yup, they stripped almost everything out of there and she’s running out of time
― mh, Thursday, 28 January 2021 16:08 (three years ago) link
I found the Naomi scenes super tense and gut wrenching last week. this week I was just like....I get it, yknow?
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Thursday, 28 January 2021 16:09 (three years ago) link
The casting for this show is so weird -- "you give off bible camp counselor vibes -- you're perfect for dystopian Baltimore crime boss!"
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 28 January 2021 18:21 (three years ago) link
why are there so many canadians in baltimore
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Thursday, 28 January 2021 18:22 (three years ago) link
it does seem like they have really fucked up the pacing for naomi’s story. this week’s episode ends almost exactly like last week’s. the inaros family psychodrama stuff is interesting only insofar as it gets you to big moments of decision or conflict and those have been thin on the ground.absolutely phenomenal escape from earth. what started as a slightly shonky low-budg children of men homage became surprisingly stressful and the last gasp where amos goes back for the gang member (who had earlier helped him out of a similar scrape!) was bananas - at first i was like omg amos, you’re not rescuing them only in order to use them as a human shield??! but then they came up firing with a backup handgun as amos dragged them back towards the ship!! a+ teamwork
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 29 January 2021 23:29 (three years ago) link
xxp Erich was more physically frail in the book! Part of the history was that he was the more frail, but very hackerish, of the duo. Timmy (Amos) was the one who protected him as the muscle
― mh, Saturday, 30 January 2021 19:50 (three years ago) link
yeah if anything he should be skinnier. mostly I just don't like how canadian he sounds lol
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Saturday, 30 January 2021 20:27 (three years ago) link
i'm finally caught up and I've pretty much adopted Avasarala's "whereever I goddamn like" whenever anybody asks where I'm going or what I'm getting at.
― if Spaghetti-Os had whammy bars (Neanderthal), Saturday, 30 January 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link
her screen career is really something
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Saturday, 30 January 2021 20:31 (three years ago) link
What was Amos doing to Hutch's (Erich's enforcer) body at the end? Sealing the bullet holes so blood wouldn't get everywhere?
― RandPaul's Drag Race (Leee), Saturday, 30 January 2021 23:28 (three years ago) link
possibly, I guess due to lack of gravity?
― if Spaghetti-Os had whammy bars (Neanderthal), Sunday, 31 January 2021 02:34 (three years ago) link
wonder what Havelock is up to rn
― if Spaghetti-Os had whammy bars (Neanderthal), Sunday, 31 January 2021 02:37 (three years ago) link
Yeah was wondering of she'd totally had it or could recover at all.
Some amount of destruction left in their wake though. I thought those vehicles were like holiday hoppers so suppose that can't have been the normal effect. Every time they take off the owner has to rebuild the family pile.
― Stevolende, Sunday, 31 January 2021 08:13 (three years ago) link
the ship’s computer had said that the blast doors weren’t closed yet and Erich (?) said fuck it and took off anyway
― mh, Sunday, 31 January 2021 14:39 (three years ago) link
oh right, thought it might be a little expensive otherwise
― Stevolende, Sunday, 31 January 2021 14:40 (three years ago) link
Yea he incinerated the pursuers, the homes and everything else were collateral damage.
― if Spaghetti-Os had whammy bars (Neanderthal), Sunday, 31 January 2021 14:41 (three years ago) link
Weirdly the Amos/"Peaches" of that ep felt reminiscent of the end of the movie Wind River to an extent. The atmosphere of the shootout in the dark was well done.
― if Spaghetti-Os had whammy bars (Neanderthal), Sunday, 31 January 2021 14:43 (three years ago) link
Pacing is nuts -- does Avasarala's reclaiming the iron throne take more time in the books?
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 01:24 (three years ago) link
She doesn't lose the election in the first place in the books, from memory.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 01:58 (three years ago) link
since we didn't see the plane go down, i'm sure Gao will return looking like Toxie from Toxic Avenger and reclaim her right to the throne
― Wrong Screamed Barney (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 01:59 (three years ago) link
that was it? all the naomi stuff was just timekilling bullshit?
― wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 03:14 (three years ago) link
yeeaaaahhh not a great back half overall
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 04:44 (three years ago) link
i think it was undone by the expectedly awkward handling of Alex due to having to fire Cas Anvar. a lot of it felt very holding pattern.
though WTF happened at the end?
― Wrong Screamed Barney (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 05:01 (three years ago) link
omg it's the Unknown Aggressors that killed the Builders innit?
― Wrong Screamed Barney (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 05:11 (three years ago) link
one season to go, it'd have to be
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 07:11 (three years ago) link
I know they were in a shitty situation but was that really the best solution they could find? makes me think the call was made pretty damn late in production
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 07:14 (three years ago) link
I'm sure that's what happened. It's just weird because of how it was executed. It was a Chekhov's stroke. Also considering all of the adventures they'd been on together and how they usually reacted when one of their own was in danger, they were surprisingly disaffected by Alex's death
― Wrong Screamed Barney (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 13:41 (three years ago) link
I guess my question would be what would this chunk of season have been like "according to plan"? does it explain stranding naomi wordlessly on a ship for three full episodes? what would have been the endgame and how did having to kill Alex off ruin it?
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 14:13 (three years ago) link
anyway, the first five episodes were some of the best they've ever done and there was still lots of great stuff in the other ones, but it's a shame they didn't knock this one out of the park like it seemed they would. I will say that technically the show's never been better- loved the sound design on Bobbie's rescue of Naomi, and the wonderful "fucked up digital video artifacts" effects in the ending scene. also laughed very hard at Amos' little speech to Holden and the reveal that followed
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 14:21 (three years ago) link
makes me think the call was made pretty damn late in production
based on this photo, i would say so
don't really understand why there was *so much* stranded naomi and then such a rush at the end, tho. did no one even bother talking to drummer?
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 3 February 2021 15:30 (three years ago) link
his arc about losing his family would have played in nicely with amos and james saying they were family now.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 16:02 (three years ago) link
yeah I get the sense they were finally going to pay off all that stuff next season. oh well lol
the existence of that photograph is extremely funny to me
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 16:03 (three years ago) link
they should have just said Alex was 'visiting family' for two seasons
― Wrong Screamed Barney (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 16:04 (three years ago) link
anyway on balance I think this was still the second best season (behind s3)
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 16:04 (three years ago) link
but this whole situation epitomizes poochie.png
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 16:06 (three years ago) link
i'm majorly excited about next season.
sad that Freddie Lounds is dead now
― Wrong Screamed Barney (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 16:07 (three years ago) link
The polycule was such a missed opportunity for some actually interesting interpersonal drama, oh well.
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 16:30 (three years ago) link
next year introduces the fartmolecule
― Wrong Screamed Barney (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 16:31 (three years ago) link
there are some really attractive people in this series (canadians)
― mookieproof, Thursday, 4 February 2021 00:18 (three years ago) link
laughed very hard at Amos' little speech to Holden and the reveal that followed
Best scene in the whole episode, especially the end with Holden just staring off into space like he'd been hit between the eyes with a hammer.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 4 February 2021 00:20 (three years ago) link
haha yeah it took me a moment when I realized what he was setting up.
also how does Peaches trigger her mods? they always show her like closing her eyes and biting down and her eyes dilate and suddenly she's ripping people's limbs off
― Wrong Screamed Barney (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 February 2021 00:24 (three years ago) link
― mookieproof, Wednesday, February 3, 2021 7:18 PM bookmarkflaglink
otm
― Wrong Screamed Barney (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 February 2021 00:25 (three years ago) link
i think Drummer is my favorite character, wish we'd had more of her this year. though her playing off of Ashford was the best
Drummer is a tv series invention/concatenation -- and yeah she's rad. ... There is a lot of deviation from the books at this point, and I am behind a couple episodes
― sarahell, Thursday, 4 February 2021 00:26 (three years ago) link
my friend keeps giving me the "this is how it went in the books" spiel, which I would read, except I am currently reading Bruce Dickinson's autobiography so
― Wrong Screamed Barney (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 February 2021 00:27 (three years ago) link
interesting to know she's a series-specific character!
my friend also said he was shocked by the ending because it sets up things that are 30-some odd years away in the books
i also wonder at what point they learned that they'd been renewed
haha i'd kind of wondered if drummer's expansion into a regular was a response to fandom
― mookieproof, Thursday, 4 February 2021 00:36 (three years ago) link
that scene where her and Ashford were trapped and singing old Belter songs to each other to comfort each other was a great scene
― Wrong Screamed Barney (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 February 2021 00:39 (three years ago) link
I am currently reading Bruce Dickinson's autobiography
Oof. I read that a couple of years ago (if it's the one I'm thinking of; he may have written another since).
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 4 February 2021 01:05 (three years ago) link