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Bruinsfan

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  1. TV does seem to be making wonderful progress in correcting bi erasure these past couple of years.
  2. With you on Mad Men. While in the abstract I'm happy that there's a place for glacially-paced period dramas on TV, I've regretted the hour lost every time I tuned in. And if a show can't get me to watch by featuring James Wolk as a sympathetic gay man in short shorts, there's no hope for it.
  3. Let's face it, who's more likely to be prepared for keeping their kids alive in the Zombie Apocalypse, little Ashley's yuppy parents who practice aromatherapy, or the ones who homeschooled Keziah so they could teach her about the coming End Times while stocking their bomb shelter?
  4. It was too stupid for me to take in large doses, but I must admit one of the best laughs of my life was had when their response to Bananarama's "Venus" video was "WHOAH, Satan's got back!"
  5. This. Someone who's lived in relative comfort really wouldn't have any way of knowing what Carol is capable of. Hell, the cannibals with armed guards stationed at the approaches to Terminus weren't prepared for how hardcore she's become. It's possible Deanna may think Carol is analogous to herself, the real brains of the outfit, but she'd have to be psychic to figure out that she's more Ellen Ripley than Artemesia.
  6. I only like them if they're evil, like Christina Ricci's Wednesday Addams or Divia from Forever Knight.
  7. Good grief, you mean there are people out there who want more of that stilted melodrama? If not for the fact that I loved nearly everything else about the series, the radio program scene in the finale would have had me diving for the remote to change channels.
  8. Finally a real reason to prefer those and granite countertops - hard surfaces against which one can bash zombie brains!
  9. For the most part I agree. I don't know that they necessarily have a force of armed soldiers hidden away or anything, but if Aaron and his hubby were able to operate out in the wild alone and stalk CDB unseen until they decided to reveal themselves, there are definitely people more competent than Not Adam Scott in Alexandria. I'm still not sure if the latter is playing a role and the whole excursion was a test, or if he's Exhibit A of why nepotism is a bad idea and Deanna is happy to have more capable people show up so her harebrained son won't get himself and others eaten while playing Call of Duty: Zombie Edition in real life. You know how a lot of the hair on your ankles gets worn down by having socks tight against your skin? Maybe that funky shirt that was plastered to Rick's chest 24/7 for a couple of months had the same effect.
  10. Is it just me, or does he seem more and more like a freak every time we hear some behind-the-scenes tidbit about him?
  11. I suppose technically Xavier could just be making everyone see him as his old self, although the new body being confined to a wheelchair is a bit of a stretch.
  12. As far as I'm concerned, 9 to 5 gives her a lifetime-long reason to be there. And let's be fair, Jennifer Lopez is front and center every year and the closest she'll ever get to winning an Oscar is wearing a gold lamé dress.
  13. You're not kidding, the new kid looks like what you'd get if Ryan Kelley and Ian Nelson had a baby together.
  14. Didn't her automatic drawing in Season 3 clue everyone in that they were looking for the Nemeton, and thus set in motion the sequence of events that allowed them to rescue Sheriff Stillinski, Mrs. McCall, and Chris Argent? Other than that I don't recall any upsides for Lydia or her friends, although of course from a dramatic standpoint her banshee powers allow for the frequent discovery of dead bodies without having to employ ridiculous contrivances, and for the surprise resurrection of snarky evil werewolves when Gerard Argent's Shakespeare quotations got to be too much to take.
  15. For my part I'd just as soon they not answer the question definitively. The show has done such a good job with Peggy's platonic relationships, I don't feel a pressing need to explore her love life aside from the knowledge that she eventually marries happily. Plus, anyone they use for that storyline would necessarily suffer in comparison to Steve.
  16. I don't see Dr. Fenhoff having much difficulty convincing Russian spymasters or Dottie to do whatever he wants.
  17. From that link, Travolta's defense of his creepiness: Does anyone buy being blown away by Goldie Hawn's stunning beauty as Travolta's excuse for acting weird? Now if he'd run into Chris Evans or Channing Tatum backstage, maybe...
  18. Bruinsfan

    Lucy (2014)

    How can one differentiate that from how Johansson acts in every other role?
  19. Sadly, even Julie Andrews can't do the things she used to either. But Lady Gaga did a better tribute to The Sound of Music than anyone could have without use of a time machine to bring 1960s Julie Andrews to the stage. I've enjoyed her music for years, but I had no idea she was capable of that good a singing performance.
  20. My belief that Redmayne deserved his Oscar win was underscored by Cumberbatch not being a good enough actor to plaster a convincing smile on his face when the camera cut to him after the winner was announced.
  21. Kavan Smith is my go-to Hey It's That Guy. Basically flip to the Lifetime Movie Network any day and there's a decent chance he'll be there playing someone's boss or sleazy boyfriend.
  22. Aside from the richer characterizations and more competent acting, one thing I notice Agent Carter being far better about is logistics and grounding the show in the real world. Yes, there are out-there elements like Acme'sStark's collection of improbably explosive devices, but the workplace is a building in Manhattan, the people have actual homes to go to, restaurants they frequent, and they have to cover the intervening space between locations when following leads. Contrast that to AoS's magic invisible VTOL plane that requires no maintenance crew or refueling, their clone-operated secret bases, the fact that almost all of the characters have no routine contact with normal people living in the real world. The handwaving away anything that might be an obstacle or distraction from the characters doing their self-assigned secret agent missions makes the whole thing seem like a shallow adolescent power fantasy.
  23. If those aren't up to the task on their own, Coppola's Dracula will seal the deal.
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