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I hope but don't expect that they would keep Vic the Veep to being a complete loving moron
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Sep 6, 2019 03:19
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DivisionPost posted:Casting news! Goran Visnjic and Claudia Doumit, stars of Eric Kripke’s last show Timeless, are set to recur in Season 2. The beefcake guy who plays Joint Boy on Letterkenny is playing Gunpowder too
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Sep 6, 2019 03:48
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SalTheBard posted:So yeah I found this show deeply uncomfortable to watch, but I soldiered through all 8 episodes. I don't know if I enjoyed it or not? I was a little put off by the rape of Starlight in Episode 1. The scene in Episode 4 where Homelander and Maeve let the plane crash with everyone on board is what almost sent me over the edge. I just found it so unsettling. There is no real hero in the show (outside of Starlight) and everyone is varying shades of rear end in a top hat. I guess that is what people like about it. But holy gently caress Homelander raping Billys wife, then just straight up murdering Stillwell with his eye beams, and then digging in the dagger by taking Billy to her house was a really powerful way to end his story arc in season 1. Just something worth keeping in mind, we don't necessarily know if it was rape. The only person who said it was rape was Mallory, who openly admitted she wanted build Billy into a killer who's psychotically obsessed with Homelander. It's supposed to be ambiguous, but I think it's important since it opens up the possibilities over how this turns into a horrible, bloody mess.
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Sep 6, 2019 04:35
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Rocksicles posted:The beefcake guy who plays Joint Boy on Letterkenny is playing Gunpowder too I think I'm going to faint oh my god yes
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Sep 6, 2019 20:04
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It's interesting to note that Butcher calls Homelander a saint with no vices when first talking with Hughie. Kinda weird he didn't bring up his wife.
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Sep 6, 2019 20:23
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SardonicTyrant posted:It's interesting to note that Butcher calls Homelander a saint with no vices when first talking with Hughie. Kinda weird he didn't bring up his wife. Huh. That IS interesting. I’ll have to keep that in mind during my rewatch.
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Sep 6, 2019 20:29
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SardonicTyrant posted:It's interesting to note that Butcher calls Homelander a saint with no vices when first talking with Hughie. Kinda weird he didn't bring up his wife. I had that thought too. I figured he didn't want to share how much of a personal vendetta this was, yet, as he was still playing the FBI agent with Hughie. That still wouldn't explain calling him a saint, though. It may have just been a case of the writers setting us up for "oh maybe Captain Superman's an ok guy->oh god he just lasered a plane" at the expense of Butcher's characterization, though
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Sep 6, 2019 20:52
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I'm assumed it was because he didn't have any actual dirt on him. Most of the people who find out how much of a monster he is are being murdered by him Edit: Plus, Hughie wasn't going to be a permanent partner, so it would've been more trouble to bring up the personal angle. MizPiz fucked around with this message at 20:58 on Sep 6, 2019 |
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Sep 6, 2019 20:56
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I can't remember how much of this is in the series, but comic Butcher keeps telling Hughie half-truths with the occasional outright lie.
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Sep 6, 2019 20:57
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CainsDescendant posted:It may have just been a case of the writers setting us up for "oh maybe Captain Superman's an ok guy->oh god he just lasered a plane" at the expense of Butcher's characterization, though tbf it worked on me!
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Sep 7, 2019 00:55
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:tbf it worked on me! It 100% worked for me too till he shot lasers at the plane and lol
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Sep 7, 2019 01:14
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Rocksicles posted:The beefcake guy who plays Joint Boy on Letterkenny is playing Gunpowder too Yes yes yes! Is that a character original to the show?
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Sep 7, 2019 02:19
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LadyPictureShow posted:Yes yes yes! No
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Sep 7, 2019 03:32
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What was up with that bug flying around everyone? Is it some super small super hero spying on them?
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Sep 7, 2019 15:42
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Solice Kirsk posted:What was up with that bug flying around everyone? Is it some super small super hero spying on them? I think they said it was just there during production because of where they were.
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Sep 7, 2019 16:28
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Yeah they just got unlucky. It probably happens on feature films too, but they hire VFX companies to paint them out. This show either couldnt afford it or liked the look. If they can work the flies into the plot though as a single fly that was trying to interact with them this entire time that would be funny
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Sep 7, 2019 18:37
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Porgs were invented because it was easier to paint over than try to remove all the aninals that kept getting in the star wars shoot It happens Leaning into it as an ant-man esque hero would be hilarious
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Sep 7, 2019 18:43
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LadyPictureShow posted:Yes yes yes! Nah, he was in the same unit that Popclaw was in the comics. He did almost nothing and kind of looked like Judge Dredd meets Mad Max.
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Sep 7, 2019 21:15
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Zaphod42 posted:Porgs were invented because it was easier to paint over than try to remove all the aninals that kept getting in the star wars shoot That's what it is to me now. Translucent and Flyboy, an odd couple who bonded over their mutual love of perving on people in bathrooms
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Sep 7, 2019 22:37
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McSpanky posted:That's what it is to me now. Translucent and Flyboy, an odd couple who bonded over their mutual love of perving on people in bathrooms and Flyboy does not forgive.
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Sep 7, 2019 22:44
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Solice Kirsk posted:What was up with that bug flying around everyone? Is it some super small super hero spying on them? The showrunner explains this in the reddit interview here: https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/cjt17f/im_eric_kripke_the_cocreator_of_the_new_amazon/ https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/cjt17f/im_eric_kripke_the_cocreator_of_the_new_amazon/evfyo9a/ quote:Ha, tons of people are asking about the fly! First, NOT CG, those are real flies. Here's the lowdown: in several takes over a couple episodes, flies would buzz into the shots, because it's summer in Toronto. Whenever I saw it, I wanted to use it in dailies, because that's something that happens ALL THE loving TIME in reality, but you never see it in TV or movies. Just felt a little messy and real to me. The more I thought about it, the more it also came to represent the corruption of the world all these characters are struggling through. But was just a happy accident. I've read some theories that it's a hero -- ha ha, maybe one day!
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Sep 7, 2019 23:03
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Plan Z posted:Nah, he was in the same unit that Popclaw was in the comics. He did almost nothing and kind of looked like Judge Dredd meets Mad Max. Oh, okay, that group. They took on so many 'hero' groups in the comic, it's hard to remember all the names. Except for my boy Gumchum!
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Sep 8, 2019 00:22
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I'm struggling to figure out if Love Sausage is too dumb to be in the show or not. On the one hand, it's a really juvenile gag, on the other hand rear end bomb.
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Sep 8, 2019 00:37
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SardonicTyrant posted:I'm struggling to figure out if Love Sausage is too dumb to be in the show or not. On the one hand, it's a really juvenile gag, on the other hand rear end bomb. Vas wasn't all that dumb. He also really owned: https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5c9eEnNWHzg/W9Ft0L_A8qI/AAAAAAAAWwI/hOZFa-TWezMiNC0plzvGxoklHQ1opgzIgCHMYCw/s1600/RCO017.jpg
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Sep 8, 2019 17:36
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Plan Z posted:Vas wasn't all that dumb. He also really owned: The concept was kinda dumb, although not so bad as other poo poo even in that same arc. When you verbalize "true Communist codenamed after his giant dick", it hits you
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Sep 8, 2019 20:11
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Hell, hire David harbour for it.
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Sep 8, 2019 22:27
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So the whole time I thought that Vought was secretly turning babies into supes by disguising their magic drug as a polio vaccine stocked in hospitals nationwide. But then it turns out that the parents of supes all know about this and none of them have come forward about the true nature of superpowers because ???. Am I missing something or was this really dumb?
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Sep 9, 2019 00:50
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:So the whole time I thought that Vought was secretly turning babies into supes by disguising their magic drug as a polio vaccine stocked in hospitals nationwide. But then it turns out that the parents of supes all know about this and none of them have come forward about the true nature of superpowers because ???. Am I missing something or was this really dumb? Also that and like how many babies die from this poo poo? Like sure the parents sign an NDA or whatever but it only takes one leak to blow it open. It kinda doesn’t make sense on the scale they are doing it.
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Sep 9, 2019 01:25
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:His sad little smoothie with way too much alcohol in it that "smells like a comeback" I honestly heard that as "smells like a cum rag."
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Sep 9, 2019 01:52
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:So the whole time I thought that Vought was secretly turning babies into supes by disguising their magic drug as a polio vaccine stocked in hospitals nationwide. But then it turns out that the parents of supes all know about this and none of them have come forward about the true nature of superpowers because ???. Am I missing something or was this really dumb? It was very dumb.
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Sep 9, 2019 01:56
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:So the whole time I thought that Vought was secretly turning babies into supes by disguising their magic drug as a polio vaccine stocked in hospitals nationwide. But then it turns out that the parents of supes all know about this and none of them have come forward about the true nature of superpowers because ???. Am I missing something or was this really dumb? Uhhhh you're missing that Hugie knows A-Train killed his girlfriend and Vought just PR's him to oblivion. You think some random parents yelling wouldn't get the same thing? (Or be killed by Homelander, like the politician who mentions Compound V??)  Not to mention they're all complicit and have signed a ton of contracts and poo poo. Vought probably does their homework on the parents, finds ones who are totally lifetime believers, and then if they step out of line they disappear them.
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Sep 9, 2019 02:26
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Also there aren't actually that many supers compared to the general population, seems plausible they could keep the parents silent
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Sep 9, 2019 02:32
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:So the whole time I thought that Vought was secretly turning babies into supes by disguising their magic drug as a polio vaccine stocked in hospitals nationwide. But then it turns out that the parents of supes all know about this and none of them have come forward about the true nature of superpowers because ???. Am I missing something or was this really dumb? Vought probably bought the parent's cooperation and silence with cash and promises of being Homelander #2's mom/dad And it's also pretty dumb, yes.
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Sep 9, 2019 02:34
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Also there probably are conspiracy theorists who think superheros are clones created in a lab or on super drugs, why not? they'd get labelled as crazy fringe personalities. just ranting on youtube.
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Sep 9, 2019 02:36
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Well Starlight's mother did say she agreed to a program that was the same if not similar. It may be not well-explained holdover from the comics where Vought was much more insidious.
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Sep 9, 2019 02:40
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Zaphod42 posted:Uhhhh you're missing that Hugie knows A-Train killed his girlfriend and Vought just PR's him to oblivion. You think some random parents yelling wouldn't get the same thing? (Or be killed by Homelander, like the politician who mentions Compound V??) That makes *enough* sense and if it turns out that Starlight's dad got disappeared because he was gonna talk then I'll retract my complaint.
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Sep 9, 2019 02:48
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How could you live here in 2019 with literally any and all corruption going open-faced and unpunished and assume any number of parents coming forward would be met with anything other than memes?
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Sep 9, 2019 03:02
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The Government DRUGGED MY BABY and GAVE HER SUPER POWERS like lol whatever lady
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Sep 9, 2019 03:03
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Bust Rodd posted:How could you live here in 2019 with literally any and all corruption going open-faced and unpunished and assume any number of parents coming forward would be met with anything other than memes? Yeah I was about to say, when Trump's followers will continue to ignore everything he does, its not hard to imagine how Homelander could get away with the same thing.
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Sep 9, 2019 03:07
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Ask the mayor of Baltimore why more people haven't gone public. Also, we really don't know how many parents actually know. Not every super necessarily comes from the same circumstances as Starlight, maybe Vought usually runs a tighter ship.
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