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KDeFlane

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  1. This was great for two weeks, but broadcast has now moved to latenight (approx. 1:00AM Tuesdays)
  2. good time for me to jump in, just as the show ends, right? While the emphasis has been on how different choices sent Joe down different paths, the underlying message I got was about how the choices made by OTHER people in our lives will affect the paths we ourselves might go down. Only towards the end did i get any sense of the Jennys and Amys feeling like Joe's choices pushed them in another direction. Yes, the ladies made their own choices, too, but the show made it feel like their destiny (destinies? spelling looks weird) was shaped more by Almighty Joe. (This goes for Mom and Uncle and Eric, too.) I also wanted to see more crossovers where one Joe sees someone in the position that another Joe was in. I never interpreted that as Joe actually seeing himself or his doubles, but a clunky metaphor for seeing "there but for the grace of God go I" moments; they just never followed-up with any Joe reflecting on his own choices. Now, what might season two look like? I like the Poor Joe / Rich Joe swap, but what if... * All three Joes are frozen at this finale state, and we pick up with each love interest weighing an either/or option, thus splitting the show into six paths to follow. * A new character at a new unique moment of decision, branching out into three new storylines with all new characters. Yeah, i seriously don't expect it to be renewed.
  3. just jumping in to say I avoided this show when it was on SyFy, for reasons i cannot remember, but since I joined Prime (just for "Man in the High Castle" at first) I have discovered this series and am absolutely loving it. I only watch on my computer moniter, but we're now streaming other old shows thru the app on our BluRay player and moderately large TV screen -- well, it seemed large when we bought it years*years ago. I am trying to ration the tail end of season 4 this month, and have just discovered your backlog of discussion threads here to keep me in the loop until season 5 is released. Hi!
  4. just to be "that guy" i'll point out for saoirse that the episode description has broken Fredwynn's name. My family wanted me to wait until we were all available to watch this show together, but I just couldn't wait. I felt like parts of it dragged a bit, but I'll still be able to enjoy it again this weekend with them. I didn't see much that would have had me hitting rewind-and-pause to get a closer look, but I'm following a group on Discord that does just that and more. "Is it real?" Good question!
  5. new interview w/ Jason Segel: "The writer, creator and star explains the thinking behind his beautifully bizarre new TV show -- and why it’s the 40-year-old’s equivalent of a full-frontal nude scene." https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/jason-segel-dispatches-from-elsewhere-interview-958069/
  6. On AMC’s “Dispatches from Elsewhere,” Jason Segel Plays with Convoluted Ways of Telling Straight Stories https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/on-amcs-dispatches-from-elsewhere-jason-segel-plays-with-convoluted-ways-of-telling-straight-stories
  7. Forgive me if I missed this, but is there an explanation for why an injection could perform instantaneous gene replacement/repair therapy? Within hours (or less) of giving herself a dose of experimental fluids, she's testing a cheek swab? Does one's saliva carry new DNA that quickly? It also didn't look like her I.V. line was directly into a vein, more like the muscle of her forearm, because she was bending her elbow a scary amount based on how rigid I need to keep my arm when I donate blood. Minor details, maybe, but it's frustrating to be so distracted by their "science" that I can't enjoy the unfolding events in real time.
  8. Jason Segel appeared as a guest on "The Late Show" with Stephen Colbert last night. https://mashable.com/video/jason-segel-dispatches-from-elsewhere-research/
  9. I just wanted to echo my surprise at this performance. At the first commercial break after The Binder appeared, i told my viewing companion how much I dislike* Matt Frewer as an actor. By the end, I was so absorbed by the story and his presentation of it, I had forgotten the actor entirely. I now look forward to my usual rewatch, and will pay attention to how he portrays this character and the acting choices he made. Maybe I should give some credit to the director as well? Good writing never hurts either. (And make-up, and costumes, etc., a perfect storm of talent) *most** of Frewer's characters are written as over-the-top anyway, so he is cast specifically to do his thing. I think I especially detested his Australian accent on Eureka. HOWEVER, I give him praise and adoration for one role, that of a man on the mini-series version of "The Stand" whose one line sticks with me: "My life for you," said many times in many slight variations, and with such emotion. **duh, Max Headroom was gold. It was just so long ago, I had actually forgotten it until now.
  10. I'm boarding this flight, but not in first class. I promise not to judge it on the pilot alone. Most shows take several weeks to get out of the gateway and into open space. From there... already I'm tired of the airplane puns, sorry.
  11. I'm still working thru a backlog on my DVR and just now catching up to this episode. Did you know https://fuzzbeat.com/ exists? I didn't find any indication that it is official or affiliated with SyFy in any way, but it does have the alternate screen with the magic stuff. Tons of funny one-liners in this ep, too many to remember for the quotes thread.
  12. Thought it was over? maybe not... Lesley Goldberg @Snoodit says: on Twitter
  13. I finally decided to clear my backlog and watched the final two episodes of this series. The cliffhanger ending seemed rather abrupt -- and I am not expecting to ever see it be resolved. I had such high hopes for this show before it began, then wanted to enjoy it for camp and snark, but by the end it was ... well, it ended with a whimper. I'm sorry we bothered creating the other sub-categories for discussion here. Later episodes had fewer quotable lines, with or without context. I stopped wondering where they were getting their food, their clean water, and whether or not they ever bathed. The show quickly dispensed with any pretense of addressing real issues anywhere on the spectrum between mythology and science. In the end, none of those questions mattered. Thank you for surviving with me.
  14. I was optimistic about the reporter lady joining the troupe. Sad to see her gone so soon. What was the point of the white whirlwind dropping her back to Earth only to suck her back up again? Instead, we get another new young lady, with issues, because it is Matt's turn to be "apocalypse married" or whatever Dana called it. Taking bets on how long Sarah lasts? Don't bother; I've checked IMDB. We have two more episodes to take this ride together. See you on the other side! All snark aside, I must say that I'm enjoying the poetry coming from the radio. Whichever writer is penning that portion of the script, their words sing to me. A lot of the lines in this latest episode struck me as being well-written, not in the way I could drop them into our funny quotes thread, but more along the lines of how bizarre things are getting for the family. They say witty things to one another to ease the tension, things that would seem insane when taken out of context. I'm enjoying the show on that level.
  15. And the next two episode titles are also pointing back to "The Waste Land" poem. Cool, I guess? 11/22 #1.09 "The Barbarous King" references The Myth of Philomela: "The change of Philomel, by the barbarous king" . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philomela 11/29 #1.10 "Hieronymo's Mad Againe" is Eliot quoting a line from 'The Spanish Tragedy'. ("Why then Ile fit you. Hieronymo's mad againe") One analysis I found says, the protagonist's acceptance of what is in reality the deepest truth will seem to the present world mere madness. Hieronymo in the play was "mad" for a purpose, just our dad Josh is going mad but is receiving prophetic visions and information from it (because he is an 'adept'). See http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/eliot/wasteland.htm I suppose I should go back and find all the other meanings for the episode titles, but that sounds like homework.
  16. first, here is a list of episode titles so far: 09-27 #1.01 "RVL 6768" 10-04 #1.02 "In Rats Alley" 10-11 #1.03 "In Our Empty Rooms" 10-18 #1.04 "Fever of the Bone" 10-25 #1.05 "A Clatter and a Chatter" 11-01 #1.06 "Madame Sosostris" 11-08 #1.07 "What The Thunder Said" 11-15 #1.08 "Here is no water but only rock" That latest one felt familiar, but I had to use Google to tell me it is a line from "The Waste Land" by T.S.Eliot (a very good poem, go read it sometime). Google cannot tell me what salted earth smells like, nor how much salt it would take to destroy an entire working ranch or farm or whatever our family has returned to. (I'm pretty sure the ocean smells of brine, not salt, which is a whole bunch of other minerals and dead sea life particles.) And what was the point of handing a distraught woman a gun and leaving her to shoot her own infected husband. Then just driving off and abandoning her? She was their neighbor, and presumably a friend. Oh, and the house wasn't entirely destroyed, so maybe you could have salvaged some possessions and supplies while you were there. But sure, fly east with the dragons. It works in video games.
  17. Well, if they kill off a peripheral character each week -- and stop picking up new ones -- we'll have more room in that RV again.
  18. Several times during this episode, I shouted at my TV, "Oh, come on now!" like, really show? And yet, I continue to watch with the convction that it will not be renewed and we can just ride out this storm. Most of the stupid is entertaining. My biggest complaint this week is that the mythology professor didn't know how to pronounce 'Quetzalcoatl'. (Hint: it's not "qwetzyqwattle".)
  19. I didn't catch any name for the religious compound, but they aren't Amish or Mennonite. Maybe next week the creepo Reverend will explain their cult bylaws to Bree. I am curious what the news reporter was seeing when she said, "Are those people? Those are people!" as she was looking up at the sky. A tornado of bodies, perhaps? A swarm of demon-possessed flyers? Are all of the family trained in the use of firearms? It's not an unreasonble thing to be educated in the operation of weapons that one might pick up during unusual circumstances. I never want to be one of those TV trope hostages in a bank hold-up that grabs the robber's gun and then doesn't know how to use the thing. Matt is putting bullets into a revolver, hears a noise, slams down the handgun and picks up the shotgun. Now I'm no expert, but isn't a long-barrel gun more difficult to maneuver inside the narrow doorways and halls of a house? Granted, a shotgun requires less precision to cause damage than a handgun that shoots only a single bullet at a time. The mom did the same thing, walking outside the RV with a handgun poised for action, where long-range accuracy is questionable, but goes into the store with a shotgun. (OK, i guess a shotgun doesn't have enough power to hit anything at a distance.) I had to laugh when the parents first found that bottle of scotch, the way the actor zooms the thing up to his mouth and back down too quickly to take an honest swig of liquid. I'd have either broken a tooth or splashed booze all over myself, or both. And once again we get a new supernatural entity which has nothing to do with endtimes prophecy. Where are the Winchester brothers when we need them (and their research)? I hope our characters meet more normal people in the travels to see how others are coping with their new reality. I watch the show to imagine how I might react in their bizarre situation, but it seems like the *entire* world has gone nuts and they are the only untouched bubble floating in a sea of crazy.
  20. i finally watched the 2nd ep and was not disappointed. Aunt Sally comes across as a sarcastic free spirit to me, not actually planning on going shopping for reals. Very convenient that she's a trained nurse. I don't think the acting is all that bad for what the actors have been given to portray, except maybe for Dan the football son. Matt was so convinced it was a demon that I knew it would not be, but I was waiting for the reveal to be the "feverhead" virus. The actual twist was pretty good and sad. Mom, however, is rather quick to tell Matt to just move on. Is there any existing traditional list of endtimes phenomena which includes dragons? If the writers can just make up their own disasters, this is gonna be a wild ride!
  21. I haven't watched it yet but I'll get to it soon. I look forward to the over-acting in the fundamentalist religion arc. As painful as it might get, I want to stick it out. With any luck, it will strive for Sharknado quality by the end.
  22. thanks, I wish I had noticed that. I tried to rewatch but my OnDemand player is annoying. I think the only thing that made the Dad say, "What the hell?" was seeing a grown man in a pink dress with a machine gun. I guess his college references didn't prepare him for that. I also tried to listen to the radio news reports in the background. I think I heard, "A sturgeon ate two children..."
  23. from TVGuide.com: I think the first sign of the Apocalypse was the loss of the Oxford comma.
  24. Would it be too much of a trope if Oliver is pushing Connor away because his HIV+ is not responding to treatment? He acts like he wants them to stay together but no longer be intimate, and that pushing him away is a necessity. Nah, "I'm Dying" is too far into soap opera territory, even for this show.
  25. from IMDB: my family spud thought the episode title was the license plate of the RV. (I did not even try to confirm or refute this.) I believe it refers to the Bible verse in Revelations, chapter 6, verses 7-8:
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