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  • Originally posted by Slap Shot View Post
    It's annoying watching Danny not be able to grow AT ALL but the writers get it correct then in showing his kids have so far both turned into pieces of s**t.
    I mean, that may be the whole message in the end. The lazy, racist, sexist guy is trying, while the go-getter, inclusionary ally is insulated from self-criticism and so acts smug and doesn't change.

    Now, that's a lot to ask of a teevee show, let alone a popular one, but it really would stand the moralistic tropes of the last fifty years on their head and be a devastating critique of Audi Liberals.
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    • I think it is more that the story is told through Johnny's eyes like the Karate Kid is told through Daniel's. That is the best part of Season 1 is how you see the same events the other way and how with just a small twist of perspective Daniel is the interloper loser hell bent on destroying Johnny who is just a whiny teenager overcompensating for a cruddy family life.

      Honestly Daniel is what Johnny would have been (a local celebrity that really never grew up even if successful) had Daniel never showed up. Daniel being there bottomed him out. The show has added layers of depth to a story that is just your basic boiler plate "Good Guy vs. Bad Guy" scenario.

      Season 3 when Allie showed up and they ended up all at a party together was an A+. Plus the fight scenes are well done!
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      • Go home Oakland, you're Oakland.
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        • Originally posted by Kepler View Post
          Go home Oakland, you're Oakland.
          Fishman wants to know what point you're trying to make posting about a TV show person in a TV thread.

          Cornell '04, Stanford '06


          KDR

          Rover Frenchy, Classic! Great post.
          iwh30 I wish I could be as smart as you. I really do you are the man
          gregg729 I just saw your sig, you do love having people revel in your "intelligence."
          Ritt18 you are the perfect representation of your alma mater.
          Miss Thundercat That's it, you win.
          TBA#2 I want to kill you and dance in your blood.
          DisplacedCornellian Hahaha. Thread over. Frenchy wins.

          Test to see if I can add this.

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          • Killing Eve, Feb 27.
            A bad cause requires many words.

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            • Originally posted by SonofSouthie View Post
              Killing Eve, Feb 27.
              Best TV show ever made. I hope they end it well..
              **NOTE: The misleading post above was brought to you by Reynold's Wrap and American Steeples, makers of Crosses.

              Originally Posted by dropthatpuck-Scooby's a lost cause.
              Originally Posted by First Time, Long Time-Always knew you were nothing but a troll.

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              • Originally posted by SonofSouthie View Post
                Killing Eve, Feb 27.
                My wife will be happy. I've been asking her if it is back every week for about 2 months now.
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                • I gave E1 of The Cleaning Lady a try. The actress playing the protagonist is quite good but I'm not sure if this going to be better than your average Hollywood pap or not. I will give E2 a go at least.

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                  • Originally posted by Slap Shot View Post
                    I gave E1 of The Cleaning Lady a try. The actress playing the protagonist is quite good but I'm not sure if this going to be better than your average Hollywood pap or not. I will give E2 a go at least.
                    I did the same. Not sure if I season pass this or not. Will depend on ep 2.

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                    • Meanwhile I am still only about 6 episodes into Only Murder in the Building but it's excellent, and I really think Steve Martin is a brilliant actor. And Selena holds her own which I would never ever have imagined. She's legit.
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                      • I loved that show and the last couple episodes are just awesome!

                        I am seeing Steve Martin and Martin Short for the second time in a few months...such a good time!
                        "It's as if the Drumpf Administration is made up of the worst and unfunny parts of the Cleveland Browns, Washington Generals, and the alien Mon-Stars from Space Jam."
                        -aparch

                        "Scenes in "Empire Strikes Back" that take place on the tundra planet Hoth were shot on the present-day site of Ralph Engelstad Arena."
                        -INCH

                        Of course I'm a fan of the Vikings. A sick and demented Masochist of a fan, but a fan none the less.
                        -ScoobyDoo 12/17/2007

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                        • Steve Martin of absolutely fantastic when he's not dumbing it down for the kids. When he is, well, I still like him anyway. Helluva banjo player, too.
                          the state of hockey is good

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                          • Friends from grade school and I still try to find ways to sneak-in a, "HE HATES THESE CANS. GET AWAY FROM THE CANS!!" into the conversation to this day.

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                            • I absolutely loved Only Murders in the Building. It was such a fun series. I can't wait for season two.

                              “Demolish the bridges behind you… then there is no choice but to build again.”

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                              • Originally posted by Slap Shot View Post
                                Friends from grade school and I still try to find ways to sneak-in a, "HE HATES THESE CANS. GET AWAY FROM THE CANS!!" into the conversation to this day.
                                This was my second favorite moment in that movie. The first was of course Bernadette Peters in "You Belong To Me." That moment is the sweetest in film.
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