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    The Boys in the Media

    in The Boys

    On 6/28/2021 at 12:08 PM, madmax said:

    I liked her in The Mist.  That's it.  She has a tendency to make the same face for many different reactions.  I've heard it referred to as "constipation face," and that pretty much sums it up.  

    The character of Andrea was completely different from the comics, which I know a lot of fans didn't like.  I didn't have a problem with the change, just the actress.

    I also couldn't stand her on TWD and this is what I remember - the Kristen Stewart in Twilight School of Acting. I think it was a combination of the acting and writing though. That's all I've seen her on.

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    SuperNormal: Public Appearances, Tweets, Media And Other Social Media Of The SPN Cast

    in Supernatural

    2 hours ago, gonzosgirrl said:

    So Jared is claiming on social media that he didn't know about this and is only finding out via Twitter tonight. He's once again making everything about himself and throwing Jensen under the bus. So now Jensen's big news is tainted by his "friend" who spewed on Twitter instead of a phone call. 

    And to Robbie Thompson, he tweeted and then deleted this, but the internet is forever. 

     

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    Interesting. hmmm....To me, there's like Jared before he said the Finale was his favorite episode, and then there's Jared after. I haven't trusted him since lol.

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    Loki In The Media

    in Loki

    1 hour ago, tv echo said:

    Gugu Mbatha-Raw is Judge Renslayer | Marvel Studios’ Loki | Disney+
    Marvel Entertainment    Jun 11, 2021

     

    Can't wait to see what Gugu Mbatha-Raw's Judge Renslayer (what a cool name!) And Wunmi Mosaku's Hunter B-15 will get to do in the rest of the season. Very cool that they are the 2nd and 3rd leads.

    Very interested in the Renslayer and Mobius dynamic after the 1st episode and this featurette.

    S01.E01: Glorious Purpose

    in Loki

    9 hours ago, Captain Carrot said:

    Especially since there was a war with multiple timelines and now there is just one. All that talk of chaos could easily be the talk of the winning timeline in the war.

    I'm interested in the other Loki. Everyone is assuming that it's a variant from earlier in his life, but what if it's later in his life after he started his redemption arc. (As an example what if there was a Loki that managed to kill Thanos only for the TVA to show up and 'reset' the timeline).

     

    8 hours ago, Bruinsfan said:

    It seems likely to me that the Time Keepers are acting to ensure the timeline that results in their own existence. I'm skeptical that there are any benevolent motivations for their mission statement beyond that.

    I like these theories.

    My speculation is that the TVA is like that group Sydney was working for on Alias. She thought she was working for the good guys. Only to find out they were not.

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    S01.E01: Glorious Purpose

    in Loki

    Loki declaring, he “does not enjoy hurting people," was pretty monumental. I'm all in. (even thought I maintain they should have released these on Fridays).

    Loki realizing that he had sent his Mother’s killer right to her was a serious gut punch, beautifully acting by Hiddleston. I personally enjoyed spending quality time with this character in all his good, bad and ugly dimensions. The Avengers movies did not leave time to really explore him, so this felt like a treat. He and Owen Wilson do have amazing chemistry.

    When Mobius told Loki he was meant to bring chaos so others could be their best: I don't think it's as negative as it initially sounds. I'm sure there's more layers to be revealed. Lightworkers believe they are here to bring light to others, to help them on their journeys. He could be some darker version of that. I also love his questioning Loki about his compulsion to "Rule": what will you do then? And then? What truly is your Glorious Purpose? Will that truly bring you happiness? These are questions that should be brought up with this fake rule in Thor Ragnorak. Was he truly fulfilled when he had free reign?

    I loved having two women of color as the 2nd and 3rd leads and we had a female director again. And I can't wait to dig into why they chose this 70s motif for the show aesthetic. 

    Lastly, SO…Steve fiddling with the timeline in Endgame was okay with the TVA?

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    S01.E07: Sacrament

    in Mare Of Easttown

    4 minutes ago, catsitter said:

    Jess apparently knew that John was DJ's bio father, and also apparently believed that Erin would have wanted DJ to stay with Dylan's family, and she wanted to honour Erin's wishes. So why did she go and tell Lori that she thought Frank might be DJ's bio father?

    It also seemed strange to me that Mare still believed that John had been having a second affair with Sandra, once she knew about his affair with Erin.  I assumed that Sandra had been used as a cover story.

    She didn't know John was the father until she found the photograph in the journal. She may have known about the him and Erin (I hate that they called it a relationship, she was like 14/15 when it happened?) but did not know who DJ's father was. She was dating DJ at the time she got pregnant.

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    S01.E07: Sacrament

    in Mare Of Easttown

    4 hours ago, JeanJean said:

    The actor who was supposed to play that part dropped out (pretty last-minute, I think). Guy P did it as a favor to Kate; they're friends.

    Thank you! That was bugging me. 

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    S01.E07: Sacrament

    in Mare Of Easttown

    5 hours ago, Affogato said:

    A man killed to forward a woman’s emotional journey. An entirely appropriate use of fridging. tropes aren’t bad.
     

    I liked him too.wouldn’t have worked if we didn’t like him. 
     

    How many movies and shows have female characters, love inrerests, that are essentially irrelevant. Even if they live. Often played by known actresses. Big movie, big name. Just the wife or girlfriend. Sometimes tropes get averted  

    this show was all about tropes  and often averting them  

     

    I should have called it Reverse!Fridging lol. That's what I like about the writing of Mare, she was written with aspects that could have been for a male lead. It somehow didn't come off forced or projected from a dubious place- (like see! equal opportunity! yay girl power) - which I appreciate.

    But yes, it's very common aka a trope. It's cut and paste at this point. There are other things that can trigger a change or give motivation to a character, etc. However, TV/film writers are going for an immediate impact in the shortest amount of time and the death of a sympathetic characters is the default.

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    S15.E20: Carry On (Series Finale)

    in Supernatural

    13 hours ago, gonzosgirrl said:

    I was never angry that Dean died, it was everything else around it. Even the idea that it was a routine hunt, like the Rawhead in S1 that should've killed him (again, after the kids were already saved) wasn't the worst - in other hands, it could've been well done. But for Dean to die still diminishing himself while singing Sam's praise? For there not to be one single word of praise for him, from Sam or anyone else? No one to mourn him at all?  For all we see of him in Heaven is driving endlessly until he can be with Sam again? And for all this to take place mere weeks (at best) after finally gaining their freedom? No. No way. I'll never accept this finale, nor forgive Badd & Co for presenting it. 

    👆🏾 This!

    That's where i'm at. There are assumptions that Dean fans are only upset because of Dean's death or even that it was a routine hunt. It's the entire context of what you listed that makes it impossible to reconcile this careless finale.

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    S01.E07: Sacrament

    in Mare Of Easttown

    · Edited by shoetingstar
    I meant: The longer we have to speculate, the harder it is to accept what you're actually given on finale day.

    The highly upsetting male fridging of Colin Zebal was beyond unfortunate. I adored him and Evan Peter in general! There were so many times BEFORE that even that could have been a turning point for Mare. I also hate that they took Zebal's crime solving victory away. It seem to be just so Mare could confess the planting of the drugs.

    Otherwise, I feel actually satisfied with this ending. That's huge for me as I've had my enjoyment for a series severely reduced by an unsatisfactory finale (I'm not even talking about GOT here!) - Lovecraft Country, for example. It may be because I just started and binge-watched the show this week. I didn't follow it week to week which creates a longer anticipation, of course. The longer we have to speculate, the harder it is to accept what you're actually given on finale day.

    I appreciate  how they dealt with Mental Illness and grief - could have done more, but they did better than most. I liked her changing just enough but not in a jarring way. The acting was superb - Kate is just a master, and the rest of the cast amazing as well. 

    Guy Pearce seems like wasted casting though. I kept telling myself he has to have a huge secret for him to be cast in that role. 

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    S01.E07: Sacrament

    in Mare Of Easttown

    4 hours ago, JeanJean said:

    So why did Dylan threaten Jess with a gun?

    I cried during the arresting of Ryan section. 

    Jess told them that Dylan did not want the real father found. He knows Erin would have written about that person in her journals. He thought it would break his parent's heart. They left clues that he actually didn't want to give up the baby. He's still trash but felt an attachment to the baby.

    Now, I have no clue what the other dude got out of this arrangement, however! And I'm super surprised his parent didn't try to fight or set-up some kind of arrangement. 

    Now, my question is did we get a real answer as to where he went the night Erin died?

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    S15.E20: Carry On (Series Finale)

    in Supernatural

    · Edited by shoetingstar

    29 minutes ago, PAForrest said:

    Apparently - and I didn't listen to it myself because I just can't anymore - one of the extras on the series dvd set has Singer and Dabb, or tells of Singer and Dabb, being all shits and giggles that the one thing they always wanted to accomplish with the finale, if not the ONLY thing, was killing Dean Winchester. Sounds like they would have been fine doing just that and filling the rest of the episode with more lame music montages. So essentially you're right, COVID changed nothing really except for the number of guest star cameos they would have lined up for 19 and 20.

    I also realized that the deleted scene with Dean & Sam in the car talking about boarding Miracle makes it seem, or rather very clear, that this is the first hunt they've gone on since the end of 19 and however long it takes Dean to go back and adopt Miracle (guessing a day or two).

    So while an early draft intention might have been to say it was "Six Months Later", it was obviously changed to make it clear it hadn't been more than one-three weeks after 19 at best. But that's how almost all viewers understood it anyway, save for Dabb apologists. And not even all those tried to sell the idea that it was more than a couple weeks after 19 that Dean was stupidly slaughtered. What's on screen is what's on screen. Your eyes do not deceive.

    I rather I had been wrong and a real life Miracle took over the script and gave us something worthy of this man’s 15 season struggles to save good people. 

    The hunt was so excessively thoughtless that I've seriously teared up in frustration when I think about. So I try not to think about it. I'd rather Jared's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid had been the finale of someone had to die. 

    Here's the thing, making the think that kills Dean be a normal hunt - not my favorite but not bad in and of itself. But put some actual teeth on it, like care. Make what seemed like an easy situation turn out to be catastrophic. Show Sam trying to save him and showing real emotion. Give a real reason why Dean would just give in to death at this point.

    I know there's an equivalent to what I'm describing but I can't pull it up just now. 

    27 minutes ago, gonzosgirrl said:

    Just go watch the featurettes for S15 and pay attention to Badd. He did exactly what he wanted to do (to Dean), regardless of any changes effected by Covid.  There is no other excuse or explanation for killing off one of the two leads 20 minutes into the finale and then never having even one character say a good word about him (including Sam), never mind mourn him or lament his death (except for Sam).

    And I'm sorry, the weird speech from Castiel in 15x19, which was, in my opinion, nothing but fan-service to a very narrow segment of the fandom and so OTT as to be laughable, does not make up for it.

    Dabb made Dean's death all about Sam, which, whatever, but to have him let his brother die without a single word of comfort or any attempt to reciprocate the love and admiration Dean expressed. Screw that.

    I've never seen a series lead treated this way. I didn't hate the Castiel speech at the time. In fact, I found it moving, if only someone finally expressed to Dean how amazing he is. The show beats him up at every moment but doesn't balance it with his goodness.  Now, not so much due to the Implications, seen and unforseen, that took over the series finale. I just avoid anything related to it at this point. 

    Guys, when I think about Dean's death and rewind the first episode coming to his little brother because his Dad is essentially missing. "Dad's on a hunting trip and he hasn't been home in a few days". I actually teared up. It's beyond unfortunate. Not even the death itself, but the aggressive disrespect for this character (and Jensen). Fighting Things, Hunting people, instead of just sitting it out until their Dad came home, was the direction for the whole show. 

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    S15.E20: Carry On (Series Finale)

    in Supernatural

    · Edited by shoetingstar

    16 hours ago, Pondlass1 said:

    It just killed me... the cheap pathetic way they had Dean F. Winchester die. 

    A first time viewer could have come up with something more compelling. They just didn't give a fuck.

    And I told ya'll before the finale that every awful thing was going to be blamed on COVID. Yes it took everyone by surprise and had a huge impact on the industry. But I bet what we got is probably equal to their original intent = completion of their disregard for Dean and lack of appreciation of Jensen. 

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    Dean Winchester: aka Squirrel

    in Supernatural

    On 3/20/2021 at 10:07 AM, Aeryn13 said:

    The scene itself, I wouldn't even have so much of a problem with if the jerk writers didn't spout their "hard truths" bs. 

    If a character I love (and feel doesn't deserve this) gets called a selfish worthless coward and that this is their entire personality, that is one thing. Characters get belittled and insulted often. 

    The writer telling me that this is supposed the truth and I should cheer the other character on? Eff that. 

    Made worse when you re-watch from the beginning! We are "told" that Sam is the compassionate caring one. But Dean was the one always ready to get back to the hunt of saving people, when Sam wanted to give up and run away countless times. And the way Dean connected with kids was always touching to me.  Yeah, that scene can go the way of the rubbish bin.

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    SuperNormal: Public Appearances, Tweets, Media And Other Social Media Of The SPN Cast

    in Supernatural

    · Edited by shoetingstar

    11 hours ago, MishMIsh said:

    Jensen is bored in quarantine? 😁

     

     

     

    10 hours ago, gonzosgirrl said:

    Oh how I adore this man. King of Selfies? Nahhh, King of Shade. Uhhuh. 😄

    He's just so SASSY - loves it!

    1 hour ago, MishMIsh said:

    Have you seen this?

     

     

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    I saw some complaints, but I Wouldn't kick him outta bed for eating crackers lol. At least we know he's not like men who do the Beard-fishing form of Catfishing, where guys look attractive with the beard but totally goofy once shaved lol. Me thinks he's trying to get us prepped for the gritty Soldier Boy/The Boys vibe.

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    S01.E03: Power Broker

    in The Falcon And The Winter Soldier

    16 minutes ago, Kel Varnsen said:

    I am curious as to what other people saw. Because it looks like Bucky gave Zemo the key card. But even if he had that, why would anyone design a prison cell that is unlockable from the inside?

    Zemo had the keycard in the book already. When Bucky asked "What's the book you're reading?" he took it as some kind of signal that something would go down. "Machiavelli" means something in their world. When the lock-down started - it looks like Zemo's cell opened, (which doesn't make sense.) So I'm fanwanking that the guard was distracted due to "all hands on deck procedures" and Zemos slipped through the door and surprised him. He then knocked him out and put on his suit. Then used the keycard to get through he security door.

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    S01.E03: Power Broker

    in The Falcon And The Winter Soldier

    · Edited by shoetingstar

    58 minutes ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

    That Walker—he’s all about showing off and holding Steve’s shield in front of him like it’s a fucking trophy just makes me loathe him even more. And that line “Don’t you know who I am?” is right up there with all the entitled  assholes in real life who expect special treatment because of their wealth.

    This is going to be wholly unpopular, but here goes: I don’t give a shit about Sharon*. No one forced her to side with Steve in Winter Soldier against HYDRA. And if helping Steve, again, in Civil War that had her on the run, so did the others. Did she do it hoping she wouldn’t have to go underground? Like was she looking for a quid pro quo? 

    I really think Sharon killed Selby.

    I think it was her that killed Selby. Someone pulled their hoodie tighter to hide their face, when Zemo started talking to the Bartender. Gender wasn't clear - she could have hid out of sight until Sam's phone call screwed them up. 

    I didn't get the big deal about her return. I enjoyed her nevertheless. I could see them matching her with Sam if they introduce that element in the show.

    btw, am I the only one that wants to call ZEE-mo, NEMO? lol

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