So what's everyone watching this week? I've only seen some anime movies on Netflix which I won't bother you guys with since it's against the spirit of this hole 
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Rewatching
Top Gear 
specials. The peak of British 
cultural achievement. (Screencap specifically is the Vietnam 
special, just finished the Indian 
special)
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I watched the last episode of the Grand tour recently and the part where they compared the footage to their first special had me
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The day that Jeremy Clarkson dies, I will too. A world without him is an empty one.
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I'm enjoying Penguin still. Last episode slowed down a bit but it's ramping up for the final act.
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Sofia Falcone can peg me
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The Penguin is pretty good so far. I never watched The Batman but I don't feel like I've been missing anything. It might go down in flames these last couple of episodes, we'll see.
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I'm rewatching for the umpteenth time a little-known sci-fi show called Travelers. Absolute kino.
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i was way too spoiled by altered carbon s1 to give a shit about other scifi shows. i dont think i can name any that encapsulate the specific type of scifi i like, but s2 was so poorly made in comparison that im burnt out on trying to invest any of my time in a new show. ive tried watching travelers and i "get" it, but it feels too interpersonal and too little "cool tech has led to this circumstance" for me. its got a very walking dead vibe to it, which i dislike it for.
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Interestingly I hate the walking dead lol
I never saw S2 of altered carbon bc it looked r-slurred. I remember only vaguely enjoying season 1. Not something I would rewatch, despite the interesting idea.
I don't really get the impersonal vibe from Travelers but I can kinda see where you might if you didn't watch many episodes? They do end up developing the characters a ton, but the whole first episode is spent introducing the concept pretty much.
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the big issue with s2 of altered carbon is that the premise of the story involves the same "person" inhabiting multiple bodies. this works well enough for the first iteration on screen because the multiple actors involved are the viewers' introduction to the story, but becomes a problematic in later iterations (particularly s2 as it takes place tens/hundreds of years in the future) because almost none of the actors are the same - the personhood of the characters is lost because the actors who play them change and have different personalities/demeanors/quirks on screen. the story seems much more well adapted to literature because the author is able to control the presentation of each "actor" (read: character, leading to a more cohesive continuity in character) in that environment much more capably than screenwriters are able to with actors on a set.
travelers seems to make a super big deal about scenes, series of scenes, and even episodes revolving around a single characters issues, only generally touching on the overall theme; of note would be the long hair blonde guy addicted to heroin or whatever. just like suits did, it orchestrates episodes in "blocks" of content that focus on some forced personal issue, then loosely tie it to the next one. i guess these technically move the overall story forward, but the repeated focus on individuals just to switch to another as a means of storytelling in this way feels boring to me.
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Yeah that makes sense. I just remembered that I wholesale dismissed the idea of watching season 2 cuz I hated the main actor they picked for it lol. If you're gonna have a person jump between "bodies" the actors need to be REALLY up to snuff to pull that off, and that guy can't even pull off a basic-butt line read.
Maybe I should read the books. That does sound like a much better format.
Yeah I can see that for Travelers. I just like that form of storytelling fine as long as I care about the character/issue in question. I've never cared about Carly and her shit baby, and I only sort of care about Grant's problems, so when it focuses on either of them for too long I start to get bored. Marcy, Trevor, Phillip, and the overall storyline carry it for me.
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Yesterday we watched Rocky II, I love me blue collar semi-r-slurred good guy protag.
After the movie we discussed if anyone could image Anrie playing in Rocky I/II or Rambo, can you image his monologue at the end to his CO, or hospital scenes from Rocky?
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watched Blade Runner 2049. It's really good but the ending was kinda dumb and left me thinking really that's it?
anyone recommend any dystopian/post apocalyptic movies/tv shows?
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Classic Twilight Zone will always be the best dystopian TV content.
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The Expanse is kinda dystopian and was one of the only good new sci-fi shows in many years. As far as movies what have you seen? Escape from New York is great, Snowpiercer was dumb but fun, the original Planet of the Apes series is more enjoyable than you might think. I'm assuming you've seen most of the blockbusters from the last few decades.
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I guess more broadly I like mind frick scifi movies. Like the groundhog day time loops, or the world taking a radical turn technologically/socially. Twilight zone is actually a perfect example cause each episode is just an interesting what if concept. Though it's a little dated for my slop tastes.
I liked Snowpiercer a lot, Edge of Tomorrow, Interstellar, Truman Show, Hunger Games, Mad Max, Looper, Matrix, Judge Dredd
for TV I did like The Expanse, Westworld, Severance, Counterpart, Black Mirror, Silo, and sometimes I'll watch older corny shows like Firefly/Farscape/ST:TNG
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Gilmore Girls cozymaxxing, since the leaves are now turning yellow
!biofoids Dean, Jess, or Logan?
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I'm a cute butch and thus can't have a real opinion but I'm gonna say dean because he's played by Jared Padalecki and I've met him and he's super nice
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correct answer
how'd you meet him?
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Convention. He hugged me and said he liked my outfit!
Also dude is seriously enormous holy shit. The sheer size of the lad doesn't quite come across on screen.
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Dean is clearly the lesser evil in that lineup but overall Rory's taste in scrotes is
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Your mom
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Still watching (You), dramanon.
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It wasn't until this comment that I realized you're theoverseether lmao
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I'm pretty close to finishing all of wes andersons filmography, so I will probably try to do that.
I've watches some of the ones not greyed out, but not recently.
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watched dream scenario w some friends, p gud
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Napoleon Blownapart Released a new video in his series documenting the MMA lineal heavyweight title. He just got to the start of Pride's Golden Age. Cro Cop, Antonio Nogueria, fedor emelianenko, Bob Sapp back when he gave a frick.
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Mummy 2
also 90s xmen because i wanna watch the sequel
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Sick in bed and don't want to think too hard (and besides I've watched everything good already) so I watched Stargate Atlantis. I'm not recommending it or anything but it's surprisingly watchable. Stargate Universe on the other hand is possibly the worst TV show I've ever seen in my life.
Also The A-Team is less dumb than I expected it would be.
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Yeah Atlantis is acceptable but not amazing, Universe is literally unwatchable. SG1 is the GOAT.
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I've been going through Breaking Bad for over a year now, watching it only while houskeeping at my parent's house.
This weekend I went through around 10 episodes though, so good progress. Two of them, Half Measure and Full Measure I enjoyed a lot.
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Who's your favorite character?
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It's a fairly hard question for this show, but my favourite is probably Saul. He is very likeable, and while I would not call him charismatic necessarily, he has certain magnetism and charm to him, and is really entertaining to watch.
Worth to mention, I don't think he is the best character, just the one I like the most. I think our protagonist, mister Walter white is the best character, both acting wise and writing wise, but his likeability... well.
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You're gonna love Better Caul Saul then
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I always see Canada's flag in this Marsey
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