I love that they're putting Ern into this now. Just beautiful how all these characters are coming together. And I see some hope now for, what's her name, Ellen, after that heartbreaking scene with Dick.
And that transformation of Claire... I'm really loving this. Her face was so full of emotions in that scene at the bar. What a great show this is.
That ending though. My heart is bleeding.
“Purity that demands exclusion isn’t real purity.”
Wonderful.
That switch ...
Turned into a scene I had not quite expected :joy:
The Italian mafia, disintegrating because the English food is disgusting ahahaha. A bit of humour in this intense show.
“What makes you think it’s your problem? If you were my girlfriend I’d have you come in less than a minute.” walks out
:microphone:
Such a bittersweet story. Dance around fate. Or maybe the dance and leap was always in accordance to fate, all along?
Bravest hand in history. Strange to see a story from a hand’s perspective, and then remember that when I was a child I sometimes saw my hands as something that was separate from the rest of my body, like different entities altogether.
I’ve missed this show!
“All of us have ghosts. They cling to us like shadows. But if you chase after shadows, if you’re foolish enough to seek out your ghosts, you might just become one.”
Ah, it’s good to be back. Looking forward to the poetic ride.
So many tear jerk moments. This show is rather excellent with theming their episodes. The scene with Jean toward the end, as she walked out the door, really got to me. I almost cried myself haha. Ugh.
Doesn’t make him shine? I thought Eric looked really happy with Rahid.
And I really really want to smash some stuff.
Ohhh this is so tough for Eric. Hope maybe they dive into the not necessarily always having to choose... thing. It’s 2020, peeps.
I used to love Ola but now she’s just turning into this controlling person... and a lesbian possibly. Which I look forward to happening, just so we have that little trope fulfilled, and Otis and Maeve can maybe be a thing. So very, very disappointed in Ola though. Really.
“I hope that some day, our gods can become friends.”
:broken_heart:
I liked how many conversations you can have simply with “hmmmmmmmmm” - “hmmm!!” - “hmm...hmm!”, and “yeeeeeessssss”. Highly enjoyable, yessssss?
What the hell? Four seasons and now they want to kill off Vilanelle?
Plus, taking a daughter for an “adventure” and outright killing someone’s person is barely measurable. What the heck. I hope this isn’t what happened. I do realise the show has Eve’s name, not hers, and I realise the title, but still.
What the heck. No.
In other news… the 12 started as a student atheist group? Or were they already assassins and agents all of them? Hmm.
Not the worst but also definitely not the best.
The child actors in the beginning were horrible.
This comes off strongly as either a very low-budget marvels film, or a covid production. There were barely any actors to begin with, let alone female actors who’d pass any Bechdel or other test. But that wasn’t what I expected this film to do.
The story was a little rushed. There was little depth to it, like no real consequences for the outside world - just a singular story about a singular fate (expanded into two, three people) Another thing that makes it feel like they just tried to pump out “another one for the franchise, let’s slap a pretty face on it and it’ll sell ok enough”. There were a lot of moments that weren’t thought through, or plain silly.
Like the fight down in the subway - not only would there have been CCTV, there were a lot of witnesses that could have told the FBI already then that it wasn’t just ONE “vampire”.
Another thing is how Morbius apparently was highly suspected by the FBI, but they hadn’t tapped his phone or tracked him in any other way? Unlikely.
And what the heck is the other FBI agent trying to do by shaking the litter box of the cat, calling “Kitty Kitty”? That’s the dumbest I’ve seen in a while. Yeah sure, that’s how you attract cats. “Look, fresh litter! come kitty kitty!”
As well as Martine randomly getting scratched by an otherwise extremely docile cat. That’s just convenient eye roll material.
All in all, with a lacklustre story, it could have gone straight to Netflix and not been shown on the cinema at all. Still, it wasn’t as terrible that I regretted seeing it. I was mildly entertained. Wished the bits of humour had been more on point. The Venom joke was ok, but otherwise, it just felt mostly tired. Pretty, but tired. I don’t think many people would have gone to see it, weren’t it for Jared starring in it.
I’m not sure why, but this was one of the best episodes I’ve watched lately. The heart rending cruelty of one person and the heart rending unspoken love and softness of another… and the way Marianne and Connell just :asterisk_symbol:flow:asterisk_symbol: into another…
Was this seriously the first episode of the season where we get to hear a few proper Geralt-Hmmms? :sob:
I love how Lorraine is handling this. Don’t coddle people making hurtful, stupid decisions. He’s been an asshat about Marianne in public this whole time. I know teenagers are naive can
shitty, but still sad to see neither her nor him can’t step up
Good show all in all, but not as mind blowing as people make it out to be. And gosh, way to count the inconsistencies and loopholes.
It doesn’t measure up in cruelty and fucked-Upness with for example… Deadman Wonderland. Go watch / read that, that even has character development.
Squid games main character is obnoxious and selfish, who only gets out of his obnoxious role while playing the games, any other time he’s his useless, selfish self. Had there been some actual development with him I might have rooted for him, but in the end he’s still one worthless scumbag.
What a lovely ending. The curve from toxic to healing was so well executed and I’m so happy about how they ended this season.
“I don’t need you as much anymore. But I want you.” :yellow_heart:
“Just focus on me, and you’ll be fine”
O... oh, I’ll focus on you all day long, no problem :flushed:
"The goat is for YOU" ... "so soft" ... awww... How is this show so amazing?
That letter Alina wrote was absolutely beautiful. I hope it actually gets to Mal, but I have a feeling they might sift through her stuff and never let her send it.
I love how Bloom isn't like "uh you're hot, I totally want you as bf" to Skye, but real down to earth about it: Sounds complicated, don't need that right now, thanks but no thanks.
I also love how the teachers/grown ups aren't looking down on the kids much as is so often portrayed, but genuinely caring. The headmistress didn't even try and keep up the "bullshit" when challenged and right out told Bloom the truth. That's real healthy.
When Muse starts stalking Sam, at first I thought maybe the thing with him is that she can't feel anything from him, hence the attraction. Like with Sookie and Eric... can't read vampires' thoughts haha! Interesting turn to find out he's actually Terra's brother. Who would have guessed! Also, he doesn't have an earthy name, like Terra said her family all does.
Adore that in the face of danger, she's actually the one solid as a rock, able to perform tasks while everyone else around her melts away. Puns intended. That makes her less flattering character traits (aka being a fucking chatterbox) a little more tolerable.
So Stella uses fear and anger to trigger magic, but when it comes down to it, and she's actually scared herself, she can't? Unreliable indeed. Seems like Aisha knows more about her than we do.
She doesn't use magic like a first year either. And with just a little floosh they kill a scary burned one? Hmmmmmmm. Not sure.
At first I thought, the whispering voices were something like Will'o Wisps or helpful spirits that guide Bloom, but now it seems like they're pulling her toward the Burned Ones. Interesting to hear Bloom say she felt a connection to it. Which has me begin to suspect that her being a Fire Fairy has something to do with... well... burned people. Maybe her family was the one creating them in the first place.
Aaaaand intrigues are rolling! Who the heck is "he"? A disgruntled fairy king? A ... non-fairy?
All in all, I find this show to be quite healthy so far indeed.
There's even moments with the more dubious characters.
Good start and good continue of a show.
Classic riddles, anagrams, encrypted messages. It's a beauty. But then you realise it's just 5 episodes and maybe you should take it a little slower.
Ohoho, I called the thing with Momoka. Good job.
But augh it's so hard watching everyone waste time. Just throw her on the fire already :upside_down:
Not surprising to find that in the end, they'll have to get the face cards.
I can see how, in order to get the story going forward, they'd actually move it forward by showing us some of the mechanics. Of course, logic flaws keep persisting.
Still enjoyed the show quite a lot and wonder how they're going to overthrow the big meanie. Especially since their number have been vastly reduced. I can't see how anyone could win against a king of hearts for example, the way these games have been going. Or what kind of animals they'll throw into their faces... dinosaurs maybe? :joy:
Ok this game is really fucked up. For one, the rules don't make sense straight up... like they figure out real quick. If the wolf wins, obviously as wolf you would't go give others the wolf title. But... since it passes on when you look at another, couldn't you just all look at each other and all survive? Or get mirrors or something, to trick the game.
Let's see how they solve it.
RE: Well, fuck.
Good ending, although somewhat flawed.
Nora knows how the lower gigs work, yet she calls him, expects him to be able to have a full blown conversation, and all that after he basically hacked the shit out of everything to keep her alive. Yet she causes him to freeze, and it's like she has no idea... while she's the person to introduce him to the lower levels and all that. She would have had to know.
And to top it off, couldn't she have donated him a few gigs? As far as I remember that's a way to keep going, "if someone nice" donates a few gigs. If I remember incorrectly then that also doesn't make sense :upside_down:
Just like this undying trope of "oh I suddenly found out something of your past that I don't like, despite you having been nothing but amazing for me and I am heads over heels for you, instant deal breaker". Just... please don't :rolling_eyes:
Other than that, good to have some open end leading to season 2, but suspecting it won't be as strong.
The subtitle of this one should be “Girls get it fucking done”
Wonder why Nazi characters always have to make it about apple trees. Some romanticist notion probably. Still as silly as Stormfront’s bad German.
Well, Homelander is still alive, the boys might get an official title now and A-Train is probably going to fuck up again. And poor Deep, always ending up on the bottom. Lots of material for a new season. But at least give them all a little break.
Damn that ending though! Now we know that one little unsolved mystery. Wonder what her true motive is.
Loving it already.
A lot of the jokes are on point. They’ve all so far played on stereotypes, but in my opinion, quite well (although maybe in Europe they might not come off as so very foreign as they might to an American audience)
That typical “Oh you have a boyfriend in Chicago? Well you don’t have one in paris ;D”
Or the entire way she was received at the office. The part where she says she’s already speaking some french and the lady straight out tells her it might be better for her not to even try… YES. THIS IS FRENCH hahah.
The whole thing about “disgusting American food”, obesity, pharmacy etc., on (a dark) point.
Following right up with how smoking apparently is pleasure, and “what would we be without pleasure?” - “German?” OMFGS hahahaha! I hope they keep dishing out like this in the entire show.
"You said it? Good. Now I can sleep."
Oh gosh, here they come flowing. This show is such a hidden gem.
Ohhh noooooooooo, that ex... I just thought "please don't let the ex be there don't let the ex be there"... but this was actually worse haha. How much more can this show entangle?
This was the best pillow fort I've ever seen. The turkish district already blew me away. Then, Britta.
I'm not entirely sure how to rate it. As a film, in its artfulness, it was nice, but that is visually speaking. I would give a shout out for people with similar issues as me, whatever those might be, but I don't do too well with films in which the main characters are utterly disbelieved and declared insane by their surroundings as it happens here rather soon.
And whatever universe she's living in, it is terrible. How can she only be surrounded by so many uncaring, heartless characters? The only good person was evidently her co-worker, everyone else was actually just really overwhelmed/scared/cold-hearted. Which hurt to see. And they are being so while being utterly passive. It's like they're villains toward the main character, but not written as villains. Which makes it harder to dislike them, or harder to argue why they are bad people. So even the viewer gets this sense of manipulation or that you're the one not right in the head, as the majority seems to have such clear and different views from you.
I realise my comment this time around lacks eloquence, but I hope it gets across what I meant to express.
