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Audrin t1_j6pcz83 wrote

Reply to comment by Irish_Whiskey in The Empty Sentiment of The Last of Us by BuckedMallard

Again, I've never touched a gun but I'd shoot out of a window, or from behind a building, or even in a bush.

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It took me out of it.

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I really think my "he abandons cover to get frank out of the line of fire and that's how he gets shot" would have been much, much better than what happened.

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Irish_Whiskey t1_j6pbq03 wrote

Reply to comment by Audrin in The Empty Sentiment of The Last of Us by BuckedMallard

> That guy is waaaaaaaay more capable than I am

He believed 9/11 was an inside job and burst out his door with a bandolier and gas mask after cursing out the NWO scum.

Like a lot of preppers and gravy seals, you can be very capable at hunting and knowledgeable about guns, but still living a fantasy of what combat actually looks like.

He wasn't mentally healthy. Dying in a shootout against NWO thugs and looters was the fantasy he lived for. Frank served an important role by grounding him and giving him something to live for.

I'll note that I could be wrong and maybe it's not intended. But I thought from the very beginning when he bursts out of his home as the pandemic starts that he was terrible at using his guns. Seeing him standing in the open Cowboy style wasn't a surprise at all when it happened, as it's reasonable characterization that he's not practical about firearms and gunfights. Unlike Joel and Tess, we have no reason to think he's experienced in actual firefights.

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DJuxtapose t1_j6pbla6 wrote

Reply to comment by BobbyWilliamsRedux in The Empty Sentiment of The Last of Us by BuckedMallard

"What we really wanted out of this episode was to see Joel dismantle wire traps for an hour and fifteen minutes before having a two minute conversation with Bill. Ellie and Joel learn about Frank's fate from a couple of notes that they read aloud to each other in the truck. Ellie makes a gag about a gay magazine she's lifted from Bill's place... tosses it out the window. Roll credits. Simple"

Adherence to the source material!

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jim-p t1_j6papbc wrote

Reply to ‘Poker Face’ is an absolute gem of a show. Would be blowing up if it was on a larger streaming service by mattyhegs826

It reminds me of a blue skies era USA show. I miss those, so I'm loving it so far. I also find it amusing how she's trying to get out of there before the cops show up but also set it up so there is available evidence and so on for the person to not get out of trouble.

My only wish is that, like all of these shows, that they would take on other types of crime than murder. If I were her and people were dropping like flies everywhere I went, I'd start to think I was a death omen of some sort. Taking down the gambler running his own games was a fun plot in the pilot but that got put aside for the central murder mystery.

Also, the Sucker Punch song has been stuck in my head for days since watching episode 4.

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throwawaylogin2099 t1_j6p8q9t wrote

Reply to comment by kinvore in ‘Poker Face’ is an absolute gem of a show. Would be blowing up if it was on a larger streaming service by mattyhegs826

Poker Face is direct homage to Columbo not only in the structure of the show showing the murder, who did it, and how first so we can watch the protagonist figure it out. They also use the exact same font for the credits that Columbo used. Then there is the fact that the protagonist is somebody who is dishevelled, kind of a slob, very friendly and everybody underestimates her. For a few years now I have seen people online talking about how Natasha Lyonne would be perfect to play the lead in a Columbo reboot and I think this series may have been inspired by that talk or at least the idea to cast her was.

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