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Just watched the latest episode of Alphas.
I love this show, but that was...really, really bad. The broad strokes of the episode's plot were great, but the execution was hilariously bad.
For example, hypothetical situation: you have the superpower of perfect control of your body's movements, including perfect aim with guns. You have a gun, and have to stop two mass murderers from performing a terrorist attack. One of them is super-strong, and the other sweats napalm.
The correct solution, obviously, is to shoot both of them.
The character's solution was to do a flying kick on the super-strong guy, and have his girlfriend, who has no combat training of any kind, subdue the flamethrower guy by grabbing him and using her powers to make him feel sad.
And that wasn't even the worst part. The episode ended with a segment maybe 5-10 minutes long that was clearly supposed to be depressing, but its execution was so over-the-top that it turned out to be one of the funniest things I've seen on TV in years.
Don't watch the show, but could you expand on that ending? Sounds hilarious.
>third memoir to review
>said-bookisms and adverbs errywhere
How do I point out that this is bad without being a dick? ._.
Massive spoilers, obviously:
He starts saying stuff like "I'm impressed that you have such strong dedication to a cause" and "you will never be forgotten" that makes it really obvious that he's going to kill her anyway, but it doesn't occur to her to jump out of the van until right as he's pressing the button.
Cut to commercial.
We return to see that the van is blown up...wait, no, actually, there isn't much indication that the bomb went off at all, except that all the characters are lying down, the van is on fire and there's a bit of soot scattered around (even though the explosion was supposed to be more of a shockwave than a fire). Everyone but Dani gets up, they look around and see that she's...
...well, she's lying down, but the makeup artists failed to put any actual injuries on her except for some soot on her face, but I guess it must be deathsoot because she's dying. Her father, who is a psychologist but did go to medical school, fails to do any actual medical stuff, instead just going "don't let me lose you" and stuff. Then the character who can force people to do things walks up and tells her not to die, because that will definitely help.
Then she dies anyway, and everyone cries for a bit as the ambulances drive up to tell you how close it was even though it's been obvious for maybe seven or eight minutes at this point that she's going to die.
That's...most of it, I think.
Seriously, though, you wouldn't know it from that but for the most part the show is good. It has the occasional shitty episode, but this is the first time a bad episode has been an important one.
Maybe "consider using fewer adverbs?"
Heh heh, shades of Code Geass.
Yeah, but in Code Geass he wasn't actually dying at the type.
I was thinking of Shirley's death.
The all-nighter was a success. Now I just have to make it through three classes.
Good morning's sleep get!
AFTERNOON OF THE FINAL DAY/NIGHT CYCLE
24 hours remain
So I finally read Spider Island, and I have to wonder if the entire thing was just a set up for Cage to say ""She finally got her wish: she's reigning over the entire city." Because if so, I approve.
No, no, no. It was a setup for Mary Jane to say "I swear, if we're doing the clone thing again, I'm moving back to L.A."
I hate hiccups. So much.
This image is sad :<
Yes, it is.
Meanwhile, I'm reading a captivity narrative for English. The Sovereignty and Goodness of God, specifically. After about ten pages or so, I just lose the will to continue.
And the mini-paper we have to write is kind of dumb. She mentions that the piece has traditionally been considered simplistic, and, while I grant that I haven't finished it yet, it's been (understandably) pretty one-sided so far, and I wouldn't guess that that was going to change later on in the piece. But we apparently have to write it about changes in self-representation by the author. No other angles allowed; we can't just write our thoughts.
You should post that pic in the Images thread.
^Had that kind of assignment before, kind of pointless if you ask me, why would they ask you if they don't want your thoughts on it? How would you know if the author would want anything changed?
^ Posted there now
Nice!
http://stuffdutchpeoplelike.com/2010/12/08/no-32-borrels/
This is a borrel. You cannot call something an introductory borrel and then just have a simple talk 'n powerpoint, without serving drinks and fatty food. Yet they went and did precisely that. Luckily I have two more today, so my free-alcoholism will once again be satisfied.
Update: first one was graduation borrel for old primary school bro, and since he still lives with his parents I went to the place were I used to spend lunch break with him when I still was a toddler, and even some of his old teachers were invited, so nostalgia all around.
Second one was a film quiz/borrel, and I only knew questions pertaining to kids' movies/series, though it's nice to see volunteer for the film festival range from my age up to seniors of 60 who have a highschool sense of humour.
Afterwards I dropped by the frat and had a very long and interesting discussion on social justice with a brodette while upside-down on the couch, completely hammered, and with another brodette tying my shoelaces into a weird pattern. She knew all the terminology I threw at her and was still suprisingly sane about the whole gig even though she confessed hanging around Tumblr, so kudos to her.
I woke up promptly at 10:00 AM to a planned power outage. There was eerie silence. It's interesting how much the hum of electronics is just background noise to us.
so
it's like two thirty AM and i'm still awake
please kick me into going to bed
Go to sleep Nova. Your dreams are of vast cosmic importance. Your dreams are some of the pillars that keep Australia from sinking into the sea.
but
what if i hate australia
saxton hale has a few choice words for you
also a fist
screw saxton hale. what's he ever done for me
Job confirmed
they gave me a uniform and badge and stuff
Congrats, must be exciting to be a security guard
[/jk]
what was your job again?
Congratulations!