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Azhais posted:Do we need to be spoilering episode stuff, it aired. Yeah, I absolutely do not come read this thread until I've caught up.
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Oct 9, 2020 17:19
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Maeve getting fast-travel powers didn't bother me. Her showing up at the last possible second to save the day TWICE bothered me a little bit. I can see why they had to do it though. It was super badass against Stormfront, and it had to happen with Homelander because the scenes of Homelander watching Stormfront basically die in front of him and then having Ryan betray him for Butcher, someone he barely knows, had to happen before he gets blackmailed.
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Oct 9, 2020 17:20
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How would Maeve even know where they were? Annie didn't have her tracker anymore. I guess she was following her the whole time? Maeve's Mini Cooper is parked just off screen at the edge of the woods.
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Oct 9, 2020 17:24
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Romes128 posted:How would Maeve even know where they were? Annie didn't have her tracker anymore. I guess she was following her the whole time? Maeve's Mini Cooper is parked just off screen at the edge of the woods. I imagine Ryan's eye blast could be seen/heard for miles, Maeve was just the fastest one to get there after Homelander.
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Oct 9, 2020 17:25
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CODChimera posted:Maybe Stormfront will become Black Noir 2.0? Black Noirette White Blanc
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Oct 9, 2020 17:26
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ZearothK posted:I imagine Ryan's eye blast could be seen/heard for miles, Maeve was just the fastest one to get there after Homelander. I mean the initial confrontation with Stormfront where she just pops up outta nowhere. But I'm just joking tho, it doesn't bother me at all.
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Oct 9, 2020 17:27
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Megillah Gorilla posted:And when the cult leader confirmed that the information on Stormfront came from them and that they had damning intel on a dozen other supes, AOC killed him Vic "The Veep" shares the same last name Neuman in the comics so yeah. Somewhat of a weird one since shes an AOC expy and Vic was an idiot George W expy. Might as well have not bothered with the reference. massive spider fucked around with this message at 17:40 on Oct 9, 2020 |
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Oct 9, 2020 17:30
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Maeve: Where could Stormfront have run off to? gently caress! This will take forever! (An Akira-style laser burst happens in the distance) Maeve: We may never know :(
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Oct 9, 2020 17:33
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Fridging doesn't mean "female character killed". In fact since Becca's death already served as motivation for Butcher she cannot be fridged, it's double jeopardy.Elephant Ambush posted:Nobody is asking for 25 scenes of Maeve jogging down a road, just a couple quick scenes of her super jumping over the trees to show she was on her way instead of using her as Deus Ex Machina for like the 3rd time this season. Why? We know she can, so why do you have to see it? Deus ex machina does not mean "happens suddenly." A character who has been established over the entire season having second thoughts, shown organizing a coup, and was spoken to earlier in the loving episode about becoming an ally is not a deus ex machina. Aphrodite fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Oct 9, 2020 |
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Oct 9, 2020 17:35
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boo_radley posted:Maeve: Where could Stormfront have run off to? gently caress! This will take forever! The laser blast occurred after she got there. She was clearly just Conan-running chasing Stormfront around
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Oct 9, 2020 17:40
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AOC is much better than Vic the Veep Vic the Veep is just awful
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Oct 9, 2020 17:42
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Aphrodite posted:Fridging doesn't mean "female character killed". In fact since Becca's death already served as motivation for Butcher she cannot be fridged, it's double jeopardy. Maybe you know it from external sources but to me Maeve doesn’t seem like she has any powers other than super strength.
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Oct 9, 2020 17:43
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Alchenar posted:I don't need 25 scenes of Maeve travelling but if you want a dramatic moment in a fight sequence to be a character's surprise appearance then best to find a location for your fight that isn't a vast open field. massive spider posted:I just realised that Victoria Neuman is a gender swap of Vic "The Veep" Neuman form the comics. Somewhat of a weird one since shes an AOC expy and Vic was a George W expy. Also, this is THE scene equivalent in the comics     As with everything else, I would say the series one is superior even if it's missing Vas.
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Oct 9, 2020 17:43
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Before anyone asks, the baseball bats are also on compound V
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Oct 9, 2020 17:48
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I'm slow, so I just realized that Stormy could have easily been some slick Ben Shapiro/Richard Spencer type. The gender switch really was a smart touch.
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Oct 9, 2020 17:50
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Did anyone translate what Stormfront was saying?
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Oct 9, 2020 17:51
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Boris Galerkin posted:Maybe you know it from external sources but to me Maeve doesn’t seem like she has any powers other than super strength. We see her super jump and run across the side of a building in the very first episode. It's her introduction.
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Oct 9, 2020 17:53
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FogHelmut posted:There's a system of Great Lakes and that old Erie Canal linking Ohio and New York, and furthermore he could have just gotten in a private plane provided by The Church of the Collective, and you don't that it was only 30 minutes. You know what shows need more of? Logistics. Everyone loves logistics. Maybe some accountancy, too. Romes128 posted:How would Maeve even know where they were? I'm guessing Butcher screaming out for help? Megillah Gorilla fucked around with this message at 17:58 on Oct 9, 2020 |
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Oct 9, 2020 17:53
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Azhais posted:The laser blast occurred after she got there. She was clearly just Conan-running chasing Stormfront around ?? It occurred before she arrived. Durzel posted:Did anyone translate what Stormfront was saying? BurritoJustice posted:Stormfront's last lines, translated from here
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Oct 9, 2020 18:00
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Megillah Gorilla posted:I'm guessing Butcher screaming out for help? Literally this. Unfortunately, when a season/episode is this high quality, the trolls and the contrarians have to go VERY low quality  So why is everyone calling Vic AOC? Woman of color congress person from New Yawk? I like the Vic character and love the real life AOC so not being a hater here, just curious if there's more of a connection than job, gender and skin color. I'm sorta getting flashbacks to the pre-season 2 worries I had about how they would play Stormfront. If Vic the CP is going to be a "Ah ha! AoC is basically the same as the bad people and is on the Amazon payroll!!" that will be stupid centrist nonsense
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Oct 9, 2020 18:01
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Megillah Gorilla posted:
Romes128 posted:I mean the initial confrontation with Stormfront where she just pops up outta nowhere. But I'm just joking tho, it doesn't bother me at all. Like you edited out the rest of my quote where I talked about Annie's tracker. I know Butcher and Ryan were close to where they had the Stormfront fight. I was just asking how Maeve knew where Annie and the Boys were when she dropped in to fight Stormfront. Romes128 fucked around with this message at 18:08 on Oct 9, 2020 |
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Oct 9, 2020 18:06
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There was a pretty massive explosion in the area. But yes, she had to have been in the area already. She wouldn't have noticed it from NYC. Aphrodite fucked around with this message at 18:10 on Oct 9, 2020 |
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Oct 9, 2020 18:07
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Maeve's curiosity was insanely piqued and she was showing signs of the Gen X façade cracking when Starlight and Hughie visited her. No doubt she just tailed them after they left and revealed herself when she decided to throw in with 'em
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Oct 9, 2020 18:08
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Actually on second thought she probably followed Stormfront. Stormfront returns to the Tower after the nazi stuff goes public, and we see Maeve in that scene.
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Oct 9, 2020 18:11
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^^^ That could work.Romes128 posted:Like you edited out the rest of my quote where I talked about Annie's tracker. I know Butcher and Ryan were close to where they had the Stormfront fight. I was just asking how Maeve knew where Annie and the Boys were when she dropped in to fight Stormfront. Right, sorry, I was focusing on the ongoing discussion about Meave turning up at the second site and forgot the other ongoing discussion about Maeve turning up at the first site. My bad. And, yeah, you did actually make a good point about her turning up. I really don't have an answer for how she found out where poo poo was going down. Maybe she knew of Homelander's gently caress cabin or threatened a tech, which seems to a popular pastime at Vought.
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Oct 9, 2020 18:15
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Maeve: “hey kraut” 
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Oct 9, 2020 18:15
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Aphrodite posted:Actually on second thought she probably followed Stormfront. Yeah it's this. She followed SF.
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Oct 9, 2020 18:16
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:?? It occurred before she arrived. Are we taking about Maeve ex Machina part one or part two
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Oct 9, 2020 18:16
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ruddiger posted:Maeve: “hey kraut” This is the reason why they don't show us Maeve sprinting, long jumping, harassing a tech, or skulking through the bushes. "Hey Kraut" delivered by an off-screen voice and surprising us with an effective punch to SF's face relied on Maeve's recent activities being unknown. Similar techniques are often used in film and television to excite the audience
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Oct 9, 2020 18:17
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Azhais posted:Are we taking about Maeve ex Machina part one or part two Part one: She followed Stormfront Part two: She followed Stormfront again / she saw the giant laser beam in the sky / heard Butcher calling for help e: just rewatched the scene to make sure CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK fucked around with this message at 18:21 on Oct 9, 2020 |
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Oct 9, 2020 18:18
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Maeve's true super power is super timing.
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Oct 9, 2020 18:19
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Solice Kirsk posted:Maeve's true super power is super timing. She can tiptoe at super speed.
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Oct 9, 2020 18:19
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We don't know for a fact that it makes the skeleton xylophone sound effect, but we can assume
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Oct 9, 2020 18:22
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:We don't know for a fact that it makes the skeleton xylophone sound effect, but we can assume There's slide whistle noises when she jumps
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Oct 9, 2020 18:24
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Literally this. Homelander makes a dig at her having a viral video of her dancing online so its pretty blatant.
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Oct 9, 2020 18:25
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Yeah she's following SF, also the context is from the conversation earlier in the episode she knows that the Nazi relevations must mean its Starlight making a play. Season 1 establishes that she does see Starlight as the young not-crushed version of herself so entirely reasonable she goes to help. If I do have a criticism of season 2, it's that the screen time spend on Maeve/Deep/A-Train's arcs is cut to the absolute bone. It works, but it's a fine line.
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Oct 9, 2020 18:26
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:So why is everyone calling Vic AOC? Woman of color congress person from New Yawk? I like the Vic character and love the real life AOC so not being a hater here, just curious if there's more of a connection than job, gender and skin color. It's those, plus her age, apparent persona, and the most direct giveaway: when Homelander greets her, he applauds her "walk like an Egyptian dance on Youtube." Some GOP detractor tried to embarrass AOC by leaking a video of her dancing in college, and she laughed at him and posted a new video of herself dancing in her Congressional office. Edit beaten like Stormfront
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Oct 9, 2020 18:27
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massive spider posted:I just assume Maeve does the wonder woman super run thing where she runs like a speeding car. Yeah then I am extra concerned that her S3 arc is going to be dumb. They managed to ground Stormfront in reality while also gender swapping & casting a Jewish actor so I have faith. Just... concern
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Oct 9, 2020 18:27
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I can't belive Maev found HL and Stormfront without a 30 minute scene of her traveling I hope someone got fired for that blunder
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Oct 9, 2020 18:35
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bou posted:Somebody already posted a translation of the Stormfront-poem. I watched the whole Epsiode in german, so to me it came across as her reciting something from her very far past, maybe something she had to learn in school, over and over and my takeaway is that she survived the blasting, but from now on suffers from severe brain damage. Based on the translation I'm pretty sure she was hallucinating due to... everything and was on death's door. She thought she was taking to Fredrick Vought and she's saying her favorite day is when they took their daughter to try apples for the first time.
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