timwakefield
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I watched exactly Zero minutes of west wing. I didn't watch his Sketch comedy dramady show Studio 60 or w/e it was called, with Mathew Perry. Louis CK loved to hate it, that's all I know about it. I did watch Sports night back in the day, and liked it, but i honestly don't remember it well. I don't think I've seen one of his movies I've disliked.
Studio 60 was pretty bad. It's basically 30 Rock except unfunny, and none of the main characters are particularly likeable. I knew it wasn't gonna be great but I checked it out for Bradley Whitford because he's so endearing on The West Wing. It was actually okayish for a couple episodes but pretty quickly went terrible.
I keep planning to watch The Newsroom, but so far all I've managed to sit through is the first scene of the first episode.
I wonder if you'd like The West Wing. I feel like there would be a lot of things that annoy you about it, and a few things which you'd find insufferable, but it's pretty goddam witty, and Martin Sheen is fucking great. Really the whole cast is impressive, particularly Stockard Channing and Rob Lowe (and Martin Sheen, as I said already).
I've only skimmed this thread cuz I didn't want any spoilers, but what's the verdict on season 2? Is it actually good, or just good compared to season 1?
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it bounced.
True, but part of why it's great is that it was also an excellent catch. And centerfielders often have mediocre or poor arms, so it's cool to see JBJ launch one like that.
The throw by Cespedes is gonna be in highlight reels forever, Jackie's play obviously isn't in the same league.
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Cespedes set an impossible standard, but this throw from Jackie Bradley ain't bad.
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Whatever. I think they're trying too hard with stuff like that, and referencing the movie over and over is tacky.
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Yea, and they use a similar accent. And there's snow.
I don't understand this gripe, especially when you're admitting that 60% of the scenes you're talking about might not be accurate. If you knew about more film and TV, you'd probably notice dozens of other nods to cinema. I don't see why this is a bad thing.
A couple of them I'm a bit vague on, but a couple of them were direct dialog parallels. They weren't offhand references, they were precise recreations of scenes from the movie and I felt that it took me out of the world of the show. Mainly the parking scene and the "it's a beautiful day" speech.
I don't see what purpose those recreations serve except to be "cute" or something, and they're distracting.
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The show is okay, I think it dropped off a bit but I love the jump forward a year. Lester's character is awesome, although it's kind of like Breaking Bad: Minnesota.
A few gripes:
What happened to Oliver Platt? It's weird to not see him for many episodes, after he'd been a fairly major character. Yeah I guess he kind of got to some kind of resolution, but not really, and I want more.
There have been too many references to the movie. Platt finding Buscemi's cash was great, but it was enough, and was an actual plot point and not just a reference for the sake of referencing. There have been at least 4 or 5 other references to the movie, a few of them overt and directly parallel dialog, which haven't served any purpose except to make us say "Oh hey, that's from the movie."
- There was Oliver Platt arguing with the parking attendant - "I changed my mind, I decided not to park here."
- There was the lady cop talking to the deaf hitman in his hospital bed - "And it's a beautiful day..." which is one of the most memorable lines in the film.
- There was the lady cop in bed with Hanks Jr. - "We're doing alright" or something (I'm pretty sure that was lifted from the movie, although I haven't seen it in years).
- There was the lady cop's awkward restaurant dinner with her old friend, which wasn't directly out of the movie but pretty close.
- I think there was also something with Billy Bob and a hooker which mimicked Buscemi's conversation with a hooker.
Anyway, I still like it. I think it sagged for a couple episodes but I liked the latest one a lot. Odenkirk and Billy Bob and Freeman and the lady cop are all excellent.
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John Oliver is really amazing, I love the new show, and also love everything about him.
I dunno if you guys ever listen to Marc Maron's WTF podcast, but the one with John Oliver is one of my favorites.
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Sometimes it seems like baseball is played by little girls. The "unwritten rules" are so stupid.
Ortiz also called Price a "little girl." Price presumably hit Ortiz because he was still mad at him for admiring a home run for 2 seconds during the playoffs last year.
The Sox were totally out of line last week in Tampa when they got mad about a stolen base. But that was a very minor incident and I think there wasn't much bad blood on either side after that, and I don't think Price hitting Ortiz had anything to do with that, but rather with him breaking the other "unwritten rule" of watching his home run 7 months ago.
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The funniest part about the crazy Red Sox - Rays game last night was that the Sox used four different managers.
John Farrell was ejected in the first inning for arguing after Price hit Ortiz and both pitchers were warned.
The bench coach became the manager. He was ejected a few innings later for arguing that Price should have been ejected after hitting Carp with a high fastball, since warnings had been issued.
The third base coach became the manager. He was automatically ejected an inning later when Workman threw one behind Longoria.
The hitting coach became the manager.
Also Jonny Gomes scored the walk-off run after being hit by a pitch in the 10th (obviously by accident).
Actually the funniest thing was probably Ortiz calling Price a "little bitch" in his postgame interview.
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now if i wanted to be insulting i would've said something along the lines of "I guess some people never outgrew the infantile fascination with jangling keys." because a story where visuals trump everything else really is just that, someone jangling keys in front of you for 40 minutes.
But that would be a ludicrous analogy. Like saying Picasso is just infantile fingerpainting.
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Hi uncooper! I have that Legends of Benin comp, it's awesome.
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Their original guitarist died of a heroin overdose at some point early on (pre-Blood Sugar Sex Magic), and since then they've gotten lighter and fluffier and worse and worse every day practically. The 21st century rendition of the band is an embarrassment and I refuse to listen to them in even the tiniest doses. Everything post-BSSM is garbage, and I only like that album for nostalgia.
Nothing they've ever made is "good," I just think their oldest stuff has great energy and it's just completely stupid loud fun, and Flea can slap a bass good. They knew they were stupid, they sang about pussy and being retarded and they were all high on heroin constantly, and they didn't try to be deep or poetic. BSSM (or perhaps "Under The Bridge" specifically) was the turning point of them starting to really suck - before that they also sucked but at least they were loud and funny and Kiedas would shut up for long enough to let Flea bust heads every so often.
"I have years-unwatched pegging scenes in the same directory from which I insta-scorched Stadium Arcadium."
This line is so good that I still remembered it 4 years later.
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I don't understand your Hanks issue, either. He's nervously trying to protect this lady he likes, after admitting earlier that he has no business being a cop. Also, he may not have shot her; I believe there were gunshots before he fired, possibly from Mr. Numbers. Or she could be wearing a vest.
I like his character, I just thought that him shooting the other cop in the whiteout was obvious. Like you said he might not have actually shot her and whether or not it was him I'm betting she'll survive, but it just seemed like a boringly obvious event, compared to the shock and horror we're meant to feel.
And yeah, Lester is easily my favorite part of the show. Freeman totally nails it, and his character arc has been great. I totally didn't expect him to get the kid involved.
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You make a strong argument, but it doesn't change the fact that I was disappointed in the scene and other things at the end of the episode. The fish rain as an idea might not suck, but I just didn't think the way they did it was successful, and the fact that Magnolia did it so much better made it feel even more disappointing cuz I couldn't help but compare.
I liked the whiteout, and the shootout and fight that happened during it (although as I said I didn't love Hanks shooting the other cop), and I liked Lester's strange temporary escape (although it was hard to believe). I'm not saying the show has jumped the shark already, just mentioning some specific criticisms I had.
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I'm certainly not writing the show off, and I'm sure they'll get into what that was all about. There were just a few things at the end of that episode that seemed cheesy.
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I'm perfectly calm Dude.
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Yeah I know it's a real phenomenon, I think Magnolia actually taught us that (as in, the narrator explained that it's happened and perhaps even how it happens), but I still didn't like it in Fargo.
Probably my main gripe was that it's straight out of Magnolia, not just having it happen but having it happen at a time when characters are having emotional breakdowns or epiphanies or whatever, and also that Magnolia did it so much better. Magnolia treated the event with appropriate reverence and amusement and wonder. In Fargo it just sort of happened. Magnolia is also all about strange coincidences and mysterious connections so it didn't seem out of place like it did in Fargo.
Here's the scene in Magnolia if y'all haven't seen it (see it now) or don't really remember it.
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I kinda love early RHCP, anything before (and including) Blood Sugar Sex Magic, although I haven't listened to them in years. Back when they were just completely silly and stupid and filthy and high on heroin. Some of that is nostalgia (BSSM, for sure), but Flea was (is?) also pretty rad.
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I'm kinda with Hank. I'm loving the show, but the fish scene was lame.
First of all, they lifted it straight out of Magnolia. I mean, just straight up stole "let's have it raining fish (frogs) to coincide with an emotional zenith." Second of all, it wasn't beautiful and cathartic like in Magnolia. It was just unbelievable and confusing.
I also didn't love nervous Colin Hanks shooting the female cop. Too obvious.
I'm really loving the show otherwise but the end of that episode was bad.
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David Ortiz has a 1.990 OPS in the last 7 days. In the series against the Twins so far he's 7 for 10 with 4 home runs.
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Young Oliver Platt finding Steve Buscemi's money was pretty great.
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The first 2 episodes were pretty okay. I think it's smart that they're only doing 12 episodes instead of 24, since with 24 of them they always ended up with some ridiculous storylines to fill up time. The drone pilot theme could be interesting, although so far it's pretty obvious (zomg somebody took control of a drone!). Chloe's hacker gang was insanely unrealistic, but entertainingly so.
I completely didn't recognize Chris Partlow at first, with short hair and also not constantly scowling and murdering everyone.
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When I swore I was done with Entourage 5 seasons in a row, it was tough, because it's like 25 minutes, and I could dick around while it was on, so the cost was pretty low.
They're making a movie, because they didn't drive it into the ground hard enough yet. I did like the first few seasons, but I gave up after about season 4 and I think the only thing that kept me going that long was the lingering (and perhaps accidental) existential theme of Adrian Grenier being a truly bad and unlikable actor playing the role of a truly bad actor who is also unlikable. Also Jeremy Piven was great, and Johnny Drama was amusing.
Shockingly, motherfucking Turtle seems to be the only one who's really been working in the interim.
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Sad as fuck. One of my prized posessions when I was about 11 was a Tony Gwynn rookie card that I'd saved up to buy.