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this AV Club review of this week's episode is really wonderful, everyone should really read it.
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I’m seeing the word “I” a hell of a lot of times in the first two paragraphs, pass.
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Nov 25, 2019 06:54
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DC Murderverse posted:this AV Club review of this week's episode is really wonderful, everyone should really read it. I recognized “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire” from Fallout of course, but the fact that all the period songs were from a group called The Ink Spots is quite appropriate for this universe.
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Nov 25, 2019 07:02
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Shout out to The Ink Spots for Fallouting it up this episode. I counted no less than three of their songs popping up throughout.
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Nov 25, 2019 07:07
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How did Don Johnson manage to cause himself to lift off the ground while hanging? I mean, the episode was really good. The hanging thing was a pretty big unknown for the audience to guess at (can a 100+ year old man lift a body up into a tree) and then it gets hand-waved away in a jarringly impossible self-hanging scenario? Pure Lindelof.
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Nov 25, 2019 07:09
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Midgetskydiver posted:How did Don Johnson manage to cause himself to lift off the ground while hanging? Stepped off a stool. Though it looked like he left way too much slack when he tied off the rope to the other branch.
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Nov 25, 2019 07:14
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General Dog posted:I’m seeing the word “I” a hell of a lot of times in the first two paragraphs, pass. What a stunningly moronic thing to say. Is it impossible for you to imagine that a black TV critic could relate this episode to their own lived experience in the course of reviewing the episode? Grow the gently caress up.
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Nov 25, 2019 07:17
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*cuts into brick with knife* *lifts powder to tongue and tastes it, eyes widening in shock* "My god, its Pure Lindelof"
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Nov 25, 2019 07:18
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Midgetskydiver posted:How did Don Johnson manage to cause himself to lift off the ground while hanging? He stepped off a small a stool but it was nowhere close to the height he was found at.
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Nov 25, 2019 07:19
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He mind controlled a guy with a flashlight but the stool is just too much.
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Nov 25, 2019 07:21
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ded posted:He mind controlled a guy with a flashlight but the stool is just too much. One is a plot device. The other is a continuity error. I don't care though, just pointing it out.
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Nov 25, 2019 07:26
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After Don hanged himself, Will obviously mind-controlled the tree to grow a few feet taller.
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Nov 25, 2019 07:31
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Alan Moore was right to publicly fill his dipes about this show existing because now that we're 30 years past the point where comic book nerds will latch onto anything even remotely literary becase of how desperate for validation they are this adaptation eclipses the original on every level. Rest in piss.Scooter_McCabe posted:Oh yeah no way would I have come up with anything this good, which is why I didn't become a script writer. Dipshit. Glad you agree your posts are worthless trash, please remember that any time you ever feel tempted to smash the Submit Reply button in the future. Dipshit.
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Nov 25, 2019 07:33
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Sleeveless posted:Alan Moore was right to publicly fill his dipes about this show existing Has he made any public comment about the show? Or is this still the general bitching about him not wanting to be associated with any adaptation?
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Nov 25, 2019 07:38
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Sleeveless posted:Alan Moore was right to publicly fill his dipes about this show existing because now that we're 30 years past the point where comic book nerds will latch onto anything even remotely literary becase of how desperate for validation they are this adaptation eclipses the original on every level. Rest in piss. Thanks, now I hate the show
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Nov 25, 2019 08:01
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That ep was self indulgent and frankly boring.
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Nov 25, 2019 08:23
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Man like the opening scene of the series, this was raw as hell for me. Thought it was pretty well done.
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Nov 25, 2019 08:44
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Sleeveless posted:Alan Moore was right to publicly fill his dipes about this show existing because now that we're 30 years past the point where comic book nerds will latch onto anything even remotely literary becase of how desperate for validation they are this adaptation eclipses the original on every level. Rest in piss. Don't be a bad poster. Working on flaws is HOT in 2019, and "having a constant meltdown" is a great opportunity. Supreme Allah posted:That ep was self indulgent and frankly boring. Interesting! Boring is not a word I'd use to describe it (although the girl I was watching it with did fall asleep...) It was an amazing episode in my opinion, although I'm surprised to see an episode like this in a 9-episode season. I was disappointed we got no Veidt or LG, but I don't think the episode would have been better for including them; it just would've slaked my curiosity for the week.
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Nov 25, 2019 08:45
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Don't be a bad poster. Working on flaws is HOT in 2019, and "having a constant meltdown" is a great opportunity. It's a quality show, everything is being done at the top level. I loved, loved the Fallout soundtrack. ...I don't want to set the world on fire.... And I don't want to start a boring drawn out discussion that nobody cares about. I think the racial stuff is being over-indulgent in lue of actual, Watchmen related story telling. Where's my blue cock.
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Nov 25, 2019 08:48
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The Human Crouton posted:When the last episode ends on a cliffhanger, then the show needs to address it at the start of the next episode. If we are supposed to care about the story then the show needs to address the story more, and jerk itself off over its zaniness less. Normally I'd agree with you but the story they told tonight was way more interesting* than "did Buster Scruggs get killed" and I definitely didn't care about the 2019 plot within a few minutes *If the name "Hooded Justice" already means something to you, anyway. Tonight was the first time I felt like the show actually benefits from a good understanding of the old graphic novel rather than just let you spot a bunch of easter eggs Still curious what's up with the romaine lettuce and egg motifs HJ getting shot at by the shopkeeper was a funny inversion from the clip of Cheyenne Jackson saving the shoppers
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Nov 25, 2019 08:51
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Sleeveless posted:Alan Moore was right to publicly fill his dipes about this show existing because now that we're 30 years past the point where comic book nerds will latch onto anything even remotely literary becase of how desperate for validation they are this adaptation eclipses the original on every level. Rest in piss. you know that quote everyone was passing around a few weeks ago was from years before this TV show ever existed right? Moore hasn't, to my knowledge, said anything about this show, because at this point he completely and totally gives zero shits about adaptations to his work, to both his and our benefit General Dog posted:I’m seeing the word “I” a hell of a lot of times in the first two paragraphs, pass. why are you so terrible
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Nov 25, 2019 09:30
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Just realised there was a lot of Birdman in this episode as well. More I mull on it the better it gets, apart from mesmer torch hanging which was a bit silly even for this.
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Nov 25, 2019 09:40
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WIfe: You should do this, you are an angry black man, main character reeves! 20 minutes later WIfe: Look what you let yourself do! I'm leaving you!
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Nov 25, 2019 09:48
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Tenzarin posted:WIfe: You should do this, you are an angry black man, main character reeves! It's more Wife: Here's an outlet for what you're after, you should do it. 5 minutes later rear end in a top hat: Do it. but with me. Wife: Don't Will: *Does* 15 minutes later Wife: Well, you've gone and turned this into poo poo. I hoped it was going to help you, but now it's just made it worse. gently caress off forever, Will.
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Nov 25, 2019 10:20
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Supreme Allah posted:It's a quality show, everything is being done at the top level. Exploring a complicated political issue through the lens of superheroes is totally in line with Watchmen tho. Figures Lady Treau would be into objectivism. She was reading The Fountainhead as Angela woke up.
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Nov 25, 2019 11:15
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I saw the The Watchmen movie and vaguely remember it as ok. I haven’t read the comic. Will this show make sense to me?
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Nov 25, 2019 11:46
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It doesn’t even make sense to us
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ghostwritingduck posted:I saw the The Watchmen movie and vaguely remember it as ok. I haven’t read the comic. Will this show make sense to me? Are you cool with mystery box shows? Then you have your answer.
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Nov 25, 2019 12:01
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Sleeveless posted:Glad you agree your posts are worthless trash, please remember that any time you ever feel tempted to smash the Submit Reply button in the future. Dipshit. Oh lol.
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Nov 25, 2019 12:18
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Klungar posted:I recognized “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire” from Fallout of course, but the fact that all the period songs were from a group called The Ink Spots is quite appropriate for this universe. I was wondering why the Ink Spots soundtrack and it wasnt until the talky breakdown (every Ink Spots song has the exact same into riff and talky bit) that I remembered like Will, they were black but often people assume they're white.
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Nov 25, 2019 12:36
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Quantum Shart posted:Just realised there was a lot of Birdman in this episode as well. More I mull on it the better it gets, apart from mesmer torch hanging which was a bit silly even for this. Drums-only soundtrack: check Scene transitions in the same shot: check
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Nov 25, 2019 12:38
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My only complaint about this episode would be that it doesn't feel like it really drives the show's narrative forward at all. It was very fun to watch and interesting in its own right but it feels like we put the show on pause to dabble in a side story.
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Nov 25, 2019 13:19
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LesterGroans posted:Has he made any public comment about the show? Or is this still the general bitching about him not wanting to be associated with any adaptation? There was a bunch of tweets from mores daughter about her dad recently where she said that his hatred of anything superhero is based on bad memories of how he's been treated in the industry more than the merits of the work, they are aware that yes, theres a tonne of great material out there he doesn't get exposed to.
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Nov 25, 2019 13:29
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Agent355 posted:My only complaint about this episode would be that it doesn't feel like it really drives the show's narrative forward at all. It was very fun to watch and interesting in its own right but it feels like we put the show on pause to dabble in a side story. This is the story. HBO's Watchmen is a story about Hooded Justice enlisting his granddaughter in a fight against a conspiracy that has infested, or perhaps thrived within, law enforcement possibly nationwide.
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Nov 25, 2019 13:32
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Agent355 posted:My only complaint about this episode would be that it doesn't feel like it really drives the show's narrative forward at all. It was very fun to watch and interesting in its own right but it feels like we put the show on pause to dabble in a side story. Kind of, but it did seem to clarify present day affiliations, as well as the potential nefarious scheme from 7K (mesmerism). And come on, the side stuff in the original was the best part too. Edit: and as s-m above says, it isn’t even exactly “side” stuff Quantum Shart posted:Just realised there was a lot of Birdman in this episode as well. More I mull on it the better it gets, apart from mesmer torch hanging which was a bit silly even for this. Yes totally, there was one specific part of the soundtrack (maybe when the son was putting on makeup?) that was distinctly Birdman. Jay-V fucked around with this message at 13:41 on Nov 25, 2019 |
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Nov 25, 2019 13:38
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Am I loving crazy or were one of the cops literally jerking off to American Hero Story?
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Nov 25, 2019 13:59
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Has anyone actually listened to The Adventures of Superman episodes where he takes down the KKK, Clan of the Fiery Cross? I'd be curious to see if there any deep-cut references to that here.Agent355 posted:My only complaint about this episode would be that it doesn't feel like it really drives the show's narrative forward at all. It was very fun to watch and interesting in its own right but it feels like we put the show on pause to dabble in a side story. The mesmerism stuff is going to be the big narrative thrust moving forward. Also, goddamn do I love the Cyclops plot. It is so perfectly, wonderfully Golden Age pulp. It's the first stuff in this show that has truly felt "comic booky" to me, and it's exactly what I want out of period superhero stuff, grounded in something truly harrowing. It struck just the right balance for me that the comic does with taking silly concepts and treating them seriously. The fact that it's also going to be pulled into the modern day in an equally horrifying way is going to be something to behold. feedmyleg fucked around with this message at 14:03 on Nov 25, 2019 |
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Nov 25, 2019 13:59
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Agent355 posted:My only complaint about this episode would be that it doesn't feel like it really drives the show's narrative forward at all. It was very fun to watch and interesting in its own right but it feels like we put the show on pause to dabble in a side story. Seems like it fills a similar thematic purpose to Dr. Manhattan's origin story, which also took place in the middle of the original series and involved a lot of nonlinear storytelling. It also, funnily enough, reminded me of Time's Arrow from Bojack Horseman, which also involved reliving the traumatic memories of an older character and used a lot of the same stylistic flourishes that this episode did.
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Nov 25, 2019 14:08
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feedmyleg posted:Has anyone actually listened to The Adventures of Superman episodes where he takes down the KKK, Clan of the Fiery Cross? I'd be curious to see if there any deep-cut references to that here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ol8Gmi57DI It's on youtube. I haven't gotten around to it yet.
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"I'm telling you, Hooded Justice is Dr. Manhattan!" -Random Cop in episode 5 "Maybe I'm Dr. Manhattan." -Hooded Justice in episode 2.
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