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Azhais posted:vvv I actually didn't realize Amazon owned IMDB. Guess I shouldn't be surprised at the production quality then, I was expecting something a little low rent from IMDB but it was well shot IMDB TV (or Amazon) had nothing to do with the production. IIRC it aired in Europe months before it was announced they had bought the US rights. Season 2 was also announced a little while ago.
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Norwegian Rudo posted:IMDB TV (or Amazon) had nothing to do with the production. IIRC it aired in Europe months before it was announced they had bought the US rights. Season 2 was also announced a little while ago. Is it the same kind of deal like how netflix shows British tv shows as 'netflix originals'?
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Moonbase 8 is okay. Definitely better than Space Force
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Khanstant posted:Why is Moon Base so short? Just a minshow or is there a second half of a season coming? I don't know how common this is, but Moonbase was developed and filmed completely before they started shopping it to a network to air. It might have been something like them not wanting to spend a lot of money on something that no network would bite on.
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https://twitter.com/vulture/status/1328435645157662723 Unless what? This is a terrorist demand right?
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I was going to write that Kelsey Grammar had to have been on 30 Rock at some point, and then I remembered that he played himself in multiple episodes. I think he accidentally killed someone in one episode? Been a long time since I've rewatched any of 30 Rock.
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I can't remember if he killed someone. He was played up as this sophisticated con man from Jenna's past who would scheme with her and Kenneth in big showy con jobs. He might have killed someone in one of them. Its around the wavelength of the character.
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No, Kenneth and Jenna think they killed Pete and ask Kelsey to help them hide the body. He creates a distraction by putting on a one man show about the life of Abraham Lincoln. In the other episode he helps Jenna and Kenneth scam Carvel.
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He also helped beat Kenneth out of the Best Friends Gang
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/vulture/status/1328435645157662723 They did great work in two of the best sitcoms of all time but this makes me feel absolutely zero anticipation. It’s the weirdest loving thing.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:They did great work in two of the best sitcoms of all time but this makes me feel absolutely zero anticipation. It’s the weirdest loving thing. Well they're excellent examples of toxic men on opposite sides of the political spectrum. oof this Gizmodo review of the new Animaniacs is real bad quote:The series fails in part because it didn’t update its nostalgia to make sense for fans who were kids then but are adults now. Instead, it’s stuck in the ‘90s. This presents itself in dated references to things like Seinfeld’s “The dingo ate your baby” and a Cold War-esque view of Russia. During times Animaniacs skews more modern, the satire is not “biting,”—as Dot herself claims in an early episode—it’s weak. At one point, the characters literally have to turn to the camera and explain that the episode’s storyline about multiplying “buns” (bunnies) was actually a commentary on guns. I’ve seen better stuff on TikTok—using the Animaniacs. What? Animaniacs making obscure references to pop culture from 40 years earlier! I don't believe it. Also lol at the Appeal to the AP Stylebook. And it's mean about shows she likes quote:Steven Universe, Adventure Time, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Bojack Horseman, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Infinity Train, and so many others have made huge impacts on culture over the last several years. This is largely thanks to the growing push for diversity behind the scenes, something that was sorely lacking in the days of The Animaniacs. Instead of using satire to make commentary on all the ways animation has both changed and progressed in the years since the series ended, it instead chooses to be mean-spirited—insulting the modern animation style, “cute shows,” and anime. It’s all stuff people like for good reason. Given how often Spielberg has decried the changing media landscape, going so far as to try and prevent streaming movies from Oscar contention, it doesn’t surprise me that Animaniacs would take a similar angle of mockery instead of satire that fits. This from a retrospective on the original show quote:Spielberg’s comment may have been tongue-in-cheek, but it also plays into the kind of criticisms that could be tossed at the show. For all its comedic freedoms, it also can be too esoteric and “entertainment insider-y,” with whole gags and skits requiring specific knowledge of actors, media, politics, or social behavior. Television and film has been producing deep, purposely self-aware material from the beginning, but Animaniacs’ philosophy could be aggressive, hyper-comic satire on almost every aspect of entertainment from throughout its history. Parodies and celebrity putdowns were one thing, but the show’s deep well of jokes even hit radio, social/cultural commentary, fan culture, and the production of the media itself. Maybe the Gizmodo reviewer has neither seen nor heard of the original show zoux fucked around with this message at 23:06 on Nov 16, 2020 |
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quote:For all its comedic freedoms, it also can be too esoteric and “entertainment insider-y,” with whole gags and skits requiring specific knowledge of actors, media, politics, or social behavior. Even if they SAW the show it's clear they missed the point . . .
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Cael posted:Even if they SAW the show it's clear they missed the point . . . Like look at the "origin story" here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bpozVvY574 How many kids in the 90's had the slightest clue who those people are.
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zoux posted:Well they're excellent examples of toxic men on opposite sides of the political spectrum. For what it's worth, Sepinwall, who did watch the original, is pretty dubious about the reboot as well. Also, please enjoy a bonus tsking from Tom Ruegger who was not invited to the new party. https://twitter.com/sepinwall/status/1328368985981784065
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https://mobile.twitter.com/montie/status/1328449454521856004 Haha what's Gillian doing
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zoux posted:https://mobile.twitter.com/montie/status/1328449454521856004 Haha. Nothing. It basically makes her an out and out good guy and genius. She's portrayed as coming in and rescuing the failing political system and being, basically, a socialist. Its full on apologia.
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That dude is a Leaver so I thought maybe it had her pouring gallons of milk down the storm drain while weeping Scottish children looked on.
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:I really liked it. Not entirely what I was expecting, but a solid ending for a time travel show. Kept the marathon going until I reached the beginning of the third season. Uthered is the dumbest mofo on TV and I had to stop watching in the midst of the second ep. What a frustrating character. I feel like the realism of the show also took a massive dip.
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I think Uhtred being extremely frustrating is the best part of his character. Motherfucker would be king of all England if he wasn't so stubborn and proud. Alexander Dreymon really sells the emotion of the character as well, I find his actions, while dumb as poo poo, to be completely consistent. He's kind of like a way younger Ned Stark, in the sense he has a sense of honor that he utterly adheres to no matter how many times it fucks up his life. What did you think was unrealistic in the 3rd season?
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zoux posted:Well they're excellent examples of toxic men on opposite sides of the political spectrum. 'A reference to Seinfeld's "Dingo ate your baby"' is the reviewer aware that's a) itself a reference to a movie and b) based on real life events
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zoux posted:I think Uhtred being extremely frustrating is the best part of his character. Motherfucker would be king of all England if he wasn't so stubborn and proud. Alexander Dreymon really sells the emotion of the character as well, I find his actions, while dumb as poo poo, to be completely consistent. He's kind of like a way younger Ned Stark, in the sense he has a sense of honor that he utterly adheres to no matter how many times it fucks up his life. i feel like Alfred suffers a memory wipe after every season finale. Like he's supposed to be this brilliant scheming monarch. But he always fucks with his most important warrior. And every season is about him realizing his worth due to Uhterd saving his rear end and the kingdom once again. And yes maybe thats the point and gives Uhterd some justification for his actions but when Uhterd holds him hostage I wasnt thinking of the way religion and pride ruins relationships and politics I was immediately flashing back to shows like Scandal where every act break needed something insane and over the top. This shows feels like its a wheel and I dont feel like the characters have grown at all. In fact the hostage thing makes Uthtered dumber than when he was barely an adult canonically. The fact the books had him just escape Wincester instead of holding the King hostage and inexplicably getting away with shows the show runners purposefully went with something flashy even when it veered from the original material just because it was more exciting even if it felt more hackneyed. Eh...I dunno, I'll get back to it. Probably.
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It works best in the first season, because all subsequent seasons feel like (and are) rehashes of that storyline, but it's a conceit somewhat necessary to keep him just off the center of historical events. If the protagonist were a historical person, they'd spend most of the series uninvolved, and without Uhtred's tempertantrum resets, he'd be the most powerful man in all of England... It's eye-rolling, but worth the absurdity to keep him relevant, to me. The show is like if 2005-era Ridley Scott made a show, and I just enjoy it so much!
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Oh in the game you get penalized for killing nuns and priests, speaking of unrealistic. I'm a loving viking!!!
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Escobarbarian posted:Latest John Wilson is loving incredible yeah? furniture covering people sure are weird... oh... OH. Yes I never thought I'd see such a thing, incredible.
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Uhtred is the most entitled protagonist I've seen on tv. His dogged charm is the only reason the show isn't cancelled for celebrating toxic masculinity. And his abs.
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Sekhmnet posted:Is it the same kind of deal like how netflix shows British tv shows as 'netflix originals'? I think in this case the production company financed the show on their own and then made deals for the various territories. In most cases "Netflix Originals" are shows that have been commisioned by a broadcaster in one territory.
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Watermelon Daiquiri posted:and, ironically enough, Netflix loses the rights to some of its 'Netflix Originals' every once in a while... Gonna laugh so hard if they somehow lose the first three seasons of longmire and keep the ones they made. Then be bummed cause it’s a real good show.
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:It works best in the first season, because all subsequent seasons feel like (and are) rehashes of that storyline, but it's a conceit somewhat necessary to keep him just off the center of historical events. If the protagonist were a historical person, they'd spend most of the series uninvolved, and without Uhtred's tempertantrum resets, he'd be the most powerful man in all of England... Does it get better from the beginning of the third season? I spoiled myself on stuff later in the season and it doesn't seem to.
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Mu Zeta posted:Uhtred is the most entitled protagonist I've seen on tv. His dogged charm is the only reason the show isn't cancelled for celebrating toxic masculinity. And his abs. Literally entitled, an ealdorman of Northumbria! https://twitter.com/ryanlcooper/status/1328733633704845314
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Shageletic posted:Does it get better from the beginning of the third season? I spoiled myself on stuff later in the season and it doesn't seem to. Does Uhtred ever stop punching himself in the dick? Not really, but he ~grows~ in his own way...
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The tonal shifts in Norsemen are kinda weird Not the stuff where it's like "ha ha we're pillaging this village" I mean how the show will suddenly just be actually serious randomly, like when the Jarl shows up Still drat funny
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Conan O'Brien has announced that Conan (the talk show on TBS) will end next summer. He will move over to HBO Max for a weekly variety show and continue to put out Conan without Borders on TBS.
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zoux posted:https://mobile.twitter.com/getFANDOM/status/1328750606962499584 Steppenwolf? More like Staplewoof!
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zoux posted:Literally entitled, an ealdorman of Northumbria! It's kind of hard to sympathize with him but in context his birthright was stolen, he gets abducted and raised by the enemies of his people and embraces their lifestyle, turns around and works for the King, pulling off massive victories and success and yet still gets poo poo on for not being a good little Christian knight. He also definitely fucks up more then once and keeps getting second chances from Alfred which he doesn't really appreciate because he didn't view the gently caress ups as that big of a deal. Which is kind of important as he still identifies as a Dane and killing a servant who was stealing from you is completely legal and normal in that culture (if you pay the weregild or whatever) Its a pretty good Square peg round hole story where despite everything Uhtred doesn't really betray his oaths or ideals while in the show tons of people did whenever it suited them for political gain. pentyne fucked around with this message at 22:06 on Nov 17, 2020 |
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