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MiddleOne posted:Finished The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window. Yeah, the final two episodes made it. It might be the stupidest show in 2022 so far, but it revels in that. It's less of a parody and more like if you took one of those voyeur movies and decide to make it really silly without actually adding any deeper thoughts about the medium. So yeah, it's a bit like the Scary Movie version of these One Small Favor movies. Kirsten Bell is obviously really good in it. All in all I liked it. It was a solid 6.7820469483905 out of 10.00000000002
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Better than the mixed reviews suggested then? I wonder how many episodes that was based on if it sounds like the final 2 make it. I think 3 episodes of Afterparty is about as much as I’ll want to get through before next week. I like it but it’s not something I could binge imo.
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All put together, I had a good time by the end. But well, I wouldn't suggest it to anyone else, since there's so much better TV available.
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Rhyno posted:I'm watching We Are All Dead on Netflix and man, Korea really loves zombies. Lemme know how it turns out. I'm on a Korean Netflix monster TV binge.
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Rhyno posted:I thought Armie Hammer was the cannibal? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0u4M6vppCI
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GreenNight posted:Lemme know how it turns out. I'm on a Korean Netflix monster TV binge. I'm enjoying it so far! Have you seen Happiness?
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No I haven't. I've only watched Kingdom and this one series about people in an apartment complex who turn into monsters.
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I watched the first ep of The Woman In The House… and was pretty confused. Isn’t this meant to be a comedy? There aren’t any jokes. Does it ramp up over time?
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It's an absurdist parody, the whole thing is a joke. If "when your past is the present, how can there be a future, there can't, you're just stuck in the present, with your past" didn't at least crack a smile with you, then it's probably not going to be your thing.
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Open Source Idiom posted:Pennyworth : London :: Gothan : New York City. Hah - coming back to post this again as on the second episode and they just hung and then disembowled Jimmy Saville on a public hanging broadcast akin to a game show as a background joke. Made me almost choke and die. Thanks for the recco! Fun so far and very much like you described. “Thank you for keeping England safe and civilised!” DogsInSpace! fucked around with this message at 05:59 on Jan 30, 2022 |
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Comrade Fakename posted:I watched the first ep of The Woman In The House… and was pretty confused. Isn’t this meant to be a comedy? There aren’t any jokes. Does it ramp up over time? It ramps up slightly more obviously as it goes along, but it never gets to the point where it's a rapid-fire jokes machine like Community or It's Always Sunny -- other than maybe the final episode. For the most part it's a very ironic sort of comedy -- I'd go several scenes without really laughing to finding one particular scene to be absolutely hilarious and well-observed surrealist bullshit. Like the way the narrative treats the lead's Mary Sue mental illness with the utmost dread seriousness, despite the fact that it's an absolutely bonkers thing to shove into a story like this. The jokes about the casserole dish, or the horrific art, or every time Kristen Bell starts to well up thinking about her child's death... after a while that poo poo just became comedy gold. Like, it's not for everyone, but if it's for you it's definitely for you.
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GreenNight posted:No I haven't. I've only watched Kingdom and this one series about people in an apartment complex who turn into monsters. I really enjoyed it. I haven't gotten to Kingdom yet but I did watch Sweet Home and it was pretty good as well.
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I might fall off of The Afterparty; I just can't get into the murder mystery at all and the jokes just don't hit. Lord and Miller are really excellent at parody but none of the jokes really lean into it (and there aren't enough of them) for it to land. It's been a tremendous waste of the cast so far.
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bull3964 posted:It's an absurdist parody, the whole thing is a joke. "how do i keep forgetting that" + casserole rain drop had me busting up and i think it might be for me. it reminds me of when you're watching these kinds of things with your exes and like you'd be cracking up but youre the only one and seem rude because of it somehow, but in this the laughing points are on purpose. "yeah i like wine" scene transition to them all three just laughing at dinner for too long and hard over nothing shown and then not bothering to really lead it anywhere just takes sips of drink lol romantic hand touch after pointing at black spot in casserole dish and another one breaks this is great "you are no longer in my prayers!" 
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The "get me bread" scene had me dying. Everything with the ex-husband is great, guy has like the worst judgment ever.
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Jerusalem posted:This is an incredible long shot but a very, very, very long time ago when Conan was on his old Late Night show, I remember him doing a bit I would love to see again if anybody has it. Conan was doing episodes on a college campus and decided to just go walking around the campus at night. He bumps into some random student who goes,"Hey you're Conan O'Brien.... your show sucks!" and Conan replying with complete earnestness,"Oh no, it DID suck but it's better now!" Then the student took him to his dorm room because he wanted him to meet his roommate, who was asleep, so he shook the guy awake yelling,"Dude! Conan O'Brien's here! Wake up!" while Conan is just looming awkwardly over by the doorway. It absolutely killed me the first time I saw it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQs_oRJtcno
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Holy poo poo, 8:56 and 9:21 are EXACTLY the moments! Unbelievable, thank you! Yeah, it's somewhat different to what I remember but it's hilarious, amazing. "No we're the good crap now, we got our stuff together!" 
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Khanstant posted:"how do i keep forgetting that" + casserole rain drop had me busting up and i think it might be for me. it reminds me of when you're watching these kinds of things with your exes and like you'd be cracking up but youre the only one and seem rude because of it somehow, but in this the laughing points are on purpose. It reminds me a lot of a toned down Touch of Cloth, which is a Brit parody of police shows (title also a riff, on a Touch of Frost). Cloth goes way heavier on the visual gags, but is similar in that it's also propped up by a 'real' mystery plot, as well as being carried by an excellent actor (in Cloth's case John Hannah). life of lemons fucked around with this message at 05:00 on Jan 31, 2022 |
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I look forward to trying the Impossible Title To Remember Show Starring Kristen Bell. I think I might be the target audience as someone that loves those thrillers and also has been in love with Kristen Bell for like 20 years Unrelated, I watched all 3 Fear Street movies on Netflix the last couple days and I would say they were Ok for being R Rated R L Stine. Not a bad waste of time if that's your thing, but also, don't think about the plot at all critically afterwards because it will drive you insane lol
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life of lemons posted:It reminds me a lot of a toned down Touch of Cloth, which is a Brit parody of police shows (title also a riff, on a Touch of Frost). Cloth goes way heavier on the visual gags, but is similar in that it's also propped up by a 'real' mystery plot, as well as being carried by an excellent actor (in Cloth's cash John Hannah). Yeah it's funny I'm cracking up but also interested in the murder plot going on, doubly so because of the nature of this show it really could be a lot of potentially bizarre or hilarious things, plus the delivery of stuff is just so on point. My guess is a casserole dish did it. Touch of Cloth I'll check out sometime, might need to watch a UK Police show because the police characters in UK shows always throw me off for not being aggressive jackboot violent thugs like over here.
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“Life is for the living, and so are casseroles.” This stupid show is perfect.
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Just finished it up, what a delightfully silly show. Bingo.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROhH8yBVrns This somehow looks expensive and low budget at the same thing. Truly impressive. e: I think it's the lighting. Or also it being uncanny valley. idk
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROhH8yBVrns They've recently said this was going to be a separate continuity from the games. Which I guess is evident with what appears to be a human as part of the Covenant.
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They will absolutely be dumb enough to show MC's face eventually. Also, Bokeem Woodbine is not a good actor.
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They cast Pablo Schreiber for Master Chief, you're gonna see his face at some point.
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROhH8yBVrns Why don't they use the Halo music at all? That's very confusing to me, even on top of the number of confusing things about this project.
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muscles like this! posted:They cast Pablo Schreiber for Master Chief, you're gonna see his face at some point. Aidan Gillen is watching at home when the moment comes, and asks his friend who that is. "Why that's nobody at all," he's told.
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I’ve been a hardcore Halo moron for 21 years and even I think that looks like absolute garbage. The only good live-action thing they’ve ever done for the franchise has been the weird little Blomkamp shorts and ads for Halo 3. Halo should only ever be a video-game, it does not work at all in other forms of media.
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muscles like this! posted:They cast Pablo Schreiber for Master Chief, you're gonna see his face at some point. I had no clue who that is and searched for the name. His face is completely generic and forgettable. Jerusalem posted:Aidan Gillen is watching at home when the moment comes, and asks his friend who that is. "Why that's nobody at all," he's told. I don't know who that is either, but I wont even bother to search for it.
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Pablo was one of the main dock workers in season 2 of The Wire. Aidan Gillen played Mayor Carcetti in The Wire. he's also Littlefinger in GoT.
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Pablo also played the (very big) leprechaun in American Gods, a show that started incredibly strong and got so bad so fast that I never even bothered to watch the last season.
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muscles like this! posted:They've recently said this was going to be a separate continuity from the games. Which I guess is evident with what appears to be a human as part of the Covenant. Reminds me of BSG to SG:U era Syfy movie. Kinda generic American action Sci-Fi movie. Could be worse but can already guess boring copy paste action scenes, dialogue and plot. If I had to toss out a guess: middling reviews whose praises are “decent action”, nobody remembers after a month, shocked it gets a second season then quietly cancelled to apathetic reactions. Might be wrong but that would be where I’d place my silver. Also guarantee that he will show his face a couple of times, possibly for the climax. Second season he will be helmetless a decent portion. Enjoying Pennyworth far more that I’d guess. Episode 8. They make alt universe Blighty far less racist in the 60s and it’s weird to see English fascists and cops so diverse. That and the predominant use of MP40s with government enforcers. Maybe some of us just really want to see Stens, Sterlings, FN Fals and Bren guns. Always liked the look of a Sterling with the long curved magazine.
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Mu Zeta posted:Pablo was one of the main dock workers in season 2 of The Wire. Aidan Gillen played Mayor Carcetti in The Wire. he's also Littlefinger in GoT. Jerusalem posted:Pablo also played the (very big) leprechaun in American Gods, a show that started incredibly strong and got so bad so fast that I never even bothered to watch the last season. I watched none of those, so he's insignificant to me. VVVV Man, I'm starting to think those guys are in everything I didn't watch. Are they in Breaking Bad too? cant cook creole bream fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Jan 31, 2022 |
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I mainly think of him as Pornstache from OitNB
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cant cook creole bream posted:I watched none of those, so he's insignificant to me. 
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I do agree that he’s not such a well-known face that him taking the helmet off in the show is anywhere near a sure thing.
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I haven't played any Halo since the first one so is it true that he's stuck in the suit forever meaning he can't jerk off
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Escobarbarian posted:I do agree that he’s not such a well-known face that him taking the helmet off in the show is anywhere near a sure thing. It's all just stunt marketing as the double for most of the movie. In the final scene, as he embraces his lover, he takes off the helmet and we see the familiar face of (Joke spoiler) Chris Pratt!
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