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Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have

Fri June 09, 2017 4:19 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:That's like saying there are too many books. Or too many movies. Or too many video games.

yes

Agreed. Except video games. There aren't enough of those.

i don't know

Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have

Fri June 09, 2017 4:32 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:That's like saying there are too many books. Or too many movies. Or too many video games.

yes

Agreed. Except video games. There aren't enough of those.

Playing more video games (by which I mean playing the one newish video game I've played in years) has given me more insight into your cinema tastes. That's been beneficial.

Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have

Fri June 09, 2017 4:33 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:That's like saying there are too many books. Or too many movies. Or too many video games.

yes

Agreed. Except video games. There aren't enough of those.

Playing more video games (by which I mean playing the one newish video game I've played in years) has given me more insight into your cinema tastes. That's been beneficial.

Oh? How so?

Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have

Fri June 09, 2017 4:38 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:That's like saying there are too many books. Or too many movies. Or too many video games.

yes

Agreed. Except video games. There aren't enough of those.

Playing more video games (by which I mean playing the one newish video game I've played in years) has given me more insight into your cinema tastes. That's been beneficial.

Oh? How so?

I hadn't realized how much like playable cinema video games had become. Obviously, you're a big fan of video games and the best of them have certain themes and aesthetics that seem to share something with the movies you love. I can draw some lines between those two media in your tastes, I think.

Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have

Fri June 09, 2017 4:40 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:That's like saying there are too many books. Or too many movies. Or too many video games.

yes

Agreed. Except video games. There aren't enough of those.

Playing more video games (by which I mean playing the one newish video game I've played in years) has given me more insight into your cinema tastes. That's been beneficial.

Oh? How so?

I hadn't realized how much like playable cinema video games had become. Obviously, you're a big fan of video games and the best of them have certain themes and aesthetics that seem to share something with the movies you love. I can draw some lines between those two media in your tastes, I think.

Yes, this is true. Mass Effect, baby. Mass Effect.

Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have

Wed June 21, 2017 3:05 am

OMG LV, please tell me you saw the very end of the Jim Jeffries show tonight?!

Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have

Wed June 21, 2017 3:28 am

E.H. Ruddock wrote:OMG LV, please tell me you saw the very end of the Jim Jeffries show tonight?!

Not yet! But it's on my DVR.

Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have

Wed June 21, 2017 4:27 pm

So, apparently HBO wants Damon Lindelof to show-run their new Watchmen series. People are gonna shit if that happens.

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Wed June 21, 2017 4:33 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:So, apparently HBO wants Damon Lindelof to show-run their new Watchmen series. People are gonna shit if that happens.


If it is half as good as the Leftovers I am on board. The butthurt over the LOST ending is one of the most tired things on the internet.

Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have

Wed June 21, 2017 4:36 pm

Monkey_Driven wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:So, apparently HBO wants Damon Lindelof to show-run their new Watchmen series. People are gonna shit if that happens.


If it is half as good as the Leftovers I am on board. The butthurt over the LOST ending is one of the most tired things on the internet.

Totally agree. I'm a big Lindelof fan. I think this is outstanding news. I hope he commits. I'd love to see Watchmen as an HBO series.

Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have

Wed June 21, 2017 5:30 pm

The Lost ending was shitty but I never understood the outcry; it was consistent with Lost overall, because Lost was overall shitty

Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have

Wed June 21, 2017 5:33 pm

I've heard The Leftovers is really good though!

Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have

Wed June 21, 2017 5:37 pm

Breaking Bad ended worse than LOST.

Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have

Wed June 21, 2017 5:39 pm

The Argonaut wrote:Breaking Bad ended worse than LOST.

That's silly.

Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have

Wed June 21, 2017 5:57 pm

the simpsons ended worse than them both

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Wed June 21, 2017 6:09 pm

I loved LOST and while the actual finale wasn't the show's best episode, the final season wrapped things up well and the finale itself had a ton of emotional resonance. I have zero issues with the way LOST ended.

Breaking Bad was sort of disappointing and a bit of a cop-out. It seemed to spit in the face of it's own overarching themes and contradict the underlying danger of consequences that the show had built so well. I liked the Breaking Bad finale less than the LOST finale. But I don't think either are terrible episodes of television. And both LOST and Breaking Bad had some really strong episodes in their final season.

Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have

Wed June 21, 2017 6:18 pm

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:the simpsons ended worse than them both

I wish it just ended

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Wed June 21, 2017 6:19 pm

Breaking Bad should have ended with Walter dying in that cabin in the penultimate episode. That would have been an awesome finale.

Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have

Wed June 21, 2017 6:27 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:
Breaking Bad was sort of disappointing and a bit of a cop-out. It seemed to spit in the face of it's own overarching themes and contradict the underlying danger of consequences that the show had built so well.

wat

Re: Post Random T.V.-Related Thoughts You Have

Wed June 21, 2017 6:33 pm

BurtReynolds wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Breaking Bad was sort of disappointing and a bit of a cop-out. It seemed to spit in the face of it's own overarching themes and contradict the underlying danger of consequences that the show had built so well.

wat

Spoiler: show
Walter got off easy and never had to actually pay for his actions. He gets to go out a hero and save his family at the same time.
The series made no bones during the run about real consequences to illegal actions. To me, the show felt like it tried to force WW into a hero role, which I don't think was earned or appropriate. It was kind of a cop-out. Fine, he died. But he still go everything else he wanted and I think he deserved worse than a pseudo "heroes death." The show had set the viewers up for something totally different. Time and time again. Then it sort of just... chickened out.
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