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BSam posted:I'm not sure what this means but it seems untrue. It means they overloaded their schedule with superhero shows and they're all garbage now. and before you offer your opinion, I don't really care about your opinion on superhero shows
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May 9, 2017 00:25
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Has Riverdale gotten super crazy yet? The pilot was pretty good.
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May 9, 2017 00:38
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raditts posted:It means they overloaded their schedule with superhero shows and they're all garbage now. that's ok, likewise i don't care about yours, you obviously don't watch them
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May 9, 2017 00:38
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precision posted:Has Riverdale gotten super crazy yet? The pilot was pretty good. Yup. I enjoy it very much.
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May 9, 2017 00:48
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precision posted:Has Riverdale gotten super crazy yet? The pilot was pretty good. It's really bad, but not in a bad way.
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May 9, 2017 00:49
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precision posted:Has Riverdale gotten super crazy yet? The pilot was pretty good. There have been revelations of multi-generational blood feuds based around maple syrup farming, all played with deadly seriousness. Skeet Ulrich has been recurring as Jughead's dad, the leader of the town biker gang. It's a great bad show.
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May 9, 2017 00:53
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GreenNight posted:Just need Dead Zone and Monk. We're currently living in that last season of Dead Zone they teased at the end.
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May 9, 2017 00:57
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JethroMcB posted:There have been revelations of multi-generational blood feuds based around maple syrup farming, all played with deadly seriousness. Skeet Ulrich has been recurring as Jughead's dad, the leader of the town biker gang. And the showrunner's been implying--and there is evidence to suggest--that the season finale will introduce the supernatural as being a legitimate part of that world. I'm gonna be mega disappointed if that's not the case, considering the showrunner is the guy who writes the excellent horror title "Afterlife With Archie".
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May 9, 2017 04:51
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So uh, in case anyone didn't already know. The Leftovers is awesome and everyone should watch it.
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I'll watch Riverdale as soon as they have Punisher and Predator crossovers.
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May 9, 2017 07:03
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I'm watching Handmaid's Tale and don't really understand why people are saying it's crushing and leaving them speechless by episode 3. Have people never seen TV beyond American Idol or some dumb show before? I'm not austistic but it doesn't seem that bad. I mean, in Hannibal a dude was eating people and he forced people to eat their own legs. It must be the same people being shocked by the torture scenes in Zero Dark Thirty. Jack Bauer has done way worse since season 1!
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May 9, 2017 07:05
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Hannibal did nothing wrong.
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May 9, 2017 07:11
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Mu Zeta posted:I'm not autistic I mean, are you sure?
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May 9, 2017 07:20
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Mu Zeta posted:I'm watching Handmaid's Tale and don't really understand why people are saying it's crushing and leaving them speechless by episode 3. Have people never seen TV beyond American Idol or some dumb show before? I'm not austistic but it doesn't seem that bad. I mean, in Hannibal a dude was eating people and he forced people to eat their own legs. Like, if you don't understand why people are unnerved by the complete subjugation of an entire gender then I don't know, man. The female circumcision Ofglen got at the end of episode 3 is poo poo that is happening right now in the world. Femicide is a super real problem, too. Gay people are being locked up as gender traitors in Chechnya. It's not hard to imagine a western government sliding into a theocratic nightmareland enforcing things that're happening around the world right now.
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May 9, 2017 07:46
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Mu Zeta posted:It must be the same people being shocked by the torture scenes in Zero Dark Thirty. Jack Bauer has done way worse since season 1! How do you not see the difference between these things?
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May 9, 2017 07:55
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Looten Plunder posted:How do you not see the difference between these things? Both aren't real. Zdt isn't some objective documentary, it is a screen play with actors. I don't get angry over fiction.
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May 9, 2017 08:06
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Vanderdeath posted:Like, if you don't understand why people are unnerved by the complete subjugation of an entire gender then I don't know, man. I didn't say i felt nothing. Its powerful and dramatic. But i read people saying they had to go to bed and couldn't talk to their husband until the morning or something. Like, grow up.
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May 9, 2017 08:10
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Mu Zeta posted:Both aren't real. Zdt isn't some objective documentary, it is a screen play with actors. I don't get angry over fiction. OK so you don't see the difference.
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May 9, 2017 08:11
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Mu Zeta posted:I didn't say i felt nothing. Its powerful and dramatic. But i read people saying they had to go to bed and couldn't talk to their husband until the morning or something. Like, grow up. For a lot of people, this is the first time they've seen a drama tackle something like this no holds barred. Couple that with the fact that, again, some of the things happening in this show are happening in real life right now is what has people unnerved. Also, my dude, if you don't understand that some people are empathetic towards characters in various media at this point in your life then come on, man.
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May 9, 2017 08:28
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Also think about the context and worldbuilding that goes on around the events in the shows that your talking about. They also have totally different emotional tones and are played for completely different reactions. It's loving stupid to say "The American History X Curbstomp doesn't affect me because grosser poo poo than that happens all the time in the latest SAW movie" but that's pretty much what your saying.
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May 9, 2017 08:39
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Mu Zeta posted:I'm watching Handmaid's Tale and don't really understand why people are saying it's crushing and leaving them speechless by episode 3. Have people never seen TV beyond American Idol or some dumb show before? I'm not austistic but it doesn't seem that bad. Do me a favor? Don't do this. I know where we are and I promise I have a sense of humor about my own struggles with autism. But the whole "beep boop we run on logic not emotions" thing is a stereotype we're trying to overcome; it's complicated because it's rooted in some truth, but to see it dropped so casually and without cause like this is kind of hurtful. precision posted:I mean, are you sure? Same probably goes for you, but if I'm being honest, I laughed. Like I said: Complicated.
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May 9, 2017 13:33
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Mu Zeta posted:I didn't say i felt nothing. Its powerful and dramatic. But i read people saying they had to go to bed and couldn't talk to their husband until the morning or something. Like, grow up. I don't feel the need to dogpile you over this and I'm not even going to deny that my reaction to it isn't entirely dissimilar to yours but I will say that this is a diverse-ish group and we're all of different ages, experiences, genders, and so forth and so on. So let's say that at a minimum it might hit closer to home for some. Especially if they weren't familiar with the source material at all. Kind of like how I'm not going to pick Jessica Jones as a hill to die on because while I thought it wasn't very good a lot of people here felt pretty strongly about it for reasons I can understand. IRQ fucked around with this message at 22:01 on May 9, 2017 |
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May 9, 2017 13:59
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Mu Zeta posted:Like, grow up. 
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May 9, 2017 14:20
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DivisionPost posted:Same probably goes for you, but if I'm being honest, I laughed. Like I said: Complicated. Yeah - my wife has NVLD which manifests in a very similar way to some forms of autism. I wasn't trying to be a jerk. 
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May 9, 2017 15:27
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precision posted:Yeah - my wife has NVLD which manifests in a very similar way to some forms of autism. I wasn't trying to be a jerk. No worries! It was meant a gentle heads up, not a tirade.
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May 9, 2017 17:29
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I wouldn't say people need to grow up but it'd surprise me if those who watch the Handmaid's Tale aren't those also watching the high-brow grimdark stuff on TV. And this show's brutality is not anywhere as in-the-face or visceral by comparison. The intense reactions the other guy noticed surprised me too for this reason. Modern TV kinda numbs you.
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May 9, 2017 19:46
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For me there's a pretty big difference in emotional impact in seeing institutionalized dehumanization versus seeing extreme actions which are extreme in context. Gore and violence itself isn't what affects me. It's the emotional context of an action. Like the stabbing scene in Saving Private Ryan is significantly less gory than basically any stabbing in a horror film, but it's much more emotionally impactful because of context.
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May 9, 2017 20:12
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DivisionPost posted:Do me a favor? Don't do this. I know where we are and I promise I have a sense of humor about my own struggles with autism. But the whole "beep boop we run on logic not emotions" thing is a stereotype we're trying to overcome; it's complicated because it's rooted in some truth, but to see it dropped so casually and without cause like this is kind of hurtful. Yeah I admit I'm ignorant on this stuff so sorry about that. It's still stupid to get that upset over a drat drama. The stabbing scene in Saving Private Ryan is indeed one of the most horrific deaths I can remember but I'm not going to break down into tears and become a mess over it. Nobody was stabbed, it's an actor that gets to go home to his multimillion dollar mansion.
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May 9, 2017 20:23
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"I'm sorry, but also I'm going to further reiterate that I have no idea why people are upset with what I'm saying."
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DP got upset because I used autism as an insult. I won't do that anymore. Watch more "grimdark" shows and you can be dead inside like me! Mu Zeta fucked around with this message at 20:28 on May 9, 2017 |
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May 9, 2017 20:26
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Mu Zeta posted:DP got upset because I used autism as an insult. I won't do that anymore. Sorry, I misread that. Still, people react to things in different ways. It's not a weird thing.
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May 9, 2017 20:29
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Mu Zeta posted:Yeah I admit I'm ignorant on this stuff so sorry about that. Do you let the cigarette hang off your lips when you lean against the wall or give it a quick drag and flick after saying this? I want to make sure I got my "too cool for human empathy" affect down right.
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May 9, 2017 20:30
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Mu Zeta posted:Yeah I admit I'm ignorant on this stuff so sorry about that. just stop, man
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May 9, 2017 21:49
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Ze stabbing scene. She bores me. I feel only ennui.
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May 9, 2017 22:10
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FactsAreUseless posted:Ze stabbing scene. She bores me. I feel only ennui. We all knew how the D Day scene in Saving Private Ryan was going to turn out anyway *yawn* why even bother?
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In summary: Handmaid's Tale is good but it ain't that good.McSpanky posted:Do you let the cigarette hang off your lips when you lean against the wall or give it a quick drag and flick after saying this? I want to make sure I got my "too cool for human empathy" affect down right. I actually think it's a really effective scene and makes me think about war. But I didn't have a nervous breakdown over it so I guess I'm dumb. Mu Zeta fucked around with this message at 22:59 on May 9, 2017 |
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