OMGWTF at that episode
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 July 2021 18:11 (two years ago) link
Meaning Excellent payoff, detailed and creepy
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 July 2021 18:46 (two years ago) link
Going to be hard to top. Btw is S2 worth watching?
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 July 2021 20:20 (two years ago) link
i am saving s2 as a gift to my future self
― mookieproof, Sunday, 25 July 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link
lol
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 July 2021 21:34 (two years ago) link
Absolutely worth watching
― Vinnie, Sunday, 25 July 2021 22:53 (two years ago) link
Thanks! Just as long as there is no 80s hair "Rockit" montage
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 July 2021 22:57 (two years ago) link
I could watch any number of montages, time-appropriate or not, set to that wonderful song
― Vinnie, Monday, 26 July 2021 00:54 (two years ago) link
So the guy who played Gene Kranz in For All Mankind went on to play Chris Kraft in The Right Stuff.
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 01:29 (two years ago) link
DO U SEE?
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 03:06 (two years ago) link
Have to say the use of pop music in Counterpart show is a little more sparing and subtle and less Forrest Gump-like than in the titular show. Particularly liked discovering this song:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ55A__qO3oAlso there was a John Cale song I didn’t know too well that was cool.
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 14:07 (two years ago) link
“Big White Cloud” from Vintage Violence, which I haven’t listened to too much.
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 14:18 (two years ago) link
Enjoying James Cromwell much more than I though I would.
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 30 July 2021 21:30 (two years ago) link
This show is so dumb but Im watching it anyway, thanks ilx
― calstars, Friday, 30 July 2021 23:01 (two years ago) link
yr dumband yr welcome
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 30 July 2021 23:45 (two years ago) link
how could anyone not enjoy james cromwell
― mookieproof, Saturday, 31 July 2021 02:32 (two years ago) link
Sorry, he's always good but, and I know I am dating myself, I always have to get over the tendency to still think of him as Stretch Cunningham from All in the Family.
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 31 July 2021 11:56 (two years ago) link
Is this a spoiler free thread or what. Cause I want to complain about stuff
― calstars, Saturday, 31 July 2021 12:03 (two years ago) link
Thought we were keeping it spoiler free, yes. Do you know how to use the Hidden Text tags?
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 31 July 2021 12:24 (two years ago) link
Stretch Cunningham from _All in the Family_.
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 31 July 2021 15:25 (two years ago) link
i fear i created a monster and i accept blamd but dude you HAVE to stop posting about Counterpart itt now i beg you.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 31 July 2021 15:28 (two years ago) link
I figured it was annoying, and I will stop now that I have received official notification, sorry.
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 31 July 2021 15:31 (two years ago) link
Push this link at oh-eight-hundred and burn for three seconds: COUNTERPART: Alternate History w/ Creepy Cold War Vibe
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 31 July 2021 15:48 (two years ago) link
PRIME, you are go on that D2 injection
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 31 July 2021 15:59 (two years ago) link
fuck hidden tags
― calstars, Saturday, 31 July 2021 23:19 (two years ago) link
hardcore cringe at gordo’s son making moves on Baldwin wife
― calstars, Thursday, 5 August 2021 19:54 (two years ago) link
2/3 of the way through S2 and drunk Tracy in space is a thing I never knew I needed #spacetruckinfuckyeah
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 04:55 (two years ago) link
Oh, hadn’t realized you hadn’t finished S2.
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 05:14 (two years ago) link
taking it slow :)
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 05:21 (two years ago) link
Good approach. I binged and crashed.
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 05:29 (two years ago) link
S1E7 touches some deep place in my existence.
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 05:38 (two years ago) link
Like various things I am interested in or can relate to were collapsed into one tissue-paper spacecraft-piercing meteorite.
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 05:48 (two years ago) link
Several implausibilities in s2e10 cheapened the experience. the handshake changing everyone’s mind and Reagan diverting Air Force one to Moscow (really????) and Ed’s last minute decision to fire on his own payload (???). Not to mention the wife/kid storyline was shit…and the reveal that the Russian dude isn’t really interested in poor Margo… …. Feel like the overall quality of the show went slowly but steadily downhill.
― calstars, Wednesday, 11 August 2021 14:19 (two years ago) link
Is there an ETA for Season 3, anyone know?
― Maresn3st, Wednesday, 11 August 2021 14:42 (two years ago) link
They're already filming but imagine a show like this has a ton of post-production. There's no release date yet but guesses are early 2022
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 11 August 2021 14:49 (two years ago) link
Really enjoyed the show but agree with calstars, Several implausibilities in s2e10 cheapened the experience
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 11 August 2021 15:12 (two years ago) link
I went with S2 and enjoyed parts of it a lot, including the boffo last two episodes but yeah. had a bunch of issues, same one calstars did. I even found a Reddit thread deploring the somewhat icky and probably unnecessary "Stacy's Mom" subplot.
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 16:01 (two years ago) link
oh hey I watched this show in just over a week, and now I say things like "Negative, Flight" when I don't want to do something. It's been fun learning about space stuff (lots of time spent looking up FIDO/GUIDO/astrowives/Sea Dragon/etc on Wikipedia)* and as called out before it shares with H&CF the joy of following the characters hang out/invent the future/screw up over the course of decades. Every scene in mission control is great.
The broader story and character arcs had a tendency to veer between predictable and wtf with not much in the middle, esp in S2.
most bizarre part: wartless portrayal of Reagan, double bizarre given some of the show's other themes
best characters: Margo and Molly by a distance. Wayne is cool too.
Roll on S3, though I guess the timelines must be diverging totally now and I don't really care about the next generation (I will not be happy if Kelly+Danny are the next couple with relationship issues; Aleida is fine)
*One thing I learned while looking into Ed's accident while dogfighting with Gordo was that the top cause of death for astronauts in the 1960s was crashing your T-38 while travelling between bases
― in a bar, under the (seandalai), Monday, 16 August 2021 14:13 (two years ago) link
Good write-up. I like all the characters, I guess, although it did take me a while to warm up to Wayne, but if I had to pick two (PO2- Flight, give me a read on those PO2 levels!) I'd go with Gordo and Kelly, I think.
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 August 2021 15:41 (two years ago) link
Soillers galore, obv, but: https://www.vox.com/culture/2021/4/23/22396461/for-all-mankind-season-2-finale-recap-the-grey-review-ron-moore
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 August 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link
Heh, interesting typo
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 August 2021 15:58 (two years ago) link
S3 Predictions:
-Most of the cast will return having been aged up by sprinkling baby powder in their hair, and nothing else
-In contrast, millions in special FX will be spent on de-aging Michael Stipe to redo the "Man on the Moon" video
-Ron Moore will make a cameo as a young writer at a newsstand reading a Variety article about TNG launching as two Cylons look on
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 16 August 2021 17:24 (two years ago) link
Lol!
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 August 2021 17:27 (two years ago) link
Absolute favourite moment was Margo's toothbrush pen
― in a bar, under the (seandalai), Monday, 16 August 2021 23:37 (two years ago) link
this is embarrassing but I knew literally nothing about Flight KAL 007 until this episode wikipedia read got me like O_O fukif anyone can recommend me a good book about it i’d be grateful
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 18 August 2021 04:26 (two years ago) link
Lol had no idea that was a real event either
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 05:12 (two years ago) link
the wikipedia article is bananashttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 18 August 2021 05:16 (two years ago) link
also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655
― in a bar, under the (seandalai), Wednesday, 18 August 2021 12:35 (two years ago) link
It truly is, 1983 was such a fucking minefield, I'm glad I was only 11 and all 'tra-la-la' not knowing what terrible cold war, human error shit was going on back then.
― Maresn3st, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 13:13 (two years ago) link
I had forgotten about the Soviets shooting down that Korean air lines flight. Question for season 3 (seems to be '93-'95), what event(s) from our timeline will show up in the FAM timeline? Soviet Union or Russia, the Balkan war, Bill Clinton becomes president, Hubble Space Telescope, tech/internet innovations?
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 18:22 (two years ago) link