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TychoCelchuuu posted:Show's honestly kinda hosed if she dies. It's like, about her. Yeah i know lol
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Open Source Idiom posted:There was a lot of funky poo poo throughout though -- Fringe was a show that had an awful lot of network interference, often for the worse. They write in a character that was meant to replace the lead, but then decide they don't want to do that and just drop the character very early into Season Two. I think she did okay, I heard she ended up becoming a Duchess.
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Maxwell Lord posted:Yeah this mentality lasted a while even as more serialized forms took hold. I recall that the first season of Happy Endings and the entirety of Don't Trust the B in Apt. 23 both got hit by networks insisting they be aired out of order. I remember this from Happy Endings because a bunch of early episodes had Dave working in a food truck, then near the end of the season an entire episode about him quitting his office job to buy a food truck lol
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mcmagic posted:Why is Charlie immortal in Poker Face? It makes it way less interesting........ Ehh for what it's worth cold is really good for keeping people alive when they should be dead. General rule is you aren't dead until you are warm and dead
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veni veni veni posted:The Chris Rock thing was allright, but the dude is clearly way past his prime. He hosed up his finale joke and had to backpedal and repeat half of it. Lots of repeating stuff throughout the whole thing tbh. Also content wise, it's just what you'd expect out of a grumpy dude in his late 50's. I noticed they hosed up his intro, the announcer had to say 'Ladies and gentlemen!' twice, and you could see Chris just start to go onstage and then backtrack. I wonder how much getting off on the wrong foot like that can mess you up for the whole set. He did do the repeating the same line thing a lot, which I think has always been a part of his act. Not sure if he uses that as a way to stall so he can remember the next bit, or if he just uses it to milk a few more laughs through repetition.
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Mar 5, 2023 21:56
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Is there anyone who gives a poo poo that a Chris Rock comedy special is live instead of prerecorded?
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mcmagic posted:Is there anyone who gives a poo poo that a Chris Rock comedy special is live instead of prerecorded? As a gimmick it made the show worse, but I bet Chris' points were higher.
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Mar 5, 2023 23:32
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mcmagic posted:Is there anyone who gives a poo poo that a Chris Rock comedy special is live instead of prerecorded? I love live productions. I know that laugh track sitcoms always involved a significant bit of fakery, but I love the way older shows will have bits where one person in the audience starts chuckling ahead of everyone else, or will have a completely separate reaction to the rest of the group, or where you'll see actors work with/against the crowd rather than just simulate the effect.
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They kind of got me with it, but mostly cause I didn’t have anything else going on last night. It was a fun gimmick but felt sloppy compared to pre recorded specials so it doesn’t seem like a great idea.
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Mar 5, 2023 23:58
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I am a classical music listener and liked Tar but also just watched it over 3 days and after reading the reviews/easter eggs. She is definitely dreaming/imagining the last third or is she? It definitely had some Black Swan stuff going on too.
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Keyser_Soze posted:I am a classical music listener and liked Tar but also just watched it over 3 days and after reading the reviews/easter eggs. I've tried to watch it twice and haven't made it more than 20 mins each time and i typically have a pretty long attention span lol
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Keyser_Soze posted:I am a classical music listener and liked Tar but also just watched it over 3 days and after reading the reviews/easter eggs. Only if she already knows a lot about Monster Hunter World.
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Keyser_Soze posted:She is definitely dreaming/imagining the last third or is she? what? no. what?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBMajXwi6Cs The trailer for Apple's Silo is finally here. I was a big fan of the book series, and a screen adaptation has long been in the works. Ridley Scott was originally going to make a movie way back in the day, but that fell through due to Fox being bought by Disney. AMC was going to make a tv show, which was eventually picked up by Apple. I'm excited.
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Nihonniboku posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBMajXwi6Cs Any milk snake mamas?
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Wolfsheim posted:I remember this from Happy Endings because a bunch of early episodes had Dave working in a food truck, then near the end of the season an entire episode about him quitting his office job to buy a food truck lol I think I remember cutting the episodes was actually the right call by the network? The cut episodes were predominantly about stale sitcom post breakup story lines. "On no! It's like a divorce! Who gets custody of our friends!" poo poo like that, the network went straight to the episode where they become friends again and everyone starts hanging out with chemistry that made the show.
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Mar 7, 2023 02:45
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Wolfsheim posted:what? no. what? Yeah, that's a pretty common reading for some reason all over the internet, no idea why, don't think it's supported at all. It reeks of "actually the Rugrats are all dead and imaginations of Angelica" creepypasta.
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We finally got around to watching Andor, and it was really good! Not only is it far and away the best Star Wars show, it's a legit great show. You could strip away all the sci-fi dressing and it would still be a compelling story.
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Andor benefits from the Star Wars involvement purely because they can skip a bunch of otherwise necessary setup regarding the circumstances and the stakes and move straight to the unique part of the story.
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pseudorandom name posted:Andor benefits from the Star Wars involvement purely because they can skip a bunch of otherwise necessary setup regarding the circumstances and the stakes and move straight to the unique part of the story. Pretty astounding that anyone could take that awful setting and turn it into a story telling advantage. Very excited for season two and even more excited for whatever Tony Gilroy makes next.
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They're not too far off the mark. I think Rogue One is a giant turd and I was impressed Gilroy was able to spin that poo poo into gold.
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The Puppy Bowl posted:Pretty astounding that anyone could take that awful setting and turn it into a story telling advantage. Very excited for season two and even more excited for whatever Tony Gilroy makes next. they hated him for he was right
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Have caught up with Taboo and unsure whether it's good or so-bad-it's-good: * Tom Hardy stalks around getting into fights and scowling at people, threatening them in a strange accent * Every character being super intense or horny or both * Every faction somehow having access to secret knowledge so that there's a continuous stream of "How do you know that?" "I have my sources" * Scenes full of poo poo and mud * And so many people and factions scheming and plotting against each other
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nonathlon posted:Have caught up with Taboo and unsure whether it's good or so-bad-it's-good: And then everyone dies at the end. I suspect it was a bad show, because I wasn't super entertained a lot of the time, and the ultimate destination wasn't a strong one, but it was a mood so I unno.
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The Puppy Bowl posted:Pretty astounding that anyone could take that awful setting and turn it into a story telling advantage. Very excited for season two and even more excited for whatever Tony Gilroy makes next. Totally agreed! I think what made it so strong is something I've been praying for ever since prestige nerd TV became more common: Stop treating a season like a long movie and go through multiple story lines throughout. The show had 3 1/2ish good-to-great distinctive plot lines it went through one after the other while connecting them emotionally. It solves the problem of shows that stack too many plots and characters on top of each other. It solves the problem of having to stretch out a plot so much that it becomes too thin (leading to the dreaded "filler episode"). It lets characters have arcs throughout and lets our main character react and grow over time and not just having 11 episodes where stuff happens and then a 12th where all the character development takes place. I really, truly, loved it without ever expecting to. Pigma_Micron fucked around with this message at 04:31 on Mar 8, 2023 |
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Tokelau All Star posted:You could strip away all the sci-fi dressing and it would still be a compelling story. I wish I could live in a world where this was the bare minimum.
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Pigma_Micron posted:It solves the problem of shows that stack too many plots and characters on top of each other. The characters one drives me insane. The "well we have to give this actor something to do this season" mentality on the parts of studios and showrunners really drags on good storytelling.
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nonathlon posted:Have caught up with Taboo and unsure whether it's good or so-bad-it's-good: I think it's great. Someone in here compared it to a Victorian Batman and that made it even better for me.
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I wonder if the second season of Taboo will ever happen. They keep promising it will but it's been 6 years at this point
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Jose Oquendo posted:They're not too far off the mark. I think Rogue One is a giant turd and I was impressed Gilroy was able to spin that poo poo into gold. People who hate Rogue One (a bad opinion) and like Andor (a good opinion) are weirdos but I have heard it more times than I would expect...
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nonathlon posted:Have caught up with Taboo and unsure whether it's good or so-bad-it's-good: It started good but it went nowhere
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mcmagic posted:People who hate Rogue One (a bad opinion) and like Andor (a good opinion) are weirdos but I have heard it more times than I would expect... I have two buddies who both think Rogue One is the worst of all the Disney era Star Wars media and absolutely refuse to watch Andor because of it. Just absolutely baffling poo poo.
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It's fine to not like a star wars movie
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How dare you. Disney paid a lot of money for that crap!!
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IMO History of the World Part 2 is corny sketch comedy, sometimes pretty great, other times falls pretty flat. Kind of College Humor-level. Don't expect it to be as uproarious as you remember your favorite Mel Brooks thing you loved as a kid, but it'll probably make you laugh a little if you're in the mood for something goofy. Only half of the episodes have been released so I guess there's still time for a legendary bit but doubtful. If you already like Ike Barinholtz and Nick Kroll it'll help a lot, if you hate them then well, you probably won't like the show. Mel only appears briefly in intros but looks better than I expected for someone who is almost 100.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I have two buddies who both think Rogue One is the worst of all the Disney era Star Wars media and absolutely refuse to watch Andor because of it. they're right
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