WAR ROOM LOUNGE V42: Some People are Finer than Others

We have lots of fine people on all sides. Who are the finest people? (choose 4)

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kpt018 said:
True Detective and Orange over the Sopranos? GTFO!
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Haha, I'm a big fan of True Detective in terms of its storytelling and cinematography. Also, I disagree with you about the ending of season 3. I like the fact that the story (d)evolves from a crime mystery to a character drama-tragedy. Also, I think OITNB is very good (particularly season 2), but I admittedly was struggling to think of a show to round out the list.

Also, maybe the most underrated acting performances I've ever seen on tv was by the late Andy Whitfield (RIP) in the first season of Spartacus.
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Really tragic that he passed away so young. He absolutely without a doubt was going to become a star. Gifted actor, super handsome, really charismatic.
 
Trotsky said:
Haha, I'm a big fan of True Detective in terms of its storytelling and cinematography. Also, I disagree with you about the ending of season 3. I like the fact that the story (d)evolves from a crime mystery to a character drama-tragedy. Also, I think OITNB is very good (particularly season 2), but I admittedly was struggling to think of a show to round out the list.

Also, maybe the most underrated acting performances I've ever seen on tv was by the late Andy Whitfield (RIP) in the first season of Spartacus.
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Really tragic that he passed away so young. He absolutely without a doubt was going to become a star. Gifted actor, super handsome, really charismatic.
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Really? I think the storytelling was terrible in that show. Season one (the best) was carried by Woody and Matty imo.

Agree on Spartucus. He was awesome and I liked that show.
 
JDragon said:
I also watched the first ep of Philip K Dick‘s Electric Dreams on Amazon Prime and it was quite good.
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One of my fav authors but i haven't gotten around to watching it, yet. Shows based on books I love are letting me down after American gods and GoT.
 
Trotsky said:
Haha, I'm a big fan of True Detective in terms of its storytelling and cinematography. Also, I disagree with you about the ending of season 3. I like the fact that the story (d)evolves from a crime mystery to a character drama-tragedy. Also, I think OITNB is very good (particularly season 2), but I admittedly was struggling to think of a show to round out the list.

Also, maybe the most underrated acting performances I've ever seen on tv was by the late Andy Whitfield (RIP) in the first season of Spartacus.
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Really tragic that he passed away so young. He absolutely without a doubt was going to become a star. Gifted actor, super handsome, really charismatic.
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Yeah, that season is fantastic. I liked Gods of the Arena too, but the last 2 seasons were meh.

New Spartacus couldn't carry Whitfield's loincloth.
 
BarryDillon said:
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https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/08/health/bubonic-plague-explainer-trnd/index.html

You still with us, @senri?
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I am always here my delicious flesh.... always....
 
kpt018 said:
Really? I think the storytelling was terrible in that show. Season one (the best) was carried by Woody and Matty imo.
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I don't think McConnaghey (sp) is a very good actor tbh, and he was the worst part of that season to me. Harrelson is a low key GOAT and had the much better, even if less dynamic, performance. The cinematography is really what sets TD apart though.

Agree on Spartucus. He was awesome and I liked that show.
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It was frustrating because the CGI blood, ludicrous dialects/poetic speaking, and bro-natured fight scenes were ultra-cringe, especially in the third and fourth seasons. But there were some solid acting performance, with Whitfield and Tarabay (Ashur) sticking out imo.

BarryDillon said:
Yeah, that season is fantastic. I liked Gods of the Arena too, but the last 2 seasons were meh.

New Spartacus couldn't carry Whitfield's loincloth.
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Yeah, the new Spartacus actor is the ultimate example imo of a a performance where you can constantly see the acting. It wasn't convincing in the slightest. Every speech, scene, etc. felt like it was actively being read.
 
The body as it succumbs to the entropic existence of time looks unappetizing to the masses at first. However the stock of our dendrites ages marvelously with each and every cuisine that saturate it's tangible structure. This subset of flavors enhances the essence of men. It's this particular musk that we all inherently deepily crave, and you all will masticate in an amazing frenzy when attenuated to it. I've seen it time and time again as Sapiens consume towards their genesis. It always comes back to assuage with each waking breath to the subtle sweet aroma you all produce when you're asleep. But then one day you awaken to something profound, a new epoch. A paradigm of reality never before seen but can now be explored.... only then can we taste....
 
I think "Spartacus" probably made one of best turnarounds of any series. Those first few episodes were painfully bad. Melodramatic garbage, that just made you cringe the whole way through. Looked cheap as hell, too. It was like watching an hour long terrible music video. It found it's footing though after those rough beginnings, and it never looked back. I had no problem with the new guy either. Although, I never found Whitfield to be all that impressive in the first place. I think what made that show were the villains and the supporting cast. They made the most of that green screened series. It was like watching a very good play.
 
The only thing good about Spartacus was Xena titties. The rest was mortal kombat lite meets gay erotica.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.
 
HereticBD said:
I think "Spartacus" probably made one of best turnarounds of any series. Those first few episodes were painfully bad. Melodramatic garbage, that just made you cringe the whole way through. Looked cheap as hell, too. It was like watching an hour long terrible music video. It found it's footing though after those rough beginnings, and it never looked back. I had no problem with the new guy either. Although, I never found Whitfield to be all that impressive in the first place. I think what made that show were the villains and the supporting cast. They made the most of that green screened series. It was like watching a very good play.
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As far as turnarounds within a season, I completely agree. A lot of people rightfully tuned out after how bad the first two episodes were. But episodes 6-13 were phenomenal and had surprising thematic and emotional depth. "Great and Unfortunate Things" and "Party Favors" were exceptional. Also, the season finale is probably the single most satisfying I've ever seen.
 
PolishHeadlock2 said:
But if Jeb or Romney was going against Bernie (not implying Bernie is nearly as corruptible as Trump) would Russia have tried to influence in favor of Jeb or Romney?
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If a Russian agent came up to Jeb or Romney's circle with an offer to provide damaging information on their opponents during an election, they would have been smart enough to (A) immediately notify the FBI, or (B) go through the lawyer of a lawyer of a lawyer to get the information and still have some shred of deniability that the meeting ever took place.
 
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Trotsky said:
As far as turnarounds within a season, I completely agree. A lot of people rightfully tuned out after how bad the first two episodes were. But episodes 6-13 were phenomenal and had surprising thematic and emotional depth. "Great and Unfortunate Things" and "Party Favors" were exceptional. Also, the season finale is probably the single most satisfying I've ever seen.
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Yeah, it's a tight little gem of a series, and considering what they had to deal with, with their lead actor going down, they really didn't miss a beat. Even the prequel season they decided to do while seeing what was going to happen with Whitfield, turned out great. I'm also glad they ended it when they did, when they could've easily dragged it out for two or three more seasons. They got in, told their story, and got out clean.
 
HereticBD said:
Yeah, it's a tight little gem of a series, and considering what they had to deal with, with their lead actor going down, they really didn't miss a beat. Even the prequel season they decided to do while seeing what was going to happen with Whitfield, turned out great. I'm also glad they ended it when they did, when they could've easily dragged it out for two or three more seasons. They got in, told their story, and got out clean.
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Gannicus was awesome.
 
Higus said:
If a Russian agent came up to Jeb or Romney's circle with an offer to provide damaging information on their opponents during an election, they would have been smart enough to (A) immediately notify the FBI, or (B) would have gone through the lawyer of a lawyer of a lawyer to get the information and still have some shred of deniability that the meeting ever took place.
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The whole episode shows how irrational cynicism degrades people morally. Any other major campaign, Republican or Democrat, would immediately report that kind of thing, and if it got out would publicly denounce the people trying to help them. I don't even think that Trump and Co. see themselves as particularly sleazy (Stone and Manafort excepted). They just think that everyone's doing that kind of thing so it's normal. That's the same as Wohl or James O'Keefe. They think that the kind of stuff they do is normal and wonder what the big deal is.
 
HereticBD said:
Yeah, it's a tight little gem of a series, and considering what they had to deal with, with their lead actor going down, they really didn't miss a beat. Even the prequel season they decided to do while seeing what was going to happen with Whitfield, turned out great. I'm also glad they ended it when they did, when they could've easily dragged it out for two or three more seasons. They got in, told their story, and got out clean.
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Meh, the prequel season was very good. But, without Whitfield, they were cursed by the depletion of acting talent just due to the history of character: they had to kill Battiatus, Glaber, and Oenomaus, and it would have been pretty silly for the story to find another use for Ashur. So, by the end of Vengeance, they really didn't have any acting talent, especially the Naevia actress left for network television and got replaced by that awful overacting replacement. And that also resulted in more time being spent on Crixus, who was by far the worst actor of the main characters.
 
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