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jakez4ut said:
started season 2 of luke cage. cut it off in the middle of ep. 2. not very good.
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I’m making myself finish it but I don’t get why this show gets such great reviews.

The bad guys are the dumbest I’ve ever seen....hey let’s keep shooting at the dude we’ve known for a long time is bulletproof.
 
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There has been a lot of dicussion before on why Skyler White is an almost universally loathed character among men. Anna Gunn and a lot of women say it is just because she is a strong independent woman, but that is bullcrap, while watching through Breaking Bad again I have gotten to season 3 and while watching episode 2, 3 and 4 it occured to me why I and I believe nearly every man who ever watched the show utterly hates her...

It is not just because she is a annoying nag, or a strong foil to Walter..it is because she is a self righteous hypocrite, a lowlife cheater and a vindictive witch.

Whatever Walter was, he was not a philanderer, and sleeping with a guy who was also a criminal albeit a "acceptable criminal" is such hypocrisy. I despise the character and her lowlife thief sister more than any on the show, and that includes the cartel and Walter. I pretty much hate him too...but at least he wasn't a cheating pig.

She is just as evil as Walter and much more loathsome to me..
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
There has been a lot of dicussion before on why Skyler White is an almost universally loathed character among men. Anna Gunn and a lot of women say it is just because she is a strong independent woman, but that is bullcrap, while watching through Breaking Bad again I have gotten to season 3 and while watching episode 2, 3 and 4 it occured to me why I and I believe nearly every man who ever watched the show utterly hates her...

It is not just because she is a annoying nag, or a strong foil to Walter..it is because she is a self righteous hypocrite, a lowlife cheater and a vindictive witch.

Whatever Walter was, he was not a philanderer, and sleeping with a guy who was also a criminal albeit a "acceptable criminal" is such hypocrisy. I despise the character and her lowlife thief sister more than any on the show, and that includes the cartel and Walter. I pretty much hate him too...but at least he wasn't a cheating pig.

She is just as evil as Walter and much more loathsome to me..
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Walter was obviously flawed, but some of the hate and evil barbs towards him is misguided. Without Jesse, Walter has the perfect business arrangement with Gus and a smooth course to his inevitable end without drama...or undue pain. Jesse chose to go after Gus’s drug dealers and Gus chose them over Walter. He saves Jesse and ends up having to trick him to get out of the mess borne from the odd pairing of Jesse and Mike. Everything that ended up aggravating Jesse’s insane hatred of Walter was a result of him choosing the side that wanted to murder him over his former teacher...who never stopped trying to take care of him. Not all cut and dry, of course but Walter White wasn’t really a monster...of his own accord...only by circumstances he was forced into.
 
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butchna said:
Walter was obviously flawed, but some of the hate and evil barbs towards him is misguided. Without Jesse, Walter has the perfect business arrangement with Gus and a smooth course to his inevitable end without drama...or undue pain. Jesse chose to go after Gus’s drug dealers and Gus chose them over Walter. He saves Jesse and ends up having to trick him to get out of the mess borne from the odd pairing of Jesse and Mike. Everything that ended up aggravating Jesse’s insane hatred of Walter was a result of him choosing the side that wanted to murder him over his former teacher...who never stopped trying to take care of him. Not all cut and dry, of course but Walter White wasn’t really a monster...of his own accord...only by circumstances he was forced into.
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Interesting take and my feelings toward Walter are based on his justification of evil, his harsh circumstances notwithstanding, but the real topic I wanted to discuss is Skyler. I think her ongoing emasculation of Walter is mostly to blame for his desire for strength. She wanted him around as long as he was a docile little milquetoast.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
Interesting take and my feelings toward Walter are based on his justification of evil, his harsh circumstances notwithstanding, but the real topic I wanted to discuss is Skyler. I think her ongoing emasculation of Walter is mostly to blame for his desire for strength. She wanted him around as long as he was a docile little milquetoast.
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I don’t necessarily hate her. When he started asserting himself after the diagnosis and the start of the cooks, she seemed to like it. I think she WANTED to be on the moralistic side but convinced herself that backing her family was the way to go...before Hank was killed. She was an accountant. The numbers made sense.
 
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One thing my wife and I noted at the end of The Staircase was how consumed with hate the wife's sister had become. She just seems unhinged and people are looking at her like you look at the cat lady on the bus telling you her life story. They are sympathetic and slightly embarrassed for her and hoping this stops soon. And who lays into the defense attorney like that? I would think she has a lot of hurt inside that she can't process well, and so that simply comes out as venom and plain hatefulness. She said multiple times she was terrified of him, if anyone is going to gun someone down it's her.
 
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Not entirely Netflix, but binge watching The 100 right now on NF.

I tend to like the post apocalyptic type of stuff. This one is pretty good so far into Season 2.
 
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Grand Vol said:
Not entirely Netflix, but binge watching The 100 right now on NF.

I tend to like the post apocalyptic type of stuff. This one is pretty good so far into Season 2.
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good show, but the season 2 finale is rough. other than that I really enjoyed it and looking forward to the season coming to netflix.
 
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Grand Vol said:
Not entirely Netflix, but binge watching The 100 right now on NF.

I tend to like the post apocalyptic type of stuff. This one is pretty good so far into Season 2.
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I like that stuff a lot too. Really enjoyed The 100, though I can't stand Clarke. Lol

The Rain is an ok post apocalyptic show on Netflix if you don't mind subtitles, and The 3% is alright, again if you don't mind subtitles.

Give The Rain a shot
 
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BadJerry20 said:
I like that stuff a lot too. Really enjoyed The 100, though I can't stand Clarke. Lol

The Rain is an ok post apocalyptic show on Netflix if you don't mind subtitles, and The 3% is alright, again if you don't mind subtitles.

Give The Rain a shot
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I'll check it out. I've got 3% on my watchlist. Up to the end of Season 2 of the 100 at the moment where Lexa just did her deal and walked.

Still not sure I'm buying the Goody-Goody Girl turned Heartless Satan in Clarke. Raven, yeah. Octavia, absolutely.
 
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Grand Vol said:
I'll check it out. I've got 3% on my watchlist. Up to the end of Season 2 of the 100 at the moment where Lexa just did her deal and walked.

Still not sure I'm buying the Goody-Goody Girl turned Heartless Satan in Clarke. Raven, yeah. Octavia, absolutely.
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Yeah that was dirty, but should have been expected by Clarke and company. I think that's why I don't like Clarke, she either super good or slaughter the world evil. For a WB show it actually has a pretty good story arc and character development and growth. And when it kills people its with purpose not just because they need to kill someone. Raven is my boo. Lol Octavia is on an interesting path as you will see.
 
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DancingOutlaw said:
One thing my wife and I noted at the end of The Staircase was how consumed with hate the wife's sister had become. She just seems unhinged and people are looking at her like you look at the cat lady on the bus telling you her life story. They are sympathetic and slightly embarrassed for her and hoping this stops soon.
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Wife did some searching after we finished. Turns out Michael and woman that edited the Staircase dated during most of that time. And there was also another theory kicked around by defense that an owl flew in and pecked her head and caused her to fall. Seems she had feathers under her nails or hands (something like that). I don't think they ever presented that.

I also find it weird stangulation wasn't mentioned until the 12 or 13 hour of this series.

I think there's some good stuff that just happens to be missing.

Those sisters are crazy. I do hope they let go of some anger. But, I'm not sure they are wrong.
 
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Grand Vol said:
Not entirely Netflix, but binge watching The 100 right now on NF.

I tend to like the post apocalyptic type of stuff. This one is pretty good so far into Season 2.
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I liked the concept, but I could only make it through half the second season before dropping it. Gave it a valiant shot but just couldn’t get into it.
 
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Just finished the first season of Daredevil.

I liked it and thought it was on par with the other Netflix series. I can't say it was on a completely different level than Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, or Iron Fist.
 
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rjd970 said:
I liked the concept, but I could only make it through half the second season before dropping it. Gave it a valiant shot but just couldn’t get into it.
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I actually stopped watching about midway through season 2 as well, then randomly a couple months ago went back and watched it.
 
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