The Swamp

brian wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 1:37 am Think DSafe and I were the only ones watching it but it looked like Snowfall was gonna stick the landing then it didn’t? I don’t know I haven’t decided. There were no winners in the drug war but the martyrs don’t win shit either.

mister d wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 10:53 am

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 9:59 pmThe motherfucker put a full page ad in the LA Times with pretty much nothing but "Thank You" on the page.

"You're Welcome" ... showed my wife this when I was trying to explain how, yes, the character is preposterous, but you have to understand the real-life guy they're basing it off.

Giff wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 12:52 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 1:37 am Think DSafe and I were the only ones watching it but it looked like Snowfall was gonna stick the landing then it didn’t? I don’t know I haven’t decided. There were no winners in the drug war but the martyrs don’t win shit either.

I’m the other Snowfall guy, Bri.

I assume that was supposed to be Boyz in the Hood that was filming in the finale?

brian wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 2:11 pm Just saw Coach Beard playing a random townperson in Parks & Rec (S2E14).

Sans beard.

brian wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:27 pm Not sure we deserve Joe Pera but glad he exists.

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Just watched The Strings That Bind Us and tomorrow is the anniversary of my Dad's death, so when Sam's dad came in toward the end I absolutely lost it.

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 13, 2021 6:11 pm GaTa on "Dave" is one of the best television characters of the last couple decades. There's a much better show about him in there.

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Dave reads his career manifesto, including wanting to become a huge success organically without selling his soul, yet using a "lie" to actually do it. It's basically George Constanza's "it's not a lie if you believe it" stretched to a much farther endpoint, but it would feel better if they at least acknowledged it instead of trying to make you believe he's actually not selling his soul. You could argue that he's doing it to help many people close to him, as GaTa, Mike, Elz, and Emma should reap significant financial benefits from his success, but at the same time, it's clear he is doing it for himself, as explained in his manifesto.

rass wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 7:21 am Finished Shrinking.

Loved stoned, grumpy Harrison Ford with a heart of gold. Loved D-Train and have a crush on G-Spot. Jason Segal's way too-expressive big dumb face even stopped bothering me.

My one big qualm, and I guess I more or less got over it, is the whole "Jimmy abandoned his parental responsibilities (but not his work responsibilities?) and his best friend for a year but then decided to sober up enough that over the course of a day or two he was completely forgiven and everything went more or less back to normal (except dead wife) and the best friend he cruelly ghosted was back hanging out every day either at Jimmy's house or his place of employment and his daughter was cool with him except when getting really upset at him over issues that seem relatively mundane compared to her father spending a year drugging and whoring after his wife/her mom dies".

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 7:34 am

rass wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 7:21 am Finished Shrinking.

Loved stoned, grumpy Harrison Ford with a heart of gold. Loved D-Train and have a crush on G-Spot. Jason Segal's way too-expressive big dumb face even stopped bothering me.

My one big qualm, and I guess I more or less got over it, is the whole "Jimmy abandoned his parental responsibilities (but not his work responsibilities?) and his best friend for a year but then decided to sober up enough that over the course of a day or two he was completely forgiven and everything went more or less back to normal (except dead wife) and the best friend he cruelly ghosted was back hanging out every day either at Jimmy's house or his place of employment and his daughter was cool with him except when getting really upset at him over issues that seem relatively mundane compared to her father spending a year drugging and whoring after his wife/her mom dies".

Agree with all of the above and would add that the daughter doesn't seem much younger than Jimmy, best friend, and G-spot. Went and checked and IRL the actress' real age isn't all that out of place (born in 2001 to Segel's 1980).

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Well, given the show allowed Gaby to graphically encourage HS junior (at most?) Alice's flirting with Sean even though the character is in his mid-20's the actress couldn't look too young.

rass wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 7:45 am

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 7:34 am

rass wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 7:21 am Finished Shrinking.

Loved stoned, grumpy Harrison Ford with a heart of gold. Loved D-Train and have a crush on G-Spot. Jason Segal's way too-expressive big dumb face even stopped bothering me.

My one big qualm, and I guess I more or less got over it, is the whole "Jimmy abandoned his parental responsibilities (but not his work responsibilities?) and his best friend for a year but then decided to sober up enough that over the course of a day or two he was completely forgiven and everything went more or less back to normal (except dead wife) and the best friend he cruelly ghosted was back hanging out every day either at Jimmy's house or his place of employment and his daughter was cool with him except when getting really upset at him over issues that seem relatively mundane compared to her father spending a year drugging and whoring after his wife/her mom dies".

Agree with all of the above and would add that the daughter doesn't seem much younger than Jimmy, best friend, and G-spot. Went and checked and IRL the actress' real age isn't all that out of place (born in 2001 to Segel's 1980).

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Well, given the show allowed Gaby to graphically encourage HS junior (at most?) Alice's flirting with Sean even though the character is in his mid-20's the actress couldn't look too young.

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 10:04 am Whether it's Scrubs, Ted Lasso, or Shrinking, I think there's a decent amount of disbelief suspension that you have to account for in Bill Lawrence shows.

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cum button

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 7:26 pm Also watched the first episode of High Desert. Liked it a lot better.

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Really loved Ted’s speech about second chances and Beard’s speech about forgiveness.

rass wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 8:19 pm And Rebecca has never looked better.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 7:22 pm Watched the first episode of Platonic last night. Some very funny jokes, but they did a poor job of trying to convince me that the characters played by Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen were ever best friends. I like Rogen a lot, too, so I wanted to like this show.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 3:15 pm So, late to the party as usual, but the wife and I have been binging The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. The first season was great. The second, not so much (imho).

Giff wrote: ↑Mon May 29, 2023 5:04 pmSooooooo Barry?

Giff wrote: ↑Mon May 29, 2023 5:04 pmSooooooo Barry?

Rush2112 wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 11:24 am Thoughts on Lasso?

I have some little nitpicks, but did enjoy the general tying up and the call backs/easter eggs.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 11:44 am

Rush2112 wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 11:24 am Thoughts on Lasso?

I have some little nitpicks, but did enjoy the general tying up and the call backs/easter eggs.

I agree with that. A bit schmaltzy at times, but satisfying, overall.

brian wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 4:53 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 11:44 am

Rush2112 wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 11:24 am Thoughts on Lasso?

I have some little nitpicks, but did enjoy the general tying up and the call backs/easter eggs.

I agree with that. A bit schmaltzy at times, but satisfying, overall.

Agree. If the show is done done then probably can’t complain. But I suspect they’ll try to do a zombie Ted Lasso for another season or two. Apple TV doesn’t really have any other hits and they’re likely to throw a metric fuckton of money at the producers.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 5:42 pm But they also said they wouldn’t rule out a spin-off.

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Women’s team will be the spin-off with Keelayh as the gm. The black girl who Ted plays soccer in the park with in season one comes back a là Bend it Like Beckham.

Giff wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 10:17 pm Not ashamed to say I bawled throughout most of the episode figuring it was the last one. I thought it was well done and the schmaltziness of it all is really what the series was all about.