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  • UVACoug
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2013
    • 2685

    #331
    Originally posted by SteelBlue View Post

    Interesting. Station Eleven is one of my favorite novels of the last decade but the show didn't do it for me (I rarely like a show or movie based on a book I love though). That being said though, the source material is a game that is older than Station Eleven, so it's hard to accuse them of being unoriginal.
    It’s not really the story or plot that I’m referring to. More the tone and dialog and music.

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    • Northwestcoug
      Cocked and Loaded
      • May 2011
      • 17946

      #332
      I’m up to speed. I like it. Mrs. NWC isn’t fond of zombie-type movies at all but she did like the third episode. That was very well done.

      did anyone recognize what other movie used the same cello music from the third episode???
      "...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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      • jay santos
        Senior Member
        • Nov 2008
        • 13652

        #333
        I got caught up. Good show. Agree that third episode was great. Looks like it's going to be a good series, but it's a shame they chose a zombie setting. There's no way the misses is going to go for another zombie show, and honestly I'm not sure I can do it either. I've hit my lifetime limit of scenes where a human is trying to escape from a zombie and then narrowly escapes or gets trapped and about to be bit and someone else saves them or gets bit and it's the saddest thing in the world to watch them die. Over it.

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        • SteelBlue
          Senior Member
          • Nov 2008
          • 8179

          #334


          SNL last night. Pretty funny.

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          • Northwestcoug
            Cocked and Loaded
            • May 2011
            • 17946

            #335
            That’s awesome
            "...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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            • MartyFunkhouser
              Disciple of RNGesus
              • Nov 2008
              • 18720

              #336
              Interesting that the writer of Long Long Time also wrote Backstory for Mister Quest. Both great standalone episodes.
              As I lead this army, make room for mistakes and depression
              --Kendrick Lamar

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              • Northwestcoug
                Cocked and Loaded
                • May 2011
                • 17946

                #337
                Some interesting scenes from southern Alberta last episode.
                "...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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                • falafel
                  loves to talk on things
                  • Mar 2009
                  • 37899

                  #338
                  Originally posted by MartyFunkhouser View Post
                  Interesting that the writer of Long Long Time also wrote Backstory for Mister Quest. Both great standalone episodes.
                  *Mythic Quest
                  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!

                  "The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American

                  "I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally

                  GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                  • MartyFunkhouser
                    Disciple of RNGesus
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 18720

                    #339
                    Originally posted by falafel View Post

                    *Mythic Quest
                    What's Mythic Quest?
                    As I lead this army, make room for mistakes and depression
                    --Kendrick Lamar

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                    • Jeff Lebowski
                      Corporate lackey for Jesus
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 69534

                      #340
                      OK, I am in a bit of a quandary here. We watched the first episode of The Last of Us last night. I was prepared to be blown away, but it just seems like yet another run-of-the-mill zombie/post-apocalyptic series. What am I missing?
                      "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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                      • falafel
                        loves to talk on things
                        • Mar 2009
                        • 37899

                        #341
                        Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                        OK, I am in a bit of a quandary here. We watched the first episode of The Last of Us last night. I was prepared to be blown away, but it just seems like yet another run-of-the-mill zombie/post-apocalyptic series. What am I missing?
                        probably episode 2.
                        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!

                        "The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American

                        "I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally

                        GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                        • Jeff Lebowski
                          Corporate lackey for Jesus
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 69534

                          #342
                          Originally posted by falafel View Post

                          probably episode 2.
                          But episode 1 was supposed to be the highest rated S1E1 ever on IMDB. Video game fans driving that?

                          Do things get cooking in E2?
                          "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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                          • old_gregg
                            scaly man fish
                            • Nov 2009
                            • 16915

                            #343
                            Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                            OK, I am in a bit of a quandary here. We watched the first episode of The Last of Us last night. I was prepared to be blown away, but it just seems like yet another run-of-the-mill zombie/post-apocalyptic series. What am I missing?
                            at least watch through ep 3
                            Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.

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                            • Jeff Lebowski
                              Corporate lackey for Jesus
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 69534

                              #344
                              Originally posted by old_gregg View Post

                              at least watch through ep 3
                              I will keep watching.
                              "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
                                • 18732

                                #345
                                Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post

                                But episode 1 was supposed to be the highest rated S1E1 ever on IMDB. Video game fans driving that?

                                Do things get cooking in E2?
                                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.

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