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[wolfali Joined: Sep 4th, 2018 Topics: 240 Posts: 36925 View Predictions]

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I’d recommend Happy Valley (especially if you liked Mare of Easttown) which should be on Netflix(?) Sarah Lancashire is just one of a kind in it and her performance is one of the strongest I’ve ever seen on television.

Luca Giliberti wrote:

That Olivia Colman scene from Broadchurch is some of the best acting I have ever seen! I never even watched the show, but her saying “He was 11!” haunts me to this day.

She was PHENOMENAL in Broadchurch season 1. My favourite performance of hers (even more so than <i>The Favourite</i> and Tyranossaur).

Whilst I didn’t enjoy season 2 so much (3 was ok but not as strong as 1), that show really had consistently strong performances across its three seasons. Not only from Colman but also David Bradley, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Charlotte Rampling, David Tennant, Jodie Whittaker… At least the first two got BAFTA nominations (and Bradley got the win) but Rampling, Tennant and Whittaker were so robbed.

FYC: Better Call Saul, The English and The Good Fight in all categories including Emily Blunt, Bob Odenkirk, Christine Baranski and Rhea Seehorn.

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[hopelesstar Joined: Mar 10th, 2020 Topics: 3 Posts: 3315 View Predictions]

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wolfali wrote:

 

one of my favorite performance of the past decade

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[Labyrinth Joined: Feb 21st, 2021 Topics: 1 Posts: 486 View Predictions]

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The TCA awards have the best winners of all awards group – Rachel Bloom, Keri Rusell, Carrie Coon to name a few.
Even the program awards are better.

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[Couverture Joined: Jun 16th, 2019 Topics: 1 Posts: 2067 View Predictions]

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wolfali wrote:

Yet they actually award performances that are more deserving than those honoured anywhere else.

Still doesn’t make up for never giving Foy the win. The Emmys will always be superior for actually awarding her.

A Negroni. Sbagliato. With Prosecco in it.

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[JV Joined: Dec 31st, 2019 Topics: 9 Posts: 5096 View Predictions]

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Labyrinth wrote:

The TCA awards have the best winners of all awards group – Rachel Bloom, Keri Rusell, Carrie Coon to name a few.
Even the program awards are better.

Not unpopular.

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[alexdrake Joined: Jun 23rd, 2021 Topics: 0 Posts: 69 View Predictions]

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wolfali wrote:

Yet they actually award performances that are more deserving than those honoured anywhere else.

it hurts Keeley Hawes is still not in this list. She was robbed multiple times…let’s hope next year for It’s A Sin…

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[wolfali Joined: Sep 4th, 2018 Topics: 240 Posts: 36925 View Predictions]

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Breaking Bad‘s final season was good but its sweep was incredibly overrated with the best seasons of Game of Thrones and The Good Wife also right there and being just as deserving (or in the latter’s case, more deserving). Josh Charles should have taken supporting actor over Aaron Paul and one win was enough for Anna Gunn.

FYC: Better Call Saul, The English and The Good Fight in all categories including Emily Blunt, Bob Odenkirk, Christine Baranski and Rhea Seehorn.

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[Labyrinth Joined: Feb 21st, 2021 Topics: 1 Posts: 486 View Predictions]

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I always felt Breaking Bad was a little overrated which is not saying it wasn’t excellent.

But I truly believe Better Call Saul excels over BB in writing, directing, performances , characters, and plot as a whole.

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[Kaguya-hime Joined: Sep 15th, 2020 Topics: 2 Posts: 658 View Predictions]

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Maybe this will change as I watch more (I’m only halfway through Season 2), but as great as Danny Pudi and Donald Glover are, Alison Brie is the MVP of Community. She’s just stealing the show completely. It was noticeable in Season 1 (the debate episode is one of the highlights of the show largely because of her), but it’s even more the case here, where she’s chloroforming janitors, being the little sister on a family sitcom, pretending to go crazy and shooting people, becoming a Texan drifter, taking over the entire show in a bottle episode, and summoning Christmas pterodactyls. This might be the best comedic performance I have ever seen, and there’s still way more to go.

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[methaddiction Joined: Aug 1st, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 5041 View Predictions]

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wolfali wrote:

Breaking Bad‘s final season was good but its sweep was incredibly overrated with the best seasons of Game of Thrones and The Good Wife also right there and being just as deserving (or in the latter’s case, more deserving). Josh Charles should have taken supporting actor over Aaron Paul and one win was enough for Anna Gunn.

 

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[Tyler Joined: Jan 9th, 2018 Topics: 9 Posts: 1434 View Predictions]

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Thinking Barry’s Ronny/Lilly deserved directing over Fleabag 2.1 is the equivalent to thinking that 1917 deserved to win directing over Parasite. Larger technical achievement isn’t better direction, directing is about taking what’s on the page and bringing it to life with staging and setting the tone. That first episode of Fleabag (the whole series really) has an incredibly specific tone that walks a fine line on absurdist and grounded while also switching between laugh out loud moments and heartbreaking revelations. Barry’s Ronny/Lilly is a great episode, but Fleabag will always deserve that win.

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[wolfali Joined: Sep 4th, 2018 Topics: 240 Posts: 36925 View Predictions]

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Tyler wrote:

Thinking Barry’s Ronny/Lilly deserved directing over Fleabag 2.1 is the equivalent to thinking that 1917 deserved to win directing over Parasite.

FYC: Better Call Saul, The English and The Good Fight in all categories including Emily Blunt, Bob Odenkirk, Christine Baranski and Rhea Seehorn.

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[mafro987 Joined: Jan 23rd, 2014 Topics: 2 Posts: 1358 View Predictions]

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Chile 💀 I definitely get the overall sentiment, but the comparison between the direction of Fleabag/Parasite and the direction of ‘ronny/lily’/1917 is off.

FYC: Danielle Deadwyler, Best Actress in a Leading Role

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[Kaguya-hime Joined: Sep 15th, 2020 Topics: 2 Posts: 658 View Predictions]

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Season 5 is the only season of Game of Thrones in which Lena Headey is the MVP of the cast.

Season 1: Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sean Bean, and Maisie Williams are all better than her.

Season 2: Peter Dinklage and Alfie Allen are both better than her.

Season 3: Most of the main cast is better than her, she didn’t have much to do in this season. Even in her own category, Natalie Dormer, Rose Leslie, Sophie Turner, Emilia Clarke, Michelle Fairley, and Maisie Williams are all better than her.

Season 4: Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maisie Williams, Charles Dance, and Pedro Pascal are all better than her.

Season 5: She’s the best.

Season 6: Liam Cunningham and Sophie Turner are both better than her.

Season 7: Maisie Williams is better than her.

Season 8: Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Gwendoline Christie, and Alfie Allen are the only 4 people who gave notable performances this season.

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[methaddiction Joined: Aug 1st, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 5041 View Predictions]

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Kaguya-hime wrote:

Season 5 is the only season of Game of Thrones in which Lena Headey is the MVP of the cast. Season 1: Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sean Bean, and Maisie Williams are all better than her. Season 2: Peter Dinklage and Alfie Allen are both better than her. Season 3: Most of the main cast is better than her, she didn’t have much to do in this season. Even in her own category, Natalie Dormer, Rose Leslie, Sophie Turner, Emilia Clarke, Michelle Fairley, and Maisie Williams are all better than her. Season 4: Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maisie Williams, Charles Dance, and Pedro Pascal are all better than her. Season 5: She’s the best. Season 6: Liam Cunningham and Sophie Turner are both better than her. Season 7: Maisie Williams is better than her. Season 8: Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, and Gwendoline Christie are the only 3 people who gave notable performances this season.

 

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