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3 hours ago, PurpleTentacle said:
I don't know. I assumed it was going to be old Ruby, but none of the resolution made much sense.
Why does she stay away 73 yards? Why can't you zoom in on her face? What does she say to people that makes them hate and/or fear Ruby? Why would she do that? Why does she keep standing there, signing for 65 years? Why does she have so much longer hair than old Ruby when she was dying? What exactly was the fairy circle and what did it do? How did Ruby travel back in time? Was it her own power or was it the fairy circle? Why did the "don't step" only work the second time around? Why don't her signs look more like "no, no no, no, no", like putting out your arms and showing the palms of your hand, in a stop!-motion, instead of her mini macarena? What exactly happened to the doctor?
You can always keep some things unanswered in a story, but not literally everything. The whole season so far, it kinda seems like RTD writes his scripts in an afternoon and then refuses to do a second pass, to make it make sense and be consistent.
Also what I learned from this episode: Welsh people are dicks. Not only will they screw with you every chance they get (of course the phone thing was to trick us for a moment, to suggest Ruby was in the past), they will also plunge the world into nuclear war, the first chance they get. RTD must really hate his time in Cardiff, if that's the impression he has of Welsh people...
On that last point... does RTD know that Britain already has nukes? That's pretty much the only reason why they are currently building new nuclear power plants, to keep their supply of weapons grade material going. Those will last them for like half a century, once they are finally finished, which I assume they will be before 2046. Why would the Brits need to buy nukes from Pakistan? RTD really seems to think that Britain only has access to nukes through NATO, which just isn't the case. Did he do no research at all?
I'm always disappointed by how dumb Unit and Kate Stewart are, when the script demands it. You'd think she'd take her ear piece out as a precaution, when her team approaches the old lady. But no, we have to have her get disgusted and/or fearfull of Ruby.
Also why did Unit never try to get somebody like a meter away, not talk to the old lady and then make a police sketch of her? Or do you also get downgraded to 73 Yard vision when you are only one meter away? Then why do people not notice when they talk to her? Perception filter?
And Donna or Mel never learned of this other companion of the doctor's, who had fallen on supernaturally hard times? I mean they both work for Unit now. It doesn't seem like them that they'd drop her, just because Kate orderd it. Donna would probably even tell the 14th doctor about it. But let's disregard that for a second, Unit just leaves the Tardis on a cliff? Why? Just because they hate Ruby now? Makes no sense. In the past they always made it a priority to secure the Tardis. I think it would have been better if we'd never involved Unit and just pretended that them and Ruby just never learned about each other.
I think the Hiker is the most interaction we've gotten out of the mysterious woman this season. She's been in every episode, but so far she got like a sentence max, not a whole conversation that she got here with Ruby.
Btw. do we really still need to die at 85 with dementia in a hospital in 60 years? Medical science hasn't come further than that? Well that's depressing. We have promising treatments for that being developed right now. So the show is saying that none of them work?
You do know that Davies is Welsh, right?
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This was an odd episode and I’m not sure I understood what happened. I’m going to have to sit on it for a bit and read what others think happened. Millie did great though
No opening credits sequence, like Jodie’s first episode
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I have to say, those were some pretty sad stories for a season finale, especially Crockett’s and Goodwin’s
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I’m not quite clear what they are doing here. Will the contestants’ businesses be used in the team challenges or do the pitches just get Gordon and Lisa interested enough to put them on their teams? In the end, do they support the winner’s business and mentor them or just let them use the 250k they win?
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That is definitely an interesting and welcome step and probably a big easing of the mods’ workload. I think the only real issue I have at the moment is that you can only “follow” the categories and not individual shows, but then, I’ve been doing that for awhile with the HBO documentaries category
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HBO 2-part documentary series that premieres on Tuesday June 25 at 9pm ET with Part 2 airing on Wednesday June 26 at the same time. Both parts will stream on Max starting on June 25
Logline: ONE SOUTH is an inpatient psychiatric unit at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Queens, NY that specializes in treating young adults in acute crisis. It may look more like a college dorm than a psychiatric hospital, but patients arrive every day in acute crisis. They are dealing with a variety of mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, personality disorders and psychosis, and many have contemplated or attempted suicide. A team of doctors, social workers, and nurses work together to stabilize the patients and prepare them to return to the outside world, but time is limited and there are many obstacles. The two-part film follows the trajectory of a hospital admission-from intake, through the ups and downs of treatment, to discharge-as a variety of patient and provider stories are blended to create a rich portrait of a unique place.
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HBO documentary that premieres Saturday, June 22 at 8pm ET on HBO and streams on Max
Logline: Stevie Van Zandt, known as New Jersey's most famous consigliere to Bruce Springsteen and Tony Soprano, takes center stage in this feature documentary, which traces Van Zandt's career as a producer, musician, songwriter, activist, actor, and more, from the clubs of Asbury Park, N.J. to arena stadiums, to the Bada Bing Club and the Underground Garage.
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HBO documentary that premieres Thursday, June 20 at 9pm ET on HBO and streams on Max
Logline: "Slave Play" was one of Broadway's most celebrated, genre-bending, and daring productions - breaking records and receiving critical acclaim for tackling race, sex, and interracial relationships in a way never before seen on stage. In this playful and provocative documentary, playwright Jeremy O. Harris takes viewers behind the scenes, from run-throughs to performance, as he strips down his own work and directs new actors through workshop rehearsals. As the acting students parse the text and bring meaning to the words on the page, Harris turns his critical eye to the thoughts, inspirations, and creative process that brought the play to life.
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HBO documentary that premieres Tuesday, June 18 at 9pm ET on HBO and streams on Max
Logline: The documentary follows professional climber Sasha DiGiulian rising from child prodigy to a champion sport climber, as she ultimately makes her mark by taking her talents to the biggest walls on the planet with a series of bold, first female ascents. Confronting both physical and mental obstacles head on, Sasha charts her own course in a sport where a path didn't exist, enabling her passion to become a viable profession.
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I thought some of the dance challenges were pretty interesting. If only they could do a format that was a mashup of early rounds of live audience dancing in pairs and later doing some of those challenges. It felt too antiseptic this year
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5 hours ago, CAM said:
Good to hear. I thought the series was well done. Will definitely be interesting to see what scandals are covered next season.
I did find Rielle Hunter to be a pretty interesting interview in Episode 3. I was disappointed Jake didn't interview John Edwards for that episode, or Spitzer in Episode 4
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Premiere date is actually June 25; I'm not sure if it got changed
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National Geographic and Hulu announced today the premiere of the third installment of the Emmy(R) Award-winning, critically acclaimed franchise ONE DAY IN AMERICA with the Hulu Original CULT MASSACRE: ONE DAY IN JONESTOWN. The three-part series from Emmy Award-winning 72 Films' executive producers David Glover and Mark Raphael, BAFTA Award-winning director Marian Mohamed, along with Academy Award(R)-winning filmmakers Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin will premiere June 17 on Hulu and will air on National Geographic on Aug. 14.
CULT MASSACRE: ONE DAY IN JONESTOWN tells the story of an idealistic religious organization led by the infamous Jim Jones, who set out to establish a utopian community in Guyana. What began as a peaceful movement seeking social justice ultimately spiraled into a mass casualty that left 918 dead. Told by survivors and eyewitnesses, along with rare footage and rare recordings of Jones, the powerful series takes an immersive look into the final harrowing hours leading up to one of America's darkest chapters.
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33 minutes ago, sas616 said:
I watch the British soap, Coronation Street, and on there one of the characters has been suffering with MND which is very similar to ALS. The storyline began with the diagnosis, and it's been heartbreaking to see the character's (Paul) decline over the past year. At this point, he's in a wheelchair and is speech has been affected. The actor has been amazing in the role. It's such a sad storyline and I'm glad GH didn't go this route with Gregory.
Thinking about it, I’m kind of glad they didn’t do a long drawn out thing for Gregory like they did with Mike. My mom had passed about a month before Mike’s last few weeks played out and it was hard to take and I was almost to the point of not watching
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14 minutes ago, giovannif7 said:
Looks like the new version of Night Court has inherited the OG's revolving door of characters - according to TVLine, India de Beaufort is not returning as Olivia in Season 3.
I was about to say something similar
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Canceled, no Season 2, even from the Canadians
https://tvline.com/news/the-spencer-sisters-cancelled-no-season-2-ctv-cw-1235244468/
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I’ll miss Gregory Harrison. He did a nice job with his character as did the people around him, including Tracy. I’m a little surprised the writers didn’t take the character further with his ALS; it almost seems like a cop out to have Gregory die in his sleep. On the other hand, with the turmoil in the writers room, that might end up being a good thing
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Unsurprisingly, Gregory Harrison has exited GH
https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/gregory-harrison-exits-general-hospital/
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The HBO Original three-part documentary series REN FAIRE, produced and directed by Lance Oppenheim, executive produced by Elara Pictures, and co-created by Oppenheim & David Gauvey Herbert, debuts SUNDAY, JUNE 2 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. Episodes two and three will air back-to-back the following Sunday, June 9.
Synopsis: For half a century, 86-year-old George Coulam, known to his employees as King George, has reigned with an iron fist over the Texas Renaissance Festival, the largest such "faire" in the world. He has power, as the elected mayor of the town he incorporated. He has glory, as the undisputed employer and self-proclaimed ruler of thousands. He has vast wealth, as the majority shareholder of the festival. Now, he is ready to give it all up and spend the last years of his life in the quest for a romantic companion. But before he retires, George will finally choose which of his longtime employees will take his crown.
Blending documentary verité with fantasy, REN FAIRE - a three-part docu-fantasia - invites you behind the curtain of the famed Texas festival to reveal a tense and comical succession drama. Featuring individuals self-styled as Shakespearean characters, the series details an epic power struggle between an actor, a former elephant trainer, and a kettle-corn kingpin, all vying to claim George's throne. As King George's idiosyncrasies mount, the series' tension over who will be chosen ascends to increasingly operatic heights, against a backdrop where the employees imagine themselves in a real-life "Game of Thrones."
Full press release http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2024/05/21/hbo-original-documentary-series-ren-faire-debuts-june-2-46113/20240521hbo02/
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PBS Masterpiece series that premieres Season 1 (4 episodes) on Sunday October 27 at 9pm ET. British series from UKTV that has already aired in the UK. A second season has been picked up by PBS
Samantha Bond, Jo Martin, Cara Horgan and Natalie Dew star in The Marlow Murder Club adapted by Robert Thorogood from his best-selling novels
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Paramount+ 2 part doc series that premieres June 11 in the US and Canada and June 12 in other territories as detailed in the press release
Paramount+ today announced that the two-part docuseries HOW MUSIC GOT FREE will premiere exclusively on the service in the U.S. and Canada on Tuesday, June 11. From executive producers Marshall "Eminem" Mathers, LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Paul Rosenberg and Steve Stoute and produced by Warner Bros. Unscripted Television/Telepictures in association with SpringHill, Interscope Films and Shady Films, HOW MUSIC GOT FREE details the fascinating, and often funny, inside story of the technology-driven disruption that changed music during the late-90s and early-2000s. File sharing technology, combined with the insatiable demand for new music, created both the means and the motive for millions of young people to participate in outright theft - and be celebrated for it.
Full press release http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2024/05/21/paramountplus-announces-new-docuseries-how-music-got-free-to-premiere-june-11-514514/20240521cbs02/
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Ryan Guzman opens up about past mental health struggles and a past suicide attempt
https://ew.com/9-1-1-ryan-guzman-opens-up-suicide-attempt-8651531
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Bus Media Thread
in The Girls on the Bus
The Media topic
Canceled
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/girls-on-the-bus-canceled-max-1236016029/