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Okay, so I had no idea this was based on a comic book series so I looked it up on Wikipedia and saw this: quote:iZOMBIE is a comic book series created by writer Chris Roberson and Michael Allred, published by DC Comics's Vertigo imprint beginning in 2010. The series deals with Gwen Dylan (née Gwendolyn Price), a revenant gravedigger in Eugene, Oregon and her friends Ellie, a 1960s ghost, and Scott, a were-terrier. iZOMBIE was nominated for the 2011 Eisner Award for Best New Series. That sounds actually hilarious and I'm now slightly disappointed that the show is so different even though it's cool how it is. I'm conflicted but now going to track down a copy of the comic series.
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Captain Mog posted:Okay, so I had no idea this was based on a comic book series so I looked it up on Wikipedia and saw this: The best thing about it is the artwork by Mike Allred, which you've already seen in the opening sequence of the show.
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Mar 28, 2015 04:33
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So the impression that I got from this week's episode is that pre-zombie Liv was kind of a bitch. Like her comment about hobbies or how she dismissive she was of jazz, even though it was apparently something her fiancé was really into. Becoming a zombie has really mellowed her out.
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Mar 28, 2015 05:44
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From what they showed, it seemed more like she just had crazy "Be a doctor" tunnel vision.
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Mar 28, 2015 05:53
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Axel Serenity posted:Depends on the scene and how they're using it. Special Jell-O molds are popular, though when she was cleaning off the paint brush, it was fairly clearly a cake batter substance with food coloring. How gross is the brain eating? I have the 2 eps of this on my DVR, and I adored Veronica Mars, but I don't want it to make me feel sick. For a comparison, I think Forever is a little too gruesome with it's dead bodies.
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Mar 28, 2015 06:02
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She actually mixes pieces into regular food so it's not gross at all.
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Mar 28, 2015 06:05
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People been eating brains since the learned to crack open the skulls of things. It's actually pretty tastey.
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Mar 28, 2015 07:48
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One of the gags is the different ways she prepares her meals.
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Mar 28, 2015 08:04
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Rocksicles posted:People been eating brains since the learned to crack open the skulls of things. It's actually pretty tastey. I've eaten brain tacos before, they're kind of bland, and have a weird soft chewy texture to them. I'll stick with pretty much any other cut of meat, although I could see how it could be an acquired taste. It was a cow brain, but I'm guessing they taste somewhat similar to human brains. It would be a funny twist if it turns out that the zombies could just eat cow brains, and the local Mexican restaurant got a huge upswing in customers from zombies.
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Mar 28, 2015 08:55
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True story: I ate horse brains one time. Tasted good.
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Mar 28, 2015 09:20
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Honestly, eating Mexican food is far more sickening than eating brains.
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Mar 28, 2015 13:29
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Aphrodite posted:She actually mixes pieces into regular food so it's not gross at all. Oh ok, good. Thanks.
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Mar 28, 2015 19:53
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Captain Mog posted:Okay, so I had no idea this was based on a comic book series so I looked it up on Wikipedia and saw this: The artwork is fan loving tastic but otherwise it is pretty bland. I remember when I first read it I said to myself that it read like a soulless pitch for a tv show on the cw. I'm not completely sold on the show yet but it is definitely better then the source material.
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Mar 29, 2015 11:49
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Rocksicles posted:People been eating brains since the learned to crack open the skulls of things. It's actually pretty tastey. A Lebanese place near one of my old apartments also confirms this. It had one of the hugest halal menus I've encountered, and brain (of lamb, I believe) was an option. Brain special with tabbouleh and grape leaves. Grilled brain pita, with cabbage, tomato, and tahini...Liv should look into Middle Eastern recipes. (I never ate the brain options. Because of an irrational fear of prion diseases, and also because why eat brain when there's kafta and sujuk?) I like this show, but I can't shake viewing it as a colossal HIV metaphor.
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Mar 29, 2015 14:18
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Xealot posted:I like this show, but I can't shake viewing it as a colossal HIV metaphor. Glad it's not just me. I already posted this earlier, but I'm actually really enjoying the metaphor. Now that Looking is off the air, this is as close as the US is going to get to having an HIV+ character on TV for now (I don't think there's anyone else?). A lot of the same things are on Liv's mind, certainly. Goddammit why am are these CW shows so addictive. Only two episodes and I'm already obsessed the way I was after the first few episodes of Veronica Mars.
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Mar 30, 2015 05:18
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Combed Thunderclap posted:Glad it's not just me. This, to me, is a weird reason to enjoy the show.
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Mar 30, 2015 05:35
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Cotato posted:This, to me, is a weird reason to enjoy the show. I'm enjoying the show for plenty of reasons, it's just nice to have the metaphor there for those who want to see it.
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Mar 30, 2015 05:41
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Combed Thunderclap posted:I'm enjoying the show for plenty of reasons, it's just nice to have the metaphor there for those who want to see it. Totally. It adds resonance to the character. You can watch it as a genre exercise that's kind of silly, but the core of the story is a very humanistic and compelling one. Liv was this ambitious and motivated person, who now feels she can no longer pursue her dreams because of an incurable diagnosis that alienates her from her former life. The emotional push behind the character is her process to find meaning in a life she didn't choose, and to do some good despite every fiber of her being telling her to give up. She's "damaged goods" who has to assert new value in spite of it; it works because that's actually the lived experience of real people, living with a diagnosis like HIV+.
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Mar 30, 2015 06:04
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Rocksicles posted:People been eating brains since the learned to crack open the skulls of things. It's actually pretty tastey. Just not healthiest of snacks: 
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Mar 30, 2015 08:24
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Xealot posted:I like this show, but I can't shake viewing it as a colossal HIV metaphor. Hiv Moore?
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Mar 30, 2015 08:28
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muscles like this? posted:..or how she dismissive she was of jazz... Nah, jazz is The Worst so she was clearly a good person prior to her 'condition'. 
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Mar 30, 2015 10:15
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Decius posted:Just not healthiest of snacks: People now think dietary cholesterol doesn't really translate into blood cholesterol. You can get your brain on without worry.
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Mar 30, 2015 11:24
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Megazver posted:People now think dietary cholesterol doesn't really translate into blood cholesterol. You can get your brain on without worry. If the cholesterol don't kill you, that sodium will.
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Mar 30, 2015 14:57
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Xealot posted:Totally. It adds resonance to the character. So if the producers are going for the Zombification as HIV metaphor then whats with her trying to get in the pants of her ex? Nasty move there.
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Mar 31, 2015 02:22
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M_Gargantua posted:So if the producers are going for the Zombification as HIV metaphor then whats with her trying to get in the pants of her ex? Nasty move there. It's not a huge mystery, she left him because it was the responsible thing to do, and between regretting that decision and having residual brain powers from Mr. Amorous she probably wanted to take it back in a moment of poor judgment.
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Mar 31, 2015 02:28
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Page three is just "Remember that terrible show that's really nothing like this one?" Two episodes in and I'm really loving this series.
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Mar 31, 2015 03:51
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raditts posted:If the cholesterol don't kill you, that sodium will. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/its-time-to-end-the-war-on-salt/ Megazver fucked around with this message at 10:18 on Mar 31, 2015 |
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Mar 31, 2015 10:14
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My only complaint is that this is on Tuesdays. I'm already DVRing Flash and Agents of SHIELD, I don't need a third show on Tuesdays. C'mon network programmers move this to Thursdays. I don't watch poo poo on Thursdays. Also half the shows I watch are on CW. When did I turn into a teenage girl?
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Mar 31, 2015 19:21
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You should watch Elementary on Thursdays, also Person of Interest.
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Mar 31, 2015 19:23
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M_Gargantua posted:So if the producers are going for the Zombification as HIV metaphor then whats with her trying to get in the pants of her ex? Nasty move there. Yeah, I don't know how that works. Because I thought it was literally a transmissible disease...if she slept with someone, she could give it to them. Definitely, it's no coincidence it's connected to drugs, through Blaine. And at least implicitly through sex, since he turned that other older woman into a zombie that way. The literal plot mechanics of zombie-ism aren't clear to me on this show yet.
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Mar 31, 2015 19:41
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Heathen posted:Also half the shows I watch are on CW. When did I turn into a teenage girl? I just came to this same realization last week, but it's the only network that seems to give a poo poo about actually entertaining the audience. So many shows take themselves so seriously; TV starts to become a chore. Essentially, I like watching TV to see beautiful people do exciting things, and the CW delivers that in spades.
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Mar 31, 2015 20:33
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What's really great about The CW is that they don't make you wait a week to watch an episode on their app/site for free. The episode goes up sometime the night after the episode aired (midnightish, depending on time zones?), which is great if you're in that situation of having too many shows recording Tuesdays or whenever. They're also fairly reasonable with ads, you'll usually spend less time watching them than commercials, though they tend to have very little diversity. Edit: Unfortunately they only keep the 5 most recent episodes, so you'll have to find them somewhere else if you need to go farther back. Edit 2: This isn't the Flash thread! My bad. Onean fucked around with this message at 22:07 on Mar 31, 2015 |
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Mar 31, 2015 21:35
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Onean posted:What's really great about The CW is that they don't make you wait a week to watch an episode on their app/site for free. The episode goes up sometime the night after the episode aired (midnightish, depending on time zones?), which is great if you're in that situation of having too many shows recording Tuesdays or whenever. They're also fairly reasonable with ads, you'll usually spend less time watching them than commercials, though they tend to have very little diversity. Yeah, I live on the West coast, and they tend to have their shows up on Hulu Plus within 1-3 hours of broadcasting. I typically watch night-of, and not even particularly late.
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Xealot posted:Definitely, it's no coincidence it's connected to drugs, through Blaine. And at least implicitly through sex, since he turned that other older woman into a zombie that way. The literal plot mechanics of zombie-ism aren't clear to me on this show yet. Yeah, I'm wondering how long the brain powers last with Liv; it seems like it's pretty temporary considering she wanted to eat the brains again to keep her artistic/passionate temperament going. It would be cool though if she just developed this huge backlog/amalgamation of random skills and such. And that power, I wonder if it's unique in the first place
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Apr 1, 2015 00:41
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This brain of the week is like the opposite of last week's, and I love it.
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Apr 1, 2015 02:16
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Combed Thunderclap posted:Glad it's not just me. You should watch more Arrow. 
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Apr 1, 2015 02:42
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Ville Valo posted:You should watch more Arrow. I definitely should. This week's new mystery: what causes the zombified to turn shambler instead of staying sentient? Is it just going too long sans brains? Also, apparently, with each new episode comes a new comic book-like cover as a nice little ad. Cute. Pilot:  Brother, Can You Spare A Brain?:  Self explanatory: 
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Apr 1, 2015 04:43
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Ok, I enjoyed this week's episode. Still not riveting, but entertaining. Whelp, see yah
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Apr 1, 2015 04:46
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Ville Valo posted:You should watch more Arrow. This is still one of my favorite things that ever happened on TV
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VendaGoat posted:Ok, I enjoyed this week's episode. Still not riveting, but entertaining. I think this sums up the show. Like, compared to the other CW comic shows, the long-term storyline still has to come through. It doesn't change the game every single episode like Flash and Arrow. But, it's a lot of goddamn fun. For a MotW show, it's got some great one-liners and the actors are top-notch. I hope they can find a footing on an overarching plot because I really, really enjoy the style here.
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