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The jury is out for me on this series. As someone else mentioned, it moves too fast yet seems too slow. The MVP in this episode is definitely Jared Harris. Very moving portrayal. I loved the Christmas scene with the carollers.
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I am having a major problem with Matt Smith. He has this tick of dropping his head to one side and looking up, that gets on my nerves. Poor casting for Philip, in my opinion. I have some difficulty with Claire Foy because I know well what Elizabeth looked like, and she doesn't resemble QE very much. She has the voice down, but her demeanor seems too free-and-easy. I think QE would have been more reserved, even as Princess Elizabeth. The scenes with Elizabeth and Philip seem too modern to me.
John Lithgow is very good. Anthony Eden is coming off as smarmy and overly ambitious. I couldn't place the actor playing Tommy Lascelles, but now see it's Pip Torrens, whom I remember as Bingo Little from the Jeeves and Wooster series of old. He has aged very well, looks every inch the part of senior courtier. He was in the right of it regarding Townsend, even though it came off rather cold and condescending.
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4 hours ago, rallymantis said:Aw, honey -- I know that & you know that, but does she?
I didn't vote for the man, but I'm bored with all this piling on. Careful research into that stupid flail he did reveals that it's a gesture he makes when he's mocking someone. And the brunt of that particular slam? a NYT reporter -- hardly one of the powerless.
I guess you're being satirical when you say careful research. For the benefit of anyone else following that link, be advised that the columnist used an edited clip that cuts out where Trump says: "You oughta see this guy" right before he launches into the gestures. And those gestures aren't really the same as the ones he used when mocking the general.
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It's easier to say things I don't want, than things I do want.
1. No more mirroring. It's a cheap, easy, hokey way of constructing a story.
2. No Rory/Jess hookups or romance. For heaven's sake, why must it always have to be the same characters in different permutations? Both of them deserve to widen their horizons for potential mates.
3. No excursions from other ASP projects. No Sutton Foster showcases, no ballerinas, and there are plenty of actors outside the realm of GG, Bunheads and Parenthood.
4. Quit with the borderline offensive language barrier subplot for Emily and Berta. In fact, I wouldn't miss it if Berta and her family didn't appear at all.
I can't say what I want WRT the pregnancy plotline, because IMO there are no good options. Rory keeping Logan in the dark is impossible. Logan being a provider of money but not much else is hardly satisfactory, yet Logan actively involved would also leave a sour taste and constant reminder that this is hurtful to his fiancee/wife. Logan breaking the engagement would be even more so. I so much hate that ASP created this situation that I almost wish she'd just leave the story right here.
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On 11/27/2016 at 11:29 AM, MaiSoCalled said:
I think Rory's "job" at the Stars Hollow Gazette shows that it's not about arrogance, but rather personal satisfaction. Teaching would certainly be more prestigious than running a small town newspaper, and even the clickbait website would pay better.
The whole of Winter and Spring showed Rory getting increasingly spooked by her lack of prospects - Conde Nast pushing back a meeting, her prevarications about where and how she was living - all culminating in her series of humiliations with the book being dropped, the Conde Nast prospect not amounting to anything, and the disastrous Sandee Says interview. With each step she became more desperate - remember her conversation with Logan about Sandee, and how it wasn't a top-tier publication? But she was going to take it because there was nothing else. And afterwards, she talked about smelling of failure. Sure, she preferred the prestige jobs, but ultimately was willing to take what she could in that profession. It seems like she was living off one New Yorker article, and I don't think they said when it had been written.
As for the Chilton job, she perceived it as an offer made from pity, and spoke of it in a derisive tone. So I don't think she saw anything prestigious about it. Taking on the newspaper was something she could do because she was at loose ends. When she decided to write her Gilmore story, she went to Hartford to do it - who knows what happened to the Gazette.
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On 12/5/2016 at 4:34 PM, muessigkeit said:
People do. Basically every reviewer I've read in the last weeks made it a point to say that they hope she'll finally get Emmy recognition. Personally I'd agree that basically playing yourself and being able to talk really quickly doesn't necessarily mean you're a great actor, but I haven't watched her in enough other stuff to form a solid opinion.
I watched 3 seasons of Parenthood, and found her to be Lorelai with a meaner script.
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On 11/25/2016 at 11:31 PM, Deputy Deputy CoS said:
It also didn't bother me that they cheated on other people. Logan's marriage is/will be a marriage of convenience, that must was clear. That is the kind of world he comes from.
This seems to me to be kind of an outdated notion, more suited to Downton Abbey than a series set in 2016. I'm not saying ASP didn't write it intentionally, but it strikes me as a silly romance novel trope. Do businesses really operate on dynastic principle nowadays? Also, Odette was living with Logan when she was in London. We see her sleeping in the bed when Rory calls him. IDK but somehow that doesn't scream "arranged marriage" to me.
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On 6/19/2016 at 0:18 PM, WhosThatGirl said:
As for the Flacka and Martiza scene, that made me angry. I get that the show needs to maintain a sense of humor, but they are doing a hell of a job making me hate these two characters the more they are on my screen.
Ugh. I agree. So silly and vain and self-centered. Yeah, I briefly felt sorry for Maritza over the horrid Humphrey thing, but she seems to be back to the ways. I never really liked Flaca.
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On 7/10/2016 at 10:25 AM, mansonlamps said:
If one of my employees snapped and "asserted their authority" over me while in my employ, I'd have a lot to say. If you don't like the conditions of your employment, you get another job, you don't fuck with the elderly woman who is paying your salary. Being kind, gentle and accommodating is the definition of carrying for the elderly, clearly Blanca was in the wrong job. She really makes me sick. I hope we see the old lady writing her out of the will, that would be satisfying.
The old lady looked positively scared when Blanca came into her room with the coffee. I don't know, but I sense this storyline could go into elder abuse.
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I've complained about many commercials, so it's time to praise one. My vote for maybe the best ad campaign ever is Pure Michigan.
The music, the images, the voiceover - everything comes together perfectly. I especially love the music. It's rare that an ad doesn't seem like an intrusion, but these are so lovely and soothing and weirdly nostalgic, that I don't mind when I hear one starting.
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On 7/24/2016 at 8:43 AM, Prevailing Wind said:
But, y'know, them darkies can SING! </sarcasm>
Surely, they have an American ad agency that knows better.
I hear this commercial while watching late-night TV while goofing off on my tablet. It took a few times for me to actually watch, and I immediately had this same thought. Too bad, because the choir singing is so good, and really makes the commercial. Maybe it should be relegated to radio?
But I digress. I really came here to rant about the deodorant commercial that "proves" how dry it is by pointing a fan at a guy's armpit and then does a close-up of the armpit. Ugh! Who thought that was a good idea? I was so taken-aback that I can't even remember the brand name. The ad starts with some pleasing classical music, but it's all downhill from there.
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On 7/17/2016 at 11:51 PM, Ronin Jackson said:
It was driving me nuts trying to figure out where I'd seen Natalia Dyer before until I realized she is the splitting image of a young Emmy Rossum. Even the role is one a young Emmy Rossum would have played.
I enjoyed the show. The kids were great and the 80's nostalgia was on point. There were definitely a few plot problems (the one moment it really detracted was when the cop was able to gain access to a high security military facility and find his way to the gateway with relative ease... and then they let him go for some inexplicable reason).
I had that same lightbulb moment about Natalia Dyer this morning!
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On 7/26/2016 at 8:15 PM, Wilson Cat said:
Not really sure where to put this, but perhaps this is the spot. Just finished watching S2. Kyle Chandler is always gonna be so Friday Night Lights Coach Wonderful, even when he's hiding the fact that he's murdered his bro. The one I watch with extra fascination is Leo Norbert Butz. I live in Seattle. His sister was murdered a couple of years ago by a mad man, and Eli Sanders (of the Seattle weekly newspaper, The Stranger) wrote an amazing, powerful story about the case. "While the City Slept". There is quite a bit about Leo Norbert Butz in the book. And just knowing the anguish he suffered personally for such a horrendous, atrocious loss in his own life, I almost feel I can see some of that come through in his acting. He has certainly come a long way from his role on SMASH. Wonder if, in future seasons, there might ever come a time when Kevin gets to sing. Butz has a gorgeous voice, has done Broadway. And with Eve having a bit of singing this season, mayhaps??
Thanks for sharing that; I had no idea. How difficult in some ways to play the role having been through an even worse crime in real life. I've veered back and forth on Kevin, often wanting something to go right for him. Then he aggravates me with ridiculous behavior. Good job on the portrayal by Butz.
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On 7/21/2016 at 6:38 AM, millennium said:
A strong, silent type like John Rayburn wouldn't have raised such a rude and disrespectful child. I would go so far as to say his kids would love him but also fear him. No way would they ever pull the shit Jane does. And live.
You're forgetting Diana. Her kids can do no wrong in her eyes.
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I fully agree with you. I just wish I could figure out when you made your post. Today is July 20, 2016 and I just finished watching Season 2 today.
But, for some reason, I can't see the month or year of your post. It just shows as being made on Sunday. I suppose I have to assume that means Sunday July 17, 2016. But it makes it very difficult for me to write a reply if I can't tell when you made your post.
I'm guessing it's more than likely some defect in my understanding. I guess it's just been that kind of week.
AliShibaz, I'm assuming you meant my post, as it's the only one made on Sunday. Yes, that was Sunday, July 17, shortly after I finished Episode 10. I think the board software shows just the day until a week has gone by, then it shows the day and month. So a post from last Sunday just says Sunday. A post less than 24 hours old has a time stamp in hours only.
Glad we agree, at all events.
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What a stupid ending! I don't even know if I want to watch S3, if this is the direction they're taking. I don't mean John; him leaving the Keys was an interesting choice. I mean Kevin killing Marco. I guess they were just setting us up, with him having a redemption arc. Also, they already got him in deep with another bad guy (Roy), so that should have been enough for that character.
It's also a bummer that Marco, one of the only halfway decent characters, gets killed off. Now if it turns out Nolan did something rash (i.e. kills himself, takes a boat out at night to do it), that will just be doubling down on the bad plot twists. But they went out of their way this season to show him as an essentially good kid who had a terrible life. Maybe that was deliberate, a la the G.R.R. Martin school of storytelling.
Kevin and Meg with their "It's on you, John, we didn't do anything" don't seem to recognize that they're accomplices after the fact,.Meg at least should know what that portends.
Just really, really dissatisfied with that ending.
QuoteOne other rather major thing. When John has his gun in Eric's face, there is a click. My closed caption says that he "cocks" the pistol. But then he is unable to shoot a man in cold blood, and lowers the gun in disgust and walks out. However, the recapper at EW says that he fires the pistol, but it isn't loaded. Now these are two very different scenarios. What did you all see and/or hear in that scene? Did John fire the pistol or not?
I made myself watch that entire scene, even though I was incredibly nervous. I wanted to make sure I saw what happened. John cocked the gun but did not fire. I was so relieved when he put the gun away! Little did I know what was coming up with Kevin. Anyway, great tense scene.
QuoteI don't think John or Kevin would have killed under other circumstances. John killed Danny because of the constant threats to his wife & kids, as well as to his mom, Kevin, Meg and the inn. I'm not saying Danny should have been killed, but he had to be stopped. And it was pretty clear he was never going to stop, ever. It wasn't just the constant threats & torment.... he was menacing and quite scary. He knew exactly where to inflict pain... just enough to cause maximum damage to his intended victim, but not enough for anyone else to see or witness what he was doing. ***Example: taking Janie out on the boat and giving her the neckless. He looked like the cool uncle to her, but scared John half to death... which is what he intended*** And at the same time, he made himself look like the victim. And to top it off, he was enjoying it with his menacing little laugh. John should have walked away, but I can see why he snapped.
This is a very interesting comment. In fleshing out Danny's backstory, I feel they made the character much more sympathetic. almost whitewashing him. I remember toward the end of S1, I felt tense whenever he was in a scene. He was menacing, out of control (yet in a creepy kind of control as well), a genuine threat. When he took Janey out in the boat, when he came back to the inn after the Red Roof - he was not just a wronged man. He was scary. The further you get away from S1, the more Danny's behavior is forgotten. Not that this excuses killing him, but it skews the picture.
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On 6/7/2016 at 11:03 PM, Valny said:
So is Roy in with the drug dealers?
That incriminating tape that John was looking at with all the players in their cars using that road....the police aren't asking to see that yet are they? Do they even know about it?
No, but they don't have any clue that that beach was where the murder happened.
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For sure something shady was going down at the boatyard. Loos to me like out of the frying pan, into the fire for Kevin. Am I wrong, or did Roy ignore his outstretched hand when he tried to shake hands after the papers were handed over? It looked like Roy just left without another word, as if he'd got what he wanted and Kevin was just dirt on the floor. No doubt, he wants Kevin there because he wants an operator who (a) owes him and (b) is a known screwup.
Meg is definitely having regrets, too, as well she should. People bringing big wads of cash donations aren't on the up-and-up. The creative accounting Roy suggested is unethical. Meg should learn Marco's motto of going by your gut. She knew something was off from the first time he brought cash, and it's just gone on from there.
I guess this show is demonstrating the truth of "Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." They are all digging the hole deeper and deeper, at the same time the cops are closing in. I don't see Marco giving in.
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On 6/5/2016 at 8:55 AM, Maysie said:
I was gobsmacked by Sally's "oh you brought him with you!" exclamation when she saw Nolan. I mean, what the everloving hell? He's your grandson - your dead son's grandson - and he's staying with family. Did she really think it was acceptable that the rest of the family traipse out to grandma's and leave Nolan home with a frozen dinner and Netflix? Where was her head? So I thought it was awesome when Janey called her out on that.
I don't think he was staying with them at that point. His mother came to get him.
Eve is a piece of work. She took money from Robert and it sure doesn't look like it was spent on Nolan. She isn't stupid, knows when to put on the act, but she's really a con artist. I hated that she took advantage of Janey.
IMO Janey was completely out of line at that dinner, the way she acted at the table and the way she told Sally off after hearing "the truth" from someone who wasn't there. Janey's been obnoxious in other episodes, and it is teen behavior to act like you know it all. But Sally's her grandmother. It was a party. Diana prides herself on being such a great mom, and keeping her kids normal, but she's raised an entitled daughter. Then again, given how Diabna feels about Sally, maybe Janey learned disrespect from her mother.
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OMG. These people are just terrible. I simply couldn't believe it when Meg tried to use sex and emotional blackmail to get Marco to back off. I say tried, because Marco is still worrying away at her testimony. I don't think he's going to give up that easily.
They all lie with such fluency. Lies just leap off their tongues. Even screwup Kevin puts on a show for Marco, almost breaking down, then going with the new script about why he lied about the boat. Lies about lies. Meg and John lie so often that it's like an automatic response to any question. It says a lot that I currently sympathize most with Kevin, out of the Rayburn family.
Even the people who are supposedly the good people, the innocents, are unpleasant. Diana is sanctimonious (especially about her role as mother), so even when I think she's right, the smug, nasty way she acts makes me dislike her. Janey is a brat. Sally seems to be realizing her mistakes, and owning up to them, but it's way after the fact.
I see the show's been renewed for a 3rd season, but I can't imagine the Rayburns escaping justice for another 13 episodes. Diana knows, Ozzy suspects, Marco is probably going to find this Alex and bust Meg's testimony. Kevin could crack any day - for that matter, John could crack. The look on his face in that final scene.
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Regarding John's (Kyle Chandler's) accent: He seems to have a sort-of drawl in every role I've seen him in. I thought maybe he cultivated it for Friday Night Lights, but maybe he is actually a Southerner? The thing is, it sticks out because nobody else in the family has an accent. Well, Sally does a bit.
Regarding Kevin, I feel like the actor is doing a great job of playing a drug user. Jumpy, implusive - his behavior seems right on. Of course, there may be other issues inherited or developed because of the screwed-up family dynamics. Kevin does dumb things that make you throw up your hands, but he seems more excusable than Meg. I mean I don't like the character Kevin very much, but he seems to make sense in the context of the show.
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John's hallucinations of Danny are so, so creepy! But as with S1, you can't keep your eyes off Ben Mendelsohn when he's onscreen. So glad they found a way to keep his character around, even though it adds an extra bit of tension never knowing when he's going to pop up.
I thought this show would be done after S1, but S2 is shaping up pretty well.
They've got the hot, sweaty, seedy vibe down pat.
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OMG. I hate Cersei. I hate Cersei. I hate Cersei. That is my takeaway from this episode.
So, Jon is the King in the North? Not that much cop these days, kings are all dropping like flies. At least Sansa told Baelish what's what.
Ha, for Arya taking out Walder Frey. SHE avenged the Red Wedding. I had a feeling it was her when there were only the two of them in the scene.
So, Highgarden is decimated. House Bolton is gone. House Frey is pretty well gone. House Tully is on shaky ground, though better off than they were last week. What a bloodbath the last two episodes have been.
Bye, Daario.
Did I mention I hate Cersei? I hate Cersei. She didn't even seem all that cut up about Tommen. So much for caring about her kids above all else. I can't think of a fate bad enough for her. BTW, that goes for Qyburn, too.
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6 minutes ago, Drogo said:If the men on this show would listen to the women on this show, 96% of problems would be solved already.
I want to see Theon's face when he gets the news.
Please nobody listen to Cersei though. Ever.
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1 hour ago, SimoneS said:
I loved Yara and Daenerys’ interaction; woman to woman – queen to queen. Yara is up for anything. Ha. I love her.
Yeah, I liked this too.
Sansa warned Jon not to fall for Ramsey's tricks, and he fell right into the trap. I mean it was a heckuva trap, but still. I may be a terrible person, because it was so satisfying to watch Jon beat Ramsey to a pulp.
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S06.E10: The Winds of Winter
in Game Of Thrones
Late to this party, but I just finished the 5th book. And I'm confused. Even in No Book Talk, people were regularly making reference to the Tower of Joy. I missed any such reference in the book. Granted, it took me a long time to finish, but still. Bran's first few experiences as a Greenseer included a snippet of the scene, but how does everybody know it by that name? What did I miss?