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Schweedie

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  1. There are so many little details in Society of the Snow that will stand out to those of us who are familiar with the source material, but my absolute favourite thing is that when the boy who has been collecting belongings and tokens from everyone who died is packing them up in a suitcase towards the end, one of the things in the bag is a silver cross with a broken arm. It's a nod to a real cross that he speaks about in the book, that he found in the snow up there and has kept since then. He says it's his most valued keepsake from the mountain because he feels it represents them and what they went through - broken, abused, but still recognisably what they were before. I practically burst into tears when I noticed it on the screen.
  2. It's weird - the Andes plane crash has been a special interest of mine ever since I first saw Alive back when it was new, and I've been saying for ages that there needed to be a proper, more authentic retelling, yet I had no idea this movie was in the works. I'm really, really glad it exists now, though, because it's everything Alive should have been. Cinematically I thought it was stunning, and the acting was strong (and also a huge improvement on Alive). And having Numa Turcatti be the narrator is a really interesting choice, for obvious reasons. My heart broke for him when reading the book.
  3. I don't know about that, I don't get the impression that Tammy loved herself all that much, either. Especially given what Verna said to her in the end - "No one can take being shot down, scorned, and attacked 24/7 like you do to yourself."
  4. I think I assumed she wanted them (Roderick and Madeleine) to see her, that she wanted them to know she was there.
  5. That's a great point right there. I guess you could say Verna forces him to take action, to see what that action will be. It's interesting how she basically taunts him throughout the episode, though, seemingly enjoying it. She never points out that he had a chance to do things differently, change his outcome, the way she did with Perry and Camille. I wonder if that means she believes (or knows?) that in his core, he's worse than they were.
  6. I thought that, too. With Perry and Camille, Verna just kind of let things happen that they set in motion themselves, but she really screwed with Leo, seeming much more mean-spirited. He didn't kill Pluto, but she -- made him think so? So I suppose it was a test, to see how he'd handle it, and the fact that he chose to try to trick his boyfriend meant he failed that test and would be punished. If he'd chosen one of the other cats that needed a home, he would've been given a kinder death. But setting a guy up to think he's killed his boyfriend's cat, in a horribly way, and then driving him insane because he decides to keep that from said boyfriend... That's pretty heavy entrapment and a harsh punishment.
  7. Up until now I've felt *some* sympathy for every kid as they got theirs, but man, Freddie? That was plain poetic justice, honestly. What a sadistic psychopath he turned out to be. Lenore is awesome. She's got heart and she's got courage.
  8. "I'm -- I'm just here to support you." Seriously, I love her.
  9. Oh, this was definitely my favourite episode so far, which surprised me. I didn't think I'd be much invested in a Tamerlane episode, since she hasn't really been given a lot of character development outside of being plain awful even with five previous episodes, but I ended up actually feeling -- quite bad for her? I guess it helps that Samantha Sloyan is a terrific actress. I loved the scene with her and Juno - you could see her face softening while Juno talked about wanting to be part of a family. Speaking of which, poor, sweet Juno! Is she okay? I really want her to come out of everything here in one piece. And she's not connected to the Ushers by blood, so she *shouldn't* be affected by whatever deal they made with Verna back then, right? C'mon, just give Juno a break.
  10. I do think this series is darkly funnier than his previous Netflix ones. I cracked up at how the mention of Frederick being called "sweaty Freddy" in the first or second episode because of his being afraid of elevators and always taking the stairs paid off in the previous ep, with him outside Leo's door all out of breath. Gave me a good giggle.
  11. I was rewatching Ready Or Not, and I keep thinking that maybe they didn't need to have that intro scene right at the start. Because that way we basically know what's going to happen when it's time for Grace to draw her card, and it might've been more effective if we didn't know for sure. We could guess, but we wouldn't have *seen* it. The intro scene is definitely still needed, I think, but I feel like maybe they could've moved it and put it as a flashback - maybe have Daniel look at that closet when he hid Alex and flash back to 30 years ago after the "Run, run run!" song ends, before they head out to find Grace.
  12. Right, but - does that make it better? That she was happy to cause problems in two, as far as she knew, happy relationships in order to hurt the team and by extension Rupert? I just don't see it being business and not personal as a "big difference". My issue with Nate's redemption arc has never been that he deserved it less than Rebecca, just that they handled it very poorly.
  13. No, I agree, hence my "almost", heh. But since it clearly *was* traumatising, it's another thing that a victim shouldn't be expected to forgive. Which is my problem - as I think someone else said before in this thread, there is *so* much ground between forgiveness and letting go of pain/resentment/anger. And the show *chose* the former, combined with reaching out, which is the standard in media - and if you're someone living with that, and that's what you keep seeing, how are you supposed to not feel like that's what you're expected to do, what you should be doing? The walking away at peace is something a lot of people could do with seeing more of, and exactly what I really wish they had given us instead.
  14. Okay, but -- there is a very big difference between a father/coach/boss "riding someone hard" and what the show portrayed James Tartt as doing. (And not only to Jamie - we saw him literally about to beat Beard with a crowbar, which might well/would probably have killed him before that one guy intervened.) So no, I don't think criticising a show for sending the message that victims of abuse should in fact be grateful because it made them successful is unfairly dinging it. Completely agreed. Especially the part about Jamie only becoming *truly* great after he left his dad's "lessons" behind. He had the skills on his own, what's to say he wouldn't have been even better earlier on if his dad hadn't been involved? ETA - not to mention the fact that Jamie literally left his club to go do reality TV to get away from his dad, nearly ending his football career because no one wanted him after that. But sure, he should say "thank you". And yeah, if they wanted to do a Jamie-forgives-his-dad storyline, fine. But throwing it in the way they did just does not work, especially not with the background it has.
  15. Right, but a lot of the time, if not most of the time, that's exactly what media chooses to portray, because forgiveness is meant to be good and heartwarming. And constantly seeing that is tiring, and it can be damaging. The show had the chance to show something different, like a shot of -- I don't know, Jamie texting his dad 'Good luck, goodbye", then blocking the number and deleting the contact and looking relieved, and yet they went with what they did. Exactly - you can lay that hurt aside without without necessarily forgiving and mending fences, but the show *chose* to show the second part. Whether the actor thinks they really reconciled doesn't really affect what we see on the show. We see them smiling together as if everything *is* hunky-dory. The way I see it, if you're going to portray abuse, you have a responsibility about how you handle it, and the show kept almost downplaying it. They turned Jamie's story about what happened in Amsterdam into a joke, almost ("No, she loved it"), they had Ted say that "sometimes having a tough dad is exactly what drives certain men to become great at what they do", they had the "I'd say thank you" as if he should be grateful for it. No one ever even brought up what went down at Wembley afterwards. When you take all that and then end it they way they did in the finale, with forgiveness, for me that is a really poor message to send.
  16. It's been almost three weeks, and I'm aware that I'm probably taking the football comedy too seriously, but I'm still quite upset about how they ended things with Jamie's dad. For me it's a really, really hurtful message to have Ted, the moral and emotional centre of the show, give the victim of abuse the advice to forgive his abuser, and then apparently follow through on that given that montage moment at the end - not to mention the "thank you" part, as if Jamie should somehow be *grateful* for the abuse because it got him to where he is, or something? That's a horrible thing to suggest. And I don't even mean just in-universe for these particular characters, but for actual real life situations like it. Like, we're talking about a character who exposed his kid to statutory rape, but it's okay, because the victim became successful and now the abuser is going to rehab? That's the message the show wants to leave us with? Yeah. Three weeks later and I'm possibly more pissed off now than I was then.
  17. They did! I messed up, though - it wasn't actually the Europa League but the Conference League, meaning that they'll play in the Europa next year. And they finished 14th in the Premier League this season. So why couldn't they have let Richmond win SOMETHING? 😭 I'm more upset than I probably should be that they pushed the "They remain a club without a major trophy" last season, making it sound like they'd for sure win something next year, and then nothing. I wanted to see them lift a trophy.
  18. Yeah, I disliked City enough before the show - they're the reason why my team lost the title twice over the past few years - but the show definitely hasn't exactly made me like them more, heh. (Actually, City played my team in this episode, so when they said "City have taken the lead against Liverpool" I was like, yeah, this is realistic.)
  19. Fun fact: ironically, West Ham are playing in the Europa League final tonight - if they win, they secure a spot in the Champions League next year.
  20. For the bolded, I'm gonna guess that the Champions League spot plays a big part in that. That generates a LOT of money. As for all the rest of the implausible football stuff in this episode and the ones before... As a longtime football fan, I'm honestly completely fine with it. There have been times when inaccuracies have annoyed me, for sure, but at its heart this show is still a comedy and a fantasy. (Ted getting the job at all to begin with is essentially impossible since you need to have your coaching badges to be a Premier League manager - it's really not something an owner of a club can just decide to wave, as far as I know. Same goes for Roy and Nate.) I love the whimsy parts of the show, because as much as I love the football aspect of it I can get my reality from the real Premier League. So yeah, I'm fine with silly things like the kangaroo court and the Sound of Music performance and Isaac's penalty shenanigans. My only real complaint about the footballing fantasy part is that they didn't take it all the way and let Richmond win the whole fucking thing.
  21. The one thing I did appreciate about Brendan Hunt's Q&A was the response to the question about how Sam got to play for Nigeria in spite of Edwin Akufo - "public outcry", simple as that. And that makes enough sense for me. Sam would be hugely popular in Nigeria, a star player in a team that came second in the Premier League, and keeping him out of that squad would cause so much outrage after snubbing him a couple of times.
  22. Yup. Simple as that for me. I just never saw any will they/won't they about their interactions.
  23. I hadn't thought of the bolded part, but that's great. You both said it better than I could. This is exactly my take.
  24. For me it did still make sense, though. But I still agree that they absolutely should've spent more time on him than on the unnecessary stuff they did spend time on.
  25. Yeah, there's no doubt Grealish has been an inspiration. I pointed to him and said "look, there's Jamie" and my mum was like, 'oh my god that really does look like him!' He even had those blond highlights at one point. (Sorry, they were probably walnut mist, too.) I see your point that they could've fleshed out Ted's reason for going better, but I've never expected the show to end in any other way than with him going back home. That makes complete sense to me. He presumably had a life back in Kansas before coming to England, although I agree they could've shown us that more, and he's clearly been homesick. He's never felt home in London, he was always going to be a Mary Poppins.
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