[worry]

Sounds like (non-denominational) Heaven!

[worry]

Did they arrest the earthquake or did it get away with it?

[Tiste Simeon]

Finished season 2 of GLOW. Think I enjoyed it more than the first one, which is quite impressive. The episode where it was just an episode of the show within the show was superb.

[Slow Ben]

Briar King, on 24 September 2018 - 11:32 PM, said:

Any of you other sexy fuckers planning on checking out Manifest tonight?

Loved the premise, meh on the rest of the ep. I’ll give it another episode or two.

[Cause]

Based on an incredible highlight reel on YouTube of the office I downloaded and watched two episodes of the first season.

This is the most boring, least funny show I have ever seen.

[Abyss]

Cause, on 26 September 2018 - 08:17 AM, said:

Based on an incredible highlight reel on YouTube of the office I downloaded and watched two episodes of the first season.

This is the most boring, least funny show I have ever seen.

UK or US?

[QuickTidal]

Briar King, on 21 September 2018 - 02:02 AM, said:

I don’t think we are really comparing it to Avatar so much as saying we can see similar vibes with it like the Books/Elements(I want to see what Stars can do) Ha if that even really makes sense?

Bad characters? What?

I would agree with you about the obvious but I’m not sure if it was for what you say. QT or anyone don’t click this till you finish...

Spoiler

yes Harrow is in the bird(and Ezran will eventually bring him out) but I’m unsure if the bad guy is actually the bad guy. They very purposefully didn’t show us what the full convo entailed but cut away. I think we are in store for a flip reveal of Viren. Yeah him ordering his son to kill the princes isn’t good but I think he knows/is counting on his kids to not do it.

finished DRAGON PRINCE Season 1. Great ending! Really liked the development of the three mains, especially Rayla.

And can I just say that...

Spoiler

Having the just birthed Dragon prince snap off the killing-oath-band was REALLY simple and cleverly done. I also like the concept of the Ava not being "fixed" with a new leg, but the illusion of one so the rest of the humans around her would not see her differently...that was some ace moral storytelling there.

Can't wait to see where it goes in Book 2!

Also, I want to see what the rest of Zadia and the non-Moon Shadow elves look and act like.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 26 September 2018 - 02:47 PM

[worry]

Watched American Vandal S2. Initially I was skeptical, like, how are they gonna do this a second time? The kid who played Dylan was so perfect, and though the character isn't super original (he's kinda just Jonah Takalua without the brownface), the series shockingly did everything it set out to do very successfully. Well, S2 doesn't have a character quite as good as Dylan, and some of the novelty has warn off, but other than that I'd say it really does manage to be as addictive, cheeky, and ultimately as smart as the first one. In my opinion, they pulled it off a second time!

[Tiste Simeon]

Glad to hear it, it's on my list!

Started watching MANIAC and so far, despite not ask that much having happened in the first two episodes I'm hooked, really interested to see where it goes!

[Cause]

Abyss, on 26 September 2018 - 02:25 PM, said:

Cause, on 26 September 2018 - 08:17 AM, said:

Based on an incredible highlight reel on YouTube of the office I downloaded and watched two episodes of the first season.

This is the most boring, least funny show I have ever seen.

UK or US?

US. Is UK good?

The highlight real I saw was about all the pranks they play and it seemed really funny. The show however has Steve carrel just being an asshole and incompetent boss. Whats funny about a man pretend firing his secretary in the first episode? I have no emotional attachment if she is fired and as a joke its piss poor. Also in the second episode I saw whats funny about him choosing a black staff member to be on his basketball team but the joke is the overweight guy he ignores turned out to be telling the truth that he is good at basketball? This is not comedy. Maybe this resonates with people who have these kinds of bosses in real life.

[QuickTidal]

Cause, on 27 September 2018 - 08:37 AM, said:

Abyss, on 26 September 2018 - 02:25 PM, said:

Cause, on 26 September 2018 - 08:17 AM, said:

Based on an incredible highlight reel on YouTube of the office I downloaded and watched two episodes of the first season.

This is the most boring, least funny show I have ever seen.

UK or US?

US. Is UK good?

The highlight real I saw was about all the pranks they play and it seemed really funny. The show however has Steve carrel just being an asshole and incompetent boss. Whats funny about a man pretend firing his secretary in the first episode? I have no emotional attachment if she is fired and as a joke its piss poor. Also in the second episode I saw whats funny about him choosing a black staff member to be on his basketball team but the joke is the overweight guy he ignores turned out to be telling the truth that he is good at basketball? This is not comedy. Maybe this resonates with people who have these kinds of bosses in real life.

US spends about half the first season trying to imitate the deadpan, dry British version (Which stays kind of "cruel" throughout its run) almost to a script T...and it SUCKS as a result because it doesn't translate AT ALL.

After they stop trying to do that and allow it to become its own thing...it gets much better and improves over the rest of the seasons.

The funny stuff you saw is likely from the latter seasons beginning with S2. They also get a lot of "heart" going as the show progresses which is nice...the British version never stops being mean to have heart....and I think that's where the US version found its feet.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 27 September 2018 - 11:57 AM

[paran falcon]

Tiste Simeon, on 26 September 2018 - 08:53 PM, said:

Glad to hear it, it's on my list!

Started watching MANIAC and so far, despite not ask that much having happened in the first two episodes I'm hooked, really interested to see where it goes!

We finished Maniac last weekend. I'm honestly not sure how to describe it on the whole or what i think of it. I mean I liked it overall; i can say that. Some things I loved, some things not so much. There are some interesting and thought provoking statements made about the human mind that are worth considering in real life. Its a trip. And Justin Theroux's character and performance is pretty hilarious.

[QuickTidal]

I'm not sure I want to watch MANIAC...there was an interview with Fukanaga about it, and he stated something that turns me off Emma Stone. That she HATED playing the Elf character she has to play in it... because she doesn't like things that aren't real....and I'm over here like....Um...you're an ACTOR! You play "things that aren't real" for a living.

It just makes my opinion of her lower. You chose a career in acting. If you don't like make believe, why did you choose that career?

Ugh. Maybe I'm just cranky today.

[Cause]

QuickTidal, on 27 September 2018 - 01:39 PM, said:

I'm not sure I want to watch MANIAC...there was an interview with Fukanaga about it, and he stated something that turns me off Emma Stone. That she HATED playing the Elf character she has to play in it... because she doesn't like things that aren't real....and I'm over here like....Um...you're an ACTOR! You play "things that aren't real" for a living.

It just makes my opinion of her lower. You chose a career in acting. If you don't like make believe, why did you choose that career?

Ugh. Maybe I'm just cranky today.

If that's true it puts an interview I saw of her with Stephen Colbert in new light. He asks if she liked playing the elf and she kinda just sits their going mhhmm. Colbert is a crazy LotR fan and I thought she was kinda light heartedly making fun with him.

Also she was in spider man!

Also she should want to have my babies

[paran falcon]

QuickTidal, on 27 September 2018 - 01:39 PM, said:

I'm not sure I want to watch MANIAC...there was an interview with Fukanaga about it, and he stated something that turns me off Emma Stone. That she HATED playing the Elf character she has to play in it... because she doesn't like things that aren't real....and I'm over here like....Um...you're an ACTOR! You play "things that aren't real" for a living.

It just makes my opinion of her lower. You chose a career in acting. If you don't like make believe, why did you choose that career?

Ugh. Maybe I'm just cranky today.

That's interesting. I will say that character didn't "fit" her well, imo. But I'm not always sold on Emma Stone for some reason so who am I to judge? Her "sister" in that storyline (Julia Garner, who plays Ruth in Ozark OUTSTANDINGLY) was much more natural and believable. I wouldn't have guessed that could be the reason, though. It shouldn't have been that difficult, I would think; She's a drunk and disillusioned guide that happens to be part elf.

[Gintokian]

worry, on 26 September 2018 - 07:48 PM, said:

Watched American Vandal S2. Initially I was skeptical, like, how are they gonna do this a second time? The kid who played Dylan was so perfect, and though the character isn't super original (he's kinda just Jonah Takalua without the brownface), the series shockingly did everything it set out to do very successfully. Well, S2 doesn't have a character quite as good as Dylan, and some of the novelty has warn off, but other than that I'd say it really does manage to be as addictive, cheeky, and ultimately as smart as the first one. In my opinion, they pulled it off a second time!

I wasn't super sure about season 2 at first as well, but after watching it I think they did a really good job, the Turd Burglar stuff was great. I'm also glad they decided to show us who did it in the end

Spoiler

unlike season1 where we never found out who actually did the dicks!

Although, season 2 was a different experience for me, embarrassingly enough when I watched season 1 my friend told me this was a legit documentary and being a dumbass I didn't question this throughout the whole season. I didn't find out the truth until it ended and I wanted to know what happened after and googled it... Pretty embarrassing seeing as I've seen a number of those actors before...

[Abyss]

JACK RYAN... good call, people. Three eps in and i likey. Kind of sits happily midway between STRIKEBACK and HOMELAND.

[worry]

Blue Bloods?! Did you turn 90 this past July?

[worry]

I kid I kid!

One thing nobody seems to be talking about, at least in my circles, is that CBS is rebooting Magnum PI?? Wth. They're also behind Hawaii 5-0 and MacGyver right?

[Abyss]

worry, on 29 September 2018 - 12:17 AM, said:

I kid I kid!

One thing nobody seems to be talking about, at least in my circles, is that CBS is rebooting Magnum PI?? Wth. They're also behind Hawaii 5-0 and MacGyver right?

I’m amazed it took them til now.