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This.
A thousand times this.Such a fantastic adaptation of the comics.
And every time Dream opens his mouth, I can actually visualise white lettering on black speech balloons, it's spooky.(Also: it's a *far* superior Gaiman adaptation than American Gods ever was.)
- Yep, just started this.********
- I *KNEW* I should've bought any of those Sandman collections I'd seen in charity shops over the past few years.Nairn
- This show is so lifelike and interactive, i fell asleep 3 times in the first episode, the technology is so cool! ;)_niko
- is this an origin story for the smiths?tank02
- ^lolGnash
- lol tankPonyBoy
- Sandboy wears way too much foundationGnash
- Yep, just started this.
- kaiyohtee6
Can't believe I've slept so long on Reservation Dogs. And Gary Fucking Farmer is in it!
- really enjoyed thisthumb_screws
- Great great series, must watch. Taika Waititi is just hilarious.BuddhaHat
- nb1
96% on Rotten Tomatoes
Dinosaurs touched upon multiple topical issues, which include environmentalism, endangered species, women's rights, sexual harassment, LGBT rights, objectification of women, censorship, civil rights, body image, steroid use, allusions to masturbation (in the form of Robbie doing the solo mating dance), drug abuse, racism (in the form of a dispute between the two-legged dinosaurs and the four-legged dinosaurs), peer pressure, rights of indigenous peoples (in the form of the dinosaurs interacting with cavepeople), corporate crime, government interference in parenting, and pacifism.
In the episode "I Never Ate for My Father," in lieu of carnivorism, Robbie chooses to eat vegetables, and the other characters liken this to homosexuality, communism, drug abuse and counter culture.
In the final season, "The Greatest Story Ever Sold" (a take-off of The Greatest Story Ever Told) references religion when the Sinclair family becomes eager to learn the meaning of their existence. The Elders dictate a new system of beliefs, and the entire cast (with the exception of Robbie) abandons science to blindly follow the newly popular "Potato-ism".
Another religious-themed episode was "The Last Temptation of Ethyl," in which Ethyl willingly allows a televangelist to exploit her near-death experience to extort money from followers. She backs out after having a second such experience, where instead of heaven, she experiences a "place not so nice": an existence surrounded by nothing but multiple Earl Sneed Sinclairs.
The series finale of Dinosaurs, titled "Changing Nature", depicts the irresponsible actions of the dinosaurs toward their environment, and the ensuing Ice Age which leads to their demise. In the episode, a swarm of bunch beetles do not show up as expected to devour a form of creeper vine. Charlene discovers that a wax fruit factory called FruitCo has been constructed by Wesayso-controlled swampland that serves as the bunch beetles' breeding grounds, causing the extinction of the species (save for one male named Stan) who were killed off by the developers. Charlene and Stan make this information public on the news. After getting a phone call from his superiors at Wesayso who are fearing a public relations nightmare more than any environmental threat, B.P. Richfield quickly puts Earl in charge of an attempt to destroy the vines, which have grown out of control without the beetles to keep them in check. Earl proposes spraying the planet with defoliant which causes the destruction of the vines, but also kills off all plant life on the planet. B.P. Richfield assumes that the creation of clouds will bring rain, allowing the plants to grow back, and so decides to create clouds by dropping bombs in the planet's volcanoes to cause eruptions and cloud cover. The dark clouds instead cause global cooling, in the form of a gigantic cloud cover that scientists, the viewer learns, estimate would take "tens of thousands of years" to dissipate. When he gets a call from Earl, B.P. Richfield dismisses this as a "4th quarter problem" and states that Wesayso is currently making record-breaking profits from the cold weather selling blankets, heaters, and hot cocoa mix as the result of the "cold snap". Later, Earl apologizes to his family and Stan for his actions that led to the end of the world. Baby is reassured by Robbie and Charlene that whatever happens, nobody is going to leave and that they will all stay together. Earl tries to assure everyone that it will work out okay, saying that dinosaurs have been on this Earth for 150 million years and it is not like they are going to just disappear. There is a brief shot of the wax fruit factory as it starts to get buried in snow. At DNN, Howard Handupme states that the weather forecast is the same. He concludes his broadcast by saying, "This is Howard Handupme. Good night. Goodbye." The ending credits roll with scenes of snow falling around the Sinclair home, signaling the start of a volcanic/nuclear winter.
WOW!!!!
Must watch.
- nb3
Genius.
- I started watching it.. I am intrigued but the line between reality and scripting is doing my head inautoflavour
- BuddhaHat2
Watched it over the last few days, this character is one of the best parts.... so funny.
- Yeah. This guy steals every scene.CyBrainX
- this looks fucking amazingautoflavour
- He's actually from the 1491s. I saw their graffitti in one of the scenes. Their Yt channel:
https://www.youtube.…kaiyohtee
- Bluejam2
Not brand new, think it's just come out on the BBC iPlayer though.
- Longcopylover2
Anyone watching this?
Typical Winding Refn: Slow but great images. And weird characters.I haven't decided yet if I like it or not. Takes time...
- Just made up my mind: I don't like it. Never ending tracking shots. Slooow dialogues. It's too artsy for me.Longcopylover
- I loved it ... all of it
the weird characters, the tracking shots and the slow dialogue.Ramanisky2 - Maybe my bad but I fell asleep on EP 2. Will give it a try again later. (I actually want to like it.)Longcopylover
- Give it another go :)Ramanisky2
- loved itinteliboy
- autoflavour1
so good
- Ramanisky24
Great show so far but my only gripe is each episode is so short (20 min) would be great to binge all in one sitting but FX/HULU decided to drop each ep. weekly.
- thumb_screws2
Tokyo Vice. Four episodes in and really enjoying it. The banter is great.
- I loved this so much.HijoDMaite
- has some cheesy moments but damn I enjoyed this. ep 1 directed by mann is something specialinteliboy
- Really liked this. I hope they make a second season.Longcopylover
- HijoDMaite5
Maybe posted before but fuck what a ride this movie! Crazy concept for sure. (Spanish)
- Sorry wrong thread lolHijoDMaite
- watching now thanks.utopian
- This trailer sold me in 20 seconds.garbage
- Fuck that looks excellentDaveO
- “Obvio.”HijoDMaite
- Man, I can’t believe how many of you haven’t seen this classic yet.Ramanisky2
- ^loool
- CyBrainX1
- Too bad the canceled it after one short season and it they definitely didn't know it was ending when they made the last episode.CyBrainX
- Wasn't bad. Got about 4 episodes in when it got cancelled so we stopped.ArmandoEstrada
- I'd say it ended fairly well for a season finale. There was definitely a plot twist and few unanswered questions. I'd definitely finish watching.CyBrainX
- grafician2
Slow Horses Season 2 Gets December Release Date
- drgs3
- PioneerDJ303-1
- I watched a couple, dark as fuckYakuZoku
- https://i.imgur.com/…PhanLo
- Much darker than I thought it would be.
Sheeesh.Ramanisky2 - my buddy's 15 y/o daughter watched this and it scared the shit out of her as it should, so disturbing can't believe they allow this on Netflix where it's so..._niko
- ...easily accessible by kids._niko
- He fucked the hitchhiker IRL tho.
4/10 would not eat.palimpsest - Just finished it yesterday, packs a wallop, for sure. I like how in the last 4 or 5 episodes, they really focused on his impact on those around him and their...elahon
- stories. He kind of became an after-thought almost.elahon
- 1. His step mom is MOLLY FUCKING RINGWALD.
2. I struggled getting through it, the banality of his evil made me ill.BuddhaHat - ... and I say that as someone who read every word of the articles about him on crimelibrary.com back in the day.
PS. He deserved the death he got.BuddhaHat - I watched almost all the first episode, but switched it off as I just felt gross. Maybe I'll persevere, but I'm guessing it's not a happy ending? hahaIanbolton
- You could argue that no part of it save for his capture was happy. Guy was an absolute monster.BuddhaHat
- BuddhaHat3
I think someone has recommended this elsewhere but this 10-episode series is fucking spectacular.
- milfhunter3
Normally not into teenshitshow but this one hit different.
- It's Ace. I watched it with a child of mine and was in awe of some of the technical achievements in lighting, camera work and soundtrack. There's a few short...Morning_star
- ...docs on YouTube that go into the production side of some big set pieces. Really, really enjoyed it.Morning_star
- Some shots are little artworks on its own.milfhunter
