot of the parents are fun and good actors, so I'm fine with keeping them around. They don't get as much focus as in the first season. I ended up really liking this season. I think they should lean into Nico and Chase being the two leaders. I was glad to see this season ignore the dumb tech thing, though it’s also dumb that they attempt to define and limit its powers to the elements earlier on and then just ignore it.
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Dec 27, 2018 18:02
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Did they explain Gibborim yet?
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Dec 27, 2018 18:38
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Inkspot posted:Did they explain Gibborim yet? Yes. They dropped the original comic's conceit entirely; the thing at the bottom of the excavation in the show that was supposedly alive isn't some elder god nonsense, it's just Jonah's ship filled with other travelers and all but a handful are killed. They changed the Gibborim to just be the name of his alien species, who are light-creatures that can swap between and control human hosts. Which makes Karolina being half-alien(?) a lot more confusing, but they don't really touch on that much. Xavin also isn't a Skrull, but I forget the name they gave the shapeshifter species. Honestly it was one of the more disappointing reveals to me.
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Dec 27, 2018 22:13
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Abroham Lincoln posted:Yes. Amalgamating the Gibborim and the Majesdanians was something I’d expected since Jonah first appeared in S1, so I wasn’t really disappointed by that reveal. One of the Church facilities in S2 does have a large statue of one of the 616 Gibborim, but I’m guessing that’s just an Easter egg even though it doesn’t make a lot of sense. also, Xavin is a Xartan here, which are at least canonical shapeshifters in 616, albeit very obscure
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Dec 27, 2018 23:28
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Abroham Lincoln posted:Yes. Oof. Glad I didn’t start watching it then.
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Dec 27, 2018 23:34
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Bummer. Could've been a fun couple of movies. At least the opening credits are pretty good.
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Dec 28, 2018 02:09
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Yeah, I enjoyed Deadly Class. I've read a lot of it, and it seemed like a really straight adaptation. It finally got put up on the Canadian network site and I liked it too. They really went all-in on the soundtrack! There was a bit too much voiceover for my liking, but I assume that's a pilot infodump kind of thing. The show (and comic) kind of straddled the line between edgy and trying too hard, but it generally came down on the right side for me.
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Dec 28, 2018 05:09
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Oh, this will be fun. Who was expecting Rev as the bad guy of Punisher S2?quote:In a new report from Collider, we finally learned more about Frank Castle's latest foe for The Punisher Season 2, a character named John Pilgrim played by actor Josh Stewart. The villain has been described as Alt-Right, a term that's associated with white nationalism and extreme conservatives.
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Dec 30, 2018 16:40
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Omg the punisher is gonna kill Nazis???
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Dec 30, 2018 18:24
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site posted:Omg the punisher is gonna kill Nazis??? Looking forward to this but Punisher. 
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Dec 30, 2018 18:33
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site posted:Omg the punisher is gonna kill Nazis??? Anticipating the scene where he burns down a GameStop
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Dec 30, 2018 18:44
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Can't wait for the ton of media complaining that he's targeting the alt-right (because you KNOW it'll happen)
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Dec 30, 2018 18:52
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Koalas Massacre posted:Looking forward to this but Punisher. 2019 Ghostbusters re-remake looking good too Davros1 posted:Can't wait for the ton of media complaining that he's targeting the alt-right (because you KNOW it'll happen) https://twitter.com/KT_So_It_Goes/status/1079067972768018434
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Dec 30, 2018 19:00
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"That's your argument? That the Punisher should be supporting Nazi's not killing them?"
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Dec 30, 2018 20:30
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Wonder how many people replied to him with "I don't care"  .
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Dec 30, 2018 20:43
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Looking forward to the Punisher/Gritty team up
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Dec 30, 2018 21:16
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I am sure a huge chunk of the internet will try to spin the Punisher's cancellation as being a result of it going sjw/getting "political".
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Dec 30, 2018 21:34
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So Netflix Punisher is the best Punisher now. Cool.
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Dec 30, 2018 21:36
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Davros1 posted:Can't wait for the ton of media complaining that he's targeting the alt-right (because you KNOW it'll happen) Supergirl has been doing an alt-right villain for this season as well. The bad guy has been stirring up anti-alien immigrant sentiment.
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Dec 30, 2018 21:41
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The downside is these douchebags are gonna claim victory when Punisher gets cancelled 2 weeks after airing, despite the fact that everyone already knows it's getting cancelled like all the other Marvel shows...
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muscles like this! posted:Supergirl has been doing an alt-right villain for this season as well. The bad guy has been stirring up anti-alien immigrant sentiment. Only the allegory falls apart when the aliens sometimes display traits that should inspire fear. See also: every X-Men comic ever.
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GLOSS posted:The downside is these douchebags are gonna claim victory when Punisher gets cancelled 2 weeks after airing, despite the fact that everyone already knows it's getting cancelled like all the other Marvel shows... Gonna be hilarious when it's the only show Disney pulls over to DisneyPLUS.
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muscles like this! posted:Supergirl has been doing an alt-right villain for this season as well. The bad guy has been stirring up anti-alien immigrant sentiment. And as I've said, they make Manchester Black the bad guy for wanting to kill them after they Chuds of Liberty went around murdering aliens.
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twistedmentat posted:And as I've said, they make Manchester Black the bad guy for wanting to kill them after they Chuds of Liberty went around murdering aliens. He's breaking the law and morally against Supergirl's methods but J'onn's fondness for him tells me we're not meant to embrace him as an out-and-out villain more like a Punisher-type antihero (which is pretty much his role on the show).
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Dec 31, 2018 14:41
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Yeah he definitely seems like he is supposed to be an anti-hero, but as with most CW stuff, it seems like they mostly took writing shortcuts to get there, so it comes off poorly. Also, because of the writing, the CoL actually have a point, and even worse, there is an in universe solution (power dampening tech) that no one is suggesting being used outside of the alien Ellis Island apparently.
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Dec 31, 2018 18:04
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Does Manchester Black have the Union Jack tattoo?
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Dec 31, 2018 18:11
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I get they dive full in into Russian interference with the alt Kara arc.
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Skwirl posted:Does Manchester Black have the Union Jack tattoo? I don't think so? He wears the shirt though.
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