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    S04.E02: Nautilus

    in Person Of Interest [V]

    · Edited by ABay

    Just because Claire is oblivious that the Silverpool (aka Blackwater) goons are after her doesn't mean she isn't a future Root. Root didn't emerge from the womb with super killer powers anymore than Shaw or Reese did. And some of Root's super killer action occurs because the Machine is in her ear telling where and when to shoot. Claire can be trained for the physical part if that's what Samaritan even wants her for. What she and Root already have in common is super computer skillz and a willingness to go to extremes.

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    S02.E02: The Kindred

    in Sleepy Hollow [V]

    I started to watch in real time, got bored, changed the channel, watched it on DVR yesterday and fast-forwarded through about half of it. Too slow, too OTT with the new sheriff with both the Mills family connection and the Dr. Sheriff deciding what treatment Irving should receive, and too OTT with the electro-shock. The areas that touch on reality need to be realistic in order to make the weirdness of the weird stand out. I think you need to have a baseline of natural to make the supernatural feel special.

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    S04.E02: Nautilus

    in Person Of Interest [V]

    They've had Lost alumn on before--Alan Dale, Nestor Carbonell, Ken Leong, Mark Pellgrino--it's time for Terry O'Quinn and Jose Garcia, I say!

     

    But back to the episode. So, Samaritan's recruiting the young and gifted feels like an X-Menish academy. Our guys need to infiltrate. What about the high school kid from season 2?

    S04.E02: Nautilus

    in Person Of Interest [V]

    "WE are being watched" was fantastic but "I designed the machine" seemed out of place when it's Samaritan being referenced.

    I like the graphics, and yet miss the Machine's graphics. Also, you'd think an AI would be smart enough to find the shift key instead of typing in ALL CAPS.

    The Machine needs to start recruiting, too.

     

    And now I'm going to talk about Lost:

    All those shots of nautilus shells and not one word of the Fibonacci sequence? (I know, there was some mention of a mathematical formula, but I really, really love the Fibonacci sequence.)
    Those numbers on the tag should've been 481 516 2342.

    Emerson with his hands cuffed in front of him...Oh, Ben, I'll never not miss you.

    One of the reasons I'm really not loving the God v. God theme is that it's bringing back bad, bad memories of Jacob v. Man in Black.

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    @Midnight - General Discussion

    in @Midnight

    · Edited by ABay

    Last night's panel was very funny and I'd welcome any of them back. I can't believe i'm about to say this, but I think what made it funnier to me is that they didn't rely on dick jokes for every single answer unlike Rannazzisi last week. It takes more creativity, imo, to come up with something funny and not a dick joke, like Big Al loved livetweeting Downton Abbey.

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    The Borgias - General Discussion

    in The Borgias

    Hello NutMeg. I've watched the entire series several times, including when it first aired, and have posted in the forum several times. I'd intended to rewatch once again and post here episode by episode, but I don't think that's going to work out after all. Oh, well.

    S08.E06: The Caretaker

    in Doctor Who

    There was this show I used to watch about a guy from another planet encountering all sort of other species and having adventures in time and space...I really miss that show.

     

    The soldier-hate isn't bothering me because I expect some pay-off later on, like an explanation or a Very Special Episode wherein the Doctor learns how very wrong he was, group hug, never hear about the issue again, etc. It will probably be tied in with Missy and her dead buddies.

    S04.E01: Panopticon

    in Person Of Interest [V]

    · Edited by ABay

    My question is - how would the Machine get the store manager to go along with Shaw's appointment? The guy comes to work, finds some paperwork saying that Sameen So-and-so is now working for him there - fine, so far so good, maybe he was sick the day his new employee was interviewed, I suppose. But then, when he actually sees her "performance", why does he not fire her on the spot?

    It's possible he isn't the store manager, just the manager of that department and doesn't have hire/fire authority, that he has reported her but the report was mysteriously misplaced, or he's been informed she's the sister/niece/daughter/cousin/in-law/girlfriend of someone who can fire him, there are myriad possibilities. Or a wizard did it.

     

    We really don't know who the guy at the university was, either. The department chair? A Dean? Some human resources jerk? I guess I should just be glad Harold's dissertation wasn't about Napoleon although a conversation between Dr. Whistler and Dr. Linus would be fun for me.

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    The Borgias - General Discussion

    in The Borgias

    · Edited by ABay

    I love this episode*, so much wiliness on display. From what I've read though, the bit about buying votes via cuisine du jour were fabricated by rivals. But why let facts get in the way of a good story? Also, Sforza knew he was too young (comparatively) to have a shot at the papacy this time around and supported Borgia from the start; they two of them were allies from way back and it was only Sforza's stance with regard to the French that eventually drove a wedge between them (I can't recall the details).

     

    Borgia was, however, a good organizer as Della Rovere says, and improved the administration of the church as both Vice Chancellor and Pope. I think that's true, but it also sounds like the faint praise from a rival.

     

    I flove Versucci and Piccolomini, the Statler and Waldorf of the Consistory. And Master Burchard! I would've liked a lot more of him.

     

    *By which I mean the first episode. I've been here since summer and apparently will never understand the logic of this site.

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    S01.E01: Pilot

    in Forever [V]

    The voice overs, as many have noted, are annoying. Gruffudd is pretty, as many have also noted. And it's a good thing because I think he's the weak link. Well. Him and the writing. There's just something about his delivery, and I don't mean the adorable accent, that seems out of step with the rest of the show.

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    S05.E03: Spotlight

    in Haven [V]

    I keep hoping, but don't know why, that the repeated "I can't leave until William and I are finished" (or words to that effect) will mean something. Like there's a goal they have to achieve to be able to move beyond Haven. I also keep hoping there's more to William. Like he's supernatural. Mara seems to require his help but he didn't need hers.

    Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage

    in Commercials

    · Edited by ABay

    The Nationwide Insurance ad that touts all the "safety features" of a mom who's driving a car irritates me, especially the part where she has to make a sudden stop and swings her arm across to hold her kid in the seat even though the kid is firmly buckled up.

    I'd like to restate for the record that the driver should keep both fucking hands on the fucking wheel. An arm flung out in front of a passenger is not going to stop a passenger from slamming into the dashboard or windshiled. That's what seatbelts and airbags are for. The driver's arm will be hurt, possibly broken. If the mother's "maternal instinct" is just so very strong she can't but help to extend her arm, then it should be strong enough to keep her damn hands on the wheel so she can try to minimize impact by steering. GAH!

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    "The Daily Show": Week of 9/22/14

    in The Daily Show With Jon Stewart [V]

    · Edited by ABay

    That was the first interview I've watched all the way through for a couple of weeks. I have to block Animal Planet except for the Puppy Bowl because I get so fucking mad at the people who mistreat animals that I can't function. Thank god for the humans who rescue the four-footed animals from the two-footed ones.

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