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Nihonniboku posted:I've watched the first 4 available episodes. I liked it a lot. I feel like Rian Johnson didn't have that heavy of an influence on it. He’s the creator, he’s writing or directing (or both!) 4 of the 10 episodes, he approached Lyonne to lead the show (they’re also friends), and he’s a huge fan of detective fiction, Columbo in particular. 3 of his 7 films so far have been detective stories of one form or another. It’s alright to admit you’re enjoying a Rian Johnson project!
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Jan 30, 2023 03:46
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I wonder how Brick holds up. I remember thinking it was the coolest thing when it came out back when I was in high school.
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Jan 30, 2023 04:47
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As some with the same warm feelings for Brick as a highschooler, you probably want to leave that one in the past.
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Jan 30, 2023 04:58
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Brick is easy breezy fun because it's the incredibly silly and incredibly stupid idea of high school film noir to begin with, plus it's a freshman effort so you just can't judge it harshly... The Brothers Bloom is the one that has aged poorly
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Jan 30, 2023 05:14
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Baron von Eevl posted:Also one episode has John Darnielle singing a bullshit fake Mountain Goats song and it's hilarious. I didn't know him by face but when he was singing in the van it was total whiplash. The "scenes from upcoming episodes " showed a hell of a continuing guest cast.
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Jan 30, 2023 05:23
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I hated Brick and I'm a JGL fanboy so take that as you will. Just the most awful dialogue, I know it's supposed to be cool noir lingo but it just didn't work at all.
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Jan 30, 2023 05:25
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Big Mean Jerk posted:It’s alright to admit you’re enjoying a Rian Johnson project! I like him, including The Last Jedi, it just didn't feel like one of his stuff.
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Jan 30, 2023 05:32
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I loved Brick when I was 19 but haven't seen it since. At the time, I remember being pretty impressed by the mannered dialogue but wouldn't be surprised if it came off kinda corny now. It seems like Rian Johnson has become the object of derision in certain corners only recently (The Last Jedi upset a whole other corner of the internet, obviously) with the release of Glass Onion, which is admittedly kind of wack. But he's clearly a very talented writer and filmmaker and it's fun to see him and Lyonne take on a genre that's been out of vogue for 2-3 decades. The whodunit and mystery-of-the-week are formats that Johnson clearly has a passion for and we need new movies/tv in that realm to counter Kenneth Branagh's awful Agatha Christie adaptations. Hope the poker face formula gets tweaked a bit over time, though.
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Jan 30, 2023 06:22
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Having watched the first two episodes, I’d say the one real weak spot of the show is the resolution to the episode’s murders. Because Charlie isn’t a cop, as characters keep pointing out, you’re never going to get a true Columbo-style gotcha. It’s always gonna be Charlie rushing out of town and leaving it up to others to see the killer brought to justice. It feels like you’re reading 95% of a mystery and then closing the book with two pages left. And that’s alright I guess, given the events and character you’ve set up, but man I kinda just wish she was an actual cop. Or at least a PI. Maybe the latter will happen eventually?
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Jan 30, 2023 06:26
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Having watched the first two episodes, I’d say the one real weak spot of the show is the resolution to the episode’s murders. Because Charlie isn’t a cop, as characters keep pointing out, you’re never going to get a true Columbo-style gotcha. It’s always gonna be Charlie rushing out of town and leaving it up to others to see the killer brought to justice. Why would you want to root for a pig? It’s better that she’s not one.
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Jan 30, 2023 06:57
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mcmagic posted:Why would you want to root for a pig? It’s better that she’s not one. I don’t want to root for a pig, hence why I suggested she become a PI.
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Jan 30, 2023 07:10
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Spoiler for Poker Face, but I think I might check it out now
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Jan 30, 2023 07:39
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Didn't the filming of Babe turn James Cromwell into a militant vegan? Great movie.
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mcmagic posted:Why would you want to root for a pig? It’s better that she’s not one. Columbo is literally a fantasy show where the main character, despite being in law enforcement, doesn't carry a gun and exclusively investigates rich people murders (often done for more money). I haven't seen Poker Face but I assume it keeps the most important part of Columbo - that the perpetrators are moneyed and entitled richies?
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Columbo is literally a fantasy show where the main character, despite being in law enforcement, doesn't carry a gun and exclusively investigates rich people murders (often done for more money). I haven't seen Poker Face but I assume it keeps the most important part of Columbo - that the perpetrators are moneyed and entitled richies? Not always but yeah, they're generally not good people. I kind of like the twist on Columbo/procedurals that they're not always arrested at the end of the episode. I especially liked the end of the touring band episode where they get their come-uppance with a true crime podcast revealing that the catchy new song they killed the drummer to keep the rights to is just the Benson theme song. I laughed so hard at the reveal and the looks on their faces.
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anatomi posted:Didn't the filming of Babe turn James Cromwell into a militant vegan? Great movie. He was already militant for good things and a vegetarian Babe just made him vegan
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I was lukewarm on The Last of Us after the first episode but I liked the second one a bit more. Third episode was excellent and I'm definitely all-in on the rest of the season (and next, since it's already been renewed) I'm not tearing up over the prestige zombie show... I just got mold spores in my eye, that's all
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thiccabod posted:I was lukewarm on The Last of Us after the first episode but I liked the second one a bit more. Third episode was excellent and I'm definitely all-in on the rest of the season (and next, since it's already been renewed) Yeah, I haven't cried that hard since It's a Sin.
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I’m glad they’re breaking from the game in neat ways with The Last of Us. I already played that poo poo, give me something interesting not a shot-for-shot adaptation.
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Jan 31, 2023 01:56
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Not quite feeling Poker Face. It just seems less like detectiving and more like stumbling into poo poo when she has an infallible lie detector that's always on.
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I am watching a movie that flew past my radar from 2014 on Peacock, called 99 Homes and it's extremely good so far, but almost too stressful to watch lol.
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Jan 31, 2023 05:02
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Yeah great movie. Recently watched that after watching Margin Call to finish up the '07-'08 financial crisis trifecta (along with The Big Short).
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ymgve posted:Not quite feeling Poker Face. It just seems less like detectiving and more like stumbling into poo poo when she has an infallible lie detector that's always on. What episodic detective series aren't this?
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Yeah it's funny I just recently started watching Columbo and while most of the time the premise is 'a murder happens and hes assigned to it' by even S2 they get into a lot of 'he was in the neighborhood and suspected that a kidnapping was a murder' or 'the victims wife ran into him at the veterinary office' and once they even did 'an American died in England so he has to team up with Scotland Yard to catch the criminal' What I'm saying is 'Natasha Lyonne stumbles rear end-backwards into crimes' isn't really anymore farfetched
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That’s also the premise of Miss Marple. She’s not even a detective, just a nosy old lady!
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Quincy M.E. wasn't a cop, either. Quincy should've been arrested hundreds of times over due to all the active crime scenes he and his lab assistant Sam contaminated through the years.
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The main cast of Detective Conan have been involved in some capacity with over 500 murders. At this point, I don't know why anybody would invite that family over.
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Are you loving kidding me? Hulu canceled reboot. Wtf Hulu?
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They're making space on their slate for the reboot of Cancel
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Kingtheninja posted:Are you loving kidding me? Hulu canceled reboot. Wtf Hulu?
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Kingtheninja posted:Are you loving kidding me? Hulu canceled reboot. Wtf Hulu? I'm curious now if the "we might get canceled because the executive of Hulu is an rear end in a top hat" subplot had anything to do with it. shame too, because it really only hit it's stride in the final couple episodes.
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Famethrowa posted:I'm curious now if the "we might get canceled because the executive of Hulu is an rear end in a top hat" subplot had anything to do with it. When it first started airing, me and a number of other people here were talking about how deeply unfunny it was, and I know I stopped after episode 2. If it didn't hit its stride until the final couple of episodes, I wonder if a lot of other people also stopped watching after the first few underwhelming episodes.
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Yeah but we get King of the Hill now so who can say if it's bad or not https://deadline.com/2023/01/king-of-the-hill-revival-hulu-original-cast-returning-1235245072/
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Nihonniboku posted:When it first started airing, me and a number of other people here were talking about how deeply unfunny it was, and I know I stopped after episode 2. If it didn't hit its stride until the final couple of episodes, I wonder if a lot of other people also stopped watching after the first few underwhelming episodes. Yeah I have a couple of friends who watch absolute slop, one of them is on their 12th or 13th rewatch of West Wing, they constantly recommend me the most absolute corn-riddled dogshit shows and they didn't like Reboot at all and bailed after 3 episodes. Sounds like they hosed up on that one.
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