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07-14-2014 , 05:46 AM

#151

dankhank

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Enough with talking about the ***** book.

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07-14-2014 , 08:14 AM

#152

Wooders0n

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Originally Posted by nunnehi

I'm on page 278 of 355 of the book. Still waiting for anything interesting to happen. :/

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Book was a complete waste of time. Good luck viewers.

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No, the only thing that's been said is that they aren't planning on saying what happened.

Other than the event, nothing interesting happens in the book, and the event happens in the prologue. If you can like and identify with the characters, I think it would make the show better, but the book just has the worst, most uninteresting characters I have read in a long time. The reader really doesn't give a s*** about any of them. It's like reading a book featuring your facebook acquaintances who you barely remember from high school.

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Originally Posted by nunnehi

Even if you didn't like BB at first, it had a trajectory. The book has zero trajectory (I'm not joking when I say that nothing of any real interest happens in the book at all). It would take a miracle for them to make this an interesting show, and a lot of people already have major concerns.

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Originally Posted by nunnehi

I have no idea how closely they're going to follow the book (they could nuke the book and the show would be instantly better). The book is incredibly uninteresting, with completely uninteresting and unlikable characters. They have said that they have no intention of paying off what happened in the TV show (it also was not paid off in the book). If you like the characters, and find them interesting, the show is probably for you.

I'm not even willing to give it a shot based on how boring and how much of a waste of time the book was (I thought the trailer for the show was garbage, and had no interest until I saw a review of the show that piqued my interest enough to give the book a shot to see if I would want to watch the show). There's no reason the book should have ever been turned into anything, and Lindelof is not going to do himself any favors by picking such a bad property with his track record.

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Originally Posted by nunnehi

If you don't believe me, read the book. I literally do not understand why anyone would want to make it into a TV show.

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Originally Posted by nunnehi

The book didn't explain it (that's not what the book was about), so Lindelof would just be pulling something out of his azz if they do explain it. I've heard he's good at that.

I think people got your point after like the second or third post bro.

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07-14-2014 , 09:35 AM

#153

EvalEvan

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Originally Posted by SenorKeeed

Good lord this is awful.

Then don't watch it anymore. Ez game.

I wasn't crazy about this episode either, but like someone else said, the previews make me hopeful of what's to come. Smart move by HBO to show that instead of a standard "next week on" after this episode which they had to know might make some people want to jump ship.

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07-14-2014 , 09:40 AM

#154

Jzo19

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thought it was an excellent episode , much better than the first two .

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07-14-2014 , 12:48 PM

#155

nunnehi

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Originally Posted by Wooders0n

I think people got your point after like the second or third post bro.

I made two unsolicited 2 line posts about the book. Everything else was a response to someone else asking or responding about the book. H8 on. I've no interest in this show other than to read the thread for lulz from this point forward. So don't worry about me.

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07-14-2014 , 12:58 PM

#156

losing all2

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I lost it when Urkel's dad said it was "probably a hedge fund" buying the church. Yeah man, rural church acquisition is their bread and butter.

The empty church sermon scene was real subtle btw. We get it, no one believes anymore. Of course they can't wait to join newer cults that haven't been handed down for centuries. Big contradiction, and noting about it rings true. If something like this happened many would dig their heels in derper on God.

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07-14-2014 , 02:24 PM

#157

henry200

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Originally Posted by losing all2

Were they trying to show that people overall were less church-going? I kind of think they were, but that is such an extremely unlikely consequence of this event that I think I must be missing something. Maybe it was just this guy's church that lost attendance?

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07-14-2014 , 04:48 PM

#158

EvalEvan

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A lot of the kids were praying in school in ep 1.

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07-14-2014 , 04:53 PM

#159

warchant09

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Originally Posted by nunnehi

We get it, the book sucks and this show has no chance of being watchable. Please stop posting, tia!

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07-14-2014 , 05:19 PM

#160

RacersEdge

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I thought the preacher guy was a good actor - I liked him.

I think less church going made sense - something weird but tangible happens with people vanishing and it doesn't synch up in any way with religious teachings. Some would still try to put a religious explanation on it, but a lot would just be confused.

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07-14-2014 , 11:07 PM

#161

El Rata

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I have the same roulette strategy as him

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07-14-2014 , 11:16 PM

#162

Costanza

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You don't pay taxes on your winnings?

Last edited by Costanza; 07-14-2014 at 11:16 PM. Reason: shocked the "they get it wrong with gambling scenes nits" haven't already mentioned this.

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07-14-2014 , 11:36 PM

#163

electricladylnd

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Originally Posted by RacersEdge

I think Churches would be full right after the event but 3 years later it would really drop imo; especially if the departed were random people and it appears to be less about God doing it and something else

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07-14-2014 , 11:37 PM

#164

Gabby Hayes

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I thought all 3 episodes are good so far. I like dystopian and cult-ish themes though. That last episode was directed by Keith Gordon and Waking the Dead is one of my favorite films, so that's another bias.

Re: Nunnehi's book hate. I didn't read the book, but read the wiki summaries and it seemed pretty damn interesting to me.

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07-14-2014 , 11:49 PM

#165

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Originally Posted by henry200

also they wanted to show the guy was a pyscho and scared people from the church. the guy is a nutjob.

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07-14-2014 , 11:53 PM

#166

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i keep trying to watch the third episode but lose interest before i even get 10 seconds into it. i think i'm gonna bail.

i couldn't ****ing stand "lost". i didn't even make it though one episode. what a ****ing piece of **** that show was

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07-14-2014 , 11:58 PM

#167

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I think people overreact to Lost ending. While I didn't love the ending I still wouldn't change watching if I could. The good parts were well worth the ride.

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07-15-2014 , 12:03 AM

#168

MrAdvantage

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Casino seen was terrible. Parking lot robbery terrible. Everything in the ep was wayyyy too predictable. I missed the daughter. I missed the black cult leading Asian banging guy.

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07-15-2014 , 12:30 AM

#169

TimmayB

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Shrug I got 3>>1>>2 so far. None of it has been really good yet, but I'm hanging on for a while longer.

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07-15-2014 , 02:09 AM

#170

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Originally Posted by Gabby Hayes

I said I wouldn't respond in this thread anymore, but since you mentioned it, read the book reviews on Amazon (401 reviews and gets 3 stars, with the numbers laid out fairly evenly between all stars...lol). There is one that really nails the book on the first page. Trusting wikipedia is like trusting imdb to get the credits right. It can be pretty hit and miss.

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07-15-2014 , 07:46 AM

#171

EvalEvan

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Originally Posted by filthyvermin

Lol yeah not even watching one episode of something is definitely enough evidence to call it a "piece of ****."

Aren't you the person that hates Seinfeld too?

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07-15-2014 , 08:10 AM

#172

SenorKeeed

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http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/leftove...icopter-206853

Grade: A

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07-15-2014 , 01:29 PM

#173

RacersEdge

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Anyone have any ideas on the title of Ep 3? I think it's the punchline of a joke about a man in a flood - is that joke so well known that people recognize it by the punchline?

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07-15-2014 , 07:22 PM

#174

Lattimer

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When he found out the name of the degenerate gambler and that he gambled everything away in the Indian Casinos in CT, the priest was in a casino trying to get a picture of the guy. Was he supposed to be in one of those casinos? Because that wasn't Foxwoods or Mohegan Sun, it was Resorts World Casino in NY, and that really tilts me for some reason.