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gollum

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She barely got them out at all in Penny Dreadful!
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But it was good enough it didn't need them.
 
In contrast The Dreamers, an attrocity of a film, so she spent the entire movie buck naked in a valiant attempt to rescue it. I feel like she reads scripts & goes "ok, this is fucking awful, I should be naked" & the director goes "wow, thanks, I know its shithouse but I had no idea how to make it better"
 
Shes like a british Mila Jovavich. 5th Element? This is actually pretty good, I'll stay mostly clothed. Stone? I'm going to need to be naked for most of this or people will just walk out.

jegga

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While it's hard to blame VV for some of the truly awful dialogue he is provided with, his performances show a casting decision gone too far. I get the concept of taking actors with 'light' track records and giving them the chance to show their acting chops but VV just isn't convincing to me. He has one expression and it's the same one he uses in everything he is ever in, serious or silly. 
For McAdams, it works. Her character and lines may be a bit stupid at times but I enjoy the change in seeing her act properly without hamming. Kitsch seems to try way too hard.
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I've caught up now and watched all the episodes, I was wrong about Farrell and he's been great imho particularly the scene where the cop dragged him back into the investigation. MacAdams is hot , probably hotter when shes running around with a gun. I'm tempted to start fast forwarding the scenes with Vaughan and his wife but she's not shy about nudity so I'm not 100% on that yet.
 
That singer is the reason that bar is usually empty.

Nepia

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I've caught up now and watched all the episodes, I was wrong about Farrell and he's been great imho particularly the scene where the cop dragged him back into the investigation. MacAdams is hot , probably hotter when shes running around with a gun. I'm tempted to start fast forwarding the scenes with Vaughan and his wife but she's not shy about nudity so I'm not 100% on that yet.
 
That singer is the reason that bar is usually empty.
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I too think Farrell has gotten better as the season as gone on - I thought his cliched cop was pretty awful for the first two episodes but he's definitely changed up. I also think Kitsch has gotten better too. McAdams is hot - too much smoking though.
 
I think Vaughn without the wife is fine, but whenever the two of them are in a scene it becomes a different show that's a massive handbrake. I don't get the Vaughn hate TBH (it seems manufactured and pre planned from a lot of critics), I don't think of him as a comic character in this which would be the issue, but he's played non light comedy roles in the past. 
 
Still the worst actor and character for me is the Mayor! He's horribly over acting. 
 
I actually thought the last two episodes of the show were quite good as well.

jegga

Yeah I'm not sold on the mayor , Kitsch is heading for a decent meltdown I reckon especially after the scene with his amoral crone of a mother. I thought those scenes with his mum were quite well done . 
Have you watched Episodes yet? I hope Matt Le Blanc isn't really like that but his character is hilarious and they aren't shy about mocking some of thd crap he made like Joey.

Nepia

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Yeah I'm not sold on the mayor , Kitsch is heading for a decent meltdown I reckon especially after the scene with his amoral crone of a mother. I thought those scenes with his mum were quite well done . 
Have you watched Episodes yet? I hope Matt Le Blanc isn't really like that but his character is hilarious and they aren't shy about mocking some of thd crap he made like Joey.
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I'm having a little trouble, um, tracking down Episodes (it doesn't go into search engines very well) - although I do have the pilot sitting around somewhere.
 
I doubt he's like his character in real life.

Siam

Was thinking about Rik Mayall the other day
 
Enjoyed his performance in these series where his character was a bit more cunning

jegga

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Was thinking about Rik Mayall the other day
 
Enjoyed his performance in these series where his character was a bit more cunning

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Nigel Planer [Neil] is Matt Le Blancs lawyer is episodes, he plays the part well imho.

jegga

Did anyone else see episodes this week? Matt le Blanc trying to convice his ex to marry her abusive partner so he can stop paying alimony .

taniwharugby

Enjoyed the first episode. It has potential.
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I've started this, 2 eps in, liking it!

gollum

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Did anyone else see episodes this week? Matt le Blanc trying to convice his ex to marry her abusive partner so he can stop paying alimony .
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He has been superb this season. Really worth an Emmy, for playing himself.

jegga

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He has been superb this season. Really worth an Emmy, for playing himself.</blockquote>
 
The scene where he sacked his beach cleaner was even more cringe inducing than the Office , I'm really surprised that it doesn't seem to be that well known , I guess it's not to everyone's taste like Curb your enthusiasm .

jegga

Is anyone else watching Gloriavale? The names are awesome Steady Standtrue etc , I got a frowning for suggesting that Pilgrim Overcomer would be a great pornstar name.

jegga

Find your Gloriavale name <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://vaughanonymous.tumblr.com/post/93384941266/the-whats-your-gloriavale-name-chart-is-bloody'>http://vaughanonymous.tumblr.com/post/93384941266/the-whats-your-gloriavale-name-chart-is-bloody</a> 
Mine is Tactful Victory

No Quarter

Gloriavale is some weird ass shit.

No Quarter

Holy shit that poor girls name is Obedience.

Crucial

TD2 - I stuck with it for no reward. A turd of a series.

jegga

I haven't watched it yet, did McAdams save the series by getting naked?

Crucial

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I haven't watched it yet, did McAdams save the series by getting naked?
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Nope. Not even a nipple.

jegga

Ffs.

Nepia

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TD2 - I stuck with it for no reward. A turd of a series.
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TBH, I don't think it was as bad as it's being made out to be while not being close to the original or to top tv in general. 
 
As I said above I didn't find VV bad (aside from his scenes with the ginga, that storyline was kak) which may explain my enjoyment more than others and thought Farrell did well after the first couple of episodes where he was just a cliche.
 
In saying all that they had some huge issues in pacing and storytelling. They likely could have cut anything that wasn't part of the main storyline and fleshed out the VV 'mob' without all the time wasted with the ginga. Its a pity that the writer and director had a spat last year as it appears that they create something better than the sum of its parts together.

The Silver Fern

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