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I just watched season 2 of Fargo, what where the criticisms over the finale? I thought it fit the tone of the season wonderfully.
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Josh Lyman posted:What are some terrible 2nd seasons after a hugely successful 1st season? True Detective, Glee, Heroes, and Serial immediately come to mind. Human Target gets singled out for this here. I'd say Mr Robot had a terrible second season, at least the 5 or 6 episodes I watched. Friday Night Lights, but it got better again in season 3.
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Apr 3, 2017 17:28
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Shageletic posted:The sex scenes in Spartacus actually had a lot of resonance, since it was about a bunch of slaves made to have sex or fight by monsters. It even factored into a couple of the more important plots. Hey I just mentioned amount and length of sex scenes, not whether or not they serviced (heh) the story, because that's what the person was worried about re:Banshee.
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Apr 3, 2017 17:32
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Mr Robot had a great second season. People just expected a plot driven show and not a character driven one. Which kind if says more about what they liked in the first season, rather than the quality of the show.
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Apr 3, 2017 17:36
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The characterization in Mr. Robot S2 was all over the place though, and some (Angela) were actively detrimental in my opinion.
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Apr 3, 2017 17:42
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She was the main character in season 2 and her arc was great. When I think of that season, most of the Elliot bullshit doesn't even come to mind. S2 is mainly about Angela, Dom, and Darlene.
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Apr 3, 2017 17:44
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Snak posted:Mr Robot had a great second season. People just expected a plot driven show and not a character driven one. Which kind if says more about what they liked in the first season, rather than the quality of the show. I mean, when you fundamentally misunderstand a show you like, the odds are good you'll eventually be disappointed as it goes along.
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Apr 3, 2017 17:44
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You see the same thing with The Americans, where people complain that it turned into "boring relationship stuff" after the first season. Lol.
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Apr 3, 2017 17:46
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Angela in the room with the kid and the computer might be the most I've hated television in years.
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Apr 3, 2017 17:48
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SunshineDanceParty posted:I just watched season 2 of Fargo, what where the criticisms over the finale? I thought it fit the tone of the season wonderfully. The only one I know for sure is that people thought the Hanzee thing was too much of a reach just to link the seasons up.
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Apr 3, 2017 17:49
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Snak posted:Mr Robot had a great second season. People just expected a plot driven show and not a character driven one. Which kind if says more about what they liked in the first season, rather than the quality of the show. You say this but S2 felt like it spent a lot more time on the dull nebulous international conspiracy plot than S1 did which is a lot of why I didn't like it as much. I would have killed for more character time and less inscrutable Chinese hacker assassins.
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Apr 3, 2017 18:40
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Still binging X-Files. I find it hilarious how violently Texan Scully's brother sounds compared to her. The Post-Modern Prometheus is a great episode.
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Apr 3, 2017 18:41
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Scully's dad is Hammond of Texas, after all.
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Apr 3, 2017 18:45
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Snak posted:Scully's dad is Hammond of Texas, after all. So Scullys brother is the dick from Twin Peaks?
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Apr 3, 2017 18:48
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Speaking of 13 Reasons Why and Mr. Robot...I used to know Dylan Minnette's Dad around 13 years ago when he played guitar in a local cover band. At the time he was always talking about how his young son was living with his Mom in Chicago and trying to make it in acting, but he didn't get to see him much. Met Dylan himself briefly once. Also, I went to college with Rami Malek (where our interaction is a story in itself). But the weird thing to me is that I somehow personally knew two people who are currently on television shows and in leading roles and both of these encounters happened in bumfuck Indiana.
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Apr 3, 2017 18:51
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SunshineDanceParty posted:I just watched season 2 of Fargo, what where the criticisms over the finale? I thought it fit the tone of the season wonderfully. The Hanzee thing is just fuckin stupid, and I dislike the wrap-up to the weird symbols thing, which is just an excuse for Ted Danson to really overtly lay out many of the themes of the season. Other than that my main issue is that I feel it was anti-climactic to a fault - I get what they were going for, especially with Ed and Peggy, but to me it felt like they built up SO MUCH tension with episode 9 and then undercut it in a negative way. Hawley clearly intends for the motel stuff to be the climax of the season, but I dunno, it just doesn't really feel that way to me. If not for that finale, I'd consider it one of the greatest TV seasons of all time, instead of just of the decade. Ah well. New topic, what did people think of Big Little Lies overall? Decided to give it a shot and I wanna hear some goonpinions.
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Apr 3, 2017 18:52
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I enjoyed season 2 of Mr Robot a lot, but I think where it goes in season 3 will give a better idea of how much of season 2 was strictly necessary.
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Apr 3, 2017 18:56
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GreenNight posted:So Scullys brother is the dick from Twin Peaks? You mean Poacher_03 from MacGyver? The good one not the new one.
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Apr 3, 2017 19:01
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Longbaugh01 posted:Also, I went to college with Rami Malek (where our interaction is a story in itself). Tell us the story.
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Apr 3, 2017 19:09
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Amazon pilot season: Oasis is absolutely amazing. Got a feeling it's gonna get picked up, waiting is gonna suck.
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Apr 3, 2017 19:19
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Season 2 of Mr Robot was good but it could have told the exact same story in 8 episodes instead of 12.
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Apr 3, 2017 19:35
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less laughter posted:Tell us the story. Ok. We "met" during an intramural soccer match while on opposing sides. We kinda got into it and hated each other's guts the rest of the time I was there and it was a very small campus. So basically, I've always had a hard time watching anything he's in without being a little jealous and also wanting to reach through the screen and punch his drat assholish face. So, I put off watching Mr.Robot even though I'd heard about how great it was since it started... ...but I got over it and started watching and am genuinely glad I did. I'll be honest and say he does a great job, and I stopped noticing it was Rami instead of Elliot. Though, once in awhile he'll emote a look that I don't remember fondly. His character in The Pacific was an immense jackass and he's really good at it. Our interaction after that initial episode was to walk on the opposite sides of whatever pedestrian plaza/street/hallway we found ourselves on/in and flip each other the bird as we passed. Our school was pretty cliquey (as most things in life) and he was a Drama Kid of course. The circles I found myself in rarely interacted with them. There was this longstanding animosity between the groups which I had no personal stake in, but I'm pretty sure was what fueled the initial incident on his part. I do remember once going to a party at an off-campus Drama Kid house with some friends who intermixed, and got invited to smoke in this big circle. I was like "sure", and then didn't notice Rami in the circle until it was too late. Unfortunately (but kinda fittingly), he was an even bigger a-hole when high. I also just remembered that I did get a sort of revenge once against him and the Drama student team in intramural floor hockey. Now I'm not a jock or anything, and intramurals are just for "fun", but he was on my rear end all loving game and I managed to get a hat trick--including the game winner--with him dogging my rear end and playing dirty the entire time. Of course, I became a bigger rear end in a top hat than him in that moment as I celebrated way too loudly and rubbed it in his face. He was obviously pissed as gently caress, but I shoulda been more gracious in victory. Such is life.
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Apr 3, 2017 20:27
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So Homeland is so bad now that it doesn't have its own thread?
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Apr 3, 2017 20:32
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Longbaugh01 posted:But the weird thing to me is that I somehow personally knew two people who are currently on television shows and in leading roles and both of these encounters happened in bumfuck Indiana. One of my old coworkers used to bang Jenna Fischer. Indiana has plenty of famous people.
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Apr 3, 2017 20:54
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Snak posted:You see the same thing with The Americans, where people complain that it turned into "boring relationship stuff" after the first season. Lol. The correct way to watch The Americans is as a study in wigs. The rest of it just gets in the way.
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Apr 3, 2017 21:31
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If you have a cell plan on Verizon, soon you'll be able to stream some TV shows for free: http://www.avclub.com/article/you-can-now-stream-veronica-mars-fringe-babylon-5--253155
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Apr 3, 2017 21:40
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GreenNight posted:If you have a cell plan on Verizon, soon you'll be able to stream some TV shows for free: Wow, TSCC was 8 years ago? And yeah I am still mad about that, but I have Sprint.
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Apr 3, 2017 21:53
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Rhyno posted:One of my old coworkers used to bang Jenna Fischer. Indiana has plenty of famous people. Yeah but you're in Fort Wayne which is way closer to Indy and Chicago and less bumfuck. 
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Apr 3, 2017 22:12
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Big Little Lies ended last night and it was perfect, so you should all watch it. There were just so many moments in it that blew me away.
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Apr 3, 2017 23:36
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I've yet to see anyone describe what's actually good about it
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Apr 4, 2017 00:18
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I'm watching 13 Reasons Why... Are high school kids fully tattooed up with full tribal tattoos in real life these days too? I guess I'm just an old man who doesn't understand kids these days.
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Apr 4, 2017 00:23
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Yeah, I'm torn on giving Big Little Lies a look. It was on my radar because of the cast but the couple of people I discussed it with warned me away, called it a soap opera, and said I'd hate it. I've heard others call it good but they haven't exactly said anything beyond that so I'm left sticking with the recommendation of my friends who know my tastes and expanded a little. I am however about four episodes into Iron Fist and I'm enjoying it despite all the hate. Its not GREAT but its doing what I like from the Defenders heroes. The biggest problem I have is that there's not really a compelling villain thus far, which has kind of been what the Defenders shows have really balanced on.
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Apr 4, 2017 00:33
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Medullah posted:I'm watching 13 Reasons Why... Are high school kids fully tattooed up with full tribal tattoos in real life these days too? I guess I'm just an old man who doesn't understand kids these days. I am sure there is always that one kid in every school who has tattoos and is rocker/emo type.
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Apr 4, 2017 00:54
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Mu Zeta posted:I've yet to see anyone describe what's actually good about it I mean, it's got Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, and Laura Dern in it, so there's a guarantee that the acting is at least good (unless you have the bad taste to suggest any of those three are bad actresses).
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Apr 4, 2017 00:54
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Medullah posted:I'm watching 13 Reasons Why... Are high school kids fully tattooed up with full tribal tattoos in real life these days too? Some of them, but the show overdoes it a bit. There's one character who legitimately looks like she couldn't possibly be under 30 and has at least 10 visible tattoos.
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Apr 4, 2017 01:04
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Yeah the acting in Big Little Lies was really strong. I also feel like it was just pretty well written and while it is about some rich suburban mom's being bitchy to each other a lot of the time, you never really feel like it's contrived. There are serious events happening in each of their lives and they mostly have believable (if sometimes dramatic) reactions to them. I didn't actually intend to start watching, but it was on around the same time as other shows I like and ended up watching and enjoying most of the season.
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Apr 4, 2017 01:51
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It's a show that starts feeling like a soap opera of bitchy mothers (which is something I love, but obviously that's a matter of taste) but as it goes on becomes an examination of lies, shame, judgment and atonement. The last episode is all about looking at other people, being afraid that they're watching you, and judging you, and the way the direction conveys that is really incredible. Plus, as I said, there's some really powerful moments (including one that i think of as The Moment) but I won't go into them because they'd spoil the experience somewhat. And the ending is just beautiful.
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Apr 4, 2017 02:13
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All this time I've been confusing Big Little Lies with Pretty Little Liars and was surprised so many people liked what seemed to me Gossip Girl version 2.
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Gluten Freeman posted:Plus, as I said, there's some really powerful moments (including one that i think of as The Moment) but I won't go into them because they'd spoil the experience somewhat. I'm only three episodes in, but if anything can top that amazing therapy session with Celeste and her awful, horrrible, no good husband I'll be impressed. That poo poo was tense, and moving, and you could totally see why they'd hire an actress of Robin Weiget's calibre to play a completely throwaway supporting role in that scene. Anyone lesser would have been blown off the screen and out to sea.
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I've downloaded it and will watch it soon cause hey I do like all those actresses and I'm always rooting for David E. Kelley to be good again.
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