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  On 8/1/2020 at 10:48 AM, sqidd said:

It's a slow burn for the first five. More backstory, etc. It looks like it's picking up now.

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Ok good...I think I just finished 4 and while it’s not bad by any means I'm just a little tired of the back-story side story civil rights arc with Allison instead of getting to the main arc. 

Chris

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  On 8/1/2020 at 11:16 AM, Dobber said:

Ok good...I think I just finished 4 and while it’s not bad by any means I'm just a little tired of the back-story side story civil rights arc with Allison instead of getting to the main arc. 

Chris

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It picked up.:good:

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Cool. Like I said nothing is bad just tired of them dragging their feet to tell side stories instead of just getting on with it. Watching it now....I’m actually on ep 4 now.

Chris

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Just finished the season. Definitely picked up by episode 5 and had a strong finale. Bring on season 3.

Chris

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I finished the new season earlier today, loved it, really fun, great energy throughout, great soundtrack too. Definitely a bit slow in the first few episodes, a lot of stage setting, then really picks up. Definitely a great finale, really looking forward to season 3.

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The first one was good.  Watching the second one today, third tomorrow...

I can handle a slow start.  I made it through the first 10 or so episodes of Stein's Gate...

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  On 8/1/2020 at 11:47 PM, Dobber said:

Just finished the season. Definitely picked up by episode 5 and had a strong finale. Bring on season 3.

Chris

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Hear hear!

  On 8/2/2020 at 1:26 AM, Tking22 said:

I finished the new season earlier today, loved it, really fun, great energy throughout, great soundtrack too. Definitely a bit slow in the first few episodes, a lot of stage setting, then really picks up. Definitely a great finale, really looking forward to season 3.

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I looked up if there was going to be a season three and ran a across a little bit of trivia. Two members from the band My Chemical Romance (I don't think I know thir stuff) did the comic book series. That may explain the really good soundtrack. Also that the comic series was in three groups (or whatever) so it sounds like plans are for a third season. And it will probably wrap up nicely.

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  On 8/5/2020 at 12:17 AM, sqidd said:

Hear hear!

I looked up if there was going to be a season three and ran a across a little bit of trivia. Two members from the band My Chemical Romance (I don't think I know thir stuff) did the comic book series. That may explain the really good soundtrack. Also that the comic series was in three groups (or whatever) so it sounds like plans are for a third season. And it will probably wrap up nicely.

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Just one member: Gerard Way. Gabriel Bá is the main artist but wasn’t in the band. The band got together in 2001 originally but then spilt in 2013. They all got back together in 2019. The music is alt rock/punk rock, or at least it’s along those lines given what I’ve heard. I should listen to more of it to give a better assessment.

Anyway, yeah Dark Horse has been releasing the graphic novels. Most recently in fancy hardcover collectible editions. I’ve been picking these up to see if the graphic novels do things a little differently and maybe get another perspective on the story. The volume 3 hardcover is coming out this fall. The trade paperbacks of all three are already available.

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One thing that I REALLY appreciated was that the show while having your standard current SJW talking points installed in the story, they weren't shoved down your throat. I'm about the most truly socially liberal person you will ever meet. Translation, I'm accepting of anyone no matter where they land on the "spectrum" as long as they're not trampling some else's rights. I'm not just socially liberal about the current "popular" groups. Anyway, even being very socially liberal I can't stand when someone is trying to shove their message down my throat. I've stopped watching a lot of entertainment when I get that feeling.

This show incorporated all the current popular "messages" while making it feel organic. I was getting REALLY steamed during the diner scene. Which is exactly what the story was supposed to make me do. A lot of entertainment seems incapable of pulling that off. Instead you feel like someone is trying to turn you into a sock puppet. Which is really annoying.

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  On 8/5/2020 at 4:31 AM, sqidd said:

One thing that I REALLY appreciated was that the show while having your standard current SJW talking points installed in the story, they weren't shoved down your throat. I'm about the most truly socially liberal person you will ever meet. Translation, I'm accepting of anyone no matter where they land on the "spectrum" as long as they're not trampling some else's rights. I'm not just socially liberal about the current "popular" groups. Anyway, even being very socially liberal I can't stand when someone is trying to shove their message down my throat. I've stopped watching a lot of entertainment when I get that feeling.

This show incorporated all the current popular "messages" while making it feel organic. I was getting REALLY steamed during the diner scene. Which is exactly what the story was supposed to make me do. A lot of entertainment seems incapable of pulling that off. Instead you feel like someone is trying to turn you into a sock puppet. Which is really annoying.

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I for the most part agree...

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I didn't see anything written as heavy handed with Vanya's character or her side story with Carl, Sissy and Harlan. 

I agree with @sqidd and think this is one of the few shows that gets the balance right, especially with the time travel and culture shock tropes where people from the future meet up with those in the past and how that can cause ripples to change all sorts of important and unimportant events. It begs the question how much exposure is too much in this situation? Within universe. it shows how a whole commission dedicated to keeping the timeline in check really is THAT important. 

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Just finished this today, and I had fun all the way through. I might be in the minority, but the first half didn't feel slow at all! Like season one, the story lines and the actors playing the parts are just so engaging, that going off on little side trips down memory lane are fun rather than dragging.

 

As for Vanya...
 

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Now I must wait for Season three...

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Watched through episode 3 and none of feels like filler or that it is going slow - I do find modern action movies have far too little plot and characterization and way too much action these days so it could just be me.

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  On 8/5/2020 at 9:35 PM, Thom said:

Just finished this today, and I had fun all the way through. I might be in the minority, but the first half didn't feel slow at all! Like season one, the story lines and the actors playing the parts are just so engaging, that going off on little side trips down memory lane are fun rather than dragging.

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If you're in the minority, then I'm right there with you, @Thom;) BTW, I finished watching the second season on Monday.

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  On 8/5/2020 at 3:50 PM, Dobber said:

I for the most part agree...

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I've seen this done but never wanted to myself until now. How do you do the hidden comment thing? I'm going to feel like a moron when you tell me. I'm probably looking right at it.:D

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  On 8/6/2020 at 1:59 AM, sqidd said:

I've seen this done but never wanted to myself until now. How do you do the hidden comment thing? I'm going to feel like a moron when you tell me. I'm probably looking right at it.:D

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In the desktop view, there's an icon that looks like an eyeball. If you you click on it, you can add a hidden spoiler comment to your post. 

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  On 8/6/2020 at 4:22 AM, technoblue said:

In the desktop view, there's an icon that looks like an eyeball. If you you click on it, you can add a hidden spoiler comment to your post. 

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As for Vanya...

I'm not sure that we're supposed to like or dislike her. Of course you're supposed to feel sorry for how she was treated. On the other hand could she have reacted to that worse than she did?

She is by far my least favorite character on the show. Hopefully she is being set up for a lot of growth and maybe developing a personality in season 3. Then becoming a bigger part of the team. A "coming good" arc.

On the flip side I love the woman who runs the Camission! She's perfect. And her clothes are to die for! So over the top!

 

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Well, locked off from her powers so much that she didn't even know they existed, and then 'tutored' by a psycho lover who wanted to turn her into a weapon, and when she finally did run back to her family for help, she was locked away in the basement. When we consider that it all happened in the span of a few days, that's a lot of trauma to try and deal with all on her own. I'm not surprised she went into a rant, though she did it with powers that could destroy the world...

I like her. She's my favorite character. I also think she's completed her 'redemption' arc. She needs to grow into her powers a little more certainly, but on the relationship side she's experienced both the bad and the good, and came away from it better. Plus, she appears to be fully seated back into the family, so I feel a retreading of her past, in any major depth other than as a side note, would be a waste.

And yes, the Handler was deliciously wicked!

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  On 8/6/2020 at 3:03 PM, easnoddy said:

Vanya (and Ellen Page) really doesn't help the likeability of the show. 

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You have that right. Why these Holywood types ruin their own brand by being obnoxious in real life is beyond me.

Tom Cruise used to get under my skin. In comparison to the current norm he doesn't even show up on my radar anymore.

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  On 8/7/2020 at 1:19 AM, Thom said:

Do what I do, ignore any actor/actress when they are not in character, and you're (happily) wondering what everyone's problem is.;)

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That is what I was going to say but in my case it would be a partial lie.  Sometimes they go beyond the Pale enough that I won't watch them in a movie.  Usually I think they are crap actors anyway so it kinda works out.

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  On 8/6/2020 at 3:03 PM, easnoddy said:

Vanya (and Ellen Page) really doesn't help the likeability of the show. 

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This. Plus her forehead probably has her own zip code :hi:

That being said the second season was much better than the first. The show still reminds me of GOTHAM with its violent campy style which is a good thing.

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  On 8/12/2020 at 2:33 PM, TangledThorns said:

This. Plus her forehead probably has her own zip code :hi:

That being said the second season was much better than the first. The show still reminds me of GOTHAM which is a good thing.

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Bangs. She used to have bangs, didn't she..?

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Just finished watching S2...wow...loved it beginning to end...I know nothing of the comic and prefer to keep it that way...I have alot of questions, but I will be patient and see if I receive some answers in S3...

The Witcher, The Umbrella Academy, Stranger Things.....Netflix now has three good reasons not to get dumped now...

The Boys is the only show on Amazon that I am interested in....but I see it as a bonus to the original reason I started paying for Amazon Prime....the shipping service

Disney+'s The Mandalorian is the only reason I am keeping D+ for now.....if they cannot come up with additional "good" shows, then I may start rethinking if I need D+....Mulan for $30 doesn't help them either

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  On 8/14/2020 at 11:37 PM, jvmacross said:

The Boys is the only show on Amazon that I am interested in....but I see it as a bonus to the original reason I started paying for Amazon Prime....the shipping service

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Give "The Expanse" a look.  The season that Amazon just did is not the best but that is due to the book it is tied to being the least interesting one in my opinion.  They did a good job bringing it to the show though.  At this rate they will reach the end of the book line soon, two books left IIRC but unlike Game of Thrones the writer doesn't take a decade to write a book.

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  On 8/15/2020 at 12:36 AM, Dynaman said:

Give "The Expanse" a look.  The season that Amazon just did is not the best but that is due to the book it is tied to being the least interesting one in my opinion.  They did a good job bringing it to the show though.  At this rate they will reach the end of the book line soon, two books left IIRC but unlike Game of Thrones the writer doesn't take a decade to write a book.

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I think there are 3 more books alreday out and maybe one or two more to go. The writers have been really consistent. Fund fact, one or both of them was a research assistant(s) for George RR Martin. It shows up a little in their world building. Or in this case, universe building.

Absolutely fantastic show. It was good when it was on SyFi (or however they spell it now). The quality got even better when Amazon started paying the bills. Next season is going to be bonkers.

I actually liked the latest season (and the book). It thought it was a nice change from the standard "holy smokes there is a lot going on" way the books are done. I didn't like it more than other seasons. It was just nice to have something apart from the norm.

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