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    • DougNgD
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      Jody and I are enjoying The Mandalorian. A couple of the episodes are drawing heavily from other genres. There is a very spaghetti western vibe from the first couple episodes and the last one drew heavily from the 7 Samurai.
      NB: Jody is a giant Star Wars nerd and I'll watch anything where people get shot in the face

      I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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      • neph93N
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        @DougNg:

        I'll watch anything where people get shot in the face

        I was a able to sit through The Walking Dead, which I otherwise find to be horribly bad TV, just on the strength of the zombie head shots.

        «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
        We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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        • neph93N
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          @mclaincausey:

          By the time Mr. Robot is said and done in four episodes I think it has a chance to surpass Breaking Bad in my canon of all-time favorites.

          I watched the first season of this when I was on daddy leave a year or two ago. I really wanted to enjoy it but failed to. I assume it improved as despite the promising cast and premise I struggled to finish the season because of what I found to be poor writing and pacing.

          «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
          We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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            It's not for you, then…. the writing IMO is brilliant and things that we set up in S1 have come full circle in the seasons following--there was always a method to the madness.

            The shocking thing is that USA continued to support the show and Esmail's latitude with the ratings that the show has had. The artistic payoff will be epic, but seems like all USA gets out of the deal is some artistic credibility. Perhaps they're hoping to make money on serialization or other things.

            Think it, be it.

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            • ChrisC
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              @DougNg:

              I'll watch anything where people get shot in the face

              How can you tell they've been shot in the face when their entire body disintegrates after he shoots them?

              (For the record, full body disintegration is even more entertaining than head shots, imo)

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              • DougNgD
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                He shoots them in the face with the pistol, only the single shot rifle vaporizes them. Their clothes flying up in the air after being vaporized is a nice touch.

                Did you notice the rifle went from single shot to semi auto in the last episode?

                I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                • ChrisC
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                  Not until you mentioned it, no.  😃

                  On a different note, we started watching season 2 of Jack Ryan.  Only three episodes in, but enjoying it so far, despite the unrealistic aspects, like the lack of foreign policy fallout from a sitting US senator and his security detail getting gunned down in the street…

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                  • SeulS
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                    THE MANDALORIAN is so god-dang cheesy and stupid and SO MUCH FUN… Best theme song as well...

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                    • DougNgD
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                      The Mandalorian theme is currently my ringtone

                      <-Giant nerd

                      My wife's ringtone is the Imperial March. She never knew it was her ringtone until I had her call me when I couldn't find my phone in the bedroom…got into trouble for that one...

                      I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                      • DougNgD
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                        @Chris

                        Gotten any further?

                        Season 2 definitely focused more on action. I think they went a little over the top with that. I get Jack Ryan is supposed to be a vet, but he's a little TOO well trained. He does some stuff that's a little advanced for his supposed skill set.

                        No Abby Cornish in Season 2 either… 😠

                        I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                        • ShoremanS
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                          It makes sense that someone was going to get cut when you bring in Noomi Rapace and Michael Kelly.

                          Meek, mild and dishonest with a special place in Hell.

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                          • DougNgD
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                            Except he marries Abbie Cornish’s character in the books so she’s still relevant

                            I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                            • gaseousclayG
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                              @neph93:

                              @DougNg:

                              I'll watch anything where people get shot in the face

                              I was a able to sit through The Walking Dead, which I otherwise find to be horribly bad TV, just on the strength of the zombie head shots.

                              I still watch it but it really has gone downhill. I just finished S4 of Fear the Walking Dead which basically beat the proverbial dead horse. Can't believe they're making yet another Walking Dead spinoff show.

                              WTB:
                              IHSH-129 size L (blue)
                              IHSH-19

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                              • ChrisC
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                                @DougNg:

                                @Chris

                                Gotten any further?

                                I think we're up to Ep. 5 now. We aren't quick with the TV watching.

                                Uber definitely needs to get shot in his masturbating hand…

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                                • ShoremanS
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                                  @gaseousclay:

                                  @neph93:

                                  @DougNg:

                                  I'll watch anything where people get shot in the face

                                  I was a able to sit through The Walking Dead, which I otherwise find to be horribly bad TV, just on the strength of the zombie head shots.

                                  I still watch it but it really has gone downhill. I just finished S4 of Fear the Walking Dead which basically beat the proverbial dead horse. Can't believe they're making yet another Walking Dead spinoff show.

                                  Ever since the reboot it's been too much of the same old TWD. I didn't bother watching the most recent season.

                                  Meek, mild and dishonest with a special place in Hell.

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                                  • gaseousclayG
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                                    I’ve found that with popular tv shows 5 seasons is usually enough, provided the writing is good and there’s closure to the story. TWD is one of those shows that started out great (except season 2) and now refuses to die. I absolutely love the character arcs but the plots have now become a bit formulaic and predictable.

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                                    WTB:
                                    IHSH-129 size L (blue)
                                    IHSH-19

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                                    • ChrisC
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                                      @gaseousclay:

                                      I’ve found that with popular tv shows 5 seasons is usually enough

                                      Totally agree. It's rare that a show maintains quality past that point.  I wish there was more willingness by networks to plan for an end, rather than riding a show until everyone just collapses from exhaustion.

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                                      • neph93N
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                                        @Seul commented

                                        “Six seasons and a movie”

                                        I deleted his post by mistake (fat fingers+mod-rights+Tapatalk= dumbassery).

                                        Perfection is an incomplete first series cut short by a moronic network and a film directed by Joss Whedon.

                                        «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                        We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                          • ChrisC
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                                            @neph93:

                                            Perfection is an incomplete first series cut short by a moronic network and a film directed by Joss Whedon.

                                            God, I loved that show.  Occasionally, I dream of loving in an alternate universe where it got renewed a few times.

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