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Can anyone tell me what in the bloody hell the point of this story was? What brilliant philosophy went right over my head? That we're bugs? Is that it?
This was an utter fail at almost every level. Mind-numbing character study with the most boring characters imaginable. "Science" that made no sense whatsoever. Dropped plot points right and left. Zero payoff after eight hours. Eight hours!
I just don't understand what this show was trying to say. The series description is "Unsettling events put a group of brilliant friends on edge as a mystery unravels with origins tracing back to China during the Cultural Revolution." So I take it this was supposed to be a story about Jin, Saul, Auggie, Will and Jack. Yet, I still know next to nothing about any of them. Except that they are all broody, pouty, introspective and dull as dishwater. Oh, and two of them are dead now.
Banal character study doesn't get more interesting against an intriguing sci-fi premise. Especially when it spends an inordinate amount of time on pointless personal conversations that have nothing to do with said premise.
It even fails as commentary on humanity's reaction to such a situation because instead of focusing on the population at large we only get the point of view of these limited, uninteresting characters, and who the hell cares what they think? The show failed to make them interesting enough for me to care about them.
On 3/27/2024 at 8:22 AM, Zaffy said:Ok, after episode 5 I stopped watching. I saw that coming when around episode 3 I started Fast Forwarding through.
I read the rest of the episodes summaries in Wiki and I was not impressed, so I am ok with my decision. I mean, I do have Netflix and I still do not care to continue watching the damn thing.I envy you. I wish I had stopped after episode one.
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This series is dropping plot points right and left. They made such a huge deal out of the video game then . . . nothing ever came of it. And then the San Ti said they were going to destroy our "science" and they covered the sky with some kind of mirror thing then . . . nothing. Everything was back to normal the next episode. Planes still fly, TV still works, rockets can still be launched into space. Nano fibers can still work.
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On 3/31/2024 at 2:27 AM, kathyk2 said:
I wonder if we'll learn how old Hetty was when she died?
I'm guessing around 50 based on Rebecca's real age. I'm hoping we find out how she died. We still don't know that.
And the crack about her father dying of "old age" when he was younger than this guy is an easy throw-away joke but a common misconception that drives me nuts. At no time in history would 50 have been considered old age. People lived into their 90s even in biblical times. The average life expectancy being shorter back then is the cause of the misconception. When 50% of infants die in the first year the "average" goes way down. Doesn't mean people thought 30, 40 or even 50 was that old.
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On 4/1/2024 at 8:16 PM, kathyk2 said:
Jay needs to be more assertive instead of holding everything in and then losing his temper
And that's kind of what he was doing in this episode. Whether he was in the right or wrong, it's only a matter of time before he's going to put his foot down and remind Sam that they come first, not the ghosts. They already do a lot for the ghosts, obviously more than any other occupant of the house ever has, but at some point they have to draw the line, especially when it comes to money they need and which the ghosts can't actually spend.
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On 3/26/2024 at 11:42 AM, Ghost of TWOP Past said:
And they were very repetitive. They played the same 2 spots for Disney merchandise, back-to-back as a pair, SIX TIMES. Among the other adverts were 4 faily lengthy ones for Shogun. Yes, they were interrupting the show I was trying to watch to run commercials for the show I was trying to watch. I
That's the problem with ads on streaming platforms. There seems to be a very limited number of them so you see the same damn ads over and over again. I guess there aren't many advertisers that want to pay for streaming ads, they still prefer cable and broadcast TV. I don't know why. You can't FF thru the ads when you stream like you can if you record something on TV.
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I haven't watched Days of our Lives in ages. The only two actors I recognized were the ones who play Lucas and Belle. And they were much, much younger when I was watching so it was kind of a shock to see how they had aged (and made me feel so old). I also recognized Galen because he used to be on Passions. Didn't recognize the guy who's playing Brady now, but they must be on their sixth or seventh Brady by now.
1 hour ago, KeithJ said:Wow. The Days of Our Lives cast was bad, really bad (borderline stupid). I know they are "celebrities" but it didn't even seem like they were taking it seriously.
Sometimes I wonder if they regret doing this and showing how dumb they actually are. (To be fair, I didn't know how much money a sawbuck was either.)
Also, I'm assuming they cannot see the countdown clock when they're running out of time, because at least twice they missed the opportunity to bank when it was obvious they were going to run out of time before they could answer the question.
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15 hours ago, aghst said:
They're not getting some random person from a yacht staffing agency and then putting him or her on the show.
So that's got to be some fiction. It would be irresponsible if they started filming a season without having one or two spares stashed nearby.
I agree they probably have alternates when they cast the season but they're not standing by at the nearest hotel in case someone quits or gets fired. They probably have other jobs and if they're available when called up it's a matter of logistics. We've seen replacements fly in from all over the world. They have to have the necessary certifications, we know that. So someone is going down a list, contacting people, and seeing if they are available and can get there in time.
2 hours ago, Baltimore Betty said:Fraser is being like Capt. Sandy, just being shitty to Barbie (who does a really good job), because he can.
They just seem to rub each other the wrong way. Both take whatever the other says way too personally and read too much into it. I don't think Fraser is being "shitty" to her, although he isn't managing his stews very well overall. Xandi has some issues with her as well so I think Barbie is just one of those people that can be hard to get along with. Even when she's giving simple answers she can come across as sarcastic.
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10 hours ago, zoey1996 said:
Chummy also continued to work even after her son was born. For the midwives, their jobs were a calling.
Did Chummy have a baby? I don't remember that. I remember she married the cop then went off to run the home for wayward girls and then they never mentioned her again.
So many nurses have come and gone over the thirteen seasons. It's why I'd hate to see them write Trixie off, she's one of the very few originals left.
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On 3/24/2024 at 3:17 PM, shrewd.buddha said:
I was shocked .. at how little happened in this episode. Why is the unrequited love between cancer-guy and Jin even a plot point? (Had to look up his name: Will.)
Criminy this episode was boring. I don't understand what the story is here. Especially with this episode, if feels like a very mundane and uninteresting character study set against an intriguing premise that isn't being utilized properly.
The story is dragging because it spends most of its time on characters that are boring and sit around engaged in either meaningless chatter or waxing philosophic.
I don't have much hope for it at this point, with only two episodes to go and with the amount of time that's being spent on characters who sit around at a beach house. I don't even understand the point of Will and Saul, they don't seem to be contributing anything to the premise at all. If there's some deep purpose they're serving it's totally going over my head.
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32 minutes ago, 65mickey said:
I haven't paid close attention to this show this season. But did they say why Cat was not replaced? I doubt seriously that the Captain will allow Barbie to be fired this late in the season. They will be down to Fraser and Zandi. They are struggling now how can they survive with just 2 stews?
Kerry is trying to get another stew but the supplier (?) keeps texting it's the busy season and he/she's working on it.
Someone else is getting the boot though, judging from the previews. If I had to make a guess right now I'd say Anthony is the most likely candidate. I don't think Barbie will be fired.
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Monday's show was really good. All three comics worked well together. My favorite bit was JoJo Siwa road rage.
But I don't like the games where they have to guess whether the panelist is telling the truth or not. I'd just prefer they show the beginning of a video clip and then make up how it ends. That would probably be a lot funnier. Also, I don't get the point of "whisper your wager into your podium." That just seems dumb.
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On 3/22/2024 at 5:54 PM, Helena Dax said:
I'm enjoying the show, but the writing is a bit forgettable. I mean, lots of interesting things are happening, but the way the characters talk about them isn't exactly gripping.
I'm finding the show a slog to get through. The premise is intriguing, but the characters are not. In fact they are quite boring. The entire story of Will having pancreatic cancer and inheriting Rooney's fortune seemed like a pointless waste of time. Auggie is boring, she is entirely one-note and I know next to nothing about her.
Now, the ship getting sliced to ribbons with the nano-fibers was pretty cool, I'll admit. But it didn't make a lot of sense compared to easier options.
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On 3/22/2024 at 4:19 AM, PurpleTentacle said:
I thought they'd take 400 years. So he won't be gratefull, he'll be dead. Unless this is another elaborate lie.
That line made zero sense. I also didn't understand - at this point - why Wade was so obsessed with stopping these aliens if they're not going to get here for another 400 years. At the rate we're going we'll probably destroy the planet ourselves long before the aliens ever get here. BUT, having seen the next episode, this played out like Wade read ahead. So it seems like the writing isn't very good.
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22 hours ago, dancingdreamer said:
The model story wasn't very good, namely because of her acting.Her husband looked more like a younger brother.
I thought the same thing about the husband, he looked way too young!
18 hours ago, Driad said:At least CTM is better than some medical dramas, in which a staff member has a personal crisis, and a patient is promptly admitted whose condition is relevant to that crisis.
Hmm. You aren't by any chance referencing Grey's Anatomy now are you?
2 hours ago, Notabug said:Then again, she continues to work full time at a demanding job, it's not like she's sitting home eating bon bons while he works. She was certainly able to be frugal while she was single, I'd imagine she'd be perfectly fine with tightening her belt for the family.
The writing for both Trixie and Matthew seems off this season.
Yeah, this is weird. If Trixie thinks she's Lady of the Manor why is she still working? She strikes me as someone who would have quit her job the split second after saying "I do."
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I've never used a food app, ever. I've had pizzas delivered like everyone else in the world but that's it. While I can appreciate the usefulness of the service especially during the pandemic lockdowns, I just wouldn't ever trust a third party to bring my food to me. I'd rather go get it myself. And I'm pretty stingy anyway and consider takeout a luxury I'd rather not pay for. 99% of what I eat I make at home myself. So the popularity of these apps sort of baffles me, I consider using them pretty wasteful of money.
17 hours ago, shapeshifter said:So: Did JO seem to believe that the real reason for hawking the sneakers, bibles, etc. is not to get cash, but to get votes?
That's my rationale, but I wasn't sure if it was John Oliver's in this episode.No, he just needs money for his legal bills.
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It's too bad Jill is so obnoxious because she made several good points. When you go to a fancy hotel, the bathroom is stocked with toiletries and whatnot, so you would expect the same on a luxury yacht. Also, I've often thought there should be some kind of bell or something for the guests to ring when there's no stew around and they need another drink or whatever. Ideally there's always a stew on hand to serve them but on this boat they're always down a crew member.
2 hours ago, Baltimore Betty said:Also, why did the chef make hamburgers for lunch, I would have thought Jill would have had something to say about burgers not being high end yacht food.
It must have been really hard to come up with things for such a picky group. I guess the burgers were flexible enough to be either meat or soy and the buns could be gluten free or lettuce wraps.
At least they liked the dinner, although to my eye the portions were so tiny.
BTW - the fact that Anthony is dyslexic has nothing to do with his being so disorganized. I know someone who is dyslexic and they are OCD about being a neat freak.
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4 minutes ago, proserpina65 said:
God knows there were enough negative comments during the seasons which were mostly 20-something alphas. Some people aren't happy no matter the what mix of contestants.
I welcome parent/child teams. Corey and Rob from last season were probably my all-time favorites. But I think criticism of Chris and Angie is fair. Both were literally falling down from exhaustion in only the first two legs. You have to wonder how they ever thought they'd be able to get through this.
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3 hours ago, Haleth said:
Yes, the cast is too large this season. And with more time spent with Violet than the new students, I know nothing about any of them.
I agree about the student nurses. We're three episodes in and I still know next to nothing about them. Joyce stands out for obvious reasons, although I feel like she's basically a substitute for Lucille. Apparently there's a Rosalind, a Kathy and a Norelle. I could not tell you which is which.
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This felt like badly written fan fiction to me. The constant cuts back to Rick and Michonne making love and exchanging sappy dialogue just felt very fan-servicey and corny. Meanwhile they really yada-yada'd the whole bombing operation.
Terry O'Quinn may have a very devoted fan base, but to me he's just a sore reminder of what a colossal bamboozle Lost turned out to be. In any case he was completely wasted here as a two-dimensional villain. Something no spin-off has been able to break free from is this tedious and repetitive formula of "good guys have to take down latest evil regime."
I realize they probably couldn't re-create the sets for Alexandria or the Commonwealth, but did Michonne and Rick just radio their kids to meet them in "that empty field over there"? I can't even remember where the kids were living the last time we saw them. I think they had the kids all rounded up in one house in Alexandria but I think everyone moved to the Commonwealth after they took over it.
I guess overall this gave diehard Rick and Michonne fans some closure by reuniting them with each other and finally with their children. But the path they took just felt like tired formula to me. And with only six episodes, entirely too much time was wasted on Jadis, a character nobody ever gave a crap about.
11 hours ago, Brown44 said:I just realized Judith doesn't share dna with nobody she's hugging 🤣🤣🤣
We don't know for sure she's Shane's kid. In fact both Shane and Lori had dark hair while Judith's hair is the same color as Rick's.
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14 hours ago, Milaxx said:
I HATE that they brought Nico back with thee dumbest storyline to date. Schmico was a rollercoaster romance, but Levi dumped him. He’s been gone at least a year, even in Grey’s time. Give Levi a decent love interest & stop teasing us that Schimco is happening again.
I'm not sure what to make of Nico's sudden reappearance either. If it was meant to give Schmidt closure it played more like opening an old wound instead. I can't help but think that Nico's fast-track fatherhood with his new partner is headed for disaster and the show is in fact planning on a Schmidt/Nico reunion.
QuoteThe writers already destroyed all that was cute about that relationship.
The writers destroy every relationship. Look what they did to Jo and Linc.
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17 hours ago, Crashcourse said:
I don't like her acting either. She rarely shows a softer or light-hearted side.
I've seen Angela Bassett in other things so I know she has range, but there is something very performative about the way she speaks when she's playing Athena.
1 hour ago, Kel Varnsen said:Plus there didn't seem enough room in the helicopter for all the people with Athena and the 118 crew so how did they deal with that (even if Buck and Eddie left to go find Bobby).
As soon as they spotted the capsized boat from the air they called for backup, which apparently arrived very quickly.
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18 hours ago, Rodney said:
Kishori is shorter than Karishma.
Thanks, that will make it easy to remember: Kishori is the short one.
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20 hours ago, Heathrowe said:
Key difference for me was that Q was not so stupid as to return from the journey and then tell Tiffany & Kenzie everything he said and did on that journey. Q made an alliance and he chose Tiffany as his #1. And then he somehow kept that to himself!
Well, sure, key difference is that Bhanu was an idiot. Still, aside from confessing to blabbing everything to the other tribes, Q was pissed off at him for giving away any information, particularly that Kenzie was running the show. Now Q has told Tim and Hunter he's tight with Tiffany, again throwing Kenzie under the bus just like Bhanu did. If this gets back to her she's bound to turn against him.
19 hours ago, peachmangosteen said:We didn't see him tell anyone but that doesn't necessarily mean he didn't. I assume he did indeed tell Tiffany. It would be kinda odd not to tell her he made a new alliance with her in it lol.
Not necessarily. I'm not sure how this scheme is supposed to work but it might be similar to the "Cook-out" alliance on Big Brother with Tim, Q and Hunter as the core alliance, with each of those three having a sub-alliance with someone else for numbers, but them not necessarily understanding they're the bottom three.
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@aghst back when the show first started the theme parties and theme dinners were included because the show wanted to depict what a real luxury yacht charter trip looked like, and sometimes guests did request wacky things like that. Sometimes. So we were given extreme examples of guests who demand extreme things just so we would see how the crew sometimes has to really jump through hoops. Sometimes.
However, every charter? No.
Now it's just built into the formula and I suspect some of the guests either request things because they've seen them do them on the show or else are given a list of things by production to choose from.
In reality, if the guests wanted entertainment after dinner when it's too dark to do water stuff, there's a huge TV in the salon and they could watch movies and stuff. I'm sure they also bring aboard their own devices. But that wouldn't be entertaining for us.
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S46 Ep 6: "Cancel Christmas" LIVE CHAT
in Survivor
It's a faux merge. They will split them into two groups at the immunity challenge and only half will go to tribal. Also, there are 13 people left so someone is a wild card.