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Meh. Another day of mild headache...
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Feel better, soon, John!
Why is Season 6 of The Walking Dead? Like... at all? Just... why?
We already did this one three seasons ago.
:/
(Also: heavy-handed, much?)
You will look back with nostalgia during season 7.
7 is really hard to watch.
... hhhhhhhhhhh-how, tho.
Season 5 was already painful ("hur-dee-hur, let's all be villains, now, but, no, seriously, we're still the good guys and toooootes justified, unlike that jerk, the governor") and now Season 6 is, somehow, worse ("hey, told you rubes we were justified in being bad guys; now let's kill off <spoilers> and <spoilers> for no real reason in dumb ways, also we, the makers, hate literally everyone that watches this show! And we just used literally wrong: suck it, nerds!"). Just... just what.
Like, I got the premise of 5, at least, and it made sense.
And I get that Season 6, at least, has a kind of a point to it all. But it's a retread of almost the exact same over-arcing premise with the Governor for no particular reason. Like, yeah, there are bad people who will do bad things to you, for power-grabby reasons. And the individual character arcs... really haven't developed all that much. The only ones I reeeaaaaally care about are the two kids, Michonne (who is the best), and <spoiler+spoiler> (and they <spoiler>'d <spoiler>, so even that's hard to really get into).
But I can give it the benefit of the doubt, and am willing to soon wonder why (and how) Season 7 is so much worse.
As an unrelated aside, Galavant is fantastic. I love pretty much everything about it. Even how it <spoiler'd> at the end of Season 2! So good!
The Walking Dead Horse?Why is Season 6 of The Walking Dead? Like... at all? Just... why?
We already did this one three seasons ago.
:/
(Also: heavy-handed, much?)
... that... is not inaccurate.
Meh. Another day of mild headache...
Headache bros. mild-fist-bump.
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Night everyone.
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Yeah John, I hope you feel better soon. We're now in San Diego, and yes the weather is a little chilly to be standing there and doing nothing, but as long as I keep moving, I'm comfortable. My hotel lobby has like free apples on display, which I checked with the concierge I could eat them, so I forsee myself eating a lot of apples this week(even though they're a little soft and rather tasteless), I'm not complaining as they're provided FOC.
Also I got my running abilities back in San Diego. I can finally breathe normally without getting snuffles =D
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Pirates 5 is...well I mean, it's better than Pirates 4, but being taller than a dwarf doesn't make you tall, and that movie was "holy s@#+" levels of awful. This is some of the worst writing I've seen, but at least they spent more than the $19 budget that Pirates 4 had for special effects and decent fights. Still...there's so many times where I'm yelling at the screen for just horrible writing.
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I stopped watching after 3.
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You did the right thing. 4 hours of my life I'll never get back.
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That's incorrect, I did see 4, but I knew it was going to suck going in, I stopped caring after 3.
Once you kill Davy Jones you're not going to top that.
I love the first three! A spectacular trilogy!
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Even 2 and 3 are on the downhill slope. I mean I get a kick out of 'em all, but the original Pirates is head and shoulders above all its sequels.
Bill Nighy as Davey Jones is one of the great film villains, I'll give you that.
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Even 2 and 3 are on the downhill slope. I mean I get a kick out of 'em all, but the original Pirates is head and shoulders above all its sequels.
Bill Nighy as Davey Jones is one of the great film villains, I'll give you that.
This is absolutely correct, and one of the reasons that discussing the first three are kind of difficult.
The first one is fantastic.
The second one starts great, but ends horribly. Also, it's poorly paced.
The third one is a mess, but is gorgeous and has a fantastic (if kind of painful) ending. Also, it's poorly paced.
And the cast is all absolutely on fire and do a fantastic job (a few hiccups aside).
But that pacing... and much of the story... eh.
Four is just... just... sigh. It manages to entirely miss what made the first three engaging - the (for lack of a better term) "human" element that balances Jack's mysterious weirdness and morality to balance the pirate way. It kiiiiiiiiiiiiind of tries to do that, but fails because it gives no character room to anyone but Jack, and he's not a character that progresses in that way, at least not with any kind of pacing that's acceptable for a film.
Five attempts to right the course, not by establishing new characters (though it does try that... sort of), but by "completing" the story from the first three. And it does... weirdly. It's just... long. Way too daggum long. And not as charismatic or enjoyable.
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Pirates 5 is...well I mean, it's better than Pirates 4, but being taller than a dwarf doesn't make you tall, and that movie was "holy s!!#" levels of awful. This is some of the worst writing I've seen, but at least they spent more than the $19 budget that Pirates 4 had for special effects and decent fights. Still...there's so many times where I'm yelling at the screen for just horrible writing.
...which pirates are we talking about?
... "of the Caribbean?"
I'm curious what other Pirates we might be discussing?
(I'm not saying there isn't any - I'm just curious what it could be.)
... "of the Caribbean?"
I'm curious what other Pirates we might be discussing?
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Also, Disney really should know better than to have a movie start with a 7 year old essentially doing what would be suicide if any child did, you know, trying to emulate him - which, you know, kids do. It's a miracle we didn't have dumbass kids stealing boats, tying rocks to their leg and drowning in random spots in the ocean.
this one... "of the Caribbean?"
I'm curious what other Pirates we might be discussing?
I, uh... I don't know what you're linking. It doesn't work for me. I'm sorry!
Oh! Actually, I fixed an error! I took out the word, "Pirates" and the link worked!
............ sigh. Dang it, Freehold. No. No one was talking about that one.
Also, Disney really should know better than to have a movie start with a 7 year old essentially doing what would be suicide if any child did, you know, trying to emulate him - which, you know, kids do. It's a miracle we didn't have dumbass kids stealing boats, tying rocks to their leg and drowning in random spots in the ocean.
Absolutely. It was... rough watching.
I have to admit - I'd forgotten about that part until you reminded me. I kind of NOPE'd right out when it happened and came back a bit later.
That was the least rough. Where did Penelope Cruz's character go? Why didn't they just go steal another coin and get immortal again so the dead hold them no fear? Speaking of the dead, couldn't they get another badguy besides undead AGAIN? What happened to the one eyed guy and his friend? They could afford cameos by Knightly and Bloom but not the comic relief? Does Jack realized he banged a goddess? Who the f!~& was the bald witch woman? And...most importantly...
I don't care who you are...
Nobody would trade that compass for booze. Just think "I want free booze that will get me drunk tonight" and look at it. It'll lead you to an easy place to steal some.
So much wrong. Ugh. I think I have more.
The boat sailing at the Moses-like sea parting...should be right in the pit. Although the Pearl is magical in nature so I will let that one slide. But I will not ignore Jack saying Liz had nice breasts. If a corset won't even give you a figure, you have no tetas, pure and simple...and I paid very close attention to the ending, and even with a corset she had the figure of a 10 year old. A corset adds a LOT to a woman's figure. No sir. She does not have that.
Nah. Watching a kid effectively commit suicide (even if he doesn't believe he's doing so) was my only NOPE. That was horrible. The rest was just cringe-y.
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Oh! Actually, I fixed an error! I took out the word, "Pirates" and the link worked!
............ sigh. Dang it, Freehold. No. No one was talking about that one.
...why not? It was AWESOME!
Goodnight!
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No mort no sleep for you!
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That would normally work like a charm.
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How the training going?
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He's doing well no complaints. Hes not spending the whole time complaining so thats a plus.
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They don't allow me near the new trainees at work.
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That's 2 hours early, by the way.
Yeah hes still here and not that tired.
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They don't allow me near the new trainees at work.
Is your captainin ways to much for them?
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Turns out we get a red shirt today after all.
He's gonna be my shovel guy.
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"If he's cold, tell him to shovel more" - coworker.