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I listen to that War of the Worlds soundtrack so much I honestly thought iTunes had spontaneously started playing it in the background during the episode and had to check. That episode had two incredibly well done tension-ratcheting scenes. Bravo on that front! Also I know Jesse the Lemon genuinely gained weight, but that must have been a suit right? Because sheesh I wouldn't envy him having to drop that for the next role.
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Oct 20, 2015 21:06
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Oct 20, 2015 21:21
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After Fat Damon threw his clothes in the fireplace there was a close up of something glowing in the fire. I couldn't quite make out what it was. Was it something we were supposed to recognize?
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Oct 20, 2015 21:23
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AKA Pseudonym posted:After Fat Damon threw his clothes in the fireplace there was a close up of something glowing in the fire. I couldn't quite make out what it was. Was it something we were supposed to recognize? Looked like a belt buckle to me.
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Oct 20, 2015 21:24
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AKA Pseudonym posted:After Fat Damon threw his clothes in the fireplace there was a close up of something glowing in the fire. I couldn't quite make out what it was. Was it something we were supposed to recognize? It looked like a police badge to me. Upon rewatching, it's a belt buckle. Bert Roberge fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Oct 20, 2015 |
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Oct 20, 2015 21:24
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Steve2911 posted:Looked like a belt buckle to me. Yeah thats what I thought.
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Oct 20, 2015 21:31
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Steve2911 posted:Looked like a belt buckle to me. Rye's belt buckle. He didn't just burn his own clothes.
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Oct 20, 2015 21:56
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Zaggitz posted:
Fargo likes mute characters. (I guess I do too)
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Oct 20, 2015 22:02
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sout posted:Fargo likes mute characters. I expect them to say exactly one word at some critical plot point.
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Oct 20, 2015 22:42
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Paladinus posted:I expect them to say exactly one word at some critical plot point. Goon 1: poo poo. Goon 2: gently caress. Both: poo poo gently caress!
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Oct 20, 2015 22:46
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TheBizzness posted:I must have missed the extraterrestrial reference in the past episode can someone fill me in? The voice over in the final shot was from war of the worlds, and the camera and lighting implied it was shot in UFO-vision. [edit] god drat it I didn't realize there was a new page already and this post is worthless.
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Oct 20, 2015 23:04
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"Hmm, I'm waiting for the PS Store to update with the final episode of Life is Strange. Maybe I'll catch up on the second episode of Fargo as a light appetizer to pass the time," said no one smart, ever. Jesus that got me jacked up. The final sequence with Ed and Lou at the butcher shop was super tense, and the loving War of the Worlds needledrop at the end was haunting. I mean, I know that doesn't leave much to discuss, but goddamn, I'm gonna need a minute.
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Oct 20, 2015 23:17
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This is going to be the best show of the year again, isn't it?
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Oct 20, 2015 23:35
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Based on the selection from war of the Worlds I'm guessing the aliens, whether or not they actually figure into the plot, are meant to be a parallel to the Reganites and corporate types represented by Brad Garrett.
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Oct 21, 2015 00:47
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Jake Armitage posted:The voice over in the final shot was from war of the worlds, and the camera and lighting implied it was shot in UFO-vision. Not at all! Thank you!
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Oct 21, 2015 00:53
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Steve2911 posted:I listen to that War of the Worlds soundtrack so much I honestly thought iTunes had spontaneously started playing it in the background during the episode and had to check. Lol same. I checked my open windows to see if I had somehow started it because I couldn't believe they put it on the show. Seriously, listen to that poo poo because it is an orgasm for your ears/mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st24-6JQos8
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Oct 21, 2015 00:53
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AKA Pseudonym posted:Based on the selection from war of the Worlds I'm guessing the aliens, whether or not they actually figure into the plot, are meant to be a parallel to the Reganites and corporate types represented by Brad Garrett. star wars!!!! Where did the popped foil balloon come from again? Is it possible the guy was so hosed up on adrenaline from killing people and getting stabbed that he mistook the balloon under the streetlight for UFO lights?
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Oct 21, 2015 02:17
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He was literally high, wasn't he.
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Oct 21, 2015 03:24
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32MB OF ESRAM posted:star wars!!!! The way they focused on the balloon reflecting in the close-up made me sure it was the balloon Rye saw, but then the voiceover at the end (complete with blue flash of light) made me less sure.
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Oct 21, 2015 05:40
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Escobarbarian posted:This is going to be the best show of the year again, isn't it? Pretty sure misogyny has a lot to do with it
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Oct 21, 2015 06:02
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MOVIE MAJICK posted:Pretty sure misogyny has a lot to do with it
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Oct 21, 2015 06:05
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"Are they or aren't they literal aliens" is going to be this season's "Is Malvo literally the devil or isn't he"
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Oct 21, 2015 06:17
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Ronald Reagan and Mike Milligan are literally L Ron Hubbard and Xenu, and they're going to duke it out for the soul of babby Molly. And I think we already know which one of them is Xenu...
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Oct 21, 2015 12:57
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I like how there are mafia and hit men and poo poo that control a shitkicker town with oblivious law enforcement in the middle of North Dakota. Like what racket do they run that the KC mob interested? A trucking business? This show has always felt like a weird Coen brothers karaoke by a middling network TV hack, with the added benefit of Tarantino monologues written by high school imitators. Part of the charm of the movie was that it was grounded in real aspects of the boring banal Midwest outlook, mixed with realistic bumbling crime. Everyone in this show is a cartoon, and half of them are hitmen. The show runner also writes like he's only encountered Jews through the Internet and South Park.
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Oct 21, 2015 19:58
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Organized crime isn't an exclusively big city thing. There's money to be made in prostitution, drugs, blackmail, security, and legitimate business everywhere. These two episodes have been fantastic so far. Some seriously intense moments. Also I'm p sure Kirsten dunsts boss is trying to bang her.
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Oct 21, 2015 20:15
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You forgot gambling! 
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Oct 21, 2015 20:36
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Yeah, but the reason the rural Midwest doesn't have a long history of hitmen and mobsters is because there's gently caress all to extort or blackmail or whatever in a small town thats Minnesota nice. The first season at least was working with the concept that the bad guys were coming into nowheresville, but this season is setting up that there's a crime family in a tiny town that also has a police department that's dimly aware of it, but they also "run things" so well that a distant KC mob wants to buy them out by sending the one black guy in the world with that accent. This is less a cool premise (like a Coen brothers movie) and more the cheesy application of some stock genre elements mishmashed together. But hey, wasn't it funny when everyone had accents? LOL!!
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Oct 21, 2015 20:48
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Last Buffalo posted:Yeah, but the reason the rural Midwest doesn't have a long history of hitmen and mobsters is because there's gently caress all to extort or blackmail or whatever in a small town thats Minnesota nice. The first season at least was working with the concept that the bad guys were coming into nowheresville, but this season is setting up that there's a crime family in a tiny town that also has a police department that's dimly aware of it, but they also "run things" so well that a distant KC mob wants to buy them out by sending the one black guy in the world with that accent. I think this is the first overwhelmingly negative thing I've heard about the show since it started. Well done sir.
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Oct 21, 2015 20:55
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Last Buffalo posted:Yeah, but the reason the rural Midwest doesn't have a long history of hitmen and mobsters is because there's gently caress all to extort or blackmail or whatever in a small town thats Minnesota nice. The first season at least was working with the concept that the bad guys were coming into nowheresville, but this season is setting up that there's a crime family in a tiny town that also has a police department that's dimly aware of it, but they also "run things" so well that a distant KC mob wants to buy them out by sending the one black guy in the world with that accent.
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Oct 21, 2015 21:01
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Last Buffalo posted:Yeah, but the reason the rural Midwest doesn't have a long history of hitmen and mobsters is because there's gently caress all to extort or blackmail or whatever in a small town thats Minnesota nice. The first season at least was working with the concept that the bad guys were coming into nowheresville, but this season is setting up that there's a crime family in a tiny town that also has a police department that's dimly aware of it, but they also "run things" so well that a distant KC mob wants to buy them out by sending the one black guy in the world with that accent. I don't understand why you're making a big deal about the accents. They're from the midwest. They have those accents. The end! buddhanc fucked around with this message at 21:05 on Oct 21, 2015 |
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Oct 21, 2015 21:01
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Like the show so far, but I really dislike misunderstanding in fiction, like it makes me really uncomfortable that the couple don't realize they killed a killer and I wish they would just call the sheriff and he'd tell them "it's ok you accidently killed a murderer go back to your normal lives."
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Oct 21, 2015 21:12
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Last Buffalo posted:Yeah, but the reason the rural Midwest doesn't have a long history of hitmen and mobsters is because there's gently caress all to extort or blackmail or whatever in a small town thats Minnesota nice. The first season at least was working with the concept that the bad guys were coming into nowheresville, but this season is setting up that there's a crime family in a tiny town that also has a police department that's dimly aware of it, but they also "run things" so well that a distant KC mob wants to buy them out by sending the one black guy in the world with that accent.
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Oct 21, 2015 21:15
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Kurtofan posted:Like the show so far, but I really dislike misunderstanding in fiction, like it makes me really uncomfortable that the couple don't realize they killed a killer and I wish they would just call the sheriff and he'd tell them "it's ok you accidently killed a murderer go back to your normal lives." I'm...pretty sure that's not how that works.
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Oct 21, 2015 21:54
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Last Buffalo posted:Yeah, but the reason the rural Midwest doesn't have a long history of hitmen and mobsters is because there's gently caress all to extort or blackmail or whatever in a small town thats Minnesota nice. The first season at least was working with the concept that the bad guys were coming into nowheresville, but this season is setting up that there's a crime family in a tiny town that also has a police department that's dimly aware of it, but they also "run things" so well that a distant KC mob wants to buy them out by sending the one black guy in the world with that accent. You are a moron who has never looked at loving map of the Upper Midwest, much less lived here. You are also an rear end in a top hat. Here, I made a guide that's hopefully not too hard for you to wrap your head around:  (all towns with major plot relevance in the franchise (so far)) First, let us show why you are a moron. The Gerhardt crime family lives outside of Fargo. It is the largest town for hundreds of miles in every direction, is not "tiny", and is a major highway nexus. Hmm, wonder if that's why the writers chose to base a crime family there. Nah, that wouldn't make any sense. The Waffle Hut murders happened outside of Luverne. Fuckin' Luverne! So yes, your stellar analysis about how the local small-town cops should be taking down a crime operation hundreds of miles to the north (in a different loving state, even) is spot on. The crime syndicate is from Kansas City. Note the major highways connecting KC with the other towns. Hmm, maybe that is relevant to the plot? Nah, couldn't be. It wouldn't make sense for a mob to expand from one hub city to another, especially a strategically placed city like Fargo, that would offer more access to Canada and points west. Second, why you are an rear end in a top hat. I grew up in rural Minnesota and there was definitely crime. Drug manufacture and trafficking, embezzling, arson, murder, hate crimes, you name it. Just because the media focuses on urban crime doesn't mean it doesn't exist elsewhere. Most importantly for me though, a dear relative of mine was unable to escape the availability of drugs even in your mythical "nowheresville", and this was one factor that contributed to his suicide. 
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Oct 21, 2015 22:03
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Your logic cannot withstand the might of his mindless anti-consensus dismissal!
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Oct 21, 2015 22:06
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Kurtofan posted:Like the show so far, but I really dislike misunderstanding in fiction, like it makes me really uncomfortable that the couple don't realize they killed a killer and I wish they would just call the sheriff and he'd tell them "it's ok you accidently killed a murderer go back to your normal lives." It's perfectly reasonable to assume the police wouldn't let you get away with a major crime, no matter who the victim is.
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Oct 21, 2015 22:09
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There's a difference between a misunderstanding and mistakes made due to incomplete information.Lutha Mahtin posted:Good words and arguments. gently caress, dude. stev fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Oct 21, 2015 |
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Oct 21, 2015 22:10
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Lutha Mahtin posted:You are a moron who has never looked at loving map of the Upper Midwest, much less lived here. You are also an rear end in a top hat. Here, I made a guide that's hopefully not too hard for you to wrap your head around: Getting real mad about being from an unimportant nowhere town itt
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Steve2911 posted:There's a difference between a misunderstanding and mistakes made due to incomplete information. I know, I'm not sure what to call it,It just drives me nuts! Lycus posted:It's perfectly reasonable to assume the police wouldn't let you get away with a major crime, no matter who the victim is. Hell, the guy was standing in the middle of the road, pretty sure he's the one who was in the wrong here
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