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To be honest it kind of irks me that people are all over Westworld as though it was the best thing ever. All of the issues with this series are in that series but it's more subtle because the story jumps all over the place and apparently that is art. In both series there are storylines that are unnecessarily drawn-out and which could easily be condensed to about half as many episodes. But one is on HBO and the other features Maggie loving Q so everyone applauds the one and rightfully sits on the other. But why not poo poo on the first one too?
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Addamere posted:To be honest it kind of irks me that people are all over Westworld as though it was the best thing ever. All of the issues with this series are in that series but it's more subtle because the story jumps all over the place and apparently that is art. In both series there are storylines that are unnecessarily drawn-out and which could easily be condensed to about half as many episodes. But one is on HBO and the other features Maggie loving Q so everyone applauds the one and rightfully sits on the other. But why not poo poo on the first one too? I dunno, I like them both?  You have to admit, Westworld was probably the most talked about show in TV IV in a long time. (Back before the thread was closed for God knows what reasons).
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Dec 18, 2016 21:49
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Finally ran out of DVR stuff to watch, so I watched the last episode. Jesus christ, Maggie Q, turn on a god damned light so you don't freak the IT guy the gently caress out when he comes in. Ping the cell tower and zoom & enhance is bullshit...its still bullshit...it was bullshit 10 years ago and still is. Stop relying on it. If you're an FBI agent and you have credible evidence about a threat to the POTUS, particularly in light of recent events, you notify him. McLeish's wife using him as a puppet was kind of funny. Injuries only hurt when you lift up your shirt and look at them. Maggie Q gets all banged up in a car accident, and while she is napping, not only does she make an incredible recovery, but her shirt washes itself...if I'm not mistaken, it washes itself between the time she gets out of bed and comes down the stairs at the apartment.
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Dec 19, 2016 20:23
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I think she was wearing IT guy's clothes that she borrowed. Not making excuses for all the other stupid.
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Dec 19, 2016 21:19
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Yeah that was funny because it was the exact same outfit the IT guy was wearing, ie--he has 20 sets of the exact same clothes because IT.
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Dec 19, 2016 22:00
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IT Guy was Craig on Degrassi so his scenes are extra funny to me
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Okay. So right from the start i've been watching this show with the firm idea that it's actually Kiefer that is behind everything. He's the one pulling all the strings (though he gets blindsided by things too). It gets better that way. Bombs were brought in during a renovation, the bomb shelter got built too. Who's the minister of buildings and urband development? Who stood to gain the most from blowing the poo poo out of corrupt washington? And who'd actually have a motive to want to get rid of corruption (hint its the guy who's entire administration was corrupt shits (the NSA leak guy) while he was clean as a whistle. And still was about to get fired.) (its still a poo poo show but its tolerable)
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Affi posted:Okay. So right from the start i've been watching this show with the firm idea that it's actually Kiefer that is behind everything This would, indeed have made the show tolerable. Good thinking!
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Dec 20, 2016 21:36
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I just got around to watching the midseason finale on OnDemand, and there's absolutely no way that Aaron Shore is involved in the conspiracy, is there? It just seems too obvious, right? There's gotta be a fakeout at some point.
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Dec 22, 2016 07:43
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I quite enjoyed this and I don't care what anyone says Maggie Q is a straight up bad rear end in this. I look forward to the next season
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Dec 22, 2016 17:34
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ElwoodCuse posted:IT Guy was Craig on Degrassi so his scenes are extra funny to me Holy poo poo what. Now I have to go back and watch this again.
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Dec 22, 2016 21:12
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Also, it was mentioned earlier on this page, but LOL that hacking music. I was half expecting Fisher Stevens to roll into the room on a skateboard.
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Dec 22, 2016 21:16
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Why does this not come back until March for gently caress's sake? Isn't standard fall/winter/holiday break return time sometime in January? Are they doing this to kill the show and any following it might have on purpose or is there a simpler reason?
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Longbaugh01 posted:Why does this not come back until March for gently caress's sake? Isn't standard fall/winter/holiday break return time sometime in January? Are they doing this to kill the show and any following it might have on purpose or is there a simpler reason? They're testing the mid-season break format, is my thought. It's dumb as poo poo but honestly, this show isn't that great and if this kills it off, so be it.
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Jan 10, 2017 06:03
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so what airs in its slot now
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Addamere posted:so what airs in its slot now Season one of Designated Survivor returns on ABC on March 8th at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
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e: disregard, I thought Netflix aired the episodes simultaneously with the american broadcast 
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VoLaTiLe posted:I quite enjoyed this and I don't care what anyone says Maggie Q is a straight up bad rear end in this. she's involved in a really bad plot and the contrived nonsense that prevents her from advising the POTUS of the info about McLeish is lolworthy levels of terrible, but I agree; her actual character portrayal itself seems totally fine to me not sure why all the complaints tbh
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Feb 26, 2017 11:25
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Forgot this came back tonight, but I managed to catch it. Still enjoyable, but I wonder if everyone else has forgotten about it.
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Silly Burrito posted:Forgot this came back tonight, but I managed to catch it. Still enjoyable, but I wonder if everyone else has forgotten about it. Yeah didn't know it came back. Will have to watch the recording.
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Mar 9, 2017 05:31
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Trip report; show is still hot garbage.
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Mar 9, 2017 17:10
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I would have forgot about it but for subscribing to this thread, which has three replies since I checked it last and so now I know it's back. 
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Mar 9, 2017 18:01
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So who was shot?
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The President, which puts the sinister henpecked puppet VP in charge at which point he deliberately tanks the markets. I spent most of the episode screaming at Maggie Q to just loving lay it all out and take her chances that at least some of the people she's talking to aren't in on it and able to see how obvious a conspiracy it all is.
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I did not get the VP from a plot perspective at all. He's finally president, but for like 8 hours. So he tanks the stock market which is a totally pointless move since it bounces back almost immediately. What was his huge game plan? Was he supposed to launch all our nukes or something in those 8 hours and repeal the bathroom bill? Like, I just genuinely do not understand his motive for wanting to be president besides "evil".
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Kingtheninja posted:So who was shot? I forgot that was even the cliffhanger and I watched the new episode. The glacial plot of this show is not helped by extended breaks.
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Blind Rasputin posted:I did not get the VP from a plot perspective at all. He's finally president, but for like 8 hours. So he tanks the stock market which is a totally pointless move since it bounces back almost immediately. What was his huge game plan? Was he supposed to launch all our nukes or something in those 8 hours and repeal the bathroom bill? Like, I just genuinely do not understand his motive for wanting to be president besides "evil". I presume that they bought up a particular stock to gain control of a company that will trigger yet another plot device. Either that or the classic, buy low, sell high, for a quick addition to the war chest. Now, this may be a likely motivation for the current administration, but doesn't make for much of a continued conspiracy for the show. In any case, I'm sure that the reason will reveal itself in time. If they place the reveal far enough away, we will have forgotten the context and not realize it if it was nonsensical.
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IRQ posted:I forgot that was even the cliffhanger and I watched the new episode. Yea, pretty sure it's only gonna hurt their ratings, not help.
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Sentinel Red posted:I spent most of the episode screaming at Maggie Q to just loving lay it all out and take her chances that at least some of the people she's talking to aren't in on it and able to see how obvious a conspiracy it all is. as mentioned I don't have a specific issue with Maggie Q herself but the way her character -- a supposedly seasoned FBI agent -- is written is just lmao levels of retarded
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Homestar Runner posted:as mentioned I don't have a specific issue with Maggie Q herself but the way her character -- a supposedly seasoned FBI agent -- is written is just lmao levels of retarded BUT CONSPIRACY WHO CAN SHE TRUST!!! She's probably just a big fan of 24 and understands that there is a minimum of 1-5 traitors in every government agency at any given time.
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hello Agent Hannah Wells, I'm Agent Mike Ritter, Secret Service I understand you have some very important intel for the President ...uhh, something about Vice President MacLeish This is literally your only chance to talk so you just want to rot in jail, huh
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Homestar Runner posted:hello Agent Hannah Wells, I'm Agent Mike Ritter, Secret Service lol this was literally that scene.
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This show had been gone so long I forgot what most of the plotlines were and it may have been better that way. VP Evil was hilarious. 'Tank the markets! Shoot to kill! Start work on my volcano lair!' '...sir you're only gonna be president for like 45 minutes here.'
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Mar 12, 2017 13:51
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Well I drat sure didn't expect that
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That was certainly an episode
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Mar 16, 2017 04:34
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did they let the FBI guy out of prison just because his son died?
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nooneofconsequence posted:did they let the FBI guy out of prison just because his son died? It seems so! I mean I guess it seems somewhat implied that he might have recanted once he found out the news but that's clearly not explicit. And also that episode ending was pretty out of nowhere, yeah. But it does make whatever the conspiracy is seem all the more big and sinister.
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Mar 16, 2017 09:57
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Well that was certainly one way to handle it.
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Yeah, the immediate issue is resolved but no one knows why, no one knows what the exact idea was regarding the stock market (tank the economy or enable a takeover of particular companies?), and evil lawyer lady et al are still out there. Hannah's ex-boss was dumb as gently caress about the whole thing, regardless. As soon as he was told his kid was still missing he should have just recanted their and then.
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Yeah what was that ending? It doesn't feel like there's anywhere to go for he bad guys now?
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