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there are space vampires but not the sexy kind unfortunately CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:General Tobias Beecher owns. He will be so good this season I can feel it. I loved that he saw through their poo poo right away. I like how he was all friendly and respectful until he got to the point of why he left the Tars alive, also called Stahma a bitch
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EvilTaytoMan posted:That was a pretty great episode. Kinda surprised that they just straight up murdered the McCauleys off. I'm hoping Stahma and Datak will avenge them viciously. If Alak has to die for that then all the better. I also don't like that they are so obviously Space Bedouins.
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etalian posted:there are space vampires but not the sexy kind unfortunately Thank goodness SOMEONE made a Lifeforce reference.
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Gonz posted:Thank goodness SOMEONE made a Lifeforce reference. i can only remember two reasons why that film was memorable.
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etalian posted:i can only remember two reasons why that film was memorable. Well, three. Patrick Stewart was in it as well. As far as the show. I liked it when T'evgin did he "Blah! I will destroy you all!" speech and he saw Amanda and Nolan react with "Are ya done yet?" It was interesting to watch him suddenly process the two sides of the humans regarding the Omec as just another bunch of alien. On the one hand, the humans aren't going to roll over and show their bellies when the Omec arrive. On the other hand, humans aren't as likely to form crazy-scared lynch mobs either.
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Well, that was enjoyable but a little weak. I don't have a problem with the McCauleys being killed off- sure, it wasn't where I wanted things to go but it was believable. Certain other things though, like the scene with the doc or the bookseller getting shot, were unecessary and, in my opinion, played mostly for shock value. This seems to be the point at which a show running out of ideas for how to keep things 'fresh' begins to stoop to sheer stupidity in order to manufacture drama. Hell, just the fact that they had to turn to space vampires for their new big thing, when there's still a rich field of interspecies political machinations already set up, reinforces my view of this. Also echoing complaints over the cavalier treatment of the kid getting murdered. I don't disagree with the outcome but the handling of it was haphazard, and seemed out of character for both Nolan and Amanda. It's not like the show has completely jumped the shark yet, and to be honest I kind of expected them to pull some bullshit like this, but it is a little disappointing.
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The secret is that Nolan and Amanda are bad people. Nolan being a shitter is one of the best parts of the show. He didn't let Purps go after killing the kid because he provoked her. It was because 1) PurpDad could mine the rocks that make the town defenses work again, but more importantly, 2) He had not yet seen her naked. He killed the Castithan because if he left him alive, he would stir up trouble, and maybe prevent PurpDad from mining. Nolan is the 4 F's in action.
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OB_Juan posted:The secret is that Nolan and Amanda are bad people. Sex with space vampire was probably on his bucket list after getting beat up by her.
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OB_Juan posted:The secret is that Nolan and Amanda are bad people. Can we just call them Purple People Eaters or PPE's.
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OB_Juan posted:
Thought this was gonna link to The Mentors, disappointed, wish I could downvote
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Rocksicles posted:Can we just call them Purple People Eaters or PPE's. I know I will from here on out. How did I not think of that? E: They sort of technically fly, with those pods of theirs. Cathair fucked around with this message at 08:35 on Jun 14, 2015 |
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I'm all down for Beecher the warlord, that actor has not been getting the acclaim he deserves over the years.
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Xoidanor posted:I'm all down for Beecher the warlord, that actor has not been getting the acclaim he deserves over the years. Agreed. I never saw Oz, but I remember him guesting on Castle and he raised the bar some on that show. I kind of want somebody in show to play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx47qrH1GRs johntfs fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Jun 14, 2015 |
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Was watching this with my other half and saying it was great that an old character like Rafe wouldn't have lasted two seasons with any other series and he's still kicking arse for his family and right then he goes and gets killed. Bugger.
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Omek officially confirmed to be flying purple people eaters.
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Xoidanor posted:I'm all down for Beecher the warlord, that actor has not been getting the acclaim he deserves over the years. He was also great when he guested on Copper as a similar ruthless badguy boss
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spookygonk posted:Was watching this with my other half and saying it was great that an old character like Rafe wouldn't have lasted two seasons with any other series and he's still kicking arse for his family and right then he goes and gets killed. Bugger. it seemed to be the science fiction equivalent to the bible story of Job.
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savinhill posted:He was also great when he guested on Copper as a similar ruthless badguy boss He was also great as a obscure investigative reporter in the iraqi invasion show that I'm currently forgetting the name of.
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Generation Kill, it's a loving awesome show.
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Kesper North posted:I also don't like that they are so obviously Space Bedouins. Space Touareg.
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johntfs posted:Agreed. I never saw Oz, but I remember him guesting on Castle and he raised the bar some on that show. Also the guy who was harassing Vic on Longmire. I was sad to see Rafe go, as he had a helluva arc going from hating the Tarrs to being besties with them. Seeing them teamed up was great. But it's a small consolation that Datak and Stahma seem to be 100% back in lockstep together after their infighting last season. They are formidable together. Count me in with the people who think Nolan and Amanda are shits. What they did to the doctor was loving horrible, and I would not blame her one bit if she bailed (though of course I hope she doesn't, because she's such an awesome character). I was a bit surprised that the E-Rep people are all totally gone, especially the "Mayor" so soon after he finally got his victory of being able to get with Amanda. And the "Trans
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Unless I misunderstood the hints in the episode the E--Republic is pretty much on its last leg and bailed immediately once the mines became inaccessible, I'd bet we will see them later in the season.
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Xoidanor posted:Unless I misunderstood the hints in the episode the E--Republic is pretty much on its last leg and bailed immediately once the mines became inaccessible, I'd bet we will see them later in the season. That was the only reason they were interested in the town in the first place. Maybe if they had actually gotten the train line through there they would have stayed.
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Astroman posted:Count me in with the people who think Nolan and Amanda are shits. What they did to the doctor was loving horrible, and I would not blame her one bit if she bailed (though of course I hope she doesn't, because she's such an awesome character). I've noticed Rockne S. O'Bannon did a very similar thing in one of the early seasons of Farscape, where they cut off Pilot's arm to trade it in exchange for navigational data. Same situation - it was going to just grow back, but the "donor" definitely did not consent. And it was the main cast, or at least part of it, that was responsible.
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The Doc has made poor life choices and as a result, she was jerking off Datak in prison. She's had a rough trot.
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Rocksicles posted:The Doc has made poor life choices and as a result, she was jerking off Datak in prison. She's had a rough trot. I think being Votan Mengele is a bit more than a poor life decision.
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Kegslayer posted:I think being Votan Mengele is a bit more than a poor life decision. That's why I love her. She's the only votan to really master idioms, and she deploys them with such deadpan disdain that its easy to forget that for a while she treated humans no differently from the Omek.
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Kegslayer posted:I think being Votan Mengele is a bit more than a poor life decision. This is why I couldn't feel sorry for her.
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Smashurbanipal posted:Space Touareg. Right you are. Did you know the Tuareg are sometimes called the Blue People, because the dye from their robes sometimes stains theirs kin? It's true! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuareg_people Anyway, holy poo poo Defiance, could you have thought of something a little less on the nose? Also, calling it now: the Olmec are the only truly native sentient species to the Votan system, and all the other ones were engineered as servitor/prey races. Kesper North fucked around with this message at 20:42 on Jun 17, 2015 |
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muscles like this? posted:That was the only reason they were interested in the town in the first place. Maybe if they had actually gotten the train line through there they would have stayed. I imagine getting their capital nuked from orbit didn't help either
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Kesper North posted:Right you are. Did you know the Tuareg are sometimes called the Blue People, because the dye from their robes sometimes stains theirs kin? It's true! This is the show that calls the caste-based race 'Castithans'. Castithans, see? Yeah. And the race based off of Native American stereotypes has distinctly reddish skin. In practice, they do a decent job of making their aliens distinct and interesting- at least by the pathetically low standards of most TV shows- but creative origins have never been their strong suit.
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Xoidanor posted:Unless I misunderstood the hints in the episode the E--Republic is pretty much on its last leg and bailed immediately once the mines became inaccessible, I'd bet we will see them later in the season. Yeah, I know the in universe explanation, but it's just that they were such major characters last season I figured they'd be around still.
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Astroman posted:Yeah, I know the in universe explanation, but it's just that they were such major characters last season I figured they'd be around still. Well, it's like the first season really. No major e-rep presence, moved in to steal the mine, mine was lost so they hosed off again. I imagine that depending on how long the Voltanis plotline goes on we'll see them coming after Irisa to stand trial for New York
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So finally watching the premier and Hey Irisa: that's now how you hold that.
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David D. Davidson posted:So finally watching the premier and Hey Irisa: holy gently caress, i didn't even notice that at the time, how did this happen
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David D. Davidson posted:So finally watching the premier and Hey Irisa: That's how the guy knew she wasn't going to shoot him
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Kesper North posted:holy gently caress, i didn't even notice that at the time, how did this happen Probably the wrong prop. She's holding it like a rifle but it looks like its more of a submachine gun.
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David D. Davidson posted:So finally watching the premier and Hey Irisa: 
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Rocksicles posted:Super impressed you're still using windows media player 
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