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If you enjoy James Gunn, Peacemaker is great. I was honestly surprised with the range of episode 6. It seriously hit more notes in 45 minutes than almost any show I can recall. Granted, it's still goofy superhero ish bullshit, but it's fun, and the actors take it seriously. Completely unrelated, but if you need more Beatles content after watching Get Back, please watch McCartney 1 2 3 on Hulu. It's Rick Rubin loving around with the masters while Paul enthusiastically spouts his insane memory and legitimately enjoys his own songs. It's fantastic. It puts me in a good mood just thinking about it.
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Nihonniboku posted:The first two episodes of Raised by Wolves season 2 are up on HBO Max. I wonder if this will be an easy rewatch since it's just the one season or an extremely difficult rewatch because it's Raised by Wolves. e I think Jeff Goldblum provided his own wardrobe for Search Party and The World According to Jeff Goldblum Inspector Hound fucked around with this message at 06:22 on Feb 4, 2022 |
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Just blazed through the first couple episodes of Reacher on prime and it's pretty good. Way better than the lovely Jack Ryan series.
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we're getting more of the sweet tooth show with the little deer kid right? could go for some of that.
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The latest episode of Peacemaker has that very James Gunn moment where the audience is granted 'permission' to enjoy a bloodbath of innocents (yeah, yeah, I know they're cops) through a perfunctory plot contrivance, in this case a mass mind-control/body snatching event. Though the carnage won't take place until the next episode. I think Gunn is a hack and TSS and GotG2 both sucked, so I'm kinda surprised he has the only writing credit on each episode because I've actually been enjoying the show. He's learned how to write more than just one character type (manchild) and his idiosyncratic quippiness is only coming from some of the characters instead of all of them. Either someone behind the scenes is having a moderating influence on him (or possibly restraining him) or this is a project he actually cares about. Or maybe it's just that John Cena's performance is anchoring the show so well.
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https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/3/22914120/netflix-2022-movie-slate A good roundup of the upcoming Netflix stuff. I'm definitely a Netflix hater but some of this sounds fun. Some of it sounds totally insane: quote:SLUMBERLAND
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Guns many many writing credits don't make me think "hack"
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Junkie Disease posted:Guns many many writing credits don't make me think "hack" Scooby Doo? I will never not love Slither.
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punk rebel ecks posted:Boondocks revival is cancelled: https://comicbook.com/anime/news/boondocks-reboot-cancelled-sony-pictures-pulled-the-plug-star-reveals/ I'm sad but not really surprised
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A MIRACLE posted:the last boondocks was just, god awful I remember really loving the first two seasons and Aaron McGruder as a person, and then he seemed to start to turn into a wacky dude and the last season of the show I stopped watching two episodes in.
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McGruder wasn’t involved in the last season of the show. It’s a large reason why it sucked so much.
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punk rebel ecks posted:McGruder wasn’t involved in the last season of the show. It’s a large reason why it sucked so much. Maybe that's what I'm thinking of. I can't remember the specifics of why I thought McGruder became crazy so I might just be dumb.
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Kalko posted:The latest episode of Peacemaker has that very James Gunn moment where the audience is granted 'permission' to enjoy a bloodbath of innocents (yeah, yeah, I know they're cops) through a perfunctory plot contrivance, in this case a mass mind-control/body snatching event. Though the carnage won't take place until the next episode. But the episode also contained a bloodbath of innocents??? (who are still cops) - and I mean, there also already been a bloodbath of aliens who aren't cops ??? Seems like a weird thing to try and dig Gunn at.
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Was he involved with that MLK ep cuz jfc. Hate that Bill Cosby pull up your pants respectability poo poo so much. There was a surprising amount of wrongheaded b.s. on that show considering i think i remember the strip being mostly on pointFLIPADELPHIA posted:Just blazed through the first couple episodes of Reacher on prime and it's pretty good. Way better than the lovely Jack Ryan series.
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I can’t say that I find the subject matter of Pam and Tommy even remotely interesting, but the cast and production is so good I’m pretty hooked.
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Punkin Spunkin posted:Does it have the charm of the first Tom Cruise movie? I wasnt familiar with the books but i was really into that film. Goofy charm, with a suprising sense of humor. That's kinda what I'm worried about, given that the guy they cast as Reacher was obviously chosen because of his look rather than his acting resume. Whatever criticisms people may have of Cruise's version, Cruise at least is going to reliably bring that natural charm and charisma that can carry you through a mediocre story. And I get it, the fans of the books were like "he shouldn't be effortlessly charming like Tom Cruise, he should just be a hulking badass with hands the size of a frying pan!!" but the bottom line is if I'm gonna watch a t.v. series about one central lead character, that character has to be at least somewhat compelling to watch when they aren't loving people up.
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IMO it definitely does. The actor is a giant meathead but he's also pretty charismatic in an 80s Arnold kind of way. They are really playing up the socially awkward part of the character, which I gather is from the books. And there's also plenty of humor. There's one scene in particular where the lead detective, who is a full on straight man character, rants about how much he loves the band 38 special and it was so out of nowhere I was dying.
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FishBowlRobot posted:Scooby Doo? i'm not really about to die on the hill of "Scooby Doo was good actually" but honestly it's about as good as it ever could have been, and the cast is great you know, gently caress it. Scooby Doo Was Good Actually 
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precision posted:i'm not really about to die on the hill of "Scooby Doo was good actually" but honestly it's about as good as it ever could have been, and the cast is great Just kidding, fair enough. I’ve never seen it/them. I had to check IMDb right now to verify that I haven’t seen anything Gunn’s worked on since Super. I think I started Movie 43 at some point, but bailed pretty early on.
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Basebf555 posted:That's kinda what I'm worried about, given that the guy they cast as Reacher was obviously chosen because of his look rather than his acting resume. Whatever criticisms people may have of Cruise's version, Cruise at least is going to reliably bring that natural charm and charisma that can carry you through a mediocre story. And I get it, the fans of the books were like "he shouldn't be effortlessly charming like Tom Cruise, he should just be a hulking badass with hands the size of a frying pan!!" but the bottom line is if I'm gonna watch a t.v. series about one central lead character, that character has to be at least somewhat compelling to watch when they aren't loving people up. I am liking the series so far, it fits what I want out of a Jack Reacher book, a large man comes to town, bears bad people up and leaves. I read the entire series over the pandemic when I really just needed some good escapist reading
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is billions worth watching? I just want some giamatti in my life. help me thread
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Scooby-Doo was a noble effort, but I think the thing that was truly keeping it from good is that it's clearly a movie being pulled between two tones. Gunn's original script was a much more adult parody and at a certain point during production the studio decided it wanted an all-ages comedy. Gunn's first cut was rated R. They had to go so far as to CGI-out cleavage in the final cut, so I can only imagine what else got trimmed and changed in editing to accommodate. It shows on screen, with the final product feeling like it's all over the place tonally and shifting what game it's playing at different points of the film.
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This seems like a good watch: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/4/netflix-film-perfect-strangers-challenges-middle-east-sex-taboos When is USA release Netflix?
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started watching reacher, its cool. I liked the movie but I like the characterization on the show better. maybe I should read the book edit haha he's doing the thing where he guesses every aspect about someones life at themselves based on ~details~ I love it A MIRACLE fucked around with this message at 23:42 on Feb 4, 2022 |
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A MIRACLE posted:is billions worth watching? I just want some giamatti in my life. help me thread ehhhh i love Pauly G and he's good in it but you have got to have a superhuman tolerance for mega boomer dad rock out the rear end energy because you got Damien or whatever the gently caress his name is from homeland fartin' and ding-dongin' around as Maxim Magazine's Most Doucheiest Bachelor Ever sorry, accidentally channeled some We Hate Movies energy there, haha
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like, if you think Succession is Lifestyle Porn, buddy strap in because Billions is like a reboot of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous by McG
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I got through 1.5 seasons of Billions but it seems to just repeat itself "Paul the Attorney busts Damien the slimy hedge fund douche, oh wait no he doesn't" over and over again along with Maggie Siff quitting and returning to the same job over and over again. I can't see it going 6 seasons despite some great actors. And like Succession, Everyone is a huge dickbag in the show too but not near as hilarious.
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Jerkface posted:But the episode also contained a bloodbath of innocents??? (who are still cops) - and I mean, there also already been a bloodbath of aliens who aren't cops ??? Seems like a weird thing to try and dig Gunn at. Yeah, that was handled pretty well because Peacemaker actually reacted to the violence, and Vigilante's reaction (which is the typical reaction of most of Gunn's characters to ultraviolence) was called out. Also Murn seemed shocked that he'd caused it if I read that moment correctly. But the difference there was that those people were still real people so their deaths were impactful, and the lead detective had been portrayed sympathetically so her getting taken out was a minor gut punch. By comparison, in GotG2 when the blue guy's crew mutinies on him he effortlessly murders them all without a second thought because 'oh, they're bad now,' or in TSS I can't even remember the initial justification for them mowing down hordes of soldiers without thought or comment, and at the end there's another mass mind control event via alien infection, which frees those people up to become cannon fodder. Gunn wants to get to the exploding body parts as quickly as possible but he seems to realize that some kind of dehumanization is required beforehand so that the audience doesn't feel too uncomfortable at the spectacle (or perhaps so his characters can remain likeable while dispensing mass murder) but the end result is that none of the carnage is particularly impactful because the targets might as well be the same kind of CGI hordes you see in other movies. But who knows, maybe he'll surprise me and next week's episode won't play out the way I'm expecting.
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god reacher is utter trash but I can't stop watching. I love how they get into brutal fights with strangers all over town every episode with no repercussions lmao theres all these fake feeling unearned sentimental moments too lol
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Jesus gently caress, I'm so pissed there won't be season 4: https://screenrant.com/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-4-cancelled-reason/ It truly is a show that is made for streaming. Netflix should have picked it up.
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I don't think I can not watch Reacher. Remember the time when Reacher dug a bunch of swimming pools by hand and got so ripped that when he was shot in the chest it didn't matter because the bullet lodged harmlessly in his massive pectoral muscle.
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withak posted:I don't think I can not watch Reacher. That was the first one I read. I knew then it was something special.
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Nightmare Alley by Guillermo del Toro is on HBO. It's boring. Carnivale on HBO is better. Bradley Cooper at 47 years old is playing a 22 year old
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A MIRACLE posted:is billions worth watching? I just want some giamatti in my life. help me thread You should watch John Adams. Billions is what those other posters said. A sickeningly sweet love letter to the super wealthy Metallica fans out there. Giamatti plays Pig Vomit as a BDSM sub who tries to nail Damien for rich people crime and looks like an rear end doing it. Wretched show.
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You start watching Billions for Giamatti, you stay for David Costable. It’s totally fine if you accept that it’s a cartoon where all the characters are terrible people.
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I liked the new Nightmare Alley.  found it entertaining enough. It may not be in say, the GDT top 3 but it's still visually compelling enough with a solid cast (and I never usually care for Cooper). Cate Blanchett and Willem Dafoe are fun and it's worth it just to see Del Toro take a shot at noir.I'm on a Mike Flanigan streaming run rn. Watched his Ouija (on HBO) and Oculus, both decent and creepy films. Gonna hit up Hush on Netflix next.
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