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ManicMoxy

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  1. I am soooooo excited about this show based on the three male leads alone. Donald Glover goes without saying but I'm so stoked for anything that showcases both Keith Stanfield AND Brian Tyree Henry ... For anyone who saw the woefully unrecognized film Short Term 12, Stanfield played Marcus and stole the show. And Henry and a small but, to me, anyway, memorable role in Boardwalk Empire where he played Oscar Bonneau (Louis Gossett)'s nephew Winston.
  2. I love love love this show and it has the most "laugh out loud" moments for me of any show on TV right now (the whole scene with Big Head and Gavin being most memorable) ... But the scene between Belson and Gregory at the restaurant, knowing now that it was Christopher Evan Welch's last show shot before he died, is SO ironic and touching ... it made me wonder if they knew he was ill when they wrote the script/shot it (I mean, he had been ill but was in remission, from what I read, and then had a very sudden relapse after shooting that episode). I don't think he had a single scene in which he was not brilliant. RIP.
  3. Shapeshifter, fantastic observation! I wonder if ... overthinking perhaps even more than the writers did ... if Jacob is only "recognizing" the current batch of returnees as being "like him."
  4. BTW, if it helps at all ... I took the test in late June and got the call in late January, so I think ... seven months? (Math class is hard, said Teen Barbie ... words, sadly, I uttered on air as well and the damned close-captioner caught it). I taped in February 2002 and it aired in June 2002. A really high-scoring second place (24,600) but second is second. I pooched the math trying to do it in my head when I got the final Daily Double with the last clue on the board in a topic I was NOT confident on ... got it right, but didn't bet enough to be in a winning position heading into FJ. I got FJ right but so did the leader. Not that I relive it in my mind all the time or anything (I mean, seriously, what's $44,000 between friends?) PS With the winnings ($2000 ... really wish I had been grandfathered into the vacation-for-two runner-up prize) I bought a SONY VAIO laptop and three weeks later sneezed a mouthful of red wine onto the keys and fried the motherboard. Fitting but sad epitaph.
  5. To respond to the question about whether this is sticking to the book ... VERY loosely (there is a spoiler thread on here about the book) ... IIRC the Langstons, Bellamy and Fred are in the book (oh, and the Pastor) and IIRC that's where the resemblance ends (small spoiler, in the book, Barbara does NOT return and Fred's bitter and angry that other people's loved ones returned and his didn't -- plus, he's not Henry's brother in the book but I can't recall the relationship, and he's evil right from the get-go -- and towards the end, Jacob tells him that he knew Barbara on the other side and how pretty she was and something about why she didn't return -- but the connection with Jacob actually DYING with her is strictly made-for-TV -- in the book, he was just playing by the water and fell in and drowned). Also, in the book -- and I can say this without fear of spoilering since clearly they did not follow this storyline -- one of the main returnees IS Bellamy's mother, but she is elderly and has either Alzheimer's or is senile and is in that condition AS a returnee, though she technically died of pneumonia. Interesting that on this show ALL of the returnees are healthy, with the exception of, you know, their being dead. From the stories we've heard, they all died suddenly, yes? Suicide, drowning (in several cases), war (so many veterans), etc. You know, when Mrs. Thompson talked about her son's birthmark, I immediately thought "Oh, it's gonna be Bellamy," but then thought it couldn't work out timeline-wise ... so now I'm also wondering about how this will play out ... do the returned continue to age naturally once they return? So, could he have gone through the first return as a baby, grown up, died, and returned again? Or is it possible that he was swept out of her arms as an infant, but actually survived the flood and died at whatever age Bellamy is now, and returned back at that age? I'll add that in the book, he actually works for an organization that rehomes and processes the returned, so while the concept of "how/why" itself is not addressed, the "cicada cycle" makes weird sense because otherwise why would such an organization exist if they hadn't gone through it before? ETA: Maybe I should re-read the book. Because I don't remember his being "returned" in the book. I may have completely missed that. I tend to space out sometimes. Also, any conjecture on who the young woman is -- Eva? -- connected to the church bitch (Helen? Can't remember her name). Not spoilering here ... just what-iffing. I hope it gets renewed. I know it's overdone and overwrought and all that but, maybe because I liked the book and the concept and so many of the characters, I'm invested.
  6. I feel like an idiot that I had not noticed that the big bald guy had been talking to someone in his house and buying a lot of food. I would have figured that plot twist out SO much more quickly! Also, great theory on the thing Jacob and Rachel were doing with their hands. I did notice it but didn't know what to make of it ... the idea that he was picking up her energy and her fear but couldn't define it, so to speak, is excellent. I also figured out Jenny was returned immediately, based on her clothes. Seeing her with her parents, and taking a guess the outfits were from the 50s, makes me worried HOW they died (assuming that since they're all together, they died together as well). I had also thought Caleb's blood disappeared when Caleb himself dematerialized but the possibility that the Doctor used his blood for his own leukemia (especially assuming they no longer needed to test his blood because he was dead or gone) makes as much sense as a plot point as anything. They've really taken this SO far from the original book at this point that nothing I know from the book itself could even be considered spoilerific. Very few characters in common (Jacob and his family, Bellamy and, to a degree, Fred, but the latter has a very different role in the book). Actually, at this point, since it's safe to say she's clearly not part of the plot, I'll say I'm really disappointed they didn't write in Bellamy's mom, who was one of my favorite characters (I sincerely doubt she's the big mystery about his past, either.) I do hope this gets renewed. Whatever happens in the last episode, it's going to need a Season 2 to follow up, right?
  7. ManicMoxy

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    Is it terrible that I bingewatched all of Freaks and Geeks in three days just so I could start playing that category on QuizUp? And hubby and I are, like, four episodes away from finishing our first time through Sopranos. Then I can try that as well (though with, six -- arguably seven -- seasons and a lot of people sleeping with the fishes, I don't expect to do very well on that one.
  8. Just got caught up on the first two episodes (FF'd through all that Sean stuff) ... so am I the only person who keeps thinking that Clare is actually Julie from "Burning Love"? I'm also embarrassed to admit that there are actually two b'ettes I LIKE ... Renee and Sharleen. Which means they're both toast. Oh, and yes, I could ID all three Marlins in that "what Juan Pablo does in real life" montage. Does this "job" of his mean that if I were to go work for the Marlins, I could meet Juan Paaaaaaablo? And finally, bummed but not surprised at the hasty departure of Chantel, "the first Bachelor contestant of color" according to the superlatives. She seemed like a basically normal fun empathetic person (other than the fact that she thought she'd find love on "The Bachelor."). That said, am wondering if Danielle (who has made it through two eliminations without our ever having heard her speak, as far as I can tell) may also qualify. Oh, one more finally. Bummed that girl whose name I have forgotten who worked in the elder care home with her special needs family members didn't even get through the first rose ceremony. I thought she'd be a long-term keeper. Or did she make it and since I've already forgotten her name I didn't realize it? I saw her roseless during the end of ceremony, but they never showed her as one of the nervous faces or departing sobbers. In fact, they barely showed her at all after the vignette of her at home.
  9. I never took online test so not sure whether it's representative of the "in person" one. Took that twice -- first time while in LA for work, with tiny little monitors flashing the "answers" that made me realize I needed new glasses -- I simply couldn't read the screen and by Question 10 or so I was one or two behind and that was all she wrote. Second time, with new glasses, in Washington DC at one of the "on the road" test events. The monitors were bigger and I made sure I got a front row seat to be safe. And I got lucky because I think about 10,000 people applied to get into the DC tests that year (there were, I think, two days of tests, two tests a day, 100 people per test so I had already won the lottery just by being there ... the LA tests are held at the studio and are much easier to get into). There were about 100 people in the room and about 15 passed in my group. Not sure if this was par for the course. Not sure what passing grade was ... I've heard rumors of 35 or 37, not sure if it varies based on test difficulty or location of testing or anything ... AND this was back in 2001. So it's possible a lot has changed. Not sure what the other questions you had were :)
  10. ManicMoxy

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    Thanks! I was able to switch over to Yellow Submarine from Orphan Annie. Yay. It's fun to try to figure out what they'll use for titles (I assume people who are "The Game" are Wire people -- I wonder what level you have to get to to become Omar). Oh, hey, feel free to challenge me on 60's Music. Having fun kicking my husband's professional jazz musician butt on that one. I think I can probably venture into 70's music (though my knowledge of the "classic rock" part of it ain't great) and then I am massive fail from 80s on.
  11. ManicMoxy

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    I hate you all. I really had lots of plans to be productive this weekend. I started pretty easy with Musicals to get my "buzzer thumb" working, so to speak. Been playing my daughter in The Beatles (much harder questions than with Musicals). Tried two rounds of The Wire, somewhere between the two in terms of difficulty so far. I couldn't figure out, since I had JUST told her about this last night, why she had the title of "Goblin" and I was just plain old "beginner." Apparently she was busy with Harry Potter for awhile. I'd been hoping for Reno Sweeney or something when I got to Level 10 of Musicals but am just "Orphan Annie." I may be all anal-retentive and try for 20 just so I'm NOT Annie anymore. BTW, what happens to your title when you reach L10 in more than one category? Is it just whatever category in which you have the highest ranking? Looking forward to being equally unproductive and procrastinative over the next week or so. Hit me up on ManicMoxy if you want ... since I admittedly suck, I'm fine with fielding anything music pre-90s, musicals, geography, pop culture, etc. With TV, I'm definitely NOT A Whovian (my daughter is diehard Whovian and yet said she found the QU tough because she has not seen that many Classic eps). I'd say I'm more of a Wire/Boardwalk Empire/Freaks and Geeks/reality TV and old sitcoms kind of person ... Is there an American Idol category? IS THERE A SHOW BIZ MOMS AND DADS CATEGORY? (That's for Glark.) I might be okay with gen-pop sports stuff. Despite having been a baseball writer for 25 years, I am not a stats geek. Basically, I know a lot about a little -- the kind of knowledge range that gets you onto Jeopardy, basically (where my lack of math skillz torpedoed me). Meanwhile, I'll go find a picture of Moxy for my profile pix here and there. Right now, I'm using my grand-dog Rilo instead. I'm sure Moxy is not happy about that. She hates Rilo.
  12. -- ITA with Tara's comment about Maron being hit or miss, based on the guest. I am sure he's a perfectly nice guy but I can only take REALLY small doses of him. -- I don't think anyone's mentioned "Filmspotting," which is a big household favorite (though I miss Matty Baseball as a host). If any of you listen to it, my husband is the genius who coined the term "Brick." -- Another vote here for "The Moth" which I tend to pile up so I can listen to it in a marathon if I want to ... but since the episodes are usually short, it is a great car-cast for shorter jaunts. Here's a link to my favorite story ever told on there, "Aunt Lilly's Teeth" by Boris Timanovsky http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89euLU5hDco
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