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VIP10Not watching this anymore. The reason for disqualifying the Netherlands is lame while he was illegally filmed but nothing is done against that!
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@mogwaylaven And for making a hand gesture? I can't imagine being such a snowflake to get the police involved for that..
Holy fuck that was so bad, don't get me wrong Ncuti Gatwa is a great actor but he's terrible Doctor Who, didn't feel the magic that previous actors had. Ruby is so irritating and can't bare her on screen. I completely lost hope that this series is gonna be good again. Maybe I will come back to Doctor Who when they change the actor again, if this series will last this long
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@dbmen chill out, you're overreacting
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VIP10Can I kill Sylvie so we can get Loki back? I mean like her but not as much as Loki!
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@mogwaylaven Agreed. I ended up liking Sylvie as a character more than I initially thought. But if I had to choose...
4 episodes wasn't enough haha. I loved it especially the extra scene. Can't wait for the next Witcher season
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@mogwaylaven I'd certainly welcome a few more such short series to fill in some more of the backstory for those of us who haven't had the time to scour the lore in the books. I found it quite entertaining.
Intriguing photography and aptly composed soundtrack aside, I can't help but think that this movie's missing a good chunk of its plot.
Sure, we get that Jack and other husbands wanted their wives to be "happy", and we even know why some of those women (like Bunny) who were in the know chose to stay in the simulation, but... Why did Frank set all of this up? What was his end goal? Plus that part where his wife says that she was gonna take matters in her own hands led pretty much to nowhere. And what about the mechanics of this whole operation? How did it even work, exactly, and how was it even sustainable in the long term? And how is it that Alice escaping it would bring everything down? She doesn't know where everyone's body is in real life...
I would conclude that, after a drawn out build up of tension and mystery, the reveal felt lacking and unoriginal, just like in the "Watcher". If you want to delve into themes such as societal gender roles and male control over women, I'd suggest watching the new "Men" horror flick, a much more successful attempt at meaningful debate in this respect.
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@katrin-kaspersson It's pretty explicit. No they did not "want their wives to be happy". They wanted their own little perfect dreamworld where their lobotomized wives are basically their slaves and sex dolls. It's also explicitly said that Bunny is the only wife that knows.
Alice explicitly said it. He stole her life. He was a loser while she had a successful career. He could not take it, started listening to Frank, and in the end took her forcibly in his fantasy world where he is the main character and she is just here to serve him.
It would bring everything down because keeping people captive and drugged against their will is a crime and as soon as she can reveal what happened the whole organization will be investigated and they're all going to jail. Also when Jack is interviewed for the project the questions are "desired wife" and "preexisting relationship" implying that some of the wives are actually not in a relationship with their "husbands" before being put into the system. So you can add kidnapping to it.
Why did Frank do this ? He's a cult leader. He built his own world where he has all the power. Also the husbands are paying him a ton of (real world) money for that.
Boring, dry and slow. I loved Saul in Breaking Bad but clearly he is not the same in this show. I will tune out and binge next season. Sorry AMC, not your best work.
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@chinoxl3 It's not the Saul we all know well, it's not a case that his name is Jimmy McGill. The whole series is gonna tell us how and why Saul Goodman is born. It's not time yet for him to be Saul Goodman as we know him, but we're getting there. If you started watching this show without knowing these thngs, that's not AMC or anybody's fault. This show is far too good, but unfortunately not all people can see that :)
how tf was i supposed to know that the leader was his brother if we hadn't even seen his face besides the small photo
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@nordavind I knew it the moment he mentioned that his brother disappeared but wasn't found nor dead. And the only reason for someone (the villain) to wear a mask is for a big reveal. Just gotta add 1 and 1..
- I love how the Marvel logo starts to look more cartoonish at the end
- Omg, Chadwick Boseman
- Korath is so happy to be beaten by Star-Lord, lol
- Omg, the Watcher is actually participating in the story
- OMG, Thanos turned good
- They be dunking on Thanos, omg
"I've been trying to get them into counselling." — T'Challa
- I know the Yondu voice actor is trying his best, but nobody beats Michael Rooker
- That was easy. Good job T'Challa
- It's Cosmo the Spacedog!
- Howard the Duck?
- Korath is so fun
- Wait, did the Collector kill Korg?
- They saved Cosmo the Spacedog!
Wakandan guard: "My friend, that sounds an awful lot like genocide."
Thanos: "No, no, no. Because it's random."
[Clicks his fingers]
- Oh, they put a dedication for Chadwick Boseman!
What an episode! I'm loving this one more than Captain Peggy's since it's not trying to hit the same beats as "The First Avenger," and they can really do some whacky things here! It's a pleasure to hear Chadwick Boseman's voice again, and the set-up for this T'Challa is very interesting! When T'Challa was just a child, he wanted to see the world. But because of Wakanda's secrecy, his father forbids it. But after Yondu found him, he was free to roam the universe.
Thanos' character here was charming and hilarious, and the cameos by Howard the Duck and Cosmo the Spacedog were great, too. This episode is so different from the first, and I hope it continues this trend! Sticking to the beats of a better story (in my opinion) isn't ideal when we could have this original blend of an adventure!
7/10
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I know the Yondu voice actor is trying his best, but nobody beats Michael Rooker.
Based on the IMDb, Yondu va is Michael Rooker.
Does anyone else dislike that they incorporated coronavirus into the show? It takes me out.
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@The_Argentinian it wasn’t an issue for me for two reasons: first, they can shoot scenes and stay safe without introducing awkward or inexplicable moment/acting. It’s also a good way to show people wearing masks and applying security measures on screen. And finally, I love the that they talked about George Floyd and the protests and all. It would have been bad if they introduced one and not the other real life 2020 reality check. Yes, it was uneasy but it follows This is Us heart so far.
Better action movie than Endgame. Fite me.
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@triseult you spell "fite" like this, "fight." I win on the basis of your poor spelling.
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VIP10Not as good as the 1st season but a nice ending, really hope we'll get a season 3 to explain how Danny got the iron fist back and how he has it in both hands, or is it just the guns...Also like the idea that the fists are a different color for everyone.
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@mogwaylaven Yes you are right, sorry
Although the speech at the end was strong the rest of the episode was weak. We've come to know a better Madam Secretary than this..Also didn't feel the need to put the old secretaries on camera, it felt like more politics and phony...but im not american so perhaps im wrong
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@mogwaylaven I also think that scene with the former Secretaries felt forced and I also felt it went against something that was fundamental to the show where it didn't really acknowledge any recent Presidencies, at least not that I can recall. I felt that move allowed the show to remain entertainment with a nugget to chew on but without force feeding a position to the viewer.
Although the speech at the end was strong the rest of the episode was weak. We've come to know a better Madam Secretary than this..Also didn't feel the need to put the old secretaries on camera, it felt like more politics and phony...but im not american so perhaps im wrong
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@mogwaylaven I am American and you're correct. One of the things I've loved about Madam Secretary is that it was about Washington DC but managed to be political without grandstanding. I get enough of "real politics" on the news, in social media, in everyday life. I watch to escape from all that. I don't want to be assaulted with more views, whether I agree with them or not. I appreciated this show's ability to avoid sinking to that. I hope this was a mere aberration and not a sign of things to come.
When I first heard the news that my favorite Neil Gaiman comic was set to premiere as a TV show, I was delighted. Later, I found out it was on FOX, and like those damned souls entering hell, I've lost all my hopes already. FOX has messed up/cancelled all the shows that I got to like in their programming. Every one of them. The change in showrunner isn't a good sign, and demoting Tom Kapinos (the series creator and main writer) is a bad move to begin with (please, he wrote the damn pilot they greenlit!). I'm sure FOX will cancel this series after the 10 episodes commitment, and call it "an event mini-series". This show belongs to Netflix, in both scope and theme. I loved the pilot (the nod to David Bowie made me smile), please sell it to Netflix!.
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@carlos-teran Got yr Wish Now with Netflix :) Glad it is saved from crappy fox who get rid of good shows all the time!!
i am Dutch and i got no clue what they were talking about with opening the car door, they've never taught me that
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@mogwaylaven lol I was wondering about that myself. I'm not Dutch, just found that curious way to prevent hitting a cyclist.. Seems like mirrors work good for that too.
im not ready!!! ugh next episode will be the hardest to watch and no tissue box will save me.. already holding back the tears...
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@mogwaylaven seems like we got 2 weeks to get ready, next week is a cruel break =/
really loved this show, thought that Madeline would be the one who got killed.
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@mogwaylaven yes, Perry was Ziggy's dad
