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[Liep]

Just finished Season 4 of Bojack Horseman.  Holy Shit, it's awesome.  There are two late season episodes that really kicked my ass.  One I saw what was coming the whole way but it still landed, the other was out of the blue.

Maybe it's because I'm sick, but I'm still a bit weepy.

It's out?! I need to subscribe again. It seems to get better every season.

[11B4V]

Shot Caller: C+

[The Brain]

Not even C++?

[Eddie Teach]

I wanna be a baller, shot caller, 20 inch rims on my impala

[garbon]

20 inch blades?

[Eddie Teach]

I don't think those are street legal. 

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Just finished Season 4 of Bojack Horseman.  Holy Shit, it's awesome.  There are two late season episodes that really kicked my ass.  One I saw what was coming the whole way but it still landed, the other was out of the blue.

Maybe it's because I'm sick, but I'm still a bit weepy.

yup exactly! (except i'm not sick, i hope. )

[frunk]

yup exactly! (except i'm not sick, i hope. )

Diving into the two, the first, [spoiler]Ruthie[/spoiler], hit me hard because I think [spoiler]Princess Carolyn (along with Todd) is the heart of the show.  She's the character that has had some pretty bad breaks but was putting things together, all while trying to maintain a core of niceness.  Of course that should have been a huge warning sign that it was going to be bad, but the amount of crap she got in one episode, damn.  The framing device of narration from a great-great-great-granddaughter was pretty transparent, but it still was a shock to realize it was PC's own internal monologue that eventually wasn't enough.[/spoiler]

The second, [spoiler]Time's Arrow[/spoiler], showed how much [spoiler]BoJack has grown while being almost entirely not about BoJack.  He's still an asshole, but he at least tried to give his mother a happy moment, who I think he genuinely detests.  The reveal of Hollyhock's parentage was quite the shock, not for who the mother was but who the father was.  The reflection of Henrietta's situation on Beatrice's history and the history of pain for the women in this family hurt, not the least for what it means for Hollyhock's future.  In an earlier episode (I don't remember which) she asks if the voice in her head will go away when she gets older.  Will Hollyhock get past that?[/spoiler]

[celedhring]

Kong Skull Island - decent dumb fun. I was pleasantly surprised.

[Admiral Yi]

Nocturnal Animals.  Amy Adams leaves Jake Gigglyheim for another man then he writes a book about his wife and daughter getting abducted, raped and murdered in West Texas.  At the very end they agree to meet for dinner, he stands her up and her deep soulful expression is, I guess, full of meaning about life regrets.  The story within a story is pretty good, the outer shell less so.  The makeup people did however do an excellent job of uglying up Amy Adams.  I thought she had fallen off a cliff looks wise but she's still a hottie in the younger grad student/marriage to Jake scenes.

[KRonn]

I just finished, again, watching the series "Breaking Bad", recorded a marathon showing of it over several weekends. Even though I've seen it twice before I still wanted to see it again. I love the characters, the dark comedy/humor, the bizarre circumstances they get themselves into. Great show.

Also looking forward to the next "Better Call Saul" spinoff from "Breaking Bad". That show has turned out to be very good too. Good characters, some from the original show.

[mongers]

I just finished, again, watching the series "Breaking Bad", recorded a marathon showing of it over several weekends. Even though I've seen it twice before I still wanted to see it again. I love the characters, the dark comedy/humor, the bizarre circumstances they get themselves into. Great show.

Also looking forward to the next "Better Call Saul" spinoff from "Breaking Bad". That show has turned out to be very good too. Good characters, some from the original show.

Hi KRonn, how's retirement suiting you?

I'm guessing rather well.

[CountDeMoney]

Frank Vincent, Mob Boss Phil Leotardo on 'The Sopranos,' Dies at 78
The legendary bad guy also played toughs for Martin Scorsese in 'Raging Bull,' 'Goodfellas' and 'Casino.'
1:22 PM PDT 9/13/2017 by Mike Barnes
TheHollywoodReporter.com

Frank Vincent, who played the vicious mob boss Phil Leotardo on The Sopranos, has died. He was 78.

Vincent died Wednesday of complications from heart surgery in New Jersey, according to reports from The Blast and TMZ.

Vincent also portrayed tough guys for director Martin Scorsese in Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990) — as the real-life Gambino gangster Billy Batts, he with the memorable line, "Go home and get your shine box!" — and Casino (1995).

On HBO's The Sopranos, Leotardo often butted heads with James Gandolfini's Tony Soprano as he eventually rose to become boss of the Lupertazzi crime family.

"He didn't fool around. Phil was serious," Vincent said in a 2011 interview. "He had a job to do and he thought, you know, 'This Soprano guy is from Jersey, what does that mean? We are New Yorkers! The Jersey mob is nothing — they don't even prick their fingers when they do the ceremony.' Some of the writing for Phil was just brilliant."

His film résumé also included The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984), Brian De Palma's Wise Guys (1986), Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989) and Jungle Fever (1991), Sidney Lumet's Night Falls on Manhattan (1996), James Mangold's Cop Land (1997), Shark Tale (2004) and Chicago Overcoat (2009).

Vincent also appeared in Hype Williams' Belly (1998) and served as the official acting coach to rappers DMX, Nas and Method Man on the film.

A native of North Adams, Mass., Vincent was raised in Jersey City, N.J. and became a drummer, performing with the likes of Paul Anka, Del Shannon, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme and Trini Lopez and the Belmonts.

Vincent played a gambler who gets killed by the mob in The Death Collector (1976) — the film starred Joe Pesci, a pal who helped get him the role — then was cast alongside Pesci and Robert De Niro as Salvi in the iconic boxing movie Raging Bull. In that film, Vincent's character is beaten up in the Copacabana by Pesci's Joey.

In 2006, Vincent co-wrote the book A Guy's Guide to Being a Man's Man.

[KRonn]

I just finished, again, watching the series "Breaking Bad", recorded a marathon showing of it over several weekends. Even though I've seen it twice before I still wanted to see it again. I love the characters, the dark comedy/humor, the bizarre circumstances they get themselves into. Great show.

Also looking forward to the next "Better Call Saul" spinoff from "Breaking Bad". That show has turned out to be very good too. Good characters, some from the original show.

Hi KRonn, how's retirement suiting you?

I'm guessing rather well.

Heya, retirement is very good! It's great to have so much time to myself. Such a huge change from working a somewhat demanding job. My first summer off and I had plenty of time for my garden and other things, just enjoying it. Still getting used to it all.   

I might go back part time as one of the managers there asked me if I'm interested. I'm considering it so I'll see if that happens. Part time only and not real demanding work since I don't want to get back into a grind again.

[Josephus]

Nocturnal Animals.  Amy Adams leaves Jake Gigglyheim for another man then he writes a book about his wife and daughter getting abducted, raped and murdered in West Texas.  At the very end they agree to meet for dinner, he stands her up and her deep soulful expression is, I guess, full of meaning about life regrets.  The story within a story is pretty good, the outer shell less so.  The makeup people did however do an excellent job of uglying up Amy Adams.  I thought she had fallen off a cliff looks wise but she's still a hottie in the younger grad student/marriage to Jake scenes.

Well, I don't have to watch it now.