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Originally posted by SanTropezMay your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.Originally posted by bigblue_dlI don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..Originally posted by KeplerWhen the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
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Originally posted by St. Clown View PostI started watching Adam Ruins Everything on Netflix. Its an informational show, but presented in a comedic way. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Ruins_EverythingCode:As of 9/21/10: As of 9/13/10: College Hockey 6 College Football 0 BTHC 4 WCHA FC: 1
Originally posted by SanTropezMay your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.Originally posted by bigblue_dlI don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..Originally posted by KeplerWhen the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
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Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View PostWest World Season 1. Perfection. The perfect ending.
They did the impossible: they made something extremely entertaining but did not dumb it down at all. They went balls deep on intelligence, didn't worry about losing the audience, and stuck the landing.
S2 makes more compromises -- it's less intellectual and more hurr hurr boom boom. That's the punishment for being a hit. But it's still pretty darn good. Let's say they went from a 99 to a 93 on the Hardness Scale, whereas most great TV is an 80 and most TV in general is a 30.
S1 is the crown jewel of the Golden Age of Television.Last edited by Kepler; 03-02-2020, 01:29 AM.Cornell University
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Originally posted by Kepler View PostYep.
They did the impossible: they made something extremely entertaining but did not dumb it down at all. They went balls deep on intelligence, didn't worry about losing the audience, and stuck the landing.
S2 makes more compromises -- it's less intellectual and more hurr hurr boom boom. That's the punishment for being a hit. But it's still pretty darn good. Let's say they went from a 99 to a 93 on the Hardness Scale, whereas most great TV is an 80 and most TV in general is a 30.
S1 is the crown jewel of the Golden Age of Television.**NOTE: The misleading post above was brought to you by Reynold's Wrap and American Steeples, makers of Crosses.
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The philosophical emphasis is different in S2.
Three philosophical questions run through West World:
What is Mind?
What is Will?
What is Being?
The focus changes in each of the arcs but they are all always present. S1 has the advantage that it is all still brand new so we're blown away by the sophistication of the presentation. The takeaway from mass entertainments when they try to be smart is always disappointment: no matter how much you're enjoying it you are always bracing yourself for when they sell out so they don't lose the audience. S1 never sells out. It's like drinking a glass of fresh water after 56 years of drinking muddy water (good movies) or sewage (good TV). It's actually worth the time, not just killing time, in a way that a few books, a few movies, and hitherto no TV has been.
WWS2 can't keep up that high standard, but it's still light years ahead of almost everything else on TV. If there's any TV that's better than WWS2 it's S1 of Mr. Robot and the better parts of S1 of Galactica.Last edited by Kepler; 03-02-2020, 07:54 AM.Cornell University
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S1 of West World was excellent. It's a completely different mindset but my favorite single season of any show ever is S1 of Broadchurch, but it might be a 1a and 1b fight. The latter is not nearly as cerebral, but the personal emotions that BH put me through, combined with several performances from the leads, are why it resonates so much for me.
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undone. Girl having domestic problems has a car accident and becomes unstuck in time. I recommend it. It's Netflix I think.Cornell University
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Originally posted by Transplanted Tiger Fan View PostAmazon Prime (at least that’s were I got it!)Cornell University
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Hey Shonda, we would have accepted Alex killing himself more than we would accept him getting back together with Izzy.
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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.
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Oh **** this episode so hard.
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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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