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GreenNight posted:The new series will follow perfect strangers, Dejay (Thede) and Poppy (Hughes) who unexpectedly discover they are half-sisters when they both inherit a one-bedroom apartment above a trap yoga studio in Brooklyn. 
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GreenNight posted:I feel like I've seen that plot a dozen times. it was also a real life thing that happened.
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Most awful things are.
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It was also an X-Files episode where Darin Morgan played the inseminating creep and had a tail.
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MiddleOne posted:Nah this was the good poo poo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzD1Ko7fFeo No it's this. Finally Sesame Street's Mr. Noodle gets the dramatic role he deserves.
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It seems to me that the only reason Almost Family was greenlit, is that a producer thought the naming scheme for the episodes was cute: "Pilot" "Related AF" "Notorious AF" "Fake AF" "Risky AF" "Kosher AF" "Thankful AF" "Fertile AF" "Rehabilitated AF" "Courageous AF" "Generational AF" "Permanent AF" "Expectant AF" Young people still say "AF", right?
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I'm rewatching Enlightened and I still love it. its so good and earnest and true
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GreenNight posted:Jesus gently caress. The full article says the characters are complete opposites in the show. That sounds more like an Odd Couple reboot than Perfect Strangers. When I think of Perfect Strangers I think more of a culture clash between two people rather than them being complete opposites. I'm not really against it, but I think it needs that culture clash element in order to really be a reboot of Perfect Strangers.
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Slamhound posted:It was also an X-Files episode where Darin Morgan played the inseminating creep and had a tail. Weirdly, wasn’t there a second episode that had the same plot? The one that was black and white, maybe? Or did I dream that?
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newts posted:Weirdly, wasn’t there a second episode that had the same plot? The one that was black and white, maybe? Or did I dream that? The one with the tails was Small Potatoes while the black and white one (which yes had a similar plot) was The Post Modern Prometheus.
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muscles like this! posted:The one with the tails was Small Potatoes while the black and white one (which yes had a similar plot) was The Post Modern Prometheus. Wasn't the twist there that the Frankenstein character was making animal hybrids which is why all the townsfolk looked and acted like animal stereotypes? Also that the monster was obsessed with Cher.
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The dad was drugging the women so his mutant son could get laid, right? Ugh. It’s coming back to me now.
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Hughmoris posted:Is FX's Legion worth getting back in to? I watched Season 1 and enjoyed it but I think I recall that the quality jumped all over the place in later episodes. Don't care about the plot. Don't care about the characters. If you can do that, watch it and you'll love it. It's an extremely entertaining experience. Season 2 tries to get wacky while holding onto a thread the whole way through but doesn't manage to find its footing along the way. Season 3 just plain goes wacky and refuses to care about footing at all. Do not care about the plot; there are multiple threads that just fray away into nothing or are resolved in uninspired, unfulfilling, frustrating, convoluted, and astonishingly stupid ways. Do not care about the characters: they'll perform stupid actions, say stupid words, and fail to understand what logic, empathy, loyalty, mental illness, and intelligence are. While it aired, there were some audience theories that were outright desperate to pull the narrative in different directions which, at the end of the day, were never proven or disproven by the completion of the series. Don't bother theorizing as you watch, you're probably wrong and it likely won't get answered. And sadly, there's nothing that tops Season 1's Bolero scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V89QyxIPxD4 Which I still consider one of the best scenes in television history. Otherwise it is an audio-visual feast. Most of the best bits already got posted here as YouTube clips so, uh, hope you didn't watch those. Noah Hawley makes it obvious that he'd rather be directing music videos than TV shows. Plenty of the set pieces are gorgeously inspired in their creation. There's a stand-alone episode that could make you cry. All the acting is exactly as good as it needs to be, which is why the actions being acted out could make you yell at your screen; you believe they exist enough that it pisses you off when they do dumb poo poo. The cinematography is appropriately odd, the musical choices are on point, and, mild non-plot spoiler, Jon Hamm does some narration that is supremely excellent. Let us know what you think as you watch it! I'd lurk this thread more just for that. DaveKap fucked around with this message at 05:22 on Jun 15, 2021 |
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SimonChris posted:Also, making a Legion show where Legion does not have multiple personalities is a pretty odd choice. There is some hinting in that direction towards the end of the show, but it never has space to go anywhere. He does in fact have several personalities on the show, it becomes a lot more apparent after the first season. You especially see it at the end of season two where the other personalities are talking to him.
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So uh batman dont eat pussy it's canon
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Alan Smithee posted:So uh batman dont eat pussy https://twitter.com/DC_Animated/status/1404609612150542339
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GreenNight posted:I feel like I've seen that plot a dozen times. In Bakersfield PD back in the 90's Giancarlo Esposito was a D.C cop who, when he and his wife discover their fertility doctor fathered their son (and many others), moves to Bakersfield as it's basically as far away as they can get.
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I was watching The Usual Suspects last week for the first time in ages, and it occurred to me that Giancarlo Esposito was the detective who interviewed the Turkish burn victim in the hospital. Holy hell, he was so young.
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And of course it would be unacceptable to not bring up Buggin’ Out: https://youtu.be/jc6_XgtOQgI
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Gonz posted:Holy hell, he was so young. 
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DaveKap posted:Thoughts on Legion... Thanks for the write-up. It's been years since I've seen the first season so I'll probably start there if I decide to dive back in to it, and I'll post my thoughts here if I do.
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Alan Smithee posted:So uh batman dont eat pussy However, Batman of Zur-En-Arrh, Batmite, and Bizarro Batman are all big muff divers
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Good lord is Housebroken dire. I can usually sit through an episode of something to see if I like it, but I nope'd out part way through two weeks in a row. I guess that's why it's being burned off at 9:00 on Mondays despite not being particularly offensive.
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Yeah I usually give shows 3 episodes but I dropped Housebroken last week. Just didn’t find it enjoyable at all
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MechaSeinfeld posted:I’m loving Raised By Wolves but lol at the rapist going super saiyan after getting Android blood in his head. incredible costume design on that guy though
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No one does prequels like Gaston. Disney Plus Beauty and the Beast series with Luke Evans and Josh Gad reprising their roles from live action remake. Also funny with people talking about Netflix pushing Manifest on them as it was just canceled.
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muscles like this! posted:No one does prequels like Gaston. Disney Plus Beauty and the Beast series with Luke Evans and Josh Gad reprising their roles from live action remake. I remember recently how someone was mocking that idea. Will Gaston's mother really be crushed by a giant bookshelf?
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Why does no one talk about Black Sails? I don't even like it that much but I feel gaslit as gently caress that the show with the best production values this side of Game Of Thrones, Toby Stephens giving probably the most intensely compelling portrayal of an irredeemable bastard in TV history, an incredible CARRIAGE chase long-take, shots of people clinging to masts being DUNKED INTO THE SEA in a storm and PULLED BACK OUT in one shot, and probably the boldest portrayal of a historical gay relationship I've seen - is treated like it never existed? Like I've only met one human who has actually watched it.
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cant cook creole bream posted:I remember recently how someone was mocking that idea. Will Gaston's mother really be crushed by a giant bookshelf? Seeing that is the movie people I don't know how far back it can go as a prequel.
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VagueRant posted:Why does no one talk about Black Sails? That’s probably why
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VagueRant posted:Why does no one talk about Black Sails? It's great. One of my favorite shows of the last decade or so. And yeah it's a very good looking show. Hell I bought the whole series twice, once on bluray as it released and then again iTunes when I moved to mainly a digital collection.
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oh jay posted:It seems to me that the only reason Almost Family was greenlit, is that a producer thought the naming scheme for the episodes was cute: Fall 2019 was loving dire for new network comedies. There was that, Carol’s Second Act, and Bob Hearts Abishola all starting like two or three weeks apart.
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VagueRant posted:Why does no one talk about Black Sails? Hughmoris posted:Is FX's Legion worth getting back in to? I watched Season 1 and enjoyed it but I think I recall that the quality jumped all over the place in later episodes. I know from a bit ago but I loved Legion. One of my favourite series but it has flaws that I am fairly sure are 100% Noah Hawley. It can be a bit pretentious, up its own rear end and also tends to wander off like it got a bit too high and had the munchies. All that said: if you enjoyed season 1 you should like season 2 and 3. Season 2 had a couple of character arcs that went to an uncomfortable place ( it makes it hard to keep rooting for the main characters) BUT season 3 had a really good ending to the entire show. Not for everyone but definitely worth a watch. So goons strike again. A pal of mine and I watched Ted Lasso. I have never seen an American show so uplifting and happy. I really feel like it was shot and run secretly by fellow Canadians pretending to be from Michigan or something. Really, really excellent recommendation and I will be getting apple tv for season 2. Seriously love this show. TVIV has yet to fail me. Any of you guys watched the cartoon Final Space? I started it off as a larf and have become addicted to the show. No idea why but I love it.
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muscles like this! posted:No one does prequels like Gaston. Disney Plus Beauty and the Beast series with Luke Evans and Josh Gad reprising their roles from live action remake. quote:“For anyone who’s ever wondered how a brute like Gaston and a goof like LeFou could have ever become friends and partners, or how a mystical enchantress came to cast that fateful spell on the prince-turned-beast, this series will finally provide those answers…and provoke a whole new set of questions,” said Gary Marsh, president and chief creative officer of Disney Branded Television. I can't say that I have ever wondered about Gaston and LeFou. Also iirc the enchantress cursed him because he was a full on aristocratic dick to her. Or rejected her advances. I can't remember. lol Disney. VagueRant posted:Why does no one talk about Black Sails? Season 1 bored me so I didn't go back. CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK fucked around with this message at 23:18 on Jun 15, 2021 |
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Wikipedia posted:An enchantress disguised as a beggar woman offers a rose to a cruel and selfish prince in exchange for shelter from a storm. When he refuses, she reveals her identity and, for the prince's arrogance, she transforms him into a horrendous beast and his servants into household objects. It was dumb for her to punish his servants for trying to make a living
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