EarlGreyTea
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Yeah, I seriously wondered if that was the same mall set used in Stranger Things.
Overall, a bit too gory for me, but I'm in. I really like how diverse the cast is. Even if they're checking some kind of diversity quota, I don't care. This minority appreciates the effort.
Reminds me a lot of Cruel Summer on Hulu, also set in 1994. They even used some of the same music. If you liked Fear Street, I think you'd like Cruel Summer.
When it's all complete, I'd like to rewatch the series in chronological order.
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On 6/7/2021 at 4:06 PM, Scarlett45 said:
This looks good. I think Don Cheadle will be an excellent narrator.
And from this seconds-long trailer, Dule Hill is going to be AMAZING as the dad. He seems to have the same gravitas and world-weariness that Dan Lauria possessed in the original (although who knew he was old enough to credibly have elementary age kids? He is 46, apparently. ). For me, much of it hangs on this particular casting and the narration of Cheadle. Can't wait.
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On 9/25/2018 at 12:20 AM, BitterApple said:
I'm trying to give it a chance, but yeah. If two hundred people landed and were told they'd advanced five years into the future, I'd expect hardcore panic and freaking out, not a few gasps and a wave of murmurs. I understand they're trying to cram a lot of detail into a pilot, but that was glossed over way too fast.
So I know you posted this years ago, but I am watching the pilot for the first time and this is my main issue. There was not NEARLY enough hysteria. My presumed dead relative shows up, and if my immediate reaction is not to drop to my knees in gratitude/hysteria/confusion, it's not realistic. The scene where all the families were reunited at the airport was really undersold. There should have been more hysterics, more tears, and maybe some fainting. Maybe that would have been too over the top, but it would have sold it better for me. The medical researcher, upon her return to work, was greeted with mere hugs as if she'd been gone for a few weeks on vacation.
Also would have been nice to see the characters acknowledge historical events between 2013 and 2018. I mean, a reality show star is now the president? Give me something to work with, people.
Also, I wish they had taken more time to establish the characters before the plane. Some more exposition about the characters' family dynamics would have been nice. I didn't have enough time to care about any of them before, so why should I care now that they're back?
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1 hour ago, OpieTaylor said:I’m surprised that Jessa’s vanity doesn’t drive her to cut her hair. She could be strikingly beautiful with a shoulder length layered cut - she’d get a lot of natural curl/bounce. ala Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Now she looks like she’s got a weight of cousin-it hair hanging around her neck. And does she have blonde streaks around her face? Or gray?So I did a horrible crop/lasso job on one of her photos, but you can still kind of see the effect. She would look so stunning with a shorter do, IMO:
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It was kind of infuriating that Pacey and Dawson weren't allowed to be sympathetic at the same time - in terms of writing, that is. Season 3 Dawson, as I said before, was a whiny asshole who tried to bump off Pacey and poor Will in that borrowed boat (However, to be frank, I didn't mind much since I loved Pacey and hated Dawson).
Season 4 was all about Dawson's redemption. Fine. But this is when I started caring about the writing only allowing for one or the other to be sympathetic at a time. In one season, Pacey lost his boat, kept his academic probation from Joey, threw a heinous tantrum at prom, and a bunch of other things. All while Dawson came out smelling like roses. I wish there was a little more nuance in the writing to allow for both to be sympathetic at the same time.
Of course, as Pacey was my first TV crush, I was always sympathetic towards him (except Promicide, although the sentiment behind it - his crushing insecurity and depression - I did have some pity for.).
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4 hours ago, Scarlett45 said:
Why do Dawson & Gretchen have to be sensitive to Pacey and Joey?
Dawson already told Pacey about he and Gretchen (cause that’s his sister and they are rebuilding a friendship- okay).....why does Dawson dating Gretchen affect Joey?
Joey dumped Dawson 2x a year and a half ago and got with Pacey for the last 7 months at least (I’m assuming they went off sailing in June, and we’ve already had Christmas). Dawson was upset they were together, but from what we’ve seen Dawson has been civil, minding his own business and THEY show up in his bedroom.
I feel bad Pacey has such a shitty parents (I was surprised to see Jane Lynch!), Bessie isn’t perfect but she’s doing a good job encouraging and nurturing Joey, and she’s her older sister who has custody because their mother died and their father went to prison.
I think Pacey and Joey simply gave Dawson too much power over them. He lived rent-free in their heads for the entire relationship and long after. I kind of think Dawson got off (so to speak) on the power he wielded over these two from such broken homes and sad circumstances (yet he whined the most about his own home life!). But they allowed it! Make your choice and stick with it, Joey. Her constant soothing of Dawson's ruffled feathers in S4 drove me berserk.
I have always thought it was a testament to the sheer force of Joshua Jackson's talent and the insane chemistry of P/J that so much of the viewing audience ended up on his/their side. On paper, Dawson was the injured party. If my best friend and "soulmate" ran off together, I'd be pretty livid about it too. Yet Pacey was able to generate such sympathy that Dawson ended up looking like a whiny, bratty idiot much of the time. I will say the writing didn't much back Dawson up, because trying to crash his (borrowed) boat into Pacey's was sociopathic!
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2 hours ago, Scarlett45 said:
The prop department should've given her a backpack, at least with some underwear, her wallet and tampons. Yes of course they were stopping places along the way but ONE backpack would've been reasonable. Also on these teen shows the kids backpacks always look so light. I had HEAVY books back in the late 90s, early 00s before things went digital.
Also did Pacey have enough money saved to feed TWO people on this trip? The Potters never had much money, and wasnt Joey giving Bessie a part of her wages for household expenses to make ends meet? (I dont doubt Bessie let her keep some for her pocket money, but an entire summer away would cost $$)
I kind of got the impression they lived off whatever they caught and were probably malnourished when they got home as a result.
I seem to recall an interview with one of the writers or producers about this particular scene. They pointed out how it would have stopped the romantic moment flat if Joey began talking logistics, i.e., a toothbrush.
Also if she'd shown up with a backpack, Pacey might have guessed why she was there and ruined the big emotional reveal.
13-year-old me was briefly confused when I first saw it, but it was SO romantic to me then and I didn't worry about the particulars. 33-year-old me would need a reliable WiFi signal, lol.
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I think Jinger looks great. For my money, she's snatched Jessa's crown as Most Beautiful Duggar Girl, roots showing and all. Jessa seems less interested in fashion these days (not judging), but Jinger always looks like she's put some thought into her overall look and aesthetic. Also, her skin is great. Say what you will about their move to LA (and there's plenty to say), but Jinger has never looked lovelier.
The less said about Jeremy, the better.
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Derick and Jill gave a super brief statement here.
QuoteDerek and Jill Dillard tell ET exclusively, "We just learned this information. It is very sad."
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Do we really think Anna knew beforehand? Who in their right mind would climb onto their high horse on Instagram claiming their husband is a good provider days before his arrest? Unless he blindsided her again.
Someone one Reddit says M7 should be named Miranda Rights Duggar. 😆
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2 minutes ago, Future Cat Lady said:
Wow! When will we find out what the charges are?
Yeah, can someone familiar with federal stuff explain why it's not immediately apparent what the charges are? How long this raid may have been in the making? And does no bail kind of imply a more serious charge than, say, financial crimes?
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6 minutes ago, emmawoodhouse said:
Oh this is juicy. Please be true!
It's true, unless they Photoshopped a mugshot. TMZ is pretty reliable, they will pay off almost anyone to get the dirt before other outlets.
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TMZ reporting that Josh has been arrested by the Feds. Unclear what the charges are. Wowza! Mug shot at the source, too.
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I think the introduction of young Rose, with the music swelling slightly and her gorgeous face being revealed under that equally gorgeous hat is, for my money, the single best character introduction in cinematic history. Fight me!
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So I re-watched the movie last night. For my money, one of the most poignant lines comes from Mr. Harvey: "You're a young man, Jimmy. You still could be playing. If you just woulda laid off the booze." Garry Marshall delivered it with such perfect notes of regret and disappointment. Hanks' very brief look of shame was a nice rejoinder. I've always felt we are our own worst enemies sometimes.
Did that article shown in the HOF scene with Jimmy's dates of birth and death mention anything about his post-AAGPBL life? I wonder if he remarried or what.
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I was about 12 during the first go-round of this show (probably too young to be watching), and man, P/J were my absolute JAM. It is hard to overstate how fun it was to watch their relationship develop in real time, before TV binging was a thing. You really had no idea what was going to happen, waiting with bated breath from week to week. It was such a beautiful slow burn; you could tell how much care the writers took with it. I think even they were surprised by the gold mine that was Josh and Katie's chemistry, but they smartly did not ignore it.
I also feel like I read somewhere that they had wanted to pair P/J even earlier, but Joey was occupied with Dawson, hence Andie, who had similar qualities - brainy good girl, family issues, needed saving. That's one reason why she never seemed to be a fully formed character - she was a placeholder (IMO).
I think P/J's season 4 dysfunction was hard to watch but was one of the most realistic things on the show. Pacey himself said it best in the season opener: he never expected to get her, and was just waiting for the other shoe to drop. Combine that with his (rightful) insecurity when it came to Dawson, and it's not surprising that he self-destructed. If you were an insecure person watching this unfold on TV, you understood exactly how Pacey's Promicide speech was the culmination of death by a thousand cuts. Joey constantly undermined their relationship, usually without meaning to, and eventually it got to be too much. NOT that she deserved to be dressed down like that.
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21 hours ago, kav said:
Happy Halloween everyone. I was just thinking how many books have them celebrating Halloween in it? I know the Halloween Hop happens a few different times.
I really loved Stacey and the Haunted Masquerade, as there was a legit mystery and unhinged person who turned out to be the villain in it. Some scenes really were legitimately creepy.
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3 hours ago, laurakaye said:
How many Duggar boys got skipped in the courtship order...the twins? James? Jeff? Job? Are they supposed to court and marry in birth order, or am I thinking of a Jane Austen novel? Wouldn't JB be wanting to rassle up a mate for Jed!2020 to make him not look like a weirdo who sleeps in a twin bed next to his brother and uses discarded highway chairs to furnish his bachelor pad?
This is all so and bizarre. At least Justin can grow facial hair so we know he's at least partially through puberty. 🤮
It WAS kind of a thing in Austen's time, wasn't it? Remember how appalled Lady Catherine was that all of the Bennet girls were "out," even before the older ones were married? People start to wonder what's wrong with the older ones if they don't marry before the younger. Wasn't that also the plot to Taming of the Shrew? I mean, look at Jana - dozens and dozens of pages spanned over her lack of a husband, made all the more glaring since all of the siblings close to her age are married off.
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4 hours ago, Conotocarious said:
This doesn’t sound good. I am so tired of there having to be a dark underbelly to EVERYTHING. Nothing can ever be as it seems. It just makes me not want to engage with any of it.
Yes. This was quite devastating for me, but it helped me to realize once again that we simply DO NOT know what goes on behind closed doors, and that like anyone else, people on reality shows are not always what they seem.
I feel for the victims and also La'Darius, because of how close he is to Jerry and the abuse he himself experienced as a boy. This has got to be awful for him.
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I was really shocked and bummed to see this. I had high hopes that Collin and Hannah were thriving in their new blended family, especially with their stepmother Colleen. Although if I have learned just one thing out of life, it is that NO ONE knows what really goes on behind closed doors.
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I'm curious to see who the twin on the right (Jeremiah? I don't care) ends up with. I think he's the handsomest Duggar boy by far...not that there is a ton of competition. I thought Joe was also really cute and wonder if he'd still have ended up with Kendra if they both lived in the real world and met.
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1 hour ago, kieyra said:
(Between Whole Lotta Shakin last week, and the Movin on Up sequence this week, I’m totally smitten with Jurnee Smollett. I don’t remember ever seeing her before, although apparently I would have in later seasons of True Blood.)
She has been around for decades. She is best known to me as Michelle's bff in Full House,. I was jealous of her looks back then and I am still jealous. Truly one of the most stunning women Hollywood has ever seen. Glad to see she's getting such meaty roles.
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30 minutes ago, Empress1 said:
Here's an interview with Tony Goldwyn about the episode. He notes the racism of the north - the way our history lessons are often set up, we are taught that the north wasn't racist and the south was, and that has never been true; it remains untrue. (Lots of people on this board assumed the sundown town the group was in was in the South; it wasn't.)
Also interesting that Goldwyn is playing this "aristocratic blue blood," as he puts it, when he is something of one himself. (See also: Fitzgerald Grant.)
Yes, that's a good point about the north. I remember reading a book called Up South in grad school that examines how and why the strategies of the civil rights movement weren't as effective in northern states precisely because the racism in north was much more institutionalized and systemic than in the south. Not that it wasn't systemic in the south too, but it tended to be subtler and the north was still seen as having "solved" racism.
I appreciated that Anna, Illinois, was name-dropped in this episode as a sundown town, because that was one of THE most notorious sundown towns (AND it's not in a southern state). Its name was rumored to be an acronym for "Ain't no n-words allowed."
Yeah, you really can't get more Hollywood blue blood than Tony Goldwyn. The second he showed up, I was like, yeah, that was some good casting right there.
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I didn't see the preview for next week, but previous posts say we're going back to Chicago, which is what I want. I wasn't a fan of this episode, as I dislike episodes mostly contained in one space. I loved the supporting characters left behind in Chicago and, while I realize this is a horror/thriller/etc., I prefer it to be in Chicago or somewhere else real to ground it. Having said that, it was very, very difficult to see our heroes in Jim Crow America, so I'm not sure what it is that I really want.
I was very happy to see Michael Kenneth Williams as Montrose. I've seen him in so many things over the years, and this seems like it will be a meaty role.
I feel like I've seen too many horror films, because many of the twists I saw coming - Leti with fake!Tic, Tic's possible paternity, and what was going to come out of that cow.
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S17.E10: Week 10
in The Bachelorette
Kind of seems more COVID-related. Who's got time to quarantine? This was filmed when? If it was last fall or early this year, no way did it feel safe to hop on a plane (not even now, really).