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Twin Peaks 2017
"I know I should be sad, and I am, part of me is. But it's like... it's like I'm having the most beautiful dream... and the most terrible nightmare, all at once."
This is what the show needs to feel like. I'm not sure the first two episodes do, but there were moments it did. Will definitely watch future episodes though.
Closer to its movie Fire Walk With Me. The whimsy is almost gone, but characters such as Lucy still have it. Nothing seems to happen in almost two hours and I still find it intriguing.
For what it is I agree with IGN - 8.5/10 on its own terms.
"I know I should be sad, and I am, part of me is. But it's like... it's like I'm having the most beautiful dream... and the most terrible nightmare, all at once."
This is what the show needs to feel like. I'm not sure the first two episodes do, but there were moments it did. Will definitely watch future episodes though.
Closer to its movie Fire Walk With Me. The whimsy is almost gone, but characters such as Lucy still have it. Nothing seems to happen in almost two hours and I still find it intriguing.
For what it is I agree with IGN - 8.5/10 on its own terms.
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I just started rewatching the original Twin Peaks and it's holding up. A segment of current TV has borrowed so much from that show, that it feels like it might have just been produced.
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I didn't care for the fight choreography in Iron Fist either, but some martial artists seem to like it in Iron Fist a bit better. Weird.
Anyway, that's one hell of a binge!
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I liked parts of it: the homage to Drunken Master was fantastic, but the swordfighting looked silly and the training scenes were cringe-worthy.
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One of the "classic" over the air TV channels is playing blocks of Star Trek. I watched episodes of Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise tonight. It reminded me of some of the tropes that Trek sometimes repeats too much. Both of the latter shows featured a common one (or at least it seems common to me).
It should be in the Federation Field Manual: If your star ship comes upon a small ship that is damaged/in distress and contains either a lone alien, humanoid, or small crew, do not engage. Don't beam them aboard, don't try to revive them if they're frozen, and don't let them anywhere near vital areas of your ship because nine times out of ten they're going to try and hijack your vessel.
It should be in the Federation Field Manual: If your star ship comes upon a small ship that is damaged/in distress and contains either a lone alien, humanoid, or small crew, do not engage. Don't beam them aboard, don't try to revive them if they're frozen, and don't let them anywhere near vital areas of your ship because nine times out of ten they're going to try and hijack your vessel.
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"Captain's log, Stardate 25-42.3
We have arrived at Beta Cephii IV, where we are delivering supplies to the Federation outpost."
<Opening theme and credits>
"Scotty, beam down the supplies!"
<Commercial break>
"Aye, Captain, the supplies have arrived safely at the ground station."
"Thank you, Mr Scott. Sulu, take us out of orbit, and lay in a course for our next destination."
<Commercial break>
"Course laid in, Captain"
<closing credits>
Yes, I can see how that episode might not be compelling viewing.
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Twin Star Exorcists
2/10
Fuck me, that was cheesy. Why the fuck did I watch all of them?
2/10
Fuck me, that was cheesy. Why the fuck did I watch all of them?
Sea Monsters: The Definitive Guide. 7/10 for engaging, educational content but minus a few for the tiresome undercurrent of terror mongering in the presentation. That said, I'm thoroughly enjoying speculative science on what could have inspired old tales of giant sea monsters. The kraken cgi is wonderfully chilling.
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True Detective (up through Season 1 - Episode 4) - Holy crap! Talk about intense and cerebral. I don't think I could handle binge watching this show it is so intense. Right now, it is as good as it gets. Hope it continues as such.
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Game of Thrones - Rewatched the entire series up to this point. The lagging that exists when watching the first run doesn't exist now you know who does well, who doesn't do well. The show is just so solid. Year 1000 of the watch coming up.
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Game of Thrones - Rewatched the entire series up to this point. The lagging that exists when watching the first run doesn't exist now you know who does well, who doesn't do well. The show is just so solid. Year 1000 of the watch coming up.
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Season one is a rare gem. Savor it. You're officially watching the best series HBO ever aired.
Mcconaughey's BEST acting. Rust Cohle will blow your mind when he does his "the universe is a flat circle" routine.
Even Woody is amazing. He clicks with Mcconaughey very well.
I've watched it several times and it never gets old.
11/10 - You'll soon agree
Actually he said "time is a flat circle". Eternal return embellished with the pain of humanity (his daughter). M Theory and smashed beer cans (satanically tortured children on an eternal, spinning buffet). Totally evil. You've probably seen the scene by now, Jimmy. Always fun to hear a troubled and overread drunk person explain reality as they see it. Mcconaughey is entrancing in the scene.
He let me down with his performance in the movie Gold but God Damn he nailed it in True Detective. Mcconaughey has earned my respect fully, even with the dumb car commercials. I was an extra in one of his less epic movies. Never got to meet him him but not all dreams come true, with time being a darn flat circle and whatnot.
Gilmore Girls - 7/10
I'm in the fourth season of this show now and really nothing has happened, but I'm completely engaged in this show. It's basically about a mother and a daughter hanging out and doing regular stuff and the relationship between them and the other characters on the show is totally compelling. I've gone through a lot of "Why do I like this so much? There isn't anything really going on" moments, but the key part of that is that I like it so much.
The dialogue is interesting and engaging and it has a lot of cool characters in it. Well worth watching.
I'm in the fourth season of this show now and really nothing has happened, but I'm completely engaged in this show. It's basically about a mother and a daughter hanging out and doing regular stuff and the relationship between them and the other characters on the show is totally compelling. I've gone through a lot of "Why do I like this so much? There isn't anything really going on" moments, but the key part of that is that I like it so much.
The dialogue is interesting and engaging and it has a lot of cool characters in it. Well worth watching.
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McConaughey had me at Larger Than Life (a more impressive movie than one would suppose). He is a lot better at acting than people give him credit for (though he does have an Oscar). He can play side roles or main characters.
He can do good natured serious (A Time to Kill), absolute over the top (Larger than Life), serious (Contact), drugged out serious (True Detective). I think it is a sign of a great actor who can play good natured protagonist and broken protagonist.
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Simply put, it is the Stars Hollow universe of characters and the 3849 pages of dialogue they ram through every episode. Saw Seasons 1 through 7 and liked it a lot.
Couldn't get through Season 2 on the rewatch because I found the main characters are self-destructive idiots and assholes and there isn't enough Lane to Kirk to get me overlooking it.
Oh for sure. He had me at Dazed and Confused or whatever that druggie movie was called. The movie I watched as a kid. How is he aging so well, come to think. Loved the perverted pothead deal in that movie. His voice can be very amusing. I think his voice is his best quality in that film.
They filmed We Are Marshall up the street and they got a bunch of people from town for extras. I went and did it, and I can see myself in a McConaughey movie now. I mention it to women all the time with some enhanced truths in the details. I should make a t-shirt "McConaughey got me laid" or something. I owe the man a lot.
Hey don't bother with season two. Since my opinion is the only one that matters and whatnot. It draws from a similar darkness (perverted rich people) but there is something missing. My expectations were high going in but it didn't do anything for me. Just a depressing thing to watch. Terrible music droning toward a resolution you can easily see coming from episode six of ten. The missing piece in season two may be the threat to reality itself, which McConaughey executed so well as the broken version of Rust. He's plays two vastly different people separated by a decade, and that is probably pretty hard to pull off.