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Are we ever going to see this show again?
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Seinfeld was on from 89-98, so there was several years where Larry would have been running the show before he was married. I don't think they'd have both Jeff and Larry both cheat on their wives.
In the original special, Larry finds out Jeff is cheating on Susie (not in the special) when Jeff's girlfriend shows up at a bar after Larry's set in a NYC club. Larry is clearly uncomfortable, and leads to a great payoff.
On the show, Larry is always complicit - I happen to enjoy wearing women's panties!
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I have to really hand it to the 76ers. They worked really hard to give the game to the Knicks. I can see why Embid is the MVP. No one was getting the ball stripped as hard in the paint tonight. Except for Maxey. He actually seemed to realize you're supposed to score points.
At least we're getting some OT, but wow was that a terrible half.
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I meant that it's OOC for Beef to not have been better prepared prior to the white out. I'm familiar with them. They could have easily been in Auntie Dirt's bunker well in advance. This episode was just too wacky for me.
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Wow AOL instant messenger, LuckyCharms69. Reaching way back.
I lived in an apartment with a huge kitchen table. We played tons of cards, dominoes, quarters, all that.
I don't see why Honeybee just drags Wolf back into their cabin. It's right there. Or just go down to stay with with Auntie Dirt.
I also don't see why Beef wouldn't have supplies and water prepared in the event of a multi day snow event. Making sure there was enough dry wood. Preparing meals, etc., would have been enough to keep them busy. Jerry could have also just left on his own.
fwiw, I didn't think Beef ate all the chocolate.
This last batch of episodes is leaning too much into the wacky for me. Beef going out getting drunk is all right because they showing he's trying to get out there and on his feet after Kathleen. Then you got Wolf acting a fool, and now this. It's a little much. They actually have British navy uniforms?
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On 4/25/2024 at 9:42 PM, Raja said:
At this point they haven't lost, Lord Isido lost.
I only meant that Toranaga let Blackthorne go around being a barbarian and the other christian regents were obsessing over him when Ishido could have been getting them behind him much more strongly. The council itself was continually weakened by Toranaga just a little here and there so that the battle never had to be fought.
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I think they missed the target here on government transparency versus what actually needs to be secret.
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I should clarify. I thoroughly enjoyed the series, or I wouldn't have commented on it so much. It's great that it was weekly because we could let the show breathe and talk about a lot of details versus binging. I don't think we'd enjoy some of the characters who didn't have a ton of screen time.
Not showing the battle was the right narrative choice. Winning the battle before it even starts is the central tenent of The Art of War and shows how Toranaga was just in a completely different paradigm.
How that all unfolded, would have been interesting to actually see than just being told.
8 hours ago, Haleth said:For me it was enough to see the look on Ishido’s face when he read the note and realized he was alone. Oops.
I would have liked to see that build up to pay off.
Really, the Heir pulling back the banner, therefore making Ishido's gambit unlawful, could have used a little bit more. Toranaga just telling Yabu, "Oh, she flipped at the end and will pull the banner and support of Ishido" doesn't measure up to the quality of the series.
Mariko dying was the huge turning point. I would have liked to see one scene where the decision is made to pull the banner, and then another when the rest of the regents realize that all their christian nonsense cost them. I don't need to see them blowing before Toranaga; just the realization that their fixation on Blackthorne cost them.
I'm talking maybe 30 more minutes if that. I wouldn't say I didn't not like it, but they didn't quite stock the landing.
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2 hours ago, mledawn said:
This is what happened in the book, though, isn't it?
I don't know. I didn't read the book. So what if it was. The TV production could show some more scenes of what Toranaga was talking about or Blackthorne if they wanted. I'm not saying to change any of the characters fates.
We've seen a lot of the regents and seeing them turning on Ishido would have been interesting, for example.
It's just an odd way to end the show for me.
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It's a television though. Your general audience doesn't know what happened in the book or history. You're not making a show for the people who know that. And I actually know that. They didn't stick the landing.
In the real history that we do know, the Tokagawa Shogonate lasted quite a long time. You'd think the show might indicate that in some way. Toranaga wasn't just the guy who won this time around. They buried the lede on how total this victory was.
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I thought old Blackthorne was weird because the real one stayed in Japan for the remainder of his life. I didn't realize it was the dream until he let the cross drop into the lake.
I didn't think Toranaga burned the ship. Well played. They got me.
Was that the end? Toranaga just says what's going to happen?
I take the point that Toranaga wasn't going to win on the battlefield with lesser numbers, but I would have wanted to see that played out with the regents.
I also would have liked a little more on how the heir pulled back at the end. I said earlier that the heir liked Toranaga so I can get it. I would have just liked a little more.
I would have liked a glimpse into how Blackthorne actually spent his years in Japan. The Japans.
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Good for Rushdie.
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I like that commercial. It's so throw back before helicoptering. I used to come home with all sorts of scrapes.
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I thought they were a little older. How old is Honeybee then?
I'd still like this fictional person to get a little help.
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In reading too much into this show, these past episodes really show Wolf as immature. He's 30? The sandwich is totally something a teen boy would eat. And the owner of the shop said so when Wolf worked there. You'd think he'd just stop at some point.
I'm not complaining; they've been consistent that Wolf had issues.
Recently, they've let Beef hook up and have a gf.
They did some growth with Wolf and the mother in law. I think they can keep moving that way.
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I haven't seen Alanis in ages.
Not that I have anything against edibles, but why is everything candy? I'm surprised the girl with the cool hair let them take so many.
I'm surprised the fancy restaurant even let the girls in.
Hoagie Pony is a great name for a sandwich shop even though Wolf's sandwich is gross. I don't like the plots recently that have leaned too wacky with Wolf. There's no reason Honeybee would indulge him.
I think they missed an opportunity to contrast growing up in Lone Moose with being in larger city.
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I watched the superbowl at 6 am when I lived in Japan. I had to get there for 6. It was $50 all you could drink with eggs, bacon, and hash browns at half time. Better than watching a junk game in London.
We'll "wake" you up before you "go-go"!
Wow, hard with RFK zinger.
I'm not hard on Marge as
Heisenbergour SpartanGirl, but she's haranguing Homer about Larry who she literally didn't know existed until right now. If he went off with Lenny and all them to scatter the ashes, she'd be yelling at him for just taking off with the guys.I'm surprised they got wifebanger by.
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I have no idea what was going on in the opening, but I liked how Charles was introduced to the rest of the galaxy as "professor". Where everyone thinks Earth is a ghetto.
The alien sister was a bit much with the bigotry, but I liked how Xavier basically said, "you act like a child, I'll treat you like a child." *Raise your hand*
I'm glad Storm got her power back, but I don't think she needed to scare all those horses.
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What kind of chip did Brian get?! The chip is microscopic and you use a needle. The chip paid off though.
Showing the USA goal was brilliant. So great.
I always like when they do dog plots with Brian.
I'm not sure stopping Jesus is the key to stopping christianity. It wasn't his fault. I thought it would have been funnier if "Jesus" wasn't actually one person but a whole bunch so he couldn't ever stop it.
That said, all the jokes in the past were brilliant. You don't normally hear the Loggins and Messina version of Danny's song over the Anne Murray either.
I thought maybe when they came back that the world without religion would somehow be really worse, so status quo would be preferable. I liked that it was fine.
That's it? God just beat them up?
I think they held back. I'm all in for an anti religion message. They should have gone to the wall and really skewered it.
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22 hours ago, Sarah 103 said:
I would also be okay with John Leguizamo doing the occasional Lewis Black style rant if he doesn't become the next host.
I think he's got too much going on for permanent duties, but a guest spot would fit well based on yesterday's monologue.
"Now the jury just needs a white woman who calls herself a witch."
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I'm interested to see if Lillard can light it up tonight. I didn't think he'd play.