Crunching the Numbers: Third Time's The Charm - It's The Final Countdown!

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2 minutes ago, 4815162342 said:

I have this reputation but it's only when a film is actually shitty. I'm usually lenient if I find stuff worthwhile in the film. 

 

 

Unlike a couple others whose heel turns seem to be less and less rational each game year 

I'm more dreading the shades thrown at me for the word counts tbh

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So we go from over-the-top cartoon tracking shot ending in a Wile-e-Coyote gag to a Kenneth Lonergan drama conversation about a disappointing uncle letting the family down yet again (that has a cartoony gag tacked on).

 

Oh boy, this is gonna be a tonal whiplash film ain't it.

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[ The four other cloaked figures remove their hoodies, revealing themselves to be the other four masters of the council: Elminster, Mustrum, Thessaly and Melisandre. ]

 

So the writer is a D&D fan, a GoT fan, a general Greek vacationer, and likes whatever a Mustrum is

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2 minutes ago, 4815162342 said:

So we go from over-the-top cartoon tracking shot ending in a Wile-e-Coyote gag to a Kenneth Lonergan drama conversation about a disappointing uncle letting the family down yet again (that has a cartoony gag tacked on).

 

Oh boy, this is gonna be a tonal whiplash film ain't it.

The tonal whiplash between those scenes were intentional.

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2 minutes ago, 4815162342 said:

and likes whatever a Mustrum is

Discworld reference

 

And Thessaly was actually taken from Niel Gaiman's Sandman

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I'm sure this Council of You Can't Do Anything will reappear. I just want to know which one of them will be the equivalent of my Mass Effect bro

 

 

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1 minute ago, 4815162342 said:

I'm sure this Council of You Can't Do Anything will reappear. I just want to know which one of them will be the equivalent of my Mass Effect bro

 

 

They already did when they claimed Magica's amulet didn't exist.

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Scrooge begins recounting the tale of how he earned his first coin. It was Glasgow, 1877. It was Scrooge’s tenth birthday.

 

Young Han Solo: You're 151 years old?! You look great!

 

Ok, thanks for that Han, now go back to the spinoff lounge.

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7 minutes ago, 4815162342 said:

Scrooge begins recounting the tale of how he earned his first coin. It was Glasgow, 1877. It was Scrooge’s tenth birthday.

 

Young Han Solo: You're 151 years old?! You look great!

 

Ok, thanks for that Han, now go back to the spinoff lounge.

The franchise (and the comics I often lift from) operate on Archer logic where it's the 1950s/60s but everything is anachronistic.

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A lot of dialogue breaks going on. Cookie is definitely leaning into this tactic.

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8 minutes ago, cookie said:

The franchise (and the comics I often lift from) operate on Archer logic where it's the 1950s/60s but everything is anachronistic.

 

You don't need to defend everything. I was just making a light-hearted quip there. 

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Just now, 4815162342 said:

A lot of dialogue breaks going on. Cookie is definitely leaning into this tactic.

It's a boon and a curse sometimes.

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2 minutes ago, 4815162342 said:

 

You don't need to defend everything. I was just making a light-hearted quiip there. 

I just wanted to point it out 

 

Also I'm out of likes so I can't give reactions 

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It's been a while since that Donald cameo. Cookie wouldn't just have him as a random throwaway scene meant to spark drama and Huey being a melancholy kid doing the Arrested Development sad walk, right?

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Scrooge: [ sighs ] Alright! You may have been right about me, but I ain’t gonna bend my way out of this one. You want duck or pork for the Christmas table?

 

Oh damn, Scrooge is willing to engage in cannibalism

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Oh damn we've entered the devouring characters whole part of the film.

 

Briefly checks the rating of the film to remind himself.

 

Ok then, let's see where this leads

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Just now, 4815162342 said:

Oh damn we've entered the devouring characters whole part of the film.

 

Briefly checks the rating of the film to remind himself.

 

Ok then, let's see where this leads

Wait, where are you even?

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Well this Magica person really has some deep-seated issues and won't let a grudge alone.

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6 minutes ago, cookie said:

Wait, where are you even?

 

The part in the movie where Bouncer Beagle Dragon eats Bigtime....

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1 minute ago, 4815162342 said:

 

The part in the movie where Bouncer Beagle Dragon eats Bigtime....

Ah, I got the earlier post about the cannibalism confused. I forgot it was that late in the movie.