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Fetus Tree posted:so what is TTOI If you like the nastier parts of VEEP, you'll love this one.
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Man I can't remember a funnier TV character than Mike McClintok. Every line he has is awesome, his lip stretching bit had me going nuts. The boat poo poo, the cow comment to the childcare lady last season (with goober peas song!), and a hundred other funny bits I am forgetting...he is so great
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Apr 29, 2015 14:39
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I finally got all caught up on Veep, this and Silicon Valley are my shows. The back and forth between everyone kills me. Especially the hatred thrown at Jonah every episode.
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Apr 29, 2015 17:01
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I really wish this show was an hour. I think the cast has gotten too large, which is ashamed because they're all great. If I had to cut anyone, it would be Jonah and Gary.
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Apr 29, 2015 19:06
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Ego-bot posted:If I had to cut anyone, it would be Jonah and Gary. Fetus Tree posted:so what is TTOI
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Apr 29, 2015 19:33
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Illinois Smith posted:You're insane. Funny, I always saw Ben as closer to Malcolm.
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Apr 29, 2015 19:37
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I only mentioned Mike because they (at least by title) have the same job.
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Apr 29, 2015 20:34
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Illinois Smith posted:I only mentioned Mike because they (at least by title) have the same job. Ha, I suppose that's true. Malcolm's job always seemed to be more the guy who just yelled at whoever needed yelling at, almost forgot he's technically there to handle the press.
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Apr 29, 2015 20:44
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I always took him to be the PM's enforcer (because thats what he was) so in that sense his clearest analogue was seasons one and two Jonah. Except competent, intelligent and with real power.
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Apr 29, 2015 23:13
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Superficially, Dan is easily the closest Veep has to Malcolm.
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Yeah, how on earth are you seeing Jonah as the "enforcer"? I'm actually quite thankful that Veep ins't just TTOI directly copied over. The systems of government are different, and we have different issues than the Brits do. If anyone hasn't seen "The French Minister" watch it asap. It's slightly dated for a movie that came out in 2013, but still hilarious and totally worth your time.
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The difference is that in the US system the various 'ministers' (secretaries) do not have as much of a press footprint, with the exception of the SecState and SecDef maybe. So when the white house decides on a line to take with the press the main job of the press sec. is to communicate said line directly to the press and make that rather than something else the focus. Whereas in the British system the ministers are all seen as more important and a bit more independent so when a line is decided on angry Scotsmen are dispatched to keep the ministers in said line with violent sexual imagery.
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Smashurbanipal posted:Yeah, how on earth are you seeing Jonah as the "enforcer"? Because he brought them news of what the president wanted them doing. In essence he was giving them orders on what to do in those episodes just like Malcolm was in TToI.
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Orange Devil posted:angry Scotsmen are dispatched to keep the ministers in said line with violent sexual imagery. This brings back memories of the episode where they show the PM's office and it's just dozens of pissed-off Malcolm Tuckers swearing into their phones about loving people so hard that their dicks would wear the guy's appendix as a hat 
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May 1, 2015 11:43
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I love this show. Weird twist this episode, Selena on coke? And I didn't see much reaction from the rest of the cast; it must be a whole-season-arc thing.
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May 4, 2015 06:00
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Jonah on that speakerphone was ridiculously funny, especially when Catherine popped in.
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May 4, 2015 08:17
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"I feel like I'm on a life support machine and they keep pulling the plug to charge their phones"
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May 4, 2015 09:26
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That honestly sounds like a quote sourced from an actual career politician.
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May 4, 2015 09:27
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ultramiraculous posted:"I feel like I'm on a life support machine and they keep pulling the plug to charge their phones" Amy was on fire this episode. "Go back in time and make that not happen" is not a great line, but her delivery had me in stitches.
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Aliquid posted:Weird twist this episode, Selena on coke? PostNouveau posted:Amy was on fire this episode. Illinois Smith fucked around with this message at 12:22 on May 4, 2015 |
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May 4, 2015 11:03
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I can't buy a boarding pass with miniature bottles of Jack Daniels.
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"We'll talk about the molestation later" "What?" Or whatever the line was. Great episode.
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The jokes that always make me laugh hardest in Veep and The Thick of It are the absurdist word-pictures where the mental image comes a second or two after the line. In this ep, it was "I'm supposed to have my finger on the button, but it's like they re-wired it to a lightbulb in a closet somewhere" that had me hitting pause to guffaw. I get the feeling these type of lines come mainly from Ianucci (there were a lot fewer successful ones in the final series of TToI where he had less involvement because he was off making the first season of Veep) I think the reason Ben is my favourite character is because he's a font of those lines, where most of the laughs from the other characters come from creative ways of saying "gently caress off, I don't like or respect you." Matinee fucked around with this message at 18:44 on May 4, 2015 |
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Aliquid posted:I love this show. Weird twist this episode, Selena on coke? And I didn't see much reaction from the rest of the cast; it must be a whole-season-arc thing. I actually got the same feeling. She took a sudden trip to the bathroom that ended immediately, she wasn't hungry despite not eating for quite some time, she did the classic rub-nose-and-sniff thing, she was hyperactive to the point of mania... by the time she was getting off the plane her eye was twitching and she was snippy with Catherine in a way that's remarkably cold even for Selena's usual treatment of her. It's all pretty classic signs. Also Diedrich Bader was loving hilarious last night.
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Watching the first scene again and yeah, it really seems to imply she's on something. Her reaction to Catherine's engagement seemed perfectly normal for her though, just immediately making it about herself. "You're not getting engaged, I'm only 48!"
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May 5, 2015 00:25
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I actually said she was acting like she was high to my friend. I was assuming that the episode would be about people thinking she was high when she really wasn't but that all went away pretty quickly.
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The VP reading the speech and trying to make it seem like it wasn't from the perspective of a woman was absolute gold.
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Stare-Out posted:The VP reading the speech and trying to make it seem like it wasn't from the perspective of a woman was absolute gold. "My... girlfriends... I mean boyfriends... girlfriends and boyfriends..."
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precision posted:"My... girlfriends... I mean boyfriends... girlfriends and boyfriends..." Yeah it's pretty amazing how good the writing is FOR EVERY CHARACTER. This episode juggled, what, 15 or so characters? And from main to supporting to guest stars, and they ALL had a funny line or moment. I died when they essentially took the journalist hostage on Air Force 1 right after rescueing him from being a hostage in a foreign country. I had to pause the episode I was laughing so hard.
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precision posted:"My... girlfriends... I mean boyfriends... girlfriends and boyfriends..." it was my gay friends who taught me how to dance to Madonna
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I was half-expecting Selina to ask Amy why Karen was there. I hope Karen is just an old friend of hers who decided to glom onto her Presidency and the entire staff lets her be there because nobody wants to be caught not knowing about something.
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TheScott2K posted:I was half-expecting Selina to ask Amy why Karen was there. I hope Karen is just an old friend of hers who decided to glom onto her Presidency and the entire staff lets her be there because nobody wants to be caught not knowing about something. Wasn't Selina confessing to Ben about how he was being replaced by Karen in the earlier scene? I felt bad for Ben until he started snoring in the middle of her "let him down gently" speech. Karen will probably threaten everyone's sense of competency and they'll try to sabotage her.
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Dazerbeams posted:Wasn't Selina confessing to Ben about how he was being replaced by Karen in the earlier scene? I felt bad for Ben until he started snoring in the middle of her "let him down gently" speech. Karen will probably threaten everyone's sense of competency and they'll try to sabotage her. This is correct. Also to whoever mentioned when they re-detained the journalist, yeah, that was hilarious.
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I thought she was acting manic because of the lack of sleep. I may have misinterpreted that though.
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something clever posted:I thought she was acting manic because of the lack of sleep. I may have misinterpreted that though. It was lack of sleep + too much caffeine, don't read into it beyond that. Thats why the other guy was taking sleeping pills
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Ego-bot posted:I really wish this show was an hour. I think the cast has gotten too large, which is ashamed because they're all great. If I had to cut anyone, it would be Jonah and Gary. Jonah could go no problem, but Gary is the prefect real staffer for someone. Dazerbeams posted:Wasn't Selina confessing to Ben about how he was being replaced by Karen in the earlier scene? I felt bad for Ben until he started snoring in the middle of her "let him down gently" speech. Karen will probably threaten everyone's sense of competency and they'll try to sabotage her. I don't think Ben would care given he wanted to retire last year.
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sbaldrick posted:I don't think Ben would care given he wanted to retire last year. That and he offered his head for the chopping block before it was decided that Dan should get the axe. Its just sad to be replaced because you're not cutting it anymore.
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As long as Kent never gets fired, because he owns. He might be too competent for this administration, actually.
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Dazerbeams posted:That and he offered his head for the chopping block before it was decided that Dan should get the axe. Its just sad to be replaced because you're not cutting it anymore. I was sure he only offered to stay to help Selena get up and running, it's done now.
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