What the fuck, S3 finale of The Magicians? WHAT THE FUCK.
(I mean, I'll be honest: I'm spoiled all the way through the end of the series. Even so, seeing the Monster in Eliot was fucked up.)
It's all about the coat.
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Steph L. - Apr 15, 2020 6:23:40 pm PDT #1600 of 2020
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 16, 2020 5:03:35 am PDT #1601 of 2020
"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
Did anyone else see the season premiere of What We Do in the Shadows ? The ghosts episode had me rolling on the floor! So good to see Jeff back again (well, sort of).
Toddson - Apr 16, 2020 7:55:02 am PDT #1602 of 2020
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I don't have cable, so I hadn't seen Battlestar Galactica when it was new, but it's now on a (free) broadcast channel so I've been enjoying it. However, with the opening about the Cylons having a plan it hit me - is Elizabeth Warren a Cylon? she always has a plan ....
Laura - Apr 16, 2020 8:20:30 am PDT #1603 of 2020
Our wings are not tired.
I've been wanting to rewatch BSG, and somewhere I own the DVDs. The balance is watch the currently broadcast episodes, or find the dang DVDs and hook up a player since I don't even have that setup at the moment. I miss the awesome music from that series.
Toddson - Apr 16, 2020 8:29:03 am PDT #1604 of 2020
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I love the music. And I'm enjoying the show - I'd watched the original version and I think the newer one is better.
Beverly - Apr 16, 2020 9:49:29 am PDT #1605 of 2020
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
(I own the BSG soundtrack CD)
I think it's interesting how much BSG relied on Firefly's innovations--there are numerous visual tributes, in fact, in one of the early episodes when Roslin is waiting in her doctor's office, Serenity passes over the skylight. But Bear McCreary picked up on Greg Edmondson's multi-national music intercutting and improved on it. And of course, there were a few, early-on instances of silent explosions in space. It used to bug me that everybody was using new tech from Firefly...but now I see it as tribute.
Um--sorry for the OT
Katerina Bee - Apr 16, 2020 7:03:19 pm PDT #1606 of 2020
Herding cats for fun
I got some good laughs from What We Do In The Shadows, particularly Nadja befriending her ghost and the energy vampire guy.
beekaytee - Apr 16, 2020 7:32:08 pm PDT #1607 of 2020
Compassionately intolerant
From the trailer I got a Killjoys meets Cleopatra 2525 vibe
My thought exactly. And, I'm dedicated to Vagrant Queen because of the Tim Rozon aspect. It's salving my missing of Wynona Earp.
I am super shallow like that.
I enjoyed the Magicians finale much more than the beginning of the series. And, I loved the beginning of BSG much more than the finale.
It's a funny 'ol life.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 17, 2020 7:05:03 am PDT #1608 of 2020
What is even happening?
Like Michael Giacchino's contribution to Lost, it's hard to overstate Bear McCreary's contribution to Battlestar Galactica.
It used to bug me that everybody was using new tech from Firefly...but now I see it as tribute.
I think if it had lived out something more of a natural life, it would have been easier to see the tributes as tributes.
chrismg - Apr 24, 2020 7:35:48 am PDT #1609 of 2020
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
I've been watching Motherland: Fort Salem and while I'm not prepared to say it's good yet, I do think it's committed. Committed to centering the sory around women, including having the major romance of the first season be f/f, and committed to the idea that this is a world that took a major left turn 350 years ago and has major cultural and political differences that need to come up on screen.
It's also not big on hand-holding: If you hear a character describe her family as "High Atlantic" you're just going to have to figure out what that means from context.