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sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:35 pm

Giff wrote: Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:27 pm I think overall I liked the Tillman book better, but this one is way up there.

Giff, what book is that?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:49 pm

sancarlos wrote: Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:35 pm
Giff wrote: Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:27 pm I think overall I liked the Tillman book better, but this one is way up there.
Giff, what book is that?

Where Men Win Glory.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:58 pm

A_B wrote: Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:49 pm
sancarlos wrote: Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:35 pm
Giff wrote: Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:27 pm I think overall I liked the Tillman book better, but this one is way up there.
Giff, what book is that?
Where Men Win Glory.

Ah, yeah. For some reason, I was thinking Tillman as the author's name.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Mar 28, 2022 5:33 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: Mon Mar 28, 2022 1:20 pm Is anyone watching the new season of Top Chef (in Houston this time)?

The challenge this past week was pretty cool. 2 person teams, making two dishes that look the same but taste totally different. Interesting idea.

[+] spoiler
I'm surprised how well the chef who lost his sense of smell and taste because of Covid is doing.

Fuck yes I'm watching! Love this show. It's been a really good season so far and this week's episode was great. So many great Wiley dishes.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Mar 28, 2022 8:24 pm

I am really enjoying Winning time. The look of the series just fits the time and the characters are ramped up to make a point. But very enjoyable and really impressive film making.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Mar 28, 2022 8:36 pm

I agree, really enjoying it (except for the making me feel like I’m rooting for the Lakers part).

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Tue Mar 29, 2022 6:59 pm

GoodKarma wrote: Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:29 pm
tennbengal wrote: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:45 pm Hello. I have come to talk about Severance. It is unsettling as FUCK. Genuinely, something new. Unique. I am in episode 2. Anyone else giving it a go?
I am…I agree on the uniqueness factor. I’m dying to see where it goes next and ends up. Plus the concept of the central theme is a fascinating discussion point.

E1 now. Welcome to Lumon, Swampers!

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:41 pm

Thanks to whoever posted about Our Flag Means Death... I can't stop binging this damn show. Came into my office to break a 3 episode streak. Absolutely loving it.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:52 pm

Severance Episode 2

[+] spoiler: Nice easter egg where John Turturro mentions his character's name from Monk when he's waiting in the "break room" and Christopher Walken enters.

"The Ambrose Cycle in the team-building space."

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:54 pm

Just the best easter eggs everywhere.

Walken might be in his finest hour.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:58 pm

So I'm only two episodes in. I like it a lot.

My wife just went to bed and won't let me watch any additional episodes, because she's too freaked to catchup solo.

I think I can respect that.

I wish Slow Horses started so I could've slid over to that.

S2 of King of Queens it is.

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 11:14 am

The Sybian wrote: Mon Mar 28, 2022 1:36 pm
A_B wrote: Mon Mar 28, 2022 1:22 pm Kinda stoked about "Under the Banner of Heaven" that was previewed during the oscars. One of my favorite non fiction books.
That book blew me away. I read it more that 15 years ago and just recommended it to someone yesterday. Is the show going to focus on the murder only, or go into the history of the Mormonism as well? I was more interested in the historical aspect, but the murder makes a lot more sense as a min-series. Either way, I'll check it out.

I read the book and agree it was incredible, and yet ... I don't remember the murder story at all! All that has stuck with me are the crazy stories about the origins of LDS.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 11:36 am

Shirley wrote: Thu Mar 31, 2022 11:14 am All that has stuck with me are the crazy stories about the origins of LDS.

My wife calls Mormons "hat lookers" because of that book.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 12:30 pm

I listened to the Last Pod on the Left series on Mormonism and was traumatized. Mostly because of the more contemporary fundamentalist creeps (Warren Jeffs, et al), but Brigham Young was a total POS also (and arguably worse than Joseph Smith). Still need to read the source material (No Man Knows My History, for one).

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 12:46 pm

Rush2112 wrote: Thu Mar 31, 2022 11:36 am
Shirley wrote: Thu Mar 31, 2022 11:14 am All that has stuck with me are the crazy stories about the origins of LDS.
My wife calls Mormons "hat lookers" because of that book.

Hey, you also need the Magic Glasses (the Urim and Thummim) to make it work.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 12:47 pm

P.D.X. wrote: Thu Mar 31, 2022 12:30 pm I listened to the Last Pod on the Left series on Mormonism and was traumatized. Mostly because of the more contemporary fundamentalist creeps (Warren Jeffs, et al), but Brigham Young was a total POS also (and arguably worse than Joseph Smith). Still need to read the source material (No Man Knows My History, for one).

Oh the stories I can tell...

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 1:26 pm

Joseph Smith having a revelation that his followers need to pay off his personal debts is my favorite ballsy move among cult leaders. I feel like that's even mentioned when you're growing up in Sunday School but it's somehow spun as proof that he's an actual prophet.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 1:43 pm

Anybody else watch Abbot Elementary? I think it's fantastic.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 2:39 pm

I have hammered through Starstruck (British comedy on HBO Max). Rom-commy but pretty fun.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 5:56 pm

P.D.X. wrote: Thu Mar 31, 2022 1:26 pm Joseph Smith having a revelation that his followers need to pay off his personal debts is my favorite ballsy move among cult leaders. I feel like that's even mentioned when you're growing up in Sunday School but it's somehow spun as proof that he's an actual prophet.

I thought getting busted by his wife having a side piece, and then declaring that God had told him in a vision about plural marriage was pretty nuts.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 6:02 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: Thu Mar 31, 2022 5:56 pm
P.D.X. wrote: Thu Mar 31, 2022 1:26 pm Joseph Smith having a revelation that his followers need to pay off his personal debts is my favorite ballsy move among cult leaders. I feel like that's even mentioned when you're growing up in Sunday School but it's somehow spun as proof that he's an actual prophet.
I thought getting busted by his wife having a side piece, and then declaring that God had told him in a vision about plural marriage was pretty nuts.

Dave, you grew up LDS, right? Yeah, you must have some stories...

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 6:10 pm

sancarlos wrote: Thu Mar 31, 2022 6:02 pm
DaveInSeattle wrote: Thu Mar 31, 2022 5:56 pm
P.D.X. wrote: Thu Mar 31, 2022 1:26 pm Joseph Smith having a revelation that his followers need to pay off his personal debts is my favorite ballsy move among cult leaders. I feel like that's even mentioned when you're growing up in Sunday School but it's somehow spun as proof that he's an actual prophet.
I thought getting busted by his wife having a side piece, and then declaring that God had told him in a vision about plural marriage was pretty nuts.
Dave, you grew up LDS, right? Yeah, you must have some stories...

Yep...very much so. Figured out early that it wasn't for me, but had to stick with it until about senior year of high school. Still had to do the early morning seminary (which SUUUUCKED), but I got a job where I had to work most Sundays, so that got me out of going to the Priesthood/SundaySchool/Sacrament Meeting trifecta of doom.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Apr 04, 2022 5:38 pm

Winning Time:

That was a Boogie Nights shout out in the pool last week, yeah?

And

[+] spoiler: holy shit the end of this week’s episode went hard - despite the fake out (which maybe they could have skipped)

Anyway really enjoying this series.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Apr 07, 2022 6:15 pm

rass wrote: Mon Apr 04, 2022 5:38 pm Winning Time:

That was a Boogie Nights shout out in the pool last week, yeah?

And

[+] spoiler
holy shit the end of this week’s episode went hard - despite the fake out (which maybe they could have skipped)
Anyway really enjoying this series.

Holy shit just read who played Tarkanian. Unrecognizable!!!

duff · Post by **duff** » Thu Apr 07, 2022 8:04 pm

rass wrote: Thu Apr 07, 2022 6:15 pm
rass wrote: Mon Apr 04, 2022 5:38 pm Winning Time:

That was a Boogie Nights shout out in the pool last week, yeah?

And

[+] spoiler
holy shit the end of this week’s episode went hard - despite the fake out (which maybe they could have skipped)
Anyway really enjoying this series.
Holy shit just read who played Tarkanian. Unrecognizable!!!

That one got me also. And the guy that plays Michael Cooper could be related to him.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Apr 07, 2022 8:08 pm

Who plays ac green? Kirk Cameron?

GoodKarma · Post by **GoodKarma** » Thu Apr 07, 2022 9:04 pm

The dude playing Norm Nixon is his actual son.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Apr 08, 2022 1:49 am

duff wrote: Thu Apr 07, 2022 8:04 pm
rass wrote: Thu Apr 07, 2022 6:15 pm
rass wrote: Mon Apr 04, 2022 5:38 pm Winning Time:

That was a Boogie Nights shout out in the pool last week, yeah?

And

[+] spoiler
holy shit the end of this week’s episode went hard - despite the fake out (which maybe they could have skipped)
Anyway really enjoying this series.
Holy shit just read who played Tarkanian. Unrecognizable!!!
That one got me also. And the guy that plays Michael Cooper could be related to him.

For me it was Westhead. Voice I caught but did not recognize him.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:31 pm

I have at least a dozen questions that demand answering after watching the season one finale of Severance last night.

[+] spoiler: Is Gemma alive? I've had a sneaking suspicion there are different types of severance outcomes. Last night confirmed my suspicions that there are people on the outside who have undergone the procedure. Are the chips in their heads dormant, like a sleeper cell?

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tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sun Apr 10, 2022 8:15 am

HOLY FUCK.

Severance is so goddamn good.

The season finale was the tits.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sun Apr 10, 2022 8:20 am

[+] spoiler: I guess she's alive. Maybe?

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Sun Apr 10, 2022 9:05 am

A handshake is available upon request.

tennbengal wrote: Sun Apr 10, 2022 8:20 am
[+] spoiler
I guess she's alive. Maybe?

[+] spoiler

Some of the severed never leave the facility, right? This iteration of herself says she’s only been alive for 107 hours. Earlier, she admitted she comes off as strange, which suggests some level of self awareness.

[+] spoiler

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sun Apr 10, 2022 3:25 pm

Looking forward to reading all the reddit theories. Can't wait for Season 2. Gripping as hell.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Sun Apr 10, 2022 7:16 pm

tennbengal wrote: Sun Apr 10, 2022 3:25 pm Looking forward to reading all the reddit theories. Can't wait for Season 2. Gripping as hell.

I watched E1 of Slow Horses last night as Severance percolated in my head.

It was OK. Hell, it's probably a legit fun show. But man. What a let down.

pruitt2 · Post by **pruitt2** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 10:16 am

A_B wrote: Thu Apr 07, 2022 8:08 pm Who plays ac green? Kirk Cameron?

That is very funny!

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:06 pm

rass wrote: Mon Apr 04, 2022 5:38 pm Winning Time:

That was a Boogie Nights shout out in the pool last week, yeah?

And

[+] spoiler
holy shit the end of this week’s episode went hard - despite the fake out (which maybe they could have skipped)
Anyway really enjoying this series.

Oh man, I'm obsessed. So much cool shit I didn't know about this team.

Never heard the theme song either but also obsessed...

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:08 pm

And the Magic/Kareem castings are eerie as fuck. Almost as good as Pam and Tommy

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:51 am

The one casting struggle I am having is Wood Harris as Haywood. Just keep seeing Avon Barksdale.