i love every scene w adam scott & the sister, the way they care abt each other & make sarcastic jokes to each other is so good & v real
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 3 April 2022 19:19 (two years ago) link
turturro is still my fave but the guy who plays milchick is great too - doesn't look like he's done a ton of stuff before this.
Nice article on him here
The one plot hole that bugs me slightly is that they have surveillance everywhere except, it seems, in the MDR office? They sometimes go in the storage cupboard to plot but not always.
Hope we get some answers this week but second season so maybe not
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 07:48 (two years ago) link
That was nice to read thanks, although weird that they spelled Lumon *Lumun*.
― Came Here to Roll the Microscope (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 10:49 (two years ago) link
To be honest, unlike some other 'mysterious' shows, I don't mind too much if they just keep spinning their wheels forever and never figure out anything satisfyingly concrete. It's thematically appropriate.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 14:25 (two years ago) link
Good point.
― Came Here to Roll the Microscope (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 14:29 (two years ago) link
officially renewed for s2 https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2022/04/apple-tv-announces-season-two-renewal-for-global-hit-series-severance/
― 龜, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 16:06 (two years ago) link
the tuturro outie scenes were great. i totally get why a guy like him would want to completely dissociate from the mindless day job that pays for his artistic fulfillment.
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 16:14 (two years ago) link
Have any of you read THE LEXINGTON LETTER yet?
― Came Here to Roll the Microscope (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 16:56 (two years ago) link
Some of you should be able to read here: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=1613220757
― Came Here to Roll the Microscope (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 19:07 (two years ago) link
HI DERE
― Came Here to Roll the Microscope (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 02:28 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsMD8taQ1qA#onethread
― Came Here to Roll the Microscope (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 03:01 (two years ago) link
that was fuckin tense
― mookieproof, Friday, 8 April 2022 05:09 (two years ago) link
Like an MDE on steroids
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 10:58 (two years ago) link
Nice interview with Zach Cherry/Dylan here, contains spoilers for Ep9.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77YwQqgd9Mk
― Maresn3st, Friday, 8 April 2022 12:47 (two years ago) link
I feel like the line about pregnancy in this EP might be the biggest clue as to the motivations of Lumon yet.
― Maresn3st, Friday, 8 April 2022 12:52 (two years ago) link
I didn't know about this thread! That episode was maybe the best episode of TV I've ever seen.
― dan selzer, Friday, 8 April 2022 13:29 (two years ago) link
Welcome, daniel s! We are so happy to have you with us, it's a great thing you are doing by coming here.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 13:33 (two years ago) link
Not looking forward to the withdrawal symptoms.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 13:34 (two years ago) link
Guess I'll just have to break out the coffee cozies.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 14:36 (two years ago) link
Jesus christ, Patricia, stop clicking the thread about the programme you haven't watched yet!
― trishyb, Friday, 8 April 2022 15:11 (two years ago) link
Why hello, Mrs. Selvig.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 15:13 (two years ago) link
https://www.vulture.com/article/how-severance-filmed-defiant-jazz-dance-sequence.html
“We wanted more and more stylistic juxtaposition: something that seems really, really nice and beautiful next to something that’s horrifying and scary,” Erickson says. (His other group-bonding idea of a “touch tank,” similar to the Halloween haunted-house gags, included bowls of spaghetti masquerading as brains but was put aside after “there was so much confusion over what the hell I was talking about.”)
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 15:25 (two years ago) link
I wonder how one would dance to 'Spooky Ambient'?
'Effusive Ska' would have been fun. Love to have seen Irv skanking to the beat, or all of them (minus Dylan, of course) doing the Madness 'Nutty Boy' train.
― Maresn3st, Friday, 8 April 2022 16:00 (two years ago) link
I think there is an example of Hootin' Tootin' Country at the beginning of this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTNGg0Tj5Aw
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 16:07 (two years ago) link
Guess during the downtime we can do a POLL if we really want.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 16:08 (two years ago) link
BTW I do agree with some of the upthread discussion about Ricken being maybe a bit too cartoonish for the show, but I did get a nice chuckle out of "linguists believe the word camaraderie derives from the Latin word 'camera', meaning 'a device for taking pictures'."
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Friday, 8 April 2022 16:16 (two years ago) link
Also liked the way his self-hating self-consciousness after his reading delayed Mark that much more from telling his story.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 16:22 (two years ago) link
He definitely felt more likable on this last episode, some crazy lines from that Rebeck (sp) girl too.
― Maresn3st, Friday, 8 April 2022 16:25 (two years ago) link
Rebeck stuff was another great distraction/delaying tactic.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 16:26 (two years ago) link
all of the 'outies' are way too cartoonish/uncanny (e.g. the dinner party where they discuss WWI) - not sure if that hurts or helps the show
― 龜, Friday, 8 April 2022 16:42 (two years ago) link
Yeah, the Ricken coterie seemed very odd, almost like 'The Serial/Marin County' era hippies but in the present day and darker.
Also, I see people commenting in a way that suggests the appearance of a mobile phone is some sort of slip, but I can't figure out why.
― Maresn3st, Friday, 8 April 2022 16:48 (two years ago) link
the funny but odd line "I found her, it was me" or something, from the friend who found the baby, like immediately wanting the recognition. Was kinda funny but not something a real person would say?
― dan selzer, Friday, 8 April 2022 16:49 (two years ago) link
So "revolving" is copying Get Out, right? Using innies as new bodies?
― adam t. (abanana), Friday, 8 April 2022 16:53 (two years ago) link
i’ve seen the argument that ricken (rick n?) and his coterie are all severed or otherwise somehow ‘new’ and therefore inexperienced, which is why they act like weird children.
― mookieproof, Friday, 8 April 2022 17:29 (two years ago) link
Starting to think that maybe there was some kind of baby swap, or better yet some kind of DIY chipping
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 17:55 (two years ago) link
I think it's possible that some women have been severed w/o their knowledge.Fave part of last ep: Ms. Cobel's Wild Ride
― ian, Friday, 8 April 2022 18:30 (two years ago) link
also, the guy who was "i found it, me me me me me" is definitely not the kind of thing a normal adult human would say out loud, but tbh i think we all know people who have this subconscious compulsion to seek approval and gratitude, even undeserved.
― ian, Friday, 8 April 2022 18:31 (two years ago) link
Finale was incredible. So fucking tense. IRL gasp when Mark said "Mrs Cobel" at the party (although half expected).And poor Irving 🙁
― groovypanda, Friday, 8 April 2022 18:58 (two years ago) link
yep. When mark said that I paused the tv and spent 5 minutes pontification about how amazing and powerful that was and how much more impact it had than a million marvel movies or whatever. I know I'm fun to watch tv with.
― dan selzer, Friday, 8 April 2022 19:27 (two years ago) link
do we have to keep hiding text? Don't threads like this usually assume you're caught up?
― dan selzer, Friday, 8 April 2022 19:28 (two years ago) link
Not sure on protocol as it's not even 24 hours since it came out but yeah, if I hadn't seen it I definitely wouldn't be reading the thread yet.
― groovypanda, Friday, 8 April 2022 19:38 (two years ago) link
i think maybe give it a full day at least?
― mookieproof, Friday, 8 April 2022 19:39 (two years ago) link
I just don't look at threads until I'm caught up.
― dan selzer, Friday, 8 April 2022 19:40 (two years ago) link
Maybe some of us are just slightly embarrassed by our hypotheses and want to hide them behind hidden tags to preserve a sense of decorum.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 20:32 (two years ago) link
Almost put that behind tags just to mess.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 20:39 (two years ago) link
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/severance-finale-ben-stiller-interview-1330692/
are there irl office lights that turn off/on by sweeping across the room?
― mookieproof, Friday, 8 April 2022 20:56 (two years ago) link
i keep wanting to push dylan’s glasses back up
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 21:50 (two years ago) link
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 21:52 (two years ago) link
i loved that the pictures at the egan ball were all pictures taken by milchick with his lil' leica. black and white too!
― 龜, Saturday, 9 April 2022 00:10 (two years ago) link