double nine posted:Ron Swanson should be one of the new characters. No I can't find an excuse, but it'd be a lot of fun. i think it was last week on the podcast where MEJ said that he knew Nick Offerman was offered the Shawn part before him, which is really weird to imagine
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Whalley posted:Not when it's Stone Cold Steve Austin he won't. They should cast Stone Cold Steve Austin as the guy in the club she thought was Stone Cold Steve Austin.
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eke out posted:i think it was last week on the podcast where MEJ said that he knew Nick Offerman was offered the Shawn part before him, which is really weird to imagine Shawn would definitely have a different angle to him, but Nick Offerman could easily nail the flat affect. It wouldn't be nearly as odd as MEJ as Boyle.
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Xelkelvos posted:Who's that entertainer Jason impersonated way back? That guy. Alternatively, a player for the Jaguars or Titans unfortunately they probably can't afford both Blake Bortles AND Stone Cold Steve Austin (who I still think should have been the Judge, but I admit that having him more than two eps would be tough)
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double nine posted:for one thing, not enough hunting or meat. Froyo? What kind of socialist hellhole is this?! And where are the honest craftsmen? I heard this in Ron's voice and I want more.
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I can't believe there wasn't a whole page of "Is Eleanor a goon???" when she used the phrase "something awful." You've changed, TV/IV.
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Escobarbarian posted:I feel like the writers think Eleanor/Chidi is a much more interesting pairing than it actually is. I like them together but not enough for the events of this episode to cause me to feel any emotion whatsoever Agreed on the first part. I don't know how the writers will make me care about memory wiped Chidi again, but I know they will, because this show never disappoints. The first season was kind of the weakest. I hated the cliched sitcom plot devices... until the very end when it turned out there was a reason for all of that. A couple of times I almost stopped watching.
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CPColin posted:I can't believe there wasn't a whole page of "Is Eleanor a goon???" when she used the phrase "something awful." You've changed, TV/IV.
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pwn posted:For real. On Thursday’s SVU, Detective Benson looked directly into the camera and deadpanned, “Stairs. Protected. Bigpeeler, Manbabies, Gold Just Gold. Turn on your monitor.” The L&O thread said nothing gently caress, man. ![]()
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pwn posted:For real. On Thursday’s SVU, Detective Benson looked directly into the camera and deadpanned, “Stairs. Protected. Bigpeeler, Manbabies, Gold Just Gold. Turn on your monitor.” The L&O thread said nothing Pack it in guys, we've failed television
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I won't be happy til someone references load bearing drywall on TV
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inthesto posted:Shawn would definitely have a different angle to him, but Nick Offerman could easily nail the flat affect. It wouldn't be nearly as odd as MEJ as Boyle. The only thing Nick Offerman wouldn't be able to pull off is the laugh. MEJ has a wonderfully goofy sinister laugh that works so well.
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Conclusions posted:The only thing Nick Offerman wouldn't be able to pull off is the laugh. MEJ has a wonderfully goofy sinister laugh that works so well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mfd-V-X3Ko Could be fun. Was I the only one sitting in quiet contemplation only to be interrupted by the SVU rape scene? I haven't had that much whiplash since this gem: (Battlestar Spoilers) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEDjAFi7oJ4
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I’m not sure that I fully get why Chidi can’t still be on the secret good people team since he didn’t have any problems with the hidden knowledge component when the newcomers were just strangers. Maybe it’s just too complicated to try to fill him in after such a big memory wipe, but based on how fast things move I also imagine it might get addressed pretty quickly next season.
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GigaPeon posted:Was I the only one sitting in quiet contemplation only to be interrupted by the SVU rape scene? I haven't had that much whiplash since this gem:
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Chidi dated Simone for like one episode he really over-reacted to the ex thing. ashpanash posted:Dwight Schrute. Dwight somehow is living a perfect life and will most likely end up in the Good Place despite the system being broken
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Doltos posted:Chidi dated Simone for like one episode he really over-reacted to the ex thing. Yeah, but it was over like a 6 month period. Hardly insignificant. Also Eleanor and Simone are cute as hell when they're winding Chidi up, so they might actually be able to pull off the inevitable love triangle in a non-awful way.
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Plot twist for next season, Eleanor ends up dating Simone
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thanks alot assbag posted:Plot twist for next season, Eleanor ends up dating Simone Chidi dates Simone, Elanor dates Tahani.
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Kazy posted:Chidi dates Simone, Elanor dates Tahani. Elanor dates Simone and Tahani
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Chidi has a wild sex-only fling with Jason.
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Jason's everyone's cuddle buddy.
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I care so, so little about the Chidi and Eleanor romance so this finale fell pretty flat for me. It really does feel mostly like setup for next season, which is fine imo if they run with this concept for more than a couple episodes. Love how fast the show burns thru plot but I am getting tired of them changing the premise every other episode. Eleanor and Michael running fake Good Place is too good an idea to speed past!
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Had a dream last night where the premise of season 4 is that they had to reboot the experiment but someone else had to run it, leading to Jason having god powers. Hi-jinx ensued. Michael Schur, please hire me.
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I genuinely hope and expect that necessity or accident will cause that to occur next season. If it doesn't then the writers will have thrown away a gorgeous plot point.
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Watermelon Daiquiri posted:obviously what happened is the demons used the secret door they made to get to earth and killed whomever they needed Oh man, that is really dark for this show, but that makes a lot of sense. Accretionist posted:This was a sweet line. An actor could live their entire life and not get the chance to give such a silly, romantic, and badass line.
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I don't think the demons can actually interfere with people that are alive on Earth. They could go after the four humans because they're already meant to be dead and property of the Bad Place, but willy nilly killing people is probably a no no that'd have higher powers up swooping in.
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Is it me or does Mike Schur sound a lot like Marc Evan Jackson?
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It's not just you; this episode of the podcast is super confusing for that very reason.
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reminds me of that era a few years ago when like half or more of the weekend NPR shows had a host who was either Ira Glass, or was a guy who sounded like Ira Glass
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Guy A. Person posted:I feel like the next reveal is going to be a twist and derail this whole memory wipe thing Maybe Chidi went and left a note in a book "You were in love with Eleanor" for himself to find.
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if chidi created some kind of elaborate Memento-esque system for him to figure everything out, that would be pretty fun to watch
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I think one of other new people being Doug Forcett would be really interesting, he would certainly assume he'd gotten into the Good Place legitimately and it would seriously mess with Michael
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Zeeman posted:I think one of other new people being Doug Forcett would be really interesting, he would certainly assume he'd gotten into the Good Place legitimately and it would seriously mess with Michael lmao
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It's strange, I enjoyed it when Fringe kept destroying the main characters' relationship through timeline resets and other hijinks, and the one here is probably written better, but Fringe at least had some variety with their methods. I feel like this was the weakest season in general, and when you keep resorting to what is effectively one thing, wiping memories, it's less exciting. Plus the show is a lot more complicated than it used to be. IIRC the first two seasons had specific stakes throughout (to avoid being discovered and tortured forever, basically) whereas this one meandered on Earth for a while, and then introduced much bigger stakes with "the system is broken" that seems like it can't be resolved until the show ends for good.
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Zeeman posted:I think one of other new people being Doug Forcett would be really interesting, he would certainly assume he'd gotten into the Good Place legitimately and it would seriously mess with Michael They focused on Doug's picture noticeably last episode, now I want this to happen badly.
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Of course it has to be Doug Forcett, he’ll assume that his understanding of the point system led him to live a good life and he deserves to be in the Good Place. Having arrived, he’ll refuse to improve himself, slack off and do even worse than before, disproving the hypothesis of the experiment. He’ll probably even tattle on the ethics study group.
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Zeeman posted:I think one of other new people being Doug Forcett would be really interesting, he would certainly assume he'd gotten into the Good Place legitimately and it would seriously mess with Michael He would think he was right and he'd still torture himself. That would be brilliant. Edit: pseudorandom name posted:Of course it has to be Doug Forcett, he’ll assume that his understanding of the point system led him to live a good life and he deserves to be in the Good Place. Having arrived, he’ll refuse to improve himself, slack off and do even worse than before, disproving the hypothesis of the experiment. He’ll probably even tattle on the ethics study group. Or that. The hard part would be getting Michael McKean for the necessary number of episodes. Tequila25 fucked around with this message at 04:13 on Jan 27, 2019 |
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Yeah, after BCS his career is on fire.
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DoctorWhat posted:Yeah, after BCS his career is on fire. This is a show that stars Anna from Frozen, why's anyone worried about getting the guy from the Breaking Bad prequel?
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