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1x09 George Tsoukalos actually makes a full blown cameo as himself!!  big_smile  This show is off the rails hilarious!  John Locke showed up.  Not as funny as some episodes, but really good, and can the Sheriff ever sing, wow!

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paisley1 wrote:
Spoiler

1x09 George Tsoukalos actually makes a full blown cameo as himself!!  big_smile  This show is off the rails hilarious!  John Locke showed up.  Not as funny as some episodes, but really good, and can the Sheriff ever sing, wow!

I don't know G. T. (and of course I had avoided reading your post before) but googled "cameo" when I heard the "you should be on television" line. big_smile He sounded 'too professional' for it not to be a cameo! smile


Resident Alien: Inside That Hair-Raising Cameo

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Best shown currently on television ;)

From the first episode I knew I was going to like it, its witty and there are jokes under jokes sometimes which I don't think many people would understand if they haven't watched a choice selection of documentaries, conspiracy theories and have a basic understanding of science.

Very clever show, amazing characters which actually reflect people I know, I sometimes find myself predicting what the smart arse character is about to say next lol.

Love it! Hands down. Only thing which sucks about this show is that each episode ends with a cliff hanger and is only released once a week =P Otherwise its perfect.

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lighton wrote:
paisley1 wrote:
Spoiler

1x09 George Tsoukalos actually makes a full blown cameo as himself!!  big_smile  This show is off the rails hilarious!  John Locke showed up.  Not as funny as some episodes, but really good, and can the Sheriff ever sing, wow!

I don't know G. T. (and of course I had avoided reading your post before) but googled "cameo" when I heard the "you should be on television" line. big_smile He sounded 'too professional' for it not to be a cameo! smile


Resident Alien: Inside That Hair-Raising Cameo

Lighton, how have you never watched Ancient Aliens!?  There are so many embedded jokes in Resident Alien that are references to subjects from Ancient Aliens and pop culture ufo conspiracy crap....almost to the point where Resident Alien makes fun of Ancient Aliens, lol! lol

Spoiler

A couple weeks ago, before Debris came out I was expecting Giorgio Tsoukalos and the Ancient Aliens team to make an appearance because the stories on Debris are the exact same as the theories on Ancient Aliens much more than the hilarious use of those theories on Resident Alien; but for George to show up on Resident Alien in the way that he did at an alien conference lol is so freaking hilarious because it serves to solidify how much of a quack and how unscientific he is to me! lol

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What I liked about that episode was that during the "who's who" presentation, Harry never denied the existence of any of them. big_smile

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TeaAndApathy wrote:

What I liked about that episode was that during the "who's who" presentation, Harry never denied the existence of any of them. big_smile

I agree! That was very funny! smile

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What an awesome finale to an awesome show.

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I love that part of Harry's reasoning to keep humanity alive was pizza! lol  Not just love for the people he got to know, but also hedonism! lol

I'd watch another 10 episodes of this today. smile

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paisley1 wrote:

What an awesome finale to an awesome show.

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I love that part of Harry's reasoning to keep humanity alive was pizza! lol  Not just love for the people he got to know, but also hedonism! lol

I'd watch another 10 episodes of this today. smile

Hahaha... ME TOO!

This series was a great time! I've even picked up the comic books this series is based on, if only to fill this Alan Tudyk sized hole in my viewing schedule big_smile

https://next-episode.net/sig/sig.php?alias=default&kk=fe18e3ede310c4d0ddb3af64211e19ec

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Season 2 is one week and two days away.  Catch up now.

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paisley1 wrote:

What an awesome finale to an awesome show.

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I love that part of Harry's reasoning to keep humanity alive was pizza! lol  Not just love for the people he got to know, but also hedonism! lol

I'd watch another 10 episodes of this today. smile


I feel like going to an aquarium and attempting to feed some to an octopus to see if it's true.

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paisley1 wrote:

Season 2 is one week and two days away.  Catch up now.

yikes cant wait!

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This show just keeps getting more hilarious, I don't know how they do it but they do, 2x01 had me in stitches lol.

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Dear Resident Alien,

"I missed you like sun misses the flower in the depths of winter." lol

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Running out of the restaurant with Octopus Malcolm Reynolds was fantastic!  lol I want them to get the whole band back together!  Adam Baldwin next. big_smile

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202 had some great lines:

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Asta's Dad:  So, what's going on Harry?

Harry thinks:  I'm building a bunker to save Asta from a total extinction event and I'm going to lock you out and then sweep up your ashes with a dust pan.

Then says: "Nothing."

Also,  "The mayor can transmogrify matter!  He must be part Anunnaki."

Ancient Aliens fan service, so funny.  wink

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Wow, went hard woke on todays ep. Another somewhat decent show down the drain. Shame.

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axeman_92 wrote:

Wow, went hard woke on todays ep. Another somewhat decent show down the drain. Shame.

I haven't had the time to start watching the current season, but I doubt it's that bad ("down the drain"). smile

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lighton wrote:

I doubt it's that bad ("down the drain"). smile

IDK, I'm just done with getting lectures masquerading as entertainment from social justice warriors with double digit IQs. I'll just watch different shows which don't have poorly hidden agendas. At some point I'm bound to find one which doesn't just reel you in and transition.

Slight rant ahead.

Very few shows start off woke because they know it doesn't sell. They always start off with a decent premise and a normal cast. First few episodes are normal as they try to get you invested into the characters. Then after the first two episodes they slowly reveal that half the characters are some kind of letter soup (in the real world it's something like 0.1% with large mental illness comorbidity). The sidestories start circling around social issues, and the characters are all woke ideologues. The entire dynamic of the show is changed once that is revealed. It's not just a one-off, it's part of the character development.

At this point I've seen this enough times to understand it as a propaganda technique, introducing indifensible ideas by using false, constructed social proof. Most people don't actually reason about these things for themselves - they go by what the authorities say and what their friends think - AKA social proof. So it's a very effective method of persuasion when the ideas can't actually win on merit.

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axeman_92 wrote:

in the real world it's something like 0.1%

Yeah, like I said in a different thread: for decades minorities were suppressed (and hidden) in Hollywood, now the pendulum swings to the other side. I guess/ hope it'll be less intense in a few years. Looking forward to watching those new Resident Alien episodes and seeing for myself what's going on there. smile

Thank you for not crazy-ranting.

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203 was a big letdown, how could they let something so bad go through?

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Fucking love this show, so good.

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Somehow, the second season sucks. Can't really put my finger on it.... but so far I do not like it and if the (given, awesome!) first season had been like the second, I probably would have dropped the show after episode 3.

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Season 2 was ok but it wasn't as good as season 1, it just lacked the belly laughs imo.

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The last few were a little lacklustre for sure.
There is still another 6 episodes to go so hopefully it will pickup.

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The first half of Season 2 was a bit of a chore to get through.  The story in season 2 from episode 3 to 8 was a lot of melodrama between Asta, Darcy, Liv, Kate, and Judy, that all became a bit repetitive.  Apparently, the second season is set to consist of 16 episodes, split into two eight-episode parts, with the second half premiering in mid-2022.

Chris Sheridan Explains Season 2.5 & 3, in the links below:

Collider:  https://collider.com/resident-alien-sea … -season-3/

Collider Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztJKMiWGzH8

Next-Episode Link for Season 2:  https://next-episode.net/resident-alien/season-2

For me, this is amazing news and a breath of fresh air, as this means, Resident Alien, will be the only show I've seen in years, to almost have a full season of episodes in a season, that is, 4 shy of 20.  Looking forward to it, even if the jokes and editing won't be as tight.

Remember 24?  It actually had 24 episodes of television per season, for 8 seasons straight!

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paisley1 wrote:

For me, this is amazing news and a breath of fresh air, as this means, Resident Alien, will be the only show I've seen in years, to almost have a full season of episodes in a season, that is, 4 shy of 20.  Looking forward to it, even if the jokes and editing won't be as tight.

Remember 24?  It actually had 24 episodes of television per season, for 8 seasons straight!

Where did you get that number from?  I don't think shows follow a set number of episodes for a season.
UK shows have 6 episodes a season, and have done for quite a while.  10 seems to be the norm now for a lot of shows.

DRM "manages access" in the same way that Prison "manages freedom".
http://xkcd.com/488/