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So they're fighting a xenomorph polar bear. The way it's eyes are slits, it might as well have no eyes at all. And sure it can be burned and shot, but it still made off with one poor guy's leg, no problem. And I never thought an upstart like Fitzjames would be the voice of reason. Then again, Crozier seemed reasonable at first and when he stepped up to the plate, his weaknesses were laid bare for all to see. Let's see how long it lasts before he becomes afflicted with whatever curse of leadership that's affecting this expedition.
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Shitenshi posted:So they're fighting a xenomorph polar bear. The way it's eyes are slits, it might as well have no eyes at all. And sure it can be burned and shot, but it still made off with one poor guy's leg, no problem. There's no need to spoiler stuff that has aired! Yeah, there was something strange about the bear's head. But with Goodsir finding the lead-poisoned tins, you could still write it off as the crew going crazy over one pissed off bear. I'm glad Lady Silence's speech landed with Crozier and he's getting back on the wagon: seeing him fall so far into drink made him pathetic and sad. Hopefully he gets out from under the curse after detox! You are probably right: Fitzjames will crack under the pressure of command. Don't know why people are saying they can't hear: I think the sound design on this show is fantastic! The scenes when they were down in the hold, stowing the dead, was so creepy with the constant, audible pressure from the ice. Where did you guys stream it? I'm on PSVue and everything is clear.
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# ? Apr 17, 2018 03:10 |
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:There's no need to spoiler stuff that has aired! I've seen stuff spoilered right after airing on other stuff, not taking chances. I sometimes have trouble understanding the dialogue, but I think it's a bit of their accents.
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# ? Apr 17, 2018 03:35 |
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Shitenshi posted:I've seen stuff spoilered right after airing on other stuff, not taking chances. I sometimes have trouble understanding the dialogue, but I think it's a bit of their accents. Yeah the dialogue is where I am struggling. Not the accents but rather something odd with AMC's mixing I suspect. Many times on TWD I have the same issue.
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# ? Apr 17, 2018 17:57 |
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There's definitely something weird about the audio mix. I'm not a native english speaker but almost never need subtitles when watching things. Not generally bothered by accents unless they get seriously thick(think Deadwood or The Wire) and this show comes nowhere near those levels. I was still forced to look up subtitles 15 minutes into the first episode.
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# ? Apr 17, 2018 18:17 |
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How do you people not understand that's it not a god drat bear still
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# ? Apr 17, 2018 20:47 |
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I'm really enjoying how the different characters show unique approaches to leadership especially when things are going south.
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# ? Apr 17, 2018 22:50 |
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it's been a few days and I'm still somewhat disconcerted by the 'dinner scenes' in ep10 dunno if it was the desolation or the polite table manners and properly aligned cutlery, but those scenes have given me a case of the willies for four days straight. upgunned shitpost fucked around with this message at 01:23 on Apr 18, 2018 |
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Please spoiler for people watching week-by-week.
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# ? Apr 18, 2018 00:28 |
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Really glad the ice master guy survived the attack. One of my favorite characters so far. You'd think a ship would have some kind of drugs to knock someone out before they hack off a leg. Chloroform or something.
Hasselblad fucked around with this message at 01:21 on Apr 18, 2018 |
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Good old laudanum with coke as a topical or something
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# ? Apr 18, 2018 01:25 |
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Why did they bury some of the dead and stow others below deck?
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# ? Apr 18, 2018 01:26 |
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JustinMorgan posted:Why did they bury some of the dead and stow others below deck? IIRC earlier on they were ice bound next to an island where they could bury. Later they are ice bound not all that close to solid land.
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# ? Apr 18, 2018 01:29 |
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Yeah, they are drifting with the pack and have changed positions. So land may now be too far away, or temperatures too inhospitable to facilitate a burial party. Crozier had to cancel even the outside ceremony it was so cold!
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# ? Apr 18, 2018 02:26 |
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JustinMorgan posted:Why did they bury some of the dead and stow others below deck? The ice is too thick now for burial at sea Land is 25 miles away
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:Yeah, they are drifting with the pack and have changed positions. So land may now be too far away, or temperatures too inhospitable to facilitate a burial party. Crozier had to cancel even the outside ceremony it was so cold! They made a point that the drifting pack ice has been in a circle and they pretty much haven't moved
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# ? Apr 18, 2018 14:23 |
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jfood posted:it's been a few days and I'm still somewhat disconcerted by the 'dinner scenes' in ep10 Yeah it had that effect on me as well.
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# ? Apr 19, 2018 12:52 |
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I’m six episodes in and I am obsessed. I’ve never had a show make me feel so anxious before. I’ll finish the series tomorrow. My stomach is in knots.
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# ? Apr 20, 2018 04:02 |
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i binged this on the weekend; i don't normally smash through an entire season like that but i couldn't stop. this is kind of a masterclass of horror television. best show i've watched in years. the whole cast is terrific too. Ian Hart and Jared Harris are great, but honestly Paul Ready's Mister Doctor Goodsir takes the cake for best onscreen. every line he has he radiates goodness. the only other thing i know him from is the BBC show 'Utopia' and that character couldn't be more different. the guy has chops. pretty heavy plot spoilers so don't read unless you want to: the depiction of cannibalism in the last few episodes left me stunned. the imagery is so stark and plain, against the sheer barren landscape, that it's hard to shake. the feeling of total isolation and that these men are absolutely doomed is pretty intense.
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# ? Apr 23, 2018 06:06 |
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It was beautifully grim, but I also found it laughable. At their most desperate moments, they're still doing the same stupid honkey-rear end dumbshit that's been getting them killed since the pilot.
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# ? Apr 23, 2018 08:00 |
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I finished the last episode on Friday night. I’ve been haunted by the desperation of it all. The way the ship was tilted in the background made every shot until they left so off-putting in the best possible way. I was so impressed with Jared Harris’s performance I’ve been going back through Mad Men. I forgot how Lane was at his absolute best when yelling at people. (“THERE WAS CHEWING GUM ON HIS PUBIS!”)
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# ? Apr 23, 2018 08:24 |
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I liked the ending shot of Crozier chilling on the ice next to a kid. Had he finally found peace
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Fartbox posted:I liked the ending shot of Crozier chilling on the ice next to a kid. Had he finally found peace the soundtrack in that part and goodsir's death scene is amazing edit: i just watched the first ten minutes of episode 1 again with my partner's parents and realised - the first thing Little says to Francis is that "we're close". Francis tells him to be careful how he uses that word. ten episodes later, strung up in gold, it's the last word Little breathes into Francis' shoulder. fantastic. i think this show will reward repeat watchings. alf_pogs fucked around with this message at 11:22 on Apr 23, 2018 |
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alf_pogs posted:
The guy who tells Crozier "we're close" in episode 1 is Jopson, not Lt. Little.
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# ? Apr 23, 2018 18:30 |
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Reading the book as I watch the show (not at the same time mind you). It's a mite confusing how they jump back and forth time wise with the chapters, and makes it hard to figure out if I am overshooting the show. Sir John's death in the book was hella worse IMHO. I stopped after the chapter where Hickey is caught with his pants down.
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bitchymcjones posted:I was so impressed with Jared Harris’s performance I’ve been going back through Mad Men. I forgot how Lane was at his absolute best when yelling at people. (“THERE WAS CHEWING GUM ON HIS PUBIS!”) He's awesome in The Expanse as well.
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# ? Apr 24, 2018 01:33 |
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Hickey got a taste for cannibalism early. Got a taste for it in the head, if you catch my drift.
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# ? Apr 24, 2018 04:26 |
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You could say he really sucks dick!
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# ? Apr 24, 2018 06:24 |
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Hickey was the top though and he doesn't really seem like the reciprocating type to me. Probably didn't even give the dude a reacharound.
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# ? Apr 24, 2018 07:36 |
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Couple of thoughts: Drinking from your own leg is badass. Really glad Fitzjames decided not to go in drag, gotta keep it professional. Surprised by how well Crozier's let down went: I figured that kind of buzzkill would be insta-mutiny. I'm glad they waited so long to do the full monster-reveal, but still kind of wish it had just been lead poisoning. Wow! They ~didn't~ eat the monkey! Was that the doctor that self-immolated, or was he the one who got stabbed? Poor Hickey: he can't even win for losing...
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# ? Apr 24, 2018 14:05 |
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:Couple of thoughts: The Mean Doctor set himself on fire, the Nice Doctor got stabbed.
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# ? Apr 24, 2018 14:58 |
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I’m kind of stunned at how this show has been tossed out to die in the UK (compare to AMC’s Preacher, which made it onto Prime and was heavily marketed as a result). Whereas The Terror is appearing on the AMC channel, available only to BT customers...and Episode 1 is just sort of there on the BT YouTube channel, apparently having been uploaded by someone who has no idea what genre the show is supposed to be. What happened there?
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# ? Apr 24, 2018 20:10 |
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grobbo posted:I’m kind of stunned at how this show has been tossed out to die in the UK (compare to AMC’s Preacher, which made it onto Prime and was heavily marketed as a result). Oh wow! I thought this would have been huge in the U.K., it's your history*! *Historocity up for debate.
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# ? Apr 24, 2018 20:36 |
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Everything I hear about this show's distribution suggests that AMC hates making money.
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# ? Apr 24, 2018 20:40 |
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:Oh wow! I thought this would have been huge in the U.K., it's your history*! I know, right? It’s as if post-Brexit Britain doesn’t want to embrace a show about our nation’s heroes setting out to put our mark on the world and ending up a bunch of directionless, shivering, starving lunatics in a desolate wilderness, vying to eat each other before the polar bear monster gets us
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# ? Apr 24, 2018 20:59 |
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:Oh wow! I thought this would have been huge in the U.K., it's your history*! it had to much lash, rum and buggery to be popular in the UK.
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a lovely king posted:The Mean Doctor set himself on fire, the Nice Doctor got stabbed. I thought the guy that got stabbed was just some rando crewmember. Wasn't Nice Doctor around all fine at the end of the episode? I felt like I missed something because the older doctor guy went from seeming completely ok to craziness super quick, and I was wondering if that was even the guy doing the burning or I was confusing him with some other guy.
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BlackJosh posted:I thought the guy that got stabbed was just some rando crewmember. Wasn't Nice Doctor around all fine at the end of the episode? I felt like I missed something because the older doctor guy went from seeming completely ok to craziness super quick, and I was wondering if that was even the guy doing the burning or I was confusing him with some other guy. There are four medical personnel on the ships. Dr. Stanley is the nasty one that burns himself up, Dr. McDonald is the pleasant Scottish one Hickey shivs. Mr. Goodsir (not a doctor, an anatomist) supports Stanley. There's also Bridgens, the older dark haired guy with the beard who was lending books to the other crewman/his lover. He's not specified as a doctor but he seems to be like Goodsir in that he has training but no formal qualifications. I believe it's Goodsir and Bridgens at the end of this episode. But this show does suffer a little, especially early on, from identical uniformed white dude syndrome.
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# ? Apr 24, 2018 21:30 |
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a lovely king posted:There are four medical personnel on the ships. Dr. Stanley is the nasty one that burns himself up, Dr. McDonald is the pleasant Scottish one Hickey shivs. Mr. Goodsir (not a doctor, an anatomist) supports Stanley. There's also Bridgens, the older dark haired guy with the beard who was lending books to the other crewman/his lover. He's not specified as a doctor but he seems to be like Goodsir in that he has training but no formal qualifications. There was also a Dr. Peddie, who died in the fire. Bridgens has no medical training (I think he was the captains steward on Erebus?) but volunteers to assist Goodsir.
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Comrade Koba posted:There was also a Dr. Peddie, who died in the fire. Bridgens has no medical training (I think he was the captains steward on Erebus?) but volunteers to assist Goodsir. Ah missed that! Thanks! As far as I'm aware that Dr. never appeared prominently? Not like Stanley and McDonald
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