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>>87399924
It's actually kind of remarkable to see Rick so powerless and fucked. But immediately his mind begins working and survival mode kicks in (which is really all he has). He lures a roach and savagely, desperately chews its head until it's dead. From there, he can tongue the bug's nervous system to move its limbs and move himself in turn (it's as gross as it sounds). But of course, Rick quickly adapts to the situation, making his way up the food chain of the sewers, creating a full bug exoskeleton, and then a rat exoskeleton, etc. But then, having conquered the sewers, he emerges to the surface and immediately finds himself in a movie-esque bad guy compound. And now "Pickle Rick" must prove his incredible Die-Hard-esque badassery to survive the horrible onslaught with a ballad of orgasmic violence. This story choice is obvious, for action movies are fun, indulgent, and toxic masculinity to a T. What's perhaps more is the episode manages to casually annihilate about 50 popular action tropes over the course of 14 minutes ("a name like scar" / "jaguar" / etc.), complete with coherent plotting that would put most of those movies to shame. But, of course, it's just all another traditional masculine path of avoidance. For all the while, his family sits in therapy, with Mom refusing to the address the lingering shadow of her father's absence.

But later, having finally survived the heroic escapades, Rick shows up to the therapy session, tired, beaten, and nearly dead. He's done so because this is the seeming right thing to do, but it's more that he's simply too tired to keep avoiding it and he wants the serum back (a mere band-aid for his current problem). Of course, Rick can't keep up his veil of complacency for long, and his disdain for therapy comes out. And it all manifests in what is perhaps the single most brilliant explanation of therapy I've ever seen from a piece of art (and please know that therapy has become something I've come to hold quite dear)...

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>>87399973
Therapist: "Rick, why did you lie to your daughter?"

Rick: "So I wouldn't have to come here."

Therapist: "Why didn't you want to come here?"

Rick: "Because I don't respect therapy. Because I'm a scientist. Because I invent, transform, create, and destroy for a living. And when I don't like something about the world, I change it. And I don't think going to a rented office in a strip mall to listen to some agent of averageness explain which words mean which feelings has ever helped anyone do anything. I think it's helped a lot of people get comfortable and stop panicking, which is a state of mind we value in the animals we eat, but not something I want for myself. I'm not a cow. I'm a pickle - when I feel like it - So... you asked."

Therapist: "Rick. The only connection between your unquestionable intelligence and the sickness destroying your family, is that everyone in your family, you included, use intelligence to justify sickness. You seem to alternate between viewing your own mind as an unstoppable force and as an inescapable curse. And I think it's because the only truly unapproachable concept for you is that it is your mind within your control. You chose to come here, you chose to talk, to belittle my vocation, just as you chose to become a pickle. You are the master of your universe. And yet, you are dripping with rat's blood and feces. Your enormous mind literally vegetating by your own hand. I have no doubt that you would be bored senseless by therapy. The same way I'm bored when I brush my teeth and wipe my ass. Because the thing about repairing, maintaining, and cleaning is - it's NOT an adventure - There's no way to do it so wrong you might die. It's just... work. And the bottom line is some people are okay going to work and some people, well, some people would rather die. Each of us gets to choose."

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>>87400025
The stunned silence that follows is the kind that exists only when a horrible-yet-potentially-freeing truth has been unveiled, but nothing is so devastating as the scene that follows. As they drive home, Rick and his daughter apologize with niceties, putting the band aids on their relationship, and ignoring the magnitude of what has actually happened. Her children, Morty and Summer, sit in the back, wide-eyed and terrified about the avoidance they see before them. They sheepishly ask, "Are we going to go back?" and say "I liked her," clearly desperate to go back to therapy, to the person who genuinely might be able to help them all. The want to do the work. But their adult models are too scared of doing the work and facing the truth, so they will recede into themselves. They don't even answer the kids' words. Instead, Grandpa Rick and their mother make plans to go to a bar and drink the truth away... cut to credits.

I LITERALLY shuddered.

4/6 (cont)

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who /thinkingofhangingitonmywall/ here?

Can Blade Runner be considered, dare i say, cyberpunk?

Is Blade Runner a good film that is worth watching?

>>87399759
Too many niggers

>>87399759
The most boring shit in existence.

chavs

Are you saying you're not a /tv/ local?

>>87399653
Oh man this is even better than I thought. How mad must the contrarians be right now? What excuses will they try to make up?

This new Pennywise has to be the scariest movie monster we've seen in years. Literally years. There's two scenes in this movie that absolutely sent shivers down my spine. First when Pennywise possesses the slideshow and we finally get to see his very creepy and mental face in the final scene. What a build-up! I nearly pissed myself.

The other one is in the basement, first we see the excellent performance by Georgie's actor. You'll float too never has sounded more epically scary. And then Pennywise rises from the waters. I jumped in my chair and still do when watching this. I can tell I will be on the edge of my seat in theatres this september.

The movie itself seems to capture that 80s feeling we've seen in Stranger Things and other important work. Do your part and see it in theaters. Be a part of history.

If I bend the knee will I get a reward?

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>>87399626
Cock?

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>>87400012
A finger in the bum?

>>87399388
post some more specific sub-genres within sci-fi.

one of my semi-recent favorites is Europa Report. There's always Blade Runner and the Fifth Element. You want sci-fi horror, drama, action, adventure, what?

>>87399461
Adventure and drama sci-fi are always a plus. Thanks anon

>>87399492
These get memed to hell, but have you seen Interstellar or Inception? The Matrix Trilogy?

Or are you looking for some less common titles that may not be stellar but could still pull a 7ish/10 ranking for a boring afternoon?

it wasn't you cuck

>>87399374
it was an okay suspense flick. something to watch while doing laundry on the weekend

Oh look the same thread and response again.

That's some severe autism right there, lads.

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Agreed. CGI Gandalf would have benefited the movie.

>>87399284
Gnadalf is a Semi God, Age does not matter

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>>87399284

>prequel movie filmed decades later
>actor in the role looks younger because he was in heavy makeup in the original

>>87399233
Hopefully not

Will you ever touch a woman, Jason?


No

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>>87399233
Hopefully her degenerate lifestyle won't ensure that she's ugly by the time she comes back to us.

you are playing with the big guys now

you're flying with the big guys now

am I playing with the big goys now

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>no set design, feels empty and lifeless
>no interesting ideas for storylines and generally bad writing
>relies on gimmicks only instead
>those are unoriginal or just bad, unfortunately ("fuck you, albert", glove, andy and lucy, coordinates, riddles, ...)
>bad acting (Bell, Lynch, Horse, Robertson, Dern, ...)
>dull characters (one-dimensional at best)
>storylines and characters are introduced for no purpose
>everything is supposed to weirdly connect and make sense
>shot in digital in a way that doesn't compensate for the technology's disadvantages (looks bad)
>roadhouse scenes (out of place, badly shot, the songs, the bands, the extras, ...)
>student-tier storytelling/editing (characters are shown walking up complete sets of stairs)
>stretched out needlessly, long takes have no particular effect
>obviously delusional and/or inexperienced fanbase perceiving it as particularly meaningful, complex or "deep"
>can't compare to the original series that doesn't have those problems (coherent/complex and beautiful sets, costumes and make-up/well shot/well acted/well written/magnificent multi-dimensional characters and character relations, music, storylines and gimmicks/creates a unique athmosphere as a result, changing the world of television forever whereas "the return" neither manages to do something established really good nor to invent something new)
>extended pitch black scenes because of a lack of a competent cinematographer
>audio issues with microphone static left unaddressed because of poor sound design
>extremely poor editing with magically disappearing extras and production staff accidentally walking into frame
>somehow the best thing in tv history

I too watched the early episodes and had great reviews for friends and family and felt like this was going to be a great revival. But instead, it has been revealed as nothing more than a weekly outlet for ridiculous cameos and pointless dialog. I'm 14 episodes in, and it's torturous barely suitable for SyFy. David Lynch has managed to bury the stellar reputation of the first season even deeper into the ground. How did Kyle Maclachlan agree to sign on to this garbage. He can't be that desperate for work or cash. A total waste of your time.

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friendly reminder that doppelcoop did nothing wrong and Cooper was the real fuck-up the entire time

>>87368057
I don't know why anyone makes a big deal about that, I never found it painful, just funny like the rest of the episodes

>>87368683
Autism

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>>87368683
White people tend to hate it because it reveals their inner prejudices. They too played to the stereotype and wouldn't have expected the black kids to graduate and could've made the same gamble michael did so they can easily self insert into the episode. Remove the black kids and replace them with white students and the show's premise would fall flat.

"No!"

>>87368043
Nope, they make their shows based on what's trending.

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>>87368043
I liked Marco Polo.
tw; women are characters, women can fight(to a degree), a fucking white male, blind monk warrior master

But of course it's the one show they cancelled.

>>87398983
so I reckon you've watched that movie around 3 times

If you'd met anyone like the cable guy you would know how annoying those people are

>>87398983
>>87399032
I'm the online version of the Cable Guy, and people REMOVE me/ghost me on their social media

>>87399069
people just don't want to be annoyed/feel in debt. The moment you find someone that doesn't mind being given tons of gifts and being given attention 24/7 you know you found a good old psychopath.

Tbh some attention is great, e all need it, but too much is too much