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God I love the detectorists. So much. It's one of my favorite shows ever
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Coming 2 america. It had really high production value and then like idk somehow felt cheap Some good laughs
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Mar 5, 2022 04:45
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Severance is super good and also extremely unnerving. Today’s episode (4) was intense but in the way being diagnosed with untreatable anal cancer is “intense”. The intro is beautiful and the theme is nearly Succession-level good. hosed up, recommend.
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SLOSifl posted:Severance is super good and also extremely unnerving. Today’s episode (4) was intense but in the way being diagnosed with untreatable anal cancer is “intense”. The intro is beautiful and the theme is nearly Succession-level good. hosed up, recommend. ooh i just saw the billboard for that didn't know it was out already
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Mar 5, 2022 05:00
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Nihonniboku posted:Imagine being so loving talented for over 30 decades, and never really truly getting the recognition she deserves. But enough about Nancy Pelosi
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Mar 5, 2022 05:06
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mcmagic posted:Beforeigners completely goes off the rail in the last episode of the second season lol Yeah, I just finished it and it really does. I kind of found it dumb that she got transported to Christian Saudi Arabia meets Nazi Germany and somehow manages to casually walk up right outside the Queen's room and screams at her, and proceeds to punch a guard in the face and they just simply put her in cuffs and have her meet with the Queen. Like if she was just merely on the property she would have been shot, let alone screaming at the Queen and beating up guards. I also found it incredibly dumb that she couldn't die even when being stabbed in the neck due to TIME PARADOX! I will say, her being Lars's granddaughter is kind of cool. Beforeigners is still a good and fun show but I hope the final episode isn't it cementing itself to stupid territory. It's one thing to be unrealistic, it's another being just stupid.
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Mar 5, 2022 08:05
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I try to focus on finding elements of shows to enjoy rather than things to pick apart, but having said that "The Dropout" is a steaming pile of overdramatized poo poo to me and I have a hard time finding anything that was done well. It's probably because I'm way too close to the actual story in my education and experience, and nobody involved with the creation and writing is anywhere near it, but who knows. I hope nobody who ever worked for Theranos has to watch it. I couldn't do more than 2 episodes. I mean if I was an actual pirate I might say the same about Our Flag Means Death (since it's also based on some facts) but that one is actually enjoyable and clearly ridiculous for fun.
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Mar 5, 2022 08:17
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The Dropout is too sympathetic to Holmes.
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Mar 5, 2022 08:24
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BonoMan posted:God I love the detectorists. So much. It's one of my favorite shows ever It's so good. It's one of the easiest shows to watch imo. Just good hearted, wholesome quiet comedy.
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Mar 5, 2022 14:43
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Thoughts over the last 48 hours: Fresh is on Hulu, I definitely think people should watch it After Yang is on Showtime, I definitely think people should watch it jeen-yuhs is on Netflix, I definitely think people should watch the first and second part
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Mar 5, 2022 15:44
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I'm three eps into somebody somewhere on HBO Max and loving it so far. A nice quiet dramedy in a small Kansas town.
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Mar 5, 2022 15:50
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MST3ks backer only softlaunch had about ten mins of delays then smooth sailing for a fun Santo movie Shows still the most welcoming form of entertainment after all these years. It opens to the public in may
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Mar 5, 2022 15:51
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If you have HBO Max you should check out Drive My Car. All the reviews make sure to mention the three hour runtime, but when a movie is actually good it doesn’t matter how long it is. I don’t think I even paused it once after I started. It’s got a lot of tranquil driving scenes and lots of long conversations about relationships and Chekhov. I do wish I was more familiar with Uncle Vanya, but that’s just because it seems like it’s really good, not because it’s necessary in order to appreciate the movie.
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Mar 5, 2022 16:27
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Lots of business dramas lately. Hard agree that The Dropout is way too sympathetic to Holmes. I think the characters are played well, but it's just mostly filler. Then again, I guess that was Theranos. Super Pumped, about the rise of Uber on Showtime had a decent first episode. But same thing, way too sympathetic.
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Mar 5, 2022 16:58
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After watching the original West Side Story and not liking it the other day, I figured I'd try out the new West Side Story, both on HBO Max. While it didn't have put white actors in brown face which very distracting to see in the original, I still didn't like it. I found a lot of the music to be, not good. The awkward dance sequences went on too long, I was surprised they seemed to keep the original choreography. Then Spielberg did all sorts of distracting color grading and lens flares in just about every scene. Ariana DeBose was good as everyone said, and Rita Moreno is always great. I don't get the fanfare around Rachel Zegler, you can tell it was her first acting performance, she fell flat and was just there. I like Ansel Elgort normally, but casting him in this is kind of a head scratcher, and he's also getting a little too old to be playing a teenager. And with that, Stephen Spielberg has entered his 20th year of making uninteresting films. When did he stop trying?
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Mar 5, 2022 20:13
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West Side Story was a massive long-time passion project for him, so it's definitely not an issue of trying. I think like most artists as he got older his interests and instincts shifted, as did the industry itself. He's not interested in making the sort of films that he used to, and even if he was nobody would let him, plus he wouldn't have the same instincts as he did in his younger days. Very few artists are able to continue firing on all cylinders for decades and decades at a time. Getting old takes a toll.
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feedmyleg posted:He's not interested in making the sort of films that he used to, and even if he was nobody would let him Doesn't he own a film studio? I thought he was one of the owners of Dreamworks. Plus, he's rich enough that he could finance his own projects.
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Mar 5, 2022 21:24
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Munich was good and while WOTW was heavily flawed it at least had some really good sequences.
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Mar 5, 2022 21:48
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Righteous gemstones with a very strong finish. Good season Watching this flag means death now, its what we do in the shadows but with pirates. So amazing basically
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Mar 5, 2022 22:01
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It’s fun but it’s nowhere in the same league as WWDITS. That show has been honed into near perfection.
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Mar 5, 2022 22:06
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Nihonniboku posted:Doesn't he own a film studio? I thought he was one of the owners of Dreamworks. Plus, he's rich enough that he could finance his own projects. The live action studios got sold to Viacom over a decade ago.
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Nihonniboku posted:And with that, Stephen Spielberg has entered his 20th year of making uninteresting films. When did he stop trying?
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TychoCelchuuu posted:Bridge of Spies is great, Munich is one of his masterpieces, and whatever you want to say about War of the Worlds, "uninteresting" is not applicable, I think! Shrug, I thought Bridge of Spies was a dull dad movie, but to each their own. I haven't seen War of the Worlds since it came out, but I think Tom Cruise fatigue has skewed my memory of it. Munich I know I saw, but don't really remember too well. I think The BFG and Ready Player One have definitely caused him to fall out of favor with me.
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Cruise is utterly unconvincing as a deadbeat dad. I do appreciate him playing against type in it and Minority Report however.
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Nihonniboku posted:Shrug, I thought Bridge of Spies was a dull dad movie, but to each their own. I haven't seen War of the Worlds since it came out, but I think Tom Cruise fatigue has skewed my memory of it. Munich I know I saw, but don't really remember too well. Tintin was great. Shame they're not making the next one.
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"Gaming Wallstreet" on HBO Max is surprisingly boring. Like they spend literally one minute about the rise of GME's hightime and the rest of episode 1 is about a bunch of bullshit nobody cares about.
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Mar 6, 2022 06:44
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Just finished my fifteenth watching of I heart Huckabee's Please do
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Mar 6, 2022 09:24
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Basic Poster posted:Just finished my fifteenth watching of I heart Huckabee's stone classic
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Lol of course Holmes is being treated with kid gloves in media. Her joke of a prison sentence was already too much for a delicate white flower to bear.
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FLIPADELPHIA posted:Lol of course Holmes is being treated with kid gloves in media. Her joke of a prison sentence was already too much for a delicate white flower to bear. While The Dropout is indeed somewhat sympathetic to her, it also makes her look very very stupid and kind of evil. That stuff aside, it's an entertaining show anyway 
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Chris James 2 posted:Thoughts over the last 48 hours: Fresh is hosed up!!!!
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Mar 6, 2022 22:15
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Watched Fresh last night. It was good, but it's been driving me insane trying to figure out who the main girl character looks like. She's got some Mary Elizabeth Winstead in there, but that's not who I'm thinking of.
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OldSenileGuy posted:Watched Fresh last night. It was good, but it's been driving me insane trying to figure out who the main girl character looks like. She's got some Mary Elizabeth Winstead in there, but that's not who I'm thinking of. she looks quite a bit like Charlotte Gainsbourgh to me
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Of all possible complaints about West Side Story, "Spielberg didn't try" is a weird one. The lens flares and color grading were annoying but the composition and general energy Spielberg brought helped elevate this movie.
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Is there a reason why "Guardians of Justice" has such a low IMDB score? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16549788/ Was there some "controversy" that I missed? I'm a couple episodes in and really enjoying it. Has that indie experimental 3AM show on cable vibe.
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punk rebel ecks posted:Is there a reason why "Guardians of Justice" has such a low IMDB score? Idk I watched two episodes and couldn't believe how a show this bad actually got fully completed so maybe it's just that
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ill watch it] I love adi shankar stuff
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live with fruit posted:Of all possible complaints about West Side Story, "Spielberg didn't try" is a weird one. The lens flares and color grading were annoying but the composition and general energy Spielberg brought helped elevate this movie. Those were minor complaints. It was just loving boring.
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mcmagic posted:Fresh is hosed up!!!! Way more weird and morbid than I was expecting. I enjoyed it.
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It's from a month or two ago but holy hell is Reacher the corniest, most ridiculous, most boring show I've ever seen. Mary Sue ain't got nothing on this guy, who is not only a physical specimen that makes Christopher Hemsworth look like a scrawny nerd, he's also the smartest guy in the world. And the best fighter in the world. And has the best hunches. And the best at finding clues. Most accurate with a gun. Biggest heart. Think of any positive attribute and he's the best at it. He's basically like Superman who can't fly but is much better in every other way. Script is somehow stupid and arcanely complex at the same time. Main actress's accent comes and goes. They could save it a bit with humor, like poke fun at Reacher to take him down a peg, but no, the humor is all groan-worthy boomer poo poo. This guy would be insufferable in real life. He knows everything and can do everything and never has a real challenge. Laughably bad.
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