DesertCyclist
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I'm torn between applauding the show for focusing on issues like obesity and hating that it makes Kate so one-dimensional. I'd find her character much more compelling if she were more than just her waistline.
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I love the time travel aspects of this show, the cast, and the acting, but I'm struggling to remain interested because motivations are murky. It's fourteen episodes in, and we still don't know what Rittenhouse is up to. It's feeling a lot like Lost right now, where artificial tension is gleaned by characters not sharing information with both each other and the audience.
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2 hours ago, millennium said:
Aaron Paul should fire his agent.
Unfortunately, he's a producer.
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Negan took the mattresses just to fuck with them.
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I'm sure what Chandra did sometimes happens, but it didn't seem earned; it felt too far, too soon.
I'm all for realism, but the moisture left on the bench after Naz picked up the heroin was a detail I could have lived without.
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Does anyone know how I might find out the instrumental piece being played in the background at around minute 19? I wonder if it was an original piece -- SoundHound couldn't sniff it out.
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Tommy Dewey needs to shave.
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Thank you for clearing that up for me!
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Can someone please explain to me what was going on with Abigail and her baby? I always suspected that Pilcher engineered humanity's evolution to justify Wayward Pines, and I wonder if Abigail had something to do with that. From my recollection, the baby and mother were fine per the phone call, so what gives? Perhaps I didn't pay enough attention.
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My money's on a transfusion.
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I read about unexplained sounds being heard all over the world back in 2014; reading articles about it and watching videos of the phenomenon really creeped me out at the time. When mentioned in the show, I wasn't reminded of the Kevin Smith movie Red State; instead, I was reminded of reports such as these.
For fun, Google "earth hum". But don't do it before bed.
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The episode didn't reflect well on gay men -- within one minute of meeting, the gay guy's trying to blow Mulder in the bathroom. I have no idea how close to reality the scene was, but it seems to play right into homophobic stereotypes. It felt like a cheap laugh at the expense of the gay community.
Token gay here. The scene didn't offend me in the least. Gupta caught me off guard as much as he did Mulder. I thought Gupta was being surveilled by those gentlemen. My best friend and I both laughed our asses off. I don't think the situation was as much a reflection of gay culture as it was a reflection of a repressed culture. Sorry, gays don't have a corner on bathroom hookups. As to why that scene was included -- aside from a (successful in my book) attempt at humor -- I have no idea.
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I'm on the fence over whether or not Winn is overreacting; he's always been shown to be the sensitive type, however, so I'll err on the side of cutting him some slack.
That being said, it would be interesting if Winn eventually turns out to be, as he's feared, just like his father. Kara's rejection would be a great catalyst for turning him into an awesome villain. The best villains take things personally.
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Carisi's made SVU watchable for me again. For the longest time, I didn't like ANY of the characters, and the show's tone was too dark. It's almost like Carisi's become the show's "heart."
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Perhaps a stupid question... How does the eye flicker work when the subject is wearing contact lenses???
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Is the show suggesting that the "flu" is the infection that is spreading and which causes corpses of those infected to reanimate?
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I've been binge-watching PD over the last month with the boyfriend. I've found that Dorian Gray is my least favorite character. I think the actor is fine, but to me his portrayed youth is off-putting. When I picture Dorian, I think of a man slightly older, whose youth is fading and who would do anything to stay the aging process. This Dorian doesn't seem old enough to me to quite appreciate his youth yet. Perhaps a backstory would flesh all that out for me.
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I started binge watching The Killing a couple of weeks ago, and I was shocked to find "Fuck you, The Killing!" a frequent response in the comments section of each episode review on A.V. Club. I had no idea there were so many folks who felt betrayed by this show. I dunno, I'm almost finishing S3, and I've actually rather enjoyed it. There is much to like -- the acting by Enos, Kinnaman, Sexton, Taylor-Klaus, and Sarsgaard, the moodiness, the cinematography, the characterization. While a few things irritated me (dumb moves by smart characters to serve the plot, repeated false-fingerings), they did not overwhelm the story. I wonder if the series might have been more enjoyable to most if binge watched?
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When Ethan called his wife and it went to voicemail, how is it that he heard her 2000 year old message exactly?
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They're ALL play-acting because these aren't their real lives. They all had some other career in the past that they can't speak of, and now they have to pretend to be whatever new life role they're forced into.
What I can't wrap my head around is this: what is the point of not talking about anything when everyone seems to know what is going on? Is this Fight Club???
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Did we ever actually witness Beverly taking out her chip? Was it ever implied that she actually did remove it? And (I erased my recording) did Ethan have a fresh wound where his microchip had been implanted?
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I've watched enough Lost that outlandish theories don't phase me in the least. Perhaps the drive to Wayward Pines is one-way wormhole to prehistoric times, and the town is a settlement surrounded by a fortification.
Doesn't explain the phone calls between #1 and #2 (presumably #1 is outside the dome). Doesn't explain the workers who seem to be able to come and go. But it does explain how people can seem to be on both sides at the same time; the sheriff and the shrink still exist in our world because they haven't made the one-way trip yet.
Just spitballing. Clearly!
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Did anyone notice the block letters spelling out "BEN" in Ben's new room? How the fuck do they do that???
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One thing I don't understand is if it's impossible to leave, why even bother keeping anyone from trying?
Another thing I don't understand... Why the hell hasn't the sheriff locked Ethan up? It's like they want him out running around snooping.
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S01.E14: The Lost Generation
in Timeless [V]
My money's on Wyatt finally moving on soon and Lucy starting to develop feelings for him, only to have a wrench suddenly thrown into the works when a change in the past resurrects Wyatt's wife.