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So in essence, all of this happened because Roxxon was stingy with regards to the security measures, while drilling for evil voodoo juice, which they'd use as highly combustible fuel. Classic Roxxon! The Modern Leper posted:Edit: Also also, I dig that the name of the episode is "The Lotus Eaters." I get that all TV now is thirty-year-olds writing in the voice of sixteen-year-olds, but that's still a clever reference. It's not impossible for a nerdy sixteen-year-old to know a bit about the Odyssey. But if I wanted to be nitpicky, I'd argue that this theme only applied to Tandy. It's not like Ivan really enjoyed his time in there. Also, that's some enormous time compression there. The minute Tyrone went out was enough to run over 200 loops, each taking about two minutes. Stretching that out over 8 years means that he was in there for over 3200 years! It's a good thing that he doesn't seem to remember that time.
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cant cook creole bream posted:The minute Tyrone went out was enough to run over 200 loops, each taking about two minutes. 200 loops before she gave up counting. We have no idea how many after that. I was kind of lukewarm on this show so far, but this episode felt like they were really hitting their stride. Holt and Joseph in particular really felt like they were finally settling into their roles and expanding them a bit beyond “bland, troubled YA protagonist” territory.
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They also explicitly established the show is in the same continuity as the MCU, or at the very least the peripheral version from the Netflix Marvel shows.
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howe_sam posted:Holy poo poo, they literally fridged the cop boyfriend, that's amazing. ... ..uh I mean, so very...sad. Yes, very tragic event. Tyrone had a pretty cool and eventful narrative to getting his cloak. Will we be seeing Tandy's Campbellian heroic journey towards donning the iconic Also I quite liked the music in this episode. Definitely will be looking the tracks up. Also can I just say how great it is for someone, in one of these shows, to finally go "Oh yeah I've seen hella superpowers before. Getting pretty used to it" Instead of being like WHAT! Powers ?? In our world??? IMPOSSIBLE All around, a great ep for me.
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The way they got the confession was a drat good update on the comics version of Ty, while still keeping true to his aspect of their powers. Really enjoying how this season is progressing, and the hard edge to the show is well judged so as not to be exploitative or tasteless.
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That's awesome news, the buzz on this show seemed almost non existant but apparently it's drawing some of the best numbers Freeform has ever had. It may actually be my favorite Season 1 of a MCU-adjacent show since Daredevil season 1, and has the chance to land the #1 spot overall. And whoever chooses the soundtrack to this show deserves a raise...
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GLOSS posted:That's awesome news, the buzz on this show seemed almost non existant but apparently it's drawing some of the best numbers Freeform has ever had. It may actually be my favorite Season 1 of a MCU-adjacent show since Daredevil season 1, and has the chance to land the #1 spot overall. And whoever chooses the soundtrack to this show deserves a raise... Also yeah, this is definitely the best Freeform show that I've seen though the only other one I recall trying to watch was 'Dead of Summer' and that was a collection of interesting promo art that led into a very meandering, weak horror slasher plot that finally got interesting on the final episode. Was quite the bummer in the end cause it could have been good if it did anything the last couple of episodes delivered on.
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Arist posted:I assumed I would be free from Rick and Morty here, that reference didn't even make any sense priest! That was the epitome of "Older dude trying to be hip" and I both hated and loved it at the same time.
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GLOSS posted:This dude is 100% stealing all the money, isn't he? Worse e: weeeelp Arist fucked around with this message at 01:54 on Jul 27, 2018 |
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Ugh that cliffhanger, why can't it be next week Good episode though, even if the meta-ness of the lecture about narrative was a little hokey.
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Man, I was waiting for Tandy to snipe that assassin with a dagger but I guess I'll have to wait for next week to see that. I really hope they stick the landing in the finale, this show has been fantastic...
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Something someone pointed out online: Since Rick and Morty is canon to the MCU now, Adult Swim and thus Cartoon Network is canon. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that at least one of the Avengers has seen this:  edit: Also I can't believe it took me 9 episodes to realize why Mayhem looked so familiar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EKdAiu3toY Senerio fucked around with this message at 05:45 on Jul 27, 2018 |
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Phenotype posted:Is this done yet? Worth the ride so far? It's pretty good, last episode is next week.
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I like this series but I hated that episode. Oh boy, the hero's journey, how meta  , then it ended right as it was getting good again.
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Look, it's a short first season. Sometimes you gotta give viewers the Cliff Notes to move things along in time for the "it all comes together" finale.
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I think they went a wee bit overboard with Tandy's regression this episode (and Tyrone as well, in a way), and the on-the-nose narration going "See we know exactly what we're doing, 'cuz we're describing it as it happens!" didn't help matters. Tandy back to her old habits is all well and good, but going from "petty con-artist" to "SOUL-DESTROYER, DESTROYER OF SOULS" right off the bat was kinda much. And with Tyrone, it didn't even occur to me that all of his emotional roller-coastering happened in a single day until the conversation with his mom at the end. I'd thought that he gradually got worse and worse over the course of time, but nope, they talked to the police in the morning and then immediately afterwards Ty can't help keeping his anger bottled anymore. Friend, at least give it 24 hours before going off the deep end at school and losing all faith in God or whatever. Still, this is a really strong show and I like that all this stuff happens, even if it strains narrative credulity at times. Really looking forward to the finale.
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I think it’s 1000% believable that a teenager could go through that kind of emotional upheaval over the course of a day. I’m pushing 40 and I still remember all too well how it was to have your brain on a hair trigger at every moment.
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Yeah, Tandy is a bit to eager to go into peoples minds and devour their hopes, leaving behind a husk of a person. Maybe that effect is only temporary, otherwise she's sort of a villain. It looked like the hopeeating gives her some kind of fix. She's probably already addicted to that.
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The police thing was pretty dumb. In the morning they went from "Hey, we think your son was telling the truth and we're investigating this cop!" to the evening of "cop is now free and your son is wanted for the murder of a cop who brought in the other cop." What? Even by corrupt cop logic that's ridiculous. It feels like we needed a bit more of the badguys being corrupt behind the scenes stuff. In fact, other than the cop we really don't have a clear bad guy beyond 'Roxxon' and whoever is in control of the police force and likes drug money. I do like the show being very centered and focused around the drama of Tandy and Tyrone but it's done little to build them up for any kind of showdown with anyone beyond a very obviously middle management corrupt vice cop. Also the soundtrack on this show is just so...obnoxiously loud.
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https://twitter.com/Marvel/status/1024455806249590785 Considering Runaways is the only Marvel show I haven't watched (since I don't have Hulu), this is an interesting way to get it out in the public. Is the first episode enough to actually hook people into a Hulu sub?
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GLOSS posted:Is the first episode enough to actually hook people into a Hulu sub? It is until you realize that the first episode is basically the whole season. Just...spinning their wheels.
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PaybackJack posted:The police thing was pretty dumb. In the morning they went from "Hey, we think your son was telling the truth and we're investigating this cop!" to the evening of "cop is now free and your son is wanted for the murder of a cop who brought in the other cop." very true, but the flip side of the coin is Netflix Marvel pacing this show is flying through it a little too fast, but I'm glad they're erring on the side of getting poo poo on the road
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Runaways is decent unless you work yourself into a shoot about them running away. They don't run away til the season finale and as long as you know that it's fine. If you go in expecting them to run away in episode 2, you'll just get mad. You can read the thread for proof of that.
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Senerio posted:Runaways is decent unless you work yourself into a shoot about them running away. I can't bring myself to agree, sorry. Even within the confines they provide it, the plot is painfully slow to move forward. (Most egregiously, by episode five they know their parents are responsible for two separate murders -- one of whom is partially their own fault -- and yet still feel bizarrely uninterested and unmotivated by that information.) It's basically an exercise in dithering. On top of that, the two male leads are bad actors, plot points are raised and dropped, nobody is proactive, it wastes time on a bizarre affair plotline, and it has poorer action than Iron Fist (which is something I say that as someone who didn't mind the action in Iron Fist). Tina's mother is fun though.
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The action scenes are bad, yeah, but the show is primarily character driven, at least in season 1. That was to the benefit of the parents, and helped establish characters who were exceedingly one-note in the comics. Regarding your spoiler, I feel that finding out your parents are part of a ritualistic murder cult is a rather hard thing to process. I like the male leads simply because I like Gregg Sulkin getting typecast as the guy fans hate because he gets in the way of the lesbians. Also his scenes with his dad were quite good I feel. Alex is a bit more of a mixed bag, but if they keep the plot point from the comics, we can see if he is able to do a (Agents of SHIELD S1/tangential Runaways spoilers) Grant Ward-esque character rehabilitation. And yes, Tina's mother is the MVP of the show.
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Senerio posted:Runaways is decent unless you work yourself into a shoot about them running away.
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Tiggum posted:Two things: If they ran away at the beginning, you wouldn't have the adults chewing scenery for 10 episodes
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Tiggum posted:They discover magic  Or did they walk that change to the Staff of One back, I never finished the season
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howe_sam posted:It's not magic, it's science! Nah, it's meant to be some kind of advanced science, but for all the explanation we got of how it came to be it may as well have been magic.
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