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American Hustle doesn't even work as a drama; it feels completely empty. It was only when I realised it was meant to be a comedy that it started making sense.
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Jan 4, 2014 23:02
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I finished watching Rectify yesterday. and yes, precision oversold it. But barely. It was loving fantastic. At first I was slightly disappointed because I thought the whole show was gonna be super ethereal and weird - basically, like the scenes with the goatman in episode 5 the whole way through - but it won me over pretty easily by being incredibly real and incredibly beautiful - I especially liked Tawney, who could have been a very cliched character in less talented hands. The last episode brought out feelings of grief and rage in me that TV is only usually capable of bringing out once every couple years. Not sure if it would have made it into my top 10 of 2013 but if not it would have been literally just outside of it, and I'm so glad we're getting more this year.
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Jan 6, 2014 13:01
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He was great in Mud too.
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Jan 6, 2014 18:06
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Apparently the only two movies I've ever seen Anne Hathaway in are Rachel Getting Married and The Dark Knight Rises, but I enjoyed her in both of those.
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Jan 6, 2014 23:52
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Orange is the New Black was one of the most complex shows to air last year and the sheer amount of well-written characters with great arcs was outstanding. But the main character was a previously-well-to-do white girl so of course people are gonna whine and moan.
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Jan 7, 2014 12:27
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Started watching The Genius and the twist at the end of the first episode completely melted my brain. This is great stuff.
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Jan 7, 2014 18:06
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precision posted:I don't mean to call you out specifically but this attitude really gets on my nerves. Like, when anyone says they don't enjoy Girls and people resort to "Oh well you don't like it because it's about a privileged white girl", as if it's impossible to both "get" something and dislike it. A lot of people do seem to hate it simply for starring a privileged white girl, though. Or they interpret the events of the series as "privileged white girls can kick it with the best of them!" which isn't how I saw it at all. I dunno, I'd be interested to find out why zoux feels the way he does about it, because that criticism makes 0 sense to me at the moment Escobarbarian fucked around with this message at 10:31 on Jan 8, 2014 |
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Jan 8, 2014 10:25
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I don't know who's meant to be the unlikable lead in Homeland, especially compared to fuckin' Jim Caviezel (actually I'm fine with his performance so far)
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Jan 8, 2014 13:22
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BrooklynBruiser posted:I love Caviezel's performance, it's like Tim Olyphant's performance in Deadwood - playing the role well looks like you're not doing much, acting-wise. I like it at the moment but the quippier lines they give him clash with the nature of his performance quite badly. Also... PriorMarcus posted:"Here; watch two and a half Seasons of Robo-actor before a mildly talented girl from this cancelled series shows up!" okay I see it now.
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Jan 8, 2014 14:58
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I feel a little bad cause after I posted that I went and read Marcus' most recent post in the Sherlock thread and it made me lose my poo poo
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Jan 8, 2014 15:25
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zoux posted:Apparently Archer's done being a spy comedy. oh my god, this is going to be incredible. I was considering dropping Archer after I didn't really dig the fourth season so much but forget it.
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Jan 8, 2014 17:48
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YES I am super excited for Spoils of Babylon, it looks totally insane. And Justified had a much stronger premiere than last season, and that ended up being my favourite season, so bring it the hell on.
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Jan 9, 2014 08:27
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I'm still watching The Millers (well, putting it on in the background while I do other stuff) because the cast is fantastic (Eliza Coupe is in it sometimes!) and I really, really want Garcia to be going somewhere with it. But so far I would not recommend it to anyone here except Yoshifan for obvious reasons
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Jan 9, 2014 19:40
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What?! Oh my god there are FAR too many shows right now. I'm gonna have to start dropping stuff I actually really like. (or just The Millers and its ilk)
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Jan 9, 2014 20:45
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^^^^ although they're portraying it as Winter's decision Todd VanDerWerff thinks declining ratings and a lack of awards buzz were major factors in the decision toomuscles like this? posted:Also probably only more season of Justified after the current one. That fits with a quote I read from Goggins before season 4 premiered, so I'm pretty drat happy with that.
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Jan 10, 2014 08:50
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You still got two further than me. There's nothing wrong with Boardwalk exactly, just with everything else on it's one of the ones most likely to get left behind.
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I had the idea earlier tonight for a catch-all sitcom thread for anything that a handful of us might watch but that wouldn't get anywhere near enough posts to sustain its own thread. More of the B/C grade stuff like Cougar Town, The Millers, Ground Floor, etc. There's been a precedent for discussing multiple sitcoms in one thread set with the Ben and Kate/Mindy Project thread last season and Goldbergs/Trophy Wife this season, as well as the Adult Swim/Toonami thread that manages to sustain itself well, and it could maybe get more of the sitcom people into stuff that could fly under their radar and provide discussion for the shows people like but don't bother posting about because they don't think there's enough of a point. Possible downsides are that it could get insanely convoluted depending on how many discussions ended up happening at once, and Davincie pointed out on IRC that technically that's what this thread is for. But I still think there's a chance it could work and I'd be happy to make the OP. What does anyone think? Yoshifan?
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Jan 10, 2014 21:36
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Honestly, I would have straight-up kicked that piece of poo poo reporter out of the room. What a horrible, offensive question. Of course people are twisting it to be about the big mean Girls producers.Kaizoku posted:Real answer: Lena Dunham gets naked on the show because we talk about Lena Dunham getting naked on the show. It's not about a positive or negative body image; it's because she can't stand people NOT talking about her. What the hell is this? Seriously, what in the gently caress is this statement?
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Jan 11, 2014 10:03
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Honestly the Girls race criticism STILL reads to me like people think every show should fill some sort of quota. I know that might make me a bad person in some way but why should it HAVE to to that? I don't expect the viewpoint of anyone other than a 20-something white girl when I watch a relatively autobiographical show about 20-something white girls. The bit of that quote BB focused on is really dumb though
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Jan 11, 2014 16:31
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I'm not saying it isn't a bit weird but people just jump on it as another example of Lena Dunham being a horrible and/or stupid person. She doesn't want black people in her show! She gets naked all the time because she wants attention! There are perfectly legitimate versions of the criticism for both - god knows it's one of the most imperfect of all the shows I enjoy - but the vast majority of what I see basically boils down to "someone who has a point of view I find annoying is getting critical acclaim that I can't comprehend, so I need to make her out to be an awful bitch!"
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Jan 11, 2014 16:44
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PriorMarcus posted:She isn't getting naked in a vacuum because she's a woman and in the entire one and a half seasons of the show I watched I never felt a scene was added to by her being naked in it. This is just my personal thought but I always appreciate when a show does something like that without the 'TV language'. Thinking of the scenes where she's appeared naked and imagining them with bra/panties instead, I wouldn't have been like "man this seems soooooooo fake" but when they aren't used it does help it feel more like how someone would actually be in real life. Almost all of the girls I've lived with or dated have been comfortable being topless around their closest friends and, crazily enough, have sex naked.
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Jan 11, 2014 17:24
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Ouch, sorry to hear that, dude. Glad you're on the mend, though. Just stay away from here we don't want anything to stress you out
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February 28th, iirc.
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precision I think you're a cool guy but your argument reads to me like "I don't like Girls, therefore I'm going to massively overstate the unprofessionalism of the producers compared to the reporter", because gently caress, I don't care how professional I'm meant to be, if someone asked me that question about a show I made I would do far more than make a couple of shots, and it absolutely would have ruined the rest of the event for me. Everything about the way the question was phrased is disgustingly offensive.
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Jan 12, 2014 09:53
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Not that I've seen. Just realised there's still not a True Detective thread - I'll make it within the next few hours unless anyone else really wants to.
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Mu Zeta posted:It's also funny now. The first two seasons feel humorless in comparison. ouch, my brain.
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Jan 14, 2014 12:38
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Mu Zeta posted:I don't recall ever laughing. I guess Irene Adler had some funny moments? But for the most part I was bored until season 3. The brain hurt is focused more on finding season 3 funny than finding seasons 1 and 2 unfunny. The stag night scene especially deserves to go down as one of the worst attempts at humour in basically the entire history of television.
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Jan 14, 2014 12:52
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ChetReckless posted:I've never been, but: this is what the Sherlock thread is like, isn't it? Yeah except for the bits with the weird losers who "still like it" and "have no problem with the horribly unfunny bullshit"
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Jan 14, 2014 17:40
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In more "uhh, holy poo poo!?" news, Michael Cera and John Hawkes have signed up to star in an FX comedy pilot written and directed by Charlie Kaufman. This is already my #1 most-anticipated show.
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e: ^^^^ hi! i was kidding. sorry if it didn't come across so well. e2: oh wait you realised that. hi anyway! Is that "i hate michael cera" bandwagon still going? Don't they know those movies they hated him for being a bit awkward in are over six years old now?
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After watching the latest episode I'm utterly convinced that Rick and Morty will make my year-end top 10.
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Jan 14, 2014 21:46
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It was a lame unfunny episode but honestly wasn't racist at all.
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Jan 16, 2014 16:04
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I don't think it's a stretch to say that the four Rick and Morty episodes that have aired so far are wayyyyyy funnier and generally of a higher quality than the first 3 episodes of Community season 5. Although that could all change after tonight.
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Jan 16, 2014 22:29
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Community season 5 has been good but it's hardly anywhere near the quality of 1-3 yet. It'll get there, most likely, but I'm hardly surprised it's taking a bit of time. In comparison, Rick and Morty's first four episodes have all (except maybe the pilot), been absolutely hilarious and insanely inventive. I honestly assumed this was just agreed-upon by everybody who has seen both seasons. also, BB: you bitching about other posters was ok when it was about rapists, then only a little irritating when it was PriorMarcus, but now you're tipping over into full-on insufferable. You're a cool guy but cut it out already.
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Jan 16, 2014 23:33
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Exactly! We're all spergs in our own way and about our own poo poo.
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Jan 16, 2014 23:40
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I actually started the second season of Eagleheart tonight too. This show does being loving nuts way better than Childrens Hospital or NTSF. That episode with the bezoar, man. Can't wait to watch the whole season 3 arc.
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Jan 18, 2014 01:19
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Adventure Time is totally fine for kids.
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Jan 18, 2014 16:01
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Enlisted is good unless any pro-military stuff makes you irrationally angry like me. Eagleheart season 3 makes every absurd comedy you've ever seen (including Spoils of Babylon) look tame as hell. It's absolutely nuts.
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Is Frozen any less trite and/or lame than Tangled? Does it have any songs with liberal use of the word "mumsie" in it? Man what the gently caress is the deal with the internet's obsession with Tangled
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