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Re: HBO: Hacks

Posted: Tue June 15, 2021 3:14 pm
by VinylGuy
I really liked Ava´s character. She is so awful and she might be actually learning something when the finale happens
Spoiler: show
that mail!

Re: HBO: Hacks

Posted: Tue June 15, 2021 3:15 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: HBO: Hacks

Posted: Tue June 15, 2021 3:21 pm
by Mickey
Was there one for Flight Attendant?

Re: HBO: Hacks

Posted: Tue June 15, 2021 3:23 pm
by VinylGuy
No, but it was discussed on the TV thread

Re: HBO: Hacks

Posted: Tue June 15, 2021 3:26 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: HBO: Hacks

Posted: Tue June 15, 2021 3:27 pm
by Mickey
Yeah I've done a 180 here, we should have a separate thread for everything, it will help drown out all the like Captain Marvel 4 threads.

Re: HBO: Hacks

Posted: Thu June 17, 2021 12:59 pm
by epilogue
Started this last night. Three episodes in. I had no idea it's produced by the Park & Rec / Good Place crew. Makes sense.

Re: HBO: Hacks

Posted: Thu June 17, 2021 1:02 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: HBO: Hacks

Posted: Thu June 17, 2021 1:08 pm
by epilogue
tragabigzanda wrote:Glad you’re watching! But I don’t think it feels anything like those shows.
Moreso P&R. But not really that either.

It's not as good (yet) but there's definitely some common threads. This isn't written by any of those people (so far) but I can see why Schur & Co wanted to produce and encourage this.

Re: HBO: Hacks

Posted: Thu June 17, 2021 2:44 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: HBO: Hacks

Posted: Thu June 17, 2021 2:50 pm
by Malloy
i finished the series. it's good. jean smart is great.

Re: HBO: Hacks

Posted: Sun June 20, 2021 1:56 am
by epilogue
This ended really strongly. The last three episodes were the best if the season. Though, I could have loved without the final scene.

Re: HBO: Hacks

Posted: Sun June 20, 2021 2:01 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: HBO: Hacks

Posted: Sun June 20, 2021 2:01 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: HBO: Hacks

Posted: Sun June 20, 2021 2:23 am
by epilogue
tragabigzanda wrote:Id honestly be fine with them killing Eva and just focusing on Jean Smart and her assistants.
I mean, I'm mostly with you on this. She's the weakest part of the show.

Re: HBO: Hacks

Posted: Sun June 20, 2021 2:32 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: HBO: Hacks

Posted: Sun June 20, 2021 1:26 pm
by epilogue
tragabigzanda wrote:
epilogue wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Id honestly be fine with them killing Eva and just focusing on Jean Smart and her assistants.
I mean, I'm mostly with you on this. She's the weakest part of the show.
I get why she’s there. And with some character growth, she could be really rewarding to watch, and it looks like that’s where they’re headed. But at the moment, it’s just fun to watch Smart put her in her place.
She did turn a bit of a corner for me around ep 8. I think you're right that we're going to continue down that road. And I hope it happens quickly. That's part of why the final scene was a bummer. It's 2021, man. We don't need that kind cliffhanger bullshit.

Re: HBO: Hacks

Posted: Sun June 20, 2021 1:46 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: HBO: Hacks

Posted: Sun June 20, 2021 1:48 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: HBO: Hacks

Posted: Sun June 20, 2021 5:09 pm
by epilogue
tragabigzanda wrote:Yeah it was kind of screaming for the Larry David music and big “UH-OHHHH I did it again!” face from Eva.
:lol: