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zombie.modernist said:
It’s amazing how much better the TV landscape feels with Better Call Saul back. Two great episodes so far, as expected from Gilligan and Gould, a reminder that even in the high era of peak-TV they are true masters.
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The atmosphere of the show is unlike any other. The way that there is always some kind of bubbling intensity that never fizzles out so as to not lose your attention, but also never explodes so as to not turn you off, leaving you to take it all in an immersive experience. Also, looking forward to more
black & white current day Saul breadcrumbs, as well as some....familiar DEA faces.
 
zombie.modernist said:
It is, but not to Breaking Bad pace, which is what most of the detractors want. Honestly I don't want that, I love the slow burn, and we know where this is going, it just needs a suitably Shakespearean climax to cement itself as one of the greatest shows of this era.

I definitely feel that you're right about this season so far being a bridge between the two series, I appreciated how

the scenes with the drug dealers and their customers felt very Breaking Bad in humor and aesthetics.
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The 50% off dudes' drug-fueled burglary run felt very Breaking Bad-esque to me
 
I watched I'm Not OK With This and I really don't understand why it was a serie when it could've easily been a movie. It's entertaining, I guess, but I'll probably forget about it in a couple of days.
 
Bull Shannon said:
After limping around, two or three episodes behind airing schedule, I'm finally caught up with The Outsider. I like it, it's creepy, but I'm kinda curious as to whether we need this many episodes. It's a good week-to-week slow burn, but I don't know if I can justify this circuitous a path for the dribbles of plot we've received.
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Teeeee said:
After this past week's episode, I agree. There are 2 more? And there has kinda already been the "big reveal"? So the rest of this is going to be what now?? I just don't understand what more could transpire over 2 more hours.
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I haven't watched the show, but I recently read the novel, and when I looked up the show I saw a spoiler about something major that happens in episode 2, and I was really surprised there were 10 episodes, because that event happens a lot later than 20% into the book, so it seems they really burned through a big chunk of plot so they could elongate some others.
 
Teeeee said:
@Bennnnn - Love is Blind. OMG, the drama! I'm through 2 of the weddings.

Please watch soon so we can gossip. Lol
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You were right about many of the predictions! Although towards the end I was sure that Lauren was going to say no, and was pretty shocked she went through with it. Also, these ceremonies are ridiculous. "now is the time to decide if love is blind." Ugh. Jessica was weird. I felt she was really playing up her happiness for the reality tv aspect of it, knowing full well she was going to ditch Mark at the alter. I wish she was the one who fell down though. Gianina and Damien's turned out to be the most interesting one, but I guess that's no surprise cause their fights seemed constant, and weird. Her mom throwing those flowers was great. Also Kelly and Kenny...the most boring couple, but right as that one started I knew she was saying no. "I am not in love with him" but "I still haven't made up my mind on what I'm going to do." Hahaha. Oh but...why why why was Jessica and Mark's ceremony the only one at a different, much nicer looking venue? Also her little speech to the camera about how doing this is not who she is...uh...but you signed up specifically for this show where the scenario, the premise is exactly what you're now saying is not your thing. What.

Next week there's apparently a reunion, but it's going to be on Netflix's Youtube channel? I am so ready for that. I shamefully tried to look up the couples online to see if they were still together but they're keeping it a little hushed.
 
I also finished High Fidelity finally. I liked it as a whole quite a bit and just wish there was even more original material. The episode before the finale was really great. But the finale felt pretty abrupt. Like I can appreciate the character arc of Rob throughout the season, but i feel like it just ended so quickly and kinda awkwardly. I am hoping for a season two cause I'd like to see them expand on the book/movie and do some new stuff.
 
I also finished High Fidelity last night. Loved it. It reminded me of the Office / Office US to begin with in the way that they used the source material so tightly (although maybe not to the extreme of the Office). Im glad they veered off and I thought the new storylines were great, really adds to the narrative. Im really hoping for a next season!!

I also started 'Hunters' last night (I got an hour into the 1.5 hour first episode - I didn't realise how long it was at first). I know there has been some stick over how they decided to add additional narratives to what happened in the concentration camps etc, and I understand how that might irk or upset some people, but so far I have enjoyed the show as a whole. Its left a lot of intrigue and some strong characters which I look forward to learning about.
 
Bull Shannon said:
I'm two episodes in and while I don't watch much garbage tv, I'm liking this garbage. I'm a little confused: are these people competing for money? Like do they win something for making it through to the end same as Bachelor/Bachelorette?
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It is such hot trash!

And I wondered the same exact thing. Because, otherwise, why put yourself and the other person through this when you, he and everyone with a working brain can tell you aren't going to go through with it!!! (I'm looking at you, Jessica).

But as far as I can tell, nothing is won, other than the undying love and affection of your new spouse.
 
Bennnnn said:
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You were right about many of the predictions! Although towards the end I was sure that Lauren was going to say no, and was pretty shocked she went through with it. Also, these ceremonies are ridiculous. "now is the time to decide if love is blind." Ugh. Jessica was weird. I felt she was really playing up her happiness for the reality tv aspect of it, knowing full well she was going to ditch Mark at the alter. I wish she was the one who fell down though. Gianina and Damien's turned out to be the most interesting one, but I guess that's no surprise cause their fights seemed constant, and weird. Her mom throwing those flowers was great. Also Kelly and Kenny...the most boring couple, but right as that one started I knew she was saying no. "I am not in love with him" but "I still haven't made up my mind on what I'm going to do." Hahaha. Oh but...why why why was Jessica and Mark's ceremony the only one at a different, much nicer looking venue? Also her little speech to the camera about how doing this is not who she is...uh...but you signed up specifically for this show where the scenario, the premise is exactly what you're now saying is not your thing. What.

Next week there's apparently a reunion, but it's going to be on Netflix's Youtube channel? I am so ready for that. I shamefully tried to look up the couples online to see if they were still together but they're keeping it a little hushed.
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I was right about 4 out of 5! I was honestly surprised Lauren said yes. I still get really creepy vibes from Cameron. Jessica is/was the villian. And she absolutely deserved that title.
I found an interview with Gianina and she said she had no new love interests, just the same one. Which leads me to believe that she and Damian are still together. Which is honestly the healthiest way to go about this. I'm quite shocked that Barnett went through with it. But some very superficial online stalking says they are happy. Yeah, I'm totally going to watch the reunion. I saw a screen grab from it and Carlton was in the group of reunited people. I'm sure there will be some drama if Diamond is also there.

Did you know this was filmed 1 1/2 years ago? I don't know how the married folks kept that a secret for that long! And why did it need to be filmed that long ago? The editing of that can't have taken 18 months. Lol
 
Is anyone watching The End of the *^*%-ing World?
My friend loved it and said I had to watch it. I'm 5 episodes in and I like it, but not sure I'll use the word love yet.

I tried to search this thread but it seems just about every post has 'end' or 'world' in it.
 
ranbalam said:
Is anyone watching The End of the *^*%-ing World?
My friend loved it and said I had to watch it. I'm 5 episodes in and I like it, but not sure I'll use the word love yet.

I tried to search this thread but it seems just about every post has 'end' or 'world' in it.
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I really enjoyed the first season but haven't gotten around to the second. Anyone know if the second is as good as the first?
 
dhodo said:
I really enjoyed the first season but haven't gotten around to the second. Anyone know if the second is as good as the first?
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I didn't think it was as good as the first. It wasn't a major step down, but it kind of lost some of the zany road-film plotting of the first season which was a good portion of the fun IMO. Still has the same humor, visual polish and soundtrack quality, while resolving some of the hanging emotional threads from the last season. Of course opinions will always differ — one of my best friends loved season 1 and thinks this one is even better. Think it depends what you want out of this show, and personally I kind of felt like the end of the last season was a good series finale?
 
zombie.modernist said:
I didn't think it was as good as the first. It wasn't a major step down, but it kind of lost some of the zany road-film plotting of the first season which was a good portion of the fun IMO. Still has the same humor, visual polish and soundtrack quality, while resolving some of the hanging emotional threads from the last season. Of course opinions will always differ — one of my best friends loved season 1 and thinks this one is even better. Think it depends what you want out of this show, and personally I kind of felt like the end of the last season was a good series finale?
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Yeah, part of why I didn't jump on the second season immediately is that I was confused that there even was one. I figured it was one and done.
 
LeSamourai said:
I haven't watched the show, but I recently read the novel, and when I looked up the show I saw a spoiler about something major that happens in episode 2, and I was really surprised there were 10 episodes, because that event happens a lot later than 20% into the book, so it seems they really burned through a big chunk of plot so they could elongate some others.
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Was there a Tamika character in the book?
In the show: Jack is the cop that El Cuco has made his slave. Tamika was his partner that had a baby. And I don't understand what the point of her is. So, just wondering if she is in the book.
 
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Teeeee said:
I was right about 4 out of 5! I was honestly surprised Lauren said yes. I still get really creepy vibes from Cameron. Jessica is/was the villian. And she absolutely deserved that title.
I found an interview with Gianina and she said she had no new love interests, just the same one. Which leads me to believe that she and Damian are still together. Which is honestly the healthiest way to go about this. I'm quite shocked that Barnett went through with it. But some very superficial online stalking says they are happy. Yeah, I'm totally going to watch the reunion. I saw a screen grab from it and Carlton was in the group of reunited people. I'm sure there will be some drama if Diamond is also there.

Did you know this was filmed 1 1/2 years ago? I don't know how the married folks kept that a secret for that long! And why did it need to be filmed that long ago? The editing of that can't have taken 18 months. Lol
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yeah they kept saying “will you say I do or walk away and never see eacb other again?” But the whole time I was like, well, there’s a third option: keep dating! Also I had kinda forgotten about Carlton and Diamond but yeah that’ll be interesting. The second they got to Mexico, he seemed like a completely gross and weird person. So on the one hand, I understand his whole situation, but on the other hand, he was just kind of an asshole to her.

Haha I had no idea it was filmed that long ago. I was thinking like maybe late last year (like The Circle was filmed just back in the fall). Jeez that is weird. Also found it weird that they all lived in Atlanta for some reason but never explicitly said that. It wasn’t until right before they came home that I realized they were all Atlanta locals.
 
Indymisanthrope said:
Just a suggestion to spoilerize the rest of this sentence since the show takes its time revealing what exactly is going on there. As for the rest:

Before we found out that El Cuco was literally in the back of Jack's stolen vehicle, I thought we were going to find out that it was hiding out in Tamika's house and that's why she wouldn't let Ralph in. We know that El Cuco has already been in her house to visit the baby at least once; I'm not optimistic that this baby is out of danger quite yet.

Hey, speaking of, just when DOES Jack pick up El Cuco, and...where?
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Good call! I fixed it.

And I forgot all about that stuff with Tamika. Interesting.
 
Bennnnn said:
yeah they kept saying “will you say I do or walk away and never see eacb other again?” But the whole time I was like, well, there’s a third option: keep dating! Also I had kinda forgotten about Carlton and Diamond but yeah that’ll be interesting. The second they got to Mexico, he seemed like a completely gross and weird person. So on the one hand, I understand his whole situation, but on the other hand, he was just kind of an asshole to her.

Haha I had no idea it was filmed that long ago. I was thinking like maybe late last year (like The Circle was filmed just back in the fall). Jeez that is weird. Also found it weird that they all lived in Atlanta for some reason but never explicitly said that. It wasn’t until right before they came home that I realized they were all Atlanta locals.
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I heard on Keep It that Carlton was previously an assistant for a Real Housewife of [Somewhere], so some of his more dramatic behavior kinda makes sense; he’s playing the Reality TV Drama Game. Keeping a big secret from Diamond until the last moment is pretty douchey. I don’t think being bi is as big a deal as he treats it, though I get that there’s a stigma there. Thing is, he holds off until after he proposes to bring it up, and only does so after acting like a complete psychopath. The way he was talking to Diamond at dinner was psychotic, and with lines like “let me get you a pogo stick so you can hop out of your feelings” it seemed like he was trying to foment drama. And when he finally spills his beans (Willem Dafoe dot gif), Diamond doesn’t say anything as she’s probably feels ambushed and is just taking it all in, and he throws a freakin tantrum.

Also, did it seem like Rory was a plant? He just appears in episode 2 to give advice and teach breathing techniques, and has serious Ethan Rom from LOST vibes. Wikipedia says he did propose to someone, but the producers hadn’t expected more than 2-5 couples to make it out of the preliminary round and cut Rory and another couple before sending people to Mexico.

Barnett and Amber deserve one another, and I love watching how awful they are. Jessica is NUTS, I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop for Lauren and Cameron, and somehow Giannina and Damian are adorable in a slightly twisted way (Damian’s empty-box metaphor gave me a nosebleed, and the way she made him stand up so she could kneel and propose to him made me think they’re perfectly weird for one another).
 
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