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On 2/19/2023 at 8:53 PM, nodorothyparker said:
She doesn't write witches dancing around a cauldron or chanting nonsense.
All I can think about is how Lestat would be laughing at all the tropes.
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On 2/16/2023 at 11:47 PM, Glade said:
the cheap, ridiculous 90's throwback everyone wears is in fact ugly AF.
I don't know why everyone's dressed in the 90s outfits despite it clearly being set in current times. It's ridiculous.
WHY AM I STILLLLL WATCHING?
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Harry Hamlin's accent is SO BAD. A "cher" here and there isn't New Orleans.
Ugh, why has this turned into the most cliched, trope-ridden witch show? It wasn't supposed to be *this*.
It's just all....WRONG.
Lasher should be elegant and otherworldly.
I'm really disappointed with the musical score, too.
Why is there something that looks like a World War I cenotaph from a modern village?
This is like a crazy quilt of bad accents, bad history, bad effects, bad music, bad lighting.
Why am I still watching?
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On 1/29/2023 at 7:01 PM, nodorothyparker said:
So you're making a show where New Orleans and New Orleans architecture is part of the story and you somehow ... never found out that there are no basements in south Louisiana?
That made me cringe SO HARD.
On 2/1/2023 at 9:03 PM, Ohiopirate02 said:Those Susanna Mayfair scenes are badly written, badly directed, and badly acted.
These are the worst Scottish accents I've heard in forever. I can't blame the actors - IMDB tells me most of the ones in the Scottish parts are from places like Arkansas, Montana, etc. But how hard would it have been to get some people who actually know accents?
Also, the portraits make me so angry. THEY'RE AWFUL.
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On 1/23/2023 at 9:23 PM, anoninrva said:
Am I wrong in thinking that the Vodun quarter of New Orleans, the above ground cemeteries, and the Garden District are in entirely different parts of the city?
They are, though as cities go, it's not massive. But it's not "10 blocks" from the French Quarter to the Garden District. If the funeral of the Second Line was going to St Louis Cemetary No 1, that's just a few blocks from the French Quarter.
However, Lafayette Cemetery, where the Mayfairs are buried is in the Garden District, so entirely feasible to walk there from/to First Street. I've done it.
The turquoise circled house is the First Street house.
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Still going through my rewatch of everything, and the only thing that keeps me going to the end on Samoa, and suffering through Russell, is because I know that he gets his comeuppance. He never understood that you can't make everyone hate you if you actually want to WIN.
I will also never ever understand why all those people kept him around. Never. They got what they deserved.
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I'm going through all the seasons and rewatching.
I don't remember seeing this season at all, but it's probably because I was undergoing a lot of surgery when it was on, and was on the Good Drugs!
Very disappointing, though. I didn't like anyone who had a chance of winning! Good god, the final TC was so self-righteous. It's Survivor! People lie! Get over it! I wish I could hear Sandra lecture them all.
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On 7/3/2020 at 9:05 AM, auntlada said:
I'm disappointed Hulu doesn't have episode 6 because that's the one in which Osten is terrorized by the pelican
They're all on Paramount+ now
Did you all see that Fairplay was arrested for larceny (with his mom) for stealing from his grandmother? Yes, the "dead" one.
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On 4/12/2018 at 12:30 AM, bunnyblue said:
Alex and Lynn: UGH. Their obsession with Rob and Amber was unhealthy and annoying. They would not shut up, and I was glad when karma got them and their boat broke down and Romber ended up passing them. They weren't funny gays, they were just nasty. I hated when Lynn compared the streets of Botswana to Compton; really dude??
I'm rewatching now, and I'd forgotten just how racist they were. Not only with the Compton remark, but in the same scene, calling on guy on the street Tupac, and offensively rolling up their car windows. And then in the scene detour of carrying water or milking the goat, when Uchenna and Joyce were carrying the things, Lynn was saying something like "well, they're made for this" and I just wished right then that they'd be knocked out.
On the rewatch, Greg and Brian remind me SO much of the Property Brothers, it isn't even funny.
On 4/12/2018 at 12:30 AM, bunnyblue said:What the hell was Ray's obsession about not losing to an old man (Meredith)?
If there was an -ism, Ray was determined to demonstrate it. I honestly cheered every time they were beat by someone he despised. Hey, Ray, the old people, the gay people, the girls all beat you. Chew on that.
On 6/17/2019 at 3:09 PM, Lantern7 said:Yes, Ramber was stuntcast, but I didn't feel things were rigged for them to go to Day 39 against one average team (Uchenna & Joyce) and a bickering duo (Ron & Kelly). They had four first-place finishes in total, and they added three more in TAR11. I reckon that's proof they were good Racers, even as twenty other people were hoping for them to fail.
I've always been a Rob fan. Yeah, he's cocksure and can be an ass, but he's also smart as hell and yet has a gift of making everyone he's competing with, on Survivor or TAR, believe that they're more clever than he is. He's very self-aware, too. He very much looks out for number one. But one thing that endears him is that his number one includes Amber, and always has. He never is disparaging to her. Their relationship, compared to so very many couples on TAR that we've seen, is a breath of fresh air. They work so well together. And they've lasted a long time!
Also, watching from this time distance, the fame of them being on Survivor seems rather insignificant, but that's probably because since then, we've seen the rise of the Kardashians and all that. Comparatively Rob & Amber are small potatoes.
They really made me giggle though when referring to all the goats they were milking as "he"!
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As I'm doing my rewatches, the non-elim mugging is even worse than I remembered. I'm so glad they stopped that. SO cringey.
On 7/14/2019 at 8:54 PM, dgpolo said:I still can't believe the girls who drove 2 hours in the wrong direction! Didn't they know they needed to get to the mountains?
When they started admiring the OCEAN, I was flabbergasted!
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As I'm watching this, I'm remembering the things I thought on originally watching. These people all seem to think that it's a group game. It's crazy! Also they wasted a lot of time working to take down other teams rather than running their own race. Very self defeating.
On 11/17/2019 at 8:36 PM, kittykat said:Time to delve into Family Edition
Ugh. I barely watched it first time, and won't again. What a misstep that season was.
On 6/12/2020 at 10:48 AM, Stiggs said:I enjoy the race much more when the racers enjoy it.
This is so true, of every season. One of the first things that drew me into TAR was seeing all the wonderful places and peoples. If I ever feel like the racers are taking it for granted, it sours me on that team, and makes watching TAR less enjoyable until they're gone. I mean, if you're lucky enough to get on TAR, why would you not appreciate it?
On 6/12/2020 at 10:48 AM, Stiggs said:She was about as fun as a pap exam.
LOL great line, and so true!
LONG POST. Sorry! At least I know I'm typing to a group of people who get it.
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On 10/2/2022 at 4:03 PM, nodorothyparker said:
Some of the Louis-Daniel Malloy stuff is rather stilted, but I realize as is often the case with a pilot, it's super exposition heavy. Hopefully it feels a little less clunky as they settle in next episode.
I, too, have been a fan for over 40 years. I have to remember that IWTV is a big ole' info dump, really. Louis always *was* the talker!
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22 hours ago, Brendan Birch said:
Maryanne was in no way "undeserving." As was stated by many last week, she played her game. If the beef one has against her win is that she didn't make any big, flashy moves, she never had a reason to. She also didn't win challenges, because very few of them were tailored that she could. Between her small frame and low muscular strength, it was highly unlikely that she would win any challenges.
As for "luck," sure. Everyone who plays has luck, both good and bad. Maryanne didn't win only on luck, though. No one who's ever won this game has relied solely on luck to get there.
Agree 100%.
Half the battle in winning Survivor is figuring out which kind of games works best for you, and playing it all the way through. How many times have we seen people get knocked out because they start to believe their own hype that they have perpetrated themselves?
Maryanne knows who she is and knows her own skillset, and she used it perfectly.
And with regards to her size, that really came home to me on the bit where they had to go over that bridge with the circular spaced out tile-thingies. It almost seemed even to make her do it - she could barely stretch that far because her limbs just weren't long enough!
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It seems that, while they've borrowed from the other Masterchefs in terms of format, they haven't gone the route of "all drama, all the time." It still has the UK feeling.
Who is that voice telling them "You have 5 minutes left" - it's not John or Gregg!
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Never has a Survivor cast made me feel so old so quickly.
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8 hours ago, Danny Franks said:
They can, and there is already an issue of bi erasure in media that upsets a lot of people. But showing two women together then having them both 'settle down' with men is still a heteronormative message that would be seen as problematic.
Um, no. That's basically a perfectly valid life choice for bi people. It was mine. I'm now a widow, and am still bi. I just spent 25 years married to a man. If I do partner up again, there's an equal chance of a partner being of either gender, or gender fluid.
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1 hour ago, KaveDweller said:
Xander still has an extra vote, he could use that instead of the idol.
Loved him shooting down Liana when she asked for his idol.
My jaw totally dropped when she asked for it. That woman has so much gall.
(and maybe a brain of oatmeal)
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1 hour ago, vb68 said:
Heather, you didn't get caught. You were scrambling in front of EVERYONE.
Heather really isn't the savviest player ever.
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Replying before I read the thread but I swear, this show: it keeps on throwing up people I didn't even know were playing! Who's the older blonde lady who said she doesn't know how to talk anymore?
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7 hours ago, WearyTraveler said:
I do recall the series before the pandemic had the judges discussing what dishes would make a good progression menu-wise and they talked about whether to choose a superb dish even though it didn't fit with other dishes that they had settled on.
They've changed formats/progression a lot over the years, but yeah, several times they would choose a top 3 for each course, then shuffle it around on the last day to get the most cohesive menu.
I'm going to feel so sorry if Jude doesn't get on the menu. I can't judge the taste of tings, but oh, he's tried SO hard. And he's consistently been gracious.
Agree on Roberta!
And I agree on the gg, too. I adore a runny yolk, but my gallbladder would be screaming after a dinner like this! 😄
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On 5/17/2021 at 1:31 PM, SG429 said:
Interesting that they chose to leave the real name of this Delaware County school on the wall, while adding the Easttown branding. I'm sure they've got some photoshoppy trick to change Tinicum to Easttown if they wanted.
Nice catch.
That location makes sense to me, considering that they kept featuring the Commodore Barry Bridge in this episode, which is about 5 miles from that school. I'm from Delco (though I haven't lived there in 30 yrs) so I keep getting distracted by landmarks!
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On 5/6/2021 at 1:14 PM, Spunkygal said:
Chef Boot Camp was sooo boring. I liked the mentor chef and his style but :yawn!: I watched two episodes and deleted off my DVR list. Not surprised its ratings sucked,
It was good to fall asleep to! 😁
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So what do folks think of Rachel Kloo? I'm underwhelmed.
I love Andi being on the pass.
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4 hours ago, chessiegal said:
I assume it's to drop any hint to slavery.
I'm cool with updating our language in that way. We have a lot of remnants of past bad behaviors still in our language.
Anyway, half the time it's the "mistress bedroom" now! "Owner's suite" is good, too - I'm looking at house listings these days to move, and I'm seeing a lot of that.
(I know, I haven't been around much. It's still been a tough year. I'm getting through it ok-ish).
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On 3/18/2021 at 11:59 PM, Miss Slay said:
Seems everyone has grown on the issue of race except Becky with the good hair.
I was tweeting with a friend about this the other night and we decided that Becky is the original Becky: the Ur Becky, if you will.
When she said:
Quote"Those elitest things, I believe, everybody has a right to earn. The sad thing is, life is not fair, it's not meant to be fair, that's the fact."
I just about vomited. That was disgusting. That's the ultimate in privilege. Like "ooh I had the right to earn it and I was able to so no one should say I was privileged! " She got a home run by starting from third base.
And ffs, talking about all her traveling and France. SHEESH. She's that person at your high school reunion who's trying to big herself up so much that she never gets to reconnect with anyone.
In the 29 years since this was on, I've been divorced, remarried and now widowed. Lived all over. And I still think the most important things about me are the things inside.
I think the rest of this will be so much nicer to watch without Becky there.
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On 8/3/2020 at 1:45 PM, SunnyBeBe said:
but, a party with family and friends? How terrifying.
Seriously - especially with outbreaks in Oklahoma, and the Dallas/Fort Worth area having such spikes. We have all these stories like this one - 14 members of a family get COVID after a family gathering. Use your brains, people! You can't have a happy long marriage if it starts off infecting family members.
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/coronavirus/article244505282.html
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S01.03: Second Line
in Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches
I think the Second Line was headed towards St Louis No 1, whereas Diedre's burial was at Lafayette.
Of course, by not being specific about Ciprian's apt location, they can be vague.
I used to walk all over that city on every visit. Now, I'd need a scooter!