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  1. Scribus Scribus

    Please tell me that I'm not the only person who thought the whole "Jigsaw was the 'dead' body all along!" twist on "Saw" was so, so, so very painfully stupid.

    Sunday, 26-Apr-15 23:03:56 UTC from web
    1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

      @scriba I personally thought even the premise of the film was pretty stupid but yes, that was much moreso.

      Sunday, 26-Apr-15 23:07:11 UTC from web
      1. Scribus Scribus

        @awolditzy Oh thank Celestia.

        Sunday, 26-Apr-15 23:09:48 UTC from web
    2. Narwhal Narwhal

      @scriba Are you saying you saw it coming?

      Sunday, 26-Apr-15 23:19:12 UTC from web
      1. Scribus Scribus

        @northernnarwhal No; I'm just saying it was dumb. :p

        Sunday, 26-Apr-15 23:19:46 UTC from web
        1. Narwhal Narwhal

          @scriba Oh yeah it definitely is, I just couldn't resist making the joke.

          Sunday, 26-Apr-15 23:20:27 UTC from web
          1. Scribus Scribus

            @northernnarwhal It was some good work, I must admit.

            Sunday, 26-Apr-15 23:20:46 UTC from web
            1. Narwhal Narwhal

              @scriba But in all seriousness, I really dislike the whole Saw franchise, or just the whole "torture porn" (as they're commonly referred to) genre of movies in general. They don't offer (at least not to me, anyway) anything in the form of pure entertainment and don't or haven't convinced me they have anything meaningful to say.

              Sunday, 26-Apr-15 23:26:34 UTC from web
              1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

                @northernnarwhal Agreed whole-heartedly. I'd rather think that genre exists because 'dunno lol' rather than cater the type of person who gets pleasure from watching that sort of thing.

                Sunday, 26-Apr-15 23:30:29 UTC from web
                1. Narwhal Narwhal

                  @awolditzy Yeah, I feel the genre is essentially "let's see how ridiculous and unnecessary gory of a concept we can make our audiences buy into!"

                  Sunday, 26-Apr-15 23:32:14 UTC from web
                  1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

                    @northernnarwhal haha, quite why I dislike Sons of Anarchy now. It feels exactly the same.

                    Sunday, 26-Apr-15 23:33:04 UTC from web
                    1. Narwhal Narwhal

                      @awolditzy I've never seen that show, but I've heard really good things about it. Well, about its early seasons anyway.

                      Sunday, 26-Apr-15 23:33:49 UTC from web
                      1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

                        @northernnarwhal Oh it was a gradual transformation but it did get out of hand.

                        Sunday, 26-Apr-15 23:34:43 UTC from web
                        1. Narwhal Narwhal

                          @awolditzy Sort of like post season 4 Dexter.

                          Sunday, 26-Apr-15 23:35:32 UTC from web
                          1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

                            @northernnarwhal I gave that more leeway because of being so attached to the protagonist, however.

                            Sunday, 26-Apr-15 23:36:05 UTC from web
                            1. Narwhal Narwhal

                              @awolditzy It wasn't even solely the fact that Dexter lost a huge emotional and developmental fulcrum for his character arc when Rita was killed, but also that the writing, pacing, and directing all just felt very sloppily handled past that point, at least for me.

                              Sunday, 26-Apr-15 23:38:13 UTC from web
                              1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

                                @northernnarwhal Not just for you, I didn't really forgive the show for that. Especially not the other interests he accumulated over the seasons. However his soliloquy remained for the most part, and it was fascinating enough still at least to a point. That attachment didn't really resonate with SoA for me, sure I cared to an extent, just not the same extent.

                                Sunday, 26-Apr-15 23:40:55 UTC from web
                                1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

                                  Namely because things just kept getting worse for the family, even to the point that their reactions were like, 'what is it now'. Too much one-upping in one sitting, it depletes the suspense completely.

                                  Sunday, 26-Apr-15 23:42:21 UTC from web
                                2. Narwhal Narwhal

                                  @awolditzy Yeah, I still watched the series until the end just to see where they were going to take it, but I think part of me was also hoping it would return to the dark yet cynical thriller it was in its prime.

                                  Sunday, 26-Apr-15 23:45:31 UTC from web
      2. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

        @northernnarwhal cherryssake

        Sunday, 26-Apr-15 23:19:56 UTC from web