also i kind of loved how the host of "disruption" kind of sucked and was basically the resistance version of ATN
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 04:32 (two years ago) link
kendall sent his assistant the “shopping list” to buy the speakers, the empty speaker boxes were in his officei dunno that he could get any employees onside in such a short window of time to help w thatit was totally kendalls own crew
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 05:55 (two years ago) link
and yeah the disruption was as earnest & weighted w meaning as kendall himself which made it stupid & lame & funny rather than the cultural overthrow he was aiming for lolam surprised he didnt unfurl kendall-as-che banners from the ceiling
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 05:57 (two years ago) link
All I was thinking is server rooms are very loud and hot and that is probably not a comfortable environment in that corduroy bomber jacket.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 06:33 (two years ago) link
I liked the good tweet, bad tweet game in the back of the limo, Kendall does slapped arse face so well, seeing him yo-yo between privileged mania and cold hard realisations that rock him into some past pain is powerful, I liked this episode way more than the first two, the characters felt more like themselves from previous seasons. That's said, Roman in mega awkward mode is more pronounced than ever, barely able to stop contorting himself, I loved the scene where he just walks out on a conversation, like he done that a million times where he's too insulated from the ennui of real interaction to ever have to stay put and deal with any conflict or uncomfortableness. His uncomfortableness around Logan and family drama being the only context he can't just flip the bird to or walk away from the responsibility, hence the agonising
― Swanswans, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 07:52 (two years ago) link
The actor who plays Kendall is so good that just the way he walks communicates the entirety of the character
― thing that i used to think was cool but now i just don't have time for (stevie), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 08:46 (two years ago) link
I can't think of an actor who is so good at making simple bodily movements so expressive, and yet remaining entirely naturalistic throughout
― thing that i used to think was cool but now i just don't have time for (stevie), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 08:47 (two years ago) link
That long corridor walk was a great piece of acting, no dialogue, just Kendall, deep in his head, the palpable inner dialogue of him coaching himself into the Kendell he wants to be versus the Kendell he actually is....insecure, unsure and barely holding thing together, it is a really good performance. Liked the Shiv and Logan talk as well, again, Shiv, wild behind the eyes with her own machinations and inner dialogue, seeing her own ambitions crumbling into the inescapable, immovable void, her stone cold father.a
― Swanswans, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 09:52 (two years ago) link
It's Mondale I feel sorriest for.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 13:27 (two years ago) link
also i kind of loved how the host of "disruption" kind of sucked and was basically the resistance version of ATN― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, November 1, 2021 11:32 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, November 1, 2021 11:32 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
I got a Full Frontal with Samantha Bee vibe from it, and Ziwe basically confirmed that:
How did they rewrite Sophie to better fit you?Initially it was more a Sam Bee-type, I think. They adjusted the character to be Sophie Iwobi. That’s a Nigerian name, so it was adjusted for my personality, but I really had nothing to do with the writing. I got the script, I memorized it, showed up the day of. I improvised things, but I haven’t even seen the episode, so I can’t even tell you what made it.
Initially it was more a Sam Bee-type, I think. They adjusted the character to be Sophie Iwobi. That’s a Nigerian name, so it was adjusted for my personality, but I really had nothing to do with the writing. I got the script, I memorized it, showed up the day of. I improvised things, but I haven’t even seen the episode, so I can’t even tell you what made it.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 13:35 (two years ago) link
kendall sent his assistant the “shopping list” to buy the speakers, the empty speaker boxes were in his office
Thanks, I totally missed all this
That scene actually did make me think "I wonder what the vibe is with just general mid-level employees at Waystar/Royco" but probably I would not actually enjoy it if the show went more this way.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 14:16 (two years ago) link
that scene w Roman & Logan is so good. Culkins subtle movements are so tellin the way he lowers his head slightly, and without really doing much just somehow pulls himself ~inward~ ….but even with his gaze lowered, he’s constantly watching Logan like he’s on high alert waiting for a stray backhand
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 23:19 (two years ago) link
Roman’s deal will never been completely explicated but it feels less like a “who hurt you?” situation — obviously, the answer is that everyone in his family is just constantly trying to wear each other down — but “who never paid attention to you as a human, with needs” which is also everyone
the fact he repurposed a fishing story to give a dad anecdote, and it was fishing with Connor of all people, jesus christ
― mh, Wednesday, 3 November 2021 02:29 (two years ago) link
― beard papa, Wednesday, 3 November 2021 14:53 (two years ago) link
Yeah, that bugged me too.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 3 November 2021 16:05 (two years ago) link
So glad I stuck it out with S1. Bachelor party in the club episode was great television . And what an epic closing to the season
― calstars, Friday, 5 November 2021 20:58 (two years ago) link
:D
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 November 2021 23:38 (two years ago) link
the greg/logan private meeting went exactly as I’d guessed it would. amazing to just spring that on us, as everything in life seems to just spring up at greg“what do you want?”“what can i get?”logan, somehow not contorting in frustration:“that is not how this works”
― mh, Monday, 8 November 2021 02:34 (two years ago) link
S2 e1 starts too fast Ken doll decompressing in the infinity pool for less than two days ?
― calstars, Monday, 8 November 2021 02:40 (two years ago) link
christ this episodei keep thinking about the poor chef/caterer and all the wasted food for that fuckin cliff-top summit.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 8 November 2021 06:15 (two years ago) link
Kendall and Logan hugging #Succession #Successionhbo pic.twitter.com/NYycu88hrJ— tommy1211 (@wehaveagronk) November 8, 2021
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 8 November 2021 06:23 (two years ago) link
i keep thinking about the poor chef/caterer and all the wasted food for that fuckin cliff-top summit.
This! But also, Adrien Brody was perfectly cast for the type of rich dbag that would expect that. "We're not lost... YOU'RE LOST!"
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 8 November 2021 14:44 (two years ago) link
I like the way there was just this whole unspoken thing of the Roys obviously not believing the kid was really sick and Aaronson knowing they didn't believe him but also knowing and enjoying that they couldn't say they didn't believe him
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 8 November 2021 16:42 (two years ago) link
and rubbing it in their faces by going into the city right after
― lag∞n, Monday, 8 November 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
Also, as they got further and further from the house, Kendall and Logan each not being sure if they had been set up by the other.
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 8 November 2021 16:49 (two years ago) link
I loved this episode for showing both Kendall AND Logan getting played for absolute fools at the same time. Obviously Logan knew it going in, so he was going to play along, no matter what - it's part of the territory for him. Watching it slowly dawn on Kendall was great tho.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 8 November 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
the weighted silences in this episode were even more intense than normal, its wild to watch logan & kendall, and the brody character too, all gaming what they *think* should be said but no one really coming out and saying anything real for fear it will hurt their standing, power etceven logan saying what he says about kendall, which while likely somewhat genuine is also the sharpest knife possible given all that kendall is giving up to hold his current position. saying THAT now, that is like the emotional soap in the sock beating and you can see in the moment how much he does AND doesnt want to acknowledge it without saying a word about it
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 8 November 2021 18:42 (two years ago) link
seems like were headed for tom turning government witness
― lag∞n, Monday, 8 November 2021 18:57 (two years ago) link
yeah it would seem thats coming
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 8 November 2021 19:41 (two years ago) link
naw, he's going to jail and converting to Judaism
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 8 November 2021 19:54 (two years ago) link
or that
― lag∞n, Monday, 8 November 2021 20:05 (two years ago) link
Matthew Macfadyen is just light-years ahead of all the other actors in this show
― sean gramophone, Monday, 8 November 2021 20:27 (two years ago) link
i do v much want him to go to jail, primarily for reasons involving the production and imbibing of toilet wine
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 8 November 2021 20:40 (two years ago) link
xpost but there are literally no bad actors in the main cast
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 8 November 2021 20:41 (two years ago) link
i really felt it when he was talking about how good the cold wine is
― lag∞n, Monday, 8 November 2021 20:41 (two years ago) link
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, November 8, 2021 2:41 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
That's the thing about this show, there are a million thinkpieces about "what makes it so compelling" and "do people like or hate these characters" or whatever but I think it is extremely simple, we are watching a bunch of actors who are extremely good at acting and that is inherently enjoyable.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 8 November 2021 20:47 (two years ago) link
hard disagree!
― sean gramophone, Monday, 8 November 2021 20:53 (two years ago) link
The funny part (which I hope continues to evolve) is that Tom is so anxious in a masochistic way to play his role and sacrifice himself, but no one around him really cares or wants to fit this desire into the family's strategies.
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 8 November 2021 20:55 (two years ago) link
lol yeah theyre all in denial about the investigation, totally focused on their power struggle
― lag∞n, Monday, 8 November 2021 21:17 (two years ago) link
Yeah, agree that the whole investigation is treated as a minor issue/collateral damage, something for the wage slave mortals to deal with, the godly Roy's are busy throwing thunderbolts at each other, from remote islands and helicopters in the sky. I think the acting has always been the draw here as the characters are often unpleasant, but weirdly fun. I wince at and yet adore the nastiness on show, in this corperate backstabathon...as mentioned Tom's unloved masochism, Connor's sneering conservatism, Roman vicious childish tongue, Shiv's cold, transactional demands, Kendell's vacant social media greasiness....it's 6d chess with the divil himself, Logan. I like that they revisited Logan's infirmness and ill health again, it's a key driver in the succession story, the clocks always ticking and the pieces are having to move accordingly
― Swanswans, Monday, 8 November 2021 21:54 (two years ago) link
Greg meeting Logan was almost unwatchable, like I can't fathom them being in the same universe let alone Greg trying to casually have a drink with his uncle. It was sublime, obviously.
― kinder, Monday, 8 November 2021 22:08 (two years ago) link
so goodi rewatched this ep at lunchtime & noticed the weird dynamic between kendall & logan when logan is clearly having difficulty but keeps refusing help and kendall keeps letting it go & making excuses - but it’s not to put him under. i think it’s instinctive, like he’s weirdly protecting his dad from any appearance of weakness. in their family the “caring” thing to do is to help keep up the charade like brody takes all of that to mean the family dynamic is broken and as an outsider he’s right, but in the fucked up, upside down world of the Roys, if anything it shows that kendall still cares? lol. its so crazy.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 00:26 (two years ago) link
the irl island mansion
Logan and Kendall visited this Wainscott, NY home on tonight’s episode of Succession. It was mostly recently listed for $49.5 million but was taken off the market. 6 bd, 11 ba11,000 sf2.55 acreshttps://t.co/mcR6F9t16A pic.twitter.com/uzIAwVYUES— Zillow Gone Wild (@zillowgonewild) November 8, 2021
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 00:33 (two years ago) link
love to spend 49.5 million dollars on a house that looks like a hospital
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 9 November 2021 00:46 (two years ago) link
most of the $50m houses out there look like this https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/232-Gibson-Ln-Sagaponack-NY-11962/142505411_zpid/
they had to show you just how much of an asshole brody is
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 9 November 2021 00:51 (two years ago) link
i have noticed with these mamsions there are often at least 2 bathrooms for every 1 bedroom, ratio wise. SO many bathrooms
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 01:15 (two years ago) link
mansions, even
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 01:16 (two years ago) link
rich people like to let their toilets rest a while after taking a shit in them
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 9 November 2021 01:17 (two years ago) link
Why did they need to fly to the hamptons? Can’t a helicopter do that?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 03:31 (two years ago) link
ever heard of an air transportation flex
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 04:18 (two years ago) link