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I don't think they're replying to you personally there.
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Netflix is doing a TV version of Altered Carbon which is kind of a similar idea as San Junipero in that it involves uploading minds. It takes place in a future where everyone has a device called a "stack" attached to their brain and it is basically a backup brain. If you die your stack is read and reuploaded into a new body. They also use the stack for interstellar travel since they can use it to transfer a mind across space instead of expending the effort to send a body.
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Aug 24, 2017 23:50
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I have that book, but I haven't read it yet. I should do that before the series come out.
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Aug 25, 2017 00:04
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muscles like this! posted:Netflix is doing a TV version of Altered Carbon which is kind of a similar idea as San Junipero in that it involves uploading minds. It takes place in a future where everyone has a device called a "stack" attached to their brain and it is basically a backup brain. If you die your stack is read and reuploaded into a new body. They also use the stack for interstellar travel since they can use it to transfer a mind across space instead of expending the effort to send a body. That sounds pretty cool You should watch Dollhouse.
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Aug 25, 2017 00:07
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Snak posted:I have that book, but I haven't read it yet. I should do that before the series come out. It's fantastic. Also, Iain M Banks does the opposite idea, with virtual afterlives being used as hells in Surface Detail, but you should read some other culture books before that one (they're all fantastic, and SD doesn't expect you to know anything going in, but it benefits from knowing the setting)
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Aug 25, 2017 00:16
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Jay Thomas passed away today. Which sucks. Even if you don't know the name you'd know him. He's been in a ton of shows. One of my favorite things is how he'd show up on Letterman every Christmas to tell Dave his Lone Ranger story every year and then throwing footballs at the Christmas Tree. This was the last time he did it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfygCxkQZeY
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Aug 25, 2017 02:49
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raditts posted:IIRC it read like an advice column written by angry MRAs. Yeah, it was a really hilariously awful attempt at parody, they rightfully got called out on it, and then stormed off because their genius was misunderstood. It was so terrible that it took like three months for one of them to actually fess up to writing it. quote:Gone Girl Just look at that poo poo.
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Aug 25, 2017 03:29
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Season 2 trailer of Shannara Chronicles which will be on Spike of all places. Comes back in October. http://www.darkhorizons.com/shannara-chronicles-second-season-trailer/
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Aug 25, 2017 04:13
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To my knowledge the guy that actually DID write that Gone Girl review doesn't even do many reviews for the site anymore. It's mostly a two-hander these days between Joseph Wade and Marty Schneider, who it must be said are generally good people, solid writers, and have some really smart insights about film. I'm friendly with both of them, and I don't know if I'd ever have the nerve to tell them this to their faces. But while they didn't deserve the kind of hate mail they got over that review(*), I don't mind saying, out loud, that it was a loving embarrassment. It was far below their usual standards, completely poisoning the well of an otherwise worthwhile discussion in favor of what turned out to be unfunny, mean-spirited, elitist wankery. From looking at their regular output now, they appear to have learned from it, which is great. If they ever happen to come across this post, I hope they know that the reason that review pissed me off (and still does) is not because I disagreed with it, but because I expected something more intelligent and open-minded from their brand. (*And let's be clear, THAT'S why they bailed. The hate mail they got for that review—which included a few death threats—was more proportionate to what Martin Shkreli would deserve. They didn't resign in protest, they were chased out with torches and pitchforks.)
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Aug 25, 2017 04:23
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Watching episode 2 of gently caress Scientology season 2 and the question I've been asking for years still isn't answered: Why don't the good people in Scientology admit to the bad stuff that goes on, we're well past the point of proof now. This poo poo is 100% undeniably happening.
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Aug 25, 2017 04:31
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X-O posted:Jay Thomas passed away today. Which sucks. Even if you don't know the name you'd know him. He's been in a ton of shows. One of my favorite things is how he'd show up on Letterman every Christmas to tell Dave his Lone Ranger story every year and then throwing footballs at the Christmas Tree. This was the last time he did it. Eddie! 
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Aug 25, 2017 04:35
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precision posted:Watching episode 2 of gently caress Scientology season 2 and the question I've been asking for years still isn't answered: Why don't the good people in Scientology admit to the bad stuff that goes on, we're well past the point of proof now. This poo poo is 100% undeniably happening. Are there good people in scientology? If yes, they are being blackmailed. But honestly, if you've done something so horrible that you'd rather support scientology than have it come to light, you're probably not a good person.
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Snak posted:Are there good people in scientology? Elizabeth Moss seems like a good person. But I mean, there are so many Scientologists that there kind of have to be good people in there
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precision posted:Elizabeth Moss seems like a good person. But I mean, there are so many Scientologists that there kind of have to be good people in there I mean, morality isn't black and white, but if there's definitive proof that you are part of a dangerous cult that hurts people all the time and you don't denounce them... how good of a person are you? Like, yeah, it's complicated. But we're talking about rich people here, who are the ones reaping the benefits of the scam. edit: And yeah, I like Elizabeth Moss a lot too, but you gotta remember, you're talking about actors here, a profession that is based on being able to pretend to be someone you're not. There are celebrities who I am pretty sure are genuinely good people. I could be wrong, but there isn't a giant piece of evidence that they aren't, like belonging to a giant exploitative cult... Edit: new Tick is good. Snak fucked around with this message at 06:58 on Aug 25, 2017 |
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Aug 25, 2017 04:56
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precision posted:Watching episode 2 of gently caress Scientology season 2 and the question I've been asking for years still isn't answered: Why don't the good people in Scientology admit to the bad stuff that goes on, we're well past the point of proof now. This poo poo is 100% undeniably happening. I love it when people run with my nicknames. It keeps me coming back. It was a good episode. I think i'm Mike Rinder is getting a bit queer eye for the ex scientology guy with his suits. edit: THE TICK!!!!!!!! get some.
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Well I watched all of the new The Tick. I liked it. It's definitely off the wall and its own brand of humor. I can't really compare it to the first live action series because, while I remember loving it, I've drank so much since then I don't remember anything about it. The biggest thing I can say is that if you hated the Tick costume in the pilot, they changed it to be much better.
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GreenNight posted:Season 2 trailer of Shannara Chronicles which will be on Spike of all places. Comes back in October. Shannara had one good episode in the first season then whoa baby it nosedived completely. To call it schlock would be a compliment.
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Is that why Manu Bennet's going back to Arrow, then?
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Party Plane Jones posted:Shannara had one good episode in the first season then whoa baby it nosedived completely. To call it schlock would be a compliment. I mean, the Shannara books are so blatantly Tolkien ripoffs it almost counts as plagiarism. I mean beat for beat.
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precision posted:Watching episode 2 of gently caress Scientology season 2 and the question I've been asking for years still isn't answered: Why don't the good people in Scientology admit to the bad stuff that goes on, we're well past the point of proof now. This poo poo is 100% undeniably happening. They're brainwashed. There's a podcast I like called Oh No, Ross and Carrie that interviewed an escaped scientologist administrator, and he basically said it just never occurred to him to leave or that there was anything wrong with the awful human rights abuses he was required to endure. He also said that Anonymous' war against scientology inspired tons of managers and leaders to leave and permanently crippled the church's ability to operate, and that the church would have collapsed outright if Anonymous would have kept it up for another year or two. That makes me really sad about what 4chan has since become.
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Speaking of Black Mirror, a teaser for Season 4 released today. Last season was mixed but Junipero and Shut Up and Dance were incredible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH85obU350E
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Aug 25, 2017 14:27
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Brainwashing explains why Moss also says that Handmaid's Tale has nothing to do with feminism.
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Dunno if anybody is watching The Mist but i've sort of changed my initial low opinion of it because it actually got pretty interesting in the last 3 episodes or so. Still not a patch on the movie but i'll give it props for doing its own thing.
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Aug 25, 2017 14:40
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Twin Peaks is the best show of the year. Goddamn. GODDAMN
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Shageletic posted:Twin Peaks is the best show of the year. Goddamn. GODDAMN
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precision posted:Watching episode 2 of gently caress Scientology season 2 and the question I've been asking for years still isn't answered: Why don't the good people in Scientology admit to the bad stuff that goes on, we're well past the point of proof now. This poo poo is 100% undeniably happening. Wait til you hear about [all organized religions].
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Nate RFB posted:I genuinely can't believe that it exists, as a product to consume in general. What a wonderful thing. I don't even know if I can even recommend it. It took two seasons (and a lotta skippable eps) a movie, a movie of cut scenes, and years of speculation to create a transcendental watching experience for me. It's so niche that I can easily see its not for everyone, but for me its everything right now.
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zoux posted:Wait til you hear about [all organized religions]. But enough talk, have at you!
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The Sinner is basically David Fincher TV. It moves crazy fast and President Whitmore outdoes himself. I cannot believe we don't have a thread for it.
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magiccarpet posted:The Sinner is basically David Fincher TV. It moves crazy fast and President Whitmore outdoes himself. I cannot believe we don't have a thread for it. Yup. It's shockingly great. The previews looked good but I had no idea it was going to be this good.
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zoux posted:Wait til you hear about [all organized religions]. Plenty of Catholics admit that the Catholic church is full of pedophiles and coverups though, for example. All Scientologists are forced/required to deny that anything has ever been done wrong in the CoS.
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HBO put the first episode of The Deuce on their streaming services.
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precision posted:Plenty of Catholics admit that the Catholic church is full of pedophiles and coverups though, for example. All Scientologists are forced/required to deny that anything has ever been done wrong in the CoS. A lot of them genuinely assume that it's lies or misunderstandings. Plus the rank and file have their media heavily censored, so they may not even know. To add to what was posted above, the ex-Scientologist on Oh No Ross and Carrie was essentially sentenced to a few years in Scientology Jail for cheating on his wife. If I remember right, he dutifully checked into a shabby dorm room every day for a few months to think about what he'd done, until a few days into the protests when he suddenly realized "Wait...they're right, this is all bullshit, I can just leave." That's the mindset of the average person in the group. It's brainwashing, they just go along with the flow until something in them clicks and it falls apart. Also, at least from what Ross and Carrie found from their investigation, most of the lower levels of Scientology are basically filled with the same people who'd be deep in a pyramid scheme, if an MLM person found them first.
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The latest ep of Difficult People was great, but five minutes after I finished I realized that it had a pretty hosed up ending. That didn't detract from it at all. Also, Lola is still a garbage character. Give her lines some depth.X-O posted:Jay Thomas passed away today. Which sucks. Even if you don't know the name you'd know him. He's been in a ton of shows. One of my favorite things is how he'd show up on Letterman every Christmas to tell Dave his Lone Ranger story every year and then throwing footballs at the Christmas Tree. This was the last time he did it. DivisionPost posted:To my knowledge the guy that actually DID write that Gone Girl review doesn't even do many reviews for the site anymore. It's mostly a two-hander these days between Joseph Wade and Marty Schneider, who it must be said are generally good people, solid writers, and have some really smart insights about film. CR was ahead of its time (in a bad way, but that still counts)- they equated "good movie" with "good politics" by the end of its run a couple years before it became mainstream. It was also pretty hilarious that Prof. Clumsy straight-up quit writing reviews because of g0m's review. get that OUT of my face fucked around with this message at 07:01 on Aug 26, 2017 |
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muscles like this! posted:HBO put the first episode of The Deuce on their streaming services. It's basically "gently caress Capitalism: The TV Show." Very Wire-esque in how there isn't a lot of plot movement, just a lot of character and setting-building that revolves around Capitalism taken to its logical and most distressing extremes. Perfect choice of theme song, too. Been a fan of that Mayfield track since college, I always hoped some director or music supervisor would wise up to it.
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The title "The Deuce" makes it sound like it's gonna be a show specifically about the invention of scat
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Escobarbarian posted:The title "The Deuce" makes it sound like it's gonna be a show specifically about the invention of scat It's quite a shitshow
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I saw the first episode. Reminds me of Treme and not The Wire. I also hate James Franco.
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Mu Zeta posted:I saw the first episode. Reminds me of Treme and not The Wire. Care to elaborate? Loved the first episode myself. A little slow but so are all the David Simon premiere episodes. This is gonna be on of the best shows ever.
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