Amentep Posted April 14, 2014 Posted April 14, 2014 Given that Po says he "met" the Clairvoyant, my assumption had always been that they broke him out of prison because he could ID the Clairvoyant and killed him because he was useless and dangerous to the organization in his knowledge. But then I generally like the series, and do think it has improved over the season. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
JadedWolf Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 (edited) Oh great. Now they shot two guards who were only doing their duty guarding a top secret hospital facility, to steal medicine to rescue Skye. I guess when push comes to shove morality flies straight through the window when it's not convenient for these guys. They could of course have used the tranquilizer bullets, but I guess they want to save those for special occasions. It sounds awful, but I am actually rooting for Skye to die by the way. She is so annoying. No, they saved her. Shucks. Edited April 15, 2014 by JadedWolf 1 Never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.
Walsingham Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 Hemlock Grove is fantastic. A bit trippy, Twin Peaks without the digressions. 1 "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Amentep Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 Oh great. Now they shot two guards who were only doing their duty guarding a top secret hospital facility, to steal medicine to rescue Skye. I guess when push comes to shove morality flies straight through the window when it's not convenient for these guys. They could of course have used the tranquilizer bullets, but I guess they want to save those for special occasions. It sounds awful, but I am actually rooting for Skye to die by the way. She is so annoying. No, they saved her. Shucks. Once they took the tact that they were going to take the "cure" from the mystery instillation, I'm not sure what other way they could have done it unless the guards surrendered. They didn't, so they fought. Given that this SHIELD team is shown specifically searching of 0-8-4's and the mysterious base had an 0-8-4 in the serum (and the later reveal of the alien)...well odds are had this been a sanctioned mission the same thing would have happened. That said, I think the high handed approach is going to bite them in the ass I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
JadedWolf Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 (edited) Oh great. Now they shot two guards who were only doing their duty guarding a top secret hospital facility, to steal medicine to rescue Skye. I guess when push comes to shove morality flies straight through the window when it's not convenient for these guys. They could of course have used the tranquilizer bullets, but I guess they want to save those for special occasions. It sounds awful, but I am actually rooting for Skye to die by the way. She is so annoying. No, they saved her. Shucks. Once they took the tact that they were going to take the "cure" from the mystery instillation, I'm not sure what other way they could have done it unless the guards surrendered. They didn't, so they fought. Given that this SHIELD team is shown specifically searching of 0-8-4's and the mysterious base had an 0-8-4 in the serum (and the later reveal of the alien)...well odds are had this been a sanctioned mission the same thing would have happened. That said, I think the high handed approach is going to bite them in the ass On a basic level, it's murder and theft though. It's like me knocking on someone's door at night asking for their stuff, and when they don't open the door I bash it in. Then they defend themselves, and I shoot them dead. And then I say, well, I have no choice. They didn't want to give me what I wanted. They also have no idea whatsoever who the secret base belonged to. They may well have shot two guards of some other secret governmental agency. They don't know. Edited April 15, 2014 by JadedWolf 1 Never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.
BruceVC Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 Hemlock Grove is fantastic. A bit trippy, Twin Peaks without the digressions. I really enjoyed it as well, it was LadyC who mentioned it and got me onto it I have just watched episode 7 of season 2 of Vikings. I'm loving it and all I can say is "damn those Vikings are tough" and I can think of very punishments worse than the blood eagle "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
Amentep Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 Oh great. Now they shot two guards who were only doing their duty guarding a top secret hospital facility, to steal medicine to rescue Skye. I guess when push comes to shove morality flies straight through the window when it's not convenient for these guys. They could of course have used the tranquilizer bullets, but I guess they want to save those for special occasions. It sounds awful, but I am actually rooting for Skye to die by the way. She is so annoying. No, they saved her. Shucks. Once they took the tact that they were going to take the "cure" from the mystery instillation, I'm not sure what other way they could have done it unless the guards surrendered. They didn't, so they fought. Given that this SHIELD team is shown specifically searching of 0-8-4's and the mysterious base had an 0-8-4 in the serum (and the later reveal of the alien)...well odds are had this been a sanctioned mission the same thing would have happened. That said, I think the high handed approach is going to bite them in the ass On a basic level, it's murder and theft though. It's like me knocking on someone's door at night asking for their stuff, and when they don't open the door I bash it in. Then they defend themselves, and I shoot them dead. And then I say, well, I have no choice. They didn't want to give me what I wanted. They also have no idea whatsoever who the secret base belonged to. They may well have shot two guards of some other secret governmental agency. They don't know. Not really arguing it was the right thing to do; only that once they committed to going "outside the law" what happened next followed naturally. For all they knew at the time they were shooting other SHIELD agents. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
Raithe Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 (edited) Gokusen. The live action version. There's always something entertaining about the culture shock value of watching Japanese drama-comedy, and some of the styles of acting, especially for anything that's an adaption from a story that started as manga. Basically, a first time teacher arrives at a school, only to find she's been handed the class full of hard-core delinquents and troublemakers. Of course, what no-one knows is that she actually grew up as the 4th generation member of a Yakuza family, and that her grandfather is the family head who raised her after her parents died. Queue Japanese comic relief moments, along with over abundance of sincere "facing the students properly" and not automatically assuming they're all lawbreaking hooligans and a waste of space.. Edited April 15, 2014 by Raithe "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Oerwinde Posted April 18, 2014 Posted April 18, 2014 Ward is a much more interesting character now. AOS has definitely rewarded my faith. The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity.
Blarghagh Posted April 18, 2014 Posted April 18, 2014 (edited) I agree - he was boring as the straight man, to learn that it was all an act throws a lot into perspective. Not sure if it all makes sense, though, but it sure raises the stakes. Also, nobody here mentioned the last Game of Thrones? I think George R. R. Martin enjoys killing characters at weddings, but this time it was infinitely satisfying. Edited April 18, 2014 by TrueNeutral
HoonDing Posted April 19, 2014 Posted April 19, 2014 Got suckered into watching a yuri anime. But actually it is pretty good. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
ManifestedISO Posted April 19, 2014 Posted April 19, 2014 On my idiot box I've been watching the entire series of LOST again. It's mostly better than I remember ... Sun is straight-up badass gangster, and Kate is so freaking buff. Jack is totally American psycho, and Richard Alpert is as swarthy and Mediterranean as always. For having been spread out over six years, the show is surprisingly coherent season to season, with a lot of little rewards for attentive viewing. Evidently, they were not all dead to begin with. I just started Season 6, so we'll see if that jives with what I remember from the series finale. All Stop. On Screen.
Agiel Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 Finding out the Imperial Officer who briefs you before missions in TIE Fighter was Guy Siner (Leutnant Hubert Gruber), decided to do an "'Allo! 'Allo!" marathon. After having that knowledge, I find myself looking forward more to Gruber's scenes than Herr Flick's this time around. 1 Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling
Nonek Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 So is anybody else thinking that agent Ward in AoS is Coulson's sleeper cell inside Hydra, and that this is his gambit to infiltrate that organisation. The way that he pulls Ward aside upon witnessing Hudsons arrest, then shares a significant look with him as he departs with the prisoner and Ms Hand makes me a little suspicious. Also Ward watching the blood flowing from Ms Hand's...hand makes me believe he might have delivered a none fatal shot and be worrying over whether she will bleed out. Probably too ambitious for mainstream television but Whedon might pull something like that off, and i'd be extremely impressed. Quite an experience to live in misery isn't it? That's what it is to be married with children.I've seen things you people can't even imagine. Pearly Kings glittering on the Elephant and Castle, Morris Men dancing 'til the last light of midsummer. I watched Druid fires burning in the ruins of Stonehenge, and Yorkshiremen gurning for prizes. All these things will be lost in time, like alopecia on a skinhead. Time for tiffin. Tea for the teapot!
ManifestedISO Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 I like it, but Agent Koenig might disagree, were he able to ... speak. All Stop. On Screen.
Nonek Posted April 26, 2014 Posted April 26, 2014 Or the two agents with Ms Hand. Quite an experience to live in misery isn't it? That's what it is to be married with children.I've seen things you people can't even imagine. Pearly Kings glittering on the Elephant and Castle, Morris Men dancing 'til the last light of midsummer. I watched Druid fires burning in the ruins of Stonehenge, and Yorkshiremen gurning for prizes. All these things will be lost in time, like alopecia on a skinhead. Time for tiffin. Tea for the teapot!
Blarghagh Posted April 26, 2014 Posted April 26, 2014 I hope not. Ward was much less interesting as a good guy, I hope he grows into Big Bad territory rather than flip flopping back. 1
JadedWolf Posted April 26, 2014 Posted April 26, 2014 So is anybody else thinking that agent Ward in AoS is Coulson's sleeper cell inside Hydra, and that this is his gambit to infiltrate that organisation. The way that he pulls Ward aside upon witnessing Hudsons arrest, then shares a significant look with him as he departs with the prisoner and Ms Hand makes me a little suspicious. Also Ward watching the blood flowing from Ms Hand's...hand makes me believe he might have delivered a none fatal shot and be worrying over whether she will bleed out. Probably too ambitious for mainstream television but Whedon might pull something like that off, and i'd be extremely impressed. That'd be incredibly lame. Never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.
Tale Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 I just finished watching all things Evangelion. The Rebuild movies, the series, End of Evangelion. All to help get in the mood for science fiction. Next I think I'm moving to Martian Successor Nadesico. Which I don't believe I've watched in nearly a decade. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
ManifestedISO Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 Son of a ... balls, dammit to hell! Almost Human cancelled! Son of a bitch! 2 All Stop. On Screen.
Oerwinde Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 Not surprising, its a sci-fi show on fox, AND had lousy ratings. Would have been nice to have a full season at least. The finale was a damned filler episode. The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity.
Hiro Protagonist Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 Not surprising, its a sci-fi show on fox, AND had lousy ratings. Would have been nice to have a full season at least. The finale was a damned filler episode. Almost Human did have a full season. Disappointing to see it cancelled. Not surprising though since they aired the episodes out of order.
kirottu Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 The psycho female android episode would have been far better ending episode. This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time.
Hurlshort Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 Son of a ... balls, dammit to hell! Almost Human cancelled! Son of a bitch! Damn, I knew this was going to happen. The only new shows I was into was that and Rake, which will probably get canned as well.
rjshae Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 I'm enjoying season 2 of Orphan Black thus far. It has begun to drop hints about where the story is heading, although a lot of the motivations remain a mystery. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
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