Maybe we need to relive it. Or rather, some of us need to live it for the first time. But you're right: My first reaction was "too soon."Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:17 pm The Comey Rule on Showtime. Because this is what we want to relive right now.
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The 2020 Emmys was really fun! Jimmy Kimmel was a really good host. Did you watch and enjoy it too?
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Did not watch. Please tell me Randy Rainbow won something though. Even a leg lamp would suffice.
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No major award but he was nominated.Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 9:29 am Did not watch. Please tell me Randy Rainbow won something though. Even a leg lamp would suffice.
Totally agree! Was fun watching the excitement and surprise reactions from cast. Also, because of TV rules, every time someone said the name of the show, the title appeared on screen.
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I hear Schitt's is moving to Comedy Central next week, so we'll finally be able to stream it.
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That's great.
I'm also happy to hear they won big. Great cast all around, but I've said it before and I'll say it again: Catherine O"Hara is a goddamn treasure.
He won. Period.
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I started watching The Walking Dead on Netflix a while back and have been doing a couple episodes a night. Overall, I love the show and the dilemmas it puts people into.
Some of the plot points irk me badly, though. I know I'm years late to the discussion.
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I know this all happens for the sake of "plot" and "tension" but when it's a show this good and it feels so painfully fabricated, it's annoying.
Some of the plot points irk me badly, though. I know I'm years late to the discussion.
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There's a live TWD thread I bumped recently, it might be better to discuss there, especially with the Season 10 finale coming this week. But anyway, yeah, there's a lot of WTF in the show with the big bads, all the way back to the Governor and as recently as Season 10 with The Whisperers.Paingod wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:12 am I started watching The Walking Dead on Netflix a while back and have been doing a couple episodes a night. Overall, I love the show and the dilemmas it puts people into.
Some of the plot points irk me badly, though. I know I'm years late to the discussion.
Re: NeganI know this all happens for the sake of "plot" and "tension" but when it's a show this good and it feels so painfully fabricated, it's annoying.Spoiler:
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Warrior season 2 has started. This show is one of my guilty pleasures. It’s Hell on Wheels with martial arts. That it’s from one of the creators of Banshee is just icing on the cake...the brutal, fist smashing cake.
He won. Period.
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Airwolf for 8 Cellos sounds surprisingly like Game of Thrones.
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Hell yeah! Though they've taken some liberties that I'm not sure about.
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It’s apparently ticking off a lot of fanboys of Pratchett. But since I’m not one of them, I thought it looked fun.
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I am a fanboy. But not in the rabid sense. I'll handle any deviation in stride. And it's been a while since I last read one of the books. I'm just hoping for some of the humor and style to come through.
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Pratchett wrote characters, old and young, pretty and not, with many warts. Many fans are upset because they’ve made so many characters traditionally younger and conventionally pretty.
Vimes is supposed to be an old and washed up cop who has seen (and drank) it all and often turned a blind eye, but sometimes cares despite his better judgment. How do you reconcile that with a young punk version?
A female Patrician who is an assassin turned governor could work, but that falls into a bunch of stereotypes of manipulating women. Pratchett generally challenged Stereotypes with his characters.
It’s set in a medieval world that’s becoming modern, and that juxtaposition creates a lot of the humor. For example, vampire AA meetings. Maybe this is the reverse, a modern world with medieval bits but that’s almost a different genre.
His widow is furious over the changes, not just the fans. I’ll watch but most certainly will cringe at times.
Vimes is supposed to be an old and washed up cop who has seen (and drank) it all and often turned a blind eye, but sometimes cares despite his better judgment. How do you reconcile that with a young punk version?
A female Patrician who is an assassin turned governor could work, but that falls into a bunch of stereotypes of manipulating women. Pratchett generally challenged Stereotypes with his characters.
It’s set in a medieval world that’s becoming modern, and that juxtaposition creates a lot of the humor. For example, vampire AA meetings. Maybe this is the reverse, a modern world with medieval bits but that’s almost a different genre.
His widow is furious over the changes, not just the fans. I’ll watch but most certainly will cringe at times.
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Go grab a free trial for AMC Plus streaming and watch the first few episodes of Gangs of London. I’m enjoying the hell out of it.
It’s from the creator of the Raid movies and stars a bunch of great British actors. The fight scenes are fantastic, I have to say. The story may get a bit cliche at times, but the lead bad guy (played by Joe Cole from Peaky Blinders) does a great job of making you think he’s just a mad dog, before pulling the rug out from under you and causing you to realize there was a method to his madness.
There’s also a plot twist with the other main character at the end of episode one I should have seen coming, but they did such a great job of downplaying the obvious foreshadowing that it actually caught me by surprise.
But man, those fight scenes.
I’m hiding this clip in a spoiler because it’s just brutal. Be warned.
It’s from the creator of the Raid movies and stars a bunch of great British actors. The fight scenes are fantastic, I have to say. The story may get a bit cliche at times, but the lead bad guy (played by Joe Cole from Peaky Blinders) does a great job of making you think he’s just a mad dog, before pulling the rug out from under you and causing you to realize there was a method to his madness.
There’s also a plot twist with the other main character at the end of episode one I should have seen coming, but they did such a great job of downplaying the obvious foreshadowing that it actually caught me by surprise.
But man, those fight scenes.
I’m hiding this clip in a spoiler because it’s just brutal. Be warned.
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He won. Period.
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I don't think I've seen violence that frantic or painful since Kingsman: The Secret Service.
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The follow up scene with the newly minted crime lord of London in which the character we're following in that scene tries to explain what happened is great. The boss asks him skeptically if he really took on 6 guys, and the guy tells it was more like 8...but that he had a dart.
There's a fight scene in episode two with a "cleaner" clad only in his underwear and a pair of rubber boots (the reason for which I won't explain for gross out purposes) that's even more brutal.
The movie earns an R rating, that's for sure. But even when you're encountering some Hostel level violence, you're also seeing the intrigue and back room dealings going on during the restructuring that arises from the new crime boss taking over. He's rebuilding it all in his image, and it takes a while before you even realize that.
There's a fight scene in episode two with a "cleaner" clad only in his underwear and a pair of rubber boots (the reason for which I won't explain for gross out purposes) that's even more brutal.
The movie earns an R rating, that's for sure. But even when you're encountering some Hostel level violence, you're also seeing the intrigue and back room dealings going on during the restructuring that arises from the new crime boss taking over. He's rebuilding it all in his image, and it takes a while before you even realize that.
He won. Period.
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That looks dumb, plus network tv, but...Ted Danson. I will most likely check it out.
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If this isn't on topic, I don't know what is.
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