Reluctant to post because I don't know much about DID, but I think it's possible that if Marc was both the original AND an Egyptology expert, those skills could have transferred to Steven, and now Marc is cut off from them. I think that's a thing with DID?
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'Serenity'
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Tom Scola - Apr 15, 2022 12:23:54 pm PDT #3661 of 4001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Steph L. - Apr 15, 2022 1:13:11 pm PDT #3662 of 4001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I'm such a medical nerd that my first response to Tom's whitefont was "Really? Cool!" I did read somewhere that Oscar Isaac did a lot of research on DID because he didn't want to fuck up his portrayal(s). Which, good for him.
Emily - Apr 15, 2022 3:05:52 pm PDT #3663 of 4001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Tom, that'd be a cool explanation and soothe some of my irritation. So I'll go with that for now!
Thank you all for validating my feelings. I do think it's lovely, I'm just more impatient with some of the cliches than I used to be (character asks really significant question but it is never answered! Character outlines an important flaw in a plan and everyone ignores it and then it turns out to be an important flaw in the plan!). But the acting and visual effects are great and I'm really enjoying them.
One question: why on earth did the street vendor get all squirrely at the mention of a clearly centuries-dead mummy? And for that matter why was he on display in wossname's faux-Louvre-entrance? Was the tomb only *just* looted? That seems like odd timing, doesn't it?
Edited because while I am enjoying elements of it, saying I'm really enjoying the show seems a bit much given all my complaining! Also editing my posts afterward is just what I do and maybe we don't comment on that anymore? I've been away so long I don't know what the etiquette is these days.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 15, 2022 7:22:05 pm PDT #3664 of 4001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
It's honestly leaving me pretty meh, and that's with the Egyptian mythology aspects factored in.
-t - Apr 15, 2022 7:56:46 pm PDT #3665 of 4001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm not really following the plot and I don't know who to root for but I like the human characters well enough. I don't exactly trust that it will eventually make some kind of sense but I haven't despaired of it, either.
I enjoy that Steven's version of The Suit makes me think of English Bloke Man from Space Opera
The board doesn't tell everyone that you've edited anymore so if you don't want to comment you can get away with that, and sometimes I do if I just fixed a typo that I hope no one read yet but I generally still comment when I edit, I think
Tom Scola - Apr 18, 2022 10:27:01 am PDT #3666 of 4001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
DavidS - Apr 18, 2022 10:29:18 am PDT #3667 of 4001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Thor trailer.
Is he trying to start up Thor/Starlord slash?!
Dana - Apr 18, 2022 10:36:07 am PDT #3668 of 4001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
"Start" is probably not the word you're looking for.
DavidS - Apr 18, 2022 10:37:35 am PDT #3669 of 4001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
"Start" is probably not the word you're looking for.
Service Thor/Starlord slash?
-t - Apr 18, 2022 10:47:05 am PDT #3670 of 4001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Whee, that looks fun!