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I'm starting to get real horror movie vibes from Danny  Good episode all around, Margo plot does not seem headed to the electric chair sadly but at least it's progressing, and the conflict between the Soviet and US missions bubbled to the surface a whole two episodes in to the collaboration 
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Rappaport posted:I'm starting to get real horror movie vibes from Danny Dannyvent Horizon, Will Tyler can be the stand in for Laurence Fishburn. Good episode, loved the squabbling American/Russian/Cuban family on Mars. My one quibble would be how did the Soviets have satellite info on the liquid water if they are using NASA satellites or were those supposedly launched first, like the NASA modules? And if so, then why didn't the Soviets also launch their own supply caches to the surface?
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Jul 15, 2022 05:30
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Space Danny ASAP IMO.
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Jul 15, 2022 05:34
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Rappaport posted:I'm starting to get real horror movie vibes from Danny In a world where Larry's gay affair is going to be the Lewinsky scandal, I'm guessing Ellen sabre rattles Russia over stolen rocket intel and hogging water on the moon as a Yugoslavia analogue.
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Jul 15, 2022 05:41
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Instead of a cum stained dress the impeachment trial will center around an audio recording of butt loving.
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Jul 15, 2022 06:13
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tHe PeRfEcT cOmPrOmIsE what the gently caress is this as someone who is currently the ~perfect compromise~ to a loud part of the liberals/dems gently caress this poo poo and gently caress moderate dick sucking i hope larry dies
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Jul 15, 2022 06:32
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That whole time I was hoping that Ellen would say "gently caress that" and take inspiration from a kid who took a huge chance to move things forward when he had the ears of the world. Who cares about being a one term president? Do some good, maybe come out yourself. I guess there is some bitter irony in her choosing the middle path and then immediately getting outed.
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Jul 15, 2022 06:37
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I thought the start of the episode was weird, and I had to go back and be sure that I didn't miss an episode. I just thought it was weird how they rushed through the engine failure and agreement for Helios to bring them home.
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Jul 15, 2022 07:46
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I was completely blindsided by them freaking out that Will is gay because him saying it 10 seconds earlier didn't even register as anything out of the ordinary to me. Also, does anyone know what that equation was that Margo found? It didn't make any sense to me. TIP posted:Instead of a cum stained dress the impeachment trial will center around an audio recording of butt loving. Oh poo poo, because there was no watergate right? No one in public learned about the tapes in the oval office so they are probably still recording.
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Jul 15, 2022 08:11
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Cojawfee posted:Oh poo poo, because there was no watergate right? No one in public learned about the tapes in the oval office so they are probably still recording. They made sure to show some shots of microphones in the oval office earlier in the season, it's definitely why that dude was specifically pressing him about whether they had sex there.
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Jul 15, 2022 08:18
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TIP posted:They made sure to show some shots of microphones in the oval office earlier in the season, it's definitely why that dude was specifically pressing him about whether they had sex there. Yeah, they've still got the tape decks installed, dudes going to the bone zone in the Oval, plus Ellen at least implying that she's gay on tape. It looks like we're actually going to get a Watergate/Lewinsky combo.
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Jul 15, 2022 08:21
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Cojawfee posted:Also, does anyone know what that equation was that Margo found? It didn't make any sense to me. Oh I figured it out. It ends up being H2O = -70.10122 -j9.413984 which I assume are coordinates on Mars. Cojawfee fucked around with this message at 08:35 on Jul 15, 2022 |
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Jul 15, 2022 08:33
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Camera sure settled lovingly on the cans of Pepsi for a little of that sweet product placement, but having that fare available makes sense from the fact they flew a goddamned hotel to Mars.
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Jul 15, 2022 11:25
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TIP posted:. Clearly you have no understanding of politicians Yeah I loving hated the politics in this. The most purestrained lib poo poo. If you’re pissing off both sides that means you’re being the adult in the room! And the musical cue indicating this was some great moment.
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Jul 15, 2022 13:15
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not to stan for fake Elon but that Helios rover design is badass I hope Danny gets run over by it
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Jul 15, 2022 14:05
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Have there been any references at all to the character of Sally Ride this season, considering she played a big part in the final episodes of Season 2? Since her character was a real person in our timeline who also happened to be the first known LGBT astronaut, I wonder if they might reintroduce her character as an ally to Will and Ellen.
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Jul 15, 2022 14:07
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Hoopy Frood posted:Have there been any references at all to the character of Sally Ride this season, considering she played a big part in the final episodes of Season 2? Since her character was a real person in our timeline who also happened to be the first known LGBT astronaut, I wonder if they might reintroduce her character as an ally to Will and Ellen. No mention. I suspect they try and not to do too much with real life people so that they're not just making up major parts of their lives, especially as they're giving closer and closer to modern day. I think they probably just wanted to honor the fact that she was the first woman (and lesbian!) in space in real life, so they included her in a major launch in the show instead, giving her a heroic role.
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Jul 15, 2022 14:09
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Wee Bairns posted:Camera sure settled lovingly on the cans of Pepsi for a little of that sweet product placement, but having that fare available makes sense from the fact they flew a goddamned hotel to Mars. They had also Shiner beer next to the Pepsi
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Jul 15, 2022 15:02
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Neat to see a Cuban in the Soviet crew, would make sense they’d be emphasizing cooperation with Central America. Yeah the “oh no Sojourner’s engines are busted” seemed out of nowhere to make them dependent on Helios. Good for drama but didn’t seem foreshadowed and they could have swapped it with “cracked hull, broken life support, spider in the cockpit” and would have been the same. I liked Ed’s indifference to the Helios flag raising and him sharing the gourmet food. Very cool to see the long shots of Mars. Danny/Karen was more tolerable? Felt like they were moving into the end game of him being nuts. Kinda interesting how Helios doesn’t lock up their pharmaceuticals and Ed can veto the medical evac, makes sense as Dev wouldn’t care and fits the startup mentality. I did like Dev mentioning this mission costs a lot and isn’t making any money, glad Helios lacks infinite resources.
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Jul 15, 2022 16:09
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"We will not be able to relaunch the sojourner. There is a gross bug on the launch button."
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Jul 15, 2022 16:12
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Neat to see a Cuban in the Soviet crew, would make sense they’d be emphasizing cooperation with Central America. They show us that they do lock up the good poo poo Danny has a key
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Jul 15, 2022 16:17
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Wee Bairns posted:Camera sure settled lovingly on the cans of Pepsi for a little of that sweet product placement, but having that fare available makes sense from the fact they flew a goddamned hotel to Mars. I figured that was a nod to Pepsi's Cold War shenanigans. Even Dick Nixon acted as Pepsi's spokesman towards the USSR at one point! Which reminds me, I was extremely at the giant Nixon portrait in the Oval Office, you show 'em Ellen!
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Jul 15, 2022 16:26
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I thought it was kind of funny how utterly dejected Ed and Danny were when standing on Mars for the first time. You're on loving MARS!!! They're so narcissistically obsessed with legacy. Enjoy the moment. Only Will had the appropriate reaction to being on another planet
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Jul 15, 2022 16:39
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Ed was, in addition to the second place trophy, probably just hit by the utter hollowness of raising a corporation flag. And Danny is just Danny. Edit: Although I agree about the earlier scene where they landed, Ed almost looked bored. Laughing Zealot fucked around with this message at 17:28 on Jul 15, 2022 |
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Jul 15, 2022 17:25
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Oops.
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Jul 15, 2022 17:27
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Cojawfee posted:Oh poo poo, because there was no watergate right? No one in public learned about the tapes in the oval office so they are probably still recording. Nixon personally requested that an audio recording system be installed (after removing Lyndon B. Johnson's audio recording system upon assuming office two years earlier). So, Ellen and Larry would definitely be aware of a recording system in the Oval Office if one is still running, which makes their choice to cavalierly discuss their homosexuality a bit strange. The show presented the recording going on though? I missed that.
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Jul 15, 2022 18:28
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There was an Oval Office meeting an episode or two ago that started on a tight shot of a mic stuck to a vase in the room.
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Jul 15, 2022 18:33
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It's cool how I think I've figured this show out and they still throw a curveball. Didn't see the Sojourner being broken but that definitely solves the "everyone needs to go home together" plothole. Danny is going space crazy and Danielle is now pissed at everyone, so that's setting up some lovely space drama for the next episode. They're 100% finding life at the end of the season as well (the Soviets/Helios will want to ignore it because Profit/glorious evil communism). I was expecting Ellen to have a secret lover but if Larry is dumb enough to be having a gay affair in the Oval Office maybe that's the scandal that brings down her presidency. Surprised they did Don't Ask Don't Tell though, it's nice ("nice") that they're showing that not everything is wonderful in the FAM universe.
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Jul 15, 2022 18:37
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Is the lie that Ellen tells under oath to get impeached going to be "I did have sexual relations with that man"?
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Jul 15, 2022 18:40
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blue squares posted:Clearly you have no understanding of politicians Honestly though she is a Republican, so under that lens the idea she went for the middle position is actually hopelessly optimistic.
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Jul 15, 2022 18:48
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Spacebump posted:Is the lie that Ellen tells under oath to get impeached going to be "I did have sexual relations with that man"? They have a kid, so they either adopted, plowed, or did in vitro. I think the scandal is going to be that it is revealed that her husband banged a dude in the oval office, the biggest disgrace to ever happen to America. Then they will put her under oath and demand to know if she knew he was gay, she'll say no, and then they will find some witness to say that she knew the whole time and impeach her over that. Even better if the conversation with Deke was somehow recorded in some tape dump that was never listened to.
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Jul 15, 2022 19:16
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tokin opposition posted:They show us that they do lock up the good poo poo Oh gotcha I missed that. EvilHawk posted:It's cool how I think I've figured this show out and they still throw a curveball. For sure yeah finding life in the water especially with the time spent on the Antarctic life finding mission. Would make sense for Larry to get busted as he and Ellen have been covering up successfully for decades and he got overconfident.
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Jul 15, 2022 19:28
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Of the two of them, Larry was always the one more comfortable living a double life. He'd have his lovers over to spend the night while he and Ellen were living together in the previous season and it was all shown to be very routine. Ellen by contrast was kind of all -or-nothing with Pam. Once she made the decision (thanks in no small part to Deke's awful reaction) to stay deeply in the closet to pursue her political career, it's like she also took a vow of celibacy. So it is fitting that Larry was casual enough to bone down in the Oval Office while Ellen has presumably not gotten laid in a decade.
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Jul 15, 2022 19:35
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Oh gotcha I missed that. I think if they end season 4 finding life then that nails on season 5 as being exploring the solar system to find life in other places (moons etc.), and then finding some mysterious material that allows near-FTL speed travel for going to another solar system. Only way the plot can really advance every 10 years.
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Jul 15, 2022 20:49
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I wonder if/when the Cold War will end in this timeline.
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Jul 15, 2022 20:58
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Wee Bairns posted:Camera sure settled lovingly on the cans of Pepsi for a little of that sweet product placement, but having that fare available makes sense from the fact they flew a goddamned hotel to Mars. There were also bottles of shiner Bock because Texas.
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Jul 15, 2022 21:25
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jamoncorona posted:There were also bottles of shiner Bock because Texas. shiner bock is good I should try to see if it's even possible to buy in my state, haven't had it in forever
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Jul 15, 2022 21:41
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jamoncorona posted:There were also bottles of shiner Bock because Texas. I haven't finished this episode, but I will tonight, and goddammit, that's not Texas, that's Amurica. Also, this is the greatest teaser for a drunk, I love it and if Apple could shows as well as you, we'd pay 2x as much as we do now. (no, I don't live in Texas, but I know a good drink. Also, really looking forward to tonight.)
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Jul 15, 2022 21:42
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It's really weird that Helios, as a US company, is allowed to provide support for the USSR against US state interests. I would have presumed that any sort of equipment related to space travel or working outside the Earth's atmosphere would be controlled against export to the USSR and related nations. Like, there's absolutely nothing the US government can do to stop Helios from helping out? Or from commandeering their equipment to the benefit of the US government? I mean come on, it's the Cold War, shouldn't Helios be getting flack at least from the right to "helping the enemy" or some bullshit? Maybe that will be covered next episode.
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Certain people, for sure, would cal that into question. But 95% other people don't. You know the phone you use is used by millions of others and made in an entirely different region, right? I get that it's the cold war. But the cold war ended. Now your, well, everything, is made right under the USSR's umbrella.
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Jul 15, 2022 22:29
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