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I noticed that there was a contortionist vampire in the cult that was the guy that played Pretzel Jack in Dream Door. Also I love there was a random nosferatu looking dude I really want to know what he was up to before this.
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The scene in the car between Nandor and Guillermo was incredibly well acted. Also, where is Guillermo getting money for that kind of car? Is he siphoning Vampiric Council funds? Money feels like something they don’t pay attention to, once they’ve got the fees.
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Oct 18, 2021 07:16
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The_Doctor posted:The scene in the car between Nandor and Guillermo was incredibly well acted. I’m assuming he’s looting bodies and committing credit card fraud with what he finds in their wallets.
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Oct 18, 2021 07:25
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TheMopeSquad posted:I noticed that there was a contortionist vampire in the cult that was the guy that played Pretzel Jack in Dream Door. What We Do in The Shadows seems to operate on Vampire the Masquerade rule where some vampire look like normal humans and others look like nosferatus and that's just the way it is. Side note: The way Nosferatus look in the Vampire the Masquerade video game seemed to vary wildly and in ways that seemed incredibly unfair to me. Some of the Nosferatus are buff cool looking monster guys and girls who just happen to be bald with pointy ears, and others look like they're melting and covered in tumors.
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Oct 18, 2021 07:37
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Side note: The way Nosferatus look in the Vampire the Masquerade video game seemed to vary wildly and in ways that seemed incredibly unfair to me. Some of the Nosferatus are buff cool looking monster guys and girls who just happen to be bald with pointy ears, and others look like they're melting and covered in tumors. Being a Nosferatu in the *oD games is all about things being incredibly unfair. So you're quite correct!
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Oct 18, 2021 08:33
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EimiYoshikawa posted:Being a Nosferatu in the *oD games is all about things being incredibly unfair. So you're quite correct! That's a good point, the fact that there are some Nosferatu where the condition manifests as "That doesn't seem so bad, if you wore a wig to cover your pointy ears and bald head you'd just look like a human with a mild skin condition and could probably walk around in public without anyone batting an eye" or "You look downright badass! You could be the lead singer in a death metal band!" and other Nosferatu where it manifests as "Oh my GOD what the gently caress!? Did you just get hit by a car?!" or "You're covered in open sores!!! How are you even alive?!" really does make an already unfair deal even more unfair and cruel. Some Nosferatu get hosed over more than others and there's no rhythm or reason as to who gets screwed over the most.
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Oct 18, 2021 09:16
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:That's a good point, the fact that there are some Nosferatu where the condition manifests as "That doesn't seem so bad, if you wore a wig to cover your pointy ears and bald head you'd just look like a human with a mild skin condition and could probably walk around in public without anyone batting an eye" or "You look downright badass! You could be the lead singer in a death metal band!" and other Nosferatu where it manifests as "Oh my GOD what the gently caress!? Did you just get hit by a car?!" or "You're covered in open sores!!! How are you even alive?!" really does make an already unfair deal even more unfair and cruel. The pro move is to look hideous but constantly use obfuscate to appear normal until you need it for shock value.
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Oct 18, 2021 09:41
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:What We Do in The Shadows seems to operate on Vampire the Masquerade rule where some vampire look like normal humans and others look like nosferatus and that's just the way it is. For the most part it seems to be based on age, where the older a vampire is the more demonic they look. Which I like because it implies that Nosferatu looking dude was probably thousands of years old and fell in for this water drinking cult.
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Oct 18, 2021 12:34
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God pure water vomit is amazing if you've ever had the dry heaves. If I was running a vampire cult I could do it no problem
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Oct 18, 2021 14:11
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Senor Tron posted:For the most part it seems to be based on age, where the older a vampire is the more demonic they look. In the movie the oldest vampire who was living in the basement was nosferatu looking. Which implies that there was some sort of evolution where vampires got more and more humanoid looking.
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Oct 18, 2021 17:41
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Compare them to the Sire who basically looked like a gargoyle.
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Oct 18, 2021 20:39
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Pure water vomit is the gargoyle lifestyle.
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Oct 18, 2021 20:44
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Just found this thread so I can mention how much I love Nadja's weird little sing-songs
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Oct 18, 2021 21:15
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Most of this episode actually really landed for me, just something really charming about the whole Cult thing and how Nandor was enjoying himself that was at least amusing the entire time. I think watching vampires try and relearn how to be human very mechanically presses the right buttons for me. It helps that the whole episode reminded me how absurdly hot Kayvan Novak is. The best line was Jan instructing the women vampires how to respond with "Strained Eyes, Big Smiles."
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Bonaventure posted:while i don't doubt the writers are aware of and taking inspiration from the internet trend, energy / psychic / spiritual vampires have been a literary device since at least the mid-1800s and particularly played a role in various occult beliefs (e.g. theosophy) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries Huh, fair enough, I had no idea the concept had that much history. Nitrousoxide posted:Started this show the other day and Colin Robinson is just wonderful every time he pops up. I've been less a fan of some of his shock/gross drains in this season, like him farting on Nandor's stuff or bringing up Guillermo's poop bucket over and over. Being outright disgusting just seems too easy. I think it's a lot funnier and more relatable when he just seems like a well-meaning but really boring guy that people are too polite to interrupt or walk away from. "Why are you dressed like a playmobil figure?" Might be my favorite line of the season though.
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Oct 18, 2021 22:44
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Avasculous posted:Huh, fair enough, I had no idea the concept had that much history. I think Colin Robinson has to up his game with his roommates since they know his tricks. He should just get a job as a ride-share driver. That’s where the human misery is at.
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Oct 18, 2021 23:23
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Marsupial Ape posted:I think Colin Robinson has to up his game with his roommates since they know his tricks. He should just get a job as a ride-share driver. That’s where the human misery is at. Oh my god, I’ve definitely had energy vampires as Uber drivers. One in Berlin who took me to the airport talked the entire time in (I think) Turkish, and had a whole conversation with me even though I clearly said I was English. What he talked about, I have no clue, but it was draining because it was 5am and I just wanted to ride in peace.
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Oct 19, 2021 08:15
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https://www.tiktok.com/embed/7020447314716249349 I'm not art stupid but I had no idea that was a real painting they photoshopped.
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Oct 19, 2021 23:52
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There's a neat gallery here that runs through the paintings that they used as the base for the art in the opening credits.
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Oct 19, 2021 23:58
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Jerusalem posted:There's a neat gallery here that runs through the paintings that they used as the base for the art in the opening credits. They're way off on the probably source for this one:  There's lots of 1920s photos of people wearing bat costumes that look really similar to that, and even some silent films:   
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Oct 20, 2021 00:12
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It does look like outside of (most) of the art they're guessing for a bunch of the 20th Century stuff, especially since a lot of that stuff seems to be more generalized themes than specific images. drat that is so cool, what's the actual film?
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Oct 20, 2021 00:31
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Lazlo swallowing a harmonica is so looney tunes I love it so much.
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Oct 20, 2021 00:32
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Jerusalem posted:It does look like outside of (most) of the art they're guessing for a bunch of the 20th Century stuff, especially since a lot of that stuff seems to be more generalized themes than specific images. Les Vampires, dir. Louis Feuillade, 1915. Skip to 36:15 for that specific scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GascCxtP-o It's a serialized film in 10 parts so settle in if you're planning on watching the entire thing, it's over 7 hours long. 
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Oct 20, 2021 00:47
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:It's a serialized film in 10 parts so settle in if you're planning on watching the entire thing, it's over 7 hours long. Holy poo poo, well there's a treat to indulge over the coming weeks, thanks!
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Oct 20, 2021 01:06
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:They're way off on the probably source for this one: I love this outfit, it is so cute. Also I was thinking about the show this morning and how funny it was that for the series they moved it to America but then cast a bunch of not-Americans for the main cast anyway.
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Oct 20, 2021 01:45
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Jerusalem posted:There's a neat gallery here that runs through the paintings that they used as the base for the art in the opening credits. It would be a ton of work, but I would love to see them do this for the whole show. The photo montage of naval Laszlo photoshopped him into this painting: https://www.pilotonline.com/history/photogallery_c04b45cc-a08e-11e8-a93f-a33f08d1a13a.html
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muscles like this! posted:I love this outfit, it is so cute. Americans don't want to watch Americans anyway
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Oct 20, 2021 22:29
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The escape from the wellness center alone made last week the best episode of the season
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Oct 21, 2021 00:03
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Americans don't want to
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Oct 21, 2021 02:26
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Started season 3. This feels like a different writing staff. All the characters kind of feel off. Colin Robinson the most so with the first couple where he feels like he's being actively malicious rather than just banal.
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Jerusalem posted:drat that is so cool, what's the actual film? Les Vampires (1915), which is not actually a vampire movie but about a crime ring.
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Nitrousoxide posted:Started season 3. This feels like a different writing staff. All the characters kind of feel off. Colin Robinson the most so with the first couple where he feels like he's being actively malicious rather than just banal. That's because it is! I feel the same way, but generally just didn't want to dump on the thread which seems to be enjoying it still. To me, this season is far more wacky and less witty and a few of the characters don't feel like they made a natural progression from the end of s2. Guillermo as a vampire bodyguard seemed like a good idea, but we just get goofy Guillermo as the mastermind of the house. That seems unearned and a bit of a jump from the subserviently meak Guillermo that was coming into his own as a badass vampire hunter in the finale for s2. He went from an awesome vampire hunter that was unsure of himself to the god king of the idiot vampires. It's a bit of a leap. The other characters have their issues too. Colin stands out to me the most. He no longer tries to drain and annoy in the same way he did before. They really have no idea what to do with the energy vampire that they created, and also he's apparently incredibly stupid this season. He played dumb in the past to annoy (knowing winks and nods to the camera in s1 and 2) and now he's just dumb. It reminds me of when I saw Mike Reiss talk about the evolution of Homer Simpson. I'm paraphrasing here but he said something along the lines of "when we created Homer he was about as dumb as your own dad. Now's he's about as dumb as your shoe." I liked it better when the show and jokes were a bit more clever. An Ounce of Gold fucked around with this message at 20:43 on Oct 21, 2021 |
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Marsupial Ape posted:I guess you all aren't a true crime/cult weirdo like me. The point of the cult is the cult. Jan got to be the absolute leader of a bunch of losers. This was very loving Jamestown. You must be right because nobody's bantered you for saying Jamestown lol Not sure why Nandor's haircut bugged me as much as it does, but I really enjoyed him getting to act alongside Cree this ep since they both are tremendous voice actors
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Oct 21, 2021 23:31
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Idk if it's my speakers or the sound mixing but I can't understand anything Nadja says this season.
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Oct 22, 2021 02:50
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Donal Logue!
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Oct 22, 2021 03:15
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This was so dark and I laughed so drat hard at the last thing that happened in this episode. Also I'm so confused by how Blade works in this universe.
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Oct 22, 2021 04:14
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Exasperated Nandor is my favourite, holy poo poo I fuckin died Well that was quite the sendoff
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Oct 22, 2021 07:47
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Khandi Alexander does not age, holy poo poo. Guillermo showing up with "nuggies and spaghetti with butter" was a beautiful moment.
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Oct 22, 2021 07:49
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TBH I'll be pretty happy to see the back of that character. This season hasn't been good for them, and it feels like the show could do with a shakeup anyway.
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priznat posted:Well that was quite the sendoff ...Is that really the end of him? He was like, the best character on the show.
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