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On 8/7/2019 at 1:20 PM, RunningMarket said:
If TARC maintains the same regulations as TAR US, then at some point Irina will need to step up and attempt tasks - Dave cannot do all the road blocks, for example. That, or they continue to take penalties...
Then definitely follow the same regulations, however the problem with those two is that the roadblock penalties they've taken have been on tasks that Irina was meant to do. So I guess it's considered that she's accomplished them? But she definitely bails on doing everything lately.
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8 hours ago, aemom said:
The Roadblocks used to be 4 hours and I'm not sure about the Detours, but I agree they need to increase the penalty time.
I'm mixing up their names, but one of the Anthony/James team said that he used to live in the area and was familiar with Goats on Roof, so he figured that was the clue.
(Dr.) James was the one who lived in Nanaimo. Anthony was smart and on their way to the cave task, started to pull apart the Dora backpack to see what was inside that might give them insight into the task. One they started the task they couldn't work together and their strength is very much in working together. Anthony itemized that they had carrots and the white board with 11 dashes and surmised that the location will be 11 letters. Recognizing that there was carrots in the bag (which didn't fit with the spelunking gear) James suggested it might be the Goats on Roof location. I suspect it's probably a famous location in Nanaimo, or at least recognizable to locals.
I really really thought it was so upstanding for Aarthy to insist they stay back and help Anthony and James. Doing so really helped them out in the end since James & Anthony returned the favour with the Goats location.
Irina and Dave are really working to be the villains of this season. For me they are playing a TAR:US Rob & Amber game. Taking penalties and forcing the hands of those behind them and guaranteeing their success because if others take penalties, then they're still ahead of them. Penalties didn't start off as uniform 2 hours. In the past, it was meant to equal the length of time it would take racers to complete a task. So if it would take the average racer 4 hours to complete, then the penalty would be 4 hours. Considering the oysters seemed to take an enormous amount of time, their penalty should've definitely been longer. They're acting ridiculous and I hate that they're so single minded about placing first on legs.
My pick to win is James and Anthony. They are so much fun to watch and I love that they use their platform to bring attention to First Nations causes. I need more backstory from them. The snippets they give isn't enough!
QuoteIt’s unfortunate that you’re so put off by people talking about how diverse Canada is. It’s the greatest thing about our country and even if people mentioned it endlessly (which they didn’t), it wouldn’t bother me. We always learn bits and pieces about the Racers’ lives throughout the season so I’m not sure why the segment about one of them being a doctor who often works with transgender people is such an issue.
What I love about TAR:Can is its diversity. TAR:US has grown tired and always picks the same "characters" to create drama. It's exhausting and difficult to root for anyone on that show. I love seeing the different groups of people. You'd never see the same type of representation on TAR:US that you see on TAR:Can and I think that's what makes it unique. I was moved to tears seeing James & Anthony wearing skirts and headbands drawing attention to Murdered & Missing Indigenous Women. You'd *never* see that on TAR:US.
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In the first episode this season Spender told Scully where or at the least, WHO her child was. If, as was shown, he did tell her, why was she completely clueless about location and name until she realized she'd recognized the house?
I think that they both have their suspicions about William not being a Baby-Mulder. I think Scully would rather not think/discuss the option and Mulder just doesn't want to draw attention to the possibility. I do think that this show was tossing up the anvils to hint that maybe CSM isn't right and that maybe William is Mulder's. CSM can't possibly know when they consummated their relationship and where it fits into his rapey timeline. I think that Jackson's quirks were definitely Mulder-quirks. So I hope that show ends with that reveal.
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Hilariously, when Jonah was standing there not sure of what to do, I was literally saying out loud "call Dina! Where's Dina?!" lol At least I was dead on with her being the right person to take on the robber.
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On 10/20/2017 at 1:42 AM, DrScottie said:
I found an interesting article about loss prevention at WalMart.
[bringing this over from Workplace Bully thread]
As a former employee/manager, that article was entirely accurate. Although we called our in store person "Mr. Brooks" (not his real name) and he was super obvious if you ask me. I remember specifically one time watching him pretend shop in the women's clothing racks. Somehow though, he would always manage to sneak up on a thief. It would make my night to see him ditch some item he was pretending to shop with at the cash next to the sliding doors and dash out after someone.
And yes, *everyone* caught had the cops called on them. Back when I worked there it was the Pokemon card fad and kids were constantly caught trying to steal them. They'd call the cops to make a point of teaching them a lesson.
But employee theft was by far the worst. We had a manager steal like $20k during cash pick ups. And another manager load a skid of Playstations on to a waiting vehicle via the McDonald's service exit. They were always the most brazen. And it made for the best gossip.
Actually that would make for a good running gag. Like every episode you see a background employee stealing something while the main cast is talking and not noticing. Then a few episodes later he/she is caught by their theft prevention (is that Dina? lol)
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Everyone dodging the buckets of water from the leaking room cracked me up. My Wal-Mart, which is a relatively a new Wal-Mart has this same thing going on after big rain storms in their frozen section. I always marvel at how many buckets there are that I have to dodge. I feel like one of the writers visited my Wal-Mart! lol
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3 hours ago, doram said:
I need Dany to wear her hair loose. It feels like it's been years since we've seen her out of braids. I think there was a bed scene with Daario (pillow talk about the ethics and morality of killing people, romantic stuff that) but it's so vague (and had so much Daario) that I barely remember how she looked in it.
Things I've learned with a recent rewatch of S1: The Dothraki (women?) wear their hair in braids. Dany started to wear her hair in braids once she took on the costuming of the Dothraki. I think it was Jorah who commented about it to Viserys. Jorah suggests that the braids were her embracing of the Dothraki way of life to make herself appear to fit in more fully. The hair loose, the way that she had her hair styled before she was married to Drogo was supposedly the style of the Westerosi. It's possible that the style was pre-Robert's rebellion but that was why she wore it long and free. I think she continues to wear it in braids to show her continued allegiance/devotion to the Dothraki. Or you know, the directors were sick of her hair flying all over the place and getting in her face, so tight braids keeps her wig in line.
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7 hours ago, sacrebleu said:
Which makes me laugh at the irony-- because didn't he have a big speech on the way to the Wall about how he wasn't going to ever have sex because he didn't know who his mother was, and didn't want to risk sleeping with a possible sister? Now, the first non-wildling he sleeps with turns out to be his aunt.
The boy's gonna need therapy.
I've been rewatching S1 so this is relatively fresh in my mind. He tells Sam that he had a chance with a prostitute but chickened out because he was worried that he might father a child and he didn't want to risk bringing a child into the world who was a bastard like him. He said something to the effect that he didn't want to put that burden onto a child so he just abstained. I don't recall him saying he was afraid of getting with a relative but it's possible that may have also been mentioned. I specifically remember the part about fathering a bastard child though in part because I'd realized that in having sex with Ygritte, while he was certainly playing a part, he likely had genuine feelings for her and was satisfied that he if she did become with child they would raise the child together regardless. Mind you, his initial hesitancy might've been born out of being young kid who was just scared to check that box. We haven't really seen him around any potential female partners outside of Ygritte in a long, long time.
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14 minutes ago, Colorful Mess said:
Seems like the way it's currently being discussed is - Jon finds out he's NOT a Stark, which is all he's ever wanted, YET he'll also be OK with marrying into a House that has nothing to do with the North and pushes him even further away from his Stark identity?
But he is a Stark, just not in the way he'd imagined it. Lyanna is every bit a Stark that Ned or Benjen or any of the Stark children are/were. As we saw in S1, Catelynn was reminding people of her Tully heritage and Sansa would remind Nan that she was "half Southerner" because of her mother. While there was some push back about Sansa being a Ramsay and no longer a Stark, I think the Westerosi get over their discrimination fast. It's the same logic as to why these Southern houses are following Cersei-- she's a Lannister in their minds (or at the very least seems to hold on to that more than saying she's a Baratheon.
I've been rewatching S1 and it's been interesting to see the real comparisons and call backs this season has made. In particular the one that stood out for me was the discovery of the direwolf pups. Theon commented that there wasn't a pup for Jon and he replied "I'm not a Stark" and cue the whining of Ghost behind a tree. This plays out similarly to Jon telling Tyrion that he's not a Stark and the dragon flying over head as if on cue. He's as much a Stark as he is a Targaryan.
While I've been suckered in to the Jon/Dany potential, Jon's loyalty has always been his "half-"siblings and pseudo family. Right from day one he was caring for them, loving them and asking after them. That's why the Sansa/Jon reunion hit so hard. Those two literally didn't even have a proper scene together and yet many of us still got weepy at their reunion. Jon always puts his family first. Blood relations (Starks) or not (Night's Watch/Sam). To me the reveal will only go one way-- solidifying his loyalty to his family(ies).
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18 hours ago, Wouter said:
So far, it looks like Sansa is headed to be lady of Winterfell. With Rickon dead (a shock to me, as a book reader I had suspected this character was there to continue the Stark line in the end, as the main line holding Winterfell), Sansa will need heirs or else she will have to count on Arya providing those for her. Which does seem to indicate she will likely need to marry at some points, and the show has left few viable candidates. It would be ironic if it were Gendry, if he would marry a Stark it should be Arya. I suppose they may introduce some northern or Vale lordling in S8, but would they wait so long for that?
It's funny, I joked with my friend that I thought-- through no real indication from the show-- that the match for Sansa was going to be Podrick. While I realize he's just a squire at best, when the war is over will anyone truly care about titles? The thought came to me when I was thinking about his purpose on the whole. What's he really done to forward the story? And the continuous scenes of Brienne training him? What do those insignificant scenes demonstrate? The conclusion I came to was that perhaps Podrick will be meant to take on Brienne's vows to protect Sansa. That in some capacity he'll actually use his terrible sword skills to do something useful to help Sansa in the future. For Sansa, she needs a person of *her* choosing; someone she's fallen for naturally. Also she needs a person who will feel at home in Winterfell and will not attempt to challenge her role as Lady of Winterfell. A few of the other remaining male options are either related to her, far older than her, or have potentially nefarious goals in mind. Podrick is the right age (I think? It's hard to tell how old anyone is meant to be now) and he'd fit in the north and likely has no aspirations of grandeur. Also, he's kind to Sansa and he's not a terrible person. Considering he's been hanging out at Winterfell and is Stark loyal, I can't see any other real outcome for the character.
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2 hours ago, gonecrackers said:
Yes that's where she drove them; 2hr drive. Her comment was she was driving them there because their father was going to 'watch the girls for me' while she was away. The 'watch' sounded babysitter-ish to me, but so many moms have that issue with fathers being less fathers to the children than sitters unfortunately.
The girls seemed so sad it made me very sad for them.
But do they not go to school? Darcy is going to be gone for 6 weeks! If they're 2 hours away from "home" how will they continue to attend school? You would think that the twin sister who lives with them would take care of them while Darcy is gone.
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9 hours ago, Rachel RSL said:
God...I'd probably *still* be at that challenge trying to figure that shit out. Fuck algebra!
Same. Same.
I thought it was just pop in the numbers into the formula provided and off you go. My head is spinning at that. Wow. No way I'd ever figure that out.-
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Karen and Bert using the express pass on the coffee task was a dumb move. You don't use the pass to get to first place, you use it to jump over a difficult task. The pottery/metal work was much harder than the coffee task by far (unless you're Korey/Ivana). I'm sad that the NFCousins went home. I really enjoyed them and was pulling for it to be a non-elimination leg. I wonder if the girls were more efficient than Give-rs but because they'd been eliminated they didn't qualify?
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On 6/3/2017 at 4:30 AM, Roseanna said:
I find the spelling competion very funny as Anne is already 13 and can read fluently.
Here children stop spelling once they learn to read. Luckily one writes our language just in the same way as it's written. Great thanks for the bishop who first used it after the Reformation!
Today (in my province anyway) kids will definitely have spelling tests and "word walls". I personally recall doing spelling tests in grade 7 and that would've been in the 80s. So I'm sure it was common place across Canada in Anne's era. Additionally, she was being schooled in a one-room school house. Teachers who teach split grades can attest to this, there's no way to always do different lessons for the different grades. You do what is common for all and find differences in little ways. The one-room school teacher would've likely had spelling that went from the basic "cat", "dog" for the younger kids to the complex for the older kids. I got the impression that that was the premise behind the competition-- going more and more difficult until only the strongest and in some cases, oldest, remained.
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1 hour ago, Kel Varnsen said:
On the other hand if Canada loses its biggest trade partner and birth rates are way down they could be in desperate need of immigrants. I'm no ecomist but Canada is rich in resources and has a trade deficit with the US. So if the counrty wants to be able to have stuff and be more self-sufficient, bringing in immigrants and building up manufacturing would probably be a good idea,
Birth rates are already down in Canada from the Canadian-born population. The only thing keeping the rates relatively stable are the immigrant population. If it wasn't for immigrants, Canada would have a declining population like Japan, Germany or Italy. (This is one of the significant reasons that Germany was so eager to help with the resettlement of refugees, their population need repopulating). In the Western world, women are waiting longer to have children because they are pursuing jobs, education, and child-free lives. When they are finally ready to have children (approximately at age 30+) their biological window is already closing and as a result have less children or none at all due to fertility issues.
Which reminds me of something that nags at me. The women that were in the Janine-stone throwing circle looked significantly older. Like I'd have guessed 35+ for many of the women shown on camera. I would've thought they'd get 20-somethings to be the Handmaids in the circle.
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On 6/16/2017 at 2:54 PM, Umbelina said:
They were under a very over-sized rim, and I doubt she intended to leave them there forever. I have no idea where she would put them though, was she supposed to pass them on somehow? If so, why use her as the middleman, why not just give them to the person she was supposed to pass them on to?
Alma's instruction was that June/Offred was to collect the package at Jezebel's from the barmaid named Rachel. She was then to hide it until "someone" came and got it from her. So there was no end point established and no indication as to who the person was that was meant to receive it. June/Offred could've had the package for a long time before someone came for it at all. Rita could theoretically be the next stage. Maybe we'll see the Martha-network since they've certainly hinted that the Marthas are a problem for Gilead's government.
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Someone up thread asked if other Martha's and Handmaids had escaped to Canada and why there wasn't more attention to Moira's escape. I've just finished binging this show and in an earlier episode the Commander tells Serena that a Martha escaped and gave an interview to the Toronto Star. Also I vaguely remember a mention that the Martha's are proving to be a problem as though they've been starting some underground stuff. So at the very least people gave escaped enough to be giving interviews with the press.
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On 5/8/2017 at 0:09 PM, maystone said:
The scenes on the bridge and by the river were shot in Cambridge, ON. I had no idea that the show was shot in ON, so I had a "Wait. What?! I know that place!" reaction while I was watching. I went to grad school in Cambridge, MA, too, so in addition to the dystopian aspect of the show, I'm having some general cognitive dissonance with place names and geography.
Yes! I knew I recognized that location. It's very near to the Antiques market I frequent on occasion. But in response to the OP, I do think that the court house was from U of T. It looks like the "new" science facility that was built or the new residence. (I say new, but it's probably been 15 years by now...)
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21 hours ago, Miss Slay said:
I rolled my eyes at the storyline of Anne going into a burning house. I preferred the book where Anne stood out because of her intelligence and winning personality. Apparently that truly is old fashioned, indeed.
But going into the house did show her intelligence. She'd learned on her own that the fire grew because of the oxygen brought on by all the open doors and windows.
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On 5/13/2017 at 1:06 PM, Jodithgrace said:
One thing which struck me from the book series is the concept of older single people, who had love affairs in their youth, but who broke up for some reason, (Usually a disagreement, exacerbated by pride) and finally get together again in their later years. I mean, there are at least three sub plots where this happens, and of course we know it happened with Marilla and John Blythe. In Anne with an E, they are also using this device with Matthew and Jeannie, the dress shop owner.
I wonder if this was something that LMM personally experienced or something that was very common in her day. Is it a stubborn, islander type thing, where people fall in love but then have a disagreement and refuse to unbend, leading them to break up and remain stubborn single people all their lives? I see it in Anne, in the first book, when she gets angry at Gilbert and will not let it go...for years!
It struck me as so weird, in the books, that as soon as we meet some old maid or reclusive curmudgeon, sooner or later some old lover will emerge from the woodwork, and with a little help from Anne and her friends, will suddenly rediscover their old feelings and finally forgive each other.
If wikipedia is to be believed, LMM was quite the catch and had many beaux. She also seemed to not find many of them interesting enough to marry (a very Anne-ish trait, to be sure). There is speculation that she married simply to settle down and was never really happy. Some go as far to suggest that she died by suicide. Wikipedia has a good list of her beaux and a few of them bear some striking similarities to characters from the novel. Apparently at one point she was engaged and then had a seemingly passionate affair with a man who's family she boarded with. The wiki article quotes from her diary and it's quite heated in the way she writes about kissing that man and how much better he was at it than her fiance. Of course she was discouraged from pursuing that relationship and he died of flu. I think for LMM, the plot points from the books are wish fulfillments. Perhaps she wished that her past "exciting" dalliances would save her from her dull life as a preacher's wife.-
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7 hours ago, Camera One said:
We got these newly invented details about Marilla's past, Matthew's past, a hint to Jerry's background, a bit about Gilbert's dad, but none of it felt very substantial.
I loved the fleshing out of Marilla's relationship with John Blythe, especially since it made the ribbon she'd given Anne all the more valuable (oh how I'd love it if Gilbert wore that chapeau in Anne's presence without realizing its significance to Marilla/his dad)
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On 5/13/2017 at 3:07 PM, KFC said:
I say this as someone who loved the first Kevin Sullivan movie, liked the second, and pretends the rest of his films don't exist:
It took me three episodes to really appreciate just how wonderful this version is, and five episodes to realize Jasper Dale is playing Matthew Cuthbert.
The first two were rather morose, but I think the show really finds its footing in the subsequent episodes. And I really appreciate how it's fleshed out a lot storylines with a modern eye but still feels in keeping with the spirit of the original novels.
I personally was captivated enough to keep watching and I would agree that it improves as time goes on. There are a few scenes throughout where I could've done without them, but overall I find it wholly enjoyable.
I too didn't realize RH Thompson was playing Matthew. I think I caught on at episode 2 through his voice and even then I wasn't entirely certain but knew it sure sounded like Jasper Dale. I had to check IMDB just to be certain!
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That BBC version... oh boy. I half expected the Muppets to appear. It reminds me of the Muppets' Frog Prince. Talk about horrible staging and crappy sets. Yikes. I couldn't get through that opening scene.
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On 5/7/2017 at 5:04 PM, scarynikki12 said:
During my recent rewatch I was delighted to notice that they used actual (though empty) medication bottles for the pharmacy shelves. I never pay attention to the background of the pharmacy scenes so this is the first time I saw them. The attention to detail is awesome and now I'm wondering if they called manufacturers for empty bottles or just made their own that would do the tv/movie thing where they'd say "aturnvastatin", "vealsartan", etc., instead of the real drug names. Probably the latter, as that would make the most sense, but those bottles were PERFECT so I'm curious.
I read a while back that they asked companies for the boxes of goods to put on the display shelves. The companies were more than happy to oblige (free advertising!). I have no idea about the pharmaceuticals, but I'd imagine it be similar? You wouldn't be able to use brand names without the company's permission.
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S07.E05: Clamageddon Continues
in The Amazing Race Canada
I honestly can't believe that anyone would choose to live in Myanmar over Canada knowing the human rights violations that are currently and continuing to take place there. Obviously they're there because money talks, but it's disappointing that Dave & Irina so willing to turn a blind eye to it. Meanwhile, we have Anthony & James who use the TAR platform to draw attention to the human rights abuses against First Nations people in Canada. It's such a stark contrast and makes it way easier to root for the latter over the former.