goggins' character's sudden satanic blooming in the seduction/arson scene was more fight club than election i thought, but i've never seen fight club
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 20:55 (seven years ago) link
i think the biggest issue w/this is that it's coming out right now, it's as poorly timed a launch as the debut of 24
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 21:21 (seven years ago) link
xp- omg his little impish prance up to the family portrait :'D
― flopson, Wednesday, 27 July 2016 21:22 (seven years ago) link
I think if you're actually comparing the show with Election on a qualitative level it's going to come up short because Election is one of the GOAT comedy movies.
― Night Jorts (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 22:26 (seven years ago) link
don't really think this show about a frustrated, humiliated white man being goaded by a demonic nihilist into acts of self-destructive violence for the sake of catharsis is particularly poorly timed
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 23:36 (seven years ago) link
shades of peter verkhovensky in goggins imo: gladhanding goofball persona as wrapper for genuinely radical evil
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 23:38 (seven years ago) link
for mcbride humiliation is motive but for goggins it seems more like excuse (cf also iago!)
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 23:44 (seven years ago) link
sry to thinkpiece
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 23:45 (seven years ago) link
xxxxp Also there are only two episodes of this out, right? Maybe wait until the end of a season before rushing to compare it to Election.
― Have you hugged your timeghoul today? (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 23:45 (seven years ago) link
otm, i'm not willing yet to go any further than dostoevsky and shakespeare
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 23:49 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I see this going to some potentially interesting places. McBride likes his dumbshit comedy but he also likes his pathos. I can see him sobering up from Goggins's influence and attempting to set things right, with hilarious results.
― Night Jorts (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 23:50 (seven years ago) link
never seen Election, will check it out― flopson, Wednesday, July 27, 2016 3:38 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― flopson, Wednesday, July 27, 2016 3:38 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
modern classic IMO -- even if you haven't liked alexander payne's other films, this one is real good.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 28 July 2016 03:06 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, basically just ignore the man behind the curtain. Shocking dropoff in quality after that one.
― Night Jorts (Old Lunch), Thursday, 28 July 2016 03:09 (seven years ago) link
Mrs. Libby asking "open or closed?" as she exits Gamby's office gets me every time
― veggie sticks potato snacks (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 28 July 2016 05:48 (seven years ago) link
that might be the moment of the show so far ^
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 28 July 2016 14:36 (seven years ago) link
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, July 27, 2016 7:36 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
meant poorly timed in the sense that it was guaranteed, as a result of when it debuted, to elicit concerns about What It's Really Saying
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 28 July 2016 17:30 (seven years ago) link
Thinkpieces and zings aside, this is just not good.Bonus points for "underage" nudity, what could be funnier
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 06:08 (seven years ago) link
lol @ "I love you"
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 10 August 2016 17:56 (seven years ago) link
heh yes!
there was a lot of funny this ep, im glad I didn't bail on this show
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 10 August 2016 19:02 (seven years ago) link
great last line too: "this is our home now"
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 10 August 2016 19:05 (seven years ago) link
"who put the po po in your ho ho"
― woke-ing class zero (s.clover), Monday, 15 August 2016 03:17 (seven years ago) link
great episode, show's on a roll
― Οὖτις, Monday, 15 August 2016 15:24 (seven years ago) link
I like this show a lot but Eastbound & Down has my heart
― Quarter measures (sunny successor), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 01:57 (seven years ago) link
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Thursday, July 28, 2016 1:30 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
turns out it's probably the best critique of american masculinity we're going to get.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 03:04 (seven years ago) link
Chekhov's brass knuckles was great.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 03:49 (seven years ago) link
"I'm sorry you made me yell at you"
show is delivering imo
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 14:41 (seven years ago) link
Catching up, watched the field trip ep last night. Bit of a detour ep but still so good. At it's most NO DONT DO IT DONT DO IT the show is verging on the genre of horror, imo
― flopson, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 14:54 (seven years ago) link
Goggins is really a joy to watch
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 18:46 (seven years ago) link
it reminds me of alexander payne's better offerings, tbh
― remy bean, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 18:58 (seven years ago) link
Also, if the race politics are headed where I think they are, I really like the show's gall. If they're not I might stop watching.
caught up now; the plotting in this is really good isn't it.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 24 August 2016 03:42 (seven years ago) link
If anything I find the ex/daughter subplot a little distracting, but I guess it goes towards his motivations and whatnot.
Goggins is hilarious. Ive never seen him in anything before.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 24 August 2016 04:46 (seven years ago) link
I've started up on Justified. Goggins reminds me a bit of Bruce Dern. Similar build, intensity and both have those crazy eyes.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 24 August 2016 12:07 (seven years ago) link
Oh the spit bust wow
Also can we take a moment to acknowledge the awesomeness of Ray?
― Quarter measures (sunny successor), Monday, 29 August 2016 06:46 (seven years ago) link
goggins in the hospital doing the unnecessary 360 and then shoving a clown was legit incredible
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 03:33 (seven years ago) link
this has been weirdly all over the place tbh
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 04:14 (seven years ago) link
― Quarter measures (sunny successor), Monday, August 29, 2016 2:46 AM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
YES
― flopson, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 13:07 (seven years ago) link
happy that this show has gotten better since the bitter arguments itt circa ep 2
― a simba man (Will M.), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 15:08 (seven years ago) link
tbh I was offended that Gamby wooed Miss Snodgrass
― flopson, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 16:59 (seven years ago) link
it's definitely gotten a lot funnier (or im more receptive the the humor) lately. the "guess the occupation" scene was really funny. and the deadpan "I'm high as a motherfucker."
― ryan, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 17:01 (seven years ago) link
still find this fucking terrible but tbh it's become a hate watch.
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 17:16 (seven years ago) link
high point was the first 25 minutes of the episode with the shitty neighbor, felt like a good look into the brain of goggins, but the knucks save kinda defeated the purpose?
― a simba man (Will M.), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 18:31 (seven years ago) link
No that's the whole point, McBride had to brass knuckles the workout metal dude because Goggins, though evil, is too chicken to do face-to-face confrontations, he can only do weaselly backstabbing stuff (spiking the kool-aid with lsd, spitting in Brown's coffee--btw: deepest body squirm at when she catches him doing this after his plan to pit the union/school-board against here goes off without a hitch) and goad McBride into confrontations. crucial dynamic
― flopson, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 18:45 (seven years ago) link
a iago/othello dynamic
― ryan, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 18:46 (seven years ago) link
yup
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link
i guess i just wish that the neighbor was a problem for more thna half an hour is all i am saying
― a simba man (Will M.), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 19:24 (seven years ago) link
Snodgrass falling for Gamby ruined this show.
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 19:38 (seven years ago) link
i mean not that it was that good before.. but CMON ONNNNNN
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 19:39 (seven years ago) link
I'm sure the rest of the series is going to be about their successful relationship
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 19:44 (seven years ago) link
maybe, but it also feels (so far) that she's using him as a way to prop up her own ego after getting rejected by that other teacher, right?
― ryan, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 19:45 (seven years ago) link