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McGregor was just doing a Taz impression for Roadhouse and you can’t convince me otherwise
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Taz the wrestler or Taz the Warner Brothers whirlwind guy? Either one works for him being incomprehensible.
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A MIRACLE posted:McGregor was just doing a Taz impression for Roadhouse and you can’t convince me otherwise That is a perfect and perfectly apt description
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Yeah, when I was talking to my coworkers about Road House shortly after its release, I referenced A MIRACLE’s earlier post (below) as a perfect description of McGregor’s performance. It’s honestly the only explanation that makes sense. A MIRACLE posted:I think the director told Conor to do his best Taz impression and he did a pretty good job from that perspective
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Apr 22, 2024 18:12
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Last night I watched 1958's The Big Country, available on Tubi and Pluto and MGM+. Wow. It's about a boat captain who goes out into the Old West to get married and gets dragged into a dumbass feud between two ranching families. The scenery is superb, the acting is on point, and there's some actual subtlety and nuance in the message and the storytelling, way more than most 50's westerns. Burl Ives, of all people, won an Oscar for his performance in this thing.
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Baby Raindeer is one of the most hosed up things I've seen on TV. Not sure if I regret watching it or not.
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mcmagic posted:Baby Raindeer is one of the most hosed up things I've seen on TV. Not sure if I regret watching it or not. I watched the first episode on the weekend while tripping I had no idea how bad an idea that was lol
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I'm nearly halfway through Baby Reindeer, and so far it's one of the best shows I've seen in ages
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mcmagic posted:Baby Raindeer is one of the most hosed up things I've seen on TV. Not sure if I regret watching it or not. It was already on my list you don't need to keep selling it
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We just finished RIPLEY the other night and I thought it was excellent. My only real complaint plot wise was the big boat scene where he climbs back up on the boat via the rope after getting knocked out by the anchor that totally snapped me out of it from a realism perspective and reminded me we’re in TV land. Way more than the beard and wig which I didn’t hate. I love the way it was shot, the black and white and the crispness of everything from NYC, to Atrani, Rome, Venice. Everything looked absolutely beautiful. I love the pacing of the episodes and the tediousness of it all. I need something similar to watch now!
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That part of the big boat scene was strange. Like, they could have skipped it and the scene would have worked as well, if not better.
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nonathlon posted:That part of the big boat scene was strange. Like, they could have skipped it and the scene would have worked as well, if not better. Yeah agreed, it was bad. In general I thought they could have cut a lot of stuff out and it would have been better for it. The whole mafia subplot was also extraneous (although I did enjoy that actor).
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Pepe Arnold posted:We just finished RIPLEY... I guess she just wanted to get paid to spend 6 months in Italy so she took a couple movies/shows back-to-back there. 
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I think I'm enjoying Fallout? Only two episodes in but it does have issues with pacing and sequencing (really introduced the Brotherhood of Steel stuff too early -- let us feel the loneliness of entering the wasteland first goddammit).
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Nightmare Cinema posted:I think I'm enjoying Fallout?
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Did not see Shogun being a prequel to Frasier coming
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Last night I watched 1958's The Big Country, available on Tubi and Pluto and MGM+. I love this movie, it's wonderful. Like you say, lots of layers for a western of that era, including an interesting exploration of masculinity. Great scenes, big and small. Now I'm thinking of the part where Gregory Peck walks off alone and everyone is freaking out looking for him thinking he's lost and he shows up and goes "Relax, I had a compass."
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I'm on episode 2 of Ripley now and I can't get my head around him. He clearly sees the "robbed" woman and taxi driver as the scam it is, but on the other hand he fell for a taxi scam himself in the first episode. And he's like "tons of money to transport a suspicious suitcase? what could possibly go wrong? what is this 'mafia' thing?" In one moment he's an idiot and in the next he's a crime savant.
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Nightmare Cinema posted:I think I'm enjoying Fallout? I'm only 1 episode in, but showing the wasteland before Lucy left the vault was an absolutely baffling decision.
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ymgve posted:I'm on episode 2 of Ripley now and I can't get my head around him. He clearly sees the "robbed" woman and taxi driver as the scam it is, but on the other hand he fell for a taxi scam himself in the first episode. And he's like "tons of money to transport a suspicious suitcase? what could possibly go wrong? what is this 'mafia' thing?" In one moment he's an idiot and in the next he's a crime savant. I thought the mafia suitcase thing was him playing dumb with Dickey a was a convenient way to get rid of him. "oh oops guess the mob got him" he's obviously not dumb when dealing with them later
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ymgve posted:I'm on episode 2 of Ripley now and I can't get my head around him. He clearly sees the "robbed" woman and taxi driver as the scam it is, but on the other hand he fell for a taxi scam himself in the first episode. And he's like "tons of money to transport a suspicious suitcase? what could possibly go wrong? what is this 'mafia' thing?" In one moment he's an idiot and in the next he's a crime savant. Honestly it’s what made him believable to me. Criminals tend to be very stupid, despite being clever and good (at times?) liars. He’s like a dumb Frank Abagnale.
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1glitch0 posted:I'm only 1 episode in, but showing the wasteland before Lucy left the vault was an absolutely baffling decision. It breaks my brain quite frankly.
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Upsidads posted:Man I miss Shogun already Watch The Sympathizer. e: because it's good, not because it's Asian.
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PlushCow posted:I love this movie, it's wonderful. Like you say, lots of layers for a western of that era, including an interesting exploration of masculinity. Gregory Peck is a big tough guy, but he's not a tough guy in their incredibly specific way so they think he's just a "dude". Then he goes on to surprise them in lots of ways, this part included. This has a lot of resonance for many people in 2024.
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banned from Starbucks posted:I thought the mafia suitcase thing was him playing dumb with Dickey a was a convenient way to get rid of him. "oh oops guess the mob got him" he's obviously not dumb when dealing with them later I think it's literally about contriving any reason to get Dickie away from Marge.
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Re Ripley: I think he fell for the taxi scam because of the language barrier (you see his response to guy evolve as he gets better with the language). I read the Mafia guy in two ways. One--a leopard can't change his spots. The guy was offering an angle, and Ripley is obviously comfortable working with him later to sell the boat. Two--I saw it as a way of Ripley testing what Dickie would or not fall for. As a scam artist, it feels like it would make sense to figure out if your mark is naive, easily flattered/charmed, or just completely oblivious. I think one is more likely as written, but I could see two as the kind of subtext that might apply if that scene is in the novel.
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The Modern Leper posted:Re Ripley: It's been a while, but I think that entire subplot is fresh material.
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Open Source Idiom posted:I think it's literally about contriving any reason to get Dickie away from Marge. I like this reading
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anyone watching Tokyo Vice? Considering picking it up with my limited time on this earth.
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Famethrowa posted:anyone watching Tokyo Vice? Considering picking it up with my limited time on this earth. Yes, definitely worth it IMO.
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Famethrowa posted:anyone watching Tokyo Vice? Considering picking it up with my limited time on this earth. I loved the first season, thought the 2000s setting and story were really great, also an impressive effort to get the non-Japanese actors to speak actual Japanese throughout it. I've only seen the first episode of season 2, which felt overwhelming after waiting 2 years for it, but I've been told it's just as good.
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Famethrowa posted:anyone watching Tokyo Vice? Considering picking it up with my limited time on this earth. It’s really great. I can’t find the second season streaming any where in Australia though. It was on paramount plus, but both seasons have now disappeared. 
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Famethrowa posted:anyone watching Tokyo Vice? Considering picking it up with my limited time on this earth. I liked the first season, I haven't seen the second but I intend to.
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sick thanks folks. it looked like Michael Mann directing a live action Yakuza (game) adaptation so it really caught my eye.
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It's a drama/thriller. There's really not any action to speak of (there's some physical violence but it's not framed for thrills) so if you're looking for that, it will disappoint.
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Does it follow the book pretty closely or is it just taking the title?
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I haven’t read the book but it’s my understanding that the show is faithful to it. It would’ve been funny if instead of adapting the book they adapted the author’s mundane life as a reporter who would later fabricate the events described in the book.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Does it follow the book pretty closely or is it just taking the title? I've only read the first half to two thirds, and while it takes a lot of details the show is often its own thing in terms of how they're adapting it. It's not, like, the characters suddenly discover power armour and shoot up aliens, but it's far more serialised than the episodic book and the supporting characters are actual characters rather than anecdotal references (if you get what I mean).
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That's my understanding of it too. It maintains a lot of the verifiable claims in the book but tones down some of the more egregious self promotion. But it also ups the tension and explores the ramifications a bit.
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