Dminches
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This season feels like "Seinfeld" where nothing really happens and it is just about the characters interacting. I can deal with some of that but then it gets a bit monotonous.
Shiv is clearly the only Roy child who has the brains and brawn to make things happen. She realized it was time to step to the plate and get it done with Sandi.
Kendall isn't actually cap[able of doing this, but he is right that the ship has sailed on Logan and it is time for some fresh blood. It hasn't happened before because Shiv wasn't in the business, Kendall is daddy's boy, Connor is, well Connor, and Roman is too busy dealing with the demons in his head.
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While this show is entertaining, it completely void of any substance. It has become just a soap opera.
With so many of these people they seem to treat 2 week relationships like they are long and stable.
Not surprised Tina and Bette will have another go at it.
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Their relationship is so complicated because each of them has very different issues. I don’t have the patience to wade through them and type them but, in simple terms, Mira is manipulative and will do whatever she can to get what she wants. Jonathan is weaker but, through time and therapy, has learned to live with the pain of Mira ending their marriage and is now all about moving on. He knows that another turn with Mira is not in his best interest.
More importantly, Isaac’s and Chastain’s performances are amazing. They are Jonathan and Mira.
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12 hours ago, Kostgard said:
I feel like maybe this is why Rupert's wife gave her share to Rebecca - basically, some insider trading. Rupert knows something bad will happen (because he's behind it) and he got his money out before the shit hit the fan.
Did Rupert’s wife sell her share or just give it to Rebecca? If she just gave the shares to Rebecca I don’t see how that qualifies as “he got his money out before the shit hit the fan.”
I don’t see how exposing Ted’s panic attack devalues the franchise. They are 1 win away from moving back up. That in itself will add value if they win.
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44 minutes ago, chocolatine said:
No, I meant that after not living someone for a long time you tend to lose that accent entirely rather than develop a fake one, like Masha seems to have done.
I see. This is different than having an accent tied to a foreign language which is your situation, but I have retained about 20% of my NY accent after 30+ years away. I can definitely see losing a lot of it in your case.
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5 hours ago, chocolatine said:
That's ridiculous. There was nothing mentioned about her speaking seven languages on the show (or in the book). Masha on the show said that she left Russia after her daughter died, so she was an adult. And with the Russian lines she had, it was obvious that she never spoke Russian fluently at any point in her life.
I'm actually the kind of person Kidman alleges Masha is: spoke only Russian as a child, then moved around various countries and now speak multiple languages. I don't have a Russian accent at all anymore, but when I speak Russian, I still speak it fluently.
I am not defending her nor agreeing with her explanation but having an altered accent is not the same as speaking a language fluently. I grew up in NY but have lived outside of NY for the past 35 years. My accent has changed as a result. I believe that's what she was saying.
You seem to be mixing up the accent and the ability to speak the language. In fact, your situation seems to mimic what she is saying regarding the changed accent.
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7 hours ago, Zonk said:
So there was really no reason for Masha to be russian. Which means we had to sit through Kidman's godawfull accent for nothing. Now I'm mad!
Kidman explained that the accent reflected that the was born in Russia but lived a lot of her life in the US and also spoke 7 languages. So, to have a straight Russian accent wouldn’t make sense.
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That episode was just awful. I guess the Delaware AG has nothing to do so he can just take meetings from billionaires and other AGs who are just looking to screw other people. There used to be some depth to the characters and dialog. The is no evidence of that anymore.
Now that Chuck and Wendy are done as a couple they have nothing left for Wendy to do or say. What she does say is just a repeat of the same lines she has been delivering for 5 seasons now.
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On 9/7/2021 at 11:27 AM, sistermagpie said:
Her being adopted would affect her ethnicity in that if she didn't know her birth parents, she wouldn't know her ethnicity, so it seemed odd for her to act like it was a given she was 100% Irish.
Couldn't she confirm her identity by having a DNA test? That would be more accurate than knowing your parents.
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On 9/5/2021 at 11:50 PM, sistermagpie said:
I was surprised nobody said anything in response to Angie saying that she's willing to give up a kidney to not lose...was she supposed to be referring to her dad who shared her DNA?
I know it's a little thing but it really does bug me that Carrie in her first ep said it was no shock that she was 100% Irish when she did her DNA and now says she was adopted. Would it have been so hard for the show to just have her say something else about her DNA, even if she's Rosie O'Donnell? Since they know they want her to obviously annoy Bette by saying she and Angie are adoptees? Not to mention suggest to someone that their life would be better if they reconnected with a mom she doesn't know?
But re: the love triangle it seems like Carrie's just driving herself crazy and is never going to get relief. In a family session with Angie of course she's going to be the least important person there. Given that we've now seen her twice please Tina by telling her Bette wants her back so Tina can insist Bette doesn't while obviously hoping it's true.
Angie's biological Dad is sick and needs a kidney. I thought that was made pretty clear.
Regarding Carrie, I don't understand how the fact that she was adopted affects her ethnicity I would assume she did a DNA test which said she was 100% Irish. Plus, didn't she say she met her birth mother which would further support her ancestry?
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2 hours ago, Catfi9ht said:
I guess this show has decided to abandon its original theme, that Ted can turn underdogs into winners. I find it really strange how lost Ted's character has gotten.
That wasn’t the original theme. Ted may have had that reputation from American football but the theme was Rebecca wanted the team to crash and burn to get back at her cheating husband. It was only after she learned to like Ted and try to eliminate negativity from her life that she became interested in winning.
I also don’t think Ted has changed. He has always hidden behind his goofiness. It worked well when he was married but now that he is on his own in a foreign country away from his kid he can’t keep those feelings bottled up.
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People shouldn't be discussing the book in the thread. Someone always slips or gives away information which ruins it for those who have not read it.
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On 8/20/2021 at 2:28 PM, chediavolo said:
Totally unfucking believable that people that have been a little hungry for just a few hours go and kill a random goat on the property. 🙄 Poor thing. I think it was a pet because Nicole Kidman mentioned some thing about having to get its teeth cleaned. I think she is just so stubborn and well I don’t know what, insane? that she can’t even admit to herself that she made a friggin mistake.
Unless they were drugged.
I thought the conversations during the time that the men and women were separate were great. Several of them really spoke truthfully about themselves.
Napoleon's "grace" speech was very sad. He is trying to convince himself that he is fine but he clearly isn't. Maybe he has been spending all his energy helping Heather, not realizing he needs to take care of himself too.
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On 8/4/2021 at 8:34 AM, aghst said:
It also turns out that one of Kate's children is trying to transition into a boy and Kate worries that she may also try to kill herself.
Edie is trying to compile a list of the pros and cons of living and as she makes friends with a social circle of other seniors, the list is balanced. But Edie and Kate now openly talk about "helping" people die by the end of the sixth episode.
I wonder if the show wouldn't be better off evolving the characters away from death, have Edie find reasons to live rather than searching out others who want to die, like she did. If they plan to have more than one season, it might be difficult to sustain -- Kate is taking a big risk if she continues to euthanize people and it would be strange if Edie's newfound reason for living is to help others die.
My understanding is that the transitioning daughter already tried to kill herself.
Edie is starting to evolve away from death. She has made a “pros” and “cons” list and the “pros” side has been growing. But, there are some people whose physical illnesses will result in death and they desire to end their life on their own terms.
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7 hours ago, Rickster said:
They need to make sure there’s an unidentified dead body in episode 1 to keep viewership up.
I don't think that will happen since season 2 is covering a different cast and story line.
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It looks like they are applying the “True Detective” approach to “The White Lotus.” I hope they come up with some better stories. Season 1 was ok at best.
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19 hours ago, peachmangosteen said:
Was the scene with Nicole talking to Steve Zahn about the affair supposed to be funny? Because the acting was so bad I figured it was. That’s one of the biggest issues for me with this show; I can never quite tell if I’m supposed to find this all funny or not.
I don't know if it supposed to be fun either but I have found Connie Britton's acting to be weak (and I generally like her).
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Every show has plots with holes in them. This is no different. The robbery thing was just stupid. If no one came back to the room then the parents would have blamed one of the kids and likely Paula. By having Kai actually steal the bracelets she cleared herself.
However, I can usually get by the holes if the show is otherwise good. The show is just not that interesting. Some of the performances are noteworthy (Lacy, Bartlett and Zahn) but other than that this has been somewhat disappointing.
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7 hours ago, laprin said:
Season 4 of The Wire was the most critically acclaimed and has a 98/100 score on Metacritic and 9.5 aggregate rating on IMDB. Season 5 wasn’t as strong, but Bosch’s best season can’t hold a candle to it. I will say, at its best, Bosch did remind me of The Wire. I attribute that to Eric Overmyer as showrunner. He wrote and produced several episodes of The Wire starting in S4.
As I said, I really like all 5 seasons. My point was that not all seasons (I forgot about 4 being liked a lot) were considered great by everyone. I do agree that The Wire is a much better series than Bosch in many ways. It is in my top 5, maybe top 3.
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On 7/8/2021 at 2:06 PM, mjc570 said:
I agree about the sometimes ridiculous writing, where our hero i(and now Ms. Perfect Maddie) s never wrong , but I attribute it to Titus Welliver being EP.
I don’t agree that she is “never wrong.” There was the one scene in the boyfriend’s apartment after the garage shooting. They were eating dinner. Her boyfriend wanted to talk to her about what she went through and she overreacted and started to call an Uber to leave. I never viewed her as being without flaws. Didn’t she take some information from Chandler’s office in season 6 and tell her Dad?
On 7/8/2021 at 1:12 PM, laprin said:Interesting. Are you a fan of The Wire, Homicide or any other gritty crime show? I like this show but there are several superior cop shows. The writing was sometimes not up to snuff.
A lot of people thought seasons 4 and 5 of the The Wire were weaker than 1-3. Personally I really liked all the seasons but that isn’t universal.
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21 hours ago, Sir RaiderDuck OMS said:
This will probably depend on whether IMDB has the financial resources to bring Madison Lintz in, and whether she wants to keep playing the role. I doubt they'll have a huge budget, and Michael Connolly, Titus Welliver and Mimi Rogers will probably take most of it.
Why would Madison Lintz command a big salary? She hasn’t done much in the past decade other than Bosch.
Either way, she is reported to be in the spin-off.
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Ava is an immature, inexperienced kid. She made (bad) decisions like most kids do. I wouldn’t have expected anything different. Hopefully she will grow up and understand that actions have consequences.
Jean Smart is fabulous. Her character has lived a sad, lonely life, masked by her success on stage. Her relationship with Ava could turn out to be the best thing in her life from a personal perspective.
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5 minutes ago, LuvMyShows said:
Here is my confusion. Carrie did decide to not be present at the custody hearing and left to go to rehab. I guess there is an assumption that her being a no-show means that Mare got custody? I don't recall hearing anything that specifically said she was given custody.
Mare already had custody so the fact that there was no hearing meant nothing changed.
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18 hours ago, whiporee said:
Too many easy fixes for a show that tried to be so much more. I've read a lot of people saying this was Mare's story, but they didn't even do the work for her. She transformed almost overnight -- going from planting drugs on Carrie to taking Drew to her house without trepidation, from avoiding a party altogether to having celebratory drinks with Faye and Frank and patting Faye's shoulder as they goof about Frank's wardrobe. They showed her change but they never showed why.
Why do you think she transformed overnight? It seems as though she had been going to therapy for months. Also, when she spoke to Mr. Carroll she said that pain will never go away. She hadn't exactly become a happy go lucky kind of gall.
She always seemed capable of being around Frank (remember, the marriage likely ended as a result of the son's death) and now she was able to attend his wedding but she did say to her b/f that she need 3 bloody marys to make it happen. I don't see that as an overnight change or even a big change. Yes, she has moved in the right direction.
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S03.E05: Retired Janitors of Idaho
in Succession
My understanding is that the vote is for who controls the board seats which ultimately decides who controls the company. The settlement between Sandy/Stu and Logan is that Logan will still have control of the board via his appointees while he gave up certain things to Sandy so they wouldn’t force a vote and potentially take control.