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On 5/30/2024 at 12:17 AM, possibilities said:
So do we think "Sunny" is innocent? I am guessing solvine the case is Tess's next project.
That's what I think too. The next case is going to be clearing her name and finding the real killer.
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On 4/26/2024 at 1:07 AM, roamyn said:
The orderly or nurse from Hawkins wasn't really a "bad guy", just stuck working for a bad organization. How many of the other "bad guys" the crew killed weren't really bad? But Kali didn't care abt motivations or reasons or stories of her victims.
My guess is that Kali and her crew are operating based on the idea that any adult involved in the experiment/lab is fair game. In their minds, anyone who directly knowingly contributed to the organization and allowed it to function is evil and deserves to be punished or die.
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On 5/29/2024 at 11:56 AM, possibilities said:
When it was first released, there was no way to see any movie other than on the big screen, in a theater. We didn't have streaming and DVDs back then. I don't even think we had VCRs.
When it was first released that was true. My question was why you were asking who saw it in theaters specifically as opposed to just asking who has ever seen the movie. Why does it matter if someone saw it in theaters when it first came out in the 1970s as opposed to seeing decades later on TV, VHS, DVD, or streaming decades later?
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On 5/16/2024 at 6:27 PM, Orbert said:
Same here. Previews are spoilers as far as I'm concerned. I'd rather not see them or hear about them. (Apparently commenting on them is fair game here, though.)
My understanding, and someone can correct me on the policy if I'm wrong, is that anything that airs with the regular episode is fair game, which is why the previews are not considered spoilers. Hopefully a mod will read this can clarify the policy.
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On 5/23/2024 at 11:29 PM, possibilities said:
The Oremwood story is Kramer vs Kramer (anybody besides me old enough to have seen that move in the theater when it was first released?)... though Oremwood was a more involved father than Dustin Hoffman's character, before mom left.
I was not born when Kramer vs. Kramer first came out in theaters, but I did see it on DVD decades after it was released.
Although it is a good movie, very much of its time, and Hoffman gives an outstanding performance, there's no reason I can see to prioritize theatrical release. Movies on TV/rental of various format exist, and It's not Lawerence of Arabia, the 1959 Ben-Hur or one of the old school biblical epics that is legitimately better/demands to be seen on a big screen to fully appreciate it. Unless I'm missing something, in which case I'll add to my list of movies to see on a big screen.
I can't picture a divorce plot line and custody battle being an enjoyable/interesting arc for season 3.
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13 hours ago, hypnotoad said:
I remember that! I suppose the issue these days would be Disney wanting to keep all of its stuff under its umbrella and app.
I think this would be the larger issue. If they wanted to show something Disney, they would have to pay to license it, and showing Snow White or something else instantly recognizable as classic Disney is probably more expensive than showing something TCM already has the rights to. By "already has the rights to" I am including all of the classic films in the Warner Discovery catalog.
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5 hours ago, shapeshifter said:
Agree, but the 2 leads don't work for chump change.
I think I agree with @seacliffsal. The lead actors are an expensive fixed cost, but you can save money elsewhere. As others have suggested, Margaret, Susan, and Francie start their own legal firm. They bring Lyle along for the investigative side, and Todd rents a space within the suite for his deceive agency (although he is still helping out the new firm on a regular basis). This would mean far fewer supporting cast or background characters.
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On 5/18/2024 at 2:38 PM, Magnumfangirl said:
And why was Jamie sharing a room with a woman?
I didn't think Jamie was sharing a room with River. I thought she was just there to talk to him, get drugs, and sleep with him or whatever other sexual act he wanted her to do in exchange for the drugs.
On 5/18/2024 at 9:54 PM, Snazzy Daisy said:Do Sid and Danny really believe that cops should receive special treatment when they break the law? Frank doesn’t.
I think this episode did a great job of demonstrating that Danny is Henry's mini-me, and other episodes have shown that Jamie is Frank's mini-me. Danny and Henry are willing to look the other way, bend the rules, and what not in order to accomplish what they want.
Frank and Jamie would find a way to work within the rules and figure out some way to work the system so that everything is all above board to accomplish what they want.
I loved that the women at the halfway house referred to the drinkers as "juicers." I don't think I've heard that term used that way since Platoon (made in the 1980s, set in the 1960s). It always amuses me way too much when they have younger characters (not counting the grandkids) using old outdated slang for no real reason.
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On 5/17/2024 at 8:28 PM, DoctorAtomic said:
What a take down on the high school renaming.
"If you're coming back to rename your old high school, you don't have much." "They're not going to have the energy to go to Charlottesville again."
Great job Josh Johnson.
This was the first time I have liked one of the new younger correspondents. It seems like the writers are starting to figure out how to write for them, or at least write for him.
On 5/17/2024 at 8:45 PM, possibilities said:Desi's been great this week. I like her a lot now that she's abandoned the "crazy Desi" schtick.
Until she started hosting, I didn't think I liked Desi Lydic, but it turns out I just didn't like the schtick/character they were having her do. When she gets to be herself, I actually like her. I feel the same way about Michael Costas.
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@EtheltoTillieIn my opinion, the only good reason to show the 1970s Mame with Lucille Ball is if it's part of a double feature that includes the 1950s version of the story based on original stage play Auntie Mame.
One summer (I can't remember what order I did them in, but I know it was not chronological order), I watched both movie versions, read the libretto of the stage musical, as well as reading one of the books the other works were based on.
"The Man in the Moon Is a Lady" is the only big improvement from the first movie/play. Having a big musical number go horribly wrong is funnier than having one cast member's bracelet get stuck to another cast member's costume/dress.
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On 5/17/2024 at 12:37 PM, Silver-hyren said:
I am sooo salty this show was cancelled. It got screwed over by the shortened season and long gap for March Madness, then ended just as the storylines they had going started coming together. That ending was so abrupt I felt like I got whiplash. Would have been rough enough if that was just a season cliffhanger, but to know we don't get a resolution or more time with these wacky characters in their nonsensical storylines (and Margaret's fabulous wardrobe) just makes me angrier.
Agreed. I am going to go on a mini-rant and post an incredibly unpopular opinion (and yes I know how many people love sports and how well it does in the ratings and all about the Super Bowl as the modern gold standard for TV ratings). I have hated and loathed March Madness with a passion for years. I despite that sportsball ruins my regularly scheduled TV series (this has been the case since I was a little kid and whatever show I had wanted to watch on TBS wasn't on because an Atlanta Braves game was happening). ESPN is a thing that exists. If you want to watch sports, go to cable.
On 5/17/2024 at 8:20 PM, Night Cheese said:It took me a while to warm up to this show because a lot of the law/lawyer/legal stuff was very poorly written and it was difficult to mentally get beyond that. But MGH and Skylar Austin kept me in it and it really paid off. I don't know if the legal stuff got better or I just started enjoying it enough that I mentally handwaved the dumb writing.
I don't think that aspect was poorly written. It's just that it's beyond TVLand law. The cases exist to have something for Todd to investigate and clash with Margaret over. This show is not a super-serious procedural that is barely attempting to be realistic/accurate. It's a throwback to Moonlighting which was a throwback to the old 1930s/1940s screwball comedies, only instead of a romance at the center, it's a mother/son parent/child relationship.
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On 5/17/2024 at 3:03 PM, iMonrey said:
I'm still bitter about this. I know it isn't rational, but I hope whatever show they dumped Todd for tanks in the ratings this fall.
I am going to irrationally hate whatever show they put in its place. Almost 20 years later, I am still mad NBC canceled American Dreams for the Martha Stewart version of The Apprentice.
On 5/17/2024 at 4:55 PM, chitowngirl said:Matlock with Kathy Bates.
My reaction is simultaneously, "Of course it is" and "You've got be kidding." She isn't even a relative of the original character. She just has the same last name, and it's trading on the recognition of the (mostly older viewers) of CBS who remember and loved the original.
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34 minutes ago, blackwing said:
Nice that we get another movie but it will be odd without Maggie Smith. I know she wanted to be done with the franchise so I think she was fine with her character being killed off last time. Perhaps she can make a cameo as a voice in Mary's head or something.
I noticed that Matthew Goode's name is noticeably absent from the list of the cast. I know he wasn't in "A New Era" because of a filming conflict. I wish they had at least had Mary get a telegram from him saying he was coming home.
If he isn't in the third movie because of another conflict or his choice, they should just recast. I hope they don't kill off Henry, Mary already had enough tragedy with Matthew's death.
Don't recast. Come up with a plausible reason why he's away, and maybe have him send a telegram or there's a phone call where we only hear Mary's side of the conversation. Acknowledge that the character exists, explain why he's away, and make it clear all is well with the couple.
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I wrote earlier that there was probably a better way to set up the fight between Jamie and Joe but I couldn't quite figure out what it was.
4 hours ago, amarante said:That scene at the bar was so contrived and fake that I assumed they were undercover and trying to convince some rogue cops that they weren't on friendly terms.
This is it. It's for an undercover case Joe is working. Frank knows about it, Jamie does not. Someone (not sure if it's Danny or Henry, maybe Frank but unlikely) tells Joe Jamie's berserk button, which Joe pushes at the bar starting the fight.
For the sake of appearances/from Jamie's perspective, the ride along is punishment, but the ride along is actually used to bring down the rogue cops. Jamie suspects something is off all week, but can't put his finger on what. He figures it out when they take down the rogue cops. It's a brilliant call back to the Blue Templar story.
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14 hours ago, Roseanna said:
Or, the audience knows the "rules" of the romance and thus presumes to know what is in characters' heart even it's not shown.
I think this is a fantastic point. Because their introduction to each other was a classic rom-com like meet cute, many think a romantic endgame is thier future based on the rules of the genre.
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14 hours ago, kwnyc said:
And Sean has made it clear he does not want to be a cop. We don't know what's going on with Jack, and even though Nikki passed the exam, we know she's not going into law enforcement. So itlooks like this generation will break the tradition.
Jack is attending college out of state (I want to say Vanderbilt, but I'm not sure why). I think he wants to be a doctor, but I can't remember the exact episode where that was mentioned. If you count Joe, then the tradition continues. If Danny, Joe, Erin, and Jamie represent one generation, than because Joe Hill is Joe Reagan's biological son, than you can make a case for Joe being the next generation.
13 hours ago, Artsda said:I liked Joe drinking and having fun, Jamie seemed out of character to want to go outside and fight his own nephew.
Jamie did seem like a buzzkill at the bar.
I agree with you about Jamie fighting Joe being completely out of character. I think there probably a way to set it up better with a few lines of dialogue, but I'm not sure what those are.
I'm not sure if I'd call it being a buzzkill, but to me Jamie is the member of friend/co-worker group who will try to warn people when they've had enough. I can absolutely see him being drunk wrangler. He's the one who makes sure no one tries to drive drunk, and (with the exception of what happened with Joe) tries to smooth things over and stop fights.
They didn't say the name of the university for obvious reasons, but it's pretty clear that Sean is at NYU. He was walking through Washington Square Park, and the building behind him when Danny talked to him when they were seated at the picnic table was Bobst, which is the flagship library at NYU.
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I can't wait to see what the plot line of the sequel is. I enjoyed the first movie. It was silly, fluffy, romantic fun, and I expect more of the same from the sequel.
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On 5/7/2024 at 5:48 PM, ebk57 said:
I got a new episode last night with Jordan Klepper. I believe I read that Jon will be doing Thursdays for a few weeks? Or at least this week.
Thursday was just this week. As @Bastet explained, Jon Stewart was in LA for the weekend doing a comedy festival and some other things. He couldn't return to New York in time to do the show, so he'll be doing the show on Thursday instead of Monday for this week.
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1 hour ago, OlderThanDirt said:
They are totally wasting Missy. But I guess we can just write her future life in our minds. Two of my favorite storylines were when she and Sheldon were tested, and her baseball pitching. And of course dinner at the Red Lobster.
Agreed. My favorite Missy stories are Missy and Paige's sleepover, Missy and Paige trying to run away from home, as well as Missy and Paige at the college party.
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I love that Nico has figured out a way to get free* toys and possibly other supplies for Betty.
My theory regarding why so many fans are a little obsessed with Betty is that in a show that can be rather dark and dealing with some of the worst aspects of humanity, the presence of a cute little dog is a breath of fresh air.
Also is it just my imagination or are Betty and Angie getting along much better than they used to?
*Free in the sense that Will and Nico do not have to pay for them. Strangers on the internet who think Betty is adorable pay for them.
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On 5/5/2024 at 12:31 PM, fishcakes said:
Now I'm wishing for a "Ricky Morales, Criminal Defense Attorney" alternate reality episode, with the entire cast playing different roles.
I like your idea. My idea/version of this is way too sitcom for the series, but it would a fun episode if for some reason Will has to pretend to be Ricky Morales, Criminal Defense Attorney, and somehow ropes everyone around him into maintaining/perpetuating the lie for an episode.
7 hours ago, cinsays said:what does that mean?
The fandom term shipping comes from the word relationship. Shipping refers to a fan wanting a romantic relationships between characters. "I totally ship character x and character y" which means you want character x and character y to be a romantic relationship.
Shipper on deck, (which is a term I have used when writing about other episodes), refers to a character in the show trying to play matchmaker and get the characters together.
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On 5/7/2024 at 6:39 PM, ams1001 said:
If you treat it as a full-time job (40 hours a week), it's four and a half weeks. It's not like she has an actual job she has to work around.
So what happened to the laundromat and video store? Did they just get closed?
I agree. Even if she can't comfortably work full time/doesn't want to because of her age, if she's doing 20-30 hours per week, she's still done in 2-3 months.
The laundromat and the video store were closed down by the police.
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On 5/5/2024 at 12:03 AM, Camera One said:
I was hoping to see an exterior of the Metropolitan. I expected it when the Duke showed up. Was it such a big deal for the Duke to be at the opening?
Yes. The approval of and association with actual titled European/British nobility was incredibly important for the upper class in the Gilded Age.
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On 5/6/2024 at 8:54 AM, vibeology said:
I have to say, the way she was acting like 180 hours of community service was impossible bugged me. She currently has no work so she could treat the community service like a job and knock it out in less than two months.
That was pretty much my thought. It sounds like a large number, but when you break it down, it really isn't going to take her that long if she works at it.
On 5/6/2024 at 9:18 AM, anna0852 said:180 hours of community service is four hours a day, Monday through Friday for nine weeks. Four hours of going down to the church and doing whatever needs to be done. You’re telling me the sanctuary doesn’t need some cleaning?
Thank you for confirming what I thought. I tried to do the math, but I am horrible at math so I was not going to trust that my numbers were accurate.
Media for So Help Me Todd: Not Private Investigations
in So Help Me Todd
Since the show has no real in-universe connection to the original Matlock (she isn't a relative and she isn't a younger person taking over the firm and keeping the name due to the prestige/name recognition), the only reason for the series to have the name Matlock is to appeal to the mostly older audience who remembers the original series and will watch it. The only thing I can think of is that CBS thinks a good chunk of their audience and the segment they most want to have as viewers are people over 70.
After seeing how well So Help Me Todd was doing in @tv echo's post, it makes me wonder what was kept/what could have been cancelled to save So Help Me Todd. I also like @seacliffsal's idea of waiting. The odds are something new would be cancelled midseason, and the new Matlock could have replaced that.