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go birds wrote:Apparently there is going to be a second season of Fargo. Thought the 1st season was just a one time thing. I am excite.
Yeah, definitely.

I think it's going to be a completely different cast, though. With a completely different story. Is that right?

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Yea. This season is a prequel of sorts, following Molly's (?) dad--the former cop diner owner.

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ghostrunner wrote:The Strain writers/(directors?) keep threatening to let Corey Stoll just be an out and out ass hole. I wish they'd just let it happen. An unrepentant [expletive] fighting vampires could be so great. And that kid has to go. He's even worse this season. Disappointed that the vampire black ops dudes appear to have gone out like chumps.
It's a different actor for the kid, but he's equally terrible. Actually, I think this actor/kid is way worse than the one from last year. When I read the books, my first reaction was "This kid is worse than [expletive] Joffrey". That was an overreaction (he's nowhere close to as bad as Joffrey) but that should give you an idea of where the little [expletive] head is coming from. It doesn't help that the actor/kid does a horrible job.

RE: the black ops dudes... book spoilers...
[SHOW]
They will definitely be back. Not those specific ones but others will be. The biggest, most badass one hasn't even been introduced yet (though I think he finally showed up last night).
Generally, I find it a maddening show because it does some REALLY cool things, like the Master/Sardu's backstory, and some of the more grisly scenes. But it's so awkward and terrible at other times (Fet and Dutch's romance is especially a [expletive] show, as is Zack's acting).

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Is the second season of the strain worth watching? I didn't even realize it had started until last week

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Maybe this belongs in Guilty Pleasures, but I'm a big fan of American Ninja Warrior. Not the sob stories so much, but it's a really interesting sport.

I do wish there was a stronger standard to the courses though. It seems like every round of qualifying at every location should be the same. And I think it should be body-weight only, but that seems more true this year.

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american ninja warrior is my favorite show about americans that are neither ninjas nor warriors

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I really want to watch Fargo Season One. But I know the second I buy it it will start streaming somewhere.

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MrSaigon wrote:I really want to watch Fargo Season One. But I know the second I buy it it will start streaming somewhere.
FX typically starts streaming on Amazon Prime right before the new season comes out. I don't know if that's helpful at all.

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Anybody watching Mr. Robot? Someone told me about it this week, I watched Ep1 last night and it was high-quality stuff.

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I haven't seen this week's Mr. Robot but I've seen the rest and I'm enjoying it quite a bit. It's a really strange mish-mash of influences, but none in a really obvious or unsubtle way. I'm a fan.

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