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Just finished Big Little Lies. Absolutely loved it. Great ending...thought it was going to be some cheesy who done it at first, but wow.

I've already praised a lot of the cast, but a shout out to the little kids. Ziggy, Chloe, the twins, Ammabelle...Director Valle really pulled some amazing performances from them.

And one more thing - the sound design was incredible. Loved when we see the main five gals in the interrogation room, we don't hear what they say...only the clicking of the lighter by the lead detective...and then we see the funeral and the last beach scene from her POV, and never see her...but we hear the clicking lighter.

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05-07-2017 , 01:31 AM

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Been watching this all day and love it so much. Imagine if Lord of the Flies was a reality TV show full of over-privileged snowflake millennials. The leader Jimmy is like a conman (non-cultist) Jim Jones who makes me feel like I'm watching an episode of American Greed in real-time. If you like watching millenials fail you will enjoy this show.

damn you, now I'm gonna have to watch this ****

Speaking of Lord of the Flies, one of the first reality shows I ever watched was Paradise Hotel and it was hard to watch at times it got so lord of the fly-ish

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05-07-2017 , 08:10 PM

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I'm currently binging the 2nd season of The Last Kingdom on Netflix. Great stuff. Saxons and Danes fight over a divided England in the 800s.

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05-07-2017 , 08:13 PM

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I'm currently binging the 2nd season of The Last Kingdom on Netflix. Great stuff. Saxons and Danes fight over a divided England in the 800s.

have you seen bosch? i think you'd like it a lot. tv show based on the michael connely novels. supposedly connely is the best of the detective genre.

it's a great show!

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05-07-2017 , 08:38 PM

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i will check it out

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05-07-2017 , 08:45 PM

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I ve read a few Connelly and they are great. Couldn't motivate myself to start Bosch yet

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05-07-2017 , 08:54 PM

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Bosch is very good but the show is very different from the books. The cast and writing is top notch.

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05-09-2017 , 02:41 AM

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Damn, this place/show is a trip. The ignorance/arrogance ratio is funny yet scary and makes me wonder if punch will eventually be offered to all.

Is there a separate thread set up to discuss this show?

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05-09-2017 , 10:18 AM

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well you are now the third person to post about it, so not yet

a few of the kids seem fine (like the better looking camille) but the cluelessness of some of the others is astounding. like the ones who left early then sent an email threatening to "expose whats really happening" when jimmy literally has a film crew documenting the camp already. lol. then the follow up interview is "I cant believe I paid $5K and signed the waiver without reading anything first but its like a business man thats not right"

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05-11-2017 , 02:05 PM

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holy ****, new top of the lake series has some bad ass women in it...

elizabeth moss
nicole kidman
gwendoline christie(the big knight from game of thrones)

judging from the preview, at least one man looks like a cartoon villain though.

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05-11-2017 , 03:36 PM

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There's a new Top of the Lake?? Wow, cool.

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05-11-2017 , 04:18 PM

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05-11-2017 , 04:57 PM

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That Jimmy Stice guy that started the place seems really shady to me. He and his friends strike me as pompous trust fund babies. He's like a modern day Tom Sawyer where people are paying to work on his development, that marketing degree is apparently paying off.

While I like a lot of the issues they are trying to address, the whole place creeps me out for some reason.

Fascinating watch tho

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05-11-2017 , 06:41 PM

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interesting...not sure I'm ready for a gray-haired Nicole Kidman, though/

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05-11-2017 , 07:35 PM

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Especially after seeing how stunning she was in BLL. I'd like some more of that!!

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05-11-2017 , 08:43 PM

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wow! i didn't even notice she had gray hair. i thought she looked great.

i've never been accused of being the most observant guy

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05-11-2017 , 10:15 PM

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I see the hammer has come down.

Dr. Ken Cancelled ... I can't believe it made it to season 2.
APB Cancelled ... pretty boring.
Imaginary Mary Cancelled ... Watched 5 minutes before I cancelled it.
Secrets and Lies Cancelled ... Not too bad.
American Crime Cancelled ... 1st 2 season were decent, this past one was a snooze fest.

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05-11-2017 , 10:42 PM

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I couldn't figure out why they'd put an imaginary stuffed bear thingy on TV like they did in imaginary Mary...like, how did that get pass a screening process?

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05-13-2017 , 12:42 AM

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I got tired of APB after about 4 maybe 5 episodes. IDK why most network shows have that little cheese factor in their shows

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05-13-2017 , 03:27 PM

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NBC Renews 'Timeless'; Reverses Cancellation

"In a surprise reversal of decision, NBC has decided to renew Timeless for a second season. The move comes just three days after the network originally cancelled the series to the dismay of the show's fans who were left with a season-ending cliffhanger back in February."

lol, You don't see that too often.

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05-13-2017 , 04:03 PM

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think I gave that show 3 episodes

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05-13-2017 , 05:35 PM

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at what point do we start to worry about HBO? they've had some fairly big whiffs in recent years with Luck, The Brink, Vinyl, Bill Simmons, True Detective S2, The Young Pope, etc

The Leftovers is good, but no one watches it, and it's supposedly ending
as is Girls fwiw
only 14 eps of Game of Thrones left
not sure how much longer Veep will run

is Vice Principals any good?
Divorce seems mediocre based on the fact i've never seen it praised anywhere
Ballers is meh, but might be good enough for what it is
High Maintenence & Insecure might be alright ... is anyone watching?

so they seem to have a hit in Westworld, then there's John Oliver, Silicon Valley, and ... Curb is returning!

problem?

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/game...bo-1202409434/

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HBO has closed deals with four different writers to explore multiple possible spinoffs of “Game of Thrones.”

The premium cable channel says that there is no timeline for development of the projects. “We’ll take as much or as little time as the writers need and, as with all our development, we will evaluate what we have when the scripts are in,” a spokesperson said.

The four writers are Max Borenstein (“Kong: Skull Island”), Jane Goldman (“Kingsman: The Golden Circle”), Brian Helgeland (“Legend”), and Carly Wray (“Mad Men,” “The Leftovers”). Goldman and Wray will each be working individually with novelist and “Game of Thrones” creator George R. R. Martin.

“Game of Thrones” executive producers and showrunners Dan Weiss and David Benioff will be attached to the four projects, as will Martin, but will not write on any of them.

A spinoff to “Game of Thrones” — the most watched series in HBO history — has been a source of speculation for years. In recent months, HBO executive began to privately acknowledge that the network was searching for writers to develop ideas based on the series and Martin’s best-selling fantasy novels from which it is adapted.

ya doesn't take a rocket surgeon to get into the business of GOT spinoffs

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05-13-2017 , 06:03 PM

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I love GoT, but not really sure how I feel about spin-offs yet.

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05-13-2017 , 06:24 PM

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got prequels would probably be best way to go

they already have a bunch of history and lore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPI_xA1SoRg

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05-13-2017 , 10:01 PM

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still no date for the airing right? seems like it's been forever since this was filmed

edit - was referring to top of the lake, wasn't on the last page evidently

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