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I do hate how much (ep 6)"Be bad" factored into the plot since I thought it was silly that he said that instead of "Defend yourself" or "Protect the colony", like he suddenly became six years old.
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Lycus posted:I do hate how much "Be bad" factored into the plot since I thought it was silly that he said that instead of "Defend yourself" or "Protect the colony", like he suddenly became six years old. Yeaaahhh that was some cringey rear end writing. It kind of tanked an otherwise p impactful scene that, again, played off something quickly established in an earlier episode. e: like poo poo, even something like "fight back!" would have fit so much better. "Be bad again" just sounded so dumb, esp because the kid playing Will, while an ok actor for his age, isn't good enough to make bad dialogue sound less dumb
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esperterra posted:At first I was wary about how they were handling the robot in this show, but then he ended up being super adorable and I appreciated him just being a dude in a robot suit 80% of the time instead of a CG monstrosity all season long-- it made it look even better when he did need to be CG. I just think some of the writing for a TV show is always going to have issues. Like for example, the whole fuel tank return situation. It was entirely predictable that there would be a reason why they wouldn't make it back with all the fuel even before they got to that geyser field and it was entirely predictable that the dude would die once the crash was revealed as the reason why they wouldn't get all the fuel back. But hey, of course that's just how television shows work so whatever I'm not going to make that big of a deal over it.
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Apr 15, 2018 22:24
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Lycus posted:I do hate how much (ep 6)"Be bad" factored into the plot since I thought it was silly that he said that instead of "Defend yourself" or "Protect the colony", like he suddenly became six years old. Definitely agree.
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Apr 15, 2018 22:25
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TMMadman posted:I just think some of the writing for a TV show is always going to have issues. Like for example, the whole fuel tank return situation. It was entirely predictable that there would be a reason why they wouldn't make it back with all the fuel even before they got to that geyser field and it was entirely predictable that the dude would die once the crash was revealed as the reason why they wouldn't get all the fuel back. But hey, of course that's just how television shows work so whatever I'm not going to make that big of a deal over it. Yeah, same tbh. Stuff being predictable isn't inherently bad.
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Apr 15, 2018 22:26
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Virtually the same thing happened on the 100, but yeah that's just how TV goes.
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Apr 15, 2018 22:31
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esperterra posted:Yeah, same tbh. Stuff being predictable isn't inherently bad. Oh I agree and the same thing happens even with dialog. There are always going to parts that are boring/stupid just because that's the way TV shows work. So it all comes down to do the parts that intrigue you outweigh the parts that irritates you and it's all glued together with the standard predictable TV stuff. Overall, I think this series has more parts that are intriguing that parts that are boring or stupid.
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Apr 15, 2018 22:38
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I think the eldest daughter would've worked better if she was a little bit older and they did less sister bickering.
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Apr 15, 2018 22:56
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They vaguely set up the West/Judy thing and it feels really creepy as he looks like he's firmly 35 and she looks like she's 14.
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Apr 15, 2018 22:58
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Rhyno posted:They vaguely set up the West/Judy thing and it feels really creepy as he looks like he's firmly 35 and she looks like she's 14. Oh yeah, that's another aspect of what I'm thinking. She should've been in her twenties.
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Apr 15, 2018 23:00
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Y’all need a thread.
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Apr 15, 2018 23:29
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GreenNight posted:Y’all need a thread. Someone took your advice: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3854439
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Rocksicles posted:I had the same problem with Altered Carbon and Dark with Netflix. I think it's an issue with certain TVs and their encoding. I only had to turn Lost in Space up to 10 (normally at 5). There was one film on Netflix where we had to turn our TV literally up as far as it would go and it was still a bit too quiet.
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https://twitter.com/RLeeErmey/status/985651917870202883
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Apr 16, 2018 00:23
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Oh no, R. Lee Ermey's dead  e: beaten Arist fucked around with this message at 00:26 on Apr 16, 2018 |
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Apr 16, 2018 00:23
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Awww man, Art Bell and R Lee Ermey in the same weekend. 
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Apr 16, 2018 00:23
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It's a real shame Art Bell was never on the X-Files
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Apr 16, 2018 00:37
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nooo not The Gunny
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Popelmon posted:The Penis McHale show keeps getting better and better. I got quite a laugh out of "ABC's new show American Idol"
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Apr 16, 2018 00:41
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Was RISE already canceled? My wife put it on and we made it about 12 minutes in before we had to quit, it's just garbage tier television.
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Apr 16, 2018 00:47
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Joel keeps talking about it, so no?
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Apr 16, 2018 01:03
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The Terror is so loving good. I am so happy this exists, it combines everything I love about old stuffy adventure stories and pulpy sci-fi genre stories.
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muscles like this! posted:Joel keeps talking about it, so no? I hope Rise stays on the air just so Penis has an American scripted show to poo poo on. It fits in nicely alongside the VanDerPump and Love & Hip-Hop stuff (also both those shows make me feel like reality TV knew McHale was coming back and upped its game)
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Apr 16, 2018 01:13
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HBO made a new trailer for Rome recently for some reason. God dang it looks good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW7Def-Meog
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pahuyuth posted:nooo not The Gunny RIP Devil Dog. Full Metal Jacket was one of the reasons I decided to be a Marine. It made Parris Island this mythical place to me that I had to find out if I could survive it or not. nate fisher fucked around with this message at 02:23 on Apr 16, 2018 |
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Apr 16, 2018 02:20
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Rome really set the sleazy/prestige HBO template, didn't it? Though not enough Pullo and Vorenus in that trailer by a mile. I should give it a rewatch. At the time I was very un-generous to its last season, hating the time jump and the time compression forced by cancelation, as well as Vorenus becoming an unlikable dick. I might be able to approach it better now, with so much distance and expectations lowered.
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Apr 16, 2018 02:23
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It definitely doesn't have the sophistication of The Wire or Sopranos. I found it a fun romp. On the DVD it has a special feature where it gives real historical trivia while you watch it. It's clear they put in a poo poo ton of work on the show.
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Apr 16, 2018 02:41
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I much preferred it to the sopranos lol
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feedmyleg posted:Rome really set the sleazy/prestige HBO template, didn't it? Though not enough Pullo and Vorenus in that trailer by a mile. I loved both seasons and rewatched it a month ago along side listening to the History of Rome podcast. Obviously there is some historical inaccuracy and some liberties taken but they over all do a good job. Second season could have been dragged out more, but listening to the podcast they didn't really miss anything crucially important since they were basically planning on wrapping up Antony and not telling how Augustus came to be. If the goal had been telling the story of Augustus from start to finish it would have been at least 4 seasons longer and none of it would have been as interesting as Julius Caesar; though this isn't to say it is boring it just wouldn't have been as good.
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precision posted:I think it's an issue with certain TVs and their encoding. I only had to turn Lost in Space up to 10 (normally at 5). There was one film on Netflix where we had to turn our TV literally up as far as it would go and it was still a bit too quiet. Its just on my devices like the laptop and tablet. On the tv i can amp it to ear splitting with a wave of my hand. I ended up downloading both Lost in space and altered carbon instead of watching on Netflix. Which was annoying because i had to wait
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One really nice thing about using a Roku instead of a console is that it has a built in mode called "Night Listening" that makes dialogue louder and explosions quieter. It's not perfect of course because it's an algorithm but it tends to work extremely well for plot-heavy scifi shows.
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Apr 16, 2018 04:57
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Holy poo poo, John Oliver bought out a ton of Russell Crowe movie memorabilia from his divorce auction for the explicit purpose of sending to the last few remaining Blockbusters in Alaska to drum up business.
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Apr 16, 2018 05:52
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If you think Oliver didn't actually just buy that stuff because he's allowed to burn HBO money and loves doing it and the Blockbuster thing was just a convenient excuse of what to do with it then you haven't watched enough of his show. Like at this stage I assume Oliver is just doing that thing where he every year he spends X amount of dollars because its budgeted for him and he knows if he doesn't spend it then his budget will go down next year. But instead of some new desk chairs and an office party he spends half a million dollars on nonsense for his show.
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bull3964 posted:Holy poo poo, John Oliver bought out a ton of Russell Crowe movie memorabilia from his divorce auction for the explicit purpose of sending to the last few remaining Blockbusters in Alaska to drum up business. Wait, he did what?
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I love that two TV shows I watch this weekend talked about Russell Crowe's jockstrap
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e: moved to other thread
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Rhyno posted:Wait, he did what? He spent $7,000 in Russell Crowe's leather jock strap among other things.
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bull3964 posted:Holy poo poo, John Oliver bought out a ton of Russell Crowe movie memorabilia from his divorce auction for the explicit purpose of sending to the last few remaining Blockbusters in Alaska to drum up business. there are still Blockbusters in existence?
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Argus Zant posted:there are still Blockbusters in existence? Yes, apparently 4.
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John Oliver being all  with HBO's money is frankly the best part of his showsee also: when they bought ad time on FOX News to run those "wise old cowboy" commercials.
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