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muscles like this! posted:There's a reason stock buybacks were illegal for almost 100 years. Last Week Tonight's coverage of Boeing's fall from grace and the part Stock Buybacks played in destroying their reputation for quality manufacturing was a hell of an eye-opener.
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Mar 8, 2024 05:57
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I finally got around to watching Foundation season 2 and hot drat that was great. The Gaal plot still isn’t quite as interesting (although Salvor herself is still great) as the decaying Empire stuff, but neatly meshing the latter with the actual Terminus Foundation stuff this season was really solid. Loved the addition of the Seldon monks, the defiant General, and really fleshing out Demerzel. I need season 3 already.
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Mar 8, 2024 07:14
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HATEPOSTING posted:Done with childrens hospital, medical police, burning love, newsreaders and ntsf sd suv. what do I watch now? Jellystone, Jordan Morris writes for it
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Mar 8, 2024 07:27
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Big Mean Jerk posted:
Gonna be waiting. First stalled from the strike, now stalled again over budget.
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Mar 8, 2024 08:22
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bull3964 posted:Gonna be waiting. First stalled from the strike, now stalled again over budget. Aren't they basically replacing all the behind the scenes crew and refocusing production on being much cheaper? Last I heard the writers and showrunner had all been let go.
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Mar 8, 2024 10:42
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The only news I see beyond the recent delay over budget is David S. Goyer stepping away from showrunning but still writing episodes for season 3.
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Mar 8, 2024 10:47
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https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1766171290484797590 This is obvious right? Like they'd be making up extra story? (I haven't watched it yet, waiting for the full series to be out but I have read all the books)
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Mar 8, 2024 20:18
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Yeah, the next book takes place in a different country like 200 years later. Later books in the series do return to Japan though. So while "Shogun" might be one and done, the world of Shogun could theoretically continue. I believe it probably will, I believe they optioned several of the books.
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Mar 8, 2024 20:31
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Gaijin is a direct sequel but I don't think it has any characters from Shogun. That's also where it overlaps the Hong Kong stuff from Tai Pan and Noble House. Gaijin was also the last book he wrote, Shogun was the first. e: in fact checking the wikipedia for a book I haven't read in 20 years, the main character is the child of two main characters from Tai Pan. My sense is Shogun got him famous but his Struan Company Hong Kong stuff was his real baby. zoux fucked around with this message at 20:36 on Mar 8, 2024 |
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Mar 8, 2024 20:33
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Teek posted:Yeah, the next book takes place in a different country like 200 years later. Later books in the series do return to Japan though. So while "Shogun" might be one and done, the world of Shogun could theoretically continue. I believe it probably will, I believe they optioned several of the books. Yes the Asian Saga are all pretty separate by decades at least. The 'modern' books cover a WW2 POW camp in Japan, 1960s Hong Kong, and 1979 Iran. Shogun is kind out the outlier as the main body of the Asian Saga is about the history of a British Hong Kong trading company throughout the centuries
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Mar 8, 2024 20:57
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Looking up James Clavell now and I had no idea he wrote the script to the original 1950s film version of The Fly. That's wild. zoux posted:This is obvious right? Like they'd be making up extra story? (I haven't watched it yet, waiting for the full series to be out but I have read all the books) I mean, that hasn't stopped TV adaptations before. Thinking of The Terror, and the plans for a second season of Lovecraft Country.
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Mar 8, 2024 23:02
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Or even GoT.
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Mar 9, 2024 00:43
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Yeah while I'd mentioned I'd love to see them have a stab at the other books, I was never under the impression that this season of Shogun was anything other than a one-and-done for this particular story and characters, and I'm just fine with that. They're telling a complete story and so far they're knocking it out of the park, great!
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Mar 9, 2024 03:43
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So I just finished watching reacher, and I've got a question: did they ever say what happened to Lowry (the older black man) from the special investigators? I don't recall him being mentioned outside of the flashbacks
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Mar 9, 2024 04:34
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I couldn't remember him being mentioned either so looked it up, apparently the character died in a car accident that was unrelated to anything else that was going on?
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Mar 9, 2024 04:41
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The Traitors was SO good this season. If you're a competitive reality show fan, you should check it out. I don't know anything about who the players are, just that they come from different reality shows that I haven't watched (except DWTS and RPDR) but it was still amazing!
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Mar 9, 2024 04:57
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Teek posted:Yeah, the next book takes place in a different country like 200 years later. Later books in the series do return to Japan though. So while "Shogun" might be one and done, the world of Shogun could theoretically continue. I believe it probably will, I believe they optioned several of the books. There was a mid-1980s miniseries on Noble House with Pierce Brosnan. Looks like a few places have it streaming.
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Mar 9, 2024 05:14
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Pan Dulce posted:The Traitors was SO good this season. If you're a competitive reality show fan, you should check it out. I don't know anything about who the players are, just that they come from different reality shows that I haven't watched (except DWTS and RPDR) but it was still amazing! which country's version of The Traitors are you talking about?
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Mar 9, 2024 05:31
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ymgve posted:which country's version of The Traitors are you talking about? US. Both S1 and S2 were great.
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Mar 9, 2024 05:35
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I have a tv issue maybe someone knows the answer to. I recently bought a TCL q7 and am having sound issues where some apps aren't playing nice with my soundbar. Hulu, Crunchyroll and YouTube are fine but Max and Apple aren't playing any sounds when I actually start watching something.
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Mar 9, 2024 13:40
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muscles like this! posted:I have a tv issue maybe someone knows the answer to. I recently bought a TCL q7 and am having sound issues where some apps aren't playing nice with my soundbar. Hulu, Crunchyroll and YouTube are fine but Max and Apple aren't playing any sounds when I actually start watching something. Your TV is likely sending sound encoded to your sound bar that the sound bar doesn’t support (based on your list of apps, it’s most likely Dolby Atmos) Check your TV’s audio settings to see if there’s something about audio output/format that will let you configure what to output to your sound bar.
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Mar 9, 2024 19:37
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Just finished the finale of The Blacklist, and ... yeah you know, clichés and all aside, that was a drat good ending. Dembe's hospital bed speech, being set against a combo of Knockin' on Heaven's Door and "rage against the dying of the light", was both cheesy and extremely good. Pretty much the show in a nutshell. Just have him literally stop to smell the roses, do the blood on the hanky thing, fine, don't care 
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Mar 9, 2024 22:42
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I grabbed a few episodes of The Gentlemen. I wish I hadn't. I more than want my time back. I'd just be happier going through life thinking there's a dope Ritchie series I can get around to eventually, than having watched it and know it's bad.
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Mar 9, 2024 23:12
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Bright Bart posted:I grabbed a few episodes of The Gentlemen. I wish I hadn't. I more than want my time back. I'd just be happier going through life thinking there's a dope Ritchie series I can get around to eventually, than having watched it and know it's bad. There is, Lock Stock.
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Mar 9, 2024 23:16
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Data Graham posted:Just finished the finale of The Blacklist, and ... yeah you know, clichés and all aside, that was a drat good ending. So... was he actually her mum?
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Mar 9, 2024 23:22
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I stopped watching halfway through the first season, but didn't the main character who wasn't James Spader just like... get written out of the show halfway through the series or something?
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Mar 10, 2024 03:12
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Jerusalem posted:I stopped watching halfway through the first season, but didn't the main character who wasn't James Spader just like... get written out of the show halfway through the series or something? Ryan Eggold? He was ~5 on the call sheet and they killed him in season 5 of 8 so he could star in a spinoff that only made it one season.
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Mar 10, 2024 03:37
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I made a Fallout thread so I have a place to read about the show when it comes out next month: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4056094
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Mar 10, 2024 03:43
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theflyingexecutive posted:Ryan Eggold? He was ~5 on the call sheet and they killed him in season 5 of 8 so he could star in a spinoff that only made it one season. I'm assuming he's talking about the girl agent who the entire plot revolved around and she left with like 5 seasons left
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Mar 10, 2024 03:51
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theflyingexecutive posted:Ryan Eggold? He was ~5 on the call sheet and they killed him in season 5 of 8 so he could star in a spinoff that only made it one season. No, the lady who Spader insisted come in to handle his interrogation? She was like the co-lead of the show? Maybe I just misheard it but I was sure I'd read she wasn't even in the show anymore by the time it limped to a conclusion? Medullah posted:I'm assuming he's talking about the girl agent who the entire plot revolved around and she left with like 5 seasons left Yeah, that one!
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Mar 10, 2024 03:52
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Jerusalem posted:No, the lady who Spader insisted come in to handle his interrogation? She was like the co-lead of the show? Maybe I just misheard it but I was sure I'd read she wasn't even in the show anymore by the time it limped to a conclusion? That's right. I stopped watching not long after she was written out, though, so I don't know how they managed to get 5 more seasons or whatever out of it.
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Mar 10, 2024 04:46
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PriorMarcus posted:So... was he actually her mum? We don't know. The show never gave a definitive answer. Because their was a definitive Yes or No, it leaves fans of the show to speculate A wild fan theory was Spader is actually her mother. I think a more grounded one was more along the lines that Spader took the identity of Liz's father back in the 80s. Her father being KGB had connections all over and dirt on the right people. Spader basically became him and using the identity created Raymond Reddington 'The Concierge of Crime'. Liz got killed off. Just gunned down on a street corner and never was on the show again. After that the story of Red faded away for the most part.
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Mar 10, 2024 05:05
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I mean to be real the Liz actress (and also the creator/showrunner) just left the show and they had never really figured out how to resolve all the increasingly convoluted twists and turns of every preceding season's more or less unanswered questions so they just sort of ... left it on the sidewalk and moved on. The final season is a lot more straightforward and simple and doesn't bother trying to even grapple with any of that stuff and just made it about Reddington's exit, which was a good move imo. I didn't want anything more, turns out. e: the actor they found to play "80s Raymond or whoever" in previous seasons was eerily plausible as a young Spader Data Graham fucked around with this message at 06:19 on Mar 10, 2024 |
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Mar 10, 2024 06:13
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Why did she leave, was it because she didn't have a solution to the twists or behind the scenes nastiness?
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Mar 10, 2024 07:49
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HATEPOSTING posted:Done with childrens hospital, medical police, burning love, newsreaders and ntsf sd suv. what do I watch now? Human Giant, Jon Benjamin Has A Van, The Rehearsal, Nathan for You, Veep, Toast of London and/or Toast of Tinseltown, Los Espookys.
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Mar 10, 2024 08:29
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Khanstant posted:Why did she leave, was it because she didn't have a solution to the twists or behind the scenes nastiness? I have heard many fraught things about the vibes on that production. Many crew members have carved out their particular favorite place to hide and cry.
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Mar 10, 2024 08:58
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Bright Bart posted:I grabbed a few episodes of The Gentlemen. I wish I hadn't. I more than want my time back. I'd just be happier going through life thinking there's a dope Ritchie series I can get around to eventually, than having watched it and know it's bad. It's pretty clear that Ritchie has run out of creative juice at this point.
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Mar 10, 2024 11:12
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Alhazred posted:It's pretty clear that Ritchie has run out of creative juice at this point. The show is way less cartoony than the movie. But doesn't have the absolute genius of Hugh Grant acting rings around everyone.
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Mar 10, 2024 11:22
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HATEPOSTING posted:Done with childrens hospital, medical police, burning love, newsreaders and ntsf sd suv. what do I watch now? Comedy Bang Bang: The TV Show and The Birthday Boys
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Mar 10, 2024 11:26
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Alhazred posted:It's pretty clear that Ritchie has run out of creative juice at this point.
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