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Rocksicles posted:I'm not looking that word up, gently caress you. Classic Shellstrop move
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Rocksicles posted:I'm not looking that word up, gently caress you. I took the hit for you... 1. relating to Manichaeism
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Oct 21, 2017 14:32
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If extrapolate logically from the trolley problem, it becomes clear that if we kill one-sixth of the world's population, the rest will live forever.
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Oct 21, 2017 15:54
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Schur is on record as saying that while there may be a few small twists here and there(i.e. janet malfunctioning, michael torturing on the sly) the big huge end season twists arent something that should be expected every year. I'm happy he feels this way because if the whole show was predicated on trying to figure out what the next big reveal is it would never actually go anywhere. This season addressed that issue by compressing a bunch of micro seasons in a few episodes but I'd like some forward momentum for a bit longer than s1 did now that we know whats really going on.
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Oct 21, 2017 16:04
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I don't even really need more forward momentum, though thinking about Team Cockroach overthrowing this bullshit Good Place/Bad Place hierarchy is exciting as some kind of endgame even if I have no idea how we'd get there. Just give me a few more episodes that are even close to how funny this one was and I'm good.
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Oct 21, 2017 16:08
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I think the main thing is, a good twist is one that provides new context for the story thus far and/or intriguing motivation for storylines to come. A bad twist is one that undermines the story and leaves no opportunity for follow-up. A lot of the twists people keep suggesting here are bad because they're built on negation. "No, nothing we've been told about the nature of the Good/Bad Places has been accurate. No, the season 1 finale twist wasn't true after all. No, Eleanor's not dead, she's just in a coma and Michael is a popcorn mascot she saw on the grocery store shelf." These kinds of reveals would kill the show dead, instead of adding new dimensions the way the S1 finale twist did.
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Oct 21, 2017 16:25
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One thing I'd like to say is that from the preview clips before the show first premiered I wasn't totally sold on Janet and I cannot believe how utterly wrong I was.
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Oct 21, 2017 16:33
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Arist posted:I don't even really need more forward momentum, though thinking about Team Cockroach overthrowing this bullshit Good Place/Bad Place hierarchy is exciting as some kind of endgame even if I have no idea how we'd get there. Just give me a few more episodes that are even close to how funny this one was and I'm good. I don’t even see that as a twist, Eleanor has been saying as much since the middle of the first season or so
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Oct 21, 2017 16:51
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Supercar Gautier posted:"No, Eleanor's not dead, she's just in a coma and Michael is a popcorn mascot she saw on the grocery store shelf." This is actually pretty hilarious though and totally in character for Eleanor
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Oct 21, 2017 17:05
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Its all a Sims videogame, and the camera pulls out and reveals Jason is the player.
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Oct 21, 2017 17:28
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Snooze Cruise posted:Its all a Sims videogame, and the camera pulls out and reveals Jason is the player. 
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Oct 21, 2017 17:36
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Supercar Gautier posted:Chidi, as an example, went to the Bad Place because his neuroses hurt other people. He is essentially in hell for having a mental illness. An eternal sentence based on a finite observation period is hosed up no matter how you slice it. Supercar Gautier posted:" [...] Michael is a popcorn mascot she saw on the grocery store shelf." Yeah I kind of want this to be the final dramatic zoom-in of the series now.
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Oct 21, 2017 19:22
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So uh... apparently this show's ratings are Not Great. It is getting absolutely hosed by Thursday Night Football. Should I be worried about possibly not getting a third season of this?
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Oct 21, 2017 21:07
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:So uh... apparently this show's ratings are Not Great. It is getting absolutely hosed by Thursday Night Football. NBC's threshold for canceling shows is extremely low, as they don't get good ratings in general (Even Will&Grace, the Thursday night tentpole, isn't doing too well). Parks&Rec, as an example, did about this in ratings most seasons too, and it lasted 8 seasons.
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Oct 21, 2017 21:15
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From Lost Thread phase to Community Thread Phase in one post. That was a, uh, fascinating transition. Damnit Effort Edit: NBC, while still a corporation which longs for profits, does care about legacy and quality. Examples include Community, 30 Rock, Carmichael Show. And I think they’re relieved to finally have re-created Must-See TV Thursday nights without resorting to magic 
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Oct 21, 2017 21:16
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It did a 1.1 rating in the key demo for last week's live viewing, and I'm sure picks up a bunch more in L+3 and +7. It's doing fine for a half hour sitcom in the modern peak tv landscape.
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Oct 21, 2017 21:17
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I imagine the Hulu streaming also factors into its ratings and reception with NBC, too.
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Oct 21, 2017 21:33
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It's also a big hit on Netflix so even if NBC cancels it maybe Netflix would pick it up.
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Oct 21, 2017 22:00
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I'd imagine it's not the most expensive show to make, either.
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Oct 21, 2017 23:08
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It's no Game of Thrones, but all the CG for the imaginative torture scenes probably adds up and makes it costlier than a lot of more grounded shows I would think.
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Oct 21, 2017 23:43
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I'm sure it adds up, but the cg in this show is like... only passable because it's a comedy.
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Oct 22, 2017 00:21
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Yeah and we just had two episodes in a row that were bottle episodes (aside from a couple diversions in Trolley) They get a lot of use out of the existing sets and if they ever need to cut the CG budget I doubt the humor would suffer.
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Oct 22, 2017 00:28
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Rocksicles posted:I'm not looking that word up, gently caress you. It's a perfectly cromulent word.
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Oct 22, 2017 02:45
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clown shoes posted:It's also a big hit on Netflix so even if NBC cancels it maybe Netflix would pick it up. Wish Netflix released numbers, but it's airing on Netflix the day after America and anecdotally I know a bunch of people hooked.
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Oct 22, 2017 02:50
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As far as I'm aware, it's only behind This Is Us and Will & Grace in the demo for NBC. It's probably fine.
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Oct 22, 2017 15:48
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvTv6KzLczQ Not sure this was posted. These people are national treasures. Edit.. Taken down Probably Infected fucked around with this message at 10:07 on Oct 25, 2017 |
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Oct 23, 2017 22:31
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Probably Infected posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvTv6KzLczQ Thank you. That was fantastic. Jason's actor seems really good at improvising but maybe those were just different lines they were having him try out.
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Oct 23, 2017 22:44
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on tv, 90% of improv is rehearsed. that said, I really hope that that was genuine improv. Speaking of, would improv classes be an activity in the good place, or the bad place?
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Oct 23, 2017 23:07
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Much like being French, having ever belonged to an improv troupe is probably automatic grounds for Bad Place.
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Oct 23, 2017 23:12
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precision posted:Much like being French, having ever belonged to an improv troupe is probably automatic grounds for Bad Place. Naw, some great comedians have come put of improv. Let's just say if you have ever invited someone to your improv show, you go to the bad place.
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Oct 23, 2017 23:14
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Superrodan posted:Thank you. That was fantastic. Jason's actor seems really good at improvising but maybe those were just different lines they were having him try out. Jason's lines were fantastic.
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Oct 23, 2017 23:46
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swickles posted:Naw, some great comedians have come put of improv. Let's just say if you have ever invited someone to your improv show, you go to the bad place. ask yourself. How many comedians would go to the good place? the bad place is where all the cool people are.
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Oct 24, 2017 01:13
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On the other hand, does getting to hang around with cool people count for much if all you get to do together is scream while spiders run up your butthole or a demon breaks out the ol' penis flattener for eternity. Eternity with boring people when you can wish for anything is a good alternative to eternity with exciting people when you spend all of it being the plaything of bored middle management with access to every torture device ever conceived.
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Oct 24, 2017 01:19
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hey, I don't kinkshame
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Oct 24, 2017 01:29
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I was going to suggest bad place demons probably do; but that's really what Michael's attempting to pioneer, psychological torture using your greatest neurosis, which would include your kinks. Regular demons just want to go with simple physical torture apparently.
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Oct 24, 2017 01:32
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maybe the term "butthole spiders" isn't literal maybe they're just spiders who speak to you very rudely
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Oct 24, 2017 01:42
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precision posted:maybe the term "butthole spiders" isn't literal Maybe they are just spiders found in Jason's bud hole.
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Oct 24, 2017 01:43
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precision posted:maybe the term "butthole spiders" isn't literal Maybe they just an tribute band to the Butthole Surfers, only with more legs.
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swickles posted:Maybe they are just spiders found in Jason's bud hole. Yeah, I'm waiting for this joke to be made in the show.
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Random Stranger posted:Oh gently caress. I spent most of my twenties as a professional baguette thief to feed my family. Am I going to the bad place?
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