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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:Guillermo getting to be a vampire will be this show's jumping the shark, should it ever happen, but which for various reasons it shall not.
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The_Doctor posted:I liked the subtle joke about gay guys basically dating clones of themself. The term is doppelbangers, hilariously .... alright, I wasn't previously aware of that being a thing. That's pretty funny, I'll give the show that.
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I thought maybe they were keeping the loser vampire in the show so at some point gizmo could be offered vampirism from someone else and turn it down. but idk now.
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CoolCab posted:I thought maybe they were keeping the loser vampire in the show so at some point gizmo could be offered vampirism from someone else and turn it down. but idk now. I’d like to see more Derek, he’d be a fun character to explore more deeply.
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LividLiquid posted:There's roughly one season's worth of jokes to mine there, so if they don't save it for the finale, I wouldn't mind it being undone mystically after a season or for it to be the last season's ongoing story. Keep an eye on whether Nandor saves his last wish for something along these lines.
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CoolCab posted:i'm gonna guess the british twink has some shady poo poo going on. they repeatedly set up this season that nandor has incredibly valuable artifacts in his home worth a ton of money, an art dealer turns up at a place he isn't supposed by following a return addreess and oh gee whizz immediately takes a liking to nandor? something fishy imo. I just kinda assumed off camera Nandor did some glamouring to make the colonizer be smitten with him.
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CoolCab posted:i'm gonna guess the british twink has some shady poo poo going on. they repeatedly set up this season that nandor has incredibly valuable artifacts in his home worth a ton of money, an art dealer turns up at a place he isn't supposed by following a return addreess and oh gee whizz immediately takes a liking to nandor? something fishy imo. I would say you were onto something but it would be weird if they played the "ridiculously elaborate con for the sake of burglary" card again so soon.
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Sep 3, 2022 20:13
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I don't think Guillermo can become a vampire due to his family lineage, and that will be a big reveal near the end of the show.
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Superrodan posted:I don't think Guillermo can become a vampire due to his family lineage, and that will be a big reveal near the end of the show. Yeah I’ve been wondering about this too, maybe it just won’t take. However Guillermo has had a different reaction to vampires than others with slayer blood (like his family) so who knows? Or maybe it’s worn off over time like the vampires’ ability to hypnotize him?
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Sep 3, 2022 23:17
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Being a Vampire Hunter seems to give you low level superpowers anyway.
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bobjr posted:Being a Vampire Hunter seems to give you low level superpowers anyway. It'd probably be a really really bad idea to turn him into a vampire and double up his powers
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Sep 4, 2022 10:17
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Life as a Vampire Hunter Vampire: 
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I've been struggling to get through this latest season. Honestly, I think the show got worse when they made the Staten Island crew important in vampire circles. They should just have left them as morons with inflated opinions of themselves rather than give them power. Kind of like "It's Always Sunny" but with Vampires. I would have been happy to see a show that let them continue to clash with the Werewolf Support Group or Simon the Devious' crew and Mister Fifties (which is a gag I will always laugh at because he's such a goofy non sequitur of a character).
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There are two wishes left, right? I expect there to be some kind of big emotional scene between Guillermo and Nandor where those wishes come into play in a big way. Absolutely baseless speculation: what if the wish does something to upset the power balance of the house? Something like Guillermo becomes a vampire and Nandor becomes human again, working as Gizmo's familiar? Then we could see if those two actually enjoy getting what they think they wanted most.
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Would laugh a lot if Nandor just forgot he had two wishes left, to the point that he flat out tells people with utter confidence that they're crazy or he has no idea what they're talking about if they ever bring it up as an option.
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Jerusalem posted:Would laugh a lot if Nandor just forgot he had two wishes left, to the point that he flat out tells people with utter confidence that they're crazy or he has no idea what they're talking about if they ever bring it up as an option. <cut to Djinn looking over glasses at the camera>
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Astroman posted:<cut to Djinn looking over glasses at the camera> Guillermo: Did he make a wish to forget you existed? Djinn: 
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Bogus Adventure posted:I've been struggling to get through this latest season. Honestly, I think the show got worse when they made the Staten Island crew important in vampire circles. They should just have left them as morons with inflated opinions of themselves rather than give them power. Kind of like "It's Always Sunny" but with Vampires. I would have been happy to see a show that let them continue to clash with the Werewolf Support Group or Simon the Devious' crew and Mister Fifties (which is a gag I will always laugh at because he's such a goofy non sequitur of a character). Pretty much. It didn't bother me at first last season, but as time went on, not really much was happening. And even when good stuff happens, they build up this big thing with the Sire of all vampires, and then when he actually shows up, they don't really do anything with him, he's just treated as just another monster of the week before fading into non relevance. Then this season, Nadja decides she wants to do a vampire nightclub and I'm like...okay? When the gently caress has she ever given a poo poo about anything like that? It's almost like the writers realized what a bad idea it was when they shut it down at the end there anyway. And there's still stuff they could build up on and use that's interesting and hilarious at the same time. Like the LARPer vampire girl who if her lack of screentime is any indication, did use her invisibility power for good and just vanished completely from the earth without a trace. Or Craig Robinson's group of wannabe vampire hunters. Nope, nothing. Don't get me wrong, this show is still good enough to get me interested enough to turn it on every week, but ever since Jemaine and Taika left the writer's room, it's a coin flip on whether it'll be balls out funny like it used to be or just eh.
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Shitenshi posted:ever since Jemaine and Taika left the writer's room, it's a coin flip on whether it'll be balls out funny like it used to be or just eh. Oh wow, is this what happened? It's still a great show but I've definitely noticed a decline in quality. 
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god FINALLY Guillermo, I love that he stole all their loving money  Also I felt bad for Laszlo, he looked so sad that Colin Robinson didn’t remember him raising him from a baby Also I love Matt Berry’s voice  🎶 it’s not my fault, you stupid motherfuckers it’s yours! It’s not my fault, you thick pieces of poo poo, it’s yours! 🎵
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Shitenshi posted:Pretty much. It didn't bother me at first last season, but as time went on, not really much was happening. And even when good stuff happens, they build up this big thing with the Sire of all vampires, and then when he actually shows up, they don't really do anything with him, he's just treated as just another monster of the week before fading into non relevance. Then this season, Nadja decides she wants to do a vampire nightclub and I'm like...okay? When the gently caress has she ever given a poo poo about anything like that? It's almost like the writers realized what a bad idea it was when they shut it down at the end there anyway. And there's still stuff they could build up on and use that's interesting and hilarious at the same time. Like the LARPer vampire girl who if her lack of screentime is any indication, did use her invisibility power for good and just vanished completely from the earth without a trace. Or Craig Robinson's group of wannabe vampire hunters. Nope, nothing. Yeah, they leave a lot of dangling threads with stories and characters who could lead to good episodes. I mean, I'm always happy that they find a way to sneak Simon the Devious and his crew into seasons, but they just abandon a lot of others. I agree, I would like to see to see the LARPer vamp back because she was funny. I'm honestly surprised that they brought Derek back for multiple episodes given how many other side characters get tossed to the side (and they still did fuckall with him). What attracted me to the movie and the TV show was taking these monsters and showing them going through the banality of everyday life, like dealing with chores, finding victims to feed on while avoiding the police, roommate clashes, and adjusting to modern life. That's also what I loved about Colin, and what I'm missing from this season. His "energy vampire" escapades were clever and some of the non-Matt Berry highlights of the show (because Matt Berry is funny in everything and anything he does). IMHO one of the best episodes of this season involved the gang trying to enroll "the boy" in school because of all the obstacles they keep running into (along with their stupidity). Give me more of that and less of Nadja building a nightclub or Nandor magically creating his perfect wife.
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NGL I'm disappointed with how they wrapped up the baby ColinRobinson storyline. The payoff to the blood sprinklers gag didn't really hit either, felt like they built it up too much. Bogus Adventure posted:I agree, I would like to see to see the LARPer vamp back because she was funny. She was supposed to have a major role in season 2 but other filming commitments: https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/mark-hamill-what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-2-guest-star-1203462505/
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I loved the Colin Robinson storyline from start to finish, even the bittersweet (mostly bitter) ending. A lot of the other stuff this season fell flat for me though, unless Sean was involved (Seanie!) Guillermo overpaid on becoming a vampire, Derek probably would have done it for free (did you forget you saved his life?)
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I enjoyed the season and the middle section I felt was excellent, but the final episode fell kind of flat for me. Some good moments in there but the payoff didn't really resonate with me. Still a great show, and I'm keen to see what happens from that final scene, but this is the first season I've felt wasn't greater than the sum of its parts.
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Mostly agree with those sentiments. This is a fun and good show that's prevented from being great by their reluctance to stick to any change they promise. There could be something to that being immortal leads to an arrested development, but the resets are hard and aren't clever enough to stick that landing. It's just weird to me that after the setup of last season they opted to trash those threads in favor of the djinn and night club plot lines. Suppose there's no way they could afford to have their main cast separated and in multiple countries, but there was plenty to explore with Nandor finding himself and the others in London. Lazlo raising Colin was cute. What a loving dumb choice to have him forget all of it. Can't fathom why they did that, it's not like he couldn't return with that relationship.
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Shitenshi posted:Don't get me wrong, this show is still good enough to get me interested enough to turn it on every week, but ever since Jemaine and Taika left the writer's room, it's a coin flip on whether it'll be balls out funny like it used to be or just eh. I don’t think Taika and Jermaine were really involved in the writing aside from the pilot? Jermaine’s directed a few, and they’ve both cameoed in episodes, and while they’re both listed as execs, I think their involvement is really minimal.
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My memory is that Taika stopped being actively involved after s1 and Jemaine after 2 (I think he was the showrunner before then)
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Jermaine was on the writing staff and left before season 3: https://movieweb.com/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-3-jemaine-clement/ [just the first Google result I found] coincidentally he left at the exact point that the show’s writing became tremendously weaker
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One day people will call him by his actual name and not "Jermaine."
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Autocorrect makes it Jermaine
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:She was supposed to have a major role in season 2 but other filming commitments: https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/mark-hamill-what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-2-guest-star-1203462505/ Ah, that makes sense.
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HOLY gently caress posted:god FINALLY Guillermo, I love that he stole all their loving money I thought maybe he was lying to Lazlo so he could feed on his sadness. What was Colinrobinson whistling as he walked away? Hopefully Berry will release a WWDITS ep via Acid Jazz, really want a full version of There Is A Giant Bird Stealing My Brothers.
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WonkyBob posted:I thought maybe he was lying to Lazlo so he could feed on his sadness. What was Colinrobinson whistling as he walked away? He was totally whistling one of the songs baby Colin used to sing, right?
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WonkyBob posted:
And Who Will Come First on the Wedding Night? and There Is A Girl in my Village with a Very Small Foot really need a full version released
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Overall I think this season was great, it was not quite up there with season 2, but it was close.
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WonkyBob posted:I thought maybe he was lying to Lazlo so he could feed on his sadness. What was Colinrobinson whistling as he walked away? Either way Laszlo’s sadness still got me Also I love Nadja’s grim traditional songs and would love full versions too
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Kinda surprised by the complaints that nothing changed, since so much of that seemed to be the thematic point of the episode. The characters all losing everything and trying to miserably march forward through the status quo was hammered home a lot. Child Colin getting ego-deathed just like Marwa was also very intentionally unsettling. He was clearly starting to develop his own method of draining compared to Colin Robinson's banal methods. He could've been a different kind of vampire, only for the Status Quo to rear its head and force him to become what he doesn't want to be. Its a good build up to Guillermo's breaking point. Its all very melancholy in such a quietly depressing way. Sending it all off with Lazlo's rendition of Sunrise, Sunset really tugged on the heartstrings.
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