Found the egg eating scene forced af - weirdness for weirdness sake - but credit where credit is due - at least they're trying new things
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Thursday, 19 April 2018 07:23 (six years ago) link
i mean it was a weird episode transplanting michael jackson into a tim burton wonderland
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Thursday, 19 April 2018 07:33 (six years ago) link
omg the bibby episodethe outrageous formalism of itlike something unearthed from a contemporary account of commedia dell arte, Molière, i don't know what, somehow it felt like it was reaching across time
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 19 April 2018 10:46 (six years ago) link
I got kind of a Candide vibe where Bibby was constantly explaining that everything was going fine
― mh, Thursday, 19 April 2018 13:41 (six years ago) link
lol
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 19 April 2018 14:31 (six years ago) link
that was a good episode but man was it stressful to watch! I guess we learn something about the kind of guy Alfred is beneath the posturing because I was shocked he didn't put Bibby up against the wall about a dozen different times before he actually did.
― evol j, Thursday, 19 April 2018 14:33 (six years ago) link
it's illuminating to see the near infinite level of patience people have to attempt in order to cope with the mundanities of everyday life, especially when you know them in a different context and they're _not_
like thinking one of your coworkers is kind of quick to judge things, and then finding out they have to run eight errands after work, have two sick kids, and their wife can't find a job but none of that seems to provoke a strong reaction
― mh, Thursday, 19 April 2018 15:51 (six years ago) link
this show is really great. find it hard to binge which is a relief, each episode is so self-contained it's easy to take yr time with it
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Thursday, 19 April 2018 15:56 (six years ago) link
The real genius of that episode was in taking the played out barber/client dynamic and mining its absurdity by taking it out of the actual shop.
Plays on that bubbling anxiety you feel off of shit you wouldn't tolerate in any other professional environment, cause until you get a good cut you're completely at his mercy.
your barber has multiple side-hustles and is never shy about trying to put you onyour barbers personal life often plays out in real time as he cuts your hairyour barber will waste the fuck out of your timeyour barber is always on the fucking phoneAll of this is better than the alternative of sitting in some strange chair with a more reliable guy who doesn't understand your hairline.
From the nose, the height, the head shape and hunched shoulders did nobody else immediately realise that Teddy Perkins was Donald Glover?
― tsrobodo, Thursday, 19 April 2018 16:50 (six years ago) link
I was pretty sure, but was open to there being a twist in the plot
― mh, Thursday, 19 April 2018 17:16 (six years ago) link
Barber episode is easy to relate to. It’s like any experience with a dealer
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Thursday, 19 April 2018 18:27 (six years ago) link
There were a couple of times when I thought "I wonder" but tbh I was so caught up in the episode itself I didn't spend a lot of time thinking about it.
It was a lot more apparent on a second viewing with the knowledge it was Glover.
― groovypanda, Thursday, 19 April 2018 19:09 (six years ago) link
I could tell by his voice that it was Donald Glover (he uses a similar voice in Community when he is getting freaked out by something), also... Earn wasn't in any scenes with him. not that they couldn't do that
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 19 April 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link
the best part was the assumption that the whole wheelchair guy bit was a hokey ploy, until.. the twist!
― mh, Thursday, 19 April 2018 20:54 (six years ago) link
and if the epic piano man episode wasn't enough, the woods...
big ol' black boi deer guts...
https://i1.wp.com/urbanbellemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Atlanta-Season-2-Episode-8-Recap-Woods.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 01:47 (five years ago) link
freaked me out.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 01:48 (five years ago) link
the guy in the woods wasn’t his father but he kind of worries it is! and it doesn’t matter because all metaphorical journeys end
― mh, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 02:32 (five years ago) link
anyone else notice how Teddy had a similar voice to John Merrick from Elephant Man?
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
man that ostrich egg in the piano man ep was brutal, I'm still reeling from it. But what an ep!
― calzino, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 18:44 (five years ago) link
Man I found that totally forced
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 18:46 (five years ago) link
As trish Keenan once said “little bit of weirdness for weirdness sake”
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link
It made me feel seriously queasy, not had a boiled egg since.
― calzino, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
lol fair point
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 18:50 (five years ago) link
Gozu had a similar effect on me with milk, dairy products horror is some scary shit.
― calzino, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 18:57 (five years ago) link
Where did Trish Keenan say that?
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 19:04 (five years ago) link
Wire invisible jukebox - believe she was talking about LOOP
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 19:12 (five years ago) link
The Teddy Perkins episode was more rewarding to watch than the entire third season of Twin Peaks
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, April 10, 2018 1:16 PM (two weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 02:21 (five years ago) link
maybe excepting ep 8 of s3 actually but the pt still stands
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 02:22 (five years ago) link
I know the episodes run long, but god damn was there a lot going on there
― mh, Friday, 27 April 2018 02:44 (five years ago) link
felt so sympathetic toward Earn up until halfway through the last scene, then he got pretty much wedgied and I cracked up
― mh, Friday, 27 April 2018 02:45 (five years ago) link
I tweeted this but the last 2 episodes really remind me of Afterhours
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 29 April 2018 01:50 (five years ago) link
i love how georgia centric this show is. he really nails the absurdity of the place.
― Heez, Sunday, 29 April 2018 04:01 (five years ago) link
you can tell he loves it and hates it at the same time which is a shared feeling
I’m not sure if some of the things I’m getting out of my viewing is in the story or if I’m projecting it really seems to capture how grueling it is just to live, and how doing the things you’re supposed to do to play a role doesn’t mean anything will work outEarn thinking he really needed to fight it out was so awkward
― mh, Sunday, 29 April 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link
Yeah Earn is really on a bad trajectory :(
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 30 April 2018 00:09 (five years ago) link
how could @atlantafx cut such an iconic scene pic.twitter.com/it9tiSY24d— 🌊 (@mattwhitlockPM) April 30, 2018
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Monday, 30 April 2018 22:30 (five years ago) link
oh man that is great
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 01:18 (five years ago) link
OMG I love this show
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 01:33 (five years ago) link
Easily best thing on tv
― done and dusted (Ross), Friday, 4 May 2018 00:29 (five years ago) link
End of papi made me super sad
― done and dusted (Ross), Friday, 4 May 2018 00:39 (five years ago) link
for us by us
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 May 2018 16:10 (five years ago) link
by miles
― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Monday, 7 May 2018 16:40 (five years ago) link
when I was in high school I had a joke about starting a company called Fujbuj, pronounced fudge-budge, meaning For Us Jews, By Us Jews. I thought that was pretty funny.
a bit high-handed maybe, but another brilliant episode.
Donald Glover had a hell of weekend.
― dan selzer, Monday, 7 May 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
Chances of a third season?
Imagine a lot of the people involved are going to be pretty busy
― groovypanda, Thursday, 17 May 2018 11:12 (five years ago) link
it really felt like a series wrap-up episode
― com rad erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 17 May 2018 14:41 (five years ago) link
Looooollll the haircut episode - "He's a magician."
― chap, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 11:26 (five years ago) link
this show was so so great
― Arthur Funzonerelli (stevie), Monday, 13 August 2018 22:20 (five years ago) link
https://tvline.com/2019/08/06/atlanta-season-4-renewed-fx/going into production on both seasons early next year
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 14 September 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link
That link is from a year ago, but I clicked through to thishttps://tvline.com/2020/09/09/atlanta-season-3-premiere-date-delay-not-january-2021/
― kinder, Monday, 14 September 2020 17:53 (three years ago) link
oh, i got to there from this link actually:https://www.timeout.com/news/two-more-seasons-of-atlanta-are-on-the-way-091120
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 02:35 (three years ago) link