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TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place
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RaceBoarder
Waiting for the Snow to fly...
Re: TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place
Thumbs up for THE MANDALORIAN Ep. 6.
I enjoyed the more action-y story used here. New characters were "meh". Very basic, stereotypical "rag tag" group that was put together (the smartass, the leader, the muscle, etc.), but it worked. This episode took lots of twists and turns compared to the rest of the series, so assuming that was by choice of Rick Famuyiwa. It worked, but it stands out.
Spoiler question:
For those that know better, is there any ties to Asoka (other than being the same species) from Xi'an and Quin? I'm not that deep into the lore, I've seen Asoka mentioned as being a significant character in the cartoon series.
Looking forward to seeing how this wraps up and if it plays any significance in the grand scheme of things.
Thumbs up for THE MANDALORIAN Ep. 6.
I enjoyed the more action-y story used here. New characters were "meh". Very basic, stereotypical "rag tag" group that was put together (the smartass, the leader, the muscle, etc.), but it worked. This episode took lots of twists and turns compared to the rest of the series, so assuming that was by choice of Rick Famuyiwa. It worked, but it stands out.
Spoiler question:
For those that know better, is there any ties to Asoka (other than being the same species) from Xi'an and Quin? I'm not that deep into the lore, I've seen Asoka mentioned as being a significant character in the cartoon series.
Looking forward to seeing how this wraps up and if it plays any significance in the grand scheme of things.
St. Clown
Liberal Rebel Scum, apparently
Re: TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place
The first X-Wing pilot shown was Dave Filoni, the show runner of the various canon Star Wars TV shows.
The first X-Wing pilot shown was Dave Filoni, the show runner of the various canon Star Wars TV shows.
Re: TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place
I do want to watch that.
The Henry Lee Lucas Docu-Series on Netflix is crazy interesting
I do want to watch that.
D
Deutsche Gopher Fan
Guest
Looking forward to watching series over Xmas break.
Best finale I’ve ever seen is lindellhofs finale of the Leftovers.
ScoobyDoo
NPC
Re: TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place
Listen to the official Podcasts when you're done. Well worth it. I'm listening to the last one right now.
Listen to the official Podcasts when you're done. Well worth it. I'm listening to the last one right now.
D
Deutsche Gopher Fan
Guest
I’m through first two episodes so far. Holy crap this is good.
The Henry Lee Lucas Docu-Series on Netflix is crazy interesting
You really couldn’t make that entire story up, pun intended.
D
Deutsche Gopher Fan
Guest
I had the day off so I binged watchman....wow.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place
I'm thinking about it. I wasn't disappointed anyway.
Moore must be going insane and that alone is worth something.
I'm thinking about it. I wasn't disappointed anyway.
Moore must be going insane and that alone is worth something.
ScoobyDoo
NPC
Re: TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place
Coming from you that's good enough for me.
Coming from you that's good enough for me.
ScoobyDoo
NPC
Re: TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place
Yeah. It was great, right?
Yeah. It was great, right?
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Deutsche Gopher Fan
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It was great. And I knew nothing about the graphic novel.
Ending was great, I’d put it up there close to Leftovers finale
Spartanforlife4
Generic Catchy Message
Binged the entire season this past week to get ready for the finale next week and I have to disagree, I thought the early episodes were great. Of course, I had the choice to immediately go onto the next episode, maybe I would’ve felt the same as you if I had to wait week to week.
Hard to believe everything will be wrapped up in just two hours, but Esmail said the entire story was originally supposed to be a movie, so I’m sure he’ll make it work.
Slap Shot
I got nothing
Re: TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place
I had to look up who that was. That he goes by 3 names should have clued me in.
The Henry Lee Lucas Docu-Series on Netflix is crazy interesting
I had to look up who that was. That he goes by 3 names should have clued me in.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place
From Wikipedia:
He resolved the issue. I don't see the problem.
I had to look up who that was. That he goes by 3 names should have clued me in.
From Wikipedia:
He resolved the issue. I don't see the problem.
Re: TV: A Succession of Watchmen in The Good Place
I had a friend many years ago who said, "if your middle name is Ray, Lee or Bob, there is about an 84% chance you will spend time in prison."
The Netflix show is pretty fascinating, although it doesn't really rise to the level of Making a Murderer. I did want to know a little more about the part of the story dealing with the prosecution of the DA from Waco. Something in that part of the documentary just didn't seem to ring entirely true to me. It probably felt more incomplete than anything.
I have no doubt the feds and the Texas Rangers might conspire to take down someone who is looking to expose their bad conduct, but I really found it hard to believe the feds could find a dozen attorneys down there who were willing to come in and basically commit professional suicide by admitting to payment of bribes to the prosecutor in exchange for lenient treatment of their clients, just because the feds were threatening to look into their taxes. That doesn't make any sense.
The Texas judicial system has long been rife with concerns about substantial financial support paid by lawyers to judges for their re-election campaigns, and I assume the same is true for District Attorneys. I suspect they were able to prove a lot of financial payments to the DA from attorneys as campaign contributions, and tried to connect the dots to show that they were direct bribes in exchange for specific cases, but weren't able to prove it to the jury.
I had to look up who that was. That he goes by 3 names should have clued me in.
I had a friend many years ago who said, "if your middle name is Ray, Lee or Bob, there is about an 84% chance you will spend time in prison."
The Netflix show is pretty fascinating, although it doesn't really rise to the level of Making a Murderer. I did want to know a little more about the part of the story dealing with the prosecution of the DA from Waco. Something in that part of the documentary just didn't seem to ring entirely true to me. It probably felt more incomplete than anything.
I have no doubt the feds and the Texas Rangers might conspire to take down someone who is looking to expose their bad conduct, but I really found it hard to believe the feds could find a dozen attorneys down there who were willing to come in and basically commit professional suicide by admitting to payment of bribes to the prosecutor in exchange for lenient treatment of their clients, just because the feds were threatening to look into their taxes. That doesn't make any sense.
The Texas judicial system has long been rife with concerns about substantial financial support paid by lawyers to judges for their re-election campaigns, and I assume the same is true for District Attorneys. I suspect they were able to prove a lot of financial payments to the DA from attorneys as campaign contributions, and tried to connect the dots to show that they were direct bribes in exchange for specific cases, but weren't able to prove it to the jury.
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