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  • Jeff Lebowski
    Corporate lackey for Jesus
    • Nov 2008
    • 69457

    #346
    Originally posted by Bo Diddley View Post

    I'm tucking this away for next time you beat us over the head with IMDB ratings. Of course everything I tuck away is quickly forgotten in this old man brain.


    That is the whole basis of my question.
    "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
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    • Bo Diddley
      Senior
      • Jul 2012
      • 18702

      #347
      Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post



      That is the whole basis of my question.
      My point was that you like IMDB ratings. Maybe they're not so accurate!

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      • Jeff Lebowski
        Corporate lackey for Jesus
        • Nov 2008
        • 69457

        #348
        Originally posted by Bo Diddley View Post

        My point was that you like IMDB ratings. Maybe they're not so accurate!
        I do like IMDB ratings. I never said the series is bad. I just said was puzzled by the stratospheric ratings and curious what I was missing. Is it over-inflated due to the video game fans? Or does it take another episode or two to really kick in?

        What I like to mock is some of you snobs claiming that a classic movie (raiders, back to the future, etc) is "terrible" when it clearly isn't terrible.
        "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
        "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
        "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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        • Bo Diddley
          Senior
          • Jul 2012
          • 18702

          #349
          Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post

          I do like IMDB ratings. I never said the series is bad. I just said was puzzled by the stratospheric ratings and curious what I was missing. Is it over-inflated due to the video game fans? Or does it take another episode or two to really kick in?

          What I like to mock is some of you snobs claiming that a classic movie (raiders, back to the future, etc) is "terrible" when it clearly isn't terrible.
          I think you totally missed my joke. That's ok, I'm really not that funny.

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          • Northwestcoug
            Cocked and Loaded
            • May 2011
            • 17917

            #350
            Originally posted by Bo Diddley View Post

            I think you totally missed my joke. That's ok, I'm really not that funny.
            Don't worry Bo. I've been on the receiving end of Jeff's IMDB tirades. I got your joke!
            "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
            "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
            - SeattleUte

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            • Non Sequitur
              Where did I put my bodkin
              • Nov 2008
              • 5773

              #351
              Originally posted by old_gregg View Post

              at least watch through ep 3
              Episode 3 is the only episode I really liked, probably because there weren't really any zombies in episode 3.
              "The mind is not a boomerang. If you throw it too far it will not come back." ~ Tom McGuane

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              • Bo Diddley
                Senior
                • Jul 2012
                • 18702

                #352
                Originally posted by Northwestcoug View Post

                Don't worry Bo. I've been on the receiving end of Jeff's IMDB tirades. I got your joke!

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                • Jeff Lebowski
                  Corporate lackey for Jesus
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 69457

                  #353
                  Originally posted by Northwestcoug View Post

                  Don't worry Bo. I've been on the receiving end of Jeff's IMDB tirades. I got your joke!
                  Tirades. Lol.
                  "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                  "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                  "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                  • Green Monstah
                    Royal Rooter
                    • Aug 2010
                    • 13895

                    #354
                    I started the Last of Us. There are definitely some familiar themes (it's sort of Walking Dead meets I am Legend), but I'm two episodes in and I'm really enjoying it.
                    Jesus wants me for a sunbeam.

                    "Cog dis is a bitch." -James Patterson

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                    • Commando
                      Explosivo
                      • Feb 2009
                      • 20748

                      #355
                      Originally posted by UVACoug View Post
                      I like The Last Of Us. It's very good, but I feel that it is trying too hard to be "prestige TV." It feels like a cheap ripoff of The Leftovers or Station Eleven (two of the best shows of the last decade, IMO). Not familiar with the source material at all, but feel like they could have done something a little more original.
                      I haven't gotten around to watching it yet, but I think if people are raving about a TV show built on cut scenes from a video game... let's just let it breathe a little and enjoy it, yeah?
                      "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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                      • Green Monstah
                        Royal Rooter
                        • Aug 2010
                        • 13895

                        #356
                        The mega monster in episode 5 is the one thing that strikes me as way too video game-esque. But Episodes 5 and 6 were great otherwise.
                        Jesus wants me for a sunbeam.

                        "Cog dis is a bitch." -James Patterson

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                        • Jeff Lebowski
                          Corporate lackey for Jesus
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 69457

                          #357
                          Originally posted by Non Sequitur View Post

                          Episode 3 is the only episode I really liked, probably because there weren't really any zombies in episode 3.
                          Finished this last night in my hotel room. Incredibly moving. My favorite too, so far.
                          "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                          "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                          "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                          • Northwestcoug
                            Cocked and Loaded
                            • May 2011
                            • 17917

                            #358
                            Originally posted by Non Sequitur View Post

                            Episode 3 is the only episode I really liked, probably because there weren't really any zombies in episode 3.
                            The last episode is essentially zombie free also. Coincidentally that and episode 3 are Mrs. NWC's favorites.
                            "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
                            "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
                            - SeattleUte

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                            • Maximus
                              Senior Member
                              • Sep 2009
                              • 6005

                              #359
                              Harry Potter HBO show ? Hmm

                              Warner Bros. Discovery is reportedly looking to close a deal for a "Harry Potter" streaming series, which would directly adapt J.K. Rowling's books.

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                              • falafel
                                loves to talk on things
                                • Mar 2009
                                • 37861

                                #360
                                I started watching season 2 of Perry Mason, which seems like it took forever to come out. I'm only 2 episodes in, but I'm a sucker for period shows set in L.A. Especially noir shows like this. So far so good.
                                Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

                                Dig your own grave, and save!

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                                GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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