Disraeli Ears
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Michonne and Rick would be hot hitting the sheets.
Heck, yeah! But I don't think it's gonna happen.
The Wolf cleans up well. Benedict Samuels? I'd hit that...and not in the "with Morgan's stick" way.
I'm very happy with this episode. I'm still worried about the Negan storyline ending up being "The Governor Returns Part 3 (4?)" but I'll cross that busted bridge when we come to it.
Darryl - I would have kissed you after that rocket launcher stunt. Even with that nasty hair.
What did Abraham yell to Glenn after mowing down those walkers?
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For both episode 9 and episode 10, I just read the recaps first - then watched the shows, knowing what parts I could fast-forward (looking at you, John and Alex). I'll tune into the rest, but will probably do the same thing (except the finale - I might watch the finale unspoiled).
Liz, Iris, and Douglas were the only good things in this episode. Ugh, I'm so glad that Finn Wittrock's horrible Italian/Russian/Klingon/Count Dracula accent is gone.
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What - no love for the gag of the garter snake in a sweater? I LOL'd at that. Poor little snake.
Other than that, I thought the final episode was too long and somewhat boring...especially Hester's drawn-out accusations about the Chanels. I did like the Chanels in the asylum, though.
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No? Yes? Hell, who knows anymore. I don't get how John's psychotic break/alcoholic blackout/schizophrenia is totally at March's beck and call. Sally told him why he couldn't remember anything outside the Cortez; okay, that makes as much sense as anything else on this morass of a show. But why couldn't he remember knowing March for five years when he checked in in 2015??? Like, when he was (re) hooking up with Sally the Pit of Bottomless Need who apparently was fine with him not remembering who she is, or during the Serial Killer Dinner Party, where March, who at that point had been mentoring him since 2010, was treating the situation like it was the first time they'd met? Why? What the hell?
I mean, it's not Wes Bentley's fault that he's saddled with this unplayable one-note sputtering reedless oboe of a character-- anybody who can't find an open bar in downtown Los Angeles is hopeless from the get--but I never got a vibe from him or March that they cared at all about why they were committing the murders. March gleefully and cheerfully slaughtered anybody and everybody he could get his hands on. He was impossible to profile. He didn't care what sex, race, age, ethnicity or religion his victims were in the slightest, he simply adored murder the way a ten year old girl adores ponies--so why did he decide on a framing device at all, let alone The Ten Commandments?
John, meanwhile, while clearly a giant depressive blob of psych eval badness, certainly never manifested the kind of rage (despite March's insistence otherwise) that could lead to suddenly becoming a serial killer in his late thirties/early forties with absolutely no flags or precondtions. The scene he came from, the dad killing himself when he found his family accidentally asphyxiated? That was horrible and sad, but it made him want to get stinking drunk and sit around crying, not run out to slaughter with no selectivity. NONE of this stuff lined up, chronologically or otherwise, and having Mare Winningham/Kathy Bates on for thirty seconds each to act rings around everybody wasn't enough to save it.
Yeah, I'm pretty much on board with you on these points. I enjoyed the episode because I loved Evan Peters (who I have not been as enamored with this season as some have) - he was actually pretty great in this episode.
I was disappointed that John turned out to be the killer and, yeah - the whole "March's masterpiece" thing - why are those murders any more special to him than any of the others? He is just digging on doing a theme because he never did it before? Doesn't really make sense.
I usually watch this show when I'm walking/running on my treadmill so sometimes I mishear dialogue: I thought Miss Evers called the Countess "sparkle tits" instead of talking about laundering the "sparkly bits" of her outfit. I found the mishearing funnier. Also - what part did he cut off Hahn? I think I know, but I wasn't sure.
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Add me to the list of "people who are getting over this show." My SO just said to me: "I'm thinking this show is approaching shark-jumping." Fonzie (errr...Darryl), strap on those skis!
I can't really add anything as most of my complaints have been addressed, especially the Morgan/Carol character assassinations and the "people generally acting like idiots" issue. And also, I'm already sick of Negan (sorry, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who I usually like).
Ugh.
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Ken Jeong brought the funny. GAH either didn't get the jokes or wasn't a fan, cause she hardly cracked a smile for a couple of them.
GAH looks like she has recently been on the receiving end of some needles full o' Botox. I mean, I can't blame her (and more power to her if it makes her happy), but it definitely affects your facial expressions in a negative way. [Full disclosure: I've considered Botox myself, but I'm afraid of that very problem. The price of vanity. *sigh*]
And YAAAAAS to those of you who have pointed out how yummy Steven is looking lately. And not in the "eat his intestines" way, of course. ;)
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Ok, I liked this episode because of - mostly - stylistic elements. [i'm shallow like the Countess, Valentino, and Natascha I guess.] While Gaga's acting abilities were really stretched this time, she was up against Finn and his ridiculous accent so...that helped? Also, her costumes were amazing - she must have loved filming in all those beautiful ensembles.
And - I say this as a straight woman - dat ass. Has Gaga always been so shapely? Or did she work out a lot to film this show? In any case, lots of really nice butts on display this season.
The three women at Valentino's crypt - I didn't see them listed on IMDB, but the middle one looked like Grace from Scream Queens to me. Possible because it's another Murphy show?
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I'm sorry, but I've kind of grown tired of TTD. I usually can't make it through more than 15 minutes lately. The most I have watched of one was the week Lennie James and John Carroll Lynch were on (because I love LJ); even then I didn't finish it.
As soon as I saw AB, I thought to myself: "Why the blue tipped hair? Shouldn't she be filming the last of the back half of S6 right now?" Then I thought: "Maybe she doesn't make it through the back half of S6?" Then I thought: "I guess it could be temporary dye or a hairpiece." But I can't shake the feeling that she doesn't make it through S6. Which is fine with me. She is better on American Horror Story, anyway (go back to the red hair, AB!).
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S06.E05: Now
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Who knew lesbians were so plentiful in the ZA? I'm all for Tara finding a romantic interest, but Dr. Crybaby laying a playground kiss on Tara was kind of random. Speaking of same sex relationships: Aaron doesn't seem to have any qualms about taking off on adventures without telling his partner, Eric. While all the hetro couples' separations are filled with chest pounding angst, the 2 gay guys who are deeply in love aren't given a second thought. I don't think we've even seen Aaron & Eric interact alone together other than for 30 seconds last season.
Denise could be bisexual. But I agree: why don't we see angst with the gay couple? We know how much Aaron loves Eric!
Alfalfa is also good for dairy cattle. I thought I saw Deanna draw a little spot for dairy or milk on her schematic. ETA: I see Zanne caught it, as well.
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You gave me an idea for a truly morbid show: TWD does to Disney World and they run into all the characters, like Snow White and Mickey, but they are all WALKERS!!!! Cool, huh? Think we can get Disney to play along?
I remember back when Disney bought ABC and they basically forced a bunch of their sitcoms to do Disney tie-in shows. I particularly remember the two-parter of Roseanne (who apparently hated the fact that they had to do so) in which the Connor family went to DisneyWorld. It was so ridiculous.
So I guess if Disney buys AMC, this could happen.
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Milking stool impalement gets walker kill of the week.
And I want such a cabin. Minus the cell.
My SO and I have recently been perusing listing for cabins and, in the future, we would like one (we live in Colorado). We both noted that Eastman's cabin (sans cell) would be perfect for us. I hope we don't have to keep our goats locked inside, though.
Milking stool impalement was great. So my walker of the week was Surprise Bonfire Walker! Woot - here I am!
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Also, yeah - Steve Yeun was not in the credits. I'm calling SHENANIGANS, show!
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How did Eastman never have a horde walk through his camp? It seems also absurd knowing about the wolves that they never stumbled across Eastman and his bleeting Tabitha.
Remember, Eastman was way back in Georgia. We first ran into the "Wolves" and their chaos in Noah's old neighborhood in Richmond, Va.
So I guess my SO and I are some of the few people who liked this episode? And he hated episodes like Slabtown! Lennie James and John Carroll Lynch were awesome and their interplay kept me interested. It was funny because SO and I were all: "Where have we seen that guy before?" Turns out, I had just seen JCL in American Horror Story this past week...ha!
And RIP, Tabitha - dammit show! Quit killing cute little animals!
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Enid: I like turtles!
Hahah--...awww. :( RIP, Mr. Turtle.
Well, "momentum" be damned...I, for one, am looking forward to a little insight into Morgan's Jedi transformation.
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I think Glenn is about to find a tunnel to the lair of the underpants gnomes.
I always appreciate a good "underpants gnomes" reference.
So I read an article today (I think it was on Huffington Post) that said Nicholas seems to run out of bullets before his "suicide," thus giving the "he just zoned out again"/hallucination hypothesis more credence. Can't confirm as we already deleted the episode from our DVR (my SO has no mercy for watched things).
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Walkers aren't much as thinkers. But, having said that, maybe they know where the best meat is, and it's not the foot. (Sorry Bob)
*sigh* I miss Bob. I would trade *at least* half of the (remaining) Alexandrians for Bob.
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Would a baby that died in the womb become an inutero-zombie?
Remember when Lori had that discussion with Herschel at the prison? I don't know if they would bring that up again, but who knows? I've seen it done in horror movies (the remake of Dawn of the Dead, for example).
I really hope that they don't go with the expected cliche story arc that Maggie is pregnant (especially if Glenn did really die).
I say that not because I don't like babies, but if you're going to go that route, why hasn't Rosita been knocked up by Abraham yet? Its been blatantly shown (at least once), & also heavily implied, that they are sexually active and I highly doubt they are using protection [ie, condoms, etc] nowadays (if ever). And even if he pulls out each time before 'finishing', that is hardly really safe.
I really hate pregnancy storylines. They are a sign of lack of creativity. Plus, we already have one helpless child living in Alexandria. Speaking of which: whatever happened to those old people who were so enamored with Judith when she first arrived? Have we ever seen anyone that old again?
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To me, the TPTB have painted themselves in to a corner where Glenn has to be dead now. Sorry. *shrugs*
I completely agree. My SO actually said (as Glenn and Nicholas were climbing on the Dumpster): "So what kind of deus ex machina can we expect at this point?" Then, when Glenn apparently died, we were both like, "Really? Whoa."
I think for Glenn to get out of that scenario would be an insult to viewers' intelligence. Scott Gimple - you wrote that big check, so you really need to cash it.
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After hearing that statement on TTD, Glenn better be dead, yo. Or I'm going to be pissed off at the "shenanigans," as Damon Lindelof called it.
I am with the mightysparrow - I think Glenn will "live on" through the inevitable baby that the show has been telegraphing.
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I said "MORGAN!" At the beginning.
When Morgan saved Daryl and Aaron, I squealed "Morgan!" and clapped like a seal.
Then at the end, I did it again.
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Oooh, our border collie mix hates squirrels...she chases them, but can never catch them (and I hope she never does! Eek!). On the other hand, she adores cats. I think she would be so happy if we bought her her own kitten. She would love it and cuddle it and squeeze it and name it George.
My SO is really into his new smoking (of the meats variety, not the cigarette variety) obsession. We went to the butcher yesterday and he scored some.....KANGAROO filets! So that's what we'll be eating for our TWD dinner. 'Roo.
And I love my iPad. Got the first generation Air last spring. I use it way more than my 5 year old laptop.
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May I go back for a moment to horrifying movies? Yeah I'm slow so just remembered one called "Threads", that was so disturbing, so terrifying and unrelentingly grim I couldn't watch it all at once but had to break it up into two parts. I think the scariest part is that it could happen, and has in fact come close to happening.
Holy shit! F***in' "Threads"!
So when I was a kid, I was paranoid about nuclear war - it was probably my worst fear. Some cable network ran that film (it was made in Britain, I think for TV originally) and my mom decided to watch it with 9 (?) year old me. OMG, I made it through 20-30 minutes and I was hiding my head under a pillow. I distinctly remember a scene where someone pees their pants when the bombs are coming and there is panic. Ack! That movie haunted me for years.
By the way, my Blue Apron meal tonight was garnished with CILANTRO!
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I'm not sure these are available in the USA, but if you are in Canada, you can have something even "better" than peeps and they are available year round,; Marshmallow Strawberries (not to be confused with strawberry flavoured marshmallows) They vaguely look like strawberries but not really and the resemblance to marshmallow is highly debateable too. They are vaguely cone-shaped, bright red, and caked in a granulated sugar coating so biting into one is sort of like biting down on rubber caked in beach sand, they do not taste like strawberries, they do not taste good or even edible, they taste like punishment and cruel jokes. They are small. bright red, satanic turds.
LOL! Also "Bright Red Satanic Turds" would make a good band name.
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First off: Speaking of "In Cold Blood," that is a fantastic book. Written by Truman Capote, I couldn't put it down.
Secondly: all this talk of marshmallows and Peeps made me think of peepresearch.org - if you've never seen it, this is the perfect time of year!
ETA: arg, can't get my link to be live on my iPad. Oh, well - type it in - you'll be glad you did. Especially if you hate Peeps.
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S06.E16: Last Day On Earth
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I love JDM and think he is sooooo hot. Ack. He actually was great, even though that speech went on way too long.
But I had heard about the cliffhanger and thought "surely, they won't do that...surely." And they did it. I literally flipped off the screen and yelled "Fuck you, show!" when it went dark.
How are they going to keep "who got killed?" secret for six fucking months? *Somebody* is not going to be filming many scenes come...oh, MAY...and that shit is going to leak. Way to fuck up momentum, Gimple and Co.