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Is Boston Legal worth going back and watching? I've seen some clips on YouTube and they seem real fun, mainly anything with Spader and Shatner playing off each other. Does it hold up? Was it good to start with? Is it available anywhere? And would I need to watch The Practice first, which is a show I am, for some reason, much less interested in checking out?
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thrawn527 posted:Is Boston Legal worth going back and watching? I've seen some clips on YouTube and they seem real fun, mainly anything with Spader and Shatner playing off each other. Does it hold up? Was it good to start with? Is it available anywhere? And would I need to watch The Practice first, which is a show I am, for some reason, much less interested in checking out? You don't need to watch The Practice, Spader's character Alan Shore was introduced there as a zany jackass but his character type is clear from the start of BL. In general I'd say it holds up, but this is from the olden times when Shatner's character being an outspoken and for the time awful republican didn't stop him from being buddies with Spader's character, who in BL picks a lot of fights for social justice and the like. This might seem a bit bizarre in a post-escalator world, maybe? There's also some sub-plots about cross-dressing and autism-spectrum stuff that might seem insensitive these days, but it's not really full-on-bigoted jokes about it IMO. The show is also sorta sexist in that both of the main dudes are awful horn-dogs, but it's a sort of a leisure suit larry gambit in that it bites them in the rear end more than not. These are the main trigger issues I can remember off the top of my head, it's been a few years now since I've watched it last. Of course it's a procedural lawyer drama show, so there will be generally upsetting things like murder, police brutality and death penalty debates. On the other hand, it has Betty White as a wonderfully crazy (lay term, not diagnosis) lady, so YMMV! It's consistently funny in my warped mind, and the drama aspects are also played pretty well. The show breaks the fourth wall a lot, and one of their main jokes about themselves are Spader's 10-minute monologues that feature in about every episode, so strap in for that, too. Unfortunately I do not know how it's available these days.
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Rappaport posted:You don't need to watch The Practice, Spader's character Alan Shore was introduced there as a zany jackass but his character type is clear from the start of BL. In general I'd say it holds up, but this is from the olden times when Shatner's character being an outspoken and for the time awful republican didn't stop him from being buddies with Spader's character, who in BL picks a lot of fights for social justice and the like. This might seem a bit bizarre in a post-escalator world, maybe? There's also some sub-plots about cross-dressing and autism-spectrum stuff that might seem insensitive these days, but it's not really full-on-bigoted jokes about it IMO. The show is also sorta sexist in that both of the main dudes are awful horn-dogs, but it's a sort of a leisure suit larry gambit in that it bites them in the rear end more than not. This was the breakdown I was hoping for. And I generally love procedural lawyer drama shows, so I know the general failings of them. Thanks! I'll try to find out if it's available anywhere. And yeah, one clip I watched was Spader and Shatner arguing politics and it was Obama vs. McCain, and it all seemed very quaint, and ended with them shooting each other with paint ball guns in a wacky turn of events. So I know to watch it with pre-Trump era glasses. edit: It's on Amazon Prime. Excellent. thrawn527 fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Aug 22, 2023 |
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Aug 22, 2023 19:26
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muscles like this! posted:In a weird move Disney is doing a physical release of Loki s1, Wandavision and Mando s1 and 2 this fall. What am I going to do with my DVD box that has nothing in it of Wandavision? This makes it totally useless!
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thrawn527 posted:This was the breakdown I was hoping for. And I generally love procedural lawyer drama shows, so I know the general failings of them. Thanks! I'll try to find out if it's available anywhere. I remember liking the Practice more than BL, but it was a more straight laced realistic show, at least until it lost the plot a few seasons in. It does have a very gray aesthetician iirc
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Rappaport posted:In general I'd say it holds up, but this is from the olden times when Shatner's character being an outspoken and for the time awful republican didn't stop him from being buddies with Spader's character, who in BL picks a lot of fights for social justice and the like. This might seem a bit bizarre in a post-escalator world, maybe? Good lord, Al Sharpton just stormed the courtroom in the first episode. This show is wild.
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https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1694013151514153342 Is niles back for this
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Aug 22, 2023 21:25
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1694013151514153342 No, only Lilith and Roz
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Aug 22, 2023 21:29
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1694013151514153342 Get your fuckin shoes off the couch. I hate it when people I shows sit like that.
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EL BROMANCE posted:Where was Frasier on Jan 6th? He wasn't there but he was listening
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1694013151514153342 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytRUZi9geSE
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Aug 22, 2023 21:59
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Should've called the new show Frajer.
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thrawn527 posted:Good lord, Al Sharpton just stormed the courtroom in the first episode. This show is wild. The good reverend sadly isn't a much-used guest, but the show has a pretty great cast all around. Some Trek alumni other than mister Shatner, too.
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Aug 22, 2023 22:11
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Not gonna bother if it's just gonna be another run of episodes stringing you along never revealing what his true power is
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Rappaport posted:The good reverend sadly isn't a much-used guest, but the show has a pretty great cast all around. Some Trek alumni other than mister Shatner, too. Yeah, René Auberjonois is right there in the first episode, too, in a way that seems like he's going to be around for a while.
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thrawn527 posted:Yeah, René Auberjonois is right there in the first episode, too, in a way that seems like he's going to be around for a while. I don't think it's a spoiler to say that you're right. Denny Crane needs a foil, after all  Also thanks to you I'm now two episodes in myself 
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MarcusSA posted:Get your fuckin shoes off the couch. THANK YOU. This is a pet peeve in fiction (and real life  ) I've never been able to just ignore! Without fail, every single time, no matter what show/movie, I always holler "Get ya drat shoes off the bed/couch!" I can't help it, it's automatic!My partner's used to it by now, but I'm not gonna be able to help it in a movie theater, either.  So gross!
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Mine is when characters just leave the fridge door open forever. There's one scene in an episode of Hannibal where there's just an entire conversation with the fridge door wide open in the background and it distracts the gently caress out of me
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I threw on Based on a True Story just to have something on while eating dinner, and despite having no expectations, I thought it was fine and fairly charming thanks to the actors. But it's really, really hard not to see it as Flight Attended crossed with Only Murders in the Building.
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Watching the Ahsoka premiere and it is kind of bittersweet what with Ray Stevenson as the bad guy.
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1694013151514153342 Did they recast Fredrick from Magicians Josh
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Aug 23, 2023 02:19
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Is that old guy supposed to be Frasier's dad?
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Aug 23, 2023 02:24
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That is not Frajer's beautiful Seattle apartment, I call shenanigans! He'd be better adapting his one man play about Lincoln's life in my opinion
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Speaking of, just about to wrap up a rewatch of 30 Rock. Even on the weakest episode of the show I was still laughing out loud. Can’t think of another show like it.
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Cojawfee posted:Is that old guy supposed to be Frasier's dad? No, it's supposed to be an old college friend of Frasier's.
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muscles like this! posted:Watching the Ahsoka premiere and it is kind of bittersweet what with Ray Stevenson as the bad guy. I already kinda dig his character, even with what little screentime he has in the first two episodes. “For our friend, Ray” at the end was sweet. Honestly I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I’m still a little miffed that this Rebels sequel isn’t animated but imo it looked pretty solid in terms of production design. The only weak point was the Corellian shipyard fight, but even that never reached the lows of Mando S3 or BoBF. Andor remains the undisputed king of Disney+ Star Wars though.
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I did think it was kind of funny how they recast so many Rebels characters and then Clancy Brown just shows up. Although to be fair his character did basically look enough like him.
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What kind of creature does Sabine have? Is it a bogling? I really want some sort of background crossover lore wise with the Respawn Jedi games since I am most familiar with them.
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Cojawfee posted:What kind of creature does Sabine have? Is it a bogling? I really want some sort of background crossover lore wise with the Respawn Jedi games since I am most familiar with them. Loth-cat. It’s a Rebels thing but they also show up in the Jedi games iirc. There was also one in the first season of Mando.
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Does anyone remember the thinly veiled law and order episode (might have been criminal intent) that was a basically about Nirvana? I think they had it be a drummer who got fired. I tried googling but no dice.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Does anyone remember the thinly veiled law and order episode (might have been criminal intent) that was a basically about Nirvana? I think they had it be a drummer who got fired. I remember it existing but unfortunately none of the actual details. IIRC it also tracked in Courtney Love conspiracy theory.
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muscles like this! posted:I remember it existing but unfortunately none of the actual details. IIRC it also tracked in Courtney Love conspiracy theory. So I changed my search and you're partly right. IRL Courtney hired a guy named Tom Grant to investigate Kurt's death and there's an analog character who used to be Briscoe's partner and is sorta blocking their investigation. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0629476/?ref_=tttrv_ov https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/LawAndOrderS13E3TrueCrime Dave Grohl's stand in did it, both with "Kurt" and "Courtney" El Gallinero Gros fucked around with this message at 14:04 on Aug 23, 2023 |
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muscles like this! posted:I did think it was kind of funny how they recast so many Rebels characters and then Clancy Brown just shows up. Although to be fair his character did basically look enough like him. It does seem like if you are a certain level of famous you get to reprise your CW/Rebels role if it makes the jump to live action. Though I doubt David Oyelowo will get that opportunity if Kallus ever shows up
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howe_sam posted:It does seem like if you are a certain level of famous you get to reprise your CW/Rebels role if it makes the jump to live action. Though I doubt David Oyelowo will get that opportunity if Kallus ever shows up Although it would be funny to see him in elaborate whiteface makeup with big fake blonde muttonchops.
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HOLY gently caress posted:Mine is when characters just leave the fridge door open forever. There's one scene in an episode of Hannibal where there's just an entire conversation with the fridge door wide open in the background and it distracts the gently caress out of me Or any doors really. Like if there's a chase scene and the guy runs through a door to try to lose his pursuer he never closes it behind him. Like what the gently caress
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