Good TV
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Since Westworld's season is over, without spoilers, I can say it was amazing. Two things in particular impressed me.
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The amount of attention it paid to detail - it's highly re-watchable because of it. Eagle-eyed viewers on the interwebs have caught all sorts of obviously intentional minor things from earlier episodes I'd have missed even if I was watching it 24/7 though.
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It told a full story beginning to end. Yes there are questions left, plenty of them, but it's no Lost; it didn't 'leave things for the audience to decide', it didn't hint at mysteries and not deliver, and there was no terrible cliffhanger at the end.
I can't wait for 2018 now.
Edit: Hah, @thebird... I was posting this when you were typing your question.
Great minds. Or maybe it's our programming. 
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I've been binging Dirk Gently, now that the season is over. It's good, not-serious, don't-think-too-hard fun that's very much in the vein of less-serious BBC sci-fi shows. I highly recommend it.
It also occurs to me that the show provides some inspiration for ghoul/vamp relationships. Most notably Bart & Ken which reminds me of a duo I played once.
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Is anyone else excited for the Sense8 Christmas special?
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Yes. Extremely.
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Exceedingly.
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A different Van Damme?! Wtf is this....
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@ThugHeaven
I thought the actor got let go for something, reported to be a clash with Lana Wachowski. No details were released that I could recall. -
From what I understand there was some kind of homophobic/transphobic kerfuffle that went on with the original actor. Which...I'm pretty sure he had to read scripts to accept the role, so, it's not like he didn't know what he was getting into...
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@hedgehog
I couldn't remember and a cursory Google didn't turn up specifics, so I didn't want to say something triggering.
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That's pretty much the gist. Cassius 1.0 mouthed off to Lana W. in a pretty trans/homophobic kind of way and got his ass fired. Jamie Clayton only alluded to the specifics on her twitter but everyone in production is pretty happy with Cassius 2.0, so I'm prepared to give him a chance.
I binged the new season The Man in the High Castle this weekend. It was as incredible as you'd expect it to be, but the last few minutes of the finale didn't pack as quite of a punch for me as last season's did. Overall though, amazing.
Also of note, and also on Amazon Prime, is Good Girls Revolt, which was surprisingly good. Think Mad Men, from a feminist angle (strange, rigtht?) But it's a fictionalized account of a 1970 lawsuit against Newsweek when it refused to allow the women on its staff to be writers, only researchers who did all of the fact-checking and wrote most of the copy, only to be put under the bylines of the male writers. Really strong characters, amazing costumes (late 60's, early 70's) clever writing, and a really good look at feminism growing in that era.
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Double post, but this is new info.
Has anybody watched The OA on Netflix?
That is some fucked up Mage the Awakening brand shit, yo.
"If you stand for nothing Burr, what will you fall for?"
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@Cupcake Wth is OA?
- He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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Along similar lines, anyone have an opinion on 'Crazyhead'?
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I've been debating watching OA... It looks interesting I guess..?
But you have my attention with Mage the Awakening. Totally watching now, for the sake of curiosity.
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@thebird I feel like explaining my rationale would spoil it, so if you watch some of it and still want to know, I'll expand in pm or some such.
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Double post, suck it up: The Sense8 holiday special is the tv show I kinda knew I needed and was totally right.
I kind of wish it was a viable setting for rp, but I can't imagine how. You'd have to put an enormous amount of trust in your fellow cluster players.
"If you stand for nothing Burr, what will you fall for?"
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Tripe post, it would seem!
For anyone interested, 3% on Netflix is a pretty fantastic show. Dystopian scifi that may officially feel like it's been down this road before, but as it goes on there are some twists and turns, and a surprisingly unique, though provoking end pay off that has one questioning what it means to have a productive "worthy" society.
The premise is a divided society in which 97% percent of people live in squallor, while the much envied 3% live in a place called "Off Shore". Every year, all the 20 year olds go through a series of tests called The Process to determine who is worthy of of earning the right to live "Off Shore".
The cast is multi-racial (which I think can be expected of a Brazilian production) and also features a character with a disability who is just as on par as his fellows and is pretty much a main focus character. I will say it's a little heteronormative, but it also doesn't shy away from presenting its wheelchair bound character with an adult narrative. (that's as best as I can phrase it without spoiling).
Fair warning, it's in Portuguese, so subtitles are involved, but it's only 8 episodes and can be binged on a weekend. It's definitely discussion fodder so if anyone wants to get into the thick of it, give me a poke.
"If you stand for nothing Burr, what will you fall for?"
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Although I had enjoyed season 1 of Sense8 sometimes the Christmas Special seemed to drag on. Its heart is certainly in the right place and I love the composition of colors and images - it's inspired and inspiring - but often I felt I was watching the same scene for what felt like 5+ minutes which basically consisted of a song playing while everyone joined in an activity their minds... well, it got boring.
Maybe I'm just heartless.
- He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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Although I had enjoyed season 1 of Sense8 sometimes the Christmas Special seemed to drag on. Its heart is certainly in the right place and I love the composition of colors and images - it's inspired and inspiring - but often I felt I was watching the same scene for what felt like 5+ minutes which basically consisted of a song playing while everyone joined in an activity their minds... well, it got boring.
Maybe I'm just heartless.
I got a similar feeling--like there wasn't really that much going on, actually. Most of it was filler. They could have gotten through all the plot beats they needed to in about half the time.
But it's a Christmas special so I was expecting something ultra-sentimental. I suspect the actual second season will be fine.
