Jeez, the snowflaky reactions of straight white men because not every single episode and narrative centres them - anything deviating from that priority is apparently "woke". Get over yourselves, you egomaniacal bigots.
Anyway, another great episode that nicely expanded Ellie's backstory - bonus points for the Mortal Kombat II appreciation, too :nerd:
Bran: I can never be Lord of Winterfell, I can never be Lord of anything, I'm the Three-eyed Raven.
Also Bran: I'm the King.
They'll just build a new one... and make the White Walkers pay for it.
I just saw this movie, I had no idea what it was about or had any expectaions at all. And damn I got suprised. And I really liked this movie, and it keept me hooked from the begining til the end. But one question, why did they hijack the plane? Anybody that understood this? I guess we have to live with not knowing. :grin:
The movie is way too unrealistic. No one plugs in a USB cable on the first try.
This movie is dumb.
Something else needs to be pointed out as well. They never show her getting off the dam tower. Lame ending.
Why didn't she just stuff the phone in the bird
That was a heavily loaded episode. But the writers already said loong beforehand they'd include these topics/are contemplating on how to deal with writing a cop show in these times, so no surprise there. They did a good job, especially not ending on a joke, even if the second episode sets itself free from the context of the precinct to be "fun" again even if it might be for just one episode. It's foremost a comedy after all and making fun inside the precinct is going to be difficult in this last season, given what's going on currently in this world. Completely ignoring it, in quite a diverse cop show no less that never shied away from addressing issues, would be irresponsible. Personally, I am looking forward how - if at all - they are going to deal with what this first episode set in motion in this challenging last season. This show never shied away from addressing the elephant in the room, never too subtle either. But now it's a problem for some?
Everyone out here complaining about the ending. I’m just really upset my dude died his hair that hideous red color
Normally, I like Charlie Kaufman, but this is him at his most pretentious.
Not that it’s all bad, I actually liked most of the first long scene in the car.
It’s the kind of scene that will make many casual viewers dismiss the film right away (due to its length), but I thought it set up both of our leads very well.
Then they arrive at the parents’ house, and my opinion on the film did a 180.
It does what every annoying art movie does (not saying all art movies are like that, I like a lot of them): everything starts to get weird for the sake of trying to be interesting, but without any artistic reasoning.
For example, the acting becomes a nonsensical mix of very grounded performances (our leads) on one side, and extremely heightened, cartoony perfomances on the other side (the parents).
Also, the cinematography is pedestrian at best, and I fail to see the reasoning behind the chosen aspect ratio (unlike films like The Lifghthouse or Mommy).
Just stick to writing, Charlie.
4/10
Why is everybody complaining? It’s an awesome show. If you want to see some aliens, watch the countless shows about alien invasions - there are many.
But this one…is different. And that’s good. It’s about the people, not about the aliens.
Not a fan of the boring Russian subplot.
did an anti-vaxxer write this script or what
boring so far. I'll give another 2 episodes a try.
- How'd she look? (...) No, I mean, like, what was she wearing?
Holden, do not put your dick in it. It's fucked enough already.
Chrisjen really is the star of the show isn't she? :sweat_smile:
Here we go again! Lover Boy Cop has an Android phone. Just putting that out there, so don't be surprised when the twist is that he's also in on this, or a bad guy in some capacity.
Bob Odenkirk gets his John Wick moment (albeit lesser stakes) and it's pretty frigging awesome. The most fun film I've seen in a while. Also the best movie that Christopher Lloyd's been in in ages
With every episode, the story gets weirder and weirder, and by this I mean really damn good.
Miller, Holden and Johnson are using the Mormon's ship to send the protomolecule into the sun. Talk about crazy plans.
On earth, Chrisjen is outplaying Mao and the undersecretary like a pro. Never saw it coming and it was glorious. She's airing out their dirty laundry and using them to help her do it.
Now WTF did the protomolecule just do? Move the whole space station with its's weird shrieking and avoid being destroyed? Yes it did.
Miller has turned out to be my favorite character. He pretends not to care about anything except what will get him through the day, but when push comes to shove, he is righteous, just and honorable, willing to sacrifice himself to save another, but also willing to make the hard decisions others are often unable to make becuase they refuse to see the darkness as part of the light.
Fav line: "The Mormons are going to be pissed."
The writing is great, you have a story that keeps you interested. You only get dripplets of information each episode. On top of that you have great action sequences. This show continues to improve with every episode.
Okay, what the f? How did they pull this brilliant piece of cinema off? I am your standard hater of Disney live-action and I am pleasantly surprised they made me enjoy a Cruella origin film. Wtf. I want that little dog Wink. What a boss.
-“You didn’t know why I was mad, you were just going along with it?!”
-“Mmhmm”
-“Ohhh, love you!”
Gaby and Liz are friendship goals to the max.
Do kids really still eat Fun Dip now? You can tell this show was written by some middle-aged people.
Alice is one of the more annoying characters on television right now.
They never should have made this into a "universe".
Overly-complicated long fights that make no sense.
Keanu has 10 lines literally.
The only time he delivers lines with emotion is when he's speaking to Laurence Fishburne or - surprisingly - when he's talking in Russian.
Too many new characters that are there only to be killed / to be forgotten and basically nobody cares about them.
The villain is weak.
Too long, which equals too boring.
I am convinced that people just don't get what a good action movie is these days, not only because of the majority of the comments here, but also most people in my theatre liked it so much. Just because there are long complicated fight scenes, doesn't mean that this is a good action movie.
First John Wick film is a perfection. Second one was also very good. I will rewatch them and pretend that this was never a "universe".
Pretty bad, more like a bad comedy. And those girls were just two bitches with daddy issues who think they're making a point and giving what? moral lessons?. The poor bastard said 'No' a few times, and I'm not justifying him because he was stupid but those girl kept pushing, come on, everyone has a limit.
The production value is amazing! The acting is top-notch! The writing isn't bad. BUT this is one anti-climactic first episode compared to the pilot for Game of Thrones. It's not terrible, but there isn't much of a drive that makes it as addicting as GoT. I'll stick around to watch the rest of the seasons, but this first episode makes it feel like a supplement to the original series rather than its own thing. So odd that the week started with the end of an amazing spinoff but now the start of one that doesn't realize it has heavy shoes to fill.
JUSTICE FOR TIMOTHY ! JUSTICE FOR TIMOTHY !
Bullet through the heart and lungs but can still talk, movie magic y’all!
This Armond and Dylan situation made me uncomfortable. The whole thing felt very rapey, inappropriate and creepy. Armond coerced Dylan into having sex and had to drugged him first. I don’t have a problem with them hooking up but it's very obvious Armond is in a position of power and took advantage. And if he did the exact same thing to a young female employee, Twitter would have been on fire because it's inappropriate to joke about such things. I'm surprised this isn't being talked about more.
Shane and his mom chanting "money money money!" at the dinner table. :laughing: Shane’s mom is right about nonprofit jobs. Did Rachel and Shane have a 10 minutes conversation before getting married? It seems like Rachel is surprised the person she married is such an obnoxious, terrible human being.
It's really hard to say who is the worst person in this series. Like, reaaally hard. :thinking:
It seems others might have really liked this silent episode but we felt it a bit gimmicky and over-done. The first part of the episode it felt like a novel way to showcase his point of view, but by the end it felt cliche and forced. We actually thought this was the worst episode so far.
The "original characters" being people of color who get whitewashed was the hilarious topping of the cherry on top.
Don't miss it!
The goof shows up at about 18:54 for me -- freeze your screen just after the guards shout "Destroy it!" and then look on the far left of the screen to spot what looks like a crew member in gray T-shirt, jeans and with a very visible dark watch on his wrist, flattening himself against the wall.
