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DeathsApprentice The Ultimate Lifeform from The Ark Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
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#826: Nov 10th 2019 at 6:05:02 PM

Fancy seeing you here, fred! This is gonna be exciting to watch your reactions to episodes. Though I guess that means we should spoiler all current episode talk probably.

Not to bring up ponies in a thread that's got nothing to do with them, but the mention of the MLP thread reminded me, I once saw a TGP/MLP fanart with Rainbow Dash as Eleanor and Twilight Sparkle as Chidi, and you can probably guess who was Michael. And I figured that worked well enough because Rainbow Dash seems similar enough to Eleanor. But then today I saw a ponified version of the original TGP trailer putting Starlight Glimmer as Eleanor. Which also seems to work pretty well. I can't really decide who works better as Eleanor. (shrug)

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#827: Nov 11th 2019 at 8:34:04 AM

Glad to see a new fan joining the forum. We'll be very careful not to spoil anything.

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#828: Nov 11th 2019 at 9:00:50 AM

When I first read the show's description, before scrolling past the "beware of spoilers" line, my first thought was roughly "confronting the main character with the fact that she's definitely not a good person like this sure seems like an effective way to get her to become one — I bet this is really purgatory!"

Which isn't what was happening in season 1, but the way season 4 is going, I'd bet several dollars that something like that will become part of the new system.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
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#829: Nov 11th 2019 at 1:31:44 PM

As for the chaos sequence...well, it all goes back to Eleanor. Remember that, it's kind of a key thing in the season.

fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
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#830: Nov 12th 2019 at 9:05:18 PM

Second episode has been watched!

1. So, this show's stepping into it's premise and the premise is an intriguing one, as Tobias Drake had described: can a bad person actually change? It's, eh, one I'm actually curious to see the show tackle since it's pretty clearly an unabashed comedy. This weird fusion of quoting Aristotle and licking a napkin you used to dab your sweaty armpits because you're apparently part cat.

2. Michael is now my favorite character and all it took was for him to literally punt a wayward puppy who wasn't doing anything wrong into the sun. I cheered at that!

3. Yeesh, the Good Place is temperamental and really focused around the flaws of one person.

Edited by fredhot16 on Nov 13th 2019 at 12:42:29 PM

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#831: Nov 12th 2019 at 10:16:27 PM

Oh man, Michael punting that dog into the sun was hilarious!

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Wackd Since: May, 2009
#832: Nov 13th 2019 at 12:18:42 AM

If you think about it, the demon that freaked out because "my dog doesn't love me?!" was either incredibly committed to the bit, or making a hilariously concerted effort to make Michael's life harder.

Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.
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#833: Nov 13th 2019 at 7:46:12 AM

Gotta troll the boss from time to time. Keeps things fun.

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#834: Nov 13th 2019 at 8:37:43 AM

I feel like it's a good idea to make it clear whether your spoilers are for those current with the show, or the guy starting from the beginning. I mean, realistically the guy at the beginning just shouldn't be clicking on any spoilers, but I must admit a fully spoilered post bugs me (probably a residual effect of All White Entry being a pet peeve of mine on the main site).

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#835: Nov 13th 2019 at 11:27:42 AM

So, I've watched episode three this morning!

1. I think I just saw my soul reflected in Chindi this episode.

2. You know, some of the jokes in this show I've noticed are hit-and-miss.

Michael licking the napkin he used to dap his armpits, eeeehhhh. Micheal punting a dog into the sun, oh man, that was amazing.

Eleanor dying by getting hit by a "male enhancment" truck, eeeehhh. Eleanor's ludicrous ways to be a jackass with being the designated driver (yes, the face of integrity is stuffing your mouth with paper), I chuckled.

3. Zounds! That behaired Buddhist monk was not actually a monk! I'm glad Dragon Ball didn't lie to me about that!

Just kidding, this is a spoiler I knew before I started watching. I caught it on the "Diversity and Representation in Media" forum about how he's not only not a Buddhist monk, he's also not even Chinese.

Edited by fredhot16 on Apr 16th 2020 at 8:27:38 AM

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#836: Nov 13th 2019 at 12:00:34 PM

Yeah, I'm noticing that on my rewatch too. I think the humor gets better? But in the early episodes it's definitely pretty hit-or-miss. Eleanor's flashbacks of avoiding being the designated driver were really hilarious though.

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#837: Nov 13th 2019 at 2:48:25 PM

The humor is one of those things that get better as the series progresses. The Buddhist monk(his name is Jianyu), is not supposed to be Chinese, just Taiwanese(he's Filipino. Heaven is so racist.)

Nightbreeze Since: Oct, 2018 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
#838: Nov 13th 2019 at 2:51:05 PM

As for Chidi, yes. He's definitely my favorite character, and can be surprisingly relatable sometimes. And Michael kicking a dog into the sun was hilarious(and a big foreshadowing moment).

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#839: Nov 13th 2019 at 10:33:39 PM

I think part of the reason the humor gets better is because the writers got a better handle on the actors and the characters. Like, Jameela Jamil is really, really good at the "what the fork did he just say" face and as the show goes on, they're able to throw it in more and more often as a quick gag.

Also, being able to expand the types of jokes about the setting helped a lot too, I think.

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#840: Nov 14th 2019 at 3:15:08 PM

I am very much anticipating tonight's episode. I'll probably only get to watch it tomorrow, but oh well.

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#841: Nov 14th 2019 at 6:48:09 PM

So, of all the theories I'd read I don't think I saw anyone predicting that the judge would try to destroy Earth. Damn.

Also, I kept waiting for someone to bring up Michael's improvement.

lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#842: Nov 14th 2019 at 7:53:51 PM

The YMMV page calls the latest twist a Shocking Swerve, but I think it's pretty in-character since a lot of Gen's flaws stem from being shortsighted. What do you guys think?

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#843: Nov 14th 2019 at 8:22:37 PM

Holy shit what an episode.

And yeah, I don't think that twist counts as a Shocking Swerve.

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Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#844: Nov 14th 2019 at 8:49:58 PM

Gen is also pretty lazy. She doesn't actually, like...do much over the course of the show, she mostly just sits around binging TV shows. Her primary contribution to the (sanctioned) part of the Earth experiment was to wander into the room Michael and Janet were in and ask if they wanted to watch something with her, and she literally only heard the case in the first place because she was bored. She's not a bad judge in general (she's certainly a lot more sane than most of the afterlife staff), but she seems to want to avoid making judgments that require a lot of work and effort on her part.

HalfFaust Since: Jan, 2019
#845: Nov 15th 2019 at 5:56:26 AM

Newest episode: It was good, but I feel like we've reached twist saturation so it obviously wasn't going to be just win or lose. I did love the Janet brigade.

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#846: Nov 15th 2019 at 6:50:31 AM

Whoever it was that predicted a Bad Janet revolution gets most of a cookie. IIRC, the prediction was that the Bad Janets would revolt and overthrow the Bad Place rather than all Janets revolting and overthrowing the Judge, but the principle's still the same.

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#847: Nov 15th 2019 at 7:56:25 AM

"Close" only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, as the kids are saying these days.

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#848: Nov 15th 2019 at 10:08:12 AM

Time for Chidi to have the biggest stomachache ever

okay real talk, they're hurdling into endgame territory and I'm very excited to see what happens now that they've done the midseason trick of shifting over into a new story.

The funerals were lovely character beats, with my favorite being Jason's morbid blitheness about his mom.

Gen deciding to just reboot the universe and bidding goodbye to everyone has me really wondering about the metaphysics of demons.

It's sad but not surprising that Brent couldn't even make it past decent person threshold.

I wonder if Glenn's regenerated back to normal now.

This is probably answered in the podcast, but I haven't caught up with it so what's up with Disco Janet??? also I want to see the Janets bonding more now that they've got this group going.

The Take That! at Pewdiepie was great

Edited by Nouct on Nov 15th 2019 at 10:16:19 AM

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#849: Nov 15th 2019 at 10:16:04 AM

My guess is that Disco Janet is associated with a particularly quirky Good Place neighborhood.

Nightbreeze Since: Oct, 2018 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
#850: Nov 15th 2019 at 2:08:25 PM

D'Arcy has taken Acting for Two Up To Eleven by this point.

Good Janet giving Bad Janet a "sister hug" was heartwarming. I'd love to see them bond.

It's nice that we finally get to know Pillboi's real name now.

And Gen has just pulled a Thanos. This should be fun.


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