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  • Re: TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place

    Originally posted by state of hockey View Post
    She was even great in the extremely saccharine Secretariat.
    Oh yeah, forgot about that.
    Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
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    • Re: TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place

      Snowpiercer S1. E1. A paper bag of gooey, trite poo.
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      • Originally posted by Kepler View Post
        Snowpiercer S1. E1. A paper bag of gooey, trite poo.
        Like Westworld season 3 level of poo?

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        • Re: TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place

          Originally posted by Deutsche Gopher Fan View Post
          Like Westworld season 3 level of poo?
          Nowhere near that bad. The bag was not aflame.
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          • Re: TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place

            Originally posted by Kepler View Post
            Snowpiercer S1. E1. A paper bag of gooey, trite poo.
            I didn't see it, but figured that was going to happen.
            Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
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            • Re: TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place

              Originally posted by The Rube View Post
              I didn't see it, but figured that was going to happen.
              I hoped not cuz the Hamilton dude was in it.

              But... ugh.

              Basically, think of the last 30 minutes of the movie as a series.

              We still don't have a great contemporary artistic metaphor for the coming revolution, but you can feel it's around the corner. It may not even come from this dead man walking country. But, tick tock, muthaf-ckas; sous les paves, la plage.
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              • Re: TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place

                Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                I hoped not cuz the Hamilton dude was in it.

                But... ugh.

                Basically, think of the last 30 minutes of the movie as a series.
                I repeat my post.
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                • Re: TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place

                  Upload on Amazon Prime - starts off as a silly bit of whatever, turn into a mainstream Whodunnit. It's okay, some of the characters are worth a watch while other bits of it are just mailed-in writing.
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                  • Re: TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place

                    Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
                    Upload on Amazon Prime - starts off as a silly bit of whatever, turn into a mainstream Whodunnit. It's okay, some of the characters are worth a watch while other bits of it are just mailed-in writing.
                    I don't think so. It's uneven, that's for sure, but it's got the potential to be a biting satire of class and inequality.

                    I agree the writing's not up to the premise, yet, and they are definitely putting a lot of honey out there to attract the dummies, but that's as it should be. All in the Family went for easy laughs, too, but in doing so it reached a lot of people who would have been lost if it had been smarter.

                    Let's give it a chance. I like that it's at least an attempt at a Trojan Horse (much like Snowpiercer, so I guess I should take my own advice).
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                    • Re: TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place

                      Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                      I don't think so. It's uneven, that's for sure, but it's got the potential to be a biting satire of class and inequality.

                      I agree the writing's not up to the premise, yet, and they are definitely putting a lot of honey out there to attract the dummies, but that's as it should be. All in the Family went for easy laughs, too, but in doing so it reached a lot of people who would have been lost if it had been smarter.

                      Let's give it a chance. I like that it's at least an attempt at a Trojan Horse (much like Snowpiercer, so I guess I should take my own advice).
                      I'm not all the way through the show yet. The income inequality issue and the Chok character have only just appeared. "Chok", ha! We're at the part where they go to the dark web.
                      "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984

                      "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir

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                      • Re: TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place

                        Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
                        I'm not all the way through the show yet. The income inequality issue and the Chok character have only just appeared. "Chok", ha! We're at the part where they go to the dark web.
                        I'm only through episode 3.
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                        • Re: TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place

                          Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                          I'm only up to episode 2.
                          OK. Well, I've seen 4, and haven't paid close attention, and dealing with my baby.
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                          • Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                            Let's give it a chance. I like that it's at least an attempt at a Trojan Horse (much like Snowpiercer, so I guess I should take my own advice).
                            Given that literally everyone left of us died in an avalanche what was the point of the movie?

                            I assume the TV show is a prequel of sorts.
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                            • Re: TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place

                              Originally posted by JF_Gophers View Post
                              Given that literally everyone left of us died in an avalanche what was the point of the movie?

                              I assume the TV show is a prequel of sorts.
                              It's a reboot.

                              The movie was a meh treatment of an awesome premise with an incredibly stupid ending.

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