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Speaking of interfaces, does anyone here use https://www.pogdesign.co.uk/cat/ and if so, is the calendar view broken for anyone else? Instead of the shows I follow, it appears that every show in the sites database is now visible on the calendar. This used to be the standard view if I'm not logged in, but I am logged in. TL;DR Is anyone else that uses the site experiencing the same issue?
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Feb 6, 2018 12:06
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Looten Plunder posted:Speaking of interfaces, does anyone here use https://www.pogdesign.co.uk/cat/ and if so, is the calendar view broken for anyone else? Instead of the shows I follow, it appears that every show in the sites database is now visible on the calendar. This used to be the standard view if I'm not logged in, but I am logged in. Looks the same as ever for me. That is it only shows what I've selected
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Feb 6, 2018 12:32
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Hey I ended up not minding the Altered Carbon first episode (especially after the scene in the hotel), how is it going forward? Felt like they could end up shunting the interesting concepts out in favour of the visuals and action.
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Feb 6, 2018 13:51
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I'd say it stays interesting, they definitely don't overplay the action (can't even remember if the second episode has an action scene). But I've only watched two more than you have.
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Feb 6, 2018 14:19
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For all of the crap you can throw at JJ Abrams, he gave us Fringe, so he's cool in my book. I'm not sure why Counterpart is flying so far under the radar, but thankfully it has a second season order so it does have time to get word of mouth.
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Feb 6, 2018 14:43
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Tortolia posted:For all of the crap you can throw at JJ Abrams, he gave us Fringe, so he's cool in my book. The Fringe we eventually got was quite different and much better.
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Feb 6, 2018 15:11
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Counterpart ep 1 is very good and interesting and I’m excited to watch more
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Feb 6, 2018 15:13
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Josh Lyman posted:The Fringe that JJ gave us was basically X-Files though. Yeah, I watched a few episodes of Fringe when it first dropped, but I never really got into it and the MOW was just not grabbing me.
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Feb 6, 2018 15:15
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Iron Crowned posted:Yeah, I watched a few episodes of Fringe when it first dropped, but I never really got into it and the MOW was just not grabbing me. Have you gone back to it since? It became really, really good. It’s one of my favorite shows of all time. They really did a lot with the relationships between the characters, and the alternate universe stuff was explored perfectly. I’d recommend giving it another shot if you haven’t yet.
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Feb 6, 2018 15:18
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Iron Crowned posted:Yeah, I watched a few episodes of Fringe when it first dropped, but I never really got into it and the MOW was just not grabbing me. Unlike the X-Files, the Fringe MotW eps are generally only ok, with the real good stuff in the myth arc. I don't remember exactly when the myth arc starts but once it does whooo boy.
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Feb 6, 2018 16:40
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lelandjs posted:Unlike the X-Files, the Fringe MotW eps are generally only ok, with the real good stuff in the myth arc. I don't remember exactly when the myth arc starts but once it does whooo boy. I love when (season five spoilers) the MOTW stuff from season 1 gets dragged back out when the team become a bunch of resistance fighters and use them as terror weapons a few times. That ruled.
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Feb 6, 2018 17:06
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Finally got around to watching Mr. Robot S2 this weekend, I can see why this show lost a lot of heat and fans (that's my impression anyway) over this span. It's less focused, the same meta tricks and dramatic twists lost their luster after the S1, and there was a lot of time spent on periphery characters plots. I still think it's an immensely good looking and well constructed thing, with its own unique viewpoint on the world and the like. But I think I enjoyed it a lot more binging it than I would have watching it week to week. Though the ramp up in jarring violence made some good TV (even though sometimes I thought it was a crutch, what can we do in this scene? Throw in a gun I guess). And the less I have to hear someone say the words "DARK ARMY" the better, talk about your crutches. Feels vaguely yellow peril to me.
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Feb 6, 2018 17:08
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Fringe got good when JH Wyman and Jeff Pinkney took over. “White Tulip” IMO is the best episode of television that I’ve ever watched. The reason I asked about The AV Club is it used to be my go to for reviews and in-depth writing on shows like Counterpart. Anyone know of a good site that has comprehensive reviews of a Counterpart? Also will someone please make a thread?
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Feb 6, 2018 17:13
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Shageletic posted:Finally got around to watching Mr. Robot S2 this weekend, I can see why this show lost a lot of heat and fans (that's my impression anyway) over this span. It's less focused, the same meta tricks and dramatic twists lost their luster after the S1, and there was a lot of time spent on periphery characters plots. Amazingly I think season 3 is better than season 1. It came back strong.
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Feb 6, 2018 17:14
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Season 3 is probably the best one so far yeah, although I personally preferred 2 to 1 I'm gonna make a Counterpart thread RIGHT NOW
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Feb 6, 2018 17:16
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Escobarbarian posted:Season 3 is probably the best one so far yeah, although I personally preferred 2 to 1 My man!
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Feb 6, 2018 17:23
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Escobarbarian posted:Season 3 is probably the best one so far yeah, although I personally preferred 2 to 1 Your other already wrote a thread.
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Feb 6, 2018 17:23
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I did it: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3848478
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Feb 6, 2018 17:26
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While this article is mostly about Star Wars I think it's trying to say that Confederate is shelved. Thank god. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/game-thrones-creators-write-produce-203528266.htmlYahoo posted:It also comes at a time of transition for Benioff and Weiss. “Game of Thrones,” their sprawling fantasy epic, will end its run on HBO in 2019. The two men previously announced that they were developing another series for HBO called “Confederate.” However, that show generated a great deal over its plot line — it’s an alternate history series that imagines that the American Civil war ended in a stalemate.
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Feb 6, 2018 22:31
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I used to love Star Wars as a kid. I loved The Force Awakens and Rogue One. But I think I loving hate Star Wars now.
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Feb 6, 2018 22:44
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Went to my girlfriends cousins for the superbowl. Her 5 year old loving loves Star Wars, we were light saber battling for a long time. What I'm trying to say is that kids still eat this poo poo up. Who cares if you don't like what you enjoyed when you were a kid?
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Feb 6, 2018 22:45
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The fact they’re making something I loved as a kid, and still really enjoy now (while still making sure the kids are obsessed with it too) is pretty impressive.
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Feb 6, 2018 22:51
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GreenNight posted:Went to my girlfriends cousins for the superbowl. Her 5 year old loving loves Star Wars, we were light saber battling for a long time. What I'm trying to say is that kids still eat this poo poo up. Who cares if you don't like what you enjoyed when you were a kid? But they're raping our childhoods, don't you understand?! I still haven't bothered to see the new one. It's just easier to accept that nothing is going to capture me like my VHS star wars letterboxed on a crappy 80s TV did.
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Feb 6, 2018 22:51
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The new one is woke af
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Feb 6, 2018 22:52
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Once Upon a time has been canceled.
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Feb 6, 2018 23:01
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Escobarbarian posted:Hey I ended up not minding the Altered Carbon first episode (especially after the scene in the hotel), how is it going forward? Felt like they could end up shunting the interesting concepts out in favour of the visuals and action. Take it slowly. I binged it in two gulps, and got overwhelmed and confused by the sheer number of things going on by the end. It has almost zero subtlety in how it handles its big themes. but if you stick around to...I wanna say the seventh episode, there's some pretty good payoffs. In the end stretch it goes really brutal, in ways that may be hard to stomach. A lot of critics called it problematic, and they're not per se, wrong, but they're aggressively clickbaiting and refusing to engage with the show on anything other than an outrage culture level, because that appears to be what dumb millennial readers want.
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Feb 6, 2018 23:04
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Spatula City posted:Take it slowly. I binged it in two gulps, and got overwhelmed and confused by the sheer number of things going on by the end. Go on
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Feb 6, 2018 23:06
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IRQ posted:But they're raping our childhoods, don't you understand?! I don't mind that they're making new Star Wars films, and I don't mind that they're making a ton of them. But trusting D&D to helm a whole trilogy of films is a dumbass idea because as the past few seasons of GoT has proven they can't actually write. The only way I can see this working is if it's a straight adaptation of a series of Star Wars novels, and even then they'd probably gently caress it up somehow.
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Feb 6, 2018 23:11
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lelandjs posted:I don't mind that they're making new Star Wars films, and I don't mind that they're making a ton of them. I have a feeling the Han Solo movie is going to break a lot of people of their trust in Disney and their money machine anyway. Rogue One did it for me, although I've really liked most of Rebels.
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Feb 6, 2018 23:16
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GreenNight posted:Went to my girlfriends cousins for the superbowl. Her 5 year old loving loves Star Wars, we were light saber battling for a long time. What I'm trying to say is that kids still eat this poo poo up. Who cares if you don't like what you enjoyed when you were a kid? Last summer I drove past a couple of kids playing lightsabers with foam pool noodles just like I did in the 80s. Some things never change.
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Feb 6, 2018 23:18
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:Go on Asian guy sleeved into the body of a white guy (played by Joel Kinnaman) Latina grandma sleeved into the body of a white guy (played by Matt Biedel) Black mother sleeved into the body of a white guy (played by Cliff Chamberlain) Three minority acting roles putting food on the table for... well, you get the point.
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Feb 6, 2018 23:19
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less laughter posted:Asian guy sleeved into the body of a white guy (played by Joel Kinnaman) lol Btw the mom was white.
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Feb 6, 2018 23:27
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IRQ posted:I have a feeling the Han Solo movie is going to break a lot of people of their trust in Disney and their money machine anyway. Rogue One did it for me, although I've really liked most of Rebels. This is the one that has had reports and rumours going around about how Disney expects it to bomb, after all.
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Feb 6, 2018 23:50
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less laughter posted:Asian guy sleeved into the body of a white guy (played by Joel Kinnaman and Will Yun Lee in flashbacks in most episodes, and all of episode seven) Fixed something you left out. Also, yeah, the mom was white, she shows up in a clone of her original body at the end. There’s a lot of focus on the mindfuck of people having bodies that are nothing like the one they were born with, so tossing around the race and sex of characters is kind of a thing. And it’s not at all like the show is lacking in minority representation. A lot of those reviews are just straight up refusing to engage with a lot of the material to churn out some woke clickbait.
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Feb 6, 2018 23:57
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Speaking of Star Wars: https://twitter.com/benfritz/status/960998829746106369
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Feb 6, 2018 23:58
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:I used to love Star Wars as a kid. Ok wait I knew you didn’t like Last Jedi but disliking Last Jedi while loving Rogue One is some next-level insanity
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Feb 7, 2018 00:35
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I agree with the AV Club's take on Altered Carbon, which is that it's too confused to be offensive. Still like it though.
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Feb 7, 2018 00:38
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Escobarbarian posted:Ok wait I knew you didn’t like Last Jedi but disliking Last Jedi while loving Rogue One is some next-level insanity Empire Strikes Back - owns Return of the Jedi - owns The Phantom Menace - poo poo Attack of the Clones - poo poo Revenge of the Sith - poo poo The Force Awakens - owns Rogue One - owns The Last Jedi - poo poo Solo - looks like poo poo Anything Star Wars made by the Game of Thrones people - probably poo poo
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Feb 7, 2018 00:45
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lol ok
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I can’t wait for 10 years time when history has settled on Last Jedi being the best one
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