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Season 3 of Rectify has an official premiere date now. July 9. 
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May 27, 2015 21:02
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Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley series is being adapted into a TV series. No network attached yet but I'm sure plenty would want it seeing as its a fairly prestige property, previously being adapted into movies 5 times. For those who haven't read the books it follows Tom Ripley, a young man obsessed with the finer things in life and no problems murdering to get them. The series could be kind of weird to adapt seeing as 20 years pass between the first and second book.
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May 28, 2015 00:59
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muscles like this? posted:Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley series is being adapted into a TV series. No network attached yet but I'm sure plenty would want it seeing as its a fairly prestige property, previously being adapted into movies 5 times. For those who haven't read the books it follows Tom Ripley, a young man obsessed with the finer things in life and no problems murdering to get them. The series could be kind of weird to adapt seeing as 20 years pass between the first and second book. That's the same as the Talented Mr. Ripley movie, correct?
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May 28, 2015 01:28
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zoux posted:That's the same as the Talented Mr. Ripley movie, correct? Yes, it's based on the same material. There's been several movies based on that character. I think the one with Malkovich is the best of the bunch.
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May 28, 2015 02:53
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He's also been played by Dennis Hopper in 1977 and Barry Pepper in 2005. Its an interesting character seeing as he's the protagonist but he murders his way through the first book, killing fairly frequently to get what he wants. I think the only real problem is that he doesn't exactly have a strong antagonist, instead just a series of people investigating him or suspicious of his motives/identity.
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May 28, 2015 03:16
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midnightclimax posted:Ok, finally got around to watching the first episode of Wayward Pines. Hmmr, no. He is, in fact, a main character on iZombie, a show you should probably be watching if you aren't already.
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May 28, 2015 04:42
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I saw the first episode of Mr Robot. It wasn't bad, although with Christian Slater in it, I can't see it lasting more than half a season, even on USA.
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May 28, 2015 05:30
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Taxi Brooklyn is on Netflix UK now. It's tempting, guys. It's really tempting.
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May 28, 2015 06:50
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He's at it again, folks.
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May 28, 2015 07:11
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Mr. Robot loving sucks. Thanks for reading. E: The most punchable face. We also get a hacker who is working for the company he hates, literally "Evil Corp.", and he has a Denis Leary or maybe Andy Sorkin-esque rant but it's about Steve Jobs, slave labor, Transformers 2... So far the plot is lifted directly out of Fight Club. What a stupid show. Also this dude gets to do molly, morphine, and smoke joints but Constantine couldn't puff a cig? Firstborn fucked around with this message at 07:49 on May 28, 2015 |
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May 28, 2015 07:46
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Firstborn posted:Mr. Robot loving sucks. Thanks for reading. Constantine smoked cigarettes all the time on his show.
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May 28, 2015 07:55
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Firstborn posted:Mr. Robot loving sucks. Thanks for reading. I know Sirens likely didn't cancelled because of this show but I'm gonna blame it for it anyways.
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May 28, 2015 07:58
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Bown posted:Taxi Brooklyn is on Netflix UK now. A taste of French series in English. edit: unrelated but I've had that song stuck in my head since yesterday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkNask_pMKo loving scooby-doo.
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May 28, 2015 08:42
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Firstborn posted:Mr. Robot loving sucks. Thanks for reading. Well aside from the fact that he's frequently delusional and the name of the company is 'E' Corp. It just changes to 'Evil' Corp in his perceptions. I liked it.
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May 28, 2015 09:07
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Vanderdeath posted:I know Sirens likely didn't cancelled because of this show but I'm gonna blame it for it anyways. Sirens was pretty great, the cast had terrific chemistry and it was probably the raciest thing USA had done in a long time.
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May 28, 2015 09:19
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Not so much.
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May 28, 2015 10:24
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drat, Deadpool just I don't think so Tim'ed him.
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May 28, 2015 10:33
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VDay posted:drat, Deadpool just I don't think so Tim'ed him.
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May 28, 2015 10:47
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Bown posted:Taxi Brooklyn is on Netflix UK now. Taxi Brooklyn is easily the funniest and smartest comedy NBC has aired in years, and is the best satire of cop shows since Police Squad!
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May 28, 2015 11:28
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Watching Mr. Robot now. Is it picked up, tell me it's picked up! Great pilot.
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May 28, 2015 13:36
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Did that air already? I thought it wasn't starting until June.
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May 28, 2015 15:10
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It "leaked", as it were.
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May 28, 2015 15:18
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^^^Specifically, they're doing early previews of the pilot through your usual VOD services.Firstborn posted:Mr. Robot loving sucks. Thanks for reading. I'm only 16 minutes in but it seems to me like those are all features as opposed to bugs. We're really not supposed to think of him as the kind of guy that's really above everyone else (compared to, say, Michael Westen). He might think that, but remember he accuses his therapist of being bad at reading people in his inner monologue, but she's at least good enough to sniff out when he's being withholding. Meanwhile whenever his best friend's boyfriend holds out an olive branch (in an admittedly condescending way), his reasoning for shutting him down is that he likes Decision Points and Transformers 2...and he acts like this is all self-explanatory. He's a classic self-absorbed misanthrope with mild sociopathic (and/or perhaps autistic, though I'm wary of throwing that term around) tendencies, and not in that Gregory House way where his character flaws and assholery are obscured by a thick veneer of charming sarcasm. If you've ever played Watch_Dogs, he's Aiden Pearce if Ubisoft realized that Aiden Pearce was not a good guy. Personally, I'm interested. Even if it's obvious that Christian Slater's character is all in his beautiful mind. DivisionPost fucked around with this message at 15:24 on May 28, 2015 |
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May 28, 2015 15:21
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I don't care about any of that. I'm along for the ride with this mentally ill hacker. I like how calling someone sociopathic is alright but you're wary of calling someone autistic...hahaha. He's pretty well Aspergers, with a healthy amount of Schizophrenia. I could literally watch Christian Slater read the A-Z of tax law. Rocksicles fucked around with this message at 16:06 on May 28, 2015 |
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May 28, 2015 15:25
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I might have been too quick on the sociopath trigger but Elliot definitely suffers from schizophrenia and anti-social disorder. But yeah, none of that poo poo really matters, this is just a great loving pilot. Shockingly well put together.
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May 28, 2015 16:22
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It was just a little too darling and pretentious for me even if that was the point, but my girlfriend thought it was interesting, so I'll probably give it a shot. And RE: Constantine smoking... yes, they would show him putting out a cigarette butt, or inhaling, but never exhaling. It's like watching Comedy Central's cut of Cheech & Chong or something.
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May 28, 2015 16:35
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I like how these last two seasons of Archer have had Christian Slater just show up as himself, drawn like himself, wearing his regular clothes but also working for the CIA.
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May 28, 2015 16:38
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Christian Slater has aged pretty well. He looks exactly like he did in that terrible Alone in the Dark movie, as my brain remembers it. His face a little puffier, maybe, but still looking good.
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May 28, 2015 16:41
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muscles like this? posted:He's also been played by Dennis Hopper in 1977 and Barry Pepper in 2005. Ian Hart played him a couple of years when BBC Radio adapted all five books (though each one was just an hour long)
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May 28, 2015 22:02
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS5P_LAqiVg Thank me later.
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May 28, 2015 23:07
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only 30 minutes? couldn't even be arsed to be a full feature?
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May 29, 2015 00:40
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I enjoyed Mr. Robot.
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May 29, 2015 00:47
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Sober posted:only 30 minutes? couldn't even be arsed to be a full feature? That's how much money the Kickstarter raised. He apparently used this to shop around in Hollywood and get funding for a feature, so there's that to look forward to later.
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May 29, 2015 01:27
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Sober posted:only 30 minutes? couldn't even be arsed to be a full feature? It wasn't even enough of a joke to last an entire trailer.
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May 29, 2015 02:13
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Sleeveless posted:It wasn't even enough of a joke to last an entire trailer. Its an ironically bad and over-the-top homage to 80s action movies. If such a fresh and original premise doesn't pique your interest, then I don't know what to say.
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May 29, 2015 02:25
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I liked the trailer from when they did the kickstarter or whatever but I made it about five minutes in the one above before I got my fill of the gimmick. It should have stayed a short.
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May 29, 2015 02:32
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Irish Joe posted:Its an ironically bad and over-the-top homage to 80s action movies. If such a fresh and original premise doesn't pique your interest, then I don't know what to say. Well it worked out well for Manborg, I hope this turns out as good.
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May 29, 2015 02:33
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Irish Joe posted:Its an ironically bad and over-the-top homage to 80s action movies. If such a fresh and original premise doesn't pique your interest, then I don't know what to say. If it had been just that then it would have been fine. It was when they went full  and threw in Nazis, Norse gods, Matrix kung-fu, and dinosaurs that you could tell they had no idea what they were doing and no real knowledge of or affection for the subject matter.I unironically like the David Hasselhoff song they made for it, at least. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTidn2dBYbY
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May 29, 2015 02:40
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Sleeveless posted:If it had been just that then it would have been fine. It was when they went full I thought it was as if Michael Bay saw Danger 5 and wanted to make something like it but better. And in typical Michael Bay fashion completely missed the point.
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Deadpool posted:I enjoyed Mr. Robot. Every time I see the name Mr. Robot I get it mixed up with Mr. Show for some reason.
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