Weird how they haven’t announced who’s playing Death.
Still, I am living for Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer!
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I nearly fist pumped the air when I read that.
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Looking good, now I just want to know who plays that drunken oaf of a Thor who almost gets his eyes clawed out for making unwelcome advances at Bastet.
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I guess it depends on what they cover? If they’re doing the first graphic novel as season 1, Death only shows up at the very end of that… But they have not really said what the first season will cover, so they might not even get to that, depending on where they want to break it.
Fuck yeah!
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I looove John Lurie! and I am enjoying Painting, but you simply must watch Fishing (with John) it is pure absurdist fun! favorite eps were with Tom Waits in Jamaica, Willem Defoe ice fishing in Maine, shark fishing with Jim Jarmusch! oh! and Dennis Hopper in Thailand!
I recently bought the DVD compilation and rewatched all of them. absolutely hysterical, but again, absurd.
BTW: Lurie is a much better painter than fisherman!
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I was not expecting that one plot twist in the last episode of The Expanse. In general the show’s plot lines have remained remarkably consistent with the books—doing their own thing here and there, but basically arriving at the same destinations even when they diverged. But killing off Alex?? He was supposed to survive for at least three additional novels’ worth of material!
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Look up the allegations against the actor last year. No surprise they went that route.
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Ah, I hadn’t heard that part. Now I’m wondering if he actually knew his character was going to get killed off in that final scene or they just pulled a “Poochie.”
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Supposedly primary production was done before the allegations arose publicly. So probably a scramble to make it work. https://screenrant.com/expanse-season-6-cas-anvar-not-returning/
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TBH, after I saw this I realised I’d watch Taika Waititi mow the lawn.
Good thing it’s easy to make a freeze frame look like someone having a stroke.
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Short thread.
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Well, that all happened. Interesting course correction as to the novels in the last episode. I am really, really curious how they think they can wrap things up, or even catch up with the books in a final season. had they not introduced what they did in this last episode it would have been easy.
I am thinking that the introduction of Duarte and Laconia is foreshadowing a revival miniseries or movie a few years down the road, since there is such a huge gap in the books, too.
Overall, not bad. Good TV. I am trying to see it as a different work that the books, lot of missed opportunities there, but it’s only 10 episodes. Happy with it, overall.
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They kind of had to include that information to at least some extent since Duarte’s secret agenda was the entire reason that elements of the Martian military armed Marco Inaros’ factions in the first place.
The later books and novellas definitely have enough extra material to fuel a spinoff though even if that show didn’t cover the continuing adventures of the Rocinante.
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I watched Weathering With You last night (after reading the BB post). Really sweet movie about adolescence and first love, grounded in the reality of kids struggling against homelessness, with a dash of magic and metaphor to drive the story. It gave me feels.
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And it stood out as such. I kept waiting for a hammer to fall knowing the actor was out for next season but oof, that was just super lazy.
Yeah, how randomly convenient. Felt felt like an insult to the character.
OTOH it also felt like an homage to how Fred Johnson bought his ticket in the books (stroking out from high-G maneuvers rather than assassinated).
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I think all that anger should be directed at the actor who has sullied a fan favorite character by being such a mysoginist ahole.
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You make me glad I quit watching that show at S4, when it started to bore me.
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Just started third season of the Handmaid’s tale… I was real happy to see Emily get out of Gilead with Nichole/Holly, and then meet up with Luke and Moira…. However, it seems to me that they sort of undid all the world building they were doing around Gilead by seeming to have very mild consequences for June after she got the baby out and then the situation with Serena burnign down the house. I mean after all the trouble she caused the Waterfords and how she was clearly going to get Hannah out, how come they are just letting her on to the next posting, when Emily and Janine got much worse for less infractions earlier in the show. I’m also wondering how Professor Lawrence is getting away with all the shit he’s getting away with, as they’ve shown that there are even limits for Commanders on their behavior. And she was horrible, but I’m going to miss Aunt Lydia - unless she somehow survived the attack by Emily, but if so, don’t tell me. But Ann Dowd was great in the role. So, I’m thinking with that uneven start, season 3 isn’t going to be as good as season 1 & 2…
Also started the new Season of Disenchantment, and so far, it’s great.
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