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Indymisanthrope said:
Does anybody know anything about this new Amazon show Tales from the Loop? Do I understand correctly that it's based on...paintings?

Edit: The AV Club is pretty enthusiastic about it, which is usually good enough for me.
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Oh holy moly! I've been hearing this show's name all week and I never made the connection; the show is based on art by this Swedish artist I've been following for the better part of a decade now, Simon Stalenhag. His work involves suburban and pastoral settings, with sci-fi elements dropped in. Here's a favorite or two of mine:
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He does a really good job of integrating the mundane with the fantastic, and honestly, his work has this Chris Van Allsberg sort of magic and potential which I think is best left explored in the imagination than through narrative film or fiction. I think I'll have to check the show out, though; if it's inspired by this work, it'll probably have some interesting vibes.
 
dhodo said:
Yeah, I was beginning to wonder if they were hoping people forgot or something.
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Been watching more Simpsons while 'tining and was wondering the same thing. Best guess I can think of is they remastered/encoded/censored the entire run in letterbox and have to go back and do the same, episode by episode, again for the 4:3.
 
Bull Shannon said:
Been watching more Simpsons while 'tining and was wondering the same thing. Best guess I can think of is they remastered/encoded/censored the entire run in letterbox and have to go back and do the same, episode by episode, again for the 4:3.
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I can't believe some idiot greenlighted cutting out so many things. I guess I get that some people might be turned off by 4:3, but the idea that it would only be available cropped and stretched is crazy to me. 16:9 should always have been the bonus, if it happened.
 
Anyone watched the Apple show, Home Before Dark? Wondering with the main character being a 9 year old if it's suitable for kids?
 
TheMythOfSisyphus said:
You better take that talk to DMs or spoiler alert banner the hell out of those posts! Some of us <cough cough> have watched none of it and have spent our day off binge watching other shows (see previous post).

And, for clarification, that coughing was signifying that I am talking about ME and not a symptom of any non-related pandemics
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Yep, all the spoilers. ALL OF THEM!

No seriously, if I ever start actually speaking of the plot, it'll be within the alert banners. Never fear. I know how much it sucks to have a show spoiled.
 
Teeeee said:
OK, time to spoil it for @TheMythOfSisyphus …. No, jk, pal. Don't click on the link.

That whole Ben and Wendy interaction. Wow. It broke my heart. I had to rewind it a few times to fully digest it all because it was very emotional. Both of them acted the hell out of that.

And who did Jonah shoot at the end????
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This show blows away my expectations every time O_O
I don't think he was shooting at anyone, just becoming a bit of a loose canon.
 
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