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On 4/3/2019 at 5:27 PM, alexa said:
Do you mean in the episode where they were swimming from the hijacked boat? Her arm was shot--that is the reason she couldn't swim very well.
She admits in the last scene that she's actually 'a crap swimmer' and lied to Magnum about Cambridge so he wouldn't worry about her to which he replies he still did.
On 4/3/2019 at 8:01 PM, Rose Quartz said:I agree that the writing is the weakest element of this show. I can't let myself think too hard about the plot of this last episode because it makes no sense. Why on earth would the kidnappers hang on to Hannah's father for four years, giving her chance after chance to get the money they wanted? It takes a lot of effort to hold someone prisoner, so I would have expected them to cut their losses and kill him when Hannah didn't get them enough money the first time after she sold the guys out.
With that said, I'll forgive a lot of plot holes if it gives me good character development and we had some of that here. I loved Rick's barely restrained fury when he confronted Hannah about how much her betrayal had hurt all of them, especially Thomas. And I was really intrigued by his comment that she had made it impossible for him to go home, because that ties back to what he said when they first met Shammy about how he had only been able to stay a few weeks in Chicago before coming to Hawaii with the others.
Another good scene was when Magnum admitted to Hannah that he feels guilty every day about what Rick and TC went through because it was his relationship with Hannah that led to them getting captured. Again, it was a nice callback to the scene in an early episode where Rick tries to convince Magnum that he and TC don't blame him for what Hannah did to them. I'll be much happier with the show if we keep getting character development moments like this in the new season.
Exactly. Plus Hanna's reasoning for why she sold the guys out instead of asking for help. She endangered them a lot more this way and then kept on causing carnage for years. Those must have been the most patient kidnappers ever. Eric Beaumont from Ransom would have negotiated her father out of there in a minute flat.
Plot holes (and inconsitstently covered tattos) drive me nuts. Even when I try to ignore them. Did I hear that wrong or did Magnum say 'once upon a time I was going to ask her to marry me' in this ep? In a past one they had already set a date.
I actually loved Rick in this ep and am as intrigued about his comment about not being able to go home as you are. I hope they don't drop that but take the chance of exploring the consequences of the guys' captivity in the next season.Couldn't agree more. I hope that now they know the characters and actors better, they go more into character development.
20 hours ago, Brian Cronin said:But luckily for the show, he's definitely likeable. You don't get the idea that he is a jerk or anything, even as he constantly takes advantage of his friends. Like when Katsumoto tells Magnum that he'll never trust him again, we all know that he eventually will, because Magnum is too likeable to not stay friends with him.
It irks me that they are trying to play this off as cute like in the ep where he gave away the money his dead client sent without having had paid off his debt to his friends first. He's quick to jump to their aid when they need him, but they can't invent storylines like this to cancel out him taking advantage all the time. Although I'm afraid TC's father not making it to the island wasn't just a storyline for that one ep but is probably going to end up as some 'he's in trouble which follows him to Hawaii and the guys need to get him out of it' shitck in the next season.
It's the same as McGarret in 5-0 never paying for any rounds or not having his walltet with him. It's not cute or fun, it's bad manners. Same in the ep with the house for the vet. Why didn't they just have him say 'I actually was tied up in a case, the other guys did all the work'?
14 hours ago, Perkie said:I agree with this. The first couple of episodes were rough because I kept trying to picture Tom and really not seeing Jay's version. But now it's just, this is the 2019 version of Magnum and I'm ok with it. He's a likable character and actor (and he'snot ugly to look at!!!). My only complaint by the end of the first season is Higgins treatment of him.
Plus, I wasn't happy with the one step forward, two steps back thing they did with Katsumoto with the last episode. They had gotten around to being friendly by the previous episode and I feel like they lost that because of stupid Hannah (that actress just rubs me the wrong way in every single role she's in).
The back and forth of Higgins' behaviour is weird. They seemed to get along and understand each other better and better, then sometimes she goes back to acting as if he wasn't able to tie his shoe laces by himself. Maybe TC bringing her into the family hug changes her perspective somewhat and they don't have her nagging all the time anymore.
Higgins taking time off and not telling anyone where she went was dropped very quickly. I'm guessing that is connected to her not giving Magnum a reply regarding a possible partnership.
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On 3/31/2019 at 5:50 PM, Rose Quartz said:
This, a thousand times this! One of the things that's really frustrating me about the show is that we rarely see Rick and TC interacting with Magnum and Higgins, even when they're all working on the same case. I like all of your options as a way of better developing the characters and their relationships.
They even split them up when they were working on their 'personal' cases by TC declaring their friendship over when Magnum handed over the evidence in the ep he asked for help and Rick going to Icepick and whatwashername respectively in the ep he asked Magnum to get the money from the poker game back. It's really bad storytelling if by the end of the hour you've forgotten that this was not a case they were hired for but Magnum helping out his friends instead of the other way around.
On 4/2/2019 at 1:24 PM, Brian Cronin said:One of the things that Hernandez has never really been able to sell is the hidden anguish that Magnum is supposed to carry with him. The whole point of a decorated Navy officer becoming a private investigator was that the stress of his "perfect" naval career was too much (due to PTSD from his experience in 'Nam) and so he decided to have fun and sort of have a second/first childhood. So under the joviality was some real pain. I don't get that from Hernandez's Magnum, even when he really tries to do it.
That said, even without that element to his performance, Hernandez is an amiable actor and so I enjoy him well enough and the show is still fun, but it doesn't have the depth that the original series could hit on. Still, it's a pleasant show to watch and not think too much about (it's basically like Hawaii 5-O, which isn't a surprise, of course, since it's the same production team).
I think it's the writing and production team, not necessarily the actor's choice. The show suffers from Morbus Lenkov.
They are getting shot, knocked out, hit by cars, stabbed, swimming for hours and whatnot and in the next scene, all is good. Same for emotional injuries. Katsumoto doing actual, realistic damage to his hand was needed in order for his boss to declare him too involved, otherwise they would probably have made the tree the losing party in that interaction.
Higgins is talking about a triathlon as if she could do it in her sleep, a few eps later she's not a good swimmer. I have several Iron Men and Women among my friends and can only say good luck with that, sister. At least Magnum was allowed to have some naval knowledge in the boat jacking episode.
The person being responsible for one and a half years of being in the enemy's hands is back and Rick is the only one with a (initially at least) senisble reaction? Oh, please.
I really don't think the showrunners want actual gravitas near their show. I stopped watching Hawaii 5-0 years ago because I couldn't stand the plot holes and there were characters in there that I don't want to see in my living room (*cough*Danny*cough*), but I genuinely like this cast, so I hope they don't screw up the potential the show has.
Three of my all-time favourite shows are Due South, Leverage and Psych. All three of them could be insanely funny when they wanted to and punch you in the stomach the next moment. Be more courageous, showrunners, we can handle intelligent and consistent writing and the actors might even have more fun with challenging scripts.
16 hours ago, seacliffsal said:i am so over storylines (in every show) in which someone claims they had no choice because something will happen to someone they love. Well, what about the four guys she traded to the Taliban for her father-she claimed she loved at least one of them and they all have people who love them. It's like during a thriller when someone demands that someone else build a nuclear bomb or they'll kill their child. Well, they're all going to die anyway due to the nuclear bomb. Playing with other people's lives for one's own purposes infuriates me.
Not even her father was really grieving when she was dying. I was actually waiting for him to chew her out for endangering others to free him. How many died in the ep she first popped up in alone and how many dead did she leave in her wake off-screen? If her dad was CIA, he probably would be ashamed of her.
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On 1/27/2019 at 12:15 AM, StatisticalOutlier said:
And speaking of bare legs, I think I have discovered why capris are so popular: they cover your upper knees and thighs.
I wear them because my knees really don't appreciate a lot of kneeling without being covered and there are some changes on the reformer that I can do by just turning when there's fabric, but my skin would stick on the carriage, but I so get what you mean. I had a 'bloody hell, what have I done to you?!' moment with my right knee last summer. We didn't wear any protection gear playing volleyball back in school, so I have a skidmark on it and I fell on a run a few years back and crashed onto the same one. Looks way better in capris - or at least not up close doing the scissors 😉
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On 26.10.2018 at 1:12 AM, StatisticalOutlier said:
I'm new to the Pilates class where the instructor plays music, and I'm an itinerant so I don't feel like I have the standing to protest. Now, grounds for grumbling to Mr. Outlier? Oh yeah.
The thing is, she plays "regular" music, like rock. To me, if you're not using the beat of the music, you don't need the music, especially if what you're doing is cue-heavy. BUT today, she was setting up the music and said, "Oh no! I thought it was charging!" I thought, "Hallelujah!" but it turned out it was good for about 50 minutes of music. But there was a blissful ten minutes of silence at the end.
I realized that's what I like about a yoga class I found--no music. The instructor uses the bowl thing to make some racket, but no background music. And she sometimes talks about finding self worth or other new age-y drivel, but only at the beginning and end, and not always. And I'll take that over superfluous, never mind intrusive, music any day.
But I will put a plug in for rec centers for those who are intimidated by gyms. Granted, I go during the day, so maybe the demographics are skewed, but it's far from a nonstop parade of tight women in figure-flattering yoga pants and beefcake men strutting around between grunting and dropping heavy weights on the floor.
Whatever...it's as non-intimidating an atmosphere as I've found in a place where people exercise.
I love rock, but music has such an effect, I couldn't imagine doing Pilates to it, I'd automatically start doing the excercises in the beat of the music which might be way too fast. That's too bad. We usually team up in the changing room when there's something we don't like and then one of us tries to break it diplomatically to the teacher. We had to do that just a couple of times with new ones (doing Level I stuff with a Level III group or being too scared to correct us), but it has worked so far because everyone present was on the same page.
That's funny, one of the very few yoga classes I tried was basically music plus drivel. When he asked if was coming back, I told him I preferred to keep my sports and spirituality seperate. He looked at me as if I'd just grown a second head.
I don't think we have such a thing as a rec center (I'm not in the US) and actually setting foot in a gym or a studio of any kind is a big hurdle for a lot of people. It's such a shame that bad experiences, stupid trainers or idiots who think the gym is their runway scare people off something they might actually love. I know a female personal trainer who looks like an amazon and a guy actually walked up and tried to mansplain pull-ups to her and when she talked back, tried to intimidate her. Big mistake. If he did that to an actual newbie though, that person might never try again. -
On 3.8.2018 at 7:40 AM, andromeda331 said:
I really love how they handled the character of Maggie.
Couldn't agree more. It would have been so easy to paint her in an unsympathetic light, but they went the (sadly) unexpected way and made her part of the family without overusing the character.
On 5.10.2018 at 5:08 AM, andromeda331 said:Fairy God Parents isn't my favorite although I do love Eliot teaching the classroom of girls to fight and always happy to see the FBI guys. I do like Three Days of Hunter seeing Sophie running the con this time and Hardison turning the tables on his interrogator. I love when the two men leave the interviews and he remarks that his is freaking him out while the other guy says his appears to be insane. The Ice Man was just okay although I do like everyone secretly calling Sophie and Hardison pretending to call his girl when he calls Sophie after being kidnapped by the Russians Sophie's remarked that it should be okay as long as its not the Russian and poor Hardison's remark "Bit of a problem". I love that part with Nate's reaction to Eliot's remark about Parker dressed a Nun. With Parker who really knows she would do it just cause. I didn't like the Runaway either except Parker wondering about reindeer games and wondering how would they even keep score. I love the opening of season three for the same reason ending with Nate saying no because nothing timed out right. But Sophie is right it would be great with her driving the getaway car. Parker tasering the guards and Nate's only reaction is she could have just taken the keys. Parker's house is so Parker, I love everyone's reaction to it too and yes the bunny is on the bed. My least favorite is the horse one (except for Parker's story about seeing a horse kill a guy and it being a man dressed up as a horse!), the boxing one (except for Parker beating up Hardison), the Underground (except Parker learning to grift) and hockey one. Which are your favorite episodes?
Eliot with the girls, Sophie shushing the big fight and Parker inspecting the apartment Parker-style made Fairy God Parents for me.
I'm very meh on Runway too. There were some good scenes, but overall it was lacking something.My favourite is probably The Big Bang Job. Not just because of the insane action scenes (which I'm a sucker for), but because there was some really good acting in there. There are so many good eps though. I like The Studio Job (I can put names to some of the archetypes in that one thanks to my professional past) The Bank Shot Job; Reunion & D.B. Cooper for being fun, Queen's Gambit (contrasts the funny Eliot/Sterling and Nate/chess players scenes nicely with Parker and Hardison's more serious/emotional ones), Experimental was good as well. The arrogant yuppie was really well cast, I just wanted to punch him. Also, the Last Goodbye Job because it wasn't one of the countless last episodes of a series that made me angry, but actually kept up the show's quality until the end and bookended it nicely with the ep 1 references without overdoing it. Timothy Hutton absolutely killed it in that one.
I'm still not sure if I liked the White Rabbit or not. Using Hamlet is usually a good way to get me, but I've been on the fence about this ep for years.On 5.10.2018 at 12:19 PM, Spaceman Spiff said:I don't think that is easily answered. There is so much to love about the whole series, and as you mention (about episodes I skipped) there are still nuggets in each episodes that ring true. Nate's consistent "Let's go steal a...", and how in S4 E1 it's "mountain" and everyone is like, didn't we already steal a mountain. His drive that comes out whenever a child is somehow hurt or involved, Like the Cross My Heart Job, the extreme menace he exudes at the end of the episode is chilling. Alec and his wide eyed shake of his head with the slight "Uh uh" whenever he is asked to do something uncomfortable or out of his wheelhouse, plus all of his geek references. His always losing to Eliot during rock paper scissors because "He has a tell". His excitement when they pull off the impossible, like landing the plane in Mile High Job, or doing The Bottle Job in under an hour and a half, or how he hacked history in King George Job. Eliot and his frustration at most of what Alec does, but then secretly smiling after, like the commercial "aired" in Japan when he was the baseball player (and he wanted Hardison to play it again), the same with Mr Punchy. Eliot's using the words "very distinctive" all the time. It's a very distinctive fighting style, it has a very distinctive sound. Everything about Parker is just gold. In the Juror #6 how everyone had to keep telling her "You are Alice". In the Studio Job how it takes her all episode and then off screen you hear "Oh Eliot's the fiddle!" and the Hot Potato Job where she doesn't understand the potato is what they were after. When she rattles off all the different bank security systems in Three Card Monte job and then is all "What do you guys do on the weekend?" Beth is so expressive with Parker. She hits all the comedic and emotional beats. Her distress in The Stork Job and how she didn't want the kid to "turn out like her". In the Boost Job how she tried to look out for Josie, and the aforementioned Down Hill Job when she breaks down telling Eliot she "wants to do the right thing" in trying to bring the body back to the wife.
It is the one series that I will rewatch at least once year, because even after multiple viewings it will still hold up better than most of what is on TV today.
Amen to all of this. There are more series out there right now than ever before. I have to watch a lot of them for my job (I know, the hardship) but on a personal level, I either don't want the people on the screen in my living room or the writing isn't up to par (or taking the audience for fools), the direction or camera work shoddy and let's not get started on the 'acting' in a lot of them. I'd rather re-watch a bunch of criminals being immensely entertaining while taking out human garbage. Until John Rogers tweets something current related to an ep and scares me back to the real world ;-)
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On 20.10.2018 at 2:27 AM, StatisticalOutlier said:
We had a brand new person in class this week, and the pacing was very different. But get this--at the end, the teacher says, "Who wants to do teasers?" I've been to probably six or seven of her classes, and we've never done a teaser, and she brings it out when there's a brand new person in there, and an old guy, to boot, who struggled through the whole thing. No way would I pick that class to do teasers; she should have done it when the class was all experienced people.
But that's what you get when you have a "rec center" pilates class. That, and music, which drives me INSANE. I figured out that that's why I'm liking a yoga class at a different rec center--no music. If the class is all about explaining moves or reminding people to pay attention to this muscle or that breath, then why have something that competes with people hearing it? Argh.
Theoretically. But I just don't see how that little bit of movement actually works those areas effectively.
Ouch, the poor guy. Couldn't she have done one of the countless teaser prep excercises for the 'general public' and told those who wanted to do the full teaser to go ahead with it?
We've got a new guy of the tender age of 81 who is shaming half of us on the Cadillac. He does accept his limits, but it's embarassing for those of us half his age. The oldest in the studio is 84 (oldest woman 80), those are some life goals right there.
I would probably protest if anyone tried to play music. We did it a couple of times during summer when there were special classes, but she let us choose (Chopin, Bach, Haydn and the likes) and it was very much in the background.I think it's supposed to be the speed of the kick in combination with keeping your upper body in the raised position to maximize the strech without losing form. I really need to research why some of the excercises are supposed to be done slowly and some as quickly as possible in order to be effective. Maybe it was just Pilates being German by experiencing Schadenfreude when everyone in the room was flailing ;-)
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On 5.10.2018 at 3:58 AM, StatisticalOutlier said:
In my Pilates class today (at a rec center, not a Pilates studio), there weren't any new people and the thing whipped right along. I paid attention because of the discussion upthread, and at about the 30-minute mark, we were pretty much where we'd be ending the class if there had been new(er) people who needed more coaching and cue-ing. So it really is just a matter of moving quickly between exercises with no downtime in between, to get more moves in and to get to the harder moves.
One thing I've noticed about Pilates is that I'm not sure what some of the moves are intended to do. Like the single-leg kick, done while you're on your stomach. It's just a little move, and doesn't really seem to be working anything (compared to, say, a teaser, or even hundreds), but I know old Joseph Pilates put it in the sequence on purpose and I trust him.
In other news, I tried a barre class. This is the class description:
There was another new person there, and the instructor did tell us beforehand that it wasn't really like ballet barre work. Well, drat. Not that I'm a ballerina, but I do find their barre work interesting. Oh well.
Mainly, the class was a ton of lifting 2- or 3-pound weights. And some planks, and the barre work was working hamstrings with a ball behind your knee and some other leg-lifting--probably not 10 minutes of the class. I'm sure I've forgotten some of what we did, but it struck me as just an extended version of the one "arm" routine we'd do in Jazzercise years ago. And my triceps are VERY SORE. But I certainly didn't find anything fusion-y about it--just basic lifting of light weights, and a lot of it.
The moves themselves should change too though. For example when a beginner would have the strechted leg for the single leg strech at 45°, later on it's parallel to the floor, barely above it. Also, the chest lift gets higher, the swan dive from laying on the mat on your stomach bending upwards to actually rocking back and forth just via tension and breathing, etc.
Re single leg kick: glutes and hamstrings.
I did 6 months of barre this year. It was great for getting thighs of steel, but extremely bad for my hip joint. We did stuff like push-ups with the hands on the floor and feet up at the barre that I loved but the more ballet-y stuff killed me, so I had to stop.
On 5.10.2018 at 11:50 PM, auntlada said:I think "toning" is used to market using weights to women to make them feel they aren't going to get huge muscles if they lift weights. If you say "building muscle," they'll think their arms are going to look like Arnold Schwarzenegger, which they won't, particularly if they are only lifting light weights, but that's hard to convince people of.
Agreed, it's pure marketing. I've met women who wanted to have arms like Schwarzenegger and started to consider taking supplements because it just does not work that way. On the other hand, I've also met a lot of male trainers who refuse to believe that there are differences between how male and female bodies work and branded the women in the gym as lazy because they were not bulking up the same as the man. Welcome to the 21st century, where education is still underrated and gender marketing reigns supreme.
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1 hour ago, StatisticalOutlier said:
I haven't been to a studio in years, but my recollection is that in the more advanced classes, we'd go from exercise to exercise quickly because everybody knows the setup for each one, so there was no downtime. And once we got to a certain point--I'd guess about 10 moves in or so--the instructor would pick among the more advanced moves.
Ah, got it, thanks. It's the same where I am, but the order and the exercises are never the same. They are mixing it up depending on who is there and how far they can go.
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On 7.8.2018 at 6:26 PM, StatisticalOutlier said:
One nice thing about Pilates is that for a mat class, the moves are established, and done in a certain order. (Of course, that's the bad thing, too, because anybody can learn the sequence, but as I said, a big part of it is making your brain work certain areas, which is immensely helped by having cues from an instructor.)
May I ask which Pilates method you're doing? I've never been to a class with an established order (except for the series of 5) and am wondering how you work up to the fun parts if every class is the same.
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13 hours ago, DeLurker said:
@Sonja - Thanks for your thoughtful, and totally real factors that should be considered. I did give those things considerations before I forged ahead. I actually ordered it through Sam's Club - it wasn't the latest model so 1/2 the price of the latest-greatest and only $20 more than buying it used. So it was delivered to my house last week and I've used it for about a week.
Having it for a week isn't long enough to indicate if I'll use it all the time, but so far I have used it every day. I do know enough about working out from prior experience that I don't worry about hurting myself. The mechanics of the Total Gym are really pretty simple so I think I would have to make a concerted effort to misuse it. The one area I am concerned about it my right shoulder which has some problems, so I have been very careful to limit the amount of use on it. Based on the design though, it makes it pretty easy for me to use my feet to help do the load bearing work which allows my right shoulder to just go through the range of motion. Between the materials that came with it, the website and just the internet, I am slowly figuring out how to target specific areas that have been problematic (other than just not being aesthetically pleasing).
An added bonus for me is I can use it and then go straight to my very own shower and get cleaned up. I rarely used the shower at the gym when I went, but I always made sure I chose a gym in close proximity to my home. Never been a fan of the locker room showers...
To be honest, I am already feeling better - not physically, but emotionally. That's a pretty powerful motivator right there since I have been dealing with a lot of PTSD and general anxiety on a chronic basis for about 15 years.
Sounds like it was the right decision for you then :-)
I don't know which kind of exercises you are currently doing, but if there's an issue with your shoulder, try not to do those where you have to lift your arms higher than shoulder-height. For example if you have your arms in the slings and go from a t-shape to bringing down your hands towards your hips and back up, try not to go into a fully horizontal T with the arms, but stop a few cm before. I have a bum shoulder as well and one inch makes all the difference. But it sounds as if you had figured that stuff out already anyway.I hear you on the showers!
That sounds great! Keeping my fingers crossed for you that this is only the beginning and you'll feel better and better :-)
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On 13.7.2018 at 8:42 PM, StatisticalOutlier said:
I'm not expecting Joseph Pilates's great grandchild to be doing the class, but I am over-the-moon grateful that this isn't my first foray into Pilates. As @Sonja said, these classes have people of wildly differing experience in them. That's never good, and I think the people who suffer the most are the newbies. I tried a class called PiYo, which was billed as a combination of Pilates and yoga. I have no idea what it actually was. So I thought, "Stick to ones that are called Pilates." So I did, and got one was cray cray.
This cray cray Pilates class started with a bunch of moves using 3-lb weights, while standing. That is not Pilates.
Well, we didn't do hundreds until about halfway in, and even then, they were something she called "reverse hundreds," with little weights. The hell?
And there was one exercise that I never did figure out what it was. I think maybe "rolling like a ball," but maybe just leaning back. That's not good.
The class had only about 8 people in it, with one totally new person that I knew of. The instructor had her doing things on a giant exercise ball (in Pilates!) so she was totally confused.
One other student and I rotated so our whole bodies were on the thick mat, and the instructor actually told us not to do that. Why does she care what we do to make ourselves more comfortable? I can think of no reason whatsoever for having your pelvis hiked up on a thicker mat than the rest of you, and I actually think it's harmful.
Anyway, maybe this was just some random lunacy, but unless you know what Pilates is supposed to be, you'd have no way of knowing it was lunacy. And even if you do, you're simply not going to get the one-on-one instruction a beginner needs.
The point is that if you want to know what Pilates is and does, then you really should start in a Pilates studio. It's more expensive than health club dues or drop-in fees, but even a cheapskate like me can see that it's an investment, and that by paying to get a solid foundation, I can go to cheaper classes for the rest of my life.
Thank you for this, I had to laugh out loud several times when reading. You know there are actually people still around who were trained by Joseph Pilates? My instructor was at a workshop once where a 97 year old demonstrated stuff hanging from the Cadillac and they had to fight the urge of telling her to get the hell down before she hurt herself. Life goals.
I see your PiYo and raise you a Piloxing. I'm still wondering where either the Pilates or the Boxing part were. It was more of a collective flailing with weighted gloves. I did have the urge to knock some sense into the instructor afterwards though. A badly executed crunch does not make Pilates. If she had shouted 'jab!' one more time, I probably would have done just that.Leaning like a ball sounds intriguing.
Thanks for the mental image of rolling around, trying to properly get onto the mat ;-) The studio I'm training in actually lets each of us use whatever we need however we need it and they know all of our physical issues/limitations. And would NEVER hike up someone's pelvis. I only have one properly working hip joint, so there are things I can't do (especially on the mat, the slings of the reformer can actually force that stupid bone into the right direction when all spings are loaded) or have to do differently and they tell me beforehand when we do something new that might result in injury. By now I can actually almost get into a full split on the reformer despite this.
I couldn't agree more: the number of people thinking Pilates (or Yoga or other forms of exercise) is bull because of bad experiences that showed a completely wrong picture must be legion. If you learn that stuff properly, it bleeds into all aspects of your life though. I'd never do a hollow back when reaching for something anymore.
On 15.7.2018 at 8:13 PM, DeLurker said:Anyone have any first hand experience with the Total Gym (that system that Chuck Norris advertises for)? It has been mentioned by a few people I know in passing, so I wanted to look into it a bit more but quickly found myself skeptical because it sounds too good to be true.
Mostly I could use a lot more toning. I've toyed with the idea of actually joining the Y or another fitness facility, but I know that the likelihood of my doing something decreases substantially with the chances of actually encountering people. I'm hyper sensitive about my physical limitations these days and just dread the prospects of answering the inevitable questions that come along with having a disability. I've always been in pretty good shape (thanks to genetics mostly) and with age and physical limitations, that has taken a hit. Objectively I am not in bad shape, but it could definitely use work and I'll get to bad if I don't start to do more. Subjectively, I've got a level of body dysmorphia which further inhibits my willingness to go to a gym.
I can pick one up for about 1/2 the retail price through my community's classified section which makes the price less of an issue.
Not a fan of any 'miracle' equipment to be honest. Two questions, the first one relating closely to what @StatisticalOutlier and I were going on about in our previous posts:
- would you actually know how to use it properly from previous work out experience or is there a possibility you would get exercises wrong and hurt yourself more than benefit from it?
- do you think you'd actually use it for anything other than hanging your laundry long-term? I've had some experience with that myself ;-)
If you don't want to encounter too many people at a gym, is there a place with small groups of people training anywhere in your vicinity that you could stomach? Do you have a friend who'd be interested to come with? Starting with someone you know and trust might help to get things up and running. I can only speak for the Pilates studio I work out in, but we are more functioning like a family where the 20 year olds are joking with the 80 year olds and no one cares about others' disabilities - which there are quite a few of. It can actually get quite difficult to do abs-related stuff because someone is always throwing out a one-liner.
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18 hours ago, DeLurker said:
I share your mistrust of it. I hope it goes better for you if you decide to give it a go.
I think a Razor scooter in an adult size would be workable.
Thank you! I think I might break out my old protection gear from inline skating when I first get back onto the board. Better be embarrassed for a few minutes than in a cast for weeks ;-)
Don't get me started on those things, I hate them with a passion...
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On 5.6.2018 at 6:28 AM, DeLurker said:
I managed to learn to rollerblade around 31-32 without killing myself.
Around 40, my son got a skateboard and I was going to show him something really basic. I had done it a lot when I was a kid through college, even used to take my dog out on one so she could run. Did not even hesitate for a moment to get on the board.
All it took was a moment and I instantly lost my balance, instinctively put out my hands to break my fall and somehow absorbed all the impact through my right shoulder. It hurt for weeks, and my humiliation to this very day.
I recently bought a skateboard to shorten ways from the car to meetings (there have been a lot of no-go zones for cars implemented where I live in recent years and I happen to have meetings in one of those regularly), but then I remembered that the last time I was on one was in my teens and I'm now over 40. It has been staring at me accusingly from its space in the hallway since then, waiting for me to try and break a limb or two.
7 hours ago, emma675 said:Y'all, I tried a HIIT workout tonight for the first time. I may not be able to move in the morning, assuming I'm still alive. I swim regularly and this beginner HIIT class kicked my ass.
Congrats! Assuming you're still alive that is ;-)
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22 hours ago, DearEvette said:
Is Wayan's riders, including his not wanting to table read, responsible for the problems on set?
Crawford seems to have some sort of dick measuring stick where if 'you can't take a hit' you're a pussy and must be ridiculed for it. The two or three confrontations noted in the article all seem to be precipitated by Crawford. The walk off by Eric Laneuville, a veteran tv director with decades of experience and tons of directing credits, was precipitated by Crawford's reactions. It was Crawford's pay that got docked because of the delay and change in directors.
That's another thing I don't get. The decision about there being table reads or not should never be one actors, but the producers. Agreeing to this was a mistake.
Crawford's behaviour was definitely inexcusable and I tend to side-eye everyone who uses the word pussy as a put down.
2 hours ago, kassygreene said:Not to take a side in this (I would have fired them both a year earlier), but the 2.5 hour eating condition in the contract is probably there to force the show to give him the scheduled time to eat. Show biz is a Business, and the pressure to put off a food break would be ongoing.
I have no issue with them providing food for him every 2.5 hours, but I can't get over 'takes nap time very seriously'. Whoever wrote this either didn't let anyone proof-read or doesn't like the guy much.
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4 hours ago, FinnishViewer said:
I don't know about the naps, but the food situation is due to his having diabetes according to some poster on AVClub.
Coming from a family of diabetics and working closely with one, I have yet to see an adult who needs someone else handling their diabetes. Food being made available by the employer is of course different in this case because if they are on location, it can be difficult to bring your own stuff, but emercengy gels, etc aren't bigger than a phone anymore, they fit into your pocket. Most Type I diabetics I know (don't know if Wayans is one) by now have an implant in their arm that is connected to an app, so if my local national health insurance provider pays for those things, I doubt he'll be unable to afford one.
I'm all for supporting people with chronic issues, but how many employers would remind their diabetic employees to eat every 2.5 hours and then send them off for a nap (which is unrelated in my opinion). Again, I'm not griping about the food being available, but about babying a grown man.
This thing reads like band riders; some are regular, some put in jokes to see if anyone is actually reading them (no blue M&Ms) and some think they have to be waited on hand and foot. Seems Wayans' agent tried and WB signed which is their own fault but shouldn't be taken out on the crew.
As for Crawford, he's not a teenager anymore FFS, it's not that hard to not yell at people, frustration or not. I'm working in an open space office, so if I need to concentrate, I listen to music and interviews on youtube via headphones and a few months ago landed on a podcast ep with him as guest. Apart from not being the most interesting interviewee, I was wondering why he would go back to Hollywood when it's apparent from just listening to him that this is not a healthy environment for him or doesn't bring out the best in him.And as some others mentioned, where were the showrunner and the studio in all of this?! I hope someone manages to get out of their NDA so that this can be taught as a 'how not to do' example in film school.
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21 hours ago, SunnyBeBe said:
I appreciate the tips. Right now, there are all kinds of options near my work, but, where I'm living temporarily, there aren't many options. Just a Y really. But, I intend to move into my house that needs renovations before too long and will have greater access to studios and trainers. I know that can be expensive though. Still, I will put it as a priority.
That's the unfortunate thing about sports, not a lot of them are inexpensive. Surprisingly my 'cheapest' one is archery because that equipment hardly cost more than the running shoes I keep having to replace when I've literally run them to the ground. I hope you find something affordable you like!
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On 1.2.2018 at 4:22 PM, SunnyBeBe said:
Is there another way to build core strength?
Is there a Pilates studio near you? Not a gym with Pilates classes, but a real Pilates studio. I'm stressing the difference because due to the nature of gyms, it must be possible to jump in at any time while in a dedicated studio, you learn from scratch and build up from there. Even if you're only doing a few hours as a beginner, you learn how to do core exercises correctly so you don't hurt yourself when you continue on your own.
As for the ab thingy: I would stay away from things like these. Working properly with your own body weight and body axis is way more effective than those gadgets and less dangerous if done correctly.
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1 hour ago, katmax said:
I saw some screenshots from sites which follow twitter and I was suprised at where they were coming from. There are a huge amount of fans for Lucifer in Brazil, Germany, Canada, with smaller groups of fans in Russia and Australia and in some parts of Africa. Its watched all over the world, but only the USA viewers are counted for ratings purposes. It was actually pretty educational to see the fan distribution from twitter.
Of course only US ratings are counted. Internationally, depending on the territory, they are still in previous seasons, earlier in the season or now first on SVOD services (mostly Amazon Prime) and on 'free TV' after. Also, the ratings don't matter to the rights holder (sometimes not the same studio for all territories); they sell the series for a fee, if the local TV station manages to recoup or not is their problem.
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Jeez, by now there is enough material to make series 3 of Feud about his. I wonder if we'll ever learn what has been going on from people on the set not named Crawford or Wayans. It definitely is textbook 'how not to handle things' for studios, showrunners and actors alike. I just hope that the crew members can find jobs at properly run shows asap, so they can leave this mess and would like to see Keesha Sharp and Kevin Rahm in something watchable in the near future because it would be suprising for LW to survive the next season after this cluster****.
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17 hours ago, JackONeill said:
Personally, they ran out of Lethal Weapon material in the first season. It then became just another cop show.
I was wondering how they'd manage an entire show when the movies already streched all credibility, and frankly asked for a lot of goodwill towards not always likable main characters. Looks as if they didn't.
This entire thing is extremely weird.
We have:
- One lead actor with issues big enough that they warrant having him having to relinquish part of his pay and go to therapy
- One lead actor who calls victims of sexual assault liars because they are 'un-rapeable' and *insert b-word I'm not even typing*
- Showrunners apparently not running the show
What I'm finding suspicious in all of this is why they let Crawford direct if he was creating a hostile environment. To give him more power to do so? Even if that had been promised before, that could have been taken away after the first reprimand.This show can't be cheap in terms of stunts, effects, and location shoots so I'm wondering if it has gotten too troublesome for Fox in terms of cost, lacking storylines, plus leads who can't stand each other and cause bad headlines.
Call me cynical, but I've been working on the outskirts of this business for 20 years and it seems to me as if a network known for cancelling shows with a vocal fanbase wants to try a new way to get rid of one and not be the bad guy for once. After the story about Crawford having gotten out, they could have sensed an opportunity, well aware that if they do cancel after announcing that if the show goes on it's without him, they can say the online reactions were overwhelmingly saying fans wouldn't watch the show with a new actor, so the network had no choice.-
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On 9.3.2018 at 4:28 PM, mammaM said:
As much as I like Noah Wyle, I liked The Librarians better when he just showed up once or twice a season not every episode so him getting a new show isn't a deal breaker for me. Also, while last season was not my favorite I hope the show finds a new home.
Same here, I like Wyle, but I can do with as little of Flynn as possible.
On 10.3.2018 at 1:18 AM, ceecee said:I am so done with TNT.
When I filled out the TNT survey they conducted before the cancellation, I noticed that I am not watching a single of their series except for The Librarians. Granted, I don't live in the US, but we have TNT here as well and watching TV series is part of my job. The Librarians airs on a different channel here though, weirdly enough.
On 10.3.2018 at 2:50 PM, kassygreene said:I forgot to say that I was astonished Librarians got a fourth season; the vibes a year ago led me to think it would be canceled to clear the way for one of the Great New Shows; when it was renewed, I figured they didn't have enough Great New Shows ready to go....
I don't get why in a time where series pop up like mushrooms and in a lot of cases disappear after one season, they don't make more effort to keep a show with a built-in and loyal fanbase that you don't have to find and cultivate first. I'll also never get the 'the older the series, the less promotion & marketing' rule. It's short sighted.
On 10.3.2018 at 8:57 PM, lizzyp said:Hopefully they can find a new home and Devlin gets it through his head that TNT is not REALLY his friend.
At this point in time, every network that greenlights your show needs to be viewed as your friend; they might be the only ones. There is so much content going around and apparently so few excecs who can judge what actually works for more than one season, it's not easy.
On 16.3.2018 at 12:41 AM, HunterHunted said:Heck, I even liked Will and that show was just off.
I tried to like it, but as a Shakespeare-fan, they made it absolutely impossible. I was actually happy when the season was over. Artistic license is fine, but adding one of Burbage's sisters (there were three in real life btw) into the mix of the already ridiculous authorship debate started in the 1900s was unnecessary, lazy and frankly infuriating. Also, I was bored for 70% of the series and cringing about the acting for a lot of it. The guy playing Burbage was fun to watch though and it's always good to see Colm Meanie on a screen. Sorry for the rant, that show really ticked me off. Not a fan of the convoluted Prospero storyline in The Librarians either btw, I liked this season better.
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On 10.2.2018 at 5:20 PM, Sarah 103 said:
I agree with this. The clipping book is still going to send them on the same missions. Instead of Baird sending them to the retreat because they need to do some team building, the clipping book sends them because of strange things that have been happening. That mission could still play out, just slightly differently.
Except it wouldn't really be a mission. Baird remembers, so she would just have to go there, tell jealous DOSA guy what's going on and have the camp cleared. No camp experience for Cassandra, no meeting Sarena for Stone, no being the grown-up for Jones. Same with Feud; Baird already knows what's going on, so they would solve it quickly without the journey. Which would probably change stuff regarding personal development and team dynamics though because they would not go through the same things as before.
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On 21.5.2014 at 11:08 PM, Rinaldo said:
Eliot acquires a flock of screaming fangirls the morning after he played in a Memphis bar?
On 22.5.2014 at 10:26 PM, Rinaldo said:OK, I know what you're saying here, and I know Kane has devoted fans in real life. I'm not saying he couldn't attract them. But just practically speaking: how did he? He sings one evening in a bar to which none of these girls could be admitted, and then by 10 the next morning they've all cut school to follow him around the streets of Memphis? On the basis of what? :) If he'd made a TV appearance, sure.
I worked in the music industry for nearly a decade, starting in the mid 90s when we didn't even have email accounts yet, let alone youtube. Let me tell you, this part of the storyline was scarily believable to me.
Also, it was established twice in the episode that young girls actually were present in the bar (I would get someone who kills people to steal their songs wouldn't be too strict on other legalities either) and I had to carry girls out of backstage areas often enough to know how cunning, tenatious and sometimes dangerously deluded they can be at a certain age.
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On 8.2.2018 at 3:37 AM, AuntieL said:
I just realized, Jenkins isn't dungeon master anymore. That's sad.
On 8.2.2018 at 4:08 AM, Maelstrom said:No one’s character growth (such as it was) stuck, the whole “one librarian to rule them all” thing was never addressed (though I guess this means that Dare’s visit and subsequent warning never happened, so maybe it’s not an issue after all?)
13 hours ago, tennisgurl said:But, I dont like that they decided to make this whole season have not happened. I mean, why? And not within the show and the timy whimy hijinks of Flynn, but why, from a story stand point, would they do that? Usually, when writers decide to do something like that, they want to create new story opportunities, bring dead characters, back to life, or get rid of unpopular storylines. However, beyond Jenkins coming back and being immortal again (which, hurrah!!!!) what does that accomplish? Because, it mostly seems like they just got rid of all the character development that we got over the season, and makes the whole thing pretty pointless. They could have brought Jenkins back in a much easier way if thats all they wanted.
Since none of this season happened, does that mean that Darrington Dare will die young and alone, after not learning the lesson he learned this season about teamwork? And Stones friend at the race track will be screwed, and Fortuna will still be one the lose? Does that mean the summer camp forest will keep eating people, and the heart of the forest will never be found, and all those people will still be stuck there? And the fairy will be stuck in that little town forever, and the kid Cassandra befriended will never feel at home there? And the Civil War ghosts will never be at peace, and their town will always be at odds? And that reporter Stone had a thing with and Jeff the DM will never find closure with the Library? And Ezekiel will never move forward with his mom? And the gangs character development is all gone, including Jenkins finding Friends outside the Library and becoming a DM? Because thats...all super depressing. I liked this season and now its...gone?
I agree with all of you. I feel as if the characters (and the viewers) got cheated out of all the character development and experiences of the season. If they get a new season (which I'm still hoping for), they have their work cut out regarding who knows what considering some events might re-occur with Eve already knowing what's been going on.
@tennisgurl, that's exactly what irks me most too. All the good stuff about this season (Jenkins befriending the D&D players, Stone having a crush, Cassandra messing up 'Stepford', saving the forest, the resolution of the Civil War story) is supposedly gone with the sucky (Nicole) still being around. Gah.
Please, Dean Devlin pull a Joss and blow us away with an unexpected solution to all of this in the first ep of the hopefully happening next season.
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Magnum P.I. (2018) - General Discussion
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You'd also think MI-6 agents, Marines and Navy Seals might have had decent first aid trianing, but mostly they are exhibiting the triage skills of Max the cat except for the CPR on Higgins bit.