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Tokyo Vice: Still Good. I was slightly let down by the cliffhanger ending but looked it up and there are 10 episodes in S2 as opposed to 8 in S1 so two more to go! We finally got the wrap around to the first scene of the whole show too which was neat.
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Mar 21, 2024 16:56
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X-Men 97 = cool and good My only regret is not waiting to watch it on Saturday morning It's cool that they let Morph get abilities of the people he shapeshifts to... I was like, why you bringing this drat fool to fight a bunch of giant robots
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Mar 21, 2024 17:25
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zoux posted:I know everyone hates Joss Whedon but his run on Astonishing X-men does the coolest poo poo with Cyclops of any run, imo. I’ll be a Scott/Emma Stan til the day I die because of that run.
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Mar 21, 2024 17:40
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IIRC Cyclops has two ways of activating his visor, the button on the side and touch controls in his gloves.
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Mar 21, 2024 17:43
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Sumo posted:X-Men 97 = cool and good It seems like only purely physical abilities, though. Like he can fly with wings, or make Wolverine bounce off his Blob belly. But he couldn't morph into Storm and control the weather. Which makes perfect sense, I like it.
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Mar 21, 2024 19:31
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If he could mimic to that degree he'd be omega level. He'd be Hope Summers.
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Mar 21, 2024 19:33
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zoux posted:If he could mimic to that degree he'd be omega level. He'd be Hope Summers. Sure, I was just surprised when he could fly, but it makes since, because he can make wings, and in the X-Men universe, that's basically all you need to fly. Like I said, I like it.
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Mar 21, 2024 19:40
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drat, Reacher falls off hard by episode 3 of season 2. Season 1 was kind of nuts but they built up to the crazy insane shoot-outs with dozens of people, season 2 just wants to drop a bunch of bodies every single episode it seems.
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Mar 21, 2024 19:43
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It's really a shame how bleh season 2 is because season 1 was Amazon's first good show and I loved every minute
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Mar 21, 2024 20:06
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oh god oh gently caress posted:season 1 was Amazon's first good show hmmm
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Mar 21, 2024 20:10
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Yeah that’s a very poor take
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Mar 21, 2024 20:22
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I'm genuinely surprised how much I like 3 Body Problem. The writing made a lot of improvements to the books. Most adaptions really need to learn that they shouldn't be to close to the source material if improvements are possible.
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Mar 21, 2024 21:28
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Based on the first episode, 3 Body Problem got some bad rap online. It’s fine. Ending was spooky in a way I haven’t seen on TV yet.
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Mar 21, 2024 21:31
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Yeah I enjoyed the first two episodes. Did seem like most of the complaints I read were more about how the entire season shapes up but right now I’m having a good time with it! I like Sam as the annoying crisps guy
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Mar 21, 2024 21:41
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oh god oh gently caress posted:It's really a shame how bleh season 2 is because season 1 was Amazon's first good show and I loved every minute I will fight you on behalf of the honor of Patriot.
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Mar 21, 2024 21:41
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theflyingexecutive posted:I will fight you on behalf of the honor of Patriot. One of the best shows of all time.
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Mar 21, 2024 21:42
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Maybe it’s time to watch Patriot again……
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Mar 21, 2024 21:47
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Escobarbarian posted:Maybe it’s time to watch Patriot again…… That show just needed one more season to perfectly wrap things up. It’s a drat shame.
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Mar 21, 2024 21:49
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HBO is marketing season 2 of HotD with dueling Black and Green trailers. Not sure I've seen this strategy before, but people seem to be digging it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csSaSrJJPRs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnxB9xZByyQ
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Mar 21, 2024 21:59
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theflyingexecutive posted:I will fight you on behalf of the honor of Patriot. I'll grant that it was alright instead of bad like most of Amazon's other shows
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Mar 21, 2024 21:59
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Is your name how we are supposed to react to your posts
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Mar 21, 2024 22:54
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Wait, they're mad because he said "Dehumanization is bad and the attacks on Israel and Gaza are bad"? Did I get that wrong?
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Mar 21, 2024 23:36
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Saw a weird ad where the elf line of beauty products did a Judge Judy parody called "Judge Beauty." That's not the weird part, the weird part was that the plaintiff and defendant were played by Gina Torres and Rick Hoffman while Sarah Rafferty was the court reporter. For those playing along at home that's three of the main actors from Suits.
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Mar 22, 2024 02:58
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theflyingexecutive posted:I will fight you on behalf of the honor of Patriot. GreenNight posted:One of the best shows of all time.  Speaking of cool, how is the second season of Tokyo Vice?
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Mar 22, 2024 03:27
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Tokyo Vice's second season certainly continues to be a deeply uncomfortable and foreboding series of choices. Very anxiety-inducing to watch. It's like a horror film where the protagonists triggers every death flag possible except it's the Yakuza (and police) and you're doing everything possible to piss off them both.
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Mar 22, 2024 03:29
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muscles like this! posted:Saw a weird ad where the elf line of beauty products did a Judge Judy parody called "Judge Beauty." That's not the weird part, the weird part was that the plaintiff and defendant were played by Gina Torres and Rick Hoffman while Sarah Rafferty was the court reporter. For those playing along at home that's three of the main actors from Suits. What kind of elf makeup, keebler or Lothlorian?
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Mar 22, 2024 04:15
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Currently watching Dark City - The Cleaner, a Kiwi series I couldn't find any posts about yet. You should know by the end of ep.1 if the show is for you, or not so much. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MubqAMrOMGY
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Mar 22, 2024 05:16
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Is there a way to watch it in the US?
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Mar 22, 2024 05:25
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It's bankrolled by Lionsgate (OITNB, Mad Men, Walking Dead) so it should appear somewhere soon. Not legally at the moment though 
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Mar 22, 2024 05:45
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Hughmoris posted:
It's vibes-forward first and foremost and I'm grinning along for the ride. The show is good
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Mar 22, 2024 05:57
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cant cook creole bream posted:I'm genuinely surprised how much I like 3 Body Problem. The writing made a lot of improvements to the books. Most adaptions really need to learn that they shouldn't be to close to the source material if improvements are possible. Much of the criticism I see of the Last Airbender live action series is like that, people wanting a completely copy of the animated series and not realizing than many of the changes are improvements or a matter of it being aimed at a older audience.
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Mar 22, 2024 06:17
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Don't forget the people that are upset that azula is played by a child and not a hot woman who will be their girlfriend.
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Mar 22, 2024 06:49
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Cojawfee posted:Don't forget the people that are upset that azula is played by a child and not a hot woman who will be their girlfriend. Yeah, but this is still 1000x better than people being overly happy at the change. Bright Bart fucked around with this message at 10:16 on Mar 22, 2024 |
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Mar 22, 2024 07:03
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I finally finished Monsieur Spade, Clive Owen was great as Spade, but honestly the plot wasn’t super compelling.
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Mar 22, 2024 07:06
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I fundamentally think that character just doesn't work with the approach they've taken, she loses the camp cartoon quality the original had and gains pretty much nothing. But I think that's pretty common throughout the show. It sticks to the original aggressively, except where it's edited various elements out (e.g. Katara no longer has anger issues, which isn't necessairily a problem, but she hasn't gained anything to compensate). As someone who's seen a lot of, but not all of, the original, the effect is still distractingly uncanny and hollow. But also there's just some terrible writing all over the place, some poor performances, and it just doesn't have the same visual storytelling qualities that the original (or even the Shyamalan version) had. Like, say what you will about the film -- it's definitely the worst of the three IMO -- but it benefits from practical sets and Shyamalan having a decent eye for visual composition. What the new series reminded me of, far too often, was Obi Wan.
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Mar 22, 2024 07:09
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Oasx posted:I finally finished Monsieur Spade, Clive Owen was great as Spade, but honestly the plot wasn’t super compelling. I just didn't like the ending. The potentially-compelling main antagonist fellow flat at the finish line. And Spade doesn't really sokve any of the main mysteries or deal with the big problems! In fact there's a Poirot style sit down in the living room but Clive Owen is listening rather than talking. It's also by far the rosiest ending to a purported noir story I've ever come across. I guess Spade is going to die of emphysema sooner than later but he's going to live it up with a new family in a villa in France until then.
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Mar 22, 2024 07:45
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Still watching through Only Connect episodes whenever I go to visit my mum (we’re on eps that aired in December) and I got a musical sequences question after two clues and I’ve never felt so smart in my goddamn life
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Mar 22, 2024 09:47
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That Dark City show is its own thing, is that right? They're not all trapped in space by creepy baldies?Escobarbarian posted:Still watching through Only Connect episodes whenever I go to visit my mum (we’re on eps that aired in December) and I got a musical sequences question after two clues and I’ve never felt so smart in my goddamn life gently caress youuuuuuuuuuuu I did get a 5 pointer once but have never gotten a music question right ever, not even a single point. Hell, most weeks I'm happy if I can just scrape into double figures by the final round.
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Mar 22, 2024 11:49
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The made a show for Dark City, like the Kiefer Sutherland movie from 25 years ago?
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Mar 22, 2024 11:58
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IRQ posted:The made a show for Dark City, like the Kiefer Sutherland movie from 25 years ago? Sentinel Red posted:That Dark City show is its own thing, is that right? They're not all trapped in space by creepy baldies? No, it's it's own thing. It's Kiwi Dexter with a better sense of humour.
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