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zoux posted:What season did they get rid of brody and can I just pick it up there He's in the third season but I'd skip it. The writing for his arc is ridiculous. Like Jack Bauer kicking heroin addiction in an hour. Looten Plunder posted:Since when have Marvel movies ever been auteurist/director led properties? "Disney" is the director, not Sam Raimi. Taika Waititi and James Gunn manage to be unique
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zoux posted:What season did they get rid of brody and can I just pick it up there Start with Season Four. It's a pretty good jumping on point and basically the start of the show's second act.
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muscles like this! posted:I just finished reading The City and the City and I was thinking it would make a good TV show and it turns out that they already made it a couple of years ago. Anyone watch it? I couldn't understand half the dialogue, so I am waiting for a subtitled version. The visuals were beautiful, though. There are shots of cross-hatched neighborhoods where you can clearly see the line between Beszel and Ul Qoma from color scheme and architectural styles. 
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SimonChris posted:I couldn't understand half the dialogue, so I am waiting for a subtitled version. Oh wow that looks super cool I only just heard about The City and The City recently after playing Disco Elysium and talking about similar works, and a tv show sounds pretty rad
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MiddleOne posted:Ah, time to mentally write off this movie. Fully opposite to my opinion. First movie was truly dreadful and I had no interest in the character. But Raimi rules and excels at making rear end in a top hat characters extremely likable. Doctor Strange is right in his Wheelhouse. If this were actually in production rather than being developed I'd be warier, but there's still plenty of time for him to leave his mark on this thing, even if he's not developing it from the ground up. He's a teriffic director and is a great fit for the material.
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Zaphod42 posted:Oh wow that looks super cool If you liked Disco Elysium, I would wholly recommend all of Mieville's oeuvre, specifically his Bas-Lag books. One of the throughlines of that trilogy is collectivism and socialism fighting tooth and nail against an oppressive regime over the course of the novels.
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What are some good episodes of TV shows (movies are also okay) where the day is saved thanks unironically to the power of music? I'm thinking stuff like the ep of Chuck where Rush's Tom Sawyer saves the day, or last season's Legends of Tomorrow finale where James Taylor does. Steven Universe doesn't count because the songs just happen alongside events--it's rare that the songs themselves are the solution, and GotG doesn't count because that scene was just a distraction and not particularly tied to music. Preferably something where nobody in the scene winkingly goes "haha this is all so stupid and lame".
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zoux posted:Horror comedy is his wheelhouse Oh I know but Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has a real opportunity to go pretty scary horror-wise if they want to. Spoilers for folks who aren't super dorks: There's a split second shot in the WandaVision preview that shows they have 2 cribs and the babies both spit out their pacifiers. I'm taking that as a hint that (not only is the Vision still super dead but) they're going to go into the batshit crazy story from the comics where Wanda does in fact have children with Vision but it turns out she's hosed up reality in a super bad way and neither of her children exist. She goes pretty insane and there were tons of ramifications in other comics at the time because of her reality altering powers. Raimi is kind of silly even in his most serious horror film so I'm just not completely sold on him handling that story. Then again, as I said, I'm a big Raimi fan so I'm probably being a nervous Nelly and should STFU.
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Upon further reflection, I'm an idiot. There's ZERO chance Disney MCU is gonna make a full on "we can't let little Timmy watch because it's legit scary" type of horror film.
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Yeah, I didn't even know the Strange sequel was supposed to be kinda horror but like, they're not making a MCU film with one of the established big guns left standing some kind of heavy horror film that turns away a significant chunk of their audience and scares parents. Raimi seems like the perfect guy to mix "light horror" with "superhero family film."
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Argue posted:What are some good episodes of TV shows (movies are also okay) where the day is saved thanks unironically to the power of music? I'm thinking stuff like the ep of Chuck where Rush's Tom Sawyer saves the day, or last season's Legends of Tomorrow finale where James Taylor does. Steven Universe doesn't count because the songs just happen alongside events--it's rare that the songs themselves are the solution, and GotG doesn't count because that scene was just a distraction and not particularly tied to music. Preferably something where nobody in the scene winkingly goes "haha this is all so stupid and lame". Stranger Things s3 finale?
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Argue posted:What are some good episodes of TV shows (movies are also okay) where the day is saved thanks unironically to the power of music? I'm thinking stuff like the ep of Chuck where Rush's Tom Sawyer saves the day, or last season's Legends of Tomorrow finale where James Taylor does. Steven Universe doesn't count because the songs just happen alongside events--it's rare that the songs themselves are the solution, and GotG doesn't count because that scene was just a distraction and not particularly tied to music. Preferably something where nobody in the scene winkingly goes "haha this is all so stupid and lame". Mars Attacks!
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Argue posted:What are some good episodes of TV shows (movies are also okay) where the day is saved thanks unironically to the power of music? I'm thinking stuff like the ep of Chuck where Rush's Tom Sawyer saves the day, or last season's Legends of Tomorrow finale where James Taylor does. Steven Universe doesn't count because the songs just happen alongside events--it's rare that the songs themselves are the solution, and GotG doesn't count because that scene was just a distraction and not particularly tied to music. Preferably something where nobody in the scene winkingly goes "haha this is all so stupid and lame". Back to the Future obviously. And DEATHGASM
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Did anyone watch The Stranger? I finished it last night, had to finish it because that's what it's made for, and hated everyone and most everything that happened. It's so egregious in how it sets up new mysteries and you're left wondering how they'll all tie together. Spoiler for the whole series: They don't, it's loving stupid and unsatisfying
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Argue posted:What are some good episodes of TV shows (movies are also okay) where the day is saved thanks unironically to the power of music? I'm thinking stuff like the ep of Chuck where Rush's Tom Sawyer saves the day, or last season's Legends of Tomorrow finale where James Taylor does. Steven Universe doesn't count because the songs just happen alongside events--it's rare that the songs themselves are the solution, and GotG doesn't count because that scene was just a distraction and not particularly tied to music. Preferably something where nobody in the scene winkingly goes "haha this is all so stupid and lame". The Magicians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1e0KPS8W74 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyK3FyvXcGA&t=2s
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Don't forget the classic millenium era newgrounds flash masterpiece "Dad's Home"
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Argue posted:What are some good episodes of TV shows (movies are also okay) where the day is saved thanks unironically to the power of music? I'm thinking stuff like the ep of Chuck where Rush's Tom Sawyer saves the day, or last season's Legends of Tomorrow finale where James Taylor does. Steven Universe doesn't count because the songs just happen alongside events--it's rare that the songs themselves are the solution, and GotG doesn't count because that scene was just a distraction and not particularly tied to music. Preferably something where nobody in the scene winkingly goes "haha this is all so stupid and lame". Community s1e10, when Abed and Troy have to sing "Somewhere Out There" to their escaped lab rat to lure it back into its cage.
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Parks and Rec has two instances come to mind. The first being when they are coming up with a campaign song for Leslie and the second being 5000 Candles in the Wind.
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These are all perfect answers, except I've already seen all of them... except Deathgasm, looking into that now! Thanks, keep em coming if you got em!
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Argue posted:What are some good episodes of TV shows (movies are also okay) where the day is saved thanks unironically to the power of music? I'm thinking stuff like the ep of Chuck where Rush's Tom Sawyer saves the day, or last season's Legends of Tomorrow finale where James Taylor does. Steven Universe doesn't count because the songs just happen alongside events--it's rare that the songs themselves are the solution, and GotG doesn't count because that scene was just a distraction and not particularly tied to music. Preferably something where nobody in the scene winkingly goes "haha this is all so stupid and lame". Rush's Tom Sawyer also saved the day in Futurama, from invaders, from space.
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I liked the first Strange, he's one of my favorite superheroes, but I was kinda disappointed too. As cool as the visuals were, they were mostly things we'd seen in Inception already. I want to see more psychadelic stuff like from the comics! Also, origin story. I'm so sick of origin stories. Its the same stupid plot beats over and over. And I already know Strange's origins intimately. Don't need that story. So I was really looking forward to the next Strange movie, where we could get to some serious plot development. I'm not a huge Raimi fan though... Croatoan posted:Oh I know but Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has a real opportunity to go pretty scary horror-wise if they want to. Spoilers for folks who aren't super dorks: There's a split second shot in the WandaVision preview that shows they have 2 cribs and the babies both spit out their pacifiers. I'm taking that as a hint that (not only is the Vision still super dead but) they're going to go into the batshit crazy story from the comics where Wanda does in fact have children with Vision but it turns out she's hosed up reality in a super bad way and neither of her children exist. She goes pretty insane and there were tons of ramifications in other comics at the time because of her reality altering powers. Raimi is kind of silly even in his most serious horror film so I'm just not completely sold on him handling that story. Then again, as I said, I'm a big Raimi fan so I'm probably being a nervous Nelly and should STFU. Wouldn't that be something in WandaVision, not in Strange?
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I think Strange/Cap Marvel are gonna be the last orgin story MCU film for a while, unless they are doing a more obscure or bizarre character. I think characters will be introduced similar to Spiderman or Black Panther, where they are dropped in and given some backstory in conversation or flashback and then move on. I think it would be cooler to see a villain centric charactet get his own movie. Like I would have preferred a Thanos prequel after Infinity War over a Captain Marvel origin story. Edit: or treat the origin story like GotG, the origin is more on how they come together than how they came to be. Each character's "origin" story is shown/told in an effective way while the focus is on how they become a team. swickles fucked around with this message at 18:23 on Feb 6, 2020 |
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Zaphod42 posted:Wouldn't that be something in WandaVision, not in Strange? The next Strange is featuring the Scarlet Witch in it and it will have just come after WandaVision.
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swickles posted:I think it would be cooler to see a villain centric charactet get his own movie. Joker? So yeah lets just not do any origin stories 
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Zaphod42 posted:Joker? So, Birds of Prey, then.
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Mu Zeta posted:Saw the new Biggest Loser on USA and it's still promoting extremely unhealthy fitness. They have 360 pound people doing crossfit box jumps and running a mile. Say hello to destroyed knees and ankles. Also one lady lost 5 pounds in one week and the camera cut to everyone looking disappointed that it was so little. How does this show have any credibility when every single previous winner gained all their weight back and more. It's the Running Man of our appearance-obsessed culture where being unattractive is haram and fat is the worst kind of unattractive (even though, objectively, most Americans are fat).
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Argue posted:What are some good episodes of TV shows (movies are also okay) where the day is saved thanks unironically to the power of music? I'm thinking stuff like the ep of Chuck where Rush's Tom Sawyer saves the day, or last season's Legends of Tomorrow finale where James Taylor does. Steven Universe doesn't count because the songs just happen alongside events--it's rare that the songs themselves are the solution, and GotG doesn't count because that scene was just a distraction and not particularly tied to music. Preferably something where nobody in the scene winkingly goes "haha this is all so stupid and lame". Happy Feet!
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https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1225506511184703493 Netflix adding a consumer friendly improvement to their UI that doesn't use the algorithm to force poo poo on you???? What is happening in the world.
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1225506511184703493 I've refused to use netflix on devices i can't disable autoplay, so this is cool. I did it on my pc somehow. Now if only YouTube would add this, although whether a channel has a video autoplay is a shockingly good predictor of quality in my experience. IRQ fucked around with this message at 22:57 on Feb 6, 2020 |
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I've had autoplay turned off on YT forever. Or do you mean non PC devices?
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esperterra posted:I've had autoplay turned off on YT forever. Or do you mean non PC devices? I don't think it can be turned off when it's the like "my channel is about blah blah blah" intro type video on a channel's home page, the one after a video finishes I have off. Course I'm an idiot so i could be wrong!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l85L7hJ0-7U Why the gently caress is Sir Judge Wapner not wearing a wig
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