Does everyone continue being stupid and doing stupid things all season long like standing outside and staring at the intruders until they notice you and come chase you? lol

1 episode in and I've rolled my eyes a lot.

This show is great ,but she’s the reason I watch.

Yup, that scene with those three girls sitting at the table by the fire. It felt very cheap for such a smart show to pull a move like this. They 100% wanted to give themselves an out from that flashforward in the pilot.

There’s a lot to discuss for sure here but I will say that I personally enjoy HIMYF more to its predecessor simply because those seem to be much more real and relatable characters as opposed to the original just seem like caricatures of people. While HIMYM people seem more fun and adventurous, I wouldn’t want to hang around any of those people except for Marshall.

I think the dilemma that you are discussing is akin to action movies being grander in the 80s and 90s compared to now. I would say action movies are a little more realistic and explore different genres of action instead of just explosions and blood galore.

All in all, the characters and plot lines may be different but I find them more mature and calming. Plus, and this is a very important detail, HIMYF’s episode count is a little over the halfway mark of season one. This is just my input on the matter and this May all just boil down under different strokes for different folks in the way that 15 years ago people were saying that Cheers and Seinfeld were the peak of comedy to what was modern at the time.

There have been instances of China essentially barring earnings from leaving the country. It’s also in many cases an investment to begin manufacturing there since you’re often responsible for machinery especially if it’s specialized. This means you either leave your machines or they just copy everything when you move out. This isn’t to defend Apple though, I’m more so saying they’re attempting to move to even cheaper labor markets, but they have to do it slowly without rocking the boat too much. Workers rights in China are still a joke in many cases, but there have been some improvements in factory quality and worker protections. There are even more exploitable places Apple wants to access.

Realistically China has gotten to ethical and expensive to product Apple products there. They want somewhere more exploitable.

Nike has the same issue, but to an exaggerated affect. Sure the factory probably doesn’t have or can’t work with the same material supplier Nike used, but they can get damn close. There are some insane quality fakes out there.

China has also been looking to shift to more specialized forms of manufacturing like semiconductors.

There were a few unnamed Yellowjackets from their JV squad that were hanging around in the background last season. They decided to actually ‘introduce’ them as characters now, probably redshirt fodder to get murdered and eaten. From what I heard, one was actually always around as an extra beforehand, while the other two are brand new.

It was definitely a little clunky they way they introduced them though

Did they introduce a bunch of characters that weren’t around last season?

Oh I’m just crusading against bullshit one shot at a time like you, I guess…

Natalie is distracting because both actresses do not resemble each other in the slightest and literally seem like entirely different people. They nailed everyone else.

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At least the production values can make it for them to be enjoyable

Good ol' Christmas Ricci.

Haven’t watched yet but I still cannot get over how good every single casting decision was in season one. Absolute perfection. Lynsky, Ricci, Lewis…just a master class.

Pamela Adlon as bobby hill in king of the hill. Added layer of gender bending.

That's great! Glad its a healthy show

i understand what you're asking me, and i'm telling you it's irrelevant.

i did 'take a shot' at hollywood hypocrisy. if you want to tag that as political go ahead i guess, it's adjacent maybe. Was really commentary on how that tend to be preachy rather than about any specific political issue.

if you want to talk "crusader", shall we discuss your apparent need to rush in to their defense with your 'please sir, tell me you are the Republican operative I hope you will be, so i can attack the messenger rather than have to address the message', lol.

They got SMART GUY for this?

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Doctor Who had cliffhangers all the way back in the early 60s.

I like the idea of exploring ramifications of climate change over different periods of time, so I will stick with it. I thought the whale episode was pretty solid. Overall though (through episode 3), I have to say I've been disappointed. The tone has been all over the place, and I haven't found any of the characters, besides Sienna Miller, compelling. The storytelling really lacks any propulsion or tension, which is surprising because the creator has written great things before.

Succession is on Season 4, not 5

I can also imagine that there are a lot of cases where the success of a show isn’t because of one particular writer, but the team doing the writing. You take one piece out and split the team up and suddenly the magic is gone.

Which is why “From the writers of X” often means nothing unless it’s the entire creative team, not just a couple of people with that show on their resume.

Yellowjackets alone might save Showtime or at least make sure it has value in a sell.

I feel like someone wondered what it would be like to show behind the scenes of C-SPAN book hour. “Today’s guest wrote a book on the ephemeral qualities of wallpaper.”

It's going to be a maze.