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16 hours ago, cpcathy said:
Saw this Christmas Eve and thought it was...okay. I really wanted to be bowled over, though, and I wasn't. Neither my husband or I could figure out what was missing, we kept discussing it afterward, so as others have said, I guess it could be called "shallow." I also noticed something not right about the audio on the songs. It's as if I could barely hear the people singing, especially in the group numbers. John Legend was the only one with good audio. Why put the songs in if you're going to dial them down, soundwise?
On the other hand, Gosling is great, I love him anyway, but he was just entertaining here. He and Emma really need to do most of their movies together, but really, Emma needs to feel that she can eat something.
I notice that the singing sounded weak during the ensemble numbers as well, but then realised that this is probable intentional. All the dancers and extras in "Another Day of Sun" and "Someone In The Crowd" were likely novice singers just like Emma and Ryan, and John Legend was the only person to give A-grade vocals because he was the only one who played a professional singer.
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Y'know, I don't think that many people were pissed off by Formation.
I'd like to think that as well, but then made the mistake of reading the comments in regards to her performing Daddy's Lessons at the CMA. Speaking out against police violence apparently gave people the permission to claim that: she hates white people, hates the police, hates America, call her the N-word, call her a monkey, and tons of other stuff not worth mentioning. So no, I completely reject this whole thing about "both sides". The funny thing about her choosing to perform with the Dixie Chick is that people are still angry at trio, and not because they still disagree with those comments (no one likes George W Bush anymore) but because they dared to ruffle feathers in the first place.
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I also think Paula was in the wrong, but for a slightly different reason. This friendship of their was never going to be equal when one of them sees themselves as the "mother" of the pair. Paula is the one who is coddling Rebecca and feels responsible for absorbing in both of their burdens.
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20 minutes ago, Irlandesa said:
I wasn't sure as first but as soon as she sang "Tom or Dick" I didn't know how else I could take it because I'm pretty sure that was a lyric or song from Smash. Am I stretching? I do not think so. Too bad my mothter has retired from teaching because this could be a fun thing to introduce.
I'm pretty sure Tom or Dick was in reference to "Tom, Dick or Harry", which is used as a common placeholder name for multiple men.
Paula was right, her dreams really do poop on her face like a seagul at the beach.
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3 hours ago, Last Time Lord said:
Well, that was a waste of Sam Witwer. Like Peter Pan being the villain, I think Jekyll being the the evil side could have been a lot of fun. This strikes me as network mandates causing the planned Jekyll/Hyde story getting scrapped.
The writers said that they were breaking from regular formula of having one main baddie every half-season.
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5 hours ago, Giuliano Lanzilli said:
PS: Was the woman at the shrink's office the actress who played Maisy Gibbons in DH? I recognized by her voice.
Yes, that was Sharon Lawrence. If anyone ever question whether or not a cast member once appeared in Desperate Housewives, the answer is always "yes".
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On 27/04/2016 at 3:27 AM, 27bored said:
I have a non-shady question: I know a lot of people, including me, mention that Beyonce works hard. She's so driven and motivated. But...how? I mean this semi-sarcastically, because a lot of Beyonce's success is hype -- media and the entertainment industry like her so they keep her name out there, which isn't to say it isn't deserved or earned, but like I said above, if Jazmine Sullivan made the same record, there wouldn't be wall-to-wall coverage -- but I'm genuinely curious how Beyonce works harder than her contemporaries. Why is she known for her work over other artists? She records music, she makes videos, and she tours. Like every other you know of and plenty of others you don't. What makes her different?
I can think of a few. She always delivers a high-energy show, she stated that she records a hundred songs to whittle down for each album, people often mention that she's a perfectionist (not always a compliment because she's often dubbed as a pageant queen), and clearly she's super, super ambitious (with her outright stating that she wants to win one of each kind of award).
As for the album, I am a bit bothered with the way some casual music fans are reacting to it. It seems like there's an attitude that Lemonade album doesn't deserve this acclaim or a high Metacritic rating purely because she's a pop princess. True, and song writing credits are dubious, and she she doesn't have the pure musical talent as some of the greats, but I don't for a second that this invalidate her ability (or other people from her genre) to create a genuinely great product. Her choosing the right collaborators and using them well is actually a good thing, not a negative as has been pointed out. It bothers me a bit because as someone who liked her stuff with Destiny's Child but didn't care for her first four albums, I've become super impressed with her growth as an artist with her two recent albums.
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Greg is seriously starting to grate. His instincts are spot on about Rebecca, yet he doesn't seem to see how he's starting to become just as obsessive as she is. He can say that he's just looking out for Josh, but he's shown himself to be a less than stellar friend to him. He's tolerated Valencia at best, has frequently expressed disdain for her, and has repeatedly urged Josh to reconsider his relationship with her. Yet, suddenly he's scheming with her?
I feel the opposite, because I've been hoping for a long time for Greg and Valencia to team up against Rebecca. Valencia can see that Bex is trying to steal her boyfriend and Greg knows that Bex is crazy, so it makes sense for the people closest to him would warn him against the CEG.
The Daryl story turned out a lot better than expected. I've hard so many opinions about how bi people are often forgotten and how many people still don't think it's a real thing.
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I'm wondering if at the end of the second episode, when the zero matter falls after Whitney and Dr. Wilkes fight, what did Whitney mean about only her knowing what the zero matter really was? I get the feeling that she may have been using the zero matter for something (looking or staying young maybe) and hubby was in on it. But now it's gone and she's locked herself in her dressing room panicking even before her husband came by to tell her the bad news. Why would Chadwick be telling his wife anything about the zero matter in the first place? She's an actress, not part of Isodyne. The mark on her head may be a crack in her veneer that the zero matter was helping to keep hidden.
She's probably both. This incarnation of Whitney Frost is based on real life classic screen actress Hedy Lamarr who was also an inventor.
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Yeah, honestly, I got nothing from Megs backstory. It didn't make me feel for her at all.
I get the feeling that we aren't supposed to feel for Meg and that her backstories isn't supposed to justify her current actions. A death in the family is often considered a tragic but inevitable event that everyone has to go through, yet I've read so many real life cases of people who choose to throw their lives away because of this one death. I don't personally understand it, but maybe it's a good thing that I don't.
Weirdly enough, it was Matt and Nora who turned her from a sad GR member into an angry one, what with the hose spraying and that "come home Meg" flier. Them resisting and fighting back so much only led her to dig her heels in even more.
Where the show has dropped the ball to some extent is with the younger actors. The Murphy kids seem interesting but they've had a lack of screentime. Qualley and Zylka aren't very good.
I think Qualley and Zylka are fine, but when a show has to service at almost ten strong actors within ten episodes, I'm not surprised that the youngling's stories keep getting cut (they cut out Tommy and Christina accidentally recruiting a soldier in season 1 and Jill's solo adventure in season 2).
As for Liv Tyler, I believed her performance 100%, and that say's a lot given that I wasn't convinced with her being able to chop that tree in season 1. I used to wonder how a women who was so unusually gorgeous can be so easily forgotten in season 1, but this season she's been more charismatic.
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Well, I was dead wrong. I just assumed that the silent car ride with Evie and her friends was normal. Turns out that it meant everything.
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The problem for me is the way Lindelof chooses to explore spiritual themes almost never clicks with me. This episode was ostensibly about Kevin traveling to the land of the dead to have a confrontation with an inner (or perhaps outer) demon. That's a big, ambitious concept. But it felt like the episode was too interested in tip-toeing between the spy thriller framing device and this big spiritual concept, to the point it ultimately short changed the latter
Even though I didn't care for this episode, I thought this spy idea was absolutely brilliant. The way I see it, the four outfits he had to choose from each had meaning beyond the specific job.
- Mapleton cop uniform - this is the default choice for anyone who chooses the enter the afterlife/dream as their existing selves.
- Religious vestments - this is the choice for anyone who chooses to see this as a religious experience.
- GR outfit - this one I'm not sure of, but given the GR philosophy, this is a non-option. This would be like choosing nothing.
- Assassin suit - this is the choice for living out a fantasy. This one is the obvious choice for Kevin because he was often bored to domestic family life, and wanted to escape, and a typical male fantasy like being a assassin would be a perfect fit. It is also the most appropriate given his specific mission to kill Patti.
The man on the bridge said that this will change him, so my likely wrong prediction is that not only is assassin Kevin Harvey the person comes back from the dream trip, Harvey is also the person he's been turning into during his blackouts this whole time (and the persona that chose to kidnap Patti in the first).
- was Senate Patti really a decoy?My view is that all he had to kill three aspects of the same person (that being fierce leader, scared girl and broken women).
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Taylor Swift released her debut album at 16. She had an RCA deal at 14 and left that deal for another one. I think Maddie at 16 having to beg to record is silly. Wanting to sign and make an album at her age isn't outlandish.
I think Rayna is going about this record deal situation all wrong. Maddie is already super spoiled, so rather than constantly coddle her in her personal life and now her professional life, I think she should do the opposite and let her sign with Sony. Let her experience for herself the long hours, the crushing loneliness of touring, the endless promotion, execs that treat artists like products, and warn her against people like Santa (season 2 reference). So many fellow female artists have started at 16, including Rayna, and even though a handful of these girls end up having a break-down, I don’t think it is fair that she isn’t even giving her daughter a chance.
Whoa. When did Scarlett go from being a timid girl in frumpy dresses who freaked out when she had to sing live ,to a flirty performer in skimpy clothing? Did I miss the episode where she had a personality transplant?Have to agree with Telepath. Clare has always liked going all out when performing the more upbeat numbers, and this goes way back to her twisting and writhing all the back in season one when performing Twist of Barb Wire. Her indie-flower-child aesthetic looks a bit less grumpy and granny-ish now that she's lopped off her hair.
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Team Valencia here.
Even though I like Rebecca and don't care for Valencia, I find myself actively rooting against the lead. Rebecca is pretty much the villain in her own story.
I'm also growing more suspicious of Paula. Her pushing Rebecca towards an unavailable Josh and her disappointment over that bonding with a single Greg makes it seems like she's deliberately pushing Rebecca away from making sensible choices. What she's doing is veering past enabling and more like sabotage.
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Did I blink and miss this plot point?
HBO sent out official revisions to these press releases, and that particular Jill section was removed. Most likely her bit from this episode was cut.
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Is it too much to hope that after they cycle through Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and Defenders that they might consider doing a Heroes For Hire series?
With Iron-fist and Cage making up half the team, I got this impression that the upcoming Defenders show IS essentially a TV version of Heroes For Hire. They used the Defenders name simply because it is more accessible from a marketing perspective.
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This spoiler free review actually names Trish as the MVP of the upcoming series, which I find very surprising given that they've yet to show any signs of her Hellcat persona and because I usually find Rachel Taylor to be a very bland actress (she made very impression in 666 Par Avenue). But good on the show if they were able to properly service all the characters, because so far I've been hearing a lot of nice things about Kristen, Mike and now Rachel.
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WTG writers room, you just took every deep dark fear a PPD mom might have and threw it all up on screen. Awesome.
If they wanted to make Juliette a bad mom then they should have made her a bad mom. Leave PPD out of it.
What I get from the writing is that this isn't just PPD. Juliette has shown this self-descriptive side since the very start of the show. Avery even lampshaded the fact the Juliette has shown symptoms of PDD loooong before the baby.
Instead of realising that his wife was a very successful artist and would need a transition into motherhood/career from just a career Avery tried to make sure she was just a mom. Which probably contributed to her PPD
I have to completely disagrees with you here. Avery explicitly said that he wanted to to have balance in her life, which is the reason why he was the guitarist for her first rooftop show. He quit his band just so she can have it all.
Avery: You still don't get it, do you? Being a wife, being a mom, being Juliette Barnes, those things aren't mutually exclusive. It's all about finding a balance.
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I don't think the theory from the MIT guys was supposed to hold that much weight either. They were there to simply get Nora out of her house and spell out the episode theme (aka the episode title) of people having a fresh start by moving.
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He drove away what looked like 95% of his congregation and was getting assaulted on a regular basis.
I got the impression that the reason why Matt's church was empty was because people geneally lost faith after the rapture, this rapture being not at all like the one decribed in any biblical text.
The girls sitting in stony silence in the car made it seem like in retrospect they were "performing" for the researcher's benefit.
That part was really weird to me,I read several comments from people finding that scene wierd, so I must be the only person who thought that was completely normal, akin to the final scene in The Graduate where elation can turn into dead air.
As long as you're content to speculate without any answers from the show, and are content that all your speculation won't really mean anything because the weird is just there to be weird,, then you'll enjoy this.I don't agree that people having to come up with their own ideas means nothing, because I feel like this was the writer's intention in the first place. Instead on giving us concrete answers in the first season, they would simply give us enough information to come up with our own conclusion, and that any good idea is the right idea.
For example:
Why did Laurie abandon her family?
☐ her marriage was dying and her husband cheated on her
☐ she became depressed after her fetus disappeared
☐ remembering her meeting with Gladys, she felt like her family didn't need her anymore
☐ all of the above
Why did Nora pay prostitutes to shoot her?
☐ she just wanted to feel something
☐ she was punishing herself
☐ she thought being closer to death would put her closer to her family
Was Holy Wayne in any way magical?
Yes - His healing hug did help Nora get better and he granted Kevin’s wish of getting his family back (if that was his actual wish).
No - He was just a con man who wanted to have sex with underage asian girls. His hug to Nora was, in her words, just a shortcut.
Was god testing Matt?
Yes - All the bad things that have happened to Matt was because he was being tested by god (like the story of Job) and any good luck he's received (like winning all that money) was his faith being rewarded.
No - A pigeon is just a pigeon.
Even though I expect some answers to the season long mysteries and no answer in regards to the actual departure, I actually love that they demand full engagement from the viewer so that we come up with our own anwers and ideas. I'm currently okay with all the wierdness in Miracle as long as I get enough info (no necessarily answers) later on.
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When reading the early reviews, the part that worried me most was the much talked about cave-women prologue, because on paper it sounded like pretentious garbage. Yet it turned out to be my favorite part of the episode. I was immediately engaged with her survival, and thought her story perfectly thematically encapsulated what The Leftovers is about in what is quite literally the most primal sense. She is a leftover, and life went on even after the cave-in and even again after she died (via her child).
As fore the rest of the episode, I find it hard to judge because so much of it seems like random weirdness, begging for context that might never arrive, examples being the goat sacrifice, the naked teens, the buried bird, the wedding dress woman, the man in the tower and so on.
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I'm especially glad for Highmore being recognised as a lead. The Emmy voting system is so slanted towards familiar and legacy actors that Highmore has to submit himself as a supporting actor (even though he's clearly not).
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I think we're meant to believe Juliette has postpartum depression. Was it me?
I think that the writers want us to believe that Juliette has postpartum depression, but I think this idea is just a ruse, and that her real issues is far deeper. Since the very start, Juliette has felt that she was not worthy of love and is incapable of giving love back. Having a loving boyfriend/husband didn't fix this, and neither will a healthy new child (especially one that she thought about aborting and put up for adoption). In their rush to get married, Juliette and Avery never properly dealt with what broke them up in the first place.
Juliette (to Rayna): You said once before what a baby needs most is love. And that is the one thing I know absolutely nothing about giving. I mean, I try. I try. And I always seem to do something to screw it up every single time.
The way I see it, the PPD story is like what the writers did with Scarlett's pill-popping. Many predicted that she was heading towards a Jessie Spano addiction story, when really it was just one element in a season-long arc about her not being strong enough for the spotlight.
At first I was really mad about the Triple-Exes disbanding because their music has been phenomenal. But actually, as long as some combination of scargunnery is singing together I'm happy.I'm hoping that with Avery gone, that they will finally change to the much better band name "The Exe"s. The is nothing XXX-ish about a band that mostly sings country folk ballads.
They've so seriously changed the character's personality that he's virtually unrecognizable from the first half of the season.I don't think he has been that different, mostly because I never bought into the popular idea that he was going to turn into a wife-beater. Yeah, he was crazy jealous of Deacon with Rayna, but he did always get on really well with her kids (especially Daphne, who adored him), so those two elements from the first half of the season are still there in this episode.
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Many fans have noticed that episodes seem to be written to so that certain actors get their Emmy reels, but my theory is that there is also a pattern.
3.1 "A Death in the Family" - ensemble
3.2 "The Arcanum Club" - Norma
3.3 "Persuasion" - Norman
3.4 "Unbreak-Able" - Dylan
3.5 "The Deal" - ensemble
3.6 "Norma Louise" - Norma
If this pattern continues, then "The Last Supper" could be a Norman heavy, and the next would have a lot more Dylan.
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S02.E10: Will Scarsdale Like Josh's Shayna Punim?
in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend [V]
The "finished quick, rotten lay" callback was especiaily fun because only the people who watched the clean episode version and the dirtier online version would get the joke.
A few years ago I accidentally fell off a treadmill, smashed my face on the floor and lost a front tooth. When Nathaniel started running, I was like "don't trip, don't trip, don't trip, don't trip." And then he did.
I just assumed the writers made those up because I've never heard of them before.
Also, the whole Oriental runner reminded me of the time back in the old Twop boards where some Asians were lecturing other Asians as to why it was an offensive terms.