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This show is like, perfectly made for hate-watching though.
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In the next episode they will be visiting Portland
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Feb 11, 2016 22:47
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Rocksicles posted:Don't listen to this kook... he's a communist. It's okay. I'll build a statue that's so loving awesome it destroys communism just by existing.
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Feb 11, 2016 23:55
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Didn't someone already try that?
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So, Al-Anon knows where the bad guy is and can get there easily. Has some reason been given for why he hasn't just gone there and killed him? And what were the things that Amberly picked up? I thought they were more elf stones, but I guess not? And what's with Will's "don't kill bad guys" attitude? That guy literally wanted to kill him and cut off his ears, and he's like "no, we can't kill him". What other option did you have? Let him go, so he can go back to his friends and they can all come after you?
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Feb 12, 2016 04:16
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Allanon knows where the Bad Druid is at, he was just protected by his henge. He took it down to sucker the two elf princes in close so they could deliver the evil sword to him. Amberlee picked up some blue dice.
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Feb 12, 2016 04:49
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Tiggum posted:So, Al-Anon knows where the bad guy is and can get there easily. Has some reason been given for why he hasn't just gone there and killed him? I think the bad guy is still more powerful. quote:And what were the things that Amberly picked up? I thought they were more elf stones, but I guess not? Dungeons and Dragons dice. Like this
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Feb 12, 2016 04:52
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enraged_camel posted:Dungeons and Dragons dice. She's gonna be so jealous when she sees the flour filled lightning bolt bags Eritrea found
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Feb 12, 2016 05:18
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hollylolly posted:Allanon knows where the Bad Druid is at, he was just protected by his henge. He took it down to sucker the two elf princes in close so they could deliver the evil sword to him. I think the henge just has an anti-druid barrier as long as the Elcrys lives. It keeps the evil dude stuck inside, but Allanon can't get in either. Goblin King was distracted and under the impression that Allanon was dead, so Allanon was able to use a force push to move everyone but Goblins and dead princes beyond the barrier. The barrier doesn't prevent Allanon and Goblin King from magic mind fighting like they did through Seer Elf and at Druid Parliament. Now that Allanon has a new Druid Staff I'm not sure if he's Gandalf the White to Goblin King's Saruman, of if Goblin King is Sauron.
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Feb 12, 2016 06:45
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Amberle picking up some D&D dice (looked like a couple d10s and a d20 to me) because they reminded her of Wil's elfstones was hilarious. Who wants to bet they'll have a callback to that where the dice get substituted for the stones at some point? 
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Feb 12, 2016 18:35
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WarLocke posted:Amberle picking up some D&D dice (looked like a couple d10s and a d20 to me) because they reminded her of Wil's elfstones was hilarious. Honestly I'm kinda hoping it turns out the elfstones are just radioactive D&D dice that got melted a bit, and the finale is Amberle tossing her dice into some radioactive waste so she can have her own elf stones.
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Feb 12, 2016 18:38
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DrProsek posted:Honestly I'm kinda hoping it turns out the elfstones are just radioactive D&D dice that got melted a bit, and the finale is Amberle tossing her dice into some radioactive waste so she can have her own elf stones. I almost posted that too, but there's no way the show would go that route. That's just too silly/whacky. (But I still kind of want to see it happen) e: And I find it way too entertaining seeing rubble and ruins of 'our' civilization and everyone treating it like holy relics. "They looked like they were having a party" said about a high school gym set up for Homecoming or whatever. loving hilarious. WarLocke fucked around with this message at 18:44 on Feb 12, 2016 |
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Feb 12, 2016 18:42
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The high fantasy look of the characters and setting contrasted against the ruins of post-apocalyptic nuclear/information age ruins is actually super cool to see so it sucks that most of the show is just high fantasy landscape pans most of the time. Hopefully more of that pops up more as I assume they have to maybe look for a church in an old downtown area or something. It's actually a refreshing take on the "old elven ruins" schtick you see in a lot of high fantasy settings, it's a shame we've seen so little so far.
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Sober posted:The high fantasy look of the characters and setting contrasted against the ruins of post-apocalyptic nuclear/information age ruins is actually super cool to see so it sucks that most of the show is just high fantasy landscape pans most of the time. Hopefully more of that pops up more as I assume they have to maybe look for a church in an old downtown area or something. It's actually a refreshing take on the "old elven ruins" schtick you see in a lot of high fantasy settings, it's a shame we've seen so little so far. I agree. Part of me wants some element of the setting to be/incorporate a surviving super-AI somehow just to further the juxtaposition, but other parts of me think that would be really dumb. I'm conflicted! 
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Sober posted:The high fantasy look of the characters and setting contrasted against the ruins of post-apocalyptic nuclear/information age ruins is actually super cool to see so it sucks that most of the show is just high fantasy landscape pans most of the time. Hopefully more of that pops up more as I assume they have to maybe look for a church in an old downtown area or something. It's actually a refreshing take on the "old elven ruins" schtick you see in a lot of high fantasy settings, it's a shame we've seen so little so far. Yeah, one of the main reasons I'm still watching is to see what they do with the ruins of civilisation angle.
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someusername posted:loving elves with beards? Only the ones who die. Though clean shaven elves also die by the truck load.
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Sober posted:The high fantasy look of the characters and setting contrasted against the ruins of post-apocalyptic nuclear/information age ruins is actually super cool to see so it sucks that most of the show is just high fantasy landscape pans most of the time. Hopefully more of that pops up more as I assume they have to maybe look for a church in an old downtown area or something. It's actually a refreshing take on the "old elven ruins" schtick you see in a lot of high fantasy settings, it's a shame we've seen so little so far. The Shannara Chronicles drinking game would have stuff like Elven palace pan or elf redshirt guard gets killed.
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Feb 13, 2016 05:10
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If this entire show was produced just so we could see that scene with the teens booing Spock, it was worth it.
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Feb 17, 2016 19:11
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They visited Eugene, OR in the last episode.
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Feb 17, 2016 19:18
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The village of the Kirk-worshipping steampunk hipster gun nuts was so ridiculous it was by far my favorite episode of this show. I really want more episodes to focus on ridiculous stuff like that rather than LOTR ripoff stoylines.
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Feb 18, 2016 02:52
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I love how random artifacts that survived doomsday are. Rusted out slides here, fully intact party banners there, but not enough to in any way rebuild for some reason. Hell, how the gently caress did a working projector and film reel make it?
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Feb 18, 2016 03:34
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Chairman Capone posted:The village of the Kirk-worshipping steampunk hipster gun nuts was so ridiculous it was by far my favorite episode of this show. I really want more episodes to focus on ridiculous stuff like that rather than LOTR ripoff stoylines. The best thing about it was: Ty: We build machines and went to the stars! Eritrea: I don't believe you... Ty: Wanna see proof? *puts on Star Trek* A rare piece of brilliant writing in an otherwise average show.
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It took me half a second to realize they were booing Spock because they thought he was an elf.
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Chairman Capone posted:The village of the Kirk-worshipping steampunk hipster gun nuts was so ridiculous it was by far my favorite episode of this show. I really want more episodes to focus on ridiculous stuff like that rather than LOTR ripoff stoylines. It still has a ton of problems and it's weird it's like episode 8 of 10; I kinda wish they got along here at like 4 or 5 or something earlier. This episode was sort of what I was expecting to show to be, except basically more than half of the show wasn't that at all, so this felt more like a pointless distraction than a genuinely fun adventure-of-the-week sort of thing. I think it definitely caught my attention even though lol dumb lumberjack hipsters and I kinda liked the whole EDM/dance floor party going there. But basically there's also no sinister undertone or build up to "we feed them a person every once a while" thing and it was more like the lovely leader trying to get in Eretria's pants for most of the run time. Also trying to redeem noted mostly-off-screen-rapist Cephalo does nothing for me, especially with that hilarious noble last stand. But yeah the rest of the show is like a huge LOTR ripoff despite the fact I've heard the books are less LOTR-ripoff-y as they go on but this isn't inspiring much confidence. I wish they just cut out the Arbalon scenes, as much as I like to see Manu Bennett. hollylolly posted:It took me half a second to realize they were booing Spock because they thought he was an elf.
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Feb 18, 2016 09:15
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Do the books ever hint at how far in the future they take place?
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Long enough so elves evolve, yet cars don't rust away.
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Rocksicles posted:Long enough so elves evolve, yet cars don't rust away. To be fair a lot of the "evolution" was seemingly helped along by heaps of radiation.
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Rocksicles posted:Long enough so elves evolve, yet cars don't rust away. Nah, elves have always been here but they were in a magic other place until mankind blew it all up. Like Gorilla City. It's the gnomes, dwarves, and trolls that evolved from man. Judging by the artifacts that survived, time passes much like distance in the 4 lands. Confusingly and contradictorly.
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Gyges posted:Nah, elves have always been here but they were in a magic other place until mankind blew it all up. Like Gorilla City. It's the gnomes, dwarves, and trolls that evolved from man. Narnia... got it.
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enraged_camel posted:The best thing about it was: The show is so bad that a bunch of teenage hipsters booing Spock ends up being the biggest highlight of the season
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Feb 18, 2016 15:40
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Chairman Capone posted:The village of the Kirk-worshipping steampunk hipster gun nuts was so ridiculous it was by far my favorite episode of this show. I really want more episodes to focus on ridiculous stuff like that rather than LOTR ripoff stoylines. Gyges posted:Hell, how the gently caress did a working projector and film reel make it? hollylolly posted:It took me half a second to realize they were booing Spock because they thought he was an elf. Even the sacrificing people to trolls thing could have been excusable. It obviously wouldn't be sustainable longterm, and they seemed to be building up their resources and defences. Add to that the fact that they were able to get the trolls to back off sufficiently to make this deal in the first place, there was probably going to be a standoff in the near future where the humans stopped the sacrifices and put up enough of a defence to make the trolls back off for good. But now they're all dead. Also, they started on the racism and telegraphed the human sacrifice thing way too hard, way too soon. We never had time to buy into Utopia being an actually good place full of good people to make it in any way impactful that they were actually baddies. Speaking of trolls though, we now know that the gnomes are just people, and the trolls are obviously intelligent enough to make truces and deals, so are they just more people too? If so, why do they eat humans? Is it a religious thing? It can't be an efficient food source.
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etalian posted:The show is so bad that a bunch of teenage hipsters booing Spock ends up being the biggest highlight of the season Way to miss the point! Although I guess that's to be expected when you're hate-watching.
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Tiggum posted:The remnants of human civilizaton are by far the most interesting part of the setting. I don't give a poo poo about elf politics or demons and druids. Have we even seen any black people in this world? Or anybody other than lily white or inoffensively mediterranian? I should rewatch that dance scene in the pilot I suppose. I'll laugh if the trolls end up being completely normal people under the hodge-podge rad suits. They saw people starting to grow pointy ears and said "gently caress that".
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32MB OF ESRAM posted:Have we even seen any black people in this world? Or anybody other than lily white or inoffensively mediterranian? I should rewatch that dance scene in the pilot I suppose. I'll laugh if the trolls end up being completely normal people under the hodge-podge rad suits. They saw people starting to grow pointy ears and said "gently caress that". Guard captain of elf is black
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32MB OF ESRAM posted:Have we even seen any black people in this world? Or anybody other than lily white or inoffensively mediterranian? I should rewatch that dance scene in the pilot I suppose. I'll laugh if the trolls end up being completely normal people under the hodge-podge rad suits. They saw people starting to grow pointy ears and said "gently caress that". Most notably the elf captain of the guard is black. One of the recent elf hunters was also black. I'm not sure how you missed that.
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enraged_camel posted:Guard captain of elf is black hollylolly posted:Most notably the elf captain of the guard is black. One of the recent elf hunters was also black. I'm not sure how you missed that.
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Not to mention Manu Bennett is half Maori, I think. I think there have been a few Asians, maybe.
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Gyges posted:Hell, how the gently caress did a working projector and film reel make it?
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Chairman Capone posted:Not to mention Manu Bennett is half Maori, I think. The poor redshirt gardener guy was Asian
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