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Wungus
Mar 5, 2004

The Dragonriders of Porn :allears:

I loving love this show

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mastershakeman
Oct 28, 2008

by vyelkin
Folks I have bad news, I was looking up some of the stars and what else they'd been in

Remember Peter Parker's landlords daughter in Spiderman 2 that was cute and kind of into him?

That's Zelda the librarian

I feel so, so so old

Rocksicles
Oct 19, 2012

by Nyc_Tattoo

mastershakeman posted:

Folks I have bad news, I was looking up some of the stars and what else they'd been in

Remember Peter Parker's landlords daughter in Spiderman 2 that was cute and kind of into him?

That's Zelda the librarian

I feel so, so so old

That's been brought up before i remember looking it up afterwards.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
She's 40. Calm down.

XboxPants
Jan 30, 2006

Steven doesn't want me watching him sleep anymore.
All hail High King Fen. I'm loving ready. :black101:

Tokubetsu
Dec 18, 2007

Love Is Not Enough
might be in love with fen now

King of Bleh
Mar 3, 2007

A kingdom of rats.
"Napster" was such a great, yet deeply stupid joke.

Also I have no idea who is in charge of the little episode blurbs that show up on IMDB and stuff, but I only just noticed they're all bizarrely hilarious this season.
"Penny licks an egg; Alice gets jealous of a flower."
" Quentin and Julia play Pictionary. Margo drinks some weird milk."

GreenNight
Feb 19, 2006
Turning the light on the darkest places, you and I know we got to face this now. We got to face this now.

King of Bleh posted:

"Napster" was such a great, yet deeply stupid joke.

Also I have no idea who is in charge of the little episode blurbs that show up on IMDB and stuff, but I only just noticed they're all bizarrely hilarious this season.
"Penny licks an egg; Alice gets jealous of a flower."
" Quentin and Julia play Pictionary. Margo drinks some weird milk."

Those are the same descriptions on my DVR

Also here is Poppy's book: https://imgur.com/gallery/J5o78yK

Blazing Ownager
Jun 2, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
I was so hoping to find out what 'TV man' the monster was paying a visit to. There's a million ways that could have been a great joke, esp. since he was gone the whole episode.

XboxPants posted:

All hail High King Fen. I'm loving ready. :black101:

Fen is great. Yet another minor character that has grown into being a main and has an actual arc; these are always the best kinds of characters even outside of the Magicians, though this show has so many great ones.

How are the ratings going at the moment? I hope this show sticks around for a long while, it's showing zero sign of slowing down.

Blazing Ownager fucked around with this message at 13:54 on Mar 14, 2019

muscles like this!
Jan 17, 2005


It was renewed before the season even started so Syfy is going to keep doing this regardless of ratings.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
"When did you watch the Karate Kid?"



We don't deserve Margot.

Chalks
Sep 30, 2009

Wow that was a bizarre one, had some great lines though.

Looks like Fen is becoming a bigger character which is good, although Fillory still seems like a weird side story at the moment. Presumably they're going to join things up more later.

Seems like the idea of a rebellion against the library isn't going to be a major story line as I thought, with Alice losing her motivation and Kady wanting to give up the guys who blew up the library.

DONT THREAD ON ME
Oct 1, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo
Floss Finder
This show is actually pretty good it's like modern Buffy or something.

I wish they'd spent season 4 just chilling in the bestiality kingdom and doing fun stuff after finally getting magic turned back on, tho.

Bussamove
Feb 25, 2006

The constant downward spiral of Alice is both amazing and frustrating. You’d think turning into a soulless monster made of pure magic would be the low point of the character, but here we are.

Elijah Snow
Dec 10, 2006

some-something man

GreenNight posted:

Those are the same descriptions on my DVR

Also here is Poppy's book: https://imgur.com/gallery/J5o78yK

This book is groundbreaking, for both mainstream media and deep literature.

gonna giggle till next week

SLOSifl
Aug 10, 2002


Jesus
Based on the Novel ”Christ”
by Sapphire

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

SLOSifl posted:

Jesus
Based on the Novel ”Christ”
by Sapphire

The writers clearly save the best lines for Margo.

Blazing Ownager
Jun 2, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Bussamove posted:

The constant downward spiral of Alice is both amazing and frustrating. You’d think turning into a soulless monster made of pure magic would be the low point of the character, but here we are.

I like how they took the smartest and most talented character and made them the eternal gently caress-up. It's a great subversion of the trope.

SLOSifl posted:

Jesus
Based on the Novel ”Christ”
by Sapphire

That was so perfect. The delivery sold it.

Shuffle
Feb 3, 2011

DEA Sloth!
No Fast Movements!
interesting bit of trivia I found in episode 2 of the first season the vial of dragon spooge is one of the props in the bar of the physical kids cottage.

Bussamove
Feb 25, 2006

Yeah no that 100% sounds right for something they would have lying around in the bar.

You know, for when Eliot gets really weird with the drinks.

Norwegian Rudo
May 9, 2013

"Recent findings indicate many earthquakes are a direct result of a male dragons eruption"...

UrbanLabyrinth
Jan 28, 2009

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence


College Slice
Pretty sure show Fen was dressed as book Fen (martial artist with battle magic) in this episode.

Nihonniboku
Aug 11, 2004

YOU CAN FLY!!!

UrbanLabyrinth posted:

Pretty sure show Fen was dressed as book Fen (martial artist with battle magic) in this episode.

Interesting callback! Especially since other than the name, book Fen and show Fen have had absolutely nothing in common.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
"A potion called ambien."

Sab Sabbington
Sep 18, 2016

In my restless dreams I see that town...

Flagstaff, Arizona

Rhyno posted:

"A potion called ambien."

This line, coupled with the build up to it in when Margo referenced ambien in passing in previous episodes, is pretty subtly one of my favorite jokes in the history of like, TV, period? Somehow? It's so inherently silly and I could see it as a throwaway bit with lesser writers/characters, but it makes so much sense contextually and it's played completely seriously and I absolutely loving love it.

That being said, this series continues to be pretty much the hardest sell of any show I've ever enjoyed. Like I'm definitely trying, but when some of the moments that have made it (imo) the best show on TV in recent years are a musical episode featuring David Bowie, sexually transmitted lycanthropy, and Peaches and Plums, Motherfucker, I don't even know where to start.

Blazing Ownager
Jun 2, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
So given it seemed very much like the same actress, who wants to guess the Napster (:lol:) and that lady are the same person after all?

I sincerely hope she's just an rear end in a top hat trying to get Margo dethroned for throwing her in some strangler vines.

ThePagey posted:

This line, coupled with the build up to it in when Margo referenced ambien in passing in previous episodes

I thought about that the other day; even that joke had multi-episode setup. It's real attention to detail.

ThePagey posted:

That being said, this series continues to be pretty much the hardest sell of any show I've ever enjoyed. Like I'm definitely trying, but when some of the moments that have made it (imo) the best show on TV in recent years are a musical episode featuring David Bowie, sexually transmitted lycanthropy, and Peaches and Plums, Motherfucker, I don't even know where to start.

I'm glad I had no idea it was a Syfy show. I caught the first seasons on Netflix, and due to all the swearing and really hosed up violence I thought it was a Netflix show. I would have literally never, ever watched it if I thought it was a Syfy production. On the flipside, that also made me realize that maybe they're making interesting good shows now?

I really have no idea how to explain the show. One time I called it Harry Potter or Narnia if they were sometimes nihilistic cosmic horror comedies. If you ever watch one of those and wish a character would scream an F-Bomb and pull a gun on a dragon egg, Magicians is your show.

I think the hardest sell for some people and what you need to brace yourself for wanton cute animal murder. Jesus. Right from the very beginning they're accidentally murdering the adorable school mascot, at least a dozen cats explode (I won't mention what Renard does to one..), we've got bunnies with blood pouring out of their eyes, they steal celebrity pets to tear out some hearts.. like Goddamn they do Mortal Kombat Fatality level murder anything small and fluffy.

Blazing Ownager fucked around with this message at 18:26 on Mar 15, 2019

Tokubetsu
Dec 18, 2007

Love Is Not Enough

Bussamove posted:

The constant downward spiral of Alice is both amazing and frustrating. You’d think turning into a soulless monster made of pure magic would be the low point of the character, but here we are.

One thing i like is one of her biggest problems is just how self centered she seems to be. She's finally learning and addressing it now and while her parents certainly played a part I think this ep pretty much explicitly showed that a large part of her issues are her own doing/thinking.

All of this is kinda funny because at the start of the show I would have sworn Quentin would be the one dealing with this lol

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

Tokubetsu posted:

One thing i like is one of her biggest problems is just how self centered she seems to be. She's finally learning and addressing it now and while her parents certainly played a part I think this ep pretty much explicitly showed that a large part of her issues are her own doing/thinking.

All of this is kinda funny because at the start of the show I would have sworn Quentin would be the one dealing with this lol

Quentin and Elliot being the true love story is a pretty amazing turn I never expected. And i fuckin love it.

Bussamove
Feb 25, 2006

Blazing Ownager posted:


I really have no idea how to explain the show. One time I called it Harry Potter or Narnia if they were sometimes nihilistic cosmic horror comedies. If you ever watch one of those and wish a character would scream an F-Bomb and pull a gun on a dragon egg, Magicians is your show.

I constantly describe the show as “Harry Potter but everyone is a little bit broken” although that stopped being an apt metaphor somewhere in season 2 so I’ll have to turn it into a Narnia version.

“Narnia but with Cock Barrens.”

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
:unsmith: i like nice words

Rhyno posted:

Quentin and Elliot being the true love story is a pretty amazing turn I never expected. And i fuckin love it.
Same but also I'm not gonna stop rooting for Kady and Penny

e: also dying to see Marina and her girlfriend

Bussamove
Feb 25, 2006

Anne Whateley posted:

Same but also I'm not gonna stop rooting for Kady and Penny

e: also dying to see Marina and her girlfriend

I want to see who can put up with Marina, even a Marina playing her because she gets a retry.

Azhais
Feb 5, 2007
Switchblade Switcharoo

Bussamove posted:

I want to see who can put up with Marina, even a Marina playing her because she gets a retry.

Marina is dating a Marina from a different timeline, the perfect relationship

Bussamove
Feb 25, 2006

It’s Marinas all the way down.

Blind Rasputin
Nov 25, 2002

Farewell, good Hunter. May you find your worth in the waking world.

The Marinara’s trench

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


She's a
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj5L9SYhoSE

muscles like this!
Jan 17, 2005


Alice sure likes to wear extremely tight shirts.

Rocksicles
Oct 19, 2012

by Nyc_Tattoo

muscles like this! posted:

Alice sure likes to wear extremely tight shirts.

Paging Rhyno...

GreenNight
Feb 19, 2006
Turning the light on the darkest places, you and I know we got to face this now. We got to face this now.

muscles like this! posted:

Alice sure likes to wear extremely tight shirts.

Why else would I be watching this show.

Rocksicles
Oct 19, 2012

by Nyc_Tattoo

GreenNight posted:

Why else would I be watching this show.

Julie's pigtails are adding a whole new level to everything.

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Nihonniboku
Aug 11, 2004

YOU CAN FLY!!!
Edit: realizing I was maybe telling spoilers

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