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Yeah they could cut out a lot and it would be a good feature-length documentary, but they are really stretching to get nine hours out of it. Maybe it’s just me but I really don’t care about the woman from Malibu’s quest to get her child out of the cult, especially when everyone involved with the documentary (including the mom!) worked their hardest to get her into it. If they focused on the leader himself and his life story it would be a lot more interesting. This Mark guy seems to think we are watching because we like to see him make phone calls though.
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The cult itself is interesting in the same horrifying way most cults are, but the documentary is pretty dull and I’m not sure I’d recommend it.
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Oct 8, 2020 20:07
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Yeah if they edited it down to 2-3 hours max it might be compelling. Literally 50-75% of the scenes are the same 4-5 people either staring down into their phones or laptops, it's super frustrating to watch IMO.
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Oct 8, 2020 20:41
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Fruits of the sea posted:Grace Park was also in the cult. Wouldn’t surprise me if a bunch of the extras got into nexiubvmumxm cult as well. The film biz in Van is relatively small.
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Oct 8, 2020 21:17
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JaneError posted:It's fine but it definitely doesn't need to be 9 hours long; it's a lot of the "escapees" puttering around making phone calls. Cult poo poo fascinates me so I watch it but it could easily have been a two-hour documentary. Truecrimeseries.txt
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Oct 8, 2020 21:19
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Nihonniboku posted:Battlestar Galactica has been missing from streaming services for a bit, but it has reappeared on the free Peacock. It's also been made relevant again due to HBO's the Vow, the actress who played Callie was a core member of the sex cult. If any Brits missed it, it's also on BBC iPlayer as well.
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nate fisher posted:Strongly disagree about Haunting of Hill House. I'm about to start it. Are you saying that it did not take a turn or that you liked the turn it took? albedoa fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Oct 8, 2020 |
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Oct 8, 2020 21:24
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The story is crazy enough to make it worth watching, but the whole thing is overproduced. If it was cut down to 5 or 6 episodes there would still be lots of room for mood-setting shots on the beach and people talking on the phone with each other. The podcast Uncover: Escaping Necrom is better and has material from most of the participants in the doc. It also challenges them on their participation while the HBO doc is perhaps a little too sympathetic (although Mark Vicente’s face is a study in regret and sadness, which doesn’t come across in the podcast).
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Fruits of the sea posted:Grace Park was also in the cult. Wouldn’t surprise me if a bunch of the extras got into nexiubvmumxm cult as well. The film biz in Van is relatively small. Yeah, but I don't think she was anywhere near as centrally involved as Callie. I got the impression that Grace and a bunch of other Vancouver actors just got roped into taking some classes, but didn't get branded on the rear end.
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Nihonniboku posted:Yeah, but I don't think she was anywhere near as centrally involved as Callie. I got the impression that Grace and a bunch of other Vancouver actors just got roped into taking some classes, but didn't get branded on the rear end. The brand is actually right next to the vagina whoch is worse.
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Oct 9, 2020 01:27
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The mcMonopoly doc had same drat issue
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:It's dull and lifeless, despite some good performances. Skip it. Seconded. I don't know why I watched it for no reason. Kept waiting for something interesting to happen.
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I watched Vampires vs. the Bronx tonight. Fun movie. Very light fare, with an enjoyable gentrifiers-as-vampires theme and some fun references to Blade. Vampires have way too many weaknesses, though. I also watched Muppets Most Wanted. I really enjoy the wholsomeness of the Muppets, so I liked this one too. It's got some catchy songs and some funny bits, so overall a worthwhile way to spend some time. Both are on Netflix.
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RestingB1tchFace posted:Seconded. I don't know why I watched it for no reason. Kept waiting for something interesting to happen. There's certainly a bunch of meaningless violence. I don't think that's a spoiler.
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In case I haven't posted that The Boys is awesome, it's awesome. The violence is stomach churning (I don't think I've covered my eyes in...a number of years, but holy poo poo when she tore that dude's face off), but I like it way more than any of the Avengers movies. After watching it, I can't really see a person with super powers turning out any way but evil--which is to say, totally normal, but with super powers. Also HOLY poo poo AOC IS AN EVIL SUPER MUTANT
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The Boys is great but the violence in it is so juvenile and unnecessary, it's like they asked a bunch of 14 year old boys what they'd want to see a supervillain do. Also Butcher and the C word - he said 'oval office' in every sentence during one long scene black noir at his relative's house, it wasn't offensive he just sounded like a dumbass trying to be edgy. It's a shame as it's too much for a lot of people who would enjoy it otherwise.
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It's why I've avoided it so far, certainly. I've been sold on it enough that I'll eventually get around to it, but I find that sort of tryhard edginess to be really difficult to push through.
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Junkie Disease posted:The mcMonopoly doc had same drat issue If you thought McMillions was slow, steer well clear of The Vow. McMillions was briskly paced by comparison.
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snoot posted:The Boys is great but the violence in it is so juvenile and unnecessary, it's like they asked a bunch of 14 year old boys what they'd want to see a supervillain do. Also Butcher and the C word - he said 'oval office' in every sentence during one long scene black noir at his relative's house, it wasn't offensive he just sounded like a dumbass trying to be edgy. This is true to the source, a juvenile dumb comic
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Junkie Disease posted:This is true to the source, a juvenile dumb comic And surprisingly they managed to make it LESS dumb juvenile than the comic was.
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I was pretty resistant to The Boys for the same reason, but it's not as edgy or try-hard as it seems like it would be. I ended up loving the series despite all that.
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The graphic violence and brutality is actually toned down quite bit from the comics. Garth Ennis hates superheroes and the brutality and misogyny is supposed to skewer the genre. Doesn’t translate to the screen very well. It would have across as a hosed up gore series filled with unsympathetic psychopaths if they hadn’t edited half of it out. See also Preacher, where Ennis shits on organized religion and evangelicism. Although that went off the rails in the second season for reasons I don’t entirely understand.
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Fruits of the sea posted:The graphic violence and brutality is actually toned down quite bit from the comics. I kinda wish Watchmen had been adapted as well as The Boys. I say, not having seen the TV series, but I'm mostly interested in the original graphic novel anyway.
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Man, the Watchmen TV series is so good. Give it a try. One of my favorite limited (?) serieseses. And also yes The Boys is great and horribly gratuitously violent at the same time. It's practically live action Itchy and Scratchy in terms of creatively disgusting gore. The acting from some characters is surprisingly good, though - Homelander in particular. He was fantastic in the finale.
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Glottis posted:Man, the Watchmen TV series is so good. Give it a try. One of my favorite limited (?) serieseses. Yeah it’s worth watching for Homelander alone. I was trying to think of what I could compare The Boys to and the closest I can get is American Psycho. It has that same way of making you disgusted one moment and involuntarily laugh the next. The superheroes are all so insane and neurotic that Patrick Bateman would fit right in.
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snoot posted:The Boys is great but the violence in it is so juvenile and unnecessary, it's like they asked a bunch of 14 year old boys what they'd want to see a supervillain do. Also Butcher and the C word - he said 'oval office' in every sentence during one long scene I mean, he is Australian
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As someone who is still mentally 14 I enjoy all of the gore and cussing in The Boys.
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veni veni veni posted:As someone who is still mentally 14 I enjoy all of the gore and cussing in The Boys.  Season 2 starts out kinda naff but by the mid point it's excellent
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veni veni veni posted:As someone who is still mentally 14 I enjoy all of the gore and cussing in The Boys. I guess I’m in the same boat, since I never batted eye at it. Of course the all-time champ of cussing (here it is more of an art) https://youtu.be/4KsU89R1A8M
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Archer this season is just super bad. Something feels really off and none of the jokes land.
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Anyone have thoughts on We Are Who We Are? I have a soft spot for anything with Chloe Sevigny in it, so I’m tempted to give it a watch,
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Simone Magus posted:I mean, he is Australian It's a term of endearment from where he is from
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Thundercracker posted:Archer this season is just super bad. Something feels really off and none of the jokes land. Eh? It's a little off because they shifted some of the characters around in the timeskip, but as far as the jokes, I feel like it's more or less a return to season 4-era Archer. We haven't gotten anything on the level of the cancer rampage two-parter yet, but it's good.
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Simone Magus posted:I mean, he is Australian Billy Butcher is English and Karl Urban is a New Zealander, but close enough
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Oct 9, 2020 18:55
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I swear Butcher was supposed to be Australian in the show
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I thought season 1 of The Boys was a chore to get through because it didn't do any of what it was trying to do spectacularly well, but everyone keeps on raving about season 2.
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WeedlordGoku69 posted:Eh? It's a little off because they shifted some of the characters around in the timeskip, but as far as the jokes, I feel like it's more or less a return to season 4-era Archer. We haven't gotten anything on the level of the cancer rampage two-parter yet, but it's good. same, for me this is back to Archer's best stuff, it's not as good as absolute gold like the train episode or the cancer rampage but I'm loving them going back to this rather than the one-off seasons.
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Nihonniboku posted:I thought season 1 of The Boys was a chore to get through because it didn't do any of what it was trying to do spectacularly well, but everyone keeps on raving about season 2. If you did not like season 1 you are unlikely to like season 2. Season 2 is more streamlined because you just get to experience the universe rather than having to figure out what it is, but it’s otherwise similar. People are raving because it’s popular and crazy enough to spark conversation, not because it’s universally enjoyable.
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Junkie Disease posted:The mcMonopoly doc had same drat issue The miniseries as the gold standard of documentary has mostly been bad. Most stories don't have more than 2-3 hours in them.
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I didn't "get" Stormfront's name until like season 2 episode 6 or 7 and literally my first thought when she was introduced was "oh, like the website!" I like the boys
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