The Television Streaming Thread: Part II - Hot Takes, Jags Fans, and Bert

The ending to S2 is much more satisfying than S1 ending imo

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I think it’s the other way around.

Explain?

There is a post upthread where someone else pretty much nailed what I didn’t like about S2 conclusion. I’ll see if I can find it.

Edit: Here it is:

It wasn’t bad, just not quite as good. Sticking the landing on any series is tough though. Few shows pull it off.

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I actually like the fact that the ending was more straightforward and “boring”, to me the show is more of a character study than a murder mystery/thriller. Having huge plot twist ending would be more of a distraction than anything imo.

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Is that the Xmen adjacent show on FX?

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I didn’t realize that, but you’re right. Hard to see how they wrap everything up in one episode. Justice for Min!

All this White Lotus talk has reminded me of something I wonder about:

Did the other gay dudes besides Quentin know that the plan was to kill Tanya?

Oh, definitely. She walked in on several hushed conversations that stopped when she entered. And the dude with the curly hair and mustache, I believe, was upset about what was going to happen - he didn’t go on the boat with them and was crying when they left.

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That’s the one (I assume, from watching two episodes).

Although it streams on Disney here. It’s Marvel I guess.

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It’s a fox/fx product before Disney bought them.

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If you enjoy comics, a great primer to hype you for the character is Legion Quest, which led to the GOAT alternate reality saga Age of Apocalypse.


Raab: Bob was a big Star Trek fan. I think the Next Generation episode “Yesterday’s Enterprise” had a huge impact on the conception of this story. That idea of Tasha Yar getting a second chance. This other new reality is created, and it inspired what we wanted to do with AoA .

Lobdell: Bob and I realized that it was going to be a Legion (the son of Professor Xavier) who would kill the professor, primarily because of his ability to move back through time. Well, why would Legion want to kill the Professor? That didn’t make sense to me. It was Mark Waid, I believe, who at that point had been moving his way over into the X office, who suggested, “What if he wasn’t trying to kill his father, but actually wanted to kill Magneto but the Professor got in the way?”

Thanks. It was one of those things that while watching I seemed to know was the case, but when I thought back about it, I was like “Wait, are we sure that’s true?” Sounds like I just forgot the details.

I’m watching S1 now but have yet to see Aubrey Plaza in it. What am I doing wrong?

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The Rings of Power Question:

It seems to be revealed that Elrond is half-human. Is that made clear at some point in the Peter Jackson LOTR trilogy?

If he is not full Elf, then does he have any deficiencies compared to pure Elves? He seems to have all of their enhanced abilities.

What’s the consensus on Willow?

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Wrong thread?

Best part of Buffy.

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