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  • CMH
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    • Oct 2002
    • 26203
    #31
    Re: The Leftovers (HBO)

    Originally posted by inkcil
    I don't like it. I especially don't like how people are acting like 50% of population disappeared instead of acting like 2% of the population disappeared. So why the focus on this particular town? Because it went the "craziest?" Did it lose 25% of its population? For only 2% of the pop to be lost, they sure make it seem like there was more. Especially the way the Sheriff and his department are acting. I mean, really? Did the whole Department of Justice, FBI, Internal Affairs and DA offices disappear too? Otherwise they need to do their jobs or do them better.

    So you're saying if 2% of the population in your town suddenly disappeared, and you know it happened across the world as well, you wouldn't be at least a bit unnerved by the event?


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      • kingkilla56
        Hall Of Fame
        • Jun 2009
        • 19395
        #32
        Re: The Leftovers (HBO)

        I saw the second episode. The only mystery that is compelling to me is why the wife went to the cult. Seems like their family was still in tact so sense isnt really being made there yet. Other than that, Im struggling to care. They are gonna need some pretty legit payoffs down the line to counter the constant sadness and despair this show gives off.
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          • Boltman
            L.A. to S.D. to HI
            • Mar 2004
            • 18283
            #33
            Re: The Leftovers (HBO)

            2 shows in and I feel like I'm missing a lot still. I do find it compelling, but I'm still not understanding a lot. I'll continue to watch to see where this crazy ride takes me.

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              • fistofrage
                Hall Of Fame
                • Aug 2002
                • 13682
                #34
                Re: The Leftovers (HBO)

                Originally posted by inkcil
                I don't like it. I especially don't like how people are acting like 50% of population disappeared instead of acting like 2% of the population disappeared. So why the focus on this particular town? Because it went the "craziest?" Did it lose 25% of its population? For only 2% of the pop to be lost, they sure make it seem like there was more. Especially the way the Sheriff and his department are acting. I mean, really? Did the whole Department of Justice, FBI, Internal Affairs and DA offices disappear too? Otherwise they need to do their jobs or do them better.
                I agree with this 100%, The 1918 flu pandemic (January 1918 – December 1920) was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus.[1] It infected 500 million[2] people across the world, including remote Pacific islands and the Arctic, and killed 50 to 100 million of them—three to five percent of the world's population. And that's not counting the millions that died in WWI at the time. The World lost up to 7% in a short period of time.

                The world just kept on going on.

                Now granted that's different than people just disappearing, but still you had more of the Worlds population by % in 1918.

                I agree they act like its lawlessness and wasteland after a Nuclear holocaust took 75% of the population.

                I'll watch the show and see how it develops. But I don't trust anyone associated with Lost to deliver. The writing for lost really became embarrassing and frustrating at the end.
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                  • inkcil
                    All Star
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 5253
                    #35
                    Re: The Leftovers (HBO)

                    Originally posted by CMH
                    So you're saying if 2% of the population in your town suddenly disappeared, and you know it happened across the world as well, you wouldn't be at least a bit unnerved by the event?


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                    That's not what I said at all. Being a bit unnerved is not what is going on in this show...people AND organizations (like the police dpt.) have completely lost their marbles. Huge difference. It was 2% of the population. Not 50%.

                    It's just not good writing, IMO.
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                      • CMH
                        Making you famous
                        • Oct 2002
                        • 26203
                        #36
                        Re: The Leftovers (HBO)

                        I think you guys are ridiculous to say people wouldn't go crazy if loved one suddenly vanished from the face of the earth without explanation.


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                          • ASB37
                            MVP
                            • Feb 2003
                            • 2624
                            #37
                            Re: The Leftovers (HBO)

                            Originally posted by inkcil
                            That's not what I said at all. Being a bit unnerved is not what is going on in this show...people AND organizations (like the police dpt.) have completely lost their marbles. Huge difference. It was 2% of the population. Not 50%.

                            It's just not good writing, IMO.
                            Huh? I think you are overblowing this by saying the entire police department is losing their marbles. I see the chief of police losing it, while everyone else in the police department going about their business. Maybe it seems like they are losing it because the chief is a main character, but To call it poor writing is absurd.

                            Also this show is about the people who lost those in this event, so of course it's going to appear as if being are being unnerved. If you lost your spouse and children, you'd be ok? If the show was just about being acting normal after 2% of the population, where would the plots be? We are following the stories of those who were most affected by this event.
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                              • Bellsprout
                                Hard Times.
                                • Oct 2009
                                • 25652
                                #38
                                Re: The Leftovers (HBO)

                                It's almost not so much that the people are gone as it is how they disappeared. If 2% suddenly vanishes right in front of people's eyes, with no explanation or reason, people would go absolutely ape****.
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                                  • SidVish
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                                    • Apr 2003
                                    • 11743
                                    #39
                                    Re: The Leftovers (HBO)

                                    If you were in that 2% affected you would definitely be losing your ****. I don't see how that's bad writing. I call that being a human being with feelings.
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                                      • CMH
                                        Making you famous
                                        • Oct 2002
                                        • 26203
                                        #40
                                        Re: The Leftovers (HBO)

                                        I think this main issue would have been partly resolved if we had time with the 2%.

                                        If we knew them, understood what they were to their families, maybe then others would understand?


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                                        "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace

                                        "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

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                                          • LakerFan56
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                                            • Feb 2013
                                            • 415
                                            #41
                                            Re: The Leftovers (HBO)

                                            I think this show is pretty good. I agree that the show is a downer, but I think the writing has been excellent.

                                            Episode three was awesome. It reminded me of a
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                                              • Theschill38
                                                Rookie
                                                • Dec 2011
                                                • 80
                                                #42
                                                Re: The Leftovers (HBO)

                                                I really like this show, and I will absolutely keep watching, but holy **** is it depressing.

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                                                  • Boltman
                                                    L.A. to S.D. to HI
                                                    • Mar 2004
                                                    • 18283
                                                    #43
                                                    Re: The Leftovers (HBO)

                                                    This most recent episode only focused on one character, but what a great episode.

                                                    Still watching.

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                                                      • ASB37
                                                        MVP
                                                        • Feb 2003
                                                        • 2624
                                                        #44
                                                        Re: The Leftovers (HBO)

                                                        Originally posted by Boltman
                                                        This most recent episode only focused on one character, but what a great episode.

                                                        Still watching.
                                                        Best episode yet imo.
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                                                          • kingkilla56
                                                            Hall Of Fame
                                                            • Jun 2009
                                                            • 19395
                                                            #45
                                                            Re: The Leftovers (HBO)

                                                            Thank goodness they took a step back from the characters from the first two episodes. I guess each episode will focus on different people and somehow connect them all back. Like Crash.

                                                            Anyway, this was the best episode. I wasnt crazy about the dream sequence though.
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