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Cranberry

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  1. @Sarah 103 They worked a moment like that into this movie! And for Janis as well. Minor spoiler:
  2. Original air date: January 21, 2024
  3. I saw it today and liked it a lot! I felt like it had a good balance of talking scenes and musical numbers, and the choreography was great ("Someone Gets Hurt" had especially cool choreography with everyone freezing and shaking, "Sexy" was a ton of fun with all the costumes and the sex cancer joke, and "Revenge Party" was so bright and cheerful for a song that includes lyrics about stuffing someone's remains into a bag and throwing them in the river). A few of the numbers were a little boring, mostly Cady's, but it's not that Angourie Rice was bad -- she wasn't -- it's just that Cady's numbers aren't as big and fun as pretty much everyone else's, and Angourie doesn't have as powerful of a voice as Reneé Rapp/Auliʻi Cravalho/Jaquel Spivey. I loved how Reneé played Regina -- she was flirtier, edgier, more openly mean than Rachel McAdams' Regina. She really stole every scene she was in, and her voice was amazing in her musical numbers. "World Burn" is my favorite of hers, but they were all great. I liked that they made Janis a lesbian; I always felt like she should have been. It's more of a betrayal for Regina to actually out someone and mock/ostracize them for being gay than it is to start a rumor that a straight person is gay. The change made Regina and Janis's backstory a lot richer. This Damian was excellent, too -- loved the little bit at the assembly with the fan, and his delivery of the iconic lines in the candy cane scene. (I also liked that the audience got to be Glen Coco.) I thought they left in just enough from the original that this felt like a new take instead of a copy. I didn't feel like I was being nostalgia-baited (there were a few throwaway lines referencing the original, but the one big cameo was the closest they got to winking at and nudging us). The musical numbers set it apart even further. Nothing's ever going to surpass the original, but I'm definitely not mad they made this.
  4. Please don't discuss plot points, game-only characters (past or future), Easter eggs/references, etc. in episode threads. All game-related discussion belongs in the Game vs. Show thread. Misplaced posts will either be moved or removed. Thank you!
  5. Good reviews so far, better than I expected from a "remake" (not really) of an absolutely beloved movie, and from a musical (their popularity waxes and wanes). It's at 73% on Rotten Tomatoes right now with 73 critics' reviews in so far. I've seen reviews from regular fans who went to the "On Wednesdays We Wear Pink" screenings as well, and the general impression seems to be that the music is pretty good, the choreography is excellent, Reneé Rapp (Regina George) steals the movie with Auli'i Cravalho (Janis) being the other standout, it pays homage to the original without being nostalgia bait, it updates the story to incorporate social media (Regina's Burn Book revenge spreads even more quickly online, for example), and it has some surprises toward the end. I think I'll be seeing it this coming week.
  6. Original air date: December 10, 2023 (BBC One)
  7. Original air date: December 11, 2023 (BBC One)
  8. Original air date: December 12, 2023 (BBC One)
  9. Original air date: December 17, 2023 (BBC One)
  10. Original air date: December 18, 2023 (BBC One)
  11. Original air date: December 19, 2023 (BBC One)
  12. Original air date: January 14, 2024
  13. We're getting interviews about the show now -- they couldn't promote it during the strike. ‘Special Ops: Lioness’ Star Laysla De Oliveira On Playing A CIA Recruit For Taylor Sheridan: “It Physically Hurt, And Emotionally Hurt, Too”
  14. No! I hated that ending. What a downer -- only a couple of mild wins in characters reconciling or getting the hell out of Dodge, but pretty much everyone ended the season sad or dead. Jules was my favorite character, too.
  15. This is out now! I'm excited. I'll probably watch this weekend, although I need to finish Orphan Black: Echoes first. The Guardian gave it 4/5 stars: The Vulture review is spoilery, but here's the takeaway: 100% Tomatometer so far, although only seven reviews are out right now.
  16. Aw, no, what? I thought it was doing well. https://tvline.com/news/afterparty-cancelled-no-season-3-apple-tv-plus-1235059541/ It's being shopped elsewhere. I think it'd work great over on Hulu with Only Murders. https://deadline.com/2023/10/the-afterparty-canceled-apple-tv-no-season-3-1235573421/
  17. It never did come anywhere near me (closest theater was a 3.5-hour drive and a $50 bridge toll away), but it's available on Prime Video and iTunes now! https://www.billboard.com/culture/product-recommendations/bottoms-how-to-watch-1235419305/
  18. That was interesting. I fully expected Cruz to make it out (although I expected the extraction to be much trickier), but I thought she'd have more trouble killing her target. I also thought Aaliyah would end up killed or horribly punished in some way, but it looks like she made it through without any physical harm. The show's been so pro-America and so one-note in its portrayal of everyone else as murderous villains that I'm not sure Cruz's last-minute "what we're doing here is pointless" speech makes up for that, but at least it was unexpected.
  19. She did show everyone the napkin, yeah. The Reddit community seems to be split between Ulysses and Hannah, for the most part (there are a few Sebastian truthers and a few people who think Travis is only pretending to be a bumbling fool). I'm on the Ulysses train, I think. Many people on Reddit think that's too simple, but I can't see a similar "smoking gun" (or "Yasper's cell phone") for any other characters. There are lots of complicated and entertaining theories, but nothing Danner could present as irrefutable proof, imo.
  20. I've been excited about this ever since I heard that the entire live-action cast was returning to do the voices, and I'm even more excited now seeing how much it looks like the books! November 17 is pretty soon, too.
  21. I can see it going either way, really. Either Aaliyah is working with the terrorists, is aware of the Lioness program, and is like "I'll do you one better and break your spy's heart," or her feelings are legit and she dies horribly. Either way, that reignites Cruz's desire to take down terrorists. Also either way, Cruz pretty much has to walk away from this in the end for the "Joe couldn't save the last one, but she saves this one" parallel. (I think the latter is more likely, btw; I can't see someone from a place where homosexuality is criminalized/considered a sin engaging in sexual activity when she doesn't have to. Cruz was already going to stick close to her no matter what.)
  22. Reviews are good so far! Looks like a pretty limited release though; it doesn't appear to be playing anywhere near me. Hope it doesn't take too long for it to hit streaming. Edit: Looks like it'll expand to additional screens on September 1.
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