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jason10mm wrote: Wow, the season finale of TLOU was some video-game ass video gamey shit. As in the moment exciting as it was, looking back it almost totally deflated the entire season.

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I wish they had spent more time with the Firefly docs on exactly what they thought had happened with Elli, why a fatal brain exploration (as opposed to a lumbar puncture, limited biopsy that MIGHT cause her death, etc) was necessary, and just how successful they think this would be in eliminating the fungus threat. Then we would have a better idea of the true stakes and just how much Joel destroyed with his rampage. I also question the judgment of a lady who must know this guy is a raging psychopath to tell him all this, then have him escorted to.......a jail cell? with two incompetents in charge and never lock any doors. I think this whole bit was pretty accurate to the game (never played it) but as a show it left me scratching my head.

RobertB wrote:

jason10mm wrote: Wow, the season finale of TLOU was some video-game ass video gamey shit. As in the moment exciting as it was, looking back it almost totally deflated the entire season.

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I wish they had spent more time with the Firefly docs on exactly what they thought had happened with Elli, why a fatal brain exploration (as opposed to a lumbar puncture, limited biopsy that MIGHT cause her death, etc) was necessary, and just how successful they think this would be in eliminating the fungus threat. Then we would have a better idea of the true stakes and just how much Joel destroyed with his rampage. I also question the judgment of a lady who must know this guy is a raging psychopath to tell him all this, then have him escorted to.......a jail cell? with two incompetents in charge and never lock any doors. I think this whole bit was pretty accurate to the game (never played it) but as a show it left me scratching my head.

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Exactly. Joel woke up after being unconscious for how long? An hour? Whatever it was, it was too short, dramatically. The Fireflies in SLC know absolutely nothing about how Elli has no cordyceps symptoms. So Dr, Mengele, who knows nothing that he hasn't discovered in an hour with Elli, decides he needs to remove her brain. Believing that is a big ask.

The asshole minions are just trying to make you feel a little better about Joel shooting them (and everyone else in the building) in the face.

In my vast scriptwriting experience (zero), they could have taken 10 minutes of Elli chatting with Joel, looking at giraffes (we'll not think too hard about how giraffes survive an SLC winter) and talking about how the researchers are making progress. Then Joel overhears someone talking about how it's a darn shame that they're going to have to remove that poor girl's brain today. You pick up at the conversation with Marlene, and the rest plays just like before. Only now the tragedy is cranked up a notch because you've seen that these aren't horrible, stupid people.

Gregarius wrote:

RobertB wrote:

jason10mm wrote: Wow, the season finale of TLOU was some video-game ass video gamey shit. As in the moment exciting as it was, looking back it almost totally deflated the entire season.

Warning: Spoiler!

I wish they had spent more time with the Firefly docs on exactly what they thought had happened with Elli, why a fatal brain exploration (as opposed to a lumbar puncture, limited biopsy that MIGHT cause her death, etc) was necessary, and just how successful they think this would be in eliminating the fungus threat. Then we would have a better idea of the true stakes and just how much Joel destroyed with his rampage. I also question the judgment of a lady who must know this guy is a raging psychopath to tell him all this, then have him escorted to.......a jail cell? with two incompetents in charge and never lock any doors. I think this whole bit was pretty accurate to the game (never played it) but as a show it left me scratching my head.

And spoilers in the reply:

Warning: Spoiler!

Exactly. Joel woke up after being unconscious for how long? An hour? Whatever it was, it was too short, dramatically. The Fireflies in SLC know absolutely nothing about how Elli has no cordyceps symptoms. So Dr, Mengele, who knows nothing that he hasn't discovered in an hour with Elli, decides he needs to remove her brain. Believing that is a big ask.

The asshole minions are just trying to make you feel a little better about Joel shooting them (and everyone else in the building) in the face.

In my vast scriptwriting experience (zero), they could have taken 10 minutes of Elli chatting with Joel, looking at giraffes (we'll not think too hard about how giraffes survive an SLC winter) and talking about how the researchers are making progress. Then Joel overhears someone talking about how it's a darn shame that they're going to have to remove that poor girl's brain today. You pick up at the conversation with Marlene, and the rest plays just like before. Only now the tragedy is cranked up a notch because you've seen that these aren't horrible, stupid people.

At what point can we have a discussion without spoilers?

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Disagree. The Fireflies knew she was immune from episode 1. That was the whole reason they hired Joel to transport her. Who knows how long his female contact (Marlene?) had been at that hospital (maybe with blood samples) waiting for them to show up?

That said, they ARE horrible stupid people. Look at that hospital. Everything is decayed and breaking down. They don't have the time or patience to maybe take a graft. They certainly don't have the tools, skills, or people necessary to examine it. There haven't been a lot of "scientists" around on the show. So instead they just want to extract it and keep it in a jar and hope that they can grow some more. Stupid, desperate, and short-sighted, pretty much like most of the humans on the show.

trif wrote: I think it's a great romp, though very sweary and brutal (especially for a comic spinoff.)

dysjunct wrote:
For some reason my spousal unit has been binging NEW AMSTERDAM. This is every bad cliche of medical drama. Everyone cares! Everyone sacrifices for the greater good! Everyone thumbs their noses at medical bureaucracy! In case you are wondering how to feel, someone will play soft piano music at appropriate points.

Msample wrote: Is there a GOOD cliche medical drama ? This a TV genre I've never understood the demand for, yet it has persisted for decades.

Nodens wrote:

trif wrote: I think it's a great romp, though very sweary and brutal (especially for a comic spinoff.)

I just started the second season of Pennyworth, but have to admit to having developed a kind of hate-watching attitude to it.
So much is done right to my tastes: the overacting by good to great actors, the comic book personalities, everyone with a human touch

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the QUEEN

, the 'history' of Britains' descent into a fascist utopia, the fact that there is a Zeppelin in about each shot of London and the hints to a world of dark magic beneath it all.
I don't even mind the bursts of violence. The fight scenes and Sykes (Paloma Faith) are a lot fun to watch, but there is just so much torture. It feels like every second or third episode has someone hanging from hooks, having a body part cut off, usually screaming. And this shit is just disgusting, I mean of course a main villain keeps on chewing scenery

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WITHOUT A FRIGGIN NOSE.

This is far out in porn territory, and if it continues or the rest doesn't keep on being as good, I'll have to let it go.

jason10mm wrote: if so, LucasArts REALLY needs to stop shoehorning stuff for one show into the feed of a different show.