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I’m interested in knowing if these Umbrella Academy impressions have read the comics or not.
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syscall girl posted:So the step-siblings hooking up was more of a pornhub homage? It's not like that's a running gag in Wes Anderson movies. It was a minor plot point in literally only one of his movies. Asnorban posted:I’m interested in knowing if these Umbrella Academy impressions have read the comics or not. I didn't read the comics. I'm enjoying the show more than I thought I would. Nihonniboku fucked around with this message at 03:02 on Feb 19, 2019 |
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Feb 19, 2019 02:59
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Re: the fall thanks for the responses, I’m enjoying the first episode
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Feb 19, 2019 03:02
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Rad Valtar posted:So I started The Expanse a week ago and Season 1 and 2 were really good but holy poo poo I’m halfway through Season 3 and boy is it batshit crazy. Season 3 was so loving good. The stakes get raised to insane levels and it just lands, every episode. I'm almost worried that season 4 won't be able to keep it going as well.
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Feb 19, 2019 03:07
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Unzip and Attack posted:Season 3 was so loving good. The stakes get raised to insane levels and it just lands, every episode. I'm almost worried that season 4 won't be able to keep it going as well. It’s been awhile since I have felt anxiety for characters like I did during Episode 5 and 6. I don’t want to say anything else but I was on the edge of my seat heart pounding during those two episodes specifically. I have no knowledge of anything from the books so I’m going in blind and I’m glad I did.
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Feb 19, 2019 03:20
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Asnorban posted:I’m interested in knowing if these Umbrella Academy impressions have read the comics or not. I saw them, saw it was called The Umbrella Academy, and remember thinking, "Jesus, now Resident Evil has comics about evil corporate high schools". Since I'm not into Resident Evil at all, I never read them.
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Feb 19, 2019 03:26
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The Umbrella Academy comic is a whole lot more quirky and surreal. The first issue has the children saving Paris from a steam-powered mecha piloted by an undead Gustav Eiffel. I do like the series just straight giving us No. 1 living in on the moon, a robot mother and a talking butler chimp without explanation though.
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Feb 19, 2019 04:11
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:It gets worse You ain't kidding. Jesus Christ these loving people
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Feb 19, 2019 04:29
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I finished it and I just cannot understand how any of these people are even capable of breathing
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Feb 19, 2019 04:42
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Umbrella Academy is xmen with powers almost never used, mysteries no one bothers to solve, and music used like a clumsy bludgeon. I love you they might be giants but holy poo poo that was poorly used.
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Feb 19, 2019 06:46
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Junkie Disease posted:Umbrella Academy is xmen with powers almost never used, mysteries no one bothers to solve, and music used like a clumsy bludgeon. I love you they might be giants but holy poo poo that was poorly used. Woodkid was a little on the nose too but it was fun as a music video. Just like Watchmen in that way.
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Feb 19, 2019 07:38
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old.flv posted:I finished it and I just cannot understand how any of these people are even capable of breathing "At first I was like no way, you've been molesting my kids for years, and then he looked at me and winked and I was like. ohh allright, but only this time"
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Feb 19, 2019 07:56
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Oh my god the AOL instant messenger episode of PEN15 Oh my goddddddd
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Feb 19, 2019 12:28
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The Umbrella Academy is just trying sooo veeerrryyy haaarrrd to be quirky and cute, and it's just tiresome.
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precision posted:Oh my god the AOL instant messenger episode of PEN15 Yeah, the AIM stuff took me back. It reminded me of how one of my nemeses growing up tried to catfish me with a fake AIM ne but I knew it was her because the catfish would always sign on after she signed off and they were both terrible spellers
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Feb 19, 2019 14:42
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Heh, 00's nostalgia.
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Lycus posted:Heh, 00's nostalgia. Heh, pretending our bodies aren't quickly withering and turning to dust and losing track of what teenagers care about.
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Feb 19, 2019 23:06
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precision posted:Oh my god the AOL instant messenger episode of PEN15 Just watched this one and it's pretty great.
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AWarmBody posted:Yeah, the AIM stuff took me back. It reminded me of how one of my nemeses growing up tried to catfish me with a fake AIM ne but I knew it was her because the catfish would always sign on after she signed off and they were both terrible spellers My friend Dave was really into rap music at the time, so naturally, he'd want that to be reflected in his very first AOL Instant Messenger screenname. So, I get a message one day from: RapingDave I told him what he spelled. He didn't believe me. He messaged some more of our friends. I later got a message from someone new: RappingDave
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Feb 20, 2019 04:30
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Anyone with AIM nostalgia should check out the games Emily is Away and Emily is Away 2 on steam. The first one is free but they're both worth playing imo. They are both stories about transitioning from high school to college and the heartaches that ensue, told via a choose your own adventure game using AIM as the medium.
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Feb 20, 2019 06:07
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Happy as Lazzaro is an Italian magical realist film from last year that is pretty good and distributed by Netflix. The first half of it is just kind of a straightforward, rugged story about the experiences of sharecroppers in an isolated tobacco plantation, but after that halfway mark it veers into a fairy tale set in the modern day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNEtyax1wH8
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Feb 20, 2019 06:26
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Happy as Lazarro is in my top 10 films of last year, I think. I enjoyed it a lot.
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Feb 20, 2019 07:55
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I'm a little late but we already have "X-Men but by Wes Anderson" and it's called Legion.
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Brocktoon posted:I'm a little late but we already have "X-Men but by Wes Anderson" and it's called Legion. Legion is also kinda Lynchian.
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Feb 22, 2019 01:36
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With a dash of Kubrick! Delicious!
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Feb 22, 2019 01:48
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Sad we might not see Noah Hawley's Dr Doom movie.
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Feb 22, 2019 01:58
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The MSJ posted:Legion is also kinda Lynchian. Explain. Using David Foster Wallace's definition of Lynchian.
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Feb 22, 2019 02:15
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For years I dismissed True Detective and even tried three times to watch the pilot but got bored because I wasn’t quite paying attention Been taking dabs and watching the first season this week after realizing I had already watched the first season of The Fall and wow, it’s super good. A little cheesy dialogue wise sometimes but the cinematography is legitimately gorgeous and the characters are both morally ambiguous and distinctive without going over the top with it too much. I gather the second season basically sucks though?
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Feb 22, 2019 03:12
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I think it's worth experiencing. The odd, off feel of it got me through pretty easily.
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The second season of True Detective is so bizarrely different than the first that if there were no title credits I would never associate them with each other. In season 2 instead of a dreamy metaphysical Southern Gothic detective story we got a really boring-rear end LA organized crime storyline. I'm watching Season 3 now and I can report that it is much more like season 1 and pretty dang good.
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Class Warcraft posted:The second season of True Detective is so bizarrely different than the first that if there were no title credits I would never associate them with each other. In season 2 instead of a dreamy metaphysical Southern Gothic detective story we got a really boring-rear end LA organized crime storyline. I'm watching Season 3 now and I can report that it is much more like season 1 and pretty dang good. There are literal tie-ins between seasons 1 & 3. 2 is right out
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Feb 22, 2019 03:32
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Frog Act posted:
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I thought the 2nd season was largely okay, but definitely less focused and definitely a step down from season 1. Season 3 feels like a conscious effort to return to season 1 form, right down to the framing device, relationship between leads, and case theme. Season 3's plot hasn't been as engaging as season 1's, but Mahershala Ali has been absolutely stellar and, unless they completely flub the landing on sunday, is worth your time. Just finish season 1, jump straight to season 3, and then if you really want to be a completionist then watch season 2.
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Feb 22, 2019 04:29
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My understanding is that Season 2 was rushed out the door by HBO after the success of the first season.
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QuoProQuid posted:My understanding is that Season 2 was rushed out the door by HBO after the success of the first season. Pizolotto was only given 6 months to write the second season.
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Feb 22, 2019 05:07
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I haven't seen a good movie from South Korea since TRAIN TO BUSAN Prime or netflix got any new ones since 2016?
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Junkie Disease posted:I haven't seen a good movie from South Korea since Okja. Also Kingdom, while not technically a movie, you'll like if you liked Train to Busan.
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Feb 22, 2019 06:59
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I should probably watch TRAIN TO BUSAN, shouldn't I?
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I watched season 1 of True Detective right after it concluded, all the way through, in a few days. Was totally blown away. I watched season 2 week by week and of course got some disappointment. Recently I rewatched season 1 for the first time and I realized just how loving upset I would have been if I'd been watching it as it aired. There are things that never pay off, all kinds of red herrings and dead ends, total bullshit, inconsistent characters. Season 1 is amazing because of Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey and a variety of visual stuff. That's it.
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Queen Combat posted:I should probably watch I dunno, I kinda think IT'S OVER RATED
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