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I would not say it is a good adaptation, but it is bad in an entertaining way at least. The guy playing Dracula is having a really good time. The last episode just goes so far off the rails it has to be seen to be believed. There's one plot point that actually feels like it came straight out of WWDITS Dracula is trapped in a super prison built by the descendants of the Harkers who have a whole secret society in the modern day that exists just to deal with Dracula's return. How does he escape? Well, they give him a tablet to read up on modern history, which is not connected to the internet, but he correctly guesses that the wifi password is "Dracula", and calls a lawyer (Renfield) to come let him out or else he will call the police. Everyone at the Harker institute or whatever is just like "oh well we can't do anything to stop this."
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It is not a good adaptation until the third episode.
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Hakkesshu posted:The guy playing Dracula is having a really good time. This part is true. Dude chews up the scenery every chance he gets.
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I missed the first part of Dracula but my wife watched it and liked it. We watched the rest together and I quite enjoyed the second part in the boat but the third part was bizarre (and poo poo).
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Aug 14, 2020 17:45
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Well your wife married you so I wouldn't put much stock in her taste.
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Hakkesshu posted:I would not say it is a good adaptation, but it is bad in an entertaining way at least. The guy playing Dracula is having a really good time. The last episode just goes so far off the rails it has to be seen to be believed. There's one plot point that actually feels like it came straight out of WWDITS Hahaha and I thought wwdits was the funniest vampire show
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Aug 14, 2020 19:43
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That 3rd episode is beyond stupid
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I dunno folks, all this goonish making GBS threads on Dracula makes me want to watch it now.
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The second episode set on the ship is genuinely good up until the very, very end (which was at least intriguing until they utterly hosed it up in the third episode). In that sense it's similar to the last season of Sherlock, where the second episode was as good as anything the show had ever done but then had a really bad final scene leading to an astonishingly terrible final episode.
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:I dunno folks, all this goonish making GBS threads on Dracula makes me want to watch it now. I honestly think it's worth a watch just because it's so bizarre and insane. I enjoyed the first two episodes even though you can easily break down a bunch of stuff that doesn't make sense. It is very comparable to Sherlock in that it is insanely indulgent in every way. If nothing else it is pretty unforgettable. I still occassionally use the phrase "bloofer lady" which is used several times in a key emotional moment in the third episode, and it's just, How Did This Get Made.
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Hakkesshu posted:It is very comparable to Sherlock in that it is insanely indulgent in every way. Also in that Dracula is basically Moriarty 2.0.
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:I dunno folks, all this goonish making GBS threads on Dracula makes me want to watch it now. Do it, chase your bliss.
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Aug 15, 2020 14:36
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For Matt Berry fans, he and Arthur Mathews have a four-part series on iPlayer right now, 'Squeamish on....' It's a series of short 'documentaries' about such things as London, relationships, the countryside, &c. It's Matt's usually schtick, but the amount of work that must have gone into sourcing and choosing all of the vox pops and clips from the BBC archives and stock footage library is impressive. Sometimes they dub over them, but sometimes just present them out of context (there's a famous one with a woman giving a person-in-the-street interview about the impact of television on her family and friends, from the early 1960s, for example).
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There is also Garth Marenghi's Darkplace with tons of Matt Berry in it. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397150/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
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Aug 20, 2020 00:53
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Cool it, Sanchez, or you'll get a knuckle supper!
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I mean it should go without saying, but if anyone ITT hasn't seen Toast of London you're missing out on Peak Berry.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgEBaIqKhV8
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Emmy Ave "For Your Consideration" Emporium. Clever
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Naychos
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Charismaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh
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Aug 21, 2020 01:57
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That bar is WAAAAY to crowded!
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I recently started Toast of London. Matt Berry: YES! Also, I finally watched Four Lions. Kayvan Novak as one of the leads was a pleasant, thick as a brick, surprise. I suppose I should seek out a Natasia Demetrou show or movie now
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Eat This Glob posted:I suppose I should seek out a Natasia Demetrou show or movie now Stath Lets Flats is on HBO Max which has both her and her brother. I couldn't really get into it since it's packed full of that REALLY awkward English humor. It got nominated for some BAFTAs recently.
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Fartington Butts posted:Stath Lets Flats is on HBO Max which has both her and her brother. I couldn't really get into it since it's packed full of that REALLY awkward English humor. It got nominated for some BAFTAs recently. Noted. I love awful, awkward british humor so ill give it a try! thanks!
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There’s also Ellie & Natasha which was a pilot sketch show she did, and she’s in the Eurovision movie briefly. Also Kayvan did Phonejacker and Facejacker for years and it was wildly popular, but I’m not sure how well it holds up.
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She's on the big flower fight on Netflix too but it's more of being a funny host
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I watched Big Flower Fight before watching this show and I totally did not recognize her. I didn't know it was the same actress until I was looking up her imdb.
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I finally finished S2! God this show’s great. It basically had me sold from Laszlo’s ‘it’s loving massive’ where I had to pause and cry-laugh for a good 2-3 minutes. I love all the cast equally, with special mention to Nadja’s off to the side reaction faces. When the stupid baby vampire Jenna asks where their clothes go when they transform into bats and Nadja is just hit by the fact she’s absolutely never thought about it. “...Huh.” Matt Berry’s schtick can wear thin as someone else said, being in the UK, you hear his voice a lot. Guillermo doing 😬 in reaction shots never gets old. 
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I just ordered a very nice T-shirt for the premiere of season 3 (whenever that might be) https://www.lastexittonowhere.com/catalogue/the-unholy-masquerade_10099/
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I feel like getting Vladislav all the way from NZ repeatedly to do Council stuff is weird.
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The_Doctor posted:I feel like getting Vladislav all the way from NZ repeatedly to do Council stuff is weird. It sort of makes sense for him (moreso than the rest of the Wellington crew) since he was supposedly super-powerful and important before hitting a rough patch.
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The_Doctor posted:I feel like getting Vladislav all the way from NZ repeatedly to do Council stuff is weird. Maybe he's been trying to make it as a kiwi in the big city with his mate as a Broadway actor after the last council meeting 
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Don't remember if this had been posted previously https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5538Ni_Jkk
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Randomly came across a recommendation on youtube for an interview with the cast! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfegRSaj5J0 Here it is in full! Some choice tidbits and spoilers for next season We're going on a road trip! Someone is having a birthday!! Extra Spoilery Its Colinrobinson More mythical creatures showing up Nandor looking for love. And it ended with a commercial for the sponsor, Lucky Brew's Bar and Grill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfegRSaj5J0&t=1764s DurosKlav fucked around with this message at 19:20 on Oct 11, 2020 |
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Nandor is my favorite vampire.
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Arglebargle III posted:Nandor is my favorite vampire. 
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Every vampire is my favorite, every scene my favorite changes.
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a sexual elk posted:Every vampire is my favorite, every scene my favorite changes. Same. I try to rank them sometimes and It goes something like this “I guess Nandor is last.... that can’t be because Nandor is my favorite?” The only exception is that Colin Robinson is actually my favorite and the rest are all tied for second.
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I like Colin Robinson because he would be me if I was cooler and more popular.
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