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Oasx posted:Mr./Mrs./Ms. has pretty much disappeared from common usage here in Denmark, people who use it are either old-fashioned or very formal. Yo, I just came back from a trip to Denmark. My main takeaway is that herring is vile and so are snaps/aquavit.
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bull3964 posted:Media has traditionally used kids referring to grown ups by their first names as shorthand for disrespect or dismissive attitude. Yeah it's trope-y shorthand for storytelling where the first time you see a kid interact with an adult, they call them by their first name - then later you see that's their parent. I see it more with the divorced non-custodial parent than foster/step parents. By the end of the movie/show them calling them mom or dad is a sign their relationship's healed.
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May 18, 2024 18:07
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Mu Zeta posted:Yo, I just came back from a trip to Denmark. My main takeaway is that herring is vile and so are snaps/aquavit. Pickled herring is the best, it gives you strong muscles and puts hair on your chest!
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May 18, 2024 19:43
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Got Godzilla x Kong on and seeing that loving guy from Eastenders/Syril from Andor's idiot corpo mate show up in a goddamn Hollywood kaiju flick is melting my brain a bit. Plus this little Ginger Kong poo poo is just the icing on the cake, it all feels like some kind of fever nightmare.
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May 18, 2024 21:58
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Still working my way through The Sympathizer, a week behind. I'm surprised -- and very pleased tbh, it's a good surprise -- by how much of their own identity each of the big name directors were allowed to inject into their episodes. Usually with this kind of thing everything has to maintain a more or less even tone, and so even when you hire someone with a distinct sense of style they're not allowed to dramatically alter the visual language of the production. Fernando Meirelles -- who's got a very distinct style -- takes over the show from Chan Wook Park and you can immediately loving tell because the editing goes bananas and they start integrated multiple alternative takes into scenes, massively up the improvisation, etc. It's great and absolutely the kind of thing that should happen when you drag a weirdo in to do a special episode. I think it's a shame they're ending on Marc Munden though, as he's far less interesting than the other two.
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May 19, 2024 07:53
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And can I add some of Parks stuff had really creative camera moves that I presume had to be drone (when they are on the top of the building and the camera tracks over the edge). I've been watching Animal Patrol and can't stop laughing at the whole "That Swan stolen my discman" "I don't know what that is but I think you need to say Disc Person now" gag for weeks now.
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May 19, 2024 13:29
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Is anyone watching that Apple TV show Dark Matter? Is it worth getting in to?I've heard almost no chatter about it since the release, which could be telling.
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May 19, 2024 15:34
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It’s gotten some discussion in the ATV+ thread. I’m gonna give it time to complete before jumping in, given the similar themes to Constellation. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3903088&perpage=40&pagenumber=1&noseen=1
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May 19, 2024 15:52
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I think they probably should have done a three episode premiere because while episode 2 ends on a big moment the story doesn't really kick off until the end of episode 3.
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May 19, 2024 16:54
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there's finally an official West Wing youtube channel uploading clips, looks like it was started 5 days ago. Is there any show that has aged worse then The West Wing? Even looking back some of the greatest highlights are middling at best and most of the show is only watchable due to Martin Sheen being tremendously good at the role.
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May 19, 2024 17:55
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"Isaac and Ishmael" is still one of my most hated episodes ever. I hated it the first time I saw it in like 2003 and I can't believe Sorkin wrote an afterschool special and had these actors say those lines.
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May 19, 2024 17:57
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pentyne posted:there's finally an official West Wing youtube channel uploading clips, looks like it was started 5 days ago. Any show that's set in the White House for a large part will age horribly: 24 (both the White House parts and the 24 parts) House of Cards (in way less time)
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May 19, 2024 18:30
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https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1791557913472868721   
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May 19, 2024 19:37
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Lmao those backgrounds.
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May 19, 2024 19:48
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Ooof
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May 19, 2024 20:03
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I don't think the volume was meant to be used for backgrounds that are directly behind actors.
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May 19, 2024 20:06
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Maybe that's just how things looked in roman times, a sort of pale mist that just happens to look like a big TV in the distance.
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May 19, 2024 21:03
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Ty Olsson and DJ Qualls are getting married creating the most powerful "oh, that guy" couple in movies and TV.
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May 19, 2024 22:29
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Mu Zeta posted:"Isaac and Ishmael" is still one of my most hated episodes ever. I hated it the first time I saw it in like 2003 and I can't believe Sorkin wrote an afterschool special and had these actors say those lines. I’m not trying to defend the entire show right now, but that episode is one that even Sorkin says is terrible. poo poo was weird right after 9/11, and that’s a legit bad hour of television, which Sorkin says he regrets. He thought it was “necessary”, as a one act play, and it was a bad idea.
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May 19, 2024 23:27
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I doubt Anthony Hopkins ever stepped foot on that set or met any of the other actors.
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May 19, 2024 23:30
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classic hollywood rear projection is back and I for one am gleeful
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May 20, 2024 00:17
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Watched a few episodes of Bodkin on Netflix, it's pretty good. REALLY strange seeing Will Forte with a bunch of old father ted actors though. It's a strong 7 - so if you like a little bit of a murder mystery you'll like it but it doesn't do anything special.
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May 20, 2024 00:43
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muscles like this! posted:Ty Olsson and DJ Qualls are getting married creating the most powerful "oh, that guy" couple in movies and TV. They better have unlimited hot pockets at the reception
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May 20, 2024 03:16
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Apparently they met at a Supernatural convention, somewhere, some shipper's head exploded.
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May 20, 2024 03:18
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Outer Range season 2 is better than the first. Now Josh Brolin wants everyone to check out his sweet, dark hole!
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May 20, 2024 03:25
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Mu Zeta posted:I doubt Anthony Hopkins ever stepped foot on that set or met any of the other actors. There's an interview, maybe on Colber', with Jodie Foster where she says she is (was?) terrified of Anthony Hopkins, because they would "bolt him into his cell every morning, and we never got to interact outside acting".
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May 20, 2024 13:10
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Rappaport posted:There's an interview, maybe on Colber', with Jodie Foster where she says she is (was?) terrified of Anthony Hopkins, because they would "bolt him into his cell every morning, and we never got to interact outside acting". It was Graham Norton. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXUsRIcwtSo
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May 20, 2024 14:03
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So it was, thank you! There's so much of this teevee and movie trivia that is in these random interviews, and I hope it doesn't get lost. At least you helped my poor memory.
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May 20, 2024 14:41
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Rappaport posted:So it was, thank you! There's so much of this teevee and movie trivia that is in these random interviews, and I hope it doesn't get lost. At least you helped my poor memory. I watch a lot of Graham Norton clips on YouTube. Probably too much.
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May 20, 2024 14:51
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I watched the first episode of The Big Cigar on Apple+ and was left fairly disappointed. I get that they wanted to contextualize Newton's life before the events of the story they chose to tell, but they chose the worst possible way to do so, with a ton of heavy-handed narration. The rest of the show felt extremely didactic and on-the-nose as well. The performances were good but I wish the writing was better.
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May 21, 2024 02:07
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I feel like Apple isn't investing as much in writers anymore tbh, or there's been a lot of shoddy choices about how to pace shows.
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May 21, 2024 02:11
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Arist posted:I watched the first episode of The Big Cigar on Apple+ and was left fairly disappointed. I get that they wanted to contextualize Newton's life before the events of the story they chose to tell, but they chose the worst possible way to do so, with a ton of heavy-handed narration. The rest of the show felt extremely didactic and on-the-nose as well. The performances were good but I wish the writing was better. Just like constellation - good performances but the writing and mystery of the show was extremely badly done Open Source Idiom posted:I feel like Apple isn't investing as much in writers anymore tbh, or there's been a lot of shoddy choices about how to pace shows. Feels like it's every streamer. I guess because they're writing for moments so the cement holding all those moments together doesn't matter (meaning it's shite)
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May 21, 2024 02:21
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Apple shows have definitely fallen off the past year and a half or so. There’s still some likeable ones though at least and hey hopefully Severance s2 won’t suck
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May 21, 2024 02:23
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Open Source Idiom posted:I feel like Apple isn't investing as much in writers anymore tbh This is an after-effect of the lovely deal the WGA took to resolve their strike last year.
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May 21, 2024 02:30
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Taear posted:Just like constellation - good performances but the writing and mystery of the show was extremely badly done
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May 21, 2024 10:46
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quote:Comcast has announced that its planned Xfinity StreamSaver bundle – which will include subscriptions to Apple TV+, Netflix and Peacock – will boast a starting price of just $15 a month (and with no annual contract). Notably, only the advertising tier of Netflix is available as part of StreamSaver, not the ad-free tier. Only the ad tier? Get hosed.
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May 21, 2024 16:22
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Escobarbarian posted:Apple shows have definitely fallen off the past year and a half or so. There’s still some likeable ones though at least and hey hopefully Severance s2 won’t suck Apple meddles just as much as Netflix or Disney do and it shows. Severance is only safe because (unsubstantiated rumor) Stiller keeps firing the studio flaks.
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May 21, 2024 21:07
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GreenNight posted:Only the ad tier? Get hosed. They didn't want to pay for the non ad tier because Netflix decided to buy access to football and wrestling and are raising the prices.
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May 21, 2024 21:19
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theflyingexecutive posted:Apple meddles just as much as Netflix or Disney do and it shows. Severance is only safe because (unsubstantiated rumor) Stiller keeps firing the studio flaks. Severance is safe as long as it's never released, so we're good for a few more years yet. No I'm not upset it's been so long, what are you talking about.
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May 21, 2024 23:49
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theflyingexecutive posted:Apple meddles just as much as Netflix or Disney do and it shows. Severance is only safe because (unsubstantiated rumor) Stiller keeps firing the studio flaks. Market Research poo poo absolutely destroys so many shows
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May 21, 2024 23:59
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