quoted that because of the sock analogy, of course
― untuned mass damper (mh), Monday, 9 September 2019 17:21 (four years ago) link
Saw this one with family couple nights ago. Got to say that car chase in downtown Pittsburgh was a pretty good stunt scene. I think with how the shots were setup they were definitely going for that old 70s chase vibe.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Monday, 26 December 2022 09:56 (one year ago) link
ep 1 of season 2 is as surprisingly bad as season 1 was surprisingly good
incredibly hacky, hokey stuff
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Friday, 15 December 2023 23:01 (four months ago) link
Yeah, it's not great so far. But they've posted 3 episodes, so I'll give it at least 1 more.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Friday, 15 December 2023 23:16 (four months ago) link
yerman as reacher is enough value to watch a few more but luckily its nit his acting that appeals
also look im just gonna ask....they cgi his face a *lot* right? im not just imagining that?
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Friday, 15 December 2023 23:58 (four months ago) link
I think he just looks like that
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Saturday, 16 December 2023 00:44 (four months ago) link
idk s2e1 seemed fine to me?
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 16 December 2023 05:45 (four months ago) link
if you take enough steroids your face just does that
― come on barbo let’s go parpo (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 16 December 2023 07:27 (four months ago) link
happy to report episode 2 is back into the swing of things
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Sunday, 31 December 2023 20:34 (three months ago) link
ok im not imagining it
several of the faces are cgi rendered or enhanced in various scenes for no obvious reason
the food delivery kid in the failed drug deal sting in episode 4 looked like he was in the polar express ffs
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Wednesday, 3 January 2024 21:57 (three months ago) link
It's common practice now to morph actor faces onto stunt doubles for fights but maybe they're also doing it for stand-ins just standing around so the actor can catch a few more Zs in the trailer?
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 3 January 2024 22:31 (three months ago) link
its during like two line stand in actor roles as well as gairly iften for our main guy
mark ruffalos hulk is somewhat reminiscent
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Wednesday, 3 January 2024 22:48 (three months ago) link
/fairly often/
catheter torture was uh…vivid lol
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 January 2024 05:26 (two months ago) link
from the reachers i remember reading, season 1 book (killing floor?) was always the best ito how well it would translate to tv and after finishing s2 i think the source was a messy one to try to make work, but even at that they made a clumsy (hamfisted lol amirite) job of it
ends up being a lot of trailerable moments stitched together with very rushed and forced beats about why we care (we dont, or at least we shouldnt)
final showdown is particularly shite
6/10 im bored now, nealey actress and character 100% deserves a spinoff show now
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Saturday, 27 January 2024 10:58 (two months ago) link
Should have been Reacher, Nealy and Herc stopping a much smaller criminal plot. Reacher’s added team were dead weight.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Saturday, 27 January 2024 11:04 (two months ago) link
i enjoyed the tension of the generic white small sassy guy being a total stick-on for a double cross for as long as it lasted but of course reacher couldnt have been seen to have been fooled that way either originally or in present day
btw if these things merit a comparative analysis (they dont i think) then season 2 mawkish sentimentality and trite refrains of the likes of u do not mess with the 100th (i dont think a single cast member over the whole show managed to deliver this line with anything except the disdain it deserved as a raison d'etre for the whole affair) i think that it veered far more heavily into the aviators, masturbation over uniform and frenz4lyfe after an armwrestle of tom clancy than the usually-quite-tight episodic cut and dried situational reacher novels (ofc they arent without some level of the above but not to the extent s2 in particular was)
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Saturday, 27 January 2024 11:20 (two months ago) link
I will happily watch yer man bulldoze his way through anything but this season was a slog. Obviously, the whole premise stretches credulity but it works best when it's isolated from the real world. This was way too real-world-adjacent and, despite the carnage, it never really felt like anything mattered or had consequences.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Saturday, 27 January 2024 11:36 (two months ago) link
haven't seen the show but the neagley character that appears in a couple of the books is terrific and I always wished lee child had spun off a couple of books centred on her
― oscar bravo, Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:06 (two months ago) link
Agreed. Persuader has been announced as the s3 book, fyi.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Saturday, 27 January 2024 22:45 (two months ago) link