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I hope reality and causality starts to slowly and steadily break down inside the dream. Jacob's Ladder this poo poo.
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Wait a minute, without hologram technology, how will Best Character Mitsuko Miyazumi make an appearance???
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Apr 7, 2017 17:48
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I want to point out that the "I know what you meant" by H. Jon Benjamin was one of the most sinister deliveries I've heard in a while I love it
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Apr 7, 2017 18:03
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Shockeh posted:The animation is just wonderful, but for a first episode of a new season, it fell flat for me. I didn't buy into the mystery particularly, and there was no memorable gag moments (Ha!) I'd find myself repeating. I'm willing to give it a lot of leeway because it's Archer, but I'm really hoping the 2nd Episode picks up. Good, what Archer needs less of are catchphrases for nerds to spew out.
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Apr 7, 2017 18:45
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In general, I enjoyed the episode and am looking forward to where the season leads. I did feel joke density was much lower than normal, but that may be a side effect of establishing the setting. As things are fleshed out, I'm sure it will increase.
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Apr 7, 2017 18:55
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TheGamerGuy23 posted:Wait a minute, without hologram technology, how will Best Character Mitsuko Miyazumi make an appearance??? as one of the trafficked people?
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Apr 7, 2017 19:16
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Alexeythegreat posted:I want to point out that the "I know what you meant" by H. Jon Benjamin was one of the most sinister deliveries I've heard in a while I still can't get over the bit in Mallory's office. Archer: "so if you'll excuse me" Mallory: "oh no, i will not" A: "excuse me?" M: "no.. I just said" A: "sorry M: "me too" A: "I.. wait no, I meant.." M: "i know what you meant" The delivery was goddamn spot on and I had to rewind a few times just to take it all in.
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Apr 7, 2017 19:39
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xzzy posted:I still can't get over the bit in Mallory's office. It was a very Chandler-esque exchange. Not quite so witty, but I could tell what they were going for.
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Apr 7, 2017 21:02
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:It was a very Chandler-esque exchange. Not quite so witty, but I could tell what they were going for. It reminded me of the Yes, Minister style: Bernard: Minister, I've heard something quite different. Hacker: What? Bernard: That there is £1 million worth of diamonds from South Africa in a Downing Street safe, but of course it's only a rumour. Hacker: Is that true? Bernard: Oh, yes. Hacker: So, there ARE all those diamonds in Downing Street! Bernard: Are there? Hacker: You just said there were. Bernard: No, I didn't. Hacker: Yes, you did! You said you'd heard this rumour, I said is it true, you said yes! Bernard: I said yes, it was true that it was a rumour. Hacker: You said you heard it was true! Bernard: No, I said it was true that I heard it! Annie: I'm sorry to cut into this important discussion, but do you believe it? Hacker: I believe I heard it. Oh, about the diamonds. No. Annie: Is it impossible? Hacker: No, but it's never been officially denied. First rule in politics: never believe anything until it's officially denied.
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Apr 7, 2017 21:40
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:It was a very Chandler-esque exchange. Not quite so witty, but I could tell what they were going for. I was thinking it was supposed to be like the fast talking 'His Girl Friday' style that (I think) started in the 40s.
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Apr 7, 2017 22:06
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I like that the references to the past in this episode were far more subtle than, say, Archer Vice. I think they learned their lesson in going to the catchphrase well too much after that season.
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Apr 7, 2017 22:27
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Apr 7, 2017 22:30
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Red Oktober posted:It reminded me of the Yes, Minister style: Yes Minister is full of delightful dialogues like that. quote:[How to deal with a nonsensical complaint] quote:[discussing the EEC] double nine fucked around with this message at 22:48 on Apr 7, 2017 |
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Apr 7, 2017 22:45
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double nine posted:Hacker: No, but it's never been officially denied. First rule in politics: never believe anything until it's officially denied. I've never seen this, but I love this line, so I'm going to have to look it up.
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Apr 8, 2017 03:01
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You guys are hard to please. I thought this was excellent.
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thrawn527 posted:I've never seen this, but I love this line, so I'm going to have to look it up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ZZJXw4MTA& quote:Bernard, that's precisely what you were there to avoid! How did this come about, I shall need a very good explanation. It's pretty drat good.
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Apr 8, 2017 09:36
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Alexeythegreat posted:I want to point out that the "I know what you meant" by H. Jon Benjamin was one of the most sinister deliveries I've heard in a while I like that "I know what you meant" is going to be this season's "phrasing." I get what some folks are saying. I wasn't expecting them to play this this "straight." I love the writers and animators so I'm in for the season regardless.
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Apr 8, 2017 10:45
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Test Pattern posted:I hope reality and causality starts to slowly and steadily break down inside the dream. Jacob's Ladder this poo poo. Similar, but I was thinking more along the lines of Life On Mars, being a detective trapped in the past and all.
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Apr 8, 2017 12:34
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Avasculous posted:You guys are hard to please. I thought this was excellent. Agreed. It was a little slow but also had to reintroduce all the characters in their new roles, so they had to lose a few jokes.
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Apr 8, 2017 13:38
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I feel like I should not like this, but I have a massive soft spot for LA Private Eye stories from reading Robert Crais novels in my early teens so this is extremely my poo poo.
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Apr 8, 2017 20:38
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I thought it was mediocre.
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Eifert Posting posted:I thought it was mediocre.  I was taken aback at how serious the tone was
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Apr 8, 2017 22:55
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I have a feeling the tone will shift as Archer realizes he's in a dream world. Right now, he's just going through the motions of being a broken detective in a pulp thriller.
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I'm curious to see if we'll get an update on what's going on outside of Dreamland, even if only for a couple of scenes. Its the problem with a short season, there's not so much time to do diversionary stuff like that. I don't really mind the serious tone, but I feel that it'll scale back now that the setting is properly established
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Apr 9, 2017 02:41
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It's going to turn out that it was all a simulation, and that Archer is actually an astronaut in cryo on his way to the first manned landing on Mars. They collided with a meteor near the end of season 4 which caused the simulation to go apeshit.
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Apr 9, 2017 02:46
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ApathyGifted posted:It's going to turn out that it was all a simulation, and that Archer is actually an astronaut in cryo on his way to the first manned landing on Mars. They collided with a meteor near the end of season 4 which caused the simulation to go apeshit. Oh yeah, each subsequent season is going to be Archer waking up from some deadly situation, only to then die. Last season? It's Krenshaw torturing the poo poo out of Archer, right before he dies of a heart attack
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Maybe I've been spoiled because I've slowly been doing a rewatch of the first couple seasons recently while eating before going to work and have found everything they've done recently to not even hold a candle to the early days, but I could've taken or left that episode. Qmass posted:blech. I want frisky dingo insanity not a half-rate mystery drama... "We ran out of ideas before Season 7 yet have three more seasons to fill and are slightly full of ourselves anyway." I did like hearing Carl from ATHF's laugh in Dave Willis' voice when he cried in misery as Archer drove away.
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Apr 9, 2017 15:26
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The episode was table setting. It's not really worth evaluating as if it will be indicative of the whole season at this point.
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Apr 9, 2017 15:34
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Last season had the best episodes since the third season, but yeah, nothing they can do now can come close to those heights. Season 2 is still one of the funniest seasons of TV I've ever watched. I'm still amazed that "Stage 2" and "El Secuestro" aired on consecutive weeks, they were (IMO) the two best episodes.
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Apr 10, 2017 01:32
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I liked it and I'm optimistic, but I can see why people aren't impressed so far. I don't get the complaints about it being a dream though, as though that somehow lowers the stakes or something? There being no meaningful consequences for anything is something that's been consistent since the show started.
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Honestly at this point Archer's Psyche is the only thing we have left to explore. Take aside everything Mallory did/didn't do, but we know he was molested by his Au Pair as a little boy (played for a joke but still...), drowned in piss at school, his college stalker tried to kill him and then committed suicide... If this season just committed to "why is Archer so hosed up and can he possibly be less hosed up and not doom AJ to the same bullshit" then this will easily be my favorite season.
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Apr 10, 2017 16:57
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Bust Rodd posted:If this season just committed to "why is Archer so hosed up and can he possibly be less hosed up and not doom AJ to the same bullshit" then this will easily be my favorite season. Tbf, it's already established that Archer is a better parent than his mother could ever hope to be
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Alexeythegreat posted:Tbf, it's already established that Archer is a better parent than his mother could ever hope to be That's a pretty low bar to clear, all Archer has to do is not steal his daughters bike and then beat her because it got stolen.
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Apr 12, 2017 09:05
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LoLing that Archer has Cyril's illegitimate bastard's name tattooed on his back but not his own daughter.
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Apr 12, 2017 17:01
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NUNS WITH GUNS
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Apr 13, 2017 03:29
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Apr 13, 2017 04:02
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All the animation is so good.
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Apr 13, 2017 04:20
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I love how they named her Bernice just so they can do one long weekend at Bernie's joke.
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I know we are only 2 episodes into the season, but it really does feel like this would be better if it was watched back to back, not a week between each episode. I do miss the old random spy episodes we used to get in the earlier seasons that weren't really connected.
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