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DrVenkman posted:Nah. He was walking red flags, if she still chose him then that's on her. They laid out the premise at the start and then pulled it because they didn't like who won. Being a gross rear end in a top hat was literally why they put him in there. Yes, and humiliating him for being a gross rear end in a top hat was a choice the creators of the show had every right to make. He signed releases, its his fault if he didn't read all the print in his contract. He was a gross rear end in a top hat, played his role, and was punished for it. Win win. "I open up to them so they'll open their legs to me" like come on, you don't enjoy seeing that kind of man get exactly what he deserves?
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Aug 17, 2021 00:49
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Cherry Flavor was a loving wild ride, definitely recommend it with the caveat of the somewhat abrupt ending. Rosa Salazar is fast becoming one of my favourite actresses.
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Aug 17, 2021 00:51
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If you haven't seen it she's really good in season 2 of Man Seeking Woman as the potential love interest of the season.
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Aug 17, 2021 00:57
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I just sat down and watched Nobody and I’m glad Bob Odenkirk is ok since he’s possibly the best action movie star of the last ten years.
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I watched the first episode of Centaur World and that show is very weird. It starts with a young warrior who was tasked with retrieving a magical artifact that could turn the tide in a losing war but she's attacked and is separated from her horse and the magical artifact. The show then follows the horse as she is sent to a magical world of whimsical bullshit where everything (including trees, buildings and mountains) is some kind of centaur ie half-human/half-whatever. The horse, which is still drawn in a semi realistic style, can now talk and kind of gesture with her forelegs and wants nothing more than to get back to her rider. Also there's lots of singing.
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Aug 17, 2021 02:19
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Posted it in the PYF Unpopular opinions thread but god drat Firefly is actually good.
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Aug 17, 2021 02:28
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Oh yeah now I remember why Rosa Salazar owns, she was Alita
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I've always liked Firefly. It's not perfect, but I like the characters a lot. Tim Minear, Jane Espenson and Ben Edlund are wonderful writers too, whatever you might think of Whedon's technical skill.muscles like this! posted:I watched the first episode of Centaur World and that show is very weird. It starts with a young warrior who was tasked with retrieving a magical artifact that could turn the tide in a losing war but she's attacked and is separated from her horse and the magical artifact. The show then follows the horse as she is sent to a magical world of whimsical bullshit where everything (including trees, buildings and mountains) is some kind of centaur ie half-human/half-whatever. The horse, which is still drawn in a semi realistic style, can now talk and kind of gesture with her forelegs and wants nothing more than to get back to her rider. Also there's lots of singing. It's great. I think the early episodes lean too far into making the supporting cast annoying, but a lot of the central conflicts and the horror motifs are excellent. Great kids show.
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Open Source Idiom posted:I've always liked Firefly. It's not perfect, but I like the characters a lot. Tim Minear, Jane Espenson and Ben Edlund are wonderful writers too, whatever you might think of Whedon's technical skill. The scene in the first episode where Mal just walks In and headshots the fed was amazing. Didn’t realize Edlund wrote for it too
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Google Butt posted:Oh yeah now I remember why Rosa Salazar owns, she was Alita She has some serious talent. That movie would not have worked if she weren't just charming as hell.
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Aug 17, 2021 08:27
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I also recommend people watch Undone with her and perennial favourite Bob Odenkirk, it was really good.
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Aug 17, 2021 11:56
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Alita was great and I would enjoy a sequel.
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Aug 17, 2021 12:00
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Posted it in the PYF Unpopular opinions thread but god drat Firefly is actually good. I remember loving it when I first got it on DVD back in like 2005 but even so I quickly wound up largely rewatching only a few episodes (Shindig, Jaynestown, and the Saffron episodes). I feel like those are the episodes that really made the show's reputation.
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Aug 17, 2021 14:24
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Last time I revisited Firefly it felt like I was watching Andromeda or Lexx. In my memory it was far more prestige than those, but my experience was it feeling flimsy and cheap. Maybe I rewatched one of the wrong episodes, though.
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Aug 17, 2021 15:25
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I think maybe you need to rewatch Lexx or Andromeda to recalibrate what a cheap production looks like.
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Aug 17, 2021 15:32
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Titans season 3 is loving incredible so far.
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Aug 17, 2021 15:37
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feedmyleg posted:Last time I revisited Firefly it felt like I was watching Andromeda or Lexx. In my memory it was far more prestige than those, but my experience was it feeling flimsy and cheap. Maybe I rewatched one of the wrong episodes, though. How dare you. LEXX is superior to Firefly in every way
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Aug 17, 2021 15:38
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Gonz posted:Alita was great and I would enjoy a sequel. I thought Alita was going to suck so hard, especially after seeing the trailer in the cinema and a lot of people were laughing at it (not with it). But man, I enjoyed that film a whole bunch and would definitely be psyched for a sequel.
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Aug 17, 2021 15:53
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Alita was v cool
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Titans season 3 is loving incredible so far. You cant fool me
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Speaking of ~cheap~ scifi, someone uploaded the 2000 Dune miniseries that SyFy (neê SciFi) made more than twenty years ago. It's interesting because it was made at probably the worst time, but was also one of the catalysts for the golden age of television that was about to begin. One of the worst problems was CGI just becoming viable enough to replace animatronics, but it makes all of those scenes look like a Diablo cutscene. Everything was also shot on sets, with matte paintings, which gives it all a cheap, flat look compared to today's meticulously crafted green-screens... ...but at the same time all of these things were obviously expensive in their time. Huge, beautiful matte paintings, gigantic sets filled with extras, unique costumes and props. So much effort was put into all of these things, they just were made at a very unfortunate time and just don't hold up at all to modern eyes. It's a good adaptation, all things considered. It has that same, weird vibe that scifi had in the 90's with shows like Lexx. Here is the youtube channel, if anyone else is interested: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Pjs49IEa_YSmYt3NH1ndw
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Aug 17, 2021 16:43
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One thing that I always liked with that adaptation is the way they lit the sets was like a stage production. I've been meaning to rewatch my DVDs of the miniseries for awhile now.
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I can't really hold the technology of the time against a production. A lot of contemporary shows are going to age like milk, and good CG doesn't really correlate to a strong story. All the "looks cheap", or "doesn't look like it has a budget" style critical discourse always seem to be begging the question tbh.
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There's some decent casting in that but holy poo poo the guy who played Paul was horrible.
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Aug 17, 2021 17:52
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HBO Max has ordered a Fionna and Cake Adventure Time spin off series. The show's one line description is that Fionna and Cake will be traveling across the multiverse with Simon.
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Aug 17, 2021 20:36
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Aug 17, 2021 20:42
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Dune had some real actors in it like William Hurt in the first one and Susan Sarandon in the second. But yeah the effects and matte paintings looked super cheap even at the time. I saw it on scifi when it aired and liked it a lot. Mostly because the glowy blue eyes looked dope as fuuuuuck. e: I forgot James McAvoy too! Mu Zeta fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Aug 17, 2021 |
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Aug 17, 2021 21:17
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I got YouTube Rabbit Holed into watching Taskmaster, and I am truly baffled. How has this not been ported to American TV yet? "Get five cheap celebrities, put them up in a house for a few weeks, and make them do poo poo that is either humiliating, requires lateral thinking, or both and then host a clip show of it for everyone to make jokes about" seems like a layup.
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Aug 17, 2021 21:51
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CapnAndy posted:I got YouTube Rabbit Holed into watching Taskmaster, and I am truly baffled. How has this not been ported to American TV yet? "Get five cheap celebrities, put them up in a house for a few weeks, and make them do poo poo that is either humiliating, requires lateral thinking, or both and then host a clip show of it for everyone to make jokes about" seems like a layup. Well we had the Apprentice and look how that turned out.
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Aug 17, 2021 21:58
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lol Dave's season finale made me tear up and I wasn't that big of a fan. Amazing. Like it needed 2 years of narrative plumbing.
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Aug 17, 2021 22:02
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https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1427648439194722314 Debicki makes a pretty good Diana, Dominic West as Prince Charles... I dunno.
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Aug 17, 2021 22:04
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CapnAndy posted:I got YouTube Rabbit Holed into watching Taskmaster, and I am truly baffled. How has this not been ported to American TV yet? "Get five cheap celebrities, put them up in a house for a few weeks, and make them do poo poo that is either humiliating, requires lateral thinking, or both and then host a clip show of it for everyone to make jokes about" seems like a layup. Not only has the British version aired on the CW, but there was a US version a few years back on Comedy Central. Reggie Watts was the Taskmaster, with Alex Horne back setting all the tasks. It was thoroughly average.
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Daedo posted:Not only has the British version aired on the CW, but there was a US version a few years back on Comedy Central. Reggie Watts was the Taskmaster, with Alex Horne back setting all the tasks. It was thoroughly average.
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Aug 17, 2021 22:10
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Timby posted:It's really impressive just how thoroughly the LotR trilogy and especially the Hobbit trilogy turbofucked New Zealand's economy and did incomprehensible damage to the country's unions and workforce. The US is a disease and the world is infected. Was "Whew" a real show? I mean, a real gameshow, not a spoof? Because Annie there is comedian Julie Brown. Vincent fucked around with this message at 22:36 on Aug 17, 2021 |
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Aug 17, 2021 22:27
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CapnAndy posted:That's surprising. Where'd it fail in the translation, do you think? Unsurprisingly it was jammed into a 22 minute timeslot, and Reggie probably wasn't the right choice as the TM. The UK version has done appallingly in the ratings, it's just not really a show the American audience cares for en masse sadly.
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Aug 17, 2021 22:43
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EL BROMANCE posted:Unsurprisingly it was jammed into a 22 minute timeslot, and Reggie probably wasn't the right choice as the TM. The UK version has done appallingly in the ratings, it's just not really a show the American audience cares for en masse sadly. You just need to do a version with all the celebrities from this music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq7Eki5EZ8o Ratings gold I tell you
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EL BROMANCE posted:Unsurprisingly it was jammed into a 22 minute timeslot, and Reggie probably wasn't the right choice as the TM. The UK version has done appallingly in the ratings, it's just not really a show the American audience cares for en masse sadly.
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DaveWoo posted:https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1427648439194722314 The guy they had for Young Charles was bang on. This guy...
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EL BROMANCE posted:Unsurprisingly it was jammed into a 22 minute timeslot, and Reggie probably wasn't the right choice as the TM. The UK version has done appallingly in the ratings, it's just not really a show the American audience cares for en masse sadly. I believe the UK version does well for CW on streaming
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