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NowonSA posted:I like that both times this season they leaned into an in-universe device or reason for our perspective to switch between characters Penny was the cause of it, and both times we Saw brief snippets of Eliot in peril in a suitably crazy situation, either fleeing from cannibals or on trial before a marsupial judge. So, hey, how has nobody literally used the phrase "fairy dust" yet? Because as soon as I realized it was ground up fairies (I honestly didn't think to figure it out so it hit me as soon as I saw the fairy's leg was chopped off) I laughed my rear end off. Here's this gruesome scene and I'm laughing because this show's cocaine analogy is... cocaine. Should've known from the start because that's the most on-the-nose clue ever.
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Okay I'm confused by three things and thank you to whoever clarifies for me. - "Okay, the 'not' thing is kinda arch." What does this expression mean? - Who is it running this test that the joy-junkie was referring to? Or do we just not know yet? - "Really?" Wait, why is Alice slamming this book into Q's hands? Was his stare at her after she picked up the book a "hey, please give us the book because we can't trust you" stare? Because even for him that was way subtler than usual and I didn't understand it at all until I started skimming this thread just now. And just for fun, I'm curious if the book's replacement of the letter 's' with 'f' is just a weird old-timey thing (which wouldn't make sense because it still says "seven keys" in the title) or somehow a clue for the next key quest. Also, side-note, I really disliked how awfully dubbed that singing was. Penny was best singer though.
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I really can't get enough of Fog cursing. So... this is the second time a character has said some phrase that makes me think I really am officially "too old" because I didn't recognize it and google's got nothing. What the gently caress is "act out" supposed to mean? Also this episode was so loving good. DaveKap fucked around with this message at 21:59 on Mar 22, 2018 |
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SLOSifl posted:edit: I jumped in here because the “previously on” made no sense. I’m only halfway through on DVR but alt-Josh just mentioned werewolves. Did they seriously give us an alternative timeline previously-on and if so that is drat good. Also, Q being The Beast was pretty much the best Q. I wish we could've gotten more of that. At least then his hairstyle makes sense. XboxPants posted:That's how I had been picturing it, too, but this episode makes me think that it's much worse than that. Some people die? On a cosmic scale, that's a blip, even if the beast killed every human on the planet, which he certainly didn't seem to have any interest in. Hey, natural disasters happen, evil destructive gods exist. The universe would keep going without us. Yeah, okay, I'm now convinced they actually messed up somewhere in there. Good thing I don't care enough to complain but... yeah, timeline fuckery is hard to keep straight. DaveKap fucked around with this message at 05:01 on Mar 23, 2018 |
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Finally watched the latest episode. The very first song in the show, the one that gets cut short... I really wish there was a long version of it. There's something about it that's hooked me hard and it'd make an amazing song on the level of Justice tracks. Also this show is still loving amazing. How are they pulling this poo poo off? I genuinely felt happy for everyone who got everything and genuinely felt sad for those who lost things. Yeah, even Tick. I'll never figure out how they got me so freakin' invested. Aexo posted:Is "the tower at the end of the world" or whatever a nod to the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy? DaveKap fucked around with this message at 11:50 on Apr 1, 2018 |
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They did mention some stuff about the normal world falling apart and it's entirely possible they even had Penny mention "we had the apocalypse and your world is more messed up" as a way of saying that it's happening because magic failed. It's not Mr Robot levels of messed up, though, so it definitely just feels like bringing back magic is more for selfish reasons than anything else.
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I'm completely lost on this "Janet" thing. Is it a book spoiler to explain it? I find it kinda nuts how negatively people are reacting to the end of this season. It's like none of you were around for the end of Season 1 or Season 2 when some twist of fate completely fucks everything up. This is par for the course and I'm surprised to find myself as the only person expecting it. You had super-late-game "library wants to use this siphon thing" that the rest of the cast waves off to the point a couple of them don't even remember what it's called. You have the super-late-game "btw there's a monster in the castle and by all means it cannot escape because even the gods can't handle it" in tandem with Calypso mentioning the keys were made "for a time when humans would save the gods" like... how does it not all scream "hey, we're setting up for season 4 so prepare for things to go south at the end here." If anything, realizing that Julia's god powers were given to her specifically so she could spend them making a second set of keys seemed like genius writing to me. I always love well thought out seasons of television that let their characters get to a brink then pull them back in through smart writing. To be honest, I didn't trust that woman who took Julia away and, if anything, was surprised she didn't end up being a surprise bad guy... though I could see it maybe happening next season in a sort of stilted lover kind of way. Anyway, I will agree that they better kill the amnesia bullshit in under 5 episodes during season 4 or it's gonna be a stinker. That said, nobody expected a season without magic to be as good as Season 3 ended up so I'm willing to give the writers the benefit of the doubt. Good luck!
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Nihonniboku posted:You answered your own question. So... my actual conclusion is that the ending of Season 3 is really good and Season 4 should be amazing.
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Spanish Matlock posted:Oh poo poo, I forgot that Julia's friend from the alternate universe is still out there, sans mindwipe.
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I really don't like it when any show has a character who "lives forever" and comments on living forever in a very "it's not all it's cracked up to be" or "it's a curse, not a blessing" kind of way that they hold over normal mortals... and then another character who has the same affliction (vampire, god, whatever) manages to die in a simple way. Like say.. a vampire in a TV show who had a dilemma about biting someone to make them immortal, does it, and then kills them by putting them into direct sunlight. Like, okay, so direct sunlight actually does fully kill you... so why are you talking about living forever like it's something you don't want to do anymore? Go jump in the sun, dumbass. Although it seems like The Magicians hasn't fallen into this hole yet, they did make it a point that the Librarian never leaves the library and yet we see her at Brakebills talking to Fogg. I can only imagine how much she hated doing that. Also if Gods are supposed to make worlds... why was Fillory built on top of an already existing world? I'd like to get an answer to this via some sort of God hierarchy chart that explains who Ember and Umber's parents were, who gets to turn the magic on and off, and if Julia was gonna have to co-opt a failed world to make her new one off of. Honestly it still doesn't make sense considering Umber (or Ember? I forget which was which) had Cuba at the ready. DaveKap fucked around with this message at 09:54 on Apr 9, 2018 |
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I forget if they ever explained how dad got magic cancer but if they didn't, I'm sure they'll give him the cancer back next season and have it be some crazy twist who gave it to him and why they're still allowed magic despite the rationing.
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But if magic being turned off - for a specific subset of the universe - means cancer gets turned off, then what does siphoned magic - for a specific subset of the universe - equal? It's... a weird one.
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I'm catching up on the latest season and just hit this and laughed so hard I had to take a screenshot and post for my own posterity.
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Finally finished the season. I honestly thought it wrapped up so tightly (as compared to other seasons) that it was the series finale. I cried like a baby. I hated that they went full musical but it just made me cry more so I guess mission accomplished. So funny how there are so many shows where the jokey suggestion is "I wish they'd just kill off the main character and keep going" (Expanse, Orville, Discovery) and in this one they actually did it and the actor even said they're leaving the show... and they did this just as you came to like him because he stopped being such a poo poo. loving props to that actor for nailing it.
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Boris Galerkin posted:For some reason I thought last season’s ending was the series ending. Was this ever the case or am I just remembering wrong?
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Loucks posted:I imagine it felt final to those who need a white dude to identify with. Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Unless the entire season was shot and wrapped before S4 started airing it wasn’t the case. They announced the renewal before the first episode even aired.
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Nihonniboku posted:Thankfully, the issues with The Expanse don't exist with The Magicians. With the Expanse, SyFy only had first run rights in the US. They didn't have syndication or global distribution rights. They would only make money on advertising the first time around. As it's a very expensive show, it (sadly) made sense for them to cancel it.
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I just finished Episode 6 and needed to make this for y'all. https://i.imgur.com/mScz7H9.gifv DaveKap fucked around with this message at 05:34 on Feb 26, 2020 |
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Almost caught up! Enjoy this gif! https://i.imgur.com/VqcY5hm.mp4 Edit: So I'm caught up. Two things. 1: Is Q's acquiring of that important page anywhere in this show or just a this-season magically appearing macguffin? 2: NEVER LOOK AWAY FROM THE BODY! I mean, come on, they make so many references to other pop culture hits, how do they make this one major mistake?! DaveKap fucked around with this message at 06:03 on Feb 28, 2020 |
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Lupus Rufus posted:obviously to grow the world seed they need to play sburb  And #3: Why can't they just tell Josh they swapped bodies after the spell is over? And #4: There was so very little post-quest Julia it kinda felt like they cut a scene where she breathes a sigh of relief and goes home. Kinda makes it more obvious the episode would end the way it did.
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Khanstant posted:Also interesting to know Julia is pregnant IRL. I was wondering if that was the case.
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Sloth Life posted:As sad as it is, I'm really hopeful that many of the cast have bright futures ahead. I am looking forward to seeing where they end up and wishing them well x Edit: Yeah I actually thought that the S4 finale was the series finale. The little loose threads they left were decent as a "life goes on" sort of thing which I suspect this season will also have. DaveKap fucked around with this message at 01:23 on Mar 4, 2020 |
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muscles like this! posted:You would have hoped that after the whole thing with Josh two years ago (or however long it was in show time) that they would have learned their lesson in disregarding the feelings of other members of their group.
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Glad I wasn't alone in thinking it was weak musically but strong everything-else. I honestly thought the usual auto-tuning necessary for the non-singers in the crew would bother me like it did in the first musical episode but instead it was actually purely the fact that the dubbing was really, incredibly poor. Zelda is loving perfect and her reaction to Elliot talking about the 8th grade is perfect. https://i.imgur.com/L9sdLoc.gifv Also I'm in love with Marina. I wish this show could last forever but I'm glad we got as many seasons as we did. Plus, let's face it, this pandemic poo poo probably would've canned the show anyway.
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I thought last season's ending was the series finale. It could have been and I would've been alright with it. This season's finale? Definitely better as a series finale. I shed a tear when Margo pushed the button. I'll miss you, Magicians; you were a drat loving good show. If we could never get the Wynn Duffy spin-off for Justified, maybe we'll get some kind of spin-off for this with, at least, the same writers. SO! Now that it's over, I have one question that has been stuck in my head since season... 3? Old Alice. Who the gently caress was that. Why the gently caress was she there. What the gently caress happened?
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After sleeping on it, I do have some issues with the final episode.Nihonniboku posted:Also, while I'm glad Eliot got someone in the end, I feel like it was kind of forced in there. It kind of came out of nowhere for me. I don't know how much of this episode got produced before or after they knew the show was ending. Between the weird way the "we couldn't buy more extras" undead horde entered the scene, the way The Beast just happened to enter The Library exactly where the gang were, and the fact The Beast died to... a pillar falling on him, I get the feeling they knew as they made it but were given too strict of a budget of both time and money. I read someone suggesting the series was originally supposed to end at the point where the gang summoning the new world disappeared, as a cliffhanger, with the rest of the episode (8 minutes apparently) being tacked on once they realized they were cancelled. I take issue with this idea because after how well the last season ended, I wouldn't expect this series to stoop to cliffhanger endings anymore. All that said, I still think it was a decent series finale. Especially if you compare it to some series finales that had been planned from the start. Legion, Mr. Robot, and GoT finales were big let downs for me. At least I feel some closure with this one and at least it seems like everyone's getting some well earned chill time. Imagine a Dean Fogg spin-off that just cycles through a different year of class every season. I could probably come up with a few more good ones but I don't think I can bear the pain knowing that it's all over.
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