OT: TV and Movies (with spoilers)

[Bucksfan28]

Godzilla: Monster action = Fantastic. Human stuff = unwatchable if Charles Dance wasn't involved.

[HaroldinGMinor]

Black Mirror

Spoiler:

Episode 1: lol what
Episode 2: Hmmmmm
Episode 3: lol what

After the shock of episode 1's plot device wore off I actually enjoyed it. I did laugh very loud the first time it happened though. Was NOT expecting that.

[Siefer]

The wife and I just marathoned S2 of Barry. Goodness gracious, that show is great. It might be 1b to Atlanta's 1a right now.

[DingleJerry]

The Billions finale may have been too much. Just a ridiculous hour of TV.

Holy. ****.

It was as if they had the script switched out by a crazy fan and accidentally filmed bad fan fic.

Literally went from quite possibly my favorite show to not knowing if I will watch the next episode.

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Spoiler:

I wouldn't go that far. I thought the Axe storyline was very much in line with normal stuff for him. The Wendy/chuck split has been in the works for a long time and using it as a way to re-pit chuck vs Ax was a good idea. All that stuff is pretty much standard ops for the show. Also, setting up Taylor back to Axe is seemingly a good way to wrap up the show as you can't have either bad guy win. That said, a touch dumb for Axe to think he can trust Taylor going forward.

The Chuck side of the story I saw coming the whole time. But to have an episode (especially a finale) dedicated to just re-showing all the previous events again but to show the trickery seems like a big waste to me. And that the 'con' required that much explanation is probably a sign that the con was probably a bit much. So I'd agree I had a lot of eye rolling throughout that but I didn't think it was ridiculous or anything either. Not like Ice Dragon mission to North of the Wall level stupid by any means. Just a bit over the top to me

[emunney]

The Billions finale may have been too much. Just a ridiculous hour of TV.

Holy. ****.

It was as if they had the script switched out by a crazy fan and accidentally filmed bad fan fic.

Literally went from quite possibly my favorite show to not knowing if I will watch the next episode.

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Spoiler:

I wouldn't go that far. I thought the Axe storyline was very much in line with normal stuff for him. The Wendy/chuck split has been in the works for a long time and using it as a way to re-pit chuck vs Ax was a good idea. All that stuff is pretty much standard ops for the show. Also, setting up Taylor back to Axe is seemingly a good way to wrap up the show as you can't have either bad guy win. That said, a touch dumb for Axe to think he can trust Taylor going forward.

The Chuck side of the story I saw coming the whole time. But to have an episode (especially a finale) dedicated to just re-showing all the previous events again but to show the trickery seems like a big waste to me. And that the 'con' required that much explanation is probably a sign that the con was probably a bit much. So I'd agree I had a lot of eye rolling throughout that but I didn't think it was ridiculous or anything either. Not like Ice Dragon mission to North of the Wall level stupid by any means. Just a bit over the top to me

I read this spoiler and I am 100% certain that if I ever watch Billions I will not remember any of it.

[DingleJerry]

Holy. ****.

It was as if they had the script switched out by a crazy fan and accidentally filmed bad fan fic.

Literally went from quite possibly my favorite show to not knowing if I will watch the next episode.

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Spoiler:

I wouldn't go that far. I thought the Axe storyline was very much in line with normal stuff for him. The Wendy/chuck split has been in the works for a long time and using it as a way to re-pit chuck vs Ax was a good idea. All that stuff is pretty much standard ops for the show. Also, setting up Taylor back to Axe is seemingly a good way to wrap up the show as you can't have either bad guy win. That said, a touch dumb for Axe to think he can trust Taylor going forward.

The Chuck side of the story I saw coming the whole time. But to have an episode (especially a finale) dedicated to just re-showing all the previous events again but to show the trickery seems like a big waste to me. And that the 'con' required that much explanation is probably a sign that the con was probably a bit much. So I'd agree I had a lot of eye rolling throughout that but I didn't think it was ridiculous or anything either. Not like Ice Dragon mission to North of the Wall level stupid by any means. Just a bit over the top to me

I read this spoiler and I am 100% certain that if I ever watch Billions I will not remember any of it.

IDK, it's been a really good show the whole time, especially the beginning seasons. But now to keep it going while not repeating the same thing over and over they've had to get creative and at times conspiracies are a bit much, which isn't uncommon in shows at all. And just overall that the quality goes down a bit when they have to go beyond the initial premise of the show that made it great to begin with. Plus, overall the acting in it is top notch by almost all. Dialogue can get a little pompous/pretentious or overdone with some the analogies and metaphors they use, but that's kind of common for Sorkin related things (though I don't think he writes these)

ETA: funny I say that about the analogies/metaphors then I see this article joking about it: https://www.theringer.com/tv/2019/6/7/18656652/billions-season-4-finale-similes

[ReasonablySober]

I thought Axe's speech to Rebecca in the board room was kinda incredible, even as I'm thinking, "He's a sociopath".

[Buck Dweller]

Finally got around to finishing Mr. Robot. It is the modern tv show.

[emunney]

I thought Axe's speech to Rebecca in the board room was kinda incredible, even as I'm thinking, "He's a sociopath".

The scene where Burt sees Chase in the bar and tells him what Riley and Funk have been up to sent me over the edge.

[ReasonablySober]

In things so predictable they border on parody, the WSJ gave Linda Fairstein a byline.

[crkone]

How did the writer of X-Men 3 get a second crack at the Dark Phoenix Saga, and not only write but direct it this time?

[RRyder823]

How did the writer of X-Men 3 get a second crack at the Dark Phoenix Saga, and not only write but direct it this time?

I dont know. How did the writers that decided to sew Deadpools mouth shut then crashed and burned when they had to write their own material for GoTs get handed Star Wars?

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[SupremeHustle]

Read on Twitter

[midranger]

Finally finished Chernobyl. Anyone think it’s conclusion was made to be an allegory for global warming? It was incredible, heavy, maddening, frustrating all at once.

“Why worry about things that will never happen?”

We really need to get our **** together on this planet.

[humanrefutation]

Read on Twitter

Lederer resigned from her position as a law professor at Columbia today.

[HurricaneKid]

I thought Axe's speech to Rebecca in the board room was kinda incredible, even as I'm thinking, "He's a sociopath".

I was a semi-pro poker player for a number of years until the game was effectively solved at a point when the fish (bad players) were all but excised from the pool. Nothing would make me more angry than movie poker hands like the Casino Royale one where one guy hits the full house, one guy hits quads and one guy hits a straight flush.

But a crappy dying retail company with a ton of debt is worth 2b more dead than alive would have been killed so long ago it effectively had the awareness of such a hand. Getting that so wrong in a show about hedge fund kings is simply criminal.



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[ClassicJack]

I liked Chernobyl but probably messed it up because I went on a google fit after episode 1 and kinda spoiled myself for the major events. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure I'm a nuclear expert now so there's that.

[ReasonablySober]

Watch on YouTube

Mike Flanagan is directing so it's probably gonna be great.

[stellation]

I liked Chernobyl but probably messed it up because I went on a google fit after episode 1 and kinda spoiled myself for the major events. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure I'm a nuclear expert now so there's that.

[HaroldinGMinor]

Watch on YouTube

Mike Flanagan is directing so it's probably gonna be great.

Seems like it will be more true to the book than the first one. Speaking of, that's one of the few times the movie was way better than the book.