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16 hours ago, preeya said:
Sorry, but, "Ahead of Ray Donovan’s Season 6 finale, Showtime has ordered a seventh season of the hit drama series starring Liev Schreiber and Jon Voight. Production will begin this spring in New York."
Haha! I love this show. It just won't die. It's stupid and beyond preposterous, but I make a point of having several beers before I watch it every week and I spend most of the episode laughing and having an extra drink every time someone says "sure". Emmy fodder it ain't, but it's no end of fun.
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I don't know what it is about this show but here I am, back again. Loved everything about Ray's demeanor during the first two episodes. For example:
- Never refusing a drink / pounding back liquor like its iced tea / liver of steel
- Hanging up the phone mid conversation
- Getting up and walking out of the room without saying anything mid conversation
Vintage Ray.
I love this show, despite its myriad flaws. I just wish it was all Ray, all the time. Daryl, Bunchy et al. are taking me out of it at the moment but I'll reserve judgment on Mickey because the character always delivers.
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For those of you asking about Australian Survivor, I'll do my best to clarify a few things. Historically, there were 2 seasons made in Australia back when Survivor first got popular, and these are not considered good seasons or particularly memorable. More recently, an Australian network (Channel Ten I believe) acquired the rights by virtue of the fact that it is owned by CBS. The network launched a modern version of the show in 2016 which has been followed up with editions in 2017 and 2018.
The format of the show is similar but with a few key differences. The game starts with 24 people and lasts 50-55 days, with two episodes per week averaging a full hour each. The game seems to last much longer and there is more time for characters to develop, but the flip side is that the editors sometimes have a tougher job getting two hours of good content in a given period.
I have absolutely loved all 3 recent seasons. I still love the original, but the Aussie version is fresh, competitive, and exciting. The challenges are often totally new and frequently more difficult. I urge any fan to check it out. If you only do one season make it the 2017 one, which is a top 5 overall at minimum, but they're all great.
As for where to get them, if you have a VPN they are streamable on Channel Ten's website I think, but I believe also on dailymotion. That in addition to the "high seas," if you catch my drift. Note that the 2016-18 seasons are sometimes also referred to as seasons 3, 4 and 5.
I can't comment on SA or NZ but I've heard great things and will be checking them out during the next off season. And to circle back to the topic, 37 has been great so far!
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On 2018-11-07 at 6:05 PM, Lantern7 said:
I should have paid closer attention. All I know is there was a merge, an original immunity challenge, and Woody's friend Jesse got voted out. Seriously, has anybody ever had that many votes in one shot? Twelve has to be the record.
Seriously, I liked the challenge. Swinging pendulum seems simple, but it requires skills . . . and you can't really train for that.
What if I told you that there was another Survivor? A better Survivor?
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I'm loving this season as usual, but this was the first time I've been seriously angry at the show. Manon was utterly robbed. Rahul should be gone, but I suspect they kept him because they rightly suspected how popular he would be. He finished behind her in all 3 challenges. I have praised this show in the past for foregoing the usual reality tv shenanigans, but I'm afraid I can no longer do so. And I like Rahul as much as the next person.
Side note: endless double entendres this episode! and finally some actual criticism from the judges. Glad they've remembered that part of it!
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I took up this show partly because of the glowing reviews elsewhere. The first couple episodes had me intrigued for sure, but I struggled through the rest of them. Finally finished it off the other night. I was ready to just be done with it but it's just nagging at me how a show with such an utterly stupid lead can garner such praise. It could be because I really don't see what all the fuss is about with Sandra Oh, but Eve has to be one of the most frustrating and irritating lead characters I've ever come across. I actually liked the fact that she was inexperienced, couldn't handle a gun, out of her depth, etc. but her total indifference to the people in her life she supposedly cares about along with her apparent utter contempt for the Russian authorities and any semblance of protocol was just maddening to me.
I liked Villanelle, Konstantin and Kenny quite a bit. Konstantin's daughter should be a main character. Might be back for s2 but I doubt it.
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15 minutes into episode 1 and Hall's atrocious English accent is beyond distracting. I hope I can get used to it but I'm having my doubts.
Why can English actors do North American accents so effortlessly but the reverse seems near impossible? Can anyone name some good examples?
They should have just made Hall's character an American expat, like Eve from Killing Eve.
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Man this season continues to be excruciatingly dull.. Anyone else notice that literally the only female player to get more than 2 minutes of confessional time all season just got the boot? I had her going far for that reason only, they generally don't waste too much airtime on barely interesting people who go out 5th. Kellyn is probably a distant second - the producers need to annoy us somehow.
Meanwhile Probst's main spank bank inhabitant Chris gets repeat confessionals each episode and gets publicly fellated by Probst at the reward challenge. Several of the other guys we know pretty well too. Is Jeff the only producer of the show these days? Normally I don't see what the big deal is but wow.
Desiree is hot. That's about the only thing this season has going for it. That and Ozzy's inbred cousin being my friend's winner pick (can't wait for that one to fail).
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2 hours ago, ShannaB said:
Ask far as Simone is concerned, I think she is one smart and hardened agent. I think she calmly and effectively led Carrie's team to Wellington to implicate him in McClendon's death.
This would make narrative sense, but the show has done little to nothing thus far to support such a reveal. If they did go ahead and show that she was on to them the whole time, it would ring a little bit hollow.
2 hours ago, slowpoked said:Is that the same Ivan who was Allison's Russian handler back in Season 5? Weren't they both caught by the CIA? If that's the same person, when did he become a "happy defector" and since been enjoying protections from the US?
That was my understanding. I forgot that he had been captured - if that's the case then it makes sense he would turn. It would make less sense that Saul would act all chummy with him given the fact that he and Allison played Saul for an absolute chump, so much so that the fact he still has any job let alone such a high profile one is a bit silly.
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My favourite moment of the episode: Claire Danes' line reading of "FUCK!" when the second bug took off in the Uber.
I thought this was a reasonably good follow-up to last week, even if in terms of the overall plot not a lot happened (the obvious big one being the reveal that Wellington wasn't in on McClendon's murder). I seem to recall that the President asked him to "get it done, or I'll find someone who can," which was after he had already refused once. So this revelation isn't a huge surprise, though it could also have gone the other way. I guess its "The Russians" who will be the masterminds, for some as yet unknown motive, as the show has thus far failed to draw any parallels between Keane and Trump which might explain it. Bringing Ivan Krupin back was an odd choice - wasn't it his operation that made Saul look like a complete incompetent in the first place? I must have missed the part where they became old buddies.
2 hours ago, snarts said:Am I the only who wondered if Carrie had slept with all the men at the table?
My memory sucks, I spent most of the episode trying to remember if I should remember any of the newly introduced characters...
I didn't recognize any of them, but on this show who knows. One of them could have been an extra from a scene back in season 2 who we're supposed to remember, but generally they give that away on the previouslies, which I didn't notice this week.
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Terrible season so far.
Tribe swap in episode 2. Cast full of dullards. Production outright ignoring half the contestants. Incessant name-dropping. People repeating the same old mistakes (irony!). Dumb ghost island which has so far produced nothing but a 50/50 game. Remember when they had people do challenges at Exile? That was lame too but it's better than watching a meathead get pissy-eyed.
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Wow.. despite the convoluted idiocy of several different plot elements (3 FBI agents don't so much as call out a warning when the militia guys came up on the agent who was trying to help the kid that got shot, Dr. Oleg's casual stroll through what would undoubtedly be a highly secure area to get the picture), this one still managed to keep me on the edge of my seat. O'Keefe is every bit the worm we knew him to be and I can't decide whether Saul is unlucky or just incompetent.
Carrie apparently doesn't give a shit about her kid - doubling down on the pharmaceuticals, going all in on a massively risky "operation." I guess the Carrie stuff is to set up the back half of the season. In any case, this show can still pull a good action piece out of the hat when it wants to, well done.
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I'm only up to this point, but this might be my favourite episode of Black Mirror. It was just superbly well done. The expected "twist" was pretty obvious, but that doesn't take away from the power of it. My interpretation of the episode was that the MASS system was basically a future version of propaganda and indoctrination. It serves to do one thing only: to dehumanize the enemy. Michael Kelly (or Stamper as I prefer to call him) basically laid this out in the penultimate scene. It is the ultimate military weapon. It is the holy grail of every hawkish politician sitting behind the scenes pulling strings. Remove the sight, the smell, the sounds of suffering humanity and you have a soldier who is all that much easier to train. I found this episode horrifying, insidious, and possibly more "relevant" than any other episode of this terrific show.
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Carl's never-ending death, which pushed tediousness to new extremes, is the absolute perfect allegory for this train wreck of a show.
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I liked the manic Carrie stuff. I have a friend with the same condition only his is even worse and he described it exactly the same way Carrie did, "nightmares that don't end when you wake up." His manic episodes last anywhere from weeks to months in duration and are totally debilitating, he doesn't work and is totally reliant on family for support. I agree that the way her condition has been written has had its ups and downs, and it feels most realistic now. With that said, they are going back to that well yet again, and I think it has a lot to do with the weakness of the rest of the material.
10 hours ago, Tony said:Once again Saul is wrong and screws things up. I literally can't think of a single thing he did right in the history of this show. He should have been kept locked up where he can't mess anything up.
You are absolutely right. Saul hasn't seemed competent since season 1 or 2. I haven't been able to take the character seriously after he was utterly and totally compromised and humiliated by the Russians.
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Fuckin' BOOOOOOOOO
It was pointed out above that these two were the first BB winners. I could have sworn Brenchel won one of their seasons. Were they on two seasons? It's all a blur at this point.
I was pulling for Henry and Evan. He's a bit too accommodating at times but I don't think he's a full on doormat. She's got a forceful personality and he doesn't - sometimes that just works. She clearly loves him as she won't stop kissing him half the time. I like them as a couple as she reminds me of my wife, who I would likely strangle if we were ever on the Race together.
Team BB was fine for the most part but there's something about Jessica that irritates me and I don't really know what it is. Both of them scream mactor, even though I know Cody isn't one per se. I don't care about their personal life and their BB history is really the only thing that sets them apart from being just another "dating couple" on the Race. They deserved their win in the end, and although at times I thought Jessica didn't pull her weight I have to give her credit for both the scorpion task and for persevering with the airplane in the final leg (which honestly could have gone to any one of the teams).
I enjoyed the season apart from the head to heads. Much better than the blind date / random partner bullshit of late.
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2 hours ago, slowpoked said:
With that said, I do hope there will be a real national security threat this season, not just O'Keefe and his gun-toting crazies. I know his kind has been quasi-successful in rallying people to go against the government. But it will be highly disappointing if the big bad villain is Alex Jones-lite.
I'm betting he'll be the instigator with the "national security threat" being some kind of halfway organized "armed resistance" made up of the "lunatic fringe," survivalists and thinly veiled Trump supporters. I mean what else could it be at this point? Especially with all the civil war talk.
29 minutes ago, TrininisaScorp said:I miss Quinn so much. I didn't miss Brody, but I do miss the hole Quinn has left in the show.
I'd go with asteroid-sized crater but I agree with the sentiment.
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On 2/14/2018 at 6:09 PM, Kel Varnsen said:
I had the same issue with the finale. A conspiracy to kill the president from inside the government is a pretty big deal. Does Carrie personally know that all of the people arrested are totally innocent. I am not even sure Saul is 100% innocent.
Well Saul was evidently lobotomized some time back in season 5.. there is no other way to explain what happened with him in that season. So it wouldn't shock me if what you suggest were true!
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3 hours ago, KaveDweller said:
Didn't Carrie's sister have two kids in the past? Not that I want more teen drama, I just hate inconsistencies.
13 minutes ago, ruby24 said:Yeah, I also could have sworn Maggie had two little girls before. That's annoying.
The second (younger) kid was present during the first family scene where Carrie was making breakfast.
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1 hour ago, scrb said:
But now, the conspirators find a way to poison the general in federal prison?
My take on it was that it was the President's doing, since once Wellington said there's nothing he could do about the verdict, she said "then I'll find someone who can"..
Not too thrilled about any of this, to be honest. Instead of a reset with some background continuity we get Season 6 part 2, complete with sweaty O'Keefe and President Paranoid. None of it remotely interesting and a little too "ripped from the headlines" for my taste.. I did like the nod at realism with Carrie's $38k in credit card debt. No job but can run spy games with the best of em.
This show ain't what it used to be but I'll be watching.
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10 hours ago, Philip said:
Speaking of him/her, Ian calling God as a "non-binary" was so cringy
I actually really appreciated that. The rest of his overnight bible expertise was massively contrived but for him to pull some apophatic theology out of his hat was unexpected. But then again I study that stuff in my spare time so I doubt that's exactly what they were shooting for.
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On 12/2/2017 at 3:23 PM, leighdear said:
And Michelle D. is just hitting it out of the park these days, from Downton to Good Behavior to this. I'm loving her versatility and her acting has come a long way from the stiff, uncomfortable Lady Mary.
While I have enjoyed seeing Lady Glary in such a different role, what about the other Brit, that being the legendary Cook? Talk about a polar opposite role.. haunted and silent vs. won't shut the fuck up!
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Not sure how anyone can be pulling for anyone but Ben at this point. "Likeable" players usually bore me to tears - Devon and Ashley no exception really. They seem like real nice people but haven't done nearly enough to deserve the win. The best Survivor players combine an intense personality with gameplay AND social graces, but I'll settle for 2 out of 3. Chrissy would be my second pick but I don't think there's any way she wins.
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The Survivor family visit is, for me, the most cringe-inducing segment in all of TV. I guess I'm just a heartless prick but not seeing my wife for 2 weeks would not send me into convulsive sobbing and hysterics. It always makes my eyes roll right out the back of my head.
In other news, Lauren turned out to be dumb. She was the last worthy winner left..
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S06.E11: Never Gonna Give You Up
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So will Terry giving up Mickey to the FBI inadvertently result in Bridget, Smitty, Daryl, and Sandy all being caught in close proximity to three freshly murdered corpses?
Fuckin' Terry.