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Mu Zeta posted:Some people were going bugfuck insane over the aleged "fridging" of a character. This happened at least two times, maybe three times IIRC. The shipping wars made the writers very reluctant to have their lead character commit romantically to any other character in later seasons, it's very funny once you know.
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Feb 26, 2024 07:14
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oh jay posted:If you don't think the transition from space Lord of the Flies to humanity pleading their case to a celestial god that had previously crysalized a civiliation of 40 foot giants isn't "super weird" or "bugfuck insane", I don't know what to tell you. Wow, I’m surprised it went from generic CW show #522 to that.
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Feb 26, 2024 11:46
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Vince Staples show done with. Liked it. It's only five short episodes and I couldn't make it through the first two because they were super cringe for me at times. Maybe that was the point. But the latter three are B+/A- television and the finale flirts with an A. Not sure if it's like Atlanta (or like someone suggested Dave) or anything else. It radically switches up how absurd the people, scenarios, and action scenes are. Kind of like Atlanta there I guess. Low Point: The repeated joke that nobody knows who Vince is, and the few who recognize him want him to listen to their demo or give them money High Point: I maybe shouldn't have laughed at all at this given my lack of melanin, but I cackled at the absurdity of an older man walking away from an explosive fight muttering 'I don't understand it... I just don't understand it... Why? Why are we black?' Also everyone pretending that his nurse gf is basically white when she's not even that light skinned. It's kind of odd that people are out to get him for things like childhood grievances or living on the wrong side of town, when Vince Staples was (is?) a known Crip and claims the set in his music. You'd think there'd be a whole lot more about that. But maybe it's too much of a serious downer if someone were after him because his loc cuz shot up their cousin's house, as opposed to something like him having the wrong colour sneakers or they think he stole their chicken recipe. Bright Bart fucked around with this message at 15:06 on Feb 26, 2024 |
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Feb 26, 2024 15:04
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https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1762185395385590138 It's rare to know about a generation-defining cultural watershed moment this far in advance.
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Feb 26, 2024 19:59
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Anyone watch the new Walking Dead show? Don't want spoilers but wondering it's the same ol' poo poo
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Feb 27, 2024 01:54
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GreenNight posted:Anyone watch the new Walking Dead show? Don't want spoilers but wondering it's the same ol' poo poo First episode was pretty good. Wasn't the same old poo poo, but the next one probably will be.
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Feb 27, 2024 02:32
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Right on, cheers.
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Feb 27, 2024 02:34
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You were right, good episode. Glad Rick was finally able to drop f-bombs
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Feb 27, 2024 03:28
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GreenNight posted:You were right, good episode. Glad Rick was finally able to drop f-bombs and cut his hand off
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Feb 27, 2024 03:37
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The fact that the Gentlemen got a netflix show is so weird. It's one of Ritchie's most forgettable movies (not as bad as Revolver and not as great as Snatch) and it seems to focus on the least interesting part of the movie (a member of the nobility growing weed).
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Feb 27, 2024 06:05
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Why the gently caress is Death and Other Details 10 episodes long? Jesus, please put me out of my misery.
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Feb 27, 2024 06:18
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Ninurta posted:Why the gently caress is Death and Other Details 10 episodes long? Jesus, please put me out of my misery. I really enjoyed the first couple of episodes and was putting off checking out the third till this weekend because I straight up assumed it was like a 3 episode mini-series 
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Feb 27, 2024 06:46
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I think it's the kind of show where you can just watch the last 5 minutes and get all the new info in one go. Especially since each episode opens with a "previously on."
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Feb 27, 2024 07:40
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Alhazred posted:The fact that the Gentlemen got a netflix show is so weird. It's one of Ritchie's most forgettable movies (not as bad as Revolver and not as great as Snatch) and it seems to focus on the least interesting part of the movie (a member of the nobility growing weed). I was kind of surprised to hear that Sexy Beast got a show. I meam the movie was well enough recieved but that was mostly for the acting. I don't even remember that film very well except that there was at least one pool scene. Bright Bart fucked around with this message at 12:36 on Feb 27, 2024 |
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Feb 27, 2024 08:29
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Bright Bart posted:I was kind of surprised to hear that Sexy Beast got a show. What the gently caress? 
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Feb 27, 2024 09:24
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It's pretty good too. Set in the 90's when they are robbers. The guy who plays Ben Kingsley's character is loving unhinged.
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Feb 27, 2024 10:08
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Aw poo poo, I forgot all about that, probably too late to 'locate' eps from my usual supplier now. Would have liked to see what kind of carnage a young Don could cause.
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Feb 27, 2024 12:54
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Sentinel Red posted:Aw poo poo, I forgot all about that, probably too late to 'locate' eps from my usual supplier now. Would have liked to see what kind of carnage a young Don could cause. To late? it's still airing.
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Feb 27, 2024 14:44
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First two episodes of Shogun were excellent. I wonder what the budget was because they did not skimp on costs.
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Feb 27, 2024 15:00
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Alhazred posted:The fact that the Gentlemen got a netflix show is so weird. It's one of Ritchie's most forgettable movies (not as bad as Revolver and not as great as Snatch) and it seems to focus on the least interesting part of the movie (a member of the nobility growing weed). I unironically like Revolver simply because of how weird it is.
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Feb 27, 2024 15:07
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D-Pad posted:First two episodes of Shogun were excellent. I wonder what the budget was because they did not skimp on costs. I'm loving it. I've been watching a lot of Samurai movies this year so this is a treat
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Feb 27, 2024 15:37
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Loving the hot hot translator on translator action in Shogun. I'm here for the catholic on protestant beefing in the most overproduced of dialogue scenes ever put to TV. It's a virtual free-for-all of expensive sets and costuming. Oh and I guess the samurai are cool too.
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Feb 27, 2024 18:49
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Okay I tried my idea of only watching the last 5 minutes of Death and Other Details and it works, but still feels like they're dragging things out.
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Feb 27, 2024 19:41
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Good news: Sara Ramirez fired from And Just Like That (for those who didn't watch, Ramirez played a character named Che Diaz who was maybe the absolute worst TV character of the past decade) Bad news: it was apparently because Ramirez voiced support for Palestine
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Feb 27, 2024 21:55
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Apparently SHOGUN is reviewing very very very well. https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1762546020351676511
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Feb 27, 2024 22:00
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Oh poo poo, I thought Shogun was starting tonight but there's already two episodes out? 
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Feb 27, 2024 22:24
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Hmm, an FX Hulu show? They haven't steered me wrong yet.
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Feb 27, 2024 22:34
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It was a bold move to make the entire book a single 10 episode series. They must have the rights to the rest of the Asian Saga otherwise this is a massive expense for nothing to follow through with. Since the rest of the novels are centered around the same entity, the Noble Merchant House of Struan's, doing the series in chronological order means they could easily reuse the same cast for the descendants of the characters. Tai-Pan is Opium War era Hong Kong, Gai Jin based on the Satsuma War and links Shogun to Tai-Pan, and then Noble House for the "modern" Hong Kong. King Rat was only 400 pages (his later novels are 1100+pages) and might not work as well being a bleak and brutal POW camp story. Whirlwind could be the Iranian equivalent of Shogun if they want to really spend the money to pull it off.
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Feb 27, 2024 22:44
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The first episode of Shogun was good. The first season of Halo was not. They never got to the fireworks factory. So, on to season 2.
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Feb 28, 2024 03:05
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Just watched the first episode of Shogun. Not a huge surprise why it is getting rave reviews but what really blew my mind was that Rodrigues was played by Nestor Carbonell.
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Feb 28, 2024 03:14
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muscles like this! posted:what really blew my mind was that Rodrigues was played by Nestor Carbonell. Holy poo poo
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Feb 28, 2024 04:53
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He's super charming for a conquistador
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Feb 28, 2024 05:37
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Yeah this Shōgun show slaps, can’t wait to get obsessed with it GoT-Style Watching this after True Detective S4 is loving staggering. It’s not even fair to compare them really
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Feb 28, 2024 05:57
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Shogun is really surprisingly good
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Feb 28, 2024 06:06
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Shogun is fantastic, and though I'm sure it's absolutely stuffed full of CGI I think this is the first big budget show I've watched in awhile that doesn't have an overly "digital" look that makes everything look off and kinda fake.
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Feb 28, 2024 06:20
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Jerusalem posted:Shogun is fantastic, and though I'm sure it's absolutely stuffed full of CGI I think this is the first big budget show I've watched in awhile that doesn't have an overly "digital" look that makes everything look off and kinda fake. They built some crazy accurate sets and filmed most of it in part of BC because it looks a lot like Japan, so they had a lot to work with
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Feb 28, 2024 06:27
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The original miniseries did insane numbers, Americans love feudal Japan
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Feb 28, 2024 15:35
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zoux posted:The original miniseries did insane numbers, Americans love feudal Japan https://x.com/ExileGrimm/status/1762687197851849163?s=20
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Feb 28, 2024 15:53
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I laughed when I saw Shogun and clicked the read more link and it was of course about Europeans showing up. I'll check it out after the positive reception here but I initially wrote it off as probably more The Last Samurai type stuff.
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Feb 28, 2024 16:49
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Clavell based his book on this guy
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Feb 28, 2024 16:51
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