Cras wrote:
MaliA wrote:
Dr Zoidberg wrote:
Riverdale has been superb so I've got high hopes for this.
I wanted to mention Riverdale at cottage but moment never arose.
You didn't stop mentioning it.
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| Author: | Cras [ Mon Sep 24, 2018 12:36 ] |
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I'm on about ep4. It's delightfully mental and I fully love Emma Stone. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Mon Sep 24, 2018 21:22 ] |
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Hang on, what, Emma Stone is some series!? IMHAVINGSOMEOFTHAT. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Mon Sep 24, 2018 21:24 ] |
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Also, that Sons of Anarchy show, Mayans MC isn’t too bad. Well, 2 episodes in anyway, it isn’t too bad. At least it looks nice. The theme tune is terrible though. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Mon Sep 24, 2018 22:46 ] |
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The good place season 3 starts this Friday! |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Mon Sep 24, 2018 22:47 ] |
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Satsuma wrote: Also, that Sons of Anarchy show, Mayans MC isn’t too bad. Well, 2 episodes in anyway, it isn’t too bad. At least it looks nice. The theme tune is terrible though. Watched the first one, it was ok. Didn't sign up for all the reading though, so not sure i'll continue. I also watched the first couple of The Purge. Dross, don't bother. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Tue Sep 25, 2018 16:04 ] |
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Cras wrote: I'm on about ep4. It's delightfully mental and I fully love Emma Stone. Oh my god Jonah Hill looks amazing. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Wed Sep 26, 2018 19:24 ] |
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I managed 40 minutes of iron fist season 2 before I turned it off. Dull dull dull. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Wed Sep 26, 2018 20:16 ] |
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I watched 2 episodes of American Horror Story: Apocalypse. The first season (and some of 2) was genuinely upsetting, had a groovy story, gotta be one of the top ten intros of TV of all time, great characters and great production values. So the first episode of the new one was actually really good as a nuclear blast kills the world but it doesn’t take long for the leather clad buggery to start. And Joan Collins. *shrug* Now it feels like it’s trying too hard to be edgy and emo. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Wed Sep 26, 2018 21:24 ] |
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AHS has had some great series, but others that just didn’t do much for me. I’m hoping this one is decent, as post apocalyptic stuff is usually my type of story. Ep1 was ok. |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Wed Oct 03, 2018 22:21 ] |
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They've recently put out a second trailer for the upcoming Titans series, a Netflix adaption of DC Comics 'Teen Titans'. The general response is, rightly, laughter and disbelief because fucking hell; it looks utterly awful. I'm not a big follower of those comics and the only characters I know very well are Dick Grayson (the first Robin and later Nightwing) and Starfire. So if you've got any investment in the characters it's stunningly bad, and if you just like TV shows that don't look laughably awful you're not well served either. Mind boggling. |
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| Author: | myp [ Wed Oct 03, 2018 23:06 ] |
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Yikes. That doesn't look great. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Wed Oct 03, 2018 23:31 ] |
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I wouldn't say it looks utterly laughable though, just looks like a standard DC superhero series to me, shitty acting and all! |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Wed Oct 03, 2018 23:38 ] |
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Trooper wrote: I wouldn't say it looks utterly laughable though, just looks like a standard DC superhero series to me, shitty acting and all! Granted, what little I've seen of their usual output though The CW (e.g. Arrow et al) is about the same level of embarrassingly awful; but with this being a Netflix thing I thought they might try and give a fuck for once. I was wrong. |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Oct 05, 2018 13:57 ] |
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Seems it's somehow worse than the trailer suggests. http://collider.com/titans-review/ Quote: Titans is the absolute zenith of the post-Nolan, post-Dark Knight era of “mature” comic book storytelling, a show with both the grittiness and enjoyability factor of sandpaper. It’s Riverdale with zero self-awareness. Gotham without a whiff of fun. It’s Arrow if The CW allowed for gratuitous, minutes-long shots of dudes getting beaten with a stick. All put together, Titans lands just about as gracefully as The Flying Graysons.
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| Author: | Bamba [ Fri Oct 05, 2018 14:40 ] |
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The overall tone--at least what can be gleaned from the trailer--does look all grim-dark and humourlessly gritty for sure. For my money though that's the least of it's issues; it's more the fact that it just looks cheap and awful. If someone told me it was a fan made trailer for a fictional series I'd have no problem believing that. Indeed the thumbnail on YouTube looks for all the world like an SNL parody sketch. |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Fri Oct 05, 2018 15:41 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: Seems it's somehow worse than the trailer suggests. http://collider.com/titans-review/ Quote: Titans is the absolute zenith of the post-Nolan, post-Dark Knight era of “mature” comic book storytelling, a show with both the grittiness and enjoyability factor of sandpaper. It’s Riverdale with zero self-awareness. Gotham without a whiff of fun. It’s Arrow if The CW allowed for gratuitous, minutes-long shots of dudes getting beaten with a stick. All put together, Titans lands just about as gracefully as The Flying Graysons. Bzzt, annoying, inappropriate but common misuse of zenith. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Fri Oct 05, 2018 18:18 ] |
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Series 3 of Man In The High Castle is out. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Fri Oct 05, 2018 18:39 ] |
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Excellent! That's tonight's viewing sorted. I'm interested in seeing where the story goes. I thought it ended quite nicely last time with a lot all wrapped up. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Sun Oct 07, 2018 22:44 ] |
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So I’m watching Venom at the flicks and this advert comes on for a series called Killing Eve which looked interesting. Watched an episode: hey that was good. Watched another: cor, blinder. Watched another: fuck me, nice. So yeah, Killing Eve, it’s pretty good at the half way point. Oh, it’s about a psycho femme fatale esq assassin who kills folk. The emphasis is on the psycho and the intelligence team chasing her. Yeah, yeah, you’ve seen it all before but here the psycho is very watchable and gets plenty of airtime. It straddles a line between realism and dark comedy and has some absurd character or two that kinda bothers me and some contrivances that place the lead intelligence lady in direct conflict with the psycho but overall it’s been very good. |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Sun Oct 07, 2018 23:11 ] |
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It finished showing a while back in the US and there was some very positive chat about it earlier in the thread. It was produced by the ever excellent Phoebe Waller Bridge mind so it's no surprise it's good. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Mon Oct 08, 2018 15:30 ] |
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Finished Killing Eve. It was good but I didn’t like the obvious set up for another season. It could have been wrapped up reasonably nicely with lots of questions unresolved and I would have been super impressed. As it stands, it didn’t, so I’m not. Strong 7/10. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu Oct 11, 2018 16:08 ] |
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Riverdale SERIES 3! |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu Oct 11, 2018 21:53 ] |
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MaliA wrote: Riverdale SERIES 3! 20 minutes in, it is INCREDIBLE. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu Oct 11, 2018 22:31 ] |
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MaliA wrote: MaliA wrote: Riverdale SERIES 3! 20 minutes in, it is INCREDIBLE. HEAVENS ABOVE! What an ending! |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:49 ] |
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http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/sabrina/fe ... ix-review/ New Sabrina the Teenage Witch might be the new Buffy. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:50 ] |
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Satsuma wrote: http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/sabrina/feature/a868046/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-netflix-review/ New Sabrina the Teenage Witch might be the new Buffy. Kiernan Shipka was very good in Mad Men, and Riverdale has been superb so I've got high hopes for this. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:57 ] |
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Satsuma wrote: http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/sabrina/feature/a868046/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-netflix-review/ New Sabrina the Teenage Witch might be the new Buffy. The trailer had a very strong Buffy vibe. This is promising. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Tue Oct 16, 2018 13:09 ] |
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Is Melissa Joan Hart in it? I enjoy her work. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Oct 16, 2018 13:35 ] |
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Ooh yeah, this looks fricking sweet. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Oct 16, 2018 13:36 ] |
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Dr Zoidberg wrote: Riverdale has been superb so I've got high hopes for this. I wanted to mention Riverdale at cottage but moment never arose. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Oct 16, 2018 13:46 ] |
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TheVision wrote: Is Melissa Joan Hart in it? I enjoy her work. Nope. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Tue Oct 16, 2018 14:00 ] |
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Grim... wrote: TheVision wrote: Is Melissa Joan Hart in it? I enjoy her work. Nope. Then that's me out. I wasn't going to watch it anyway but you know, principles. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Tue Oct 16, 2018 15:02 ] |
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MaliA wrote: Dr Zoidberg wrote: Riverdale has been superb so I've got high hopes for this. I wanted to mention Riverdale at cottage but moment never arose. You didn't stop mentioning it. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Tue Oct 16, 2018 15:03 ] |
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TheVision wrote: Grim... wrote: TheVision wrote: Is Melissa Joan Hart in it? I enjoy her work. Nope. Then that's me out. I wasn't going to watch it anyway but you know, principles. I kinda think she may have struggled with the 'teenage' bit at this point. |
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| Author: | myp [ Tue Oct 16, 2018 15:04 ] |
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Cras wrote: MaliA wrote: Dr Zoidberg wrote: Riverdale has been superb so I've got high hopes for this. I wanted to mention Riverdale at cottage but moment never arose. You didn't stop mentioning it.
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| Author: | devilman [ Tue Oct 16, 2018 15:26 ] |
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All the episodes of the US version of The Office were added to Amazon Prime a couple of weeks back so I've been working my way through those. Certainly more bearable than the UK version, although Amazon do their bit to spoil things by having some of the subtitles out of sync in season three. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Tue Oct 16, 2018 15:50 ] |
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devilman wrote: All the episodes of the US version of The Office were added to Amazon Prime a couple of weeks back so I've been working my way through those. Certainly more bearable than the UK version, although Amazon do their bit to spoil things by having some of the subtitles out of sync in season three. I went into the American Office not expecting much... after a few seasons, I was hooked! Steve Carell is brilliant throughout. Much better than the English office if you ask me. |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Tue Oct 16, 2018 16:20 ] |
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MaliA wrote: Dr Zoidberg wrote: Riverdale has been superb so I've got high hopes for this. I wanted to mention Riverdale at cottage but moment never arose. It worked, as Sarah started watching it yesterday. |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Tue Oct 16, 2018 17:01 ] |
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devilman wrote: All the episodes of the US version of The Office were added to Amazon Prime a couple of weeks back so I've been working my way through those. Certainly more bearable than the UK version, although Amazon do their bit to spoil things by having some of the subtitles out of sync in season three. Whhhaat?? This is tremendous news. |
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| Author: | myp [ Tue Oct 16, 2018 17:03 ] |
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The US Office is spectacular for most of its run, but does run out of steam by the end. I love both the UK and US Office, but I can imagine watching the US version over and over - the UK one not so much. Whether you think Gervais is no longer funny or relevant, or never was in the first place (surely no one argues that he is still funny), you surely must admit the Office was groundbreaking at the time. |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Tue Oct 16, 2018 17:20 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: The US Office is spectacular for most of its run, but does run out of steam by the end. I love both the UK and US Office, but I can imagine watching the US version over and over - the UK one not so much. Whether you think Gervais is no longer funny or relevant, or never was in the first place (surely no one argues that he is still funny), you surely must admit the Office was groundbreaking at the time. I mean, he’s arguably the most popular working comedian in the world, so I think a fair few people would indeed argue that. |
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| Author: | myp [ Tue Oct 16, 2018 17:47 ] |
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Curiosity wrote: Lonewolves wrote: The US Office is spectacular for most of its run, but does run out of steam by the end. I love both the UK and US Office, but I can imagine watching the US version over and over - the UK one not so much. Whether you think Gervais is no longer funny or relevant, or never was in the first place (surely no one argues that he is still funny), you surely must admit the Office was groundbreaking at the time. I mean, he’s arguably the most popular working comedian in the world, so I think a fair few people would indeed argue that. I more meant people here. |
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| Author: | flis [ Tue Oct 16, 2018 20:55 ] |
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MaliA wrote: Dr Zoidberg wrote: Riverdale has been superb so I've got high hopes for this. I wanted to mention Riverdale at cottage but moment never arose. I love(d) Riverdale! It started off bad in a good way but halfway through S2 it just got... bad. It started trying a bit too hard with the self awareness, and the story went to shit. But! I love Cheryl, she is the best character. It's still entertaining but S3 is pretty poor compared to S1. Kinda like what happened to The Good Place. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Oct 17, 2018 21:07 ] |
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MrChris wrote: Grim... wrote: MrChris wrote: Whatever Disenchantment thought it was doing with fantasy, Final Space properly did with science fiction. Joyous nonsense. Is it child-friendly? I would say no. There's a reasonable amount of swearing, and quite a bit of gore. Depends on the kid though, of course, but I wouldn't let mine anywhere near it. So, after a really slow start, Final Space got really good. Can recommend. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Wed Oct 17, 2018 21:15 ] |
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There's a distinct possibility that this will do a "Lost", but so far it's good. Manifest - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8421350/?ref_=nv_sr_1 |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu Oct 18, 2018 12:52 ] |
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The Haunting of Hill House is superb. Probably the best horror TV I've seen. Some brilliant camerawork / editing / effects in there. It's not perfect but I highly recommend it. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Thu Oct 18, 2018 14:22 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: The Haunting of Hill House is superb. Probably the best horror TV I've seen. Some brilliant camerawork / editing / effects in there. It's not perfect but I highly recommend it. That's on my list next, i'm currently going through Manhunter, which is great. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Thu Oct 18, 2018 14:47 ] |
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Grim... wrote: MrChris wrote: Grim... wrote: MrChris wrote: Whatever Disenchantment thought it was doing with fantasy, Final Space properly did with science fiction. Joyous nonsense. Is it child-friendly? I would say no. There's a reasonable amount of swearing, and quite a bit of gore. Depends on the kid though, of course, but I wouldn't let mine anywhere near it. So, after a really slow start, Final Space got really good. Can recommend. Really slow start??!?!? And this from a guy who drives what is basically a Range Rover without sides. It was ace from start to finish. I genuinely hope they make a second one. In other news, I'm now most of the way through Preacher S2 - brilliant stuff. Herr Starr has been perfect - not identical to the chap in the comics, by any stretch, but a perfect realisation. Tulip and her reaction to the Saint as been spot on also. Also Hitler was great.* *How often do you get to say that in a non-Nazi way? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu Oct 18, 2018 14:56 ] |
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MrChris wrote: It was ace from start to finish. The first three or so episodes didn't even trouble "ace". |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Thu Oct 18, 2018 15:00 ] |
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Grim... wrote: MrChris wrote: It was ace from start to finish. The first three or so episodes didn't even trouble "ace". Only because they were so far past ace. Stop being wrong. |
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