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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.
I blame YouTube, I was minding my own business when the advert came up and I was hooked. Never read the books, I didn't even watch the Jim Carey film sef. How convenient that Netflix released it today - I only watched this ad at 3am this morning. Damn you Netflix!

moneyallowed:
No one knows, probably next year though if I'm being honest I want to see Daredevil season 3 before that

They push DD too much at the expense of others.

As usual, you haven't noticed that your website appears to be blacklisted. When clickbait fails...oh well...

Shine by Years & Years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXTAn4ELEwM

And when are they releasing Jessica Jones season 2?! Free me na...

Freciprocal:
True!!!

It was most likely a goof... probably under the pretence of giving him another chance.

50k just waste like that

Cc: Cao

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed. I'm sure his parents paid those people. Meaning those guys got paid twice! Delinquent Douche - the gift that keeps on giving.

BraniacX:
I can't remember the episode but may was telling bobby she saw her during one of her physios at the academy, inquired and found she was at the top of her class and resolved to recruit her but she had been taken by another unit by the time she got around to doing it. Agreed she never reached that status in the comicverse but hey, we're talking about the big screens here and tv bobby is dope! And sticking to tv versions, may wasn't called the cavalry because she was the last resort, she was far from that, she was called the cavalry because of the myth that grew around the yemeni mission whose details were known only to her and phil coulson. The impossibility of their rescue from the double mother/daughter inhuman menace coupled with the absence of specific details concerning their rescue apart from the fact that it was all executed by melinda may from the perspective of the shield tac team that were under the inhumans' subversion rightfully earned her the codename "cavalry" so i am not going to deduct anything from her because it was awesome and well earned!
But in a fist fight between may and bobby (screen version of course) i give it to bobby! My opinion though!

I specifically said MCU, I didn't even touch the comics, since May is an original MCU character created in AoS, just like Coulson is a MCU (first scene in Iron Man) character. Actually, Calvary is from the Bahrain mission, where she killed the Inhuman kid, who was controlling everybody. She might not like her codename since it's started from that incident. But, she's proved herself worthy of it. Still say Bobbi would be kissing the pavement.

BraniacX:
Oh! I totally disagree, melinda might be the iconic veteran, but bobby was schooled dissecting all her moves, shield style of course, and melinda [b]tacitly admits it, [/b]well, let's agree to dissagree

If that where the case then Bobbi would be SHIELD's top dog. You call The Cavalry when all hope is lost, your last resort. She is a legend in SHIELD's books and in the MCU verse Bobbi never even reach that level. And as we've seen May's prowess has also made her formidable trainer. Or have we forgotten who trained Daisy?

As for the Berserker moment, she said it herself - she doesn't repress her bad memories, she lives with them everyday. So she was able to not let the rage win. You can rewatch that episode to remind yourself.

At the emboldened, tell us when that happened...

As for the Cavalry spelling, even I made the same mistake before I corrected myself. I believe it's one of those things that we always default to Calvary because of the way we pronounce it.

MJBOLT:

So nobody mentioned elektra or agent 13,what of Dorothy Underwood she gave agent Carter a good fight
Maria hill can also kick azz
May would beat Bobby in a fight, she's Been called the 8th avenger

I thought I already implied about Dorothy when talking about the countries with their offshoot (eg Red Room originally being a part of Hydra, which appeared to be an offshoot of German Military Intelligence and somehow becoming a part of the KGB (Russian) - I guess we blame Hydra for being all international). We never really see Agent 13's badassery, especially when compared to her grand aunt, Peggy. But, hence why I made the blanket human Marvel Ladies shoutout. All else we'd have been here all day with me yammering on and on.

Anywho, I'm about to give AoS: Slingshot web series a go. Didn't know it existed sef, damn Marvel sprinkling random stuff here and there. Just like they did with the Marvel One-Shots....man, I miss those.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDe0CguuqcMBVtZJk0iCNoSblixvAt4BY

BraniacX:
May might be the calvary in terms of making tactically correct decisions under fire but bobby is the effing enforcer and can take may to the cleaners easily whenever required and even may acknowledges bobby's prowess

Enforcer?! So May is not an enforcer? Abeg bros don't make me laugh. Her codename alone tells you what she is - The Cavalry (we all keep spelling it the wrong way - Calvary is a religious thing, basically the place of Christ's crucifixion), simply refers to soldiers on horseback, now it's more of soldiers in armoured vehicles with specific roles.

Basically, back in day, the cavalry was basically the most imposing & mobile group of soldiers you'd see, imagine your ass standing there with your sword, and you see these mofos on horseback galloping at you, ready to tear you to shreds... Their imposing nature alone with their speed, added height, greater mobility and greater psychological advantage against your mere slow two legged ass. Of course, it's more different now, but they're now armoured tanks and air support now acting as cavalry. Well, I'm sure y'all can read the Wikipedia page for better understanding.

Anywho, she welded the Berserker staff and wasn't overcome by it. As far as we know she's the only human to not be affected by its long term side effects. Her level headedness, willingness to do things that no one would and acceptance of how things work certainly helped in this particular matter.

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BraniacX:
Bobby is almost as good as black widow, I'll pick her over melinda may anyday

Nope. Cavalry trumps Mockingbird anyday, anytime & anywhere.

Phone Swap.
Finally watching this! My iRokoTV sub's now useful again.

Lana1:
Considering she started with a desk job, Peggy turned out to be pretty awesome. She and Cap would ve made a good team.

It really is a shame they never really had the chance. Peggy & Steve...their missed relationship always pains me.

In that case let me add Bobby too

Daisy is getting rather efficient with the ass kicking. But, you've gotta give the BAMF human Marvel Ladies some props. Them Russians, Americans & British agencies (and their offshoots) know how to train the hell out of their agents.

Oh and Natasha's interrogation skills gets me every time. She might be tied up, looking defenceless and even crying her eyes out, but she's got that shtako under control.

mkmyers45:
Actually the writers (Bret Marling and Zach) claim otherwise....apparently its the imagination of the boys and not OA's direct recollection which is even more ridiculous if you think about it. Apparently thats why 'french' had that homer transform moment



Couldnt go past episode 3.....very poor execution (Kill whatshisface and movie is over with no need to infect him and all the other bruhaha that came along with that)



@Bolded....She needed strong and flexible and brave and apparently a little mad

Big B99 fan here too....i feel the end of the last episode was just overkill. Now everyone is going to be praying and sulking instead of the fun time we are used to....

Huh, whoa they really did style/weirdness over substance, oh boy....Anywho, I'm surprised you didn't mention Zach's surname, Batmanglig, rather hard to forget. I always have a mini "I'm Batman" moment, every time I see it, i.e. every episode, since he's a co-creator and directed all the episodes.

As for London Spy, I didn't get past episode 1, I was doing everything except actually watching the thing. Over 20 minutes had past and BBC iPlayer was watching me.

Oh yeah, that happened in B99, we shall see. They'll probably make it work.

Oh snap, Scalebound got cancelled. Dayum! Oh well Horizon Zero Dawn is still being released.

Freciprocal:
All are mysteries and just me trying to justify the radio thingy... I just hope season 2 would shed more light on it

I just came across this comment which got me laughing.

Freciprocal:
There's a chance that the shooter was the student that Steve attacked early in the series

Another possibility is that the shooter was someone who has a connection to Prairie's past — either in Russia or with Hap — and sought to hurt her friends

Yet another possibility is that the shooter has a connection to the FBI, as there are many theories that Prairie's FBI therapist was involved in some kind of cover-up of Hap's experiments.

There are no clear answers to this question, but if this mystery was intentionally left unresolved, I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes a theme in future seasons of The OA

(Expert reviews)

If it was the singing student he was jealous of, that's a gross overreaction. The shooter being FBI is hella silly, the other views are also silly, they could have simply taken OA & her friends out quite easily. Plus, the therapist only knew about her friends after the other shooting incident. From the story alone, it's implied that it's related to the unknown gunman story. As we all know scripts aren't supposed to supply a plot point without using it. Of course, we've seen enough films with enough plot holes and unused plot points.

Does Osa Okhomina not understand how to use the apostrophe?
...the deceased children...the deceased grandchild... **sighs**
I haven't even talked about the incorrect use of capitalisation and other silly mistakes...

mkmyers45:
I partially agree with the bolded.....If you remember she told the FBI guy that her re-occuring dream was in a place with high glass and the sound of cutlery....Also they was a bit about a mass shooter on the loose

My issue with it is that the execution was just darn stupid....My reaction at the last scene was initially a sarcastic clap followed by a WTF

I see I'm not the only one that remembers this, I tend to watch my shows with the subtitles enabled - it's amazing the things you can miss. I did have a similar reaction with cafeteria and the final scene, I've already mentioned my exact reaction earlier.

Haute:
Chai! Cao, you're forsaking me in my hour of need? I thought you were a sister! Actually I didn't. Just wanted you to get emotional and go "awww".

So enough of the talking. Do you declare for House Haute or not?

I don't care about whatever it is, enough with the unnecessary mentions. Simple and short. Enough.

Freciprocal:
In the ending scene with the white walls, it's taken from the exact scene in episode two, I think, when she explains to the five why she disappeared. It's from her dream, where she can see her papa holding 21 candles. I didn't catch it the first time, but when I re-watched the series I noticed it. The walls are the same, her hair is the same, everything. I believe that she made it to the other dimension, but not the one with Homer, the one where her father was waiting for her.

And, since in order to get to that other dimension, she had to make a sacrifice. Like when she got her sight back, she had to give up her papa. She eventually got to him, but not after awhile. I'm typing this because I think she'll never make it back to the 5 (the ones in the school) because the ambulance was a portal, and she gave up the 5 in order to travel. Khatun said that once she learned sacrifice, the seed or 'bird' that she ate would show her the way. She already did sacrifice by giving up her papa, and she got her sight. Let's say she gave up the 5 and traveled through the dimension.

And yet again, you've clearly missed the point I've been trying to make. The 5 did the movements against the gunman (since it looks like I can't keep being vague about it), they had no clue about OA being there, until after the fact. So, it didn't really make any sense why they did it in the first place. Now, you could say they tried to save the students, but as we saw that didn't actually happen. Instead we get a "portal" for OA. At least, it distracted the gunman. The gunman angle came from nowhere, the only time a gunman was ever mentioned was on the radio during BBA's senior chin fat moment (like I mentioned earlier). If that's the same gunman, what the heck was his motive? If it's a student from the school, we never saw that student's motive?

Haute, does your NL life revolve around mentioning random female NLers? Enough already, it's rather tiring with the frivolous mentions.

For folks that don't give a eff, they sure like to talk about it...

Lana1:
My fav female character after Peggy.
Sometimes i fail to see who's more badass between the two

Peggy Carter was a brawler, that chic was brutal. I still remember her fight with that guy in the pilot in her room, she will use any and everything to gain the upper hand.

Natasha is a ninja, ol' gal is stealthy and efficient and she'll merc you with your own weapon. Finesse and Fatal.

Oh and let's not forget Melinda May - BAMF.

mkmyers45:
Do you think the whole story is BS?

How many POV do you think is telling the story?

What do you think of her last words and her dazed state at the very end?

I think the ending of episode 5 is one of the best scenes of 2016.

POV storywise is clearly from OA, when she's telling the story, but it makes you wonder how she knows certain POVs (eg Hap & his colleague's story), which of course makes you wonder if she's making it up, which does help in making the viewer doubt themselves. There are times it felt like proper BS - the writers trying to tell us a story, but using style/weirdness over substance. Some of the boys could have been more developed (eg the stoner). But, those final 10 minutes of episode 8 can make you feel like you just wasted your time.

Before anyone starts, I'm a fan of slow paced shows and even a bigger fan of weird sci-fi, in fact the only slow paced show of recent that I've hated was London Spy - I was bored off my tits and my body refused to pay attention. Anywho, like I've said a few times, episode 8 doesn't have a true payoff. I was actually quite annoyed when it was obvious I'd have to wait for season 2 for the payoff, now I understand why the ratings are less than 2.5 on Netflix. All in all, The OA is well acted, well produced, but it could have told a better story.

Sidebar: I've been calling Steve - Delinquent Douche, in fact I've been referring to him as that exclusively.
Sidebar 2: For anyone who's been on the fence with Travelers. I've enjoyed it so far, the only reason I haven't finished it - I've been reading ebooks and been distracted by my endless rewatch of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. B99 is my go to sleep material, which doesn't always lead to actual sleep. Seriously, every time I finish, I immediately start it again. Without fail.

Freciprocal:
She made us believe she was special (Was she?). Every subsequent episode became better than the last.... Not until the last episode.

The movement ish made sense cos that was the only way they could leave their cell (She knew this when she attempted to escape). Both had to code the moves o their back so as not to forget it. The 5th move was the ultimate, u could transport urself to any dimension.

Inspiration comes from when homer keeps trying to remember what he learnt from the other side and yet fails for years.

Episode 8 is very symbolic (just like the last episode of Westworld) It answers so many questions and leaves u with many questions.

Spoiler Alert


http://time.com/4605895/the-oa-explained-netflix/

It did not make any sense in the cafeteria incident, yes it looked cool and interesting in the scene and it was a proper WTF moment for the guy. I never had an issue with the movements, my issue was its use in the cafeteria and how it proved useless in the situation they were in.

Freciprocal:
What were u expecting?

Something more. We don't get a true payoff & the whole movements vs the plot point from nowhere* just didn't make sense.

*the scene where something similar is spoken about on the radio, while BBA is having her senior moment with her chin fat doesn't count.

About to watch La La Land.

Freciprocal:
I normally respect series like The OA... u have to be patient and consistent. I understand most of us don't have time.

It's a great series u won't regret watching it.

Episode 8 doesn't exactly inspire greatness, after you've patiently gone through 7 episodes, rather anti-climactic.

Travelers.
Darn Americans and their inability to spell properly, removing letters, changing s to z, changing c to s...should be spelt as travellers.

solonius:
They started well,bt d episode 8 jus scattered d whole tin.....made d series become useless

Yup, I see your point. It's because we don't really get a payoff. Plus, the whole movements thing during the anti-climatic moment was just odd. My exact response during that scene - "Are you f**king kidding me with this s**t?!" Well acted, well produced, but the story could have been way better.