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Orphan Black - Season 2 - Starring Tatiana Maslany as everyone - Sat on BBC America
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Jay Shadow
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The gifts given to Tatiana at the panel
enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
The gifts given to Tatiana at the panel
Awesome! <3
Tatiana was absolutely ROBBED at the awards.
I also can't help but laugh a bit, the blu ray doesn't have Dylan Bruce pictured on the front OR back, and he was in what, like 5 episodes of season 2? For a main credited cast member, that's pretty sad and leads me to think he won't be around for much of season 3......... (not a spoiler, just my observations)
ReturnOfTheRAT
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The gifts given to Tatiana at the panel
I'll check out the videos tomorrow. Something like this doesn't have the prestige of an Emmy, but can be cherished much more because it's direct from the fans.
On an adventure catching up at season 2:
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This had to be one of the better constructed episodes the series has ever done. It's tight and not extremely complicated, but delivers a lot of simple moves very elegantly. It's a great character piece for everyone has it start to launch each of these revolving threads into the middle part of the story.
I mean, fuck, that hug. That look of horror on Sarah's face. THAT HUG. THAT HUG.
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This had to be one of the better constructed episodes the series has ever done. It's tight and not extremely complicated, but delivers a lot of simple moves very elegantly. It's a great character piece for everyone has it start to launch each of these revolving threads into the middle part of the story.
I mean, fuck, that hug. That look of horror on Sarah's face. THAT HUG. THAT HUG.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Orphan Black Begins Production on Season 3
Big Dick Paul ad infinitum. My sides are not ready.
Edit: Can we please work "clone sisterhood" into the OT 3's title?
Big Dick Paul ad infinitum. My sides are not ready.
Edit: Can we please work "clone sisterhood" into the OT 3's title?
Cornballer
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PHOENIXZERO
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"Sisterhood of the Traveling Clones"?
Morrigan Stark
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Eh? The male clones are clones of that religious guy who hooked up with the ranch dude's daughter, not clones of Paul...
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Shit, you are right. Maybe that was my subconscious speaking...
Cornballer
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More details via TVLine and the BBCA press release:
BBCA said:
TVLine said:
Hot Coldman
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Yay, more Art. His character got a lot more fun once he learnt the truth about Sarah and Beth.
Jay Shadow
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Also not mentioned but confirmed to be at the table reads last week on twitter
Kristin Booth returning as Gracie's Prolethean mother Bonnie
Mighty Chin
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Love It
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Technically it's not just a sisterhood anymore.
This is a huge longshot, but....anyone here could help me with the slipcover for the Season 2 Blu-rays?
I bought them at release from Amazon.clm and alas, they fame without the slipcover, like many of the first charge. Amazon was willing to exchange my copy but admitted the new one would probably be without the cardboard cover as well.
Then I contacted BBC America and that went on for about two months or so. It seemed like they were really willing to help me out but in the end, they refused to, since I'm in Germany and imported the set. Didn't prevent Warner to replace the asynchronous "Clone Wars Season 5" BDs, but whatever....
So they had the German office contact me who blatantly told me to buy a new set. Yeah, thanks.
So back to Amazon. They were still willing to exchange it but it wasn't in stock anymore and the whole thing became quite messy (they refunded me the money and wanted me to send it back, but without a replacement in stock we needed to cancel the refund and so on and so on...)
So. My best bet would either be someone with the cover who simply doesn't need/ want it, or someone who has a receipt for the Blu-rays and who would contact BBC America for me, have the cover sent to him and forward it to me.
I'll pay all postage, of course! (could be a bit from US to Germany)
Some of you may say "why bother, it's only a slipcover", but I'm collector as much as a viewer, and I haven't even opened the factory sealing yet because I really, really need this item complete. Yeah, first world problems... ^^
Would anyone help me out? Would be so great!
I bought them at release from Amazon.clm and alas, they fame without the slipcover, like many of the first charge. Amazon was willing to exchange my copy but admitted the new one would probably be without the cardboard cover as well.
Then I contacted BBC America and that went on for about two months or so. It seemed like they were really willing to help me out but in the end, they refused to, since I'm in Germany and imported the set. Didn't prevent Warner to replace the asynchronous "Clone Wars Season 5" BDs, but whatever....
So they had the German office contact me who blatantly told me to buy a new set. Yeah, thanks.
So back to Amazon. They were still willing to exchange it but it wasn't in stock anymore and the whole thing became quite messy (they refunded me the money and wanted me to send it back, but without a replacement in stock we needed to cancel the refund and so on and so on...)
So. My best bet would either be someone with the cover who simply doesn't need/ want it, or someone who has a receipt for the Blu-rays and who would contact BBC America for me, have the cover sent to him and forward it to me.
I'll pay all postage, of course! (could be a bit from US to Germany)
Some of you may say "why bother, it's only a slipcover", but I'm collector as much as a viewer, and I haven't even opened the factory sealing yet because I really, really need this item complete. Yeah, first world problems... ^^
Would anyone help me out? Would be so great!
IISANDERII
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Hey LTTP here. I loved season 1 but didn't like the way things were looked to be heading for season 2.
So how did season 2 turn out?
So how did season 2 turn out?
Inquisitive_Ghost
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Less good than season 1. Felt less focused and more exploratory, and not always in the best ways.
I still enjoyed it though.
Cornballer
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Jay Shadow
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Similar to what they did last year in November. Might get another non footage teaser next month and the first actual promo sometime in late Feb.
Jay Shadow
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Doesn't help that there's a bunch of overlap between them.
Or that some of them have way too many syllables for their own good.
They obviously don't have a series bible and are making it up on the fly. They got exposed this season unfortunately.
None of it makes any damn sense and they're just going in circles of bullshit. It's so frustrating. The end of 206 was so deflated because I couldn't keep any of it straight about what's going on with whosit whatsit.
It's not helping that I'm watching over a significant amount of time. But still.
And now I'm reading the AVClub for this episode and wtf
This is so wrong. This is one of the worst examples of "oh we'll figure it out later oh fuck oh no now we need to know where it's going when the rubber meets the road uh uh uh" that I've seen in a long time. There's no plan, there's just a meandering mess of character motivations and yet another faction of maybe evil doers.
Take Paul. I'm at this point in the story, and I couldn't tell you what Paul wants. What the hell does Paul want? It's not a hard question. In a story, you should know what one of your main characters wants. Sarah wants to stop Dyad/Leike/Proletheans/Neolutians/Dementors so she can figure out the Big Secret and also get her daughter. Cosima wants to be Not Sick. Allison wants to live a normal life and not be a clone. Felix wants to help Sarah. Art wants to solve a murder. Great. These are all things I understand. What does Paul want? What does Rachel want? Why do these characters want these things or do these things or act this way?
It speaks to a larger issue with the storytelling. If I can't tell you why some of your characters are acting certain ways and your mythology is crumbling under its own weight, then you don't have a plan or a goal. You're in the middle of season 2 without any idea where you're going and you're throwing shit at the wall to try to make anything stick that could maybe be cohesive and getting 10 episodes written.
6 episodes in, and I couldn't tell you what this season is about. I couldn't tell you about the internal logic of the show from episode to episode. I can't keep track of the changing factions. And none of it seems to matter since our main character is on an aimless adventure that she doesn't even seem to be driving.
I'm mostly upset because I enjoyed the first season, and it's disappointing to see the show break so many really simple storytelling techniques and not play to the show's strengths. Do not overly complicate the mythology. Keep it simple. Keep it about Sarah, Allison, and Cosima. Don't have too much clutter. Make it very clear what everyone wants. Don't have incident for incident sake. Gah. :-(
This is so wrong. This is one of the worst examples of "oh we'll figure it out later oh fuck oh no now we need to know where it's going when the rubber meets the road uh uh uh" that I've seen in a long time. There's no plan, there's just a meandering mess of character motivations and yet another faction of maybe evil doers.
Take Paul. I'm at this point in the story, and I couldn't tell you what Paul wants. What the hell does Paul want? It's not a hard question. In a story, you should know what one of your main characters wants. Sarah wants to stop Dyad/Leike/Proletheans/Neolutians/Dementors so she can figure out the Big Secret and also get her daughter. Cosima wants to be Not Sick. Allison wants to live a normal life and not be a clone. Felix wants to help Sarah. Art wants to solve a murder. Great. These are all things I understand. What does Paul want? What does Rachel want? Why do these characters want these things or do these things or act this way?
It speaks to a larger issue with the storytelling. If I can't tell you why some of your characters are acting certain ways and your mythology is crumbling under its own weight, then you don't have a plan or a goal. You're in the middle of season 2 without any idea where you're going and you're throwing shit at the wall to try to make anything stick that could maybe be cohesive and getting 10 episodes written.
6 episodes in, and I couldn't tell you what this season is about. I couldn't tell you about the internal logic of the show from episode to episode. I can't keep track of the changing factions. And none of it seems to matter since our main character is on an aimless adventure that she doesn't even seem to be driving.
I'm mostly upset because I enjoyed the first season, and it's disappointing to see the show break so many really simple storytelling techniques and not play to the show's strengths. Do not overly complicate the mythology. Keep it simple. Keep it about Sarah, Allison, and Cosima. Don't have too much clutter. Make it very clear what everyone wants. Don't have incident for incident sake. Gah. :-(
I agree that the middle of the season became more about watching the characters interact with each other and less about keeping the mythology grounded and sensible. And yeah. they really didn't know what to do with Big Dick Paul last season.
But, without spoiling it for you, I think the general consensus was that the last two episodes reeled everything back in and shows that the writers do have a plan for all these pieces they've introduced. I thought the finale was good it left me really excited for where they're taking the show next season.
But, without spoiling it for you, I think the general consensus was that the last two episodes reeled everything back in and shows that the writers do have a plan for all these pieces they've introduced. I thought the finale was good it left me really excited for where they're taking the show next season.
Alright, I finished the show and I've had a while to collect my thoughts --
My initial reaction at the end was an elongated shrug, but I'm really not sure what the point of any of that was, or what the story that was trying to be told? Sarah's? No. Rachel's? Maybe, but it was muddled in some really poor narrative decisions with the introduction of her father and his role in the series, and hers as well.
I just don't get what the point was. And the season ends with more nameless corporations doing who knows whats it and more people changing their allegiances based off of what the episode dictates. And an uninteresting tertiary character is a male clone? I barely cared about/understood his role in the series, so it's another layer of Prolethean/Dyad/Neolution bullshit that the series has tried to pile on top of its faults.
I'll watch the season 3, but unless it's amazing, I'm out. This show got way too big way too fast and forgot the reasons why it was entertaining in the first place.
My initial reaction at the end was an elongated shrug, but I'm really not sure what the point of any of that was, or what the story that was trying to be told? Sarah's? No. Rachel's? Maybe, but it was muddled in some really poor narrative decisions with the introduction of her father and his role in the series, and hers as well.
I just don't get what the point was. And the season ends with more nameless corporations doing who knows whats it and more people changing their allegiances based off of what the episode dictates. And an uninteresting tertiary character is a male clone? I barely cared about/understood his role in the series, so it's another layer of Prolethean/Dyad/Neolution bullshit that the series has tried to pile on top of its faults.
I'll watch the season 3, but unless it's amazing, I'm out. This show got way too big way too fast and forgot the reasons why it was entertaining in the first place.
Cornballer
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Dragonball Evolution!
Cornballer
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More casting news:
BBCA said:
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
And the tumblrs go wild.
MisterFalcon
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Cool, Frain is in like a million shows and is always a good addition.
a well-educated, cleaner who is both charming and intimidating. Ferdinand is a powerful player in a secretive, multi-national political faction that operates with questionable ethics and a ruthless approach.
Oh hell, not another mysterious player in the Clone Game, it's already a huge mess with all the groups and their unclear scope and motivations.
Oh hell, not another mysterious player in the Clone Game, it's already a huge mess with all the groups and their unclear scope and motivations.
As Cosima's love interest, right ? Please ?
http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/s244/o...a-solo-join-orphan-black.html#~oWHctmRut3DUqE
I really hope they don't cure Cosima's disease with crystals, homeopathy, or holistic healing woo. That would make me stop watching. :-\
Morrigan Stark
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Ugh, ditto.
KibblesBits
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Ksenia Solo?!
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?
Shut up and take my money!
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?
Shut up and take my money!
PHOENIXZERO
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MisterFalcon
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There is a 105,7% chance Ksenia Solo's character is not actually a holistic healer but secretly testing nanotech, DNA recoding or some other fancy shit.
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