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I've not seen The Marvelous Miss Maisel, but even so, I feel confident enough to say Hacks is the least funny show about a comedian/comedienne I can imagine.
All of Vance's jokes sound like they've been written by a bored team of drama copywriters (which is no doubt the case) rather than by anyone with any actual comedy writing experience.
I got up to the end of ep3 where Ava, who hasn't yet found any of Vance's jokes funny, happens upon a videotape of Vance in 1976, and suddenly starts laughing as though it's comedy gold. It's so fake I felt embarrassed for the actress being made to do that, because without any humour in the jokes themselves, it's simply unbelievable.
It falls totally flat and I won't watch any further.
I do like the blue Rolls Royce though.
On the other hand, at least <spoiler> he doesn't die in the end, so if we all shout loudly enough, maybe they'll change their minds and make a S4... one day... </spoiler>
I agree, but also because <spoiler>Rafael was a total tool who was obviously offended that Ray had the temerity to firstly call him an f-wit, and then afterwards to tell him that he'd made a mess of the situation when he panicked by killing the couple. You could see it in his eyes in the scene in the shed. In other words, he had to kill Ray as a matter of pride.</spoiler>
...yes, these are all valid questions... yet apparently you're totally unfazed about the premise that a mule can talk? ;-)
Thanks beavis.
I also found this https://screenrant.com/queens-gambit-drugs-pills-beth-tranquilizers-explained/ which explains that there is no real life tranquilizer called "xanzolam" (which it's referred to later in the series) but Newseek suggests the fictional tranquilizer is likely inspired by Librium, which is closely-related to Valium.
It goes on to say "In the novel, her initial use is described not as hallucinatory but a sedative: "It loosened something deep in her stomach and helped her doze away the tense hours in the orphanage." And this makes sense, as her friend there advises her only to use them at night.
Unfortunately none of this goes any further to answering my question, since a sedative would be more likely to suppress the heightened mental acuity that's required for chess.
I can understand (though not codone, of course) why they'd have given sedatives to the girls there. But I'd have thought that it would be far more likely that a stimulant would aid mental acuity, rather than a depressant?
Yes Gale.
Such as...?
I enjoyed it (seems like the wrong word for something like this, but you know what I mean...) but am always keen to hear about plot holes I failed to spot.
Well, you were almost right. One of them was a CRM plant!
You said it! I was about to post similar myself. Why didn't they just send a frickin chopper and say "your dad needs your help". Could have all been over and done with in less than 2 episodes.
Also, why did Silas not go with Elton & Percy in the last episode? It's not like he was injured and slowing them down or anything. I don't get his reasoning.
Finally, I just wanna say that Annet Mahendru (Huck) seems to do all her acting with her lips and tongue. Anyone else feel that got kinda creepily irritating after a few eps?
Yes and with the amount of photos he's taking, he must have a backpack chock-full of rolls of old, unused 35mm film - the largest rolls could only fit 36 photos, yet he's snapping away as if it were a digital camera!
I hope you're right, mainly as I would hate to lose the Silas character. Wouldn't be much of a gang left without him.
I guess cos they're empty of emotion, reasoning, soul, etc. But yeah, those kids really could have been more creative. If I were them, reckon I'd call 'em Stinkies!
Yup. Just took an uneducated guess and got lucky this time round. That's always a great strategy 👍 I mean, don't get me wrong - I'm glad they survived, they seem like nice kids and everything.
A great plan with 3 possible outcomes:
1. Get torn limb from limb and become wolf food
2. Get attacked by wolf but escape with severe injuries
3. Take a gamble that it won't attack and just back away slowly...
So a 1 outta 3 chance, gotta love them odds 😜
Either way, that line was completely unnecessary. I can only assume and hope that it had some greater significance in the book - but it had absolutely no place in the screenplay.
D'oh! So the whole thing was a flashback to what was being described earlier in Seale Bolton's lounge room...
And here was I thinking it was something similar but happening again in the present 🤦♂️
Thanks
Good points you make there - thanks for clarifying :-)
The way I was looking at the timeline was this:
In S1 Carl was about 6.
When he died he was about 16.
So 10 years + 6 year TWD time jump means we are now 16 years since the zombie apocalypse.
But in World Beyond it's only 10 years since "the sky fell" (btw - pretty lame way to describe a plane crash, unless you're a Neanderthal).
But I'll be the first to admit: math ain't my strongest point.
I'm still into it, and also just as much into FTWD (if not even more so, actually).
As for World Beyond... well, as a rusted-on fan I'll probably keep watching it. They are pitching this World Beyond 2-season series as a sort of primer, so's we can get ready with our background knowledge for the Rick movies...
"The Carol & Daryl Show" - sounds like a midday TV chat show! Anyone wanna speculate as to what it will eventually be called? Then we can all come back here in 2 years time and see if any of us were right (or claim applicable royalty payments!)😁
Ah. Just goes to show how much attention I was NOT paying at that point where I thought it was Jadis - I had thought that Elton pulled that picture (presumably of his mom) out of his bag, rather than finding it out there.
But as for the dinosaur bone - that really bothered me: I don't give a flyin' pterodactyl whether it's the freakin' apocalypse or not - if you/Elton are that into dinosaur bones that are 10s or even 100s of millions of years old, the one thing you definitely do NOT go and decide to do is use it for a freakin' spear! There are plenty of other things out there you can fashion a spear from. Plus, chances are, a fossil is just going to shatter into a million pieces anyway.