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Finally rented this through the library since we refused to pay top dollar at our local theater considering the reviews. Wow, was it bad. I mean, I fully admit I was biased going in, but I honestly thought my expectations were so low that they had to at least be met if not exceeded. Instead I was treated to a three hour slog that managed to assassinate the characterizations of both Batman and Superman while stringing together terrible dialogue and a horrible musical score (my sister loves the soundtrack, but never saw the movie - I think if I had gone that route I'd have a radically different opinion on the score, because it's not so much that the music is bad, just that it's like they inserted it from some other film so none of the music matches the scenes it's paired with).
Gal Gadot was good with the little screen time she had. And if I squint and turn my head sideways I can see how Affleck would make a decent Batman if he had a decent script to go by. But that about sums up the positives I have for the movie.
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That was my main issue with the first film (and now this one) as well. You want to make an action thriller with Tom Cruise, be my guest, but he is NOT Jack Reacher as written in any aspect.
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Saw it with the family today and we all loved it. The original was never really a favorite of mine, and I don't think it's held up well, but we thoroughly enjoyed this. Agree with the reviewers who enjoyed how it just let scenes unfold quietly, and that there wasn't a true villain, just a flawed person who made a few wrong decisions.
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2 hours ago, Empress1 said:
I rolled my eyes when the Austin woman balked at her 20-minute commute. Long commutes are a deal-breaker for me after a 90-minute each way commute I had, but 20 minutes is not long.
Thank god I didn't catch that episode. My commute currently runs me 2 1/2 hours one way - I would have wound up throwing something through the tv.
The house I grew up in had double sinks in both the master bathroom and in the "main" upstairs bathroom. My parents did often use theirs at the same time, but I'm sure it was more a luxury for them than a necessity. The other bathroom, however, was used by myself, my two siblings, and my grandmother, so those double sinks were a godsend when getting ready on school days.-
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1 hour ago, Sew Sumi said:
Good luck to Tregaye, who will be paired with Zakarian.
God, that has to the last combination I'd ever want to watch on Food Network...cannot stand that man. As far I'm concerned, the season of Next Iron Chef where he won was as telegraphed as Tregaye's win.
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I showed the international trailer to a group of friends last weekend and they went from not knowing that Moana even existed on the film slate to demanding to see it opening weekend. The US trailer doesn't have nearly the same impact.
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I enjoyed the movie and thought it started off very strong but faltered as it went on. The villain was also very muddled in terms of motivation. I tend to keep reboots separate in my memory bank from originals, and while I don't think that this held a candle to the original Ghostbusters, I thought it was a decent movie in its own right that was a very enjoyable summer flick despite its many flaws.
What I LOVED about the movie was that you could clearly see that the four leads enjoyed each other on screen - there was an ease and a camaraderie that was easily apparent, and even when jokes didn't land I tended not to mind it because of getting to spend time with the characters. I think there is a lot of potential there and don't think the faults of the film lie with the acting at all, but rather just a need to tighten up the story in the future. I look forward to what they could do with a sequel, now that all the table setting for the reboot has been dealt with.
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9 hours ago, SnarkyTart said:
Apparently Abe gets lucilled first. Daryl tries to interfere, so Negan lucilles Glenn as an object lesson to punish Daryl. Abe is the example, but Glenn is the lesson.
Is this now known or is it still just based off of who has been glimpsed filming episodes? Just trying to keep spoiler sources straight.
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It's funny for me to read this because I'm actually in the middle of a Cheers re-watch now (or a Cheers watch, technically...I caught many episodes out of order when I was younger, but didn't have a clear grasp on the show beyond the basic characters). I'm actually enjoying it immensely, but I agree that Sam's antics are cringe-worthy at times, and in some cases just straight up harassment. Ted Danson is totally appealing, but Sam Malone is very much not in many instances.
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I want better writers.
ETA: and more J'onn. Lots more J'onn.
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I'd have to go back and watch the scene again but I think the idea was supposed to be that while Kara should be fast enough to get to James, Winn and Kelly, she only has two hands. So she was able to grab Winn and James but had no way left to grab Kelly. However, the way the scene was actually shot, she caught James and Winn then just kind of hung there and watched Kelly fall.
The thing that got me with that was that it wasn't like they were making it hard for Kara to catch them and hold on - e.g. flailing about or whatnot. Zoom over, catch them and stack 'em like logs, and dump all three on the ground. You can hold up a jet, but three people who are literally stationary aside from having tossed themselves off a building are too much?
Of course Non would likely have then just had them all do something else to harm/kill themselves, but still, the way that whole scene was done (up to and including the fact that after Non basically says "let me show you what the pain of loss feels like", Kara, Max, AND Cat stand there like idiots while the others go walk outside and don't react until the last possible moment, when it was incredibly obvious what was intended) made it just look like she really didn't try super hard.
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I've never had the hatred for Laurel that others seem to, but neither was she someone I particularly cared for. Her death didn't affect me, but the reactions of the rest of the cast sure did. Felicity's sob and that hallway scene got me good.
John was an idiot this episode. I understand wanting to believe in his brother, but that was a blind spot the size of a Buick. Ridiculous.
Also love how the whole plot set up was essentially "protect the idol" and then...everyone proceeded to do everything but keep their eyes on it.
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I haven't read back all the way so apologies if this has been addressed. I haven't figured out who Dwight shot at the end of the previous episode. There was a shot, blood splatter and a body thud. But I must have missed something, unless it was Glenn with just a minor wound. Can anyone help me out, TIA.
He shot Daryl. You can see when he's dragged out at the end of the episode that he's injured and has blood on him.
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The only two people I think are out are Carl and Rick, considering Negan's comments to feed Carl's other eye to Rick if anyone reacted to who he was bashing in. If he was currently turning Rick's head into hamburger meat, there'd be no logical reason to make that comment.
Also can't see it being Michonne, as I feel like they'd have at least given her a line in the finale if it was indeed going to be her final moment. Would be pretty sad if she sat the entire episode out only to show up in the last ten minutes for no dialogue and to get her head bashed in.
I also agree with the poster above that if it's Glenn, it looks like Negan is doing it in retaliation for his earlier freak out, so I don't see it being him either. But it does follow the comics, so there is a possibility.
My money would be on Abraham or Eugene, with an outside chance of Daryl.
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DVR cut out before they announced the winner/loser this week - who did they end up going with?
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My guess: they MAY save Rip's family (or, more likely, son) but something will happen (most likely due to the Time Masters' meddling) so Rip would be separated from him/them. Also I suspect they'll be hunting Rip down for his disobedience (or maybe even will be revealed as actual villains - would be cool to connect them with Reverse Flash to make it all tie together while we're at it). Also, I wouldn't be surprised if Waverider gets damaged in some way to shake up the formula (maybe no more precise time jumps?) Anyway, I definitely feel like Rip (the captain of the Wave Rider) and Sara (as the most popular character) are safe, while Kendra, Snart and Mick are the most likely to be gone.
Short of Wentworth Miller not wanting to continue, I can't see them getting rid of Snart either. He has a clear anti-hero to hero arc in front of him, gets some of the best lines, and has been given meatier material to play with (frankly, I think he's one of the better actors on the show). I think Kendra is definitely expendable, both since they don't seem to know how to write her and she seems to be the least popular character (which would be easy enough to do if the Savage arc is concluded by the end of the season), and Mick could go either way. I believe it was stated in an interview at one point that the Prison Break filming had been discussed and would be worked around Legends schedule, so that likely wouldn't factor into any final decisions.
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I've been a pretty big Supergirl apologist to my friends, but even I was cringing at the enormous logic gaps in this episode.
1) the FBI allows Kara to accompany Winn (don't care how he said he only would help with her there) but leaves her alone with the practically unseen driver of their van as they storm the building?
2) Why would Winn even insist on Kara being present? She could have easily followed AS SUPERGIRL and used her hearing/x-Ray vision to keep appraised of what was happening. As it stands she and Winn deliberately put her in a position where she'd have to risk others seeing her become Supergirl or have to come up with an unnecessary lie to get away from the FBI.
3) The fact that Toyman's old boss wasn't immediately under surveillance, approached, or protected by the FBI despite being the intended target of his last kill and the reason he ended up in jail.
4) Almost everything with Hank/J'onn infiltrating Lord Tech this episode. Cracking the jokes he did as "Lord" were entertaining, but you can't tell me he'd legit risk an op by speaking "out of character" to an employee. Nor that he'd get found out so quickly to be an imposter by the guard, who has no reason to suspect he is anyone other than Lord. OR that he'd shift back from being Lord to being Hank while there was any risk of being caught on camera (I know there was a line from Lord's employee about the main cameras being wiped, but the idea that with what J'onn has learned from years of posing as Hank coupled with what they know about Lord, that neither J'onn nor Alex thought about Lord having backup cameras, bugs, or anything of that ilk is just grade A stupid writing).
5) Alex not thinking Lord would try to pull one over on her - y'know, just like she was trying to do to him.
I've been able to hand wave a lot with this show, but I was having serious trouble this week.
I DID like the show acknowledging why J'onn feels he is better off as Hank rather than himself. Kara's chipper "be yourself" pep talk at the episode's start seemed incredibly naive, and I'm glad that when Alex echoed the same sentiment he gently corrected her - a big reason Superman and Supergirl are able to be accepted by the public is because they look like (very attractive) humans. J'onn is unlikely to get the same reception, at least initially, due to his appearance alone. (Not to mention the complications from him posing as a dead man in a government organization for years). Also liked seeing the effects of the mind wipe, which gives a good explanation as to why he'd be hesitant to use that power.
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan has been cast as
Negan
(Note: the article has some spoilers from the comics): http://bit.ly/1PmGZTW
Adding a spoiler tag just to be on the safe side, though I don't think it's needed for official casting notices.
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Is Tim all right? His hands appeared to be shaking badly in multiple scenes, to the point where my mother picked up on it - and it was impossible to unsee it afterwards.
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"Because the cleavage cloaks the camera with its curves!" is perhaps my all time favorite Raymond Holt line.
My family wound up rewinding that scene four times because his line reading cracked us up so much. His enunciation and gestures just sold the hell out of it.
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I know LDP is currently filming a movie. I hope he doesn't want off of this show.
He loves filming Longmire, and gets time off for other filming, so I can't imagine he'd give up a regular gig like this.
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Not sure where else to put this, but looks like Nyle will be in an episode of Switched at Birth on ABC Family on September 28.
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I read somewhere - here? - that there is no awareness of any zombie mythology in this universe up to the point when it's zombie apocalypse time. This is how I have been trying to make sense of why characters like Travis for example are so utterly naive and clueless.
Has it ever been explained on the other show what may have caused the zombie apocalypse? Personally my knee jerk reaction is to blame the government, ha.
That's correct - neither this show nor TWD have awareness of any zombie mythology, which is also why the term 'zombie' is never utilized on either show.
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I have Aspergers, and I thought the episode was well done considering that it's a half hour and doesn't have much time to delve into the intricacies of a spectrum disorder. I wasn't diagnosed until I was an adult, and many of my behaviors in school growing up were written off as just being "quirky", especially since I was able to maintain friendships and was considered gifted, so Farkle being flagged didn't really faze me, since diagnostic criteria has vastly improved since 15-20 years ago when I was in middle/high school. I also liked that they veered a bit and made it Smackle who was on the spectrum.
All in all, a pretty decent episode. The only thing I would have clarified is that the idea that autistics or aspies "don't understand emotion or love" is not the prevailing attitude anymore - we aren't emotionless robots. Rather, it's that we don't necessarily understand how to express our emotions, or express them in atypical ways. But I thought the show did a decent job showing that wasn't the case for either Farkle or Smackle.
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The Star Wars Saga
in Movies
There was a DVD edition that was released I think back in 2004 where you could watch the unedited film versions on the bonus discs. No upgrade to audio, etc., but at least I don't want to rip my hair out watching Hayden at the end of RotJ or seeing CGI Jabba in A New Hope. No idea how much they differ from the true originals, but we just rewatched them this month and there aren't any glaring differences that I can recall.