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Mameluke
Aug 2, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
Yess yess hope Chidi and Eleanor get together again

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Mameluke
Aug 2, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

tarlibone posted:

I don't know why or where I'd place it, but it felt very Adult Swim-y to me. Or, 30 Rock.

Oh my god, I would have loved to see Andy Daly as Kenneth's dad or something.

Mameluke
Aug 2, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
I don't know why, but I am so excited for Chidi Sees The Time-Knife

Mameluke
Aug 2, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
If only Janet's powers worked on Earth, she could turn all coins into rocks and get everybody into the Good Place by gaming the system

Mameluke
Aug 2, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
It is a little weird that Michael dived right into the gimmicky tortures like making Jason pose as a monk, rather than starting off with a simple No Exit-type situation, but he's a demon I guess. Can't blame him for acting according to his nature.

Mameluke
Aug 2, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Accretionist posted:

I've been assuming it's one or both of:
  • The Good Place's standards are too alien for humanity.
  • The Good Place's standards are too high for humanity.

But that's still hard to reconcile with Mike Schur's spoilerish remarks from an interview:

https://www.vulture.com/2018/12/the-good-place-season-3-janet-episode.html

So is it something like the context of your actions is important as well? You're judged in relation to the maximum possible number of people you can help, and a globally interconnected world means that nobody can reach that number? Whereas a farrier in 6th-century France could give one set of free horseshoes to all the farmers in his 5 mile-wide world and be assured entry for having helped a large percentage of all people he could know?

My other thought is that humanity in general was tainted by the mass genocide and violence that the Columbian Exchange prompted, but I don't know about that.

Mameluke
Aug 2, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Thranguy posted:

I don't see any non-corrupt way you can have Forcett and St Clair coming even close without admitting a few people, Dan West or Norman Borlaug, say, if global impact is the main thing.

(Maybe if the system has decided humans are a net negative, so saving/raising lives start eating the points they earned after a few years; so Mindy was an accounting glitch and helping animals is a better route to go by...)

Well, we don't even truly know that Forcett is that close, based on the Accountant's reaction. It could also be possible that the accountant assigned to Posthumous Charitable Work or whatever was so wowed by Mindy's creation of a globally-revolutionary charity after her death, for the first time, that they overvalued her action and assigned it enough points to make it unclear where she'd go.

Mameluke
Aug 2, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
Veronica Mars still hold up. Plus it's got a great cast of recurring characters and guest stars, like Alyson Hannigan, Harry Hamlin, and Ken Marino.

The next show to watch after that is Party Down, of course.

Mameluke
Aug 2, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

LividLiquid posted:

I don't think most white people realize how bad a look it is to poo poo on grilling pineapple considering it's a Hawaiian thing.

Hawaiian pizza was invented in rural southwestern Ontario. Pineapples are South American in origin and arrived in Hawaii alongside colonialism. You don't need to fight for it.

Mameluke
Aug 2, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
If we're discussing Mike Schur cameos, I bet Mose Schrute is in the Bad Place for not fighting Ryan in that barn.

(i regret contributing to the pineapple derail)

Mameluke
Aug 2, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
Like, what is the Time-Knife? And why is Chidi seeing it so important? I wanna know!

Mameluke
Aug 2, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
I loved that the Good Place reps are basically just Lemony Snicket's version of adults. Also, did Jason get hotter over Christmas or is it just me?

Seven more days until we see Chidi see that Time-Knife!!!

Mameluke
Aug 2, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
The point tally from an average North Sentinelese Islander's day;

- Spear fish (-10 points)
- Feed fish to spouse, parents, and children (+30 points)
- Eat sago derived from Monsanto seeds that washed ashore (-20 points)
- Murder (-10,000 points)
- One less missionary (+5,000 points)

Mameluke
Aug 2, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Senor Tron posted:

You can even raise philosophical questions that justify their caution and long consideration times.

Chidi argued that since his memories were erased, he wasn't the same person who had previously fallen in love with Eleanor. So when you determine someone actually belongs in the Good Place and not the Bad Place, just erase their memories and reboot them there. At that point you essentially have two different people, one who was in the Bad Place, one in the Good Place. As a trolley problem style question, isn't it a worthy tradeoff that one person spends a few extra decades in the Bad Place they don't deserve so that you can ensure someone else gets to spend infinitely longer in the Good Place they do deserve?

Thanks to the methods Michael chose for his neighbourhood and the realities of an NBC sitcom, it's never come up, but can the body be reset in the same way as the mind in the afterlife? What happens to the people undergoing regular Bad Place torture, some of who presumably have been mutilated?

Mameluke
Aug 2, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
I can't decide if I'd rather the Time-Knife (please refer to it by its correct name) be something campy, like a kitchen knife with brass gears glued on or something classy, like a big sharp minute hand with a little clock in the pommel.

Mameluke
Aug 2, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
What the hell Mike Schur, I want to see the Time-Knife :bahgawd:

Great episode though. Have absolutely no idea where they're going to go from here, as usual.

Mameluke
Aug 2, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
I hope the Bad Place's pick to torment Eleanor is her boss from the fake vitamin company, because I always confuse that actor for Marc Evan Jackson and I would love to see him share some screentime with Shawn.

Also, idea: the burden of architecture forces Eleanor to grow more rapidly than Jason and Tahani, or Chidi and the new recruits, and that combined with Janets' (and Derek's) ability to make people leads to the Judge deeming everyone be sectioned off in their own custom neighbourhood full of p-zombies

Mameluke
Aug 2, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Democratic Pirate posted:

gently caress it, cross the streams and put Jean Ralphio in there

Could Bobby Newport be the Indianapolis Colts' biggest fan?

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Mameluke
Aug 2, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
Doug is an anagram for God U; a possible hint?

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