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I never "got" Prince Poppycock. He seemed nice, just I didn't get what the entertainment value was. I hope that's cluelessness rather than homophobia--because in a later year I understood how the male pole dancer was talented. (I still don't get Jackie Evancho either, but I didn't dislike her.)
I still think Terry Fator was pretty memorable; he's the AGT Kelly Clarkston: going from complete obscurity to extreme fame; very few others had gone from one extreme to the other.
I also think it's memorable when an act I've seen somewhere else doesn't win--a little sad, because they're often nice people, but kind of funny that the ringers don't ring.
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I wonder if Minka Kelly would have seemed better if the shows were shown in order. That could tell us how much was an acting choice to fit narrative, and how much was something else. I look forward to the DVDs to resolve that, and hopefully even bigger questions--like what was supposed to be outside the wall?
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I'll miss it. There are a few detail jokes I really liked, like how Bitcoins are a common currency. Some of it was stupid, like the electricity shortage that made Dorian stupid (maybe it was inspired by a coffee shortage in the writer's room.) It had a fun mix of some things changing a lot, and some not at all; just like compared to 1984, there are some people who still wear Izod shirts, and jeans are still cool, but we also finally have an electric car that's not a novelty or a golf cart, and we have entire video arcades on a phone--but we can't give that phone a decent battery. Technology is weird, and though they might have missed specifics, they got that general idea correct.
Good luck, crew and cast. I'm not afraid that what goes on in its place will be worse, but I do expect that to be true.
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I think Sara has the same problem Felicity did: she was originally there to fill a role (in Sara's case, be the Black Canary until Laurel is ready), but between the actress and the writing, that doesn't fit well. The writers are almost stuck--they've got an actress perfect for the role in Sara, but the more they stall the "Laurel becomes Canary" story, the worse it gets.
I'd like to see them go another way, and let the anvils fall on Laura, *saving Sara*, who decides to become a lawyer to honor her sister. That'd be true to the broad outlines of the comic, give Sara some quality stories, and let them keep using an actress who's a natural for the part.
Ordinarily I'd say it's too late for that to happen, but it's a comic book universe, ret-conning can happen for all kinds of reasons.
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The reboot/moving forward might be a way to try to get more life out of a premise stretched thinly, or give them new situations to react to. it's worth a shot.
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I'm trying to be positive this year, so:
Thanks for the reviews.
Some people are more likely to go off their meds when they feel a manic phase coming. (Not from direct experience, but I've heard that.)
At least they didn't have the cycles happen in a period of minutes or seconds, as is sometimes portrayed--so yes, it could have been worse.
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I liked the delivery of "are you threatening me?"/"One...hundred percent." Just the right amount of pause. And the whole losing a badge, gaing...a lanyard, but not for the entire team, was classic too.
Only way he could be funnier is if his character is a fan of KFC's dinner bowls.
I just heard Patton Oswalt's bit on this last week; it's classic and would be awesome if they could work in a reference.
I did wonder why they didn't use Lola or the SUV in the snow instead of walking seven miles? But maybe the trees were really close together, or they didn't want to leave tracks, or they were tired and didn't notice as they walked past the cars that they had cars.
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The "Womanizer" song from The Little Mermaid made CNN Headline News this morning. To be able to sing as The Little Mermaid singng Britney Spears showed, imo, how talented Anna Kendrick is. (Mandy Moore does that in some of her movies--listed as singing in character.)
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If I were AI, I'd have the confetti ready every week, so the staff couldn't prove the save was rigged. Plausible deniability.
I can go either way on saving Sam, but he seems like a good guy, and I think the save is stupid so I'm glad that's over.
Also glad people are OK from the tornados.
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I will miss, you, Psych, but you left Santa Barbara in good hands. And maybe you can hack the mystery of why, in the 21st centruy, I still needed exact change to ride the Muni. (If they ever do a movie, you can use that, or you know, not. Either way.) Good luck to the crew and cast.
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America's Got These Past Contestants
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I think it depends on how you watch the show. For me it was often video wallpaper, which makes it harder to appreciate the the more surrebral acts. That *is* our loss, though, as Kromm's explanation helped me uderstand.
They might edit that into one of the bad acts (which would be over the line, but so was trying to show an audience be excited for something else.)
Where I'll give Nick Cannon credit, though, is his stand-up routine is very different from his show persona. The guy has a very interesting personal life, but he makes his AGT persona about the acts--and I like it when he's positive to an act that had a bad day. Even if it's done to make better TV, it's real to the people whose acts fail, and that's something.
I also liked the kid magician who asked the girl in the audience out on the show. Howard Wolowitz used magic to try to meet women; doing it on live(ish) national TV takes something special.