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DivisionPost posted:You know what makes this show amazing? The season 2 setup is Brian Finch assembling a squad to bust NZT rings. There's no big cliffhangers, there's no big mythology twist being teased, it's just the promise of Brian having a more equal partnership with the unit and not having to worry about any side effects, and a reminder that they love the cool little throwaway characters they came up with, AND IT ALL SOUNDS loving AWESOME. BRING IT. DO THE RIGHT THING CBS, YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT. I'm a little iffy on perma-immunity though. But I guess since the FBI couldn't find traces of the booster shot Morra gave him at the start I really doubt they'd find any trace of the immunity shot at all. Also I hope Piper comes back once in a while but her actress has been cast in a new show or something so I imagine that's gonna be off the table. Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:I've been watching far too many shows on HBO, FX, and AMC. I was totally expecting that the reunion with Piper and his father, getting the immunity shot, and putting the team together with Rebecca and Boyle would be one big, final NZT-related hallucination, possibly culminating with finding out Sands really killed Rebecca, or he got home to find his family murdered or taken, or finding Piper's body, or Piper betraying him, or Morra showing up to betray him. Yeah like jesus loving christ I was waiting for the other shoe to drop, thank god it didn't.
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Zaggitz posted:Welcome to how every Person of Interest Fan has felt for a year. Person of Interest was hosed because it's produced by Warner. CBS had no incentive to keep production rolling like they would if they were producing it. Limitless is produced in house and has Bradley Cooper as one of its EPs. I'd give it good odds of getting a second season.
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Great finale. Perma immunity is a great idea. I'm glad they killed my season 2 prediction. I want to start a Stavros fan club
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Nice attention to detail you could barely even read the box, but Brian got the Canadians Tim Hortons donuts.
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bring back old gbs posted:Nice attention to detail you could barely even read the box, but Brian got the Canadians Tim Hortons donuts. also don't they technically have Timmy's along the eastern seaboard nowadays?
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Apr 27, 2016 07:06
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The FBI has resources, yo! Ratings decline should be attributed to the breaks in airing the show. The good news is CBS owns it outright so that makes it a strong favorite to renew.
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Great finale but extremely disappointed that Mike's real name wasn't revealed to actually be "Michael" and that he just hates it being abbreviated.
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As much as having the FBI gain access to the shot would be too risky, as well as putting Brian out of the picture as he wouldn't be needed any more (plus probably turning the series into a dystopian science fiction thriller when every single politician and/or intelligence agency employee becomes a sociopathic supergenius), NZT Rebecca/Brian duo was really surprisingly entertaining for the one episode it lasted and I'm sad there's no way it will happen more often now. I mean, I guess there's a chance she might pop another pill in an emergency but the impression I got is that most people get one 'freebie' before the side effects become too serious. Who knows how long you have to wait between pills for it to be safe again. You'd think it'd be worth doing studies on, because even single doses of NZT doled out once a month per scientist/FBI agent/doctor/engineer/whatever or something could revolutionize god knows how many fields. I guess the potential damage in even a single pill would make non-immune NZT usage lawsuit bait though. Wolpertinger fucked around with this message at 09:09 on Apr 27, 2016 |
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Movie NZT is different from show NZT in that the side effects from the movie version didn't show up for quite a while. Show NZT they come up quickly enough that you'd wonder how there could even be a market for them among the yuppies Brian finds the pills with in the pilot.
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Party Plane Jones posted:Movie NZT is different from show NZT in that the side effects from the movie version didn't show up for quite a while. Show NZT they come up quickly enough that you'd wonder how there could even be a market for them among the yuppies Brian finds the pills with in the pilot. Show NZT seems to give you a really bad hangover, that possibly stops immediately if you take another pill (at first). The high would put any other drug to shame though - other drugs might make you feel like you could do anything but NZT makes it so you can do anything. I'm pretty sure that Brian started suffering the serious side effects much more quickly than the average guy using NZT the first few times since he's been using for so long he skipped a few stages in the NZT addiction chart. People would suffer the bad hangovers in a heartbeat until the more serious side effects that start happening even while high start occuring - but at that point the withdrawal is probably even worse, considering they had a team at a hospital ready to help Brian survive going cold turkey on NZT. Wolpertinger fucked around with this message at 14:21 on Apr 27, 2016 |
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The perma-immunity seemed a bit convenient but honestly I don't really care. It's a good way to move on from that plot device while still giving the FBI a reason to need Brian specifically.
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My main concern about the NZT Squad is that it appears cool but clunky a concept. More resources indicates cooler, more elaborate crimes and mysteries but an expanded cast also potentially dilutes some magic from what makes this show tick. Hopefully its presented in a much more nuanced manner upon its return. For the moment, considering a season 2 confirmation is lacking, I say give us all our 4 mins of hope while the show takes a whimsical 'victory lap'.
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Dead Snoopy posted:My main concern about the NZT Squad is that it appears cool but clunky a concept. More resources indicates cooler, more elaborate crimes and mysteries but an expanded cast also potentially dilutes some magic from what makes this show tick. Hopefully its presented in a much more nuanced manner upon its return. For the moment, considering a season 2 confirmation is lacking, I say give us all our 4 mins of hope while the show takes a whimsical 'victory lap'.
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You need a Stavros on your team!
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That loving greaseball swat door buster was so random!!! I laughed but he made me uncomfortable.
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Amazing finale. I am very happy with how things wrapped up -- even though I kind of also hope that maybe Sands survives being shot. And they went for a feel-good conclusion, which was basically exactly how I wanted them to end it. I wouldn't have guessed out of all the series I've watched this year, that this would be on my top three, but here we are. Looking forward to it being renewed.
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Feenix posted:That loving greaseball swat door buster was so random!!! I laughed but he made me uncomfortable. He knows his way around a length of piano wire!
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That was Ron Mund AKA Ronnie the Limo Driver on the Howard Stern Show. Amazing loving season. There might be better shows on television, but none more fun. Feenix posted:I laughed but he made me uncomfortable. Yeah, that's kinda what he does.
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They kind of glossed over how Brian explained his renewed immunity. Also I liked the detail that Piper stole two doses so she is also permanently immune.
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muscles like this? posted:They kind of glossed over how Brian explained his renewed immunity. Also I liked the detail that Piper stole two doses so she is also permanently immune.
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I'm interested to know if Brian's sudden flashes of insight while off NZT will ever be developed upon. Lots of people (myself included) were annoyed when they "retconned" Eddie needing to take NZT, I'd find it very satisfying if it turns out that taking more and more NZT eventually gets you to the point (as long as you're immune to side effects) that it's permanent, and he's just bullshitting everyone about needing it or immunity shots.
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How was Piper showing up at the end and magically fixing everything not a hallucination? I kept waiting for Brian's whole world to implode right then and it didn't. I'm still kind of waiting long after the credits are over.
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odiv posted:How was Piper showing up at the end and magically fixing everything not a hallucination? I kept waiting for Brian's whole world to implode right then and it didn't. I'm still kind of waiting long after the credits are over. If they'd received notification of renewal, I think there is a good chance it would have been an NZT hallucination. But since this could be the last ever episode, they've gone with the safe option of something that would be a satisfying conclusion while still hinting at the potential of the future. I am glad Brian is permanently immune though, NZT side effects are just a huge drag on the fun of the show.
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I add to the chorus of saying that this was a really fantastic finale. Heck, they didn't even have Finch go all action hero like they could have, just as an imagine spot. I realy good feel-good finalemuscles like this? posted:They kind of glossed over how Brian explained his renewed immunity. Also I liked the detail that Piper stole two doses so she is also permanently immune. I think that Finch might have had little choice but to say that Piper made a perma-immunity shot to get back on the team, because everyone else already knows that he actually is not immune, so I don't see a way he could say "I'm immune now guys" without it being figured out anyway. That's why Piper couldn't stay. And yeah, it would have made no sense if she didn't make herself perma-immune too.
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odiv posted:How was Piper showing up at the end and magically fixing everything not a hallucination? I kept waiting for Brian's whole world to implode right then and it didn't. I'm still kind of waiting long after the credits are over. I was expecting that but it hindsight I think that would have been a bit too dark for the show. A lot of the show hinges on Brian's unwavering optimism despite all the horrible things he's seen. Brian having a happy ending and the lack of a cliffhanger was a really good decision for this season. The side effects of NZT aren't really that crucial to the plot and his relationship with Morra can still continue unchanged.
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Just finished the season. I really hope they get renewed I love everyone on this cast and their interactions together.
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Shakugan posted:I'm interested to know if Brian's sudden flashes of insight while off NZT will ever be developed upon. Lots of people (myself included) were annoyed when they "retconned" Eddie needing to take NZT, I'd find it very satisfying if it turns out that taking more and more NZT eventually gets you to the point (as long as you're immune to side effects) that it's permanent, and he's just bullshitting everyone about needing it or immunity shots. I kind of felt like the perma-immunity shot closed the weird loop that the initial retcon formed. Even though the end of the movie implied that Morra had perma-NZT, it also kind of works if you look at it as if Morra instead developed the perma-immunity shot for himself (and didn't share it with anyone, obviously) and is just popping pills twice a day or whatever. In this scenario, Piper merely re-created the solution that Morra already found. It also makes Morra less of an overpowered antagonist; if Brian and company can manage to cut off his supply of NZT somehow, they can force him back into normal-intelligence mode - immunity is no good if you can't get the pills.
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Didn't they get a 'not tainted by NZT' blood sample from Morra by having him go off the pills for a few days?
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Shakugan posted:If they'd received notification of renewal, I think there is a good chance it would have been an NZT hallucination. But since this could be the last ever episode, they've gone with the safe option of something that would be a satisfying conclusion while still hinting at the potential of the future. disagree with this one, they actually did a remarkably good job portraying those side effects. Legitimately creepy and unnerving, which is pretty impressive tbh.
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The happy Morra ending to the movie was a last minute addition anyway and a less fun one. Who cares? I liked the I am Rebecca Harris episode better as a series finale but this one fits in better with the tone. I enjoyed the show but I felt the season was overly long. I hope they don't renew it. It was fun, the story is complete. Now on to the next thing.
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You could probably cut out some of the early stuff if you're looking for a shorter season. It felt like it lost a lot of viewers in the first 4 or so episodes.
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Shbobdb posted:I hope they don't renew it. It was fun, the story is complete. Now on to the next thing. NO. BAD Shbobdb. Need more Brian and Rebecca Crimesolving Fun Times
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It would actually be interesting to have Rebecca describe her NZT experience. Nobody we know of in law enforcement hasn't taken the drug and met a grisly fate except her and it would be interesting to watch her try to translate Brian's type of perspective. Nas would probably get next level nervous and Boyle would have to be kicking himself because the idea of giving his mom 'one last good day' would seem momentarily vindicated.
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Looks like Ronnie Mund? http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1517901 I'd have to watch the episode again, but I think that's him.
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joebuddah posted:Wasn't the door buster guy played by the same actor that played Brian's dad.? Not remotely close.
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He's the dad from Boiler Room, and plays almost the same exact character, down to the same expression of disappointment in his son.
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LorneReams posted:He's the dad from Boiler Room, and plays almost the same exact character, down to the same expression of disappointment in his son. He was also a major character on west wing iirc.
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LorneReams posted:He's the dad from Boiler Room, and plays almost the same exact character, down to the same expression of disappointment in his son. thats why i recognise him loving hell i've been wondering it all season. at least jake mcdormad isn't scientologist like giovanni ribisi
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