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Post by aaa on Sept 26, 2017 22:05:25 GMT -5
Airwolf is on GetTv, right now. My jam. Laramie is a new favorite, as well as The Rifleman. To hell with cable, my 15 stations with an antenna is doing just fine.
And there's a super young Shannon Dougherty guest starring, looking all tomboy.
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Post by eatersthemanfool on Sept 27, 2017 14:37:25 GMT -5
Hey, Airwolf!
I watched the first episode of Channel Zero: No End House. So far it's quite good. Grabbed me better than Candle Cove, though we'll see how it holds up over a whole season. For those that don't know, Channel Zero is a set of miniseries along the lines of American Horror Story, where each season is an unrelated miniseries. CZ's gimmick is that it's based off creepypasta stories. (Internet circulated urban legends, often anonymously written). First season, 'Candle Cove' was solid but not spectacular. I'd call it stupid in the right ways. Did a good job of hitting those kind of primal childhood fears.
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Post by 🧀Son of Suzy Creamcheese🧀 on Oct 2, 2017 5:33:08 GMT -5
I just woke up to the news that there is a new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm out. I didn't even know it was in the making, let alone that it aired its first episode yesterday. Considering it's pretty much my favorite show of all time and it's been 6 years since the last season (I had given up on there ever being a 9th season) that's pretty damn cool.
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Post by JoeQ on Oct 2, 2017 5:46:16 GMT -5
I just woke up to the news that there is a new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm out. I didn't even know it was in the making, let alone that it aired its first episode yesterday. Considering it's pretty much my favorite show of all time and it's been 6 years since the last season (I had given up on there ever being a 9th season) that's pretty damn cool. My life has meaning again. I hope it still has Leon.
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Post by 🧀Son of Suzy Creamcheese🧀 on Oct 2, 2017 6:06:09 GMT -5
My life has meaning again. I hope it still has Leon. Yep, he still lives with Larry.
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Post by aaa on Oct 10, 2017 14:37:24 GMT -5
Seen some doc on PBS last night about people in the Faroe Islands who hunt whales and eat that shit all day. And it's causing diseases because they're contaminated from mercury. They still hunt and eat it, even after they've been told it's not good. To say the least, it was crazy. What they showed made me say "what the fuck" out loud.
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Post by Snake on Oct 10, 2017 14:53:46 GMT -5
I've eaten whale before, while on vacation in Greenland. It's an interesting flavor, essentially like beef (I suppose since whales are mammals), with a fatty marbling with a salmon-like essence. I imagine it's very rich in EPA and DHA omega-3 fatty acids. The cut we had was a bit on the chewier side.
I wrapped up 2 seasons of Rick and Morty recently. Quite entertaining. Quite original, and quite out there. But so random and hilarious.
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Post by Elvin Atombender on Oct 10, 2017 15:40:12 GMT -5
And speaking of Rick & Morty, in the wake of the McDonalds sauce incident I can only say this:
Walter White: I've a huge problem with fan uncritically idolizing me and thinking I'm a hero. Rick Sanchez: Hold my beer.
(Don't get me wrong, both Breaking Bad and Rick & Morty are fantastic shows. But some of their fans are insufferable...)
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Post by Snake on Oct 12, 2017 11:25:22 GMT -5
Who knew a show could create that much demand for Sichuan/Szechwan sauce? They just need to keep up with having supply. Earlier this year, there was a Breaking Bad "Pollos Hermanos" pop-up fried chicken restaurant in the area. I would so loved to go, but you could imagine the lines for something that was only available for like, 3 days. Even the Japanese are reporting on the Rick and Morty McDonald's sauce phenomenon. Holy crap, has it already been 19 years since Mulan was in theaters?!
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Post by eatersthemanfool on Oct 12, 2017 22:23:39 GMT -5
So I started watching Big Mouth on Netflix.
It's fucking hilarious. I mean, to me, anyway. It's another cartoon for adults and older teens, dealing with a set of characters going through puberty. Masturbation, menstruation, hormonal rage, the ghost of Duke Ellington. All that good shit.
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Post by GamerL on Oct 12, 2017 22:41:36 GMT -5
And speaking of Rick & Morty, in the wake of the McDonalds sauce incident I can only say this: Walter White: I've a huge problem with fan uncritically idolizing me and thinking I'm a hero. Rick Sanchez: Hold my beer. (Don't get me wrong, both Breaking Bad and Rick & Morty are fantastic shows. But some of their fans are insufferable...) Call it the "Taxi Driver" effect whenever something has an anti-hero protagonist and is not necessarily endorsing their behavior or worldview but people take it the wrong way because they find something about them cool. Taxi Driver is the perfect example of that because it's kind of held up as a vigilante fantasy movie like Death Wish or something and the line "you talkin' to me?" is quoted in the same way "you feel lucky, punk?" or "go ahead, make my day" but in the context of the movie Travis Bickle comes off more creepy than badass since he's just talking to himself.
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Post by eatersthemanfool on Oct 12, 2017 22:43:47 GMT -5
Call it the "Taxi Driver" effect whenever something has an anti-hero protagonist and is not necessarily endorsing their behavior or worldview but people take it the wrong way because they find something about them cool. Taxi Driver is the perfect example of that because it's kind of held up as a vigilante fantasy movie like Death Wish or something and the line "you talkin' to me?" is quoted in the same way "you feel lucky, punk?" or "go ahead, make my day" but in that context of the movie Travis Bickle comes off more creepy than badass since he's just talking to himself. Yea, I'd say creepy and pathetic, which I'm pretty sure is what the director was going for.
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Post by GamerL on Oct 12, 2017 22:47:22 GMT -5
Call it the "Taxi Driver" effect whenever something has an anti-hero protagonist and is not necessarily endorsing their behavior or worldview but people take it the wrong way because they find something about them cool. Taxi Driver is the perfect example of that because it's kind of held up as a vigilante fantasy movie like Death Wish or something and the line "you talkin' to me?" is quoted in the same way "you feel lucky, punk?" or "go ahead, make my day" but in that context of the movie Travis Bickle comes off more creepy than badass since he's just talking to himself. Yea, I'd say creepy and pathetic, which I'm pretty sure is what the director was going for. Yes, it's pretty clear that Travis Bickle is seriously mentally ill and not at all something someone should aspire to. But people have their dark sides and some media taps into that, see also the way some people idolize Patrick Bateman in American Psycho even though he's literally a serial killer.
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Post by Catalyst on Oct 13, 2017 0:50:29 GMT -5
Mentioned this to a friend when Netflix's Death Note move reminded me of how people where obsessed with Light when the original anime and manga came out. I know it took awhile but it was like his comeuppance at the end of it did nothing to dissuade his fans.
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Post by toei on Oct 13, 2017 21:08:47 GMT -5
The simple act of having the character die or suffer at the end for their action does nothing to turn off people who look up to them because it can be dismissed so easily ("oh, of course they had to do that to get it on TV"). Supposedly American History X is a cult movie among neo nazis, for example. Roger Ebert used to say a movie always argues in favor of whatever it's about, regardless of what it thinks it's saying. I can see what he meant, though I don't think it means we should always tell stories about heroic characters, necessarily (and neither did he). Smart people will get it, idiots will be idiots.
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