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Anyone know if this weekend's "LOTR: the Rings of Power" episode was the season finale? I thought there were 8 episodes, but the pyroclastic flow finish seems like it could be it for another year or so.
No, there's still two more episodes.Anyone know if this weekend's "LOTR: the Rings of Power" episode was the season finale? I thought there were 8 episodes, but the pyroclastic flow finish seems like it could be it for another year or so.
My nephew is a traditionalist about some things and he has shows he will only watch with us, Stranger Things is one. It’s convenient to have him over for a weekend of binging. I really hope they don’t go weekly with some series but I guess if they do we will just wait until they are all out.This makes me sad. I love binging a series on a weekend!
Two more episodes. Plus they haven't done anything with the Elrond-Durin and Harfoot storylines wrapping up yet.Anyone know if this weekend's "LOTR: the Rings of Power" episode was the season finale? I thought there were 8 episodes, but the pyroclastic flow finish seems like it could be it for another year or so.
Waiting is hard for me because I get spoiled and I don't like that.My nephew is a traditionalist about some things and he has shows he will only watch with us, Stranger Things is one. It’s convenient to have him over for a weekend of binging. I really hope they don’t go weekly with some series but I guess if they do we will just wait until they are all out.
Two more episodes. Plus they haven't done anything with the Elrond-Durin and Harfoot storylines wrapping up yet.
I think this episode was much better for only focusing on two of the storylines and bringing them together. Hopefully the showrunners remember this.
And one major critcism: holy wow the idiot ball was in play here. No way does Adar get locked up on his own with nobody watching him. And how did the switch take place? How did Theo know where Arondil hid the key?
Thanks for this recommendation! I’m stuck at home with Covid and needed a laugh!I found an offbeat goofy comedy called Sprung from the Freevee channel which you can access through Amazon Prime as well. Two inmates get an early release from prison because of Covid. They end up sequestering together to plot crimes for good instead of evil.
It took me a minute but Rooster's mother Barb is played by Martha Plimpton from Goonies. I kept thinking she looked really familiar. Martha and Philip Garcia are the main reasons I kept watching this oddball. I have to say the scene where Barb is driving the inmates back to her house but takes the scenic route through a nice neighborhood is hysterical and the main reason I went on to the next episode. She's not driving at that point, saying nothing at all and is not even in focus on the screen. But she is one of the funniest, laugh out loud moments I've had in a while and I kept waiting for her to pop in and out of the scene. She was distracting me from the main conversation going on at the time.
I would say watch this if you are ready for funny Covid or just a weird offbeat comedy.
Official Trailer for Sprung
Thank you so much for bringing this show to my attention as I have not laughed this hard watching a show in a very long time! The Covid jokes are amazing (the birthday hat being used as a mask had me DYING) and Martha Plimpton is comedy gold in this. I love that it also is ultimately a feel-good show.I found an offbeat goofy comedy called Sprung from the Freevee channel which you can access through Amazon Prime as well. Two inmates get an early release from prison because of Covid. They end up sequestering together to plot crimes for good instead of evil.
It took me a minute but Rooster's mother Barb is played by Martha Plimpton from Goonies. I kept thinking she looked really familiar. Martha and Philip Garcia are the main reasons I kept watching this oddball. I have to say the scene where Barb is driving the inmates back to her house but takes the scenic route through a nice neighborhood is hysterical and the main reason I went on to the next episode. She's not driving at that point, saying nothing at all and is not even in focus on the screen. But she is one of the funniest, laugh out loud moments I've had in a while and I kept waiting for her to pop in and out of the scene. She was distracting me from the main conversation going on at the time.
I would say watch this if you are ready for funny Covid or just a weird offbeat comedy.
Official Trailer for Sprung
Yes! I watched the pilot twice because I watched it again with my mom and I was laughing just as hard the second time.Did you catch the reference to the covid mask she dug out of a dumpster and cut a cigarette hole in it?
Only one more episode of bad sisters. We'll finally know who did it, although I'm wondering if it will be like a murder on the orient express when multiple people did the deed. I didn't know the actress who plays Becka is Bono's daughter.
Absolutely, although I almost felt a twinge of sorrow for him given his parents. But, it didn't last long.Great job for whoever was successful, he was the worst.
What does this mean?On Wednesday, Warner Bros. TV Group laid off 82 staffers across scripted, unscripted, and animation divisions, a Warner Bros. representative confirmed to Polygon. The company will leave 43 of the currently unfilled positions empty. While the three brand labels Warner Bros. Animation (WBA), Cartoon Network Studios (CNS), and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe will remain distinct, WBA and CNS development and production teams will be brought under one division.
Why does this matter?In August, Discovery laid off 14% of HBO Max staff and canceled the Batgirl movie. Later that month, beloved cartoons were yanked from HBO Max, blindsiding the cartoons’ creators. Dozens of Sesame Street episodes were taken off of the streaming platform, and other shows were totally removed — including fan favorite OK K.O.! – Let’s Be Heroes, as well as Infinity Train, which ran for four seasons and is no longer airing on Cartoon Network.
And in the past decade…While Warner Bros. Animation’s imprint feels emblematic of the past, Cartoon Network Studios has produced significant and ground-breaking shows over the courseof time that have also stood the test of time. Yes, there are reboots, notably of Cartoon Network’s incredibly popular late ‘90s and early 2000s series, like Powerpuff Girls and numerous iterations of Ben 10. But there are also bangers and plenty of paradigm-shifting programming, from shows that cemented the all-girl action team (Powerpuff Girls, of course), to shows that took cues from anime, like Samurai Jack. And that’s not to mention Cartoon Network’s Toonami block, which introduced numerous kids in the U.S. to anime before it captivated a Western audience — and which aired Pokémon for many years.
CNS was also one of few major animation studios to spotlight queer characters in the 2010s — especially sapphic romances — laying the groundwork for other animated shows. Adventure Time, which debuted in 2010 and ran for 10 seasons, was only recently able to pay off the “Bubbline” romance that sparked between Princess Bubblegum and Marceline; the two flirtatiously met in 2011’s “Go With Me.” Princess Bubblegum later sleeps in Marceline’s shirt, and the show’s 2018 finale seals the deal with a kiss. 2013’s Steven Universe would go on to become one of the most beloved and influential contemporary queer cartoons with a cast of non-binary Crystal Gems, numerous gay characters, and a wonderful wedding episode.
Though CNS does still exist after this consolidation, layoffs still have very real consequences. According to The Daily Beast,a large number of the HBO Max executives laid off in August were people of color. Former Warner Bros. employees speculated to The Daily Beast at the time that this was due an ideological shift, with content steered towards a less diverse and more “Middle America” audience. Now we’re seeing changes at an animation studio known for forward-thinking programming. How WBA and CNS will work together is an open question – as well as whether unforgettable, envelope-pushing cartoons will remain a priority at a conglomerate with a philosophy built on reality entertainment.