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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Aug 25, 2015 12:05:34 GMT -5
Mads Mikkelsen is about as scary as the bag boy at my supermarket. What I'm saying is, I've seen an episode of Hannibal and wasn't impressed in the least. I'd rather just watch Silence of the Lambs again. Which episode? Not to be one of THOSE fans. I actually don't think Mads' Hannibal is meant to be scary - he's quite erudite and charming, at least at first. He is, however, pure evil underneath that. The terror is psychological for a long while. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2015 12:13:51 GMT -5
I will say as someone that thought the movie was ok but not nearly as funny as others seem to think, the show is much much better. Same. I'm a big fan of The State but always thought Wet Hot the movie was just okay. Which actually makes me the ideal audience for the series probably: I like the source material but I'm not inordinately devoted to it. I'm really enjoying the Netflix series. For what it's worth, I was always very lukewarm on the original movie but found the Netflix series pretty damn funny. |
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Aug 25, 2015 12:39:53 GMT -5
Mads Mikkelsen is about as scary as the bag boy at my supermarket. What I'm saying is, I've seen an episode of Hannibal and wasn't impressed in the least. I'd rather just watch Silence of the Lambs again. Which episode? Not to be one of THOSE fans. I actually don't think Mads' Hannibal is meant to be scary - he's quite erudite and charming, at least at first. He is, however, pure evil underneath that. The terror is psychological for a long while. It was last week's episode - I was at a friend's house and he asked if I minded if he watched it, so I gave it a shot. I've already read Red Dragon so it wasn't hard to follow or anything. I just didn't think it was all that great. I mean, granted, it was one episode, but something that was supposedly so fraught with tension just left me cold. I wound up reading an US magazine and smoking a bowl by the 45-minute mark instead. |
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Aug 25, 2015 12:57:52 GMT -5
Which episode? Not to be one of THOSE fans. I actually don't think Mads' Hannibal is meant to be scary - he's quite erudite and charming, at least at first. He is, however, pure evil underneath that. The terror is psychological for a long while. It was last week's episode - I was at a friend's house and he asked if I minded if he watched it, so I gave it a shot. I've already read Red Dragon so it wasn't hard to follow or anything. I just didn't think it was all that great. I mean, granted, it was one episode, but something that was supposedly so fraught with tension just left me cold. I wound up reading an US magazine and smoking a bowl by the 45-minute mark instead. Oh, well, Mads wasn't in last week's much. And honestly, it's such a serialized show and the characters have so much history that I feel like you need to start from the beginning - or at least the beginning of the Red Dragon arc - to get the full effect. That said I don't mean to be all "you're watching it wrong!!" ... it's not for everyone, for various reasons. |
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Post by Superb Owl 🦉 on Aug 25, 2015 13:29:52 GMT -5
Same. I'm a big fan of The State but always thought Wet Hot the movie was just okay. Which actually makes me the ideal audience for the series probably: I like the source material but I'm not inordinately devoted to it. I'm really enjoying the Netflix series. For what it's worth, I was always very lukewarm on the original movie but found the Netflix series pretty damn funny. I watched the series first and then doubled back to watch the movie. Obviously I have no way of knowing, but I think that approach actually made me appreciate the movie more than I would have. |
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Post by Meth Lab Shenanigans on Aug 26, 2015 23:35:18 GMT -5
I don't think the lazy-ass handwave of "but it's shocking!" is a valid defense of terrible music, which apparently sets me apart from the AV Club commentariat.
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Post by Lord Lucan on Aug 26, 2015 23:40:00 GMT -5
I love Johnny Cash more than most of you love your parents, but a lot of his work with Rick Rubin was flat-out bad. At least Rubin never managed to get 'round to having him do Public Enemy or Slayer covers. The American recordings are a mixed bag, for sure, but the best of them are really good, to my mind. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 2:18:01 GMT -5
I don't think the lazy-ass handwave of "but it's shocking!" is a valid defense of terrible music, which apparently sets me apart from the AV Club commentariat.  |
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Post by ganews on Aug 27, 2015 6:53:02 GMT -5
"Steven Universe" and "American Dad!" (both of which I've seen at least a half of first-season episodes) and "Gravity Falls" (which I haven't seen any of) are not worth my time.
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Aug 27, 2015 8:30:24 GMT -5
"Steven Universe" and "American Dad!" (both of which I've seen at least a half of first-season episodes) and "Gravity Falls" (which I haven't seen any of) are not worth my time. American Dad! doesn't really get great until the second season anyway, in my opinion. But it is still a show that I admit isn't gonna be everyone's cup of tea, even though I love it. You're missing out on Gravity Falls though. It's clever, funny, and often very sweet. |
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Aug 27, 2015 8:44:58 GMT -5
Gravity Falls is one of the best shows on TV right now, period, and I won't have anyone knocking it.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 9:57:07 GMT -5
i still love gravity falls.
it does what it needs to do, just like regular show-- it makes me laugh;
also adding we bare bears to this list. btw, i use this as my contact photo for my little brother on my phone. |
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Post by LazBro on Aug 27, 2015 10:09:33 GMT -5
Wrong thread.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2015 7:49:26 GMT -5
Another one for me: sometimes I feel like I am the only person on the AVC who isn't a massive fan of "dreamy"-sounding music.
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Post by LazBro on Aug 31, 2015 8:45:48 GMT -5
Another one for me: sometimes I feel like I am the only person on the AVC who isn't a massive fan of "dreamy"-sounding music. There are lots of us, we just don't always have an outlet. What kind of music do you like? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2015 9:19:33 GMT -5
Another one for me: sometimes I feel like I am the only person on the AVC who isn't a massive fan of "dreamy"-sounding music. There are lots of us, we just don't always have an outlet. What kind of music do you like? I like a lot of stuff - I tend toward favoring various forms of indie rock & pop, punk, power pop, and that sort of thing. Scrolling through my music on my phone right now, I see things like The Apples in Stereo, the Beach Boys, Camera Obscura, Chumped, Talking Heads, Devo, Ex Hex, Dressy Bessy, Elf Power, Guided By Voices, Harry Nilsson, Helium, Imperial Teen, Honeyblood, The Long Winters, Magnapop, the Magnetic Fields, The New Pornos, Sleater-Kinney, That Dog, TMBG, Upset, The Vaselines, The Wondermints, that sort of thing. I like strong melodies, and I like even my slower jams to have a bit of bite to them. It's not that I can't appreciate the "dreamy" stuff, it's just that I can't listen to it for longer than a short while. It just seems like it's one of the prevailing default modes for indie music these days, and I miss things having more bite, more solid song structures that don't just kind of go on for minutes and minutes in a sort of space trance, and more life and energy from the performers. Even a lot of stuff that's not, like, nine minute synth dream pop trips seems to have been given this weird sleepy detachment I find odd - bands I ought to like who coat everything they do with this sleepy, druggy, "dreamy" detachment. (A recent example is La Luz, who on paper ought to be a band I love, but after listening to recordings and seeing them live I just get this sort of sleepy, distanced "dreaminess" from their music that doesn't do a thing for me.) I have no idea if any of this makes sense as a coherent point - it's more a general feeling I get from a lot of indie music these days more than it is any specific thing I can point to, and I'm not sure if I'm expressing it well or not. |
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Post by Judkins Moaner on Sept 2, 2015 7:28:06 GMT -5
I roll my eyes so hard that they hurt whenever some guy (almost always) on the Internet is about to express some allegedly crazy unpopular opinion by prefacing it with "I know I'm about to get raked over the coals for this" or "I know I'll probably get stoned for this." Dude, it's the fucking Internet.* You're not Giordano Bruno.
*And it's a completely separate thing from the real and depressing phenomenons of doxxing or Internet harassment. I think what's riled me up about this is my college friend in California who's always trying to "push the envelope" with groundbreaking "common sense" that's actually just banal "conventional wisdom"--usually some political nonsense along the lines of "both sides do it," etc.
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Post by Paleu on Sept 4, 2015 15:33:45 GMT -5
I think people consistently overvalue their time.
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Post by LazBro on Sept 4, 2015 15:49:13 GMT -5
I think people consistently overvalue their time. Heretic! These listicles are not going to read themselves! |
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Post by Ron Howard Voice on Sept 4, 2015 16:10:43 GMT -5
Another one for me: sometimes I feel like I am the only person on the AVC who isn't a massive fan of "dreamy"-sounding music. The only dreamy-sounding music I like is by Debussy, Ravel, Roussel, Satie... |
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Post by Dackquiri on Sept 4, 2015 18:15:04 GMT -5
There are lots of us, we just don't always have an outlet. What kind of music do you like? I like a lot of stuff - I tend toward favoring various forms of indie rock & pop, punk, power pop, and that sort of thing. Scrolling through my music on my phone right now, I see things like The Apples in Stereo, the Beach Boys, Camera Obscura, Chumped, Talking Heads, Devo, Ex Hex, Dressy Bessy, Elf Power, Guided By Voices, Harry Nilsson, Helium, Imperial Teen, Honeyblood, The Long Winters, Magnapop, the Magnetic Fields, The New Pornos, Sleater-Kinney, That Dog, TMBG, Upset, The Vaselines, The Wondermints, that sort of thing. I like strong melodies, and I like even my slower jams to have a bit of bite to them. It's not that I can't appreciate the "dreamy" stuff, it's just that I can't listen to it for longer than a short while. It just seems like it's one of the prevailing default modes for indie music these days, and I miss things having more bite, more solid song structures that don't just kind of go on for minutes and minutes in a sort of space trance, and more life and energy from the performers. Even a lot of stuff that's not, like, nine minute synth dream pop trips seems to have been given this weird sleepy detachment I find odd - bands I ought to like who coat everything they do with this sleepy, druggy, "dreamy" detachment. (A recent example is La Luz, who on paper ought to be a band I love, but after listening to recordings and seeing them live I just get this sort of sleepy, distanced "dreaminess" from their music that doesn't do a thing for me.) I have no idea if any of this makes sense as a coherent point - it's more a general feeling I get from a lot of indie music these days more than it is any specific thing I can point to, and I'm not sure if I'm expressing it well or not. Same way. The melody is my tour guide through the song. Even if it's not the main attraction, it's gotta be there and it's gotta be good. I've gotta have a track for my train to drive on. I remember when M83's Midnight City was all over the radio. The sonic bed was mesmerizing, that synth line was a great hook, and James King from Fitz & the Tantrums laid down one of the most wonderful sax solos in decades. But Jesus Christ, I cannot for the life of me remember a lick of the melody. |
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Post by ganews on Sept 6, 2015 9:23:29 GMT -5
I like "it's a small world", both the song and the ride.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2015 11:56:40 GMT -5
I like "it's a small world", both the song and the ride. |
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Post by Post-Lupin on Sept 6, 2015 16:45:24 GMT -5
I think people consistently overvalue their time. Heretic! These listicles are not going to read themselves! I read this as "these testicles aren't going to lick themselves". Which is the last thing I said to your mum. |
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Post by moimoi on Sept 10, 2015 10:38:38 GMT -5
I was just reminded in another thread of the fact that I didn't like Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. In fact, I agree with Scott Tobais's C+ review. Bring on the hate...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2015 14:03:38 GMT -5
I was just reminded in another thread of the fact that I didn't like Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. In fact, I agree with Scott Tobais's C+ review. Bring on the hate... guuuuuuuurrrrllll, you better get ready.you gonna get it.like, just be prepared, b/c this is happening.
i'm sorry i had to do that, but you brought it on yourself.
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Post by Meth Lab Shenanigans on Sept 10, 2015 23:36:40 GMT -5
This is making me bi-FURIOUS!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2015 0:35:10 GMT -5
I was just reminded in another thread of the fact that I didn't like Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. In fact, I agree with Scott Tobais's C+ review. Bring on the hate... |
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Sept 18, 2015 9:04:16 GMT -5
The AVC comments on anything regarding mountaineering tend to piss me off. I don’t think people whose main hobby is watching television are really in much of a position to judge others’ hobbies.
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Post by Meth Lab Shenanigans on Sept 18, 2015 12:04:57 GMT -5
I don't care about Jimmy Fallon. I don't much like him, so I don't watch him. Occasionally he'll have a funny bit that goes viral, so I'll watch that, have a good chuckle, and move on with my life! I don't understand the sheer anger the AVC has about a middle-of-the-road performer continuing to be middle-of-the-road. That's what he does. It's for our parents, not us. God knows they need some joy in their lives, seeing what their children have become.
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