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  • HappylilElfHappylilElf Registered User regular
    ElJeffe wrote: »
    This week in Really Outdated Opinions:

    Marvel Mrs. Maisel season one is super fucking good.

    Next time on Really Outdated Opinions, find out what Eljeffe thinks about who shot JR!

    I fucking told you

    ...probably

    ...at some point

    ......maybe?

  • HappylilElfHappylilElf Registered User regular
    edited August 2019
    knitdan wrote: »
    Who’s JR?

    knitdan imagine if they made terrible afternoon soap operas into a prime time show

    that's really all you need to know

    HappylilElf on
  • DracomicronDracomicron Registered User regular
    knitdan wrote: »
    Who’s JR?

    It is a mint candy.

  • knitdanknitdan In ur base Killin ur guysRegistered User regular
    knitdan wrote: »
    Who’s JR?

    knitdan imagine if they made terrible afternoon soap operas into a prime time show

    that's really all you need to know

    Yeah I’ve seen Grey’s Anatomy

    “I was quick when I came in here, I’m twice as quick now”
    -Indiana Solo, runner of blades
  • madparrotmadparrot Registered User regular
    knitdan wrote: »
    Who’s JR?

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  • HappylilElfHappylilElf Registered User regular
    knitdan wrote: »
    knitdan wrote: »
    Who’s JR?

    knitdan imagine if they made terrible afternoon soap operas into a prime time show

    that's really all you need to know

    Yeah I’ve seen Grey’s Anatomy

    less misery porny but yeah, that :P

  • ElJeffeElJeffe Moderator, ClubPA mod
    knitdan wrote: »
    Who’s JR?

    knitdan imagine if they made terrible afternoon soap operas into a prime time show

    that's really all you need to know

    It's like Melrose Place if everyone was rich instead of pretty.

    Fun fact: I used to love Melrose Place.

    I submitted an entry to Lego Ideas, and if 10,000 people support me, it'll be turned into an actual Lego set!If you'd like to see and support my submission, follow this link.
  • MortiousMortious The Nightmare Begins Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
    ElJeffe wrote: »
    knitdan wrote: »
    Who’s JR?

    knitdan imagine if they made terrible afternoon soap operas into a prime time show

    that's really all you need to know

    It's like Melrose Place if everyone was rich instead of pretty.

    Fun fact: I used to love Melrose Place.

    They were very pretty

    Move to New Zealand
    It’s not a very important country most of the time
    http://steamcommunity.com/id/mortious
  • knitdanknitdan In ur base Killin ur guysRegistered User regular
    I missed out on a lot of TV before 1999

    “I was quick when I came in here, I’m twice as quick now”
    -Indiana Solo, runner of blades
  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator mod
    Dallas was often a hell of a lot of fun, as well as being ridiculous and vapid. JR is one of the best, most enjoyable villains TV has ever produced.

    When he was shot at the end of one season the tapes of the first episode of the next were flown over to the UK via Concorde by Larry Hagman and the event made the evening news. No one had a clue who did it, as the only way you knew what was happening in US TV shows was if you went there and asked somebody who'd already seen it. The answer to the question that gripped the nation was: wait, who?

  • MugsleyMugsley DelawareRegistered User regular
    Piling on the late-to-the-show opinions, we finished Season 1 of Fleabag last night and that show is way more entertaining than it has any right to be. The perfect amount of cringe without going too hard and losing the joke. I originally thought the 4th-wall stuff was going to be jarring, but they did an excellent job of incorporating it.

    Excited to dive into Season 2 tonight.


    Also finished Season 1 of The Expanse and it's every bit of the ride I expected. I still think they need to ratchet up the pacing a bit, but then again I'm about 3-4 books deep in the series, so I know the background of most of the characters already.

  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    Amazon Prime seems to be down for a lot of people, making it so you have your viewing history but nothing is available or you have to rent it.

  • ElJeffeElJeffe Moderator, ClubPA mod
    I am planning to dive into Marvelous Mrs. Maisel S2 tonight, and if anything gets in my way, there will be hell to pay.

    HELL. TO. PAY.

    I submitted an entry to Lego Ideas, and if 10,000 people support me, it'll be turned into an actual Lego set!If you'd like to see and support my submission, follow this link.
  • HappylilElfHappylilElf Registered User regular
    ElJeffe wrote: »
    I am planning to dive into Marvelous Mrs. Maisel S2 tonight, and if anything gets in my way, there will be hell to pay.

    HELL. TO. PAY.

    No jury would convict

    "Your honor over the next two days I intend to present my defense to the jury which will be to have them binge watch season one."

    auto-acquittal

  • ElJeffeElJeffe Moderator, ClubPA mod
    Everyone can relax, I successfully watched S2E1 of MMM without incident.

    It was great.

    I submitted an entry to Lego Ideas, and if 10,000 people support me, it'll be turned into an actual Lego set!If you'd like to see and support my submission, follow this link.
  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    Mugsley wrote: »
    Piling on the late-to-the-show opinions, we finished Season 1 of Fleabag last night and that show is way more entertaining than it has any right to be. The perfect amount of cringe without going too hard and losing the joke. I originally thought the 4th-wall stuff was going to be jarring, but they did an excellent job of incorporating it.

    Excited to dive into Season 2 tonight.


    Also finished Season 1 of The Expanse and it's every bit of the ride I expected. I still think they need to ratchet up the pacing a bit, but then again I'm about 3-4 books deep in the series, so I know the background of most of the characters already.

    With the 4th wall stuff she says more with knowing smirks than anything else

  • NotYouNotYou Registered User regular
    Marvelous Ms Maisel was so close to being a show I loved.

    barely a season 1 spoiler but just in case
    But they just had to keep going back to depressing family drama and depressing cheating husband and depressing etc etc. I have so much trouble with these kinds of shows (reminds me a breaking bad, another show that was too depressing for me). I remember after the first episode or two I thought to myself "thank god they've finally written out that shitty husband character. Glad I won't be seeing him again!"

    But nope, no luck. If the show had been about her ditching her old shitty life and working her way up as a comedian straight off, I would have loved it. But the comedy thing was always playing second fiddle to her horribly sad family life. Perhaps it changed in later seasons.

  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    Hmm

    Lot more boobs in this season of Glow, it seems

    You're welcome, people sitting behind me on the bus

    [Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
  • ElJeffeElJeffe Moderator, ClubPA mod
    edited August 2019
    I didn't find the drama in MMM that depressing. There were certainly sad elements, but it struck me overall as a positive show, and I actually like where they took the Joel character.

    ElJeffe on
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  • NinjeffNinjeff Registered User regular
    Hmm

    Lot more boobs in this season of Glow, it seems

    You're welcome, people sitting behind me on the bus

    yea they really went crazy with those this season.

  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    Ninjeff wrote: »
    Hmm

    Lot more boobs in this season of Glow, it seems

    You're welcome, people sitting behind me on the bus

    yea they really went crazy with those this season.

    "It's season 3, we're gonna get cancelled unless you get your tits out."

  • ColanutColanut Siedge WealdRegistered User regular
    Wheel of Time on Prime (https://twitter.com/WoTonPrime) has released casting choices for the main characters. If I read correctly, mostly unknowns and in it for the long haul. Arstechnica says production starts this fall.

  • KoopahTroopahKoopahTroopah The koopas, the troopas. Philadelphia, PARegistered User regular
    edited August 2019
    Dave is back for his third Fifth Netflix special.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyOkypzFfHo

    KoopahTroopah on
  • DracomicronDracomicron Registered User regular
    shryke wrote: »
    Ninjeff wrote: »
    Hmm

    Lot more boobs in this season of Glow, it seems

    You're welcome, people sitting behind me on the bus

    yea they really went crazy with those this season.

    "It's season 3, we're gonna get cancelled unless you get your tits out."

    To be fair, there is also some dong.

  • NotYouNotYou Registered User regular
    ElJeffe wrote: »
    I didn't find the drama in MMM that depressing. There were certainly sad elements, but it struck me overall as a positive show, and I actually like where they took the Joel character.

    Maybe depressing is the wrong word, but it seemed like nearly everyone in her non-comedy life were terrible people that I wouldn't want to spend time with, yet the show insisted that we spend lots of time with them.

    (I still think the show was good.)

  • WinklebottomWinklebottom Registered User regular
    NotYou wrote: »
    ElJeffe wrote: »
    I didn't find the drama in MMM that depressing. There were certainly sad elements, but it struck me overall as a positive show, and I actually like where they took the Joel character.

    Maybe depressing is the wrong word, but it seemed like nearly everyone in her non-comedy life were terrible people that I wouldn't want to spend time with, yet the show insisted that we spend lots of time with them.

    (I still think the show was good.)

    I really like her Mom and Dad's arc in season 2.

  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited August 2019
    Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus is up on Netflix, in case anyone's curious.

    https://youtu.be/TDnKp83IOPA

    cloudeagle on
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  • KoopahTroopahKoopahTroopah The koopas, the troopas. Philadelphia, PARegistered User regular
    I watched the Rocko one and liked it well enough, this one is probably decent too.

  • DiannaoChongDiannaoChong Registered User regular
    edited August 2019
    Just watched the new invader zim. Strong start, kind of drags in the middle (like rocko) and finishes pretty strong. Its a middling to good extended episode.

    But man, like 80% of the shots are gorgeous to look at. "Every frame a painting" really applies here.

    Edit: It showed me a trailer for a new series called cannon busters and I swear it's just Trigun-Bebop...

    DiannaoChong on
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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    They need to bring back Angry Beavers

  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    Just watched the new invader zim. Strong start, kind of drags in the middle (like rocko) and finishes pretty strong. Its a middling to good extended episode.

    But man, like 80% of the shots are gorgeous to look at. "Every frame a painting" really applies here.

    Edit: It showed me a trailer for a new series called cannon busters and I swear it's just Trigun-Bebop...

    I just saw the trailer for Cannon Busters and it looks amazing!

  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
  • RickRudeRickRude Registered User regular
    Colanut wrote: »
    Wheel of Time on Prime (https://twitter.com/WoTonPrime) has released casting choices for the main characters. If I read correctly, mostly unknowns and in it for the long haul. Arstechnica says production starts this fall.

    Please don't suck, please don't suck, please don't suck

  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    Those casting choices look really good.

    *tugs braid*

  • madparrotmadparrot Registered User regular
    Huh - Mat looks almost exactly like the mental picture I had of him. Moiraine is on the old side, though, she's supposed to be strangely young-looking for her bearing and attitude. One wonders if they're going to CGI the agelessness onto the Aes Sedai

  • XeddicusXeddicus Registered User regular
    Since they're a bunch of unknowns it's too soon to tell. Deviating from the books right off, though.

  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    Moraine isn't supposed to be that old period. I think Rosamond Pike at 40 is probably close-ish to the top end of what her age would be.

  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    What are your impressions on the show iZombie? Is it worth watching?

  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    urahonky wrote: »
    What are your impressions on the show iZombie? Is it worth watching?

    First three seasons yes for sure.

    Self-righteousness is incompatible with coalition building.
  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    urahonky wrote: »
    What are your impressions on the show iZombie? Is it worth watching?

    First three seasons yes for sure.

    Yeah I'm 2 episodes in and it's really fun.

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