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Power Rangers Dino Thunder episode 19, Lost and Found in Translation One of my unironic favorite episodes of Power Rangers. Out of Power Rangers episodes I really want to see so this is it for Power Rangers. Senerio fucked around with this message at 00:01 on May 21, 2014 |
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Occupation taunted me into this. I normally post in TG, tell me if this is a faux pas as my first TV IV post. Shows I've watched and like: Law & Order Star Trek (any of them) Sex and the City Community The only thing I remotely paid attention to this season was Criminal Minds. I'm in Canada, so I might not have access to the same stuff as you on Netflix if it matters.
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I'm really sad nobody has been assigned dexter series finale yet. Watching someone who doesn't watch the show try to make sense out of that would be amazing
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Arivia posted:Occupation taunted me into this. how did I accomplish this ed: anyways, do Parks and Rec season 3 Episode 2
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Arivia posted:Occupation taunted me into this. I normally post in TG, tell me if this is a faux pas as my first TV IV post. Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1 Episode 17: Turn, Turn, Turn e:Beaten.
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Ah poo poo, real life got in the way and I forgot about Zero Hour. I'll watch it now but my writeup won't be done until tomorrow at the earliest.
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Updated Here you go: Propaganda Machine: Doctor Who Season 5 Episode 12 MrFlibble: Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 14 link Bown: Two Broke Girls Season 3 Episode 14 link DivisionPost: Lost Season 4 Episode 5 link MrAristocrates: Glee Season 3 Episode 7 link Solid Poopsnake: Arrow Season 1 Episode 7 CuwiKhons: Yin Yang Yo Season 1 Episode 3 link Senerio: Young Justice Season 1 Episode 16 link Zaggitz: Skins (UK) Season 4 Episode 7 link Annakie: Justified Season 1 Episode 4 link Rarity: Dante's Cove Season 3 Episode 1 ThePlague-Daemon: Burn Notice Season 3 Episode 11 link Bown: Supernatural Season 3 Episode 11 link Esroc: Gossip Girl Season 3 Episode 15 link Xeria: The Sopranos Season 1 Episode 5 Zaggitz: Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! Season 1 Episode 10 link Esroc: Once Upon a Time Season 3 Episode 6 link Kaizoku: Haven Season 2 Episode 13 Recursive: Battlestar Galactica Season 2 Episode 18 Regy Rusty: Friday Night Lights Season 1 Episode 20 link FreezingInferno: Grimm Season 3 Episode 17 link CaptainHollywood: Teen Wolf Season 3 Episode 9 link Esroc: Torchwood Season 1 Episode 6 link Yoshifan823: Mad Men Season 1 Episode 13 link Occupation: Whitney Season 2 Episode 12 ThePlague-Daemon: Northern Exposure Season 3 Episode 7 Hcreight: Homeland Season 1 Episode 7 link Syrg Sapphire: Cougar Town Season 2 Episode 4 link Precision: Everybody Loves Raymond Season 2 Episode 11 link Syrg Sapphire: Skins Season 1 Episode 2 link Lelandjs: The Eric Andre Show Season 2 Episode 10 link Lelandjs: Rick and Morty Season 1 Episode 6 CuwiKhons: The L Word Season 5 Episode 2 link your evil twin: Community Season 3 Episode 3 Max22: Leverage Season 4 Episode 3 MrAristocrates: Zero Hour Season 1 Episode 8 Cerepol: Cult Season 1 Episode 5 Mo0: Day Break Season 1 Episode 10 link Paper Lion: Allen Gregory Season 1 Episode 7 link FreezingInferno: Birds of Prey Season 1 Episode 4 link Sbaldrick: My Mother the Car Season 1 Episode 7 link Dias: Animorphs Season 1 Episode 11 link Hollylolly: Parker Lewis Can't Lose Season 1 Episode 24 link Max: Law & Order: SVU Season 9 Episode 17 Senerio: Game of Thrones Season 3 Episode 9 link Bobkatt013: Faking It Season 1 Episode 4 FreezingInferno: Power Rangers Wild Force Episode 34 link Irish Joe: Power Rangers Super Megaforce Episode 6 link SHUPS 4 DETH: Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 15 link SHUPS 4 DETH: Baseball Episode 2 link Tsilkani: Sonic Underground Episode 8 DivisionPost: Vikings Season 1 Episode 5 link Saint Drogo: Power Rangers Turbo Episode 22 link Ravane: Bates Motel Season 2 Episode 3 link Dias: Potato Star Episode 113 ZDar Fan: Person of Interest Season 2 Episode 16 link Zaggitz: Kamen Rider Gaim Episode 19 link Zaggitz: Kamen Rider Dragon Knight Episode 25 Zaggitz: Danny Phantom Season 3 Episode 11 Ironic Twist: The Carrie Diaries Season 2 Episode 10 link Kaboom Dragon: Allen Gregory Season 1 Episode 1 link Maxwell Lord: Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 13 link Geeves: Camelot Season 1 Episode 5 link BarbarousBertha: Space Dandy Season 1 Episode 4 link Lichtenstein: Miami Vice Season 4 Episode 7 Irish Joe: La Tempestad Season 1 Episode 24 BarbarousBertha: Shut Up & Let's Go Episode 9 JohnSherman: TekWar Season 2 Episode 6 link BSam: Yo Gabba Gabba Season 1 Episode 1 Not a Twat: Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Season 2 Episode 22 Bown: Power Rangers Dino Thunder Episode 19 Arivia: Parks and Recreation Season 3 Episode 2 Also here's a second category, Desired Reviews (they're reviews people want to see done by others with no prior experience in the show, if you're looking for someone to give you an assignment consider these "open"). Desired Reviews: Arrested Development Season 3 Episode 9, "S.O.B.s" Game of Thrones Season 1 Episode 9, "Baelor" Twin Peaks Season 2 Episode 22, "Beyond Life and Death" Community Season 4, Episode 13, "Advanced Introduction to Finality" House Season 4, Episode 16 NewsRadio Season 3, Episode 14 Perfect Couples Season 1, Episode 10 Boondocks Season 1, Episode 9 Teen Titans Season 1, Episode 10 "Mad Mod" Louie Season 2, Episode 6 "Subway/Pamela" Dexter Series Finale Dexter Season 4 Finale The Middleman Season 1, Episode 8, "The Ectoplasmic Panhellenic Investigation" Stargate Universe Season 1, Episode 8, "Time" X-Men Evolution Season 3, episode 8, "Self-Possessed" Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1, Episode 11, "The Great Divide" Tom Goes to the Mayor Season 1, Episode 6, "Porcelain Birds" Hostages, Season 1, Episode 11 24, Season 3, Episode 18, "6:00 AM-7:00 AM" Xavier: Renegade Angel, Season 1, Episode 4, "The 6th Teat of Good Intentions" Continuum, Season 3, Episode 7, "Waning Minutes" Ashes to Ashes, Series 3, Episode 8 Metal Hurlant Chronicles, Season 2, Episode 4, "Second Chance"
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Start assigning from the request pool, assigners, we need to cut that down So I'm just gonna post this every page and I'd like for the first poster on every page to post this because this took me an hour to update: Also by the way can you format taking assignments like this Person taking assignment: Please post (please include the emoticons): quote:
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I really should get on watching cults. I keep stopping like 5 minutes in. I'll force myself through it for tomorrow I guess.
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E PLURIBUS ANUS posted:Desired Reviews: Yo I'm gonna lay claim to these if that's cool just because I realized I never watched either of these shows despite being a huge comics nerd.
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E PLURIBUS ANUS posted:Dexter Series Finale I want to see what makes everyone hate this ending so much. Never watched a day of dexter, though I know it's about a serial killer who's also some kind of scientist. That's about all I know. So I'm taking this.  Ravane: Dexter Series Finale
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Zaggitz's comments about it a few pages back made me curious. I am aware this curiosity will likely be the death of me, but the hell with it. FreezingInferno: Hostages, Season 1, Episode 11
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What the hey, I'll bite: Gaz-L: Stargate Universe Season 1, Episode 8, "Time" Though, if I'm honest, the idea of picking from a list instead of just having someone randomly assign some piece of poo poo kinda robs it of some of the fun. If there's a list, you can specifically pick something you might actually be drawn to. I mean, no-one's going to willingly pick "Heil Honey I'm Home" (well, maybe, but you get my point) from a list.
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Not a Twat: Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Season 2 Episode 22 "The End of Indian Summer" (First broadcast 24 February 1957) Expectations This is clearly an anthology show, so I don't need to worry about having missed stuff. I'm not that familiar with Alfred Hitchcock as I've only seen two of his films (Rope and Psycho). I wonder how involved he actually was with this TV programme. I bet it'll be a creepy suspensey thrillery thing. I expect MURDER! -- Live reactions / Recap (Spoilers) If you're familiar with the episode, you could just skip to my Conclusions at the end. As it turns out, this particular episode was not written or directed by Hitchcock, although he does appear at the beginning and end to introduce and end the story (which is only 25 minutes long!) It opens (after a clever title sequence making use of Hitchcock's iconic look) with Hitchcock doing a neat wee introduction for us. He's fishing in a bathtub and wearing a fishing hat. But wait, he didn't put any water in it! It's really silly and strange. Hitchcock tells me this episode will contain the word 'bathtub', but that it's also about marriage. We're getting a romance story featuring a bathtub. It's a very strange set-up but it got me interested. "The story is about marriage. However, I don't feel that marriage should be discussed on television. It's too controversial. No question about it. We are much safer with a bathtub." "The End of Indian Summer" itself begins at an insurance company. Sam Henderson, the boss, is having a talk with Joe Rogers, one of his employees. It sounds like there's some suspicious stuff going on with one of Sam's cases. A woman named Miss Gillespie has had two husbands die on their honeymoon, allowing her to collect lots of money from their life insurance. Both of them were cremated before any investigation into their deaths could be done. There's totally been some murdering going on. Henderson tells Joe to go undercover to investiage this dodgy woman. Sam also orders Joe to take his wife with him, for protection against this supposed 'femme fatale'. So far, no bathtubs. But I'm paying very close attention so I don't miss it when it comes. Next scene is Joe and his wife at lunch. She's worried about a man in a hat staring at them from another table. Turns out that this man is also looking for Miss Gillespie - Joe assumes that Henderson sent this other investigator to keep an eye on him, but that doesn't make much sense to me or his wife. Seems very suspicious to me. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers go to an estate agent to get info on Miss Gillespie, pretending they're interested in buying her house. The estate agent offers to arrange a meeting. Oddly, Joe tells his wife that she can't come, and that he has to go alone! I don't like that. Joe's stupid and arrogant and orders his wife around like its the 1950s or something. His wife is obviously the smart one so Joe's gonna get got soon I bet. She was supposed to be his protection after all. 10 minutes in, still no bathtubs. Joe meets Mrs. Gillespie, who turns out to be an older woman. "Old enough to not mind being old-fashioned." Marguerite starts talking about the tragedy that caused her to move to this new place. She is very quick to tell Joe how sad she is that she's lost two husbands. She totally knows why Joe is here. Some old guy called Howard Fieldstone turns up. Uh oh! It turns out that he's her new fiance! And apparently they are planning to elope and go travelling. Uh oh! Both her previous husbands 'died' when they were away on their honeymoon!!! Poor Howard seems so happy and oblivious. Joe then makes a dumb comment about how sometimes it isn't necessary to plan beyond the honeymoon, which Marguerite picks up on. She knows that he knows!!! Joe decides to go back to the hotel but before he does, Marguerite whispers into his ear: "You will keep our little secret, won't you?" Cut to Howard grinning like a fool and smelling the flower on his suit. Outside, the other investigator guy asks him if he had any luck. Joe doesn't tell him anything. 17 mins, 30 secs in, still no bathtub. Joe and his wife are at a restaurant when Howard walks in. Joe calls him over to talk. Howard is a widower too, it turns out. Talking about Marguerite's track record with husbands, poor Howard jokes: "Naturally, we're hoping she'll be luckier this time." I begin to be a bit suspicious about Howard. This seems like the kind of show that ends with a twist. He seems so nice though. Surely Howard can't be the real bad guy. Desperate to save Howard's life, Joe decides to risk being sued by accusing Marguerite to her face. Again, he tells his wife that she can't come with him despite her protestations. Why can't his wife come too?? However, by the time Joe arrives at the house the only person there is the estate agent - Marguerite has already left to get married and no one knows where she is now. He is too late. The other investigator arrives to hear the same bad news. We learn that he's actually from a DIFFERENT insurance company!! Joe is confused - Gillespie didn't have any dealings with the other company. Then the other investigator is like "what I've been checking out the man!!" Turns out Howard has had 4 previous wives, all of whom were drowned in the BATHTUB on their honeymoon. Oh man!!!"They sort of deserve each other, don't they. And since we don't know where they went there's nothing we can do." The two insurance guys sit down and joke about the ironic coincidence, no longer giving a poo poo what happens. All tension and suspense suddenly pops like a balloon. I'm laughing because its a funny twist and the performances really sell that moment. The story is over so we return to fisherman Hitchcock, who explains that no one won except the insurance companies. Haha. He says we're gonna get an epilogue before he scampers back. But it just fades into him again. He invites us to join him again next week and says goodnight. Yeah ok, but where is that epilogue you were just talking about??? What about Joe's wife??!? --- Conclusions Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "The End of Indian Summer" was a neat little thing. Short and full of mystery, tension, and humour. The performances were all fine to me, the highlight being the investigator from the other insurance company who really made me laugh with his reaction to the final twist. Howard was also great - he seemed SO oblivious and innocent!! I really dug Hitchcock bookending the episode - I loved the absurd combination of his very droll and deadpan delivery and ridiculous fishing gear. I hope he dresses up every week as something completely irrelevant to the featured story. Watching that opening again, I love the sarcasm of him promising the episode will have lots of romance in it - when it has absolutely none at all. The mystery was a good one. I predicted that there would be a twist and that Howard would be part of it, but the big reveal at the end was so great. I didn't expect that both Howard and Marguerite would be killers with the same M.O., or that the other mystery investigator would just be someone from another insurance company. That the word 'bathtub', which I was on constant alert for, finally appeared during the twist's reveal added a lot to that moment. I think that was a great device, as it added to the general vibe of absurdity established from the very start. Really, the whole episode was a set-up for the 'They deserve each other' punchline. The joke was good enough that it didn't at all matter that they undermined the story by breaking the fourth wall. The only real problem I had with the story was Joe's wife. I don't get why Sam told Joe to bring her with him 'for protection' and then have two scenes of her begging Joe to let her come with him to Marguerite's house. I assumed that was foreshadowing something, but in the end it came to nothing and her character was ultimately a bit pointless. A good red herring maybe, but it was a bit unsatisfying. I will watch more of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Thanks, DivisionPost! Not a Twat: Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Season 2 Episode 22 link
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I'll take one for this weekend... X-Men Evolution Season 3, episode 8, "Self-Possessed"
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Desired Review: My So-Called Life Season 1 Episode 11, "Life of Brian" Not just because I like it and think it's one of the best hours of television ever but I think anyone under like 25 or so would have a really interesting take on this episode.
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Ok cool, both Annakie and Syrg are gonna review the same episode. I really would love to see where you guys agree and converge on opinion
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*edit* Oh okay then, I'll do the X-men thing. 
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I really sincerely wanted two people to review the same episode of television no lie Annakie
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Yeah I'm down for that if he is, may as well see what that ends up like.
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Faking it season 1 episode 4 Know Thy Selfie Plot - At Hester High in the suburbs of Austin, being different is popular. Karma Ashcroft (Katie Stevens) and Amy Raudenfeld (Rita Volk) have tried everything to stand out. Under the impression that they are closeted lesbians, Shane Harvey (Michael Willett) invites them to his high school party. Excited to have a chance to join the "in" crowd, they accept. When they are mistakenly outed as lesbians and involuntarily nominated to becoming homecoming Queens, they continue the charade when their popularity soars. While Karma is happy to keep up the lesbian charade and keep her affair with Liam (Gregg Sulkin) a secret, she has not told Liam that she is faking it with Amy and as time goes on, Amy starts to realize she may truly have feelings for Karma. Characters Rita Volk as Amy Raudenfeld, a sophomore at Hester High School. Karma's best friend, who is very cynical, she goes with Karma's plan of faking being lesbians. However, it seems as she might not actually be "Faking it" and doing so is, in fact, actually making her realize of having a possible crush on her best friend. Katie Stevens as Karma Ashcroft, an optimistic high school sophomore who would go to any length to achieve popularity. Has a secret affair with Liam Booker, even though she is in her (fake) lesbian relationship with her best friend, Amy. Gregg Sulkin as Liam Booker, Shane's best friend, a mysterious and sexy artist who is secretly involved with Karma. Bailey Buntain as Lauren Cooper, the new girl in school who is furious with the unordinary school system. She's Amy's soon to be step-sister. Michael Willett as Shane Harvey, the most popular boy in school, who is openly gay. He outs Karma and Amy as lesbians. Shane later becomes Amy's confidante concerning her growing feelings towards Karma. Thoughts - Holy poo poo this show is horrible. The main plot is completely abhorrent as it involves maybe fake lesbians. The jokes in the show are completely offensive like a lesbian app called Syzza. I did not laugh once during the entire 22 minutes. Almost everything said is a horrible gay joke. I can not believe this show is on the same channel who did Real World San Francisco. Everything about this show just pissed me off. As for the plot, it does not matter as every character is an awful person and nothing they do make sense. I think it is suppose to be satire, but it is awful satire. Grade - F. Desired Review: The Prisoner Season 1, Episode 17, "Fall Out" bobkatt013 fucked around with this message at 20:44 on May 21, 2014 |
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It's lunchtime, we are told as the episode begins. It's lunchtime, which is time to eat, time to eat. Yo Gabba Gabba Series 1 Episode 1 'Eat' There's a green thing, and there's a party in his tummy. The chicken, cheese and juice are all invited with no problem but Brobee, the green thing, gets confused that vegetables also want to party. The carrots and beans eventually convince him to eat them too so they can join the party. Holland loves to dance, by the way. Two children are friends with a bunch of animals, but don't seem to realise that you don't have to befriend animals in order to be nice to them or learn from them. Lunch time is over now, that means snack time begins! The snacks are distributed, with the help of Plex the yellow robot, to all the characters, including giving an apple back to the giant DJ in the sky. Brobee was given carrots as a snack, the same food he had to be talked into eating for lunch. That seems slightly mean. Also Darla likes to dance. After eating make sure you brush your teeth. Because it's fun! Now it's dancey dance time, with a special celebrity guest!  We learn the puppet master dance, which involves raising your knees, feet and hands. Just be careful not to raise them too high.  Toodee thinks she doesn't like yoghurt, but that's because she hasn't tried it. However if she tried it she'd probably like it. It takes Muno and Plex about 3 minutes to convince her to try it in their unrelenting song style, so peer pressure still works. Myles likes to dance too. 1234 I imagine it's because they are all just puppets or people in suits with non functioning mouths that instead of eating all this food they're actually just been throwing it all throughout their world. The DJ notices this and supplies them with a bin. Yay cleaning up is a blast! Allison is also a fan of dancing. Oh wow, it's time for a story about a house full of goons. Turns out none of the goons actually bought any food, which isn't surprising. He finds a tyre for them all to eat. Turns out goons are weird! I thought we were nearly done here but it's time to revisit what we learnt today, just in case the super repetitive songs weren't already stuck in my head, let's play them all just one last time. Yo Gabba Gabba! That was something, I guess. If I were 5 and not 30 I'd probably enjoy the poo poo out of that. Apart from being overly repetitive it wasn't too painful for a kids show. B-
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I'd like to do another, but not choose it myself, here's the list from the top of the page with things I've seen removed, and things suggested on this page added in. First reply picks the review. Disclosure, I've seen a handful of episodes of Louie, House, and Season 1 of 24. E PLURIBUS ANUS posted:Desired Reviews: BSam fucked around with this message at 21:35 on May 21, 2014 |
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BSam posted:I'd like to do another, but not choose it myself, here's the list from the top of the page with things I've seen removed, and things suggested on this page added in. First reply picks the review. The Prisoner - Fall Out. It's a very special episode. I'd also like to request a new review, except I've seen/know a good deal about almost everything in the current list.
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The Prisoner Season 1, Episode 17, "Fall Out" Goddamnit I have seen it. I didn't think it was THAT prisoner. Having said that I really want to see someone review that particular episode with no context. EDIT: Would still like a suggestion from the last in my last post. Or something else entirely, if I've not seen it yet. BSam fucked around with this message at 23:29 on May 21, 2014 |
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Kaboom Dragoon posted:The Prisoner - Fall Out. It's a very special episode. If I can do one, I'll give you Sex and the City, Season 1, Episode 5, "The Power of Female Sex." If no one else does it, I'll do the Prisoner after my episode of Parks and Rec.
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Arivia posted:If no one else does it, I'll do the Prisoner after my episode of Parks and Rec.  Oh, this is gonna be awesome.
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Barbarous Bertha Shut Up & Let's Go Episode 9 link Thanks to Netflix, I have a brief summary of the show. It's not my first Korean soap rodeo, so I have a fairly good idea of what to expect from it in a general sense. "Five boys from a poor village who make up the popular underground boy band Rock Candy transfer to a new school full of snobby rich kids." I am gonna guess there is at least one love triangle with a class conflict at the heart of it and that the school setting means it will have some comedy. Jumping in at Episode 9 the characters, conflicts, and relationships should have all been established, but the sloooow pace of these series should help me out there. On that note, I will Shut Up & Let's Go!  A forearm grab and a teary mutual declaration of affection? It's a K-drama money shot right at the top of the show.Maybe I was wrong about the pace? This episode played at CW speed, at least for someone who had no previous exposure to the show. We got: 4 love triangles 2 rival boy bands rife with internal conflict (class conflict and an absentee or dead bandmate plus "YOU MADE ME LEARN TO PLAY BASS!"  )2 montages! (one was a makeover, torpedoing any hope I had of accurately putting names to faces) 1 cold bitchy record exec with a heart of gold 1 strident bitchy friend from the old neighborhood with a heart of gold 3 bespectacled comic relief sidekicks who are not particularly funny 3 scenes of ramen eating 1 magical rock and roll hobo??? 1 deadbeat dad 1 rooftop eviction and finally 1 street brawl for no discernible reason ("My hair lost a lot of volume!") followed by the arrival of the police and I am probably missing some other important events in this breakdown.  Netflix got the band name wrong. I never saw the guy out in front and the one fading into the background on the left is the drummer. He looks like a prettier doppelganger of Caleb from Pretty Little Liars. No word yet on his sleuthing skills. The other out front boy, Lollipop Face, is the replacement lead singer and the main protagonist. Grade: B- It's solid predictable soap, one of the holy trinity of television comfort foods. As an example of the genre, it seems to be fairly appealing. Sure, we have the doe-eyed waif annoyingly in need of "protection" but at least in this case there seem to actually be threats beyond a soiled reputation and/or hurt feelings, like homelessness. They boys are all easy on the eyes and the adult characters don't seem poised to take up too much screen time from the younger, more interesting, characters. Plus the translations include all the hilariously awkward turns of phrase I have come to expect whenever K-dramas depict virtuosos (virtuosi?) at work. "Try to softly bend the sounds." "You need to define your band." I will probably treat this like I do its brethren and watch until it is obvious specifically how all the various conflicts will resolve then peace out before the denouement (which is usually dull as dirt and features lots of staring dreamily into the middle distance). BarbarousBertha fucked around with this message at 01:09 on May 22, 2014 |
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Arivia posted:If I can do one, I'll give you Sex and the City, Season 1, Episode 5, "The Power of Female Sex." Odds are I've probably seen it - I used to have a girlfriend who loved SatC, Ally McBeal, all that kind of stuff - but it was so long ago, I've forgotten the actual episode. Either way, I won't exactly be going in blind. Is that a problem to anyone?
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Ravane after you do the series finale, you should do season 4s finale too just you can see how far it fell.
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Kaboom Dragoon posted:Odds are I've probably seen it - I used to have a girlfriend who loved SatC, Ally McBeal, all that kind of stuff - but it was so long ago, I've forgotten the actual episode. Either way, I won't exactly be going in blind. Is that a problem to anyone? Personally I think that would spoil the surprise since you'd know how the average SatC episode works and how the main four respond. But I don't have another suggestion.
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I have never watched an episode of Dexter, and all I know about it is that like, the dude is a cop who kills pedofiles? I think? Or does he just murder non pedos I have no idea, which Dexter episode should I  myself into?Desired Review: Dexter Season 4 Finale Veskit fucked around with this message at 21:30 on May 22, 2014 |
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Pillowpants posted:Ravane after you do the series finale, you should do season 4s finale too just you can see how far it fell. I will definitely consider doing this, although it seems like Veskit has that covered. Nevertheless, I shall watch it if I have time.
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Ravane posted:I will definitely consider doing this, although it seems like Veskit has that covered. Nevertheless, I shall watch it if I have time. If you do that I will then watch the series finale so we do a complete switcharoo review.
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Veskit posted:If you do that I will then watch the series finale so we do a complete switcharoo review. I think that'd be very interesting; you've convinced me. Let's do it!
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Oh that is gonna be great. I say this as a person who has been dragged through watching the entire series. What the hell I've got nothing going on this weekend. edit: Disregard this. I can't find a way to watch it. Seemed pretty okay from the first 90 seconds too  As punishment for my lack of foresight I'll take whatever is assigned to me by the thread. I have Netflix and the internet in general, but no Hulu Plus or Amazon Prime.
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In case some of you missed the news, Amazon Prime added a ton of HBO series, including Rome, Deadwood, Oz, and The Wire. Since some of those might be good fodder for this thread it seemed a good idea to mention. Now if you'll excuse me, I am finally watching Carnivale. Clancy Brown! Episode 1 trip report:  just and summore
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So I just watched Dexter, season 4 finally. I'll post my play by play of what I was watching, and at the bottom put my thoughts and review of after the fact. Dexter, Season 4 finale, play by play I started watching this show thinking whatever I’ll catch up a summary by the end of it, but quickly realized as the LAST TIME ON segment happened what the gently caress so much is happening. I guess main character’s name is Dexter and he kills people. No idea if it’s a good or bad thing and John Lithgow is a bizarro version of him. But he’s dead. Ok nevermind he’s not dead. John Lithgow is alive. There’s a very angry kid, what the gently caress I thought Dexter killed him? I guess he tried to kill him but didn’t or has tried multiple times? Lost as poo poo. HOLY poo poo I CAN”T KEEP UP WITH THIS OPENING The dude from boardwalk empire is in it he’s a cop ok. Kid in mud no idea. Stan the man he could be cool wait he’s dead. OK so I guess there’s a serial WTF THAT CHICK JUST SHOT HERSELF. SO I was saying I guess there’s a serial killer who is the trinity killer, I think it’s John Lithgow. SO here starts the show. Dexter is upset that John Lithgow found out who he is. They seemed to have spent a lot of time together but how does he not know who he is? This scene between Dexter and Lithgow seems very intense, but I have no loving idea why. I have no idea what Dexter let come to but lets roll with it. If Dexter is so lovely at his job how does he have one? Why would he not just sign up the suicide thing then get him off his back? Who the gently caress is that in the backseat? Why is Dexter driving like such a loving rear end in a top hat and not just hang up? So far Dexter has been an unsympathetic rear end in a top hat who just wants to murder people? Cause John Lithgow says that he’s extorting him? This music is intense I have no idea why. IT’s throwing me out of the mood because it’s telling me how intense it is but why? No clue. Ok so Dexter is going to give this dude a shot after rampaging around the city. He seems like a murder detective. This lady is super loving intense also. There’s some Mexican dude in a Hawaiian t-shirt who looks unprofessional as poo poo. Who the gently caress is this gangster gently caress? Hahaha well thank Dexter the TV show for explaining this relationship. “You’re my husband”. I have literally, and I mean literally never started a sentence with “You’re my girlfriend!” Why don’t they live together? What the gently caress is happening? Back to John Lithgow, DEXSTER JUST loving STABBED HIM IN THE NECK THIS GUY IS loving NUTS. Is he just dead? That’s all? What the gently caress? So this loving rear end in a top hat just killed probably one of the greatest actor of all time. Well lets be fair Dexter was driving like an rear end in a top hat. HGAHAHA OK so good gently caress this protagonist. Cut back to intense detective lady. They’re at a pretty ominous house. This lady is as clueless as I am. I guess she got raped in that house? Moving on Dexter in jail, where he loving belongs. Ohh I guess that dude is a ghost. Maybe his dad? Code? What the gently caress code? Your dark passenger? What does any of this mean but whatever, continue on show. Back to the station. Actually I’m going to pause for a moment. John loving Lithgow walks into a police station, then Dexter drives like A MANIAC rear end in a top hat somewhere, ends up in holding, and then John Lithgow dies. By like, just dead. How the gently caress can nobody put 2 and 2 together? I hope this bites him in the rear end later or otherwise what the gently caress amateur hour police station is this? Were the Dexter threads littered with Florida jokes the entire time? I feel like this show could be summed up as just this  16 Minutes in I will continue this journey.So there’s a bath tub killer, a trinity killer, and an ice cream truck killer? Or did I miss something I dunno, lots of dead boys I guess. Uhh so dexter is the son of that lady? OHHH I GUESS JOHN LITHGOW IS ONLY UNCONSCIOUS NOT DEAD WHY NOT THE gently caress JUST KILL HIM WHAT IS GOING ON. Ohhh busted by the wife. Yeah, why can he just murder loving EVERYONE and feel nothing but this lady makes you feel? Is this how feelings work as a psycho? Don’t you have like, John Lithgow to murder or something? That seems like a loving high priority in my eye. UHHHH YEA YOU DUMB BLOND HE”S VERY CRAZY. It’s pretty loving easy to see. At no point in this show has he shown he has the capability to act rationally. Anyway off to murder Lithgow…. Nevermind he’s gone at least he has cash. What will happen next! Uhhhhh I’m confused as these kids. Calm the gently caress down Lithgow get your poo poo in order or you’ll get murdered? I wonder what was stolen from Lithgow, certainly wasn’t his life. WE’LL LIVE IN FEAR?!?!?! THAT’S YOUR EXCUSE TO NOT GET THE gently caress OUT WE’LL LIVE IN FEAR. WHO WRITES THIS poo poo AND ENJOYS IT. loving run are you not seeing how crazy this man is? Just go, gently caress it it’s pretty easy. Anyway… Hahaha text message, IGNORE. Show can’t even get texting right. Deborah just hit loving ignore again on the cell phone it’ll send a message back that they’re being ignored. Actually I’m noticing this show REALLY likes to use cell phones for dramatic tension, just put the loving phone away for a sec it’ll be fine. Also if you work as a loving cop aren’t you in a public directory of some sort? Whatever. I wonder who Paul is? The music is telling me this is a touching moment. Who is he a slave to? The demons? What the gently caress motivating speech is going to make him less of a murdering fuckwad? Now they’re having sex how does she not see how erratic this asshat is? By the way Dexter is a massive loving unsympathetic rear end in a top hat. Stop having sex and go deal with Lithgow. So she wasn’t raped, she was kidnapped, by someone. Uhgg she’s a terrible actress. This kid is terrible too. I give the kid a pass cause he’s like 11 tops, but this chick isn’t even hot enough to be this bad of an actress. Lets find this logo! I wonder who the mummy is. Also who the gently caress is Scott Smith? Cut back to John Lithgow, he’s pretty good at lock picking with a coat hanger. Appears he’s in Dexters house. loving DEBORAH. OK so a bunch of people just sent off to Disney World, and the wife somewhere. I can’t wait for you to be done with Arthur Mitchell myself. So this family knows Dexter as Kyle. Uhhh ok so there’s a SWAT team incoming? Good work Kyle, good work. NOW HE”S IN A COFFIN, DEXTER IS A loving VAMPIRE? I guess not he’s getting out to be a cop again. I wonder where this goes. UH OH HERE COMES THE COWORKERS. Womp womp. Why is lady still intense? Her only emotion is INTENSITY. What did they just have a point break moment together? loving cops. Well, I guess the family is now destined to live in fear forever ohhh nooo. Someone will be able to explain to me how Dexter finally having empathy matters. Or if this is the first time? Was he always capable? Ghost dad is very stern. Hey it’s intense lady, being super intense. This scene is very well acted by Michael C Hall, but intense lady is ruining this for me. What the gently caress this crazy loon is what gave you self esteem? loving CHILL OUT ONE TIME LADY, JUST ONE TIME. She loves Dexter? As like, a brother? I can’t tell god gently caress intense chick you’re terrible. This scene with Arthur driving has been shot pretty well. I have no idea how it’s significant at all, but the production value is pretty nice at this moment. Maybe this show has some pretty cool things going for it. Intense lady can you loving like, be happy? You cracked the case or something, you should be proud. God she’s the worst. Or the FBI takes this over. I guess this is a bad thing to these people, though looking at deb’s face all I can tell is that she is VERY SERIOUS. OK so Dexter got the oil cap somehow. Now he’s going to murder him for like, the 5th time? I’ve lost count. Wait not murder him. So now he’s wrapped up naked. It looks like it’s finally over for Arthur and “his path”. Gods path it sounds like. Dexter is now performing surgery on him? Taking blood samples? So I guess Dexter aspires to be a mass murdering fuckwad. Is this a sympathetic motivation? I should mention, this scene is actually really well done. I think like it makes sense to people watching. Alright so Dex finally murdered him. Or did he? I hope’s dead. It’s Dexter’s turn to get what he wants, but I have NO, THE gently caress, IDEA what he wants? Is it to get rid of this Dark passenger? Just hang out with his family? Not be himself? I mean there’s a lot of things this guy wants, but none of them involve not being a mass murdering fuckwad. Or any reasonable measure is not being a mass murdering fuckwad considered? I’m so lost what his motivation is. Also this dudes wife seem’s pretty amazing. Ohhhh, that is a lot of blood. That’s like, a lottt of blood, and a dead rear end wife. No wonder they made her so awesome because she was going to be dead immediately after. OK so now the character has motivation to be a mass murdering fuckwad? So I get the past but I really don’t get the murderer part. And shows over. Thoughts and Grades I honestly can see the positives in this show being that Michael C Hall and John Lithgow are great actors. They truly are, and they did well with what they were given. I 100% get that. That all makes sense to me. Hell, Michael C hall alone is a great enough actor to carry this show. If anyone else were doing it though I'm unsure if it would have made it past the pilot. Also some of the shots were amazingly fantastic, and showed that this show actually has some good direction sometimes. Very good in fact! Ok good got the positives out of the way. How in the magic gently caress did people try to sell me on this show for so many god drat years holy poo poo This show should be only, and at best a guilty pleasure. The acting outside of those two are, loving, horrific. The characters outside of those two are insanely one dimentional, and I could not get over that chicks intensity. Just, always loving intense. Would not everyone be annoyed if I bolded everything I said? I love you Dexter. We have to catch this criminal. What, we're off the case? I am having a sad moment let me look intensely sad. Dexter, I know you're secrets. It's so grating and I'm assuming she's been a character that has been attached to the show for a while so that's even more baffling. Next, the music is horrific. I heard one song for a Dexter murdering moment in which it was a public domain song and it threw me out of it so quickly. It's like hearing the public domain always sunny theme outside of it. Knock it off you're a highly watched show on Showtime. I think this is my biggest complaint that threw me for a loving tailspin the whole time I was watching this show, and the biggest flaw to me. It may be because I haven't seen the show but how the gently caress does anyone like Dexter. The character. He's a self centered sadistic piece of poo poo rear end in a top hat with like, zero redeemable qualities. I'm assuming he had something going on with intense chick so there's that, he murders constantly, he assaults civilians after he crashes into their cars, and is psychotic. It's not even like psychotic fun like Hannable is, it's just straight up GTA poo poo going on. He's not funny, he's not charismatic, he doesn't give a poo poo about anyone but his wife, and that was even lovely pieced together. Like that episode he just had realized he had a pretty cool wife. I flat out, do not understand how he is a likable protagonist like in anyway. None, it makes no sense to me. Also his motivations were so off this episode. He talks about wanting to be a better person, but is murdering poeple, but then also makes it seem like murdering people makes him a good person? Like there's zero solution to any of his issues so he just goes around killing everyone. It's baffling. Overall grade: C This show is a flat, loving, C. How did anyone get so wrapped up in it? I really have to make this clear. I genuinely do not understand the appeal of this show, let alone how it was sold, and ran for 7 seasons. Veskit fucked around with this message at 03:43 on May 23, 2014 |
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