Ok, so in this thread if we are going to start talking about the episode that just aired, state "We are discussing up through episode 3 starting now" or something to that effect.
So yeah, he pretty much has to bang January Jones, but I hope he gets Carol on board with it first because even though she is a little annoying, she seems sweet and sincere, as well.
I wonder when these people are going to consider the amount of incest involved in 2-3 people trying to repopulate the Earth.
And on that note, I have a feeling that he will talk the ladies into sharing his seed for the good of "a variety of DNA or some such thing," and then some 23 yo hunk hardbody is going to show up and both ladies will throw his arguments right back at him, and then January Jones will just take off with the hunky man... after he already banged Carol.
i don't know.
Last Man on Earth SPOILER THREAD - SPOILERS FOR LaMOE
Haven't watched yet so haven't read this, but I just wanted to ponder aloud: is it really a spoiler to know that there's at least one woman also left? I mean if he were the last human left it wouldn't be much of a show. You could have one or two episodes of him all alone doing stuff, but eventually you need to have someone for him to interact with.
Although I guess it doesn't have to be human; Castaway had Wilson after all. But then there was also a single-person plot to advance there (try to survive and get home) that I suspect wouldn't apply to a show like this where everyone is dead.
Anyway, will catch up this weekend and come back to this thread then.
Although I guess it doesn't have to be human; Castaway had Wilson after all. But then there was also a single-person plot to advance there (try to survive and get home) that I suspect wouldn't apply to a show like this where everyone is dead.
Anyway, will catch up this weekend and come back to this thread then.
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Still chatting about episode 3...
I'm worried they're going to try to play up the sanctity of marriage angle, when in reality, science says he should be banging all the women.
That's a good prediction, and something I would not enjoy. I might even stop watching. That show is every sitcom ever. They'd be taking a great new concept and shoving decades old sitcom horseshit into it. No thanks.
It could work if they have him show up and then kill him. Hell, they could even have him screw one of the ladies first so they remove some of the incest from the show. (I'd have him nail January Jones so the marriage stuff can stay intact and that joke can continue.)
I want them to stay faithful to the title. If more men show up and stay, the title becomes a bait and switch.
So yeah, he pretty much has to bang January Jones, but I hope he gets Carol on board with it first because even though she is a little annoying, she seems sweet and sincere, as well.
I'm worried they're going to try to play up the sanctity of marriage angle, when in reality, science says he should be banging all the women.
And on that note, I have a feeling that he will talk the ladies into sharing his seed for the good of "a variety of DNA or some such thing," and then some 23 yo hunk hardbody is going to show up and both ladies will throw his arguments right back at him, and then January Jones will just take off with the hunky man... after he already banged Carol.
That's a good prediction, and something I would not enjoy. I might even stop watching. That show is every sitcom ever. They'd be taking a great new concept and shoving decades old sitcom horseshit into it. No thanks.
It could work if they have him show up and then kill him. Hell, they could even have him screw one of the ladies first so they remove some of the incest from the show. (I'd have him nail January Jones so the marriage stuff can stay intact and that joke can continue.)
I want them to stay faithful to the title. If more men show up and stay, the title becomes a bait and switch.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
I'm worried they're going to try to play up the sanctity of marriage angle, when in reality, science says he should be banging all the women.
Science says one male and two females isn't a viable gene pool for a species. It's fucking for sport at that point.
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
The population, especially of America in the demographic of the three we're talking about, is such a genetic grab bag that any random motherfuckers have a solid chance of having some recessive trait that's extremely bad. If you had three people from completely different corners of the planet, preferably two of them in genetically isolation subpopulations, I'd hear an argument. Let's check the math for two people.
Let's say "solid chance of something bad" = 1%.
1 person * 0.01 * number of recessive traits you might describe as "fatal or seriously flawed"
I bet:
1) The variable in there is big. Big enough to make 10^-2 look like nothing.
2) The average count of genetic flaws is significant enough to make the probability good that at least one is common between the dude and any one chick. I'll go better than 50%.
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Let's say "solid chance of something bad" = 1%.
1 person * 0.01 * number of recessive traits you might describe as "fatal or seriously flawed"
I bet:
1) The variable in there is big. Big enough to make 10^-2 look like nothing.
2) The average count of genetic flaws is significant enough to make the probability good that at least one is common between the dude and any one chick. I'll go better than 50%.
Edited By Malcolm on 1426223283
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
I think there will be more than two. I have no proof of that, but if they go forward with the whole "last man" thing, I could see him having more options.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
I would think the larger concern, DNA-wise and succession-wise, is that everyone looks like they're 35-45 years old.
At any rate, Agree with Leisher - They need to stick with "last man" or they are liars.
As soon as he agreed to get married, I turned to the wife, "There's going to be another woman - Who's much hotter." Called it.
But yeah, if it were me - I'd be banging the better genes.
At any rate, Agree with Leisher - They need to stick with "last man" or they are liars.
As soon as he agreed to get married, I turned to the wife, "There's going to be another woman - Who's much hotter." Called it.
But yeah, if it were me - I'd be banging the better genes.
It's not me, it's someone else.
How are they getting gas? It's been way longer than it takes gas to separate and become useless.
Why live in Tucson of all places? Without A/C? Fuck no. I think the Pacific Northwest would probably be ideal under those circumstances.
There's no need to clean your house. When your house is dirty move to another one.
The minimum genetically long-term viable group of randomly selected humans is 160. You can get this down to 80 with careful DNA screening and planning of who will breed with whom. There've been studies on this point because we;ll need to know when we start sending out colony ships. Three isn't even close to enough.
Personally the point at which I would have said "fuck this" and left Tucson to Carol while I went to find some other city to live in would have been right around "handicap parking".
Why live in Tucson of all places? Without A/C? Fuck no. I think the Pacific Northwest would probably be ideal under those circumstances.
There's no need to clean your house. When your house is dirty move to another one.
The minimum genetically long-term viable group of randomly selected humans is 160. You can get this down to 80 with careful DNA screening and planning of who will breed with whom. There've been studies on this point because we;ll need to know when we start sending out colony ships. Three isn't even close to enough.
Personally the point at which I would have said "fuck this" and left Tucson to Carol while I went to find some other city to live in would have been right around "handicap parking".
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Did anyone see the trailer for episode 5? I think it's pretty obvious who's showing up in the next episode.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
I decided to stop watching this show. I want to like it, but now that the lead character has turned into an asshole I just don't care what happens.
Then I finished the last episode and at the very end I have some hope that they have wrapped up asshole time and are moving on. So one more episode.
By the way, I have a question: where did all the corpses go?
Then I finished the last episode and at the very end I have some hope that they have wrapped up asshole time and are moving on. So one more episode.
By the way, I have a question: where did all the corpses go?
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Is there a record for how quickly a show jumps the shark? This show is in the running.
It's seriously bordering on painfully unwatchable.
I don't understand who their target demographic is at this point. Bitter women?
The very likeable good guy has become a creepy douchebag because he wants to have sex with someone other than his "wife"? A wife he was forced to marry to save the human race, a fact that nobody mentions.
His behavior reminds me of Michael Scott from The Office...if he was a rapist.
Everything above I wrote before the last minute of the latest episode. So...
Ditto.
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It's seriously bordering on painfully unwatchable.
I don't understand who their target demographic is at this point. Bitter women?
The very likeable good guy has become a creepy douchebag because he wants to have sex with someone other than his "wife"? A wife he was forced to marry to save the human race, a fact that nobody mentions.
His behavior reminds me of Michael Scott from The Office...if he was a rapist.
Everything above I wrote before the last minute of the latest episode. So...
Then I finished the last episode and at the very end I have some hope that they have wrapped up asshole time and are moving on. So one more episode.
Ditto.
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“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
I was thinking the exact same thing. I liked it better when the show was actually about the last man on Earth. Now it is becoming Friends with fewer social constructs.Leisher wrote:Is there a record for how quickly a show jumps the shark? This show is in the running.
It's seriously bordering on painfully unwatchable.
I bet among the audience the fats were especially offended.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
It's very possible. The sob stories Todd was telling were a bit too perfect.GORDON wrote:Maybe Todd is actually a psycho who has been killing and eating survivors across the country and that is why he is one of the fats. It was foreshadowing when Phil said you can't trust the fats.
Also, what's with January Jones' character? I don't know if it's intentional, but she's extremely unlikeable.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”