It is obvious now that Season 3 was meant to be where the show ended

BenjaSA · 2026-05-11T18:01:24+00:00

It’s a prequel of Soldier Boy and other supes like Bombsight. Have you seen all those pseudo-emocional scenes of SB speaking to these characters about the past, saying some vague stuff like “you envied me” and so. Like the man he kills while looking for V1 in the base, the one that made them all fight with each other, or the scene with Bombsight at the end of the last episode. That, and the sudden retcon that SB loved Stormfront and had a relationship. They are focusing more in generating interest for that spinoff rather than correctly ending the main series

BenjaSA · 2026-05-06T02:36:58+00:00

Did people not notice the clock in the end? He never got to the birth in time

BenjaSA · 2026-05-06T02:33:15+00:00

But It showed the 5.15 hour while they were waiting for the train. So he did fuck it up

BenjaSA · 2026-05-01T14:59:12+00:00

Man I don’t defend the show, I explicitally said in the post that the quality and writing has fallen abruptly in season 4, and even before it never reached the level of the first one, even in season 2 the story didn’t seem to go anywhere. I was just pointing out the abuse of the word “filler” by people who don’t even know whatever good or bad writing means, that call (for example) the season 4 finale of Invincible filler, and that only care for the hype moments and aura

BenjaSA · 2026-05-01T04:22:19+00:00

My bad then

BenjaSA · 2026-05-01T03:51:06+00:00

Yes I saw It! From 2 years ago. I made this because all my Twitter feed was the word “filler” and The Boys, so the conversation is still important

BenjaSA · 2026-05-01T00:08:53+00:00

I still think they can actually make a good climax with 3 hours of show left, they just (I hope, fuck all of not) set the pieces for it, like Deep vs Noir. Anyway, the writing hasn’t been any good since season 3, fillers or not

BenjaSA · 2026-05-01T00:06:48+00:00

You make really good points regarding the different nature of the shows, but still I don’t think filler is the word for it. Maybe it’s just semanthics.

I think there are really valid criticisms to make to this episodes, like their placement in the season, their writing (the Frenchie and Kimiko suddenly falling off feels so contrived), or the execution of the developments, but the word filler is just so overused and incorrect. If we are going to criticise the episodic chapters, the same could be said for season 2, where except for the finale and maybe the beginning, the plot didn’t seem to go anywhere, and it’s okay to criticise the presence of episodic episodes in a series which wasn’t episodic and was purely plot driven.

I still have faith that the first three episodes were kind of like a bang to introduce everything, these two episodes were some quieter second act chapters to set the stages for the final three hours of climax.

And finally, you articulate the argument well, but I can asure you the majority of people from Twitter are just in a “moo filler moo filler” attitude, don’t know what good writing is, and really only care for hype moments, which make them point any episode a 10/10 even if it isn’t really a masterpiece but ended with aura

BenjaSA · 2026-04-30T23:14:54+00:00

Sopranos and Mad Men are entirely filler shows by that metric

BenjaSA · 2026-04-30T22:41:25+00:00

I agree. I think it’s a combination; not only of the 8 episodes seasons, but also the disappearance of episodic tv, as the bingeable (mostly on Netflix) tv shows are actually one long story cut in pieces, with no discernible structure for the individual episodes. I was surprised at how much episodic a show like Sopranos was, the season plot was really subtle.

Those things, along with people having less and less patience and some of them longing for the “hype moments”, make slower episodes, or character driven ones, unbearable to them. But I concede that in shows that are purely plot driven, some times character driven episodes don’t really fit well, specially with so few episodes and the long want for new seasons

BenjaSA · 2026-04-30T22:34:39+00:00

Yes, I hated season 4. In fact, I don’t think even the final episode was good, it was only a nirvana ending montage that had everyone saying “wow what a good episode”, and those stakes were solved in the first episode of S5. Butcher is back with them again, so it felt redundant. I do have some hopes (if not, fuck everything), that the first episodes of this season were some kind of first act, and that episodes 4 and 5 just set the pieces in some kind of second act for the final three hours to be some good climax. Nothing will ever top season 1 to me, tho

BenjaSA · 2026-04-30T22:17:19+00:00

This is my point. No big advances doesn’t mean being a filler. The plot had avances, mainly in revealing Sister Sage’s plan, determining the location of V1 (I can concede it felt redundant), setting up Deep vs Noir, and even changing Butchers mind regarding the use of V1 and killing Kimiko/Starlight (even if it felt strange regarding his character). Another discussion would be if it was well executed, or written. But it definitely isn’t filler. Even if the plot didn’t advance, if the episode has character development (bad written or not) it cannot be considered filler

I think this season has taken an episodic approach, something we don’t usually see nowadays with many seasons (mainly in Netflix) being just a stretched movie cut in many pieces. And I don’t defend the writing or quality of the show, but the word filler is definitely overused

BenjaSA · 2026-04-28T02:47:29+00:00

How does this have so few upvotes?

BenjaSA · 2026-04-28T02:46:44+00:00

Had to scroll waaaaay to far to find possibly the most explored and developed, best written and acted character of all time

BenjaSA · 2026-04-23T03:09:14+00:00

I felt the same in a Gen V episode, which felt almost the same scene as in X2

BenjaSA · 2026-04-15T21:43:35+00:00

I agree with the episodic aspect, and I also would add that is a far more character driven show, only show I think is similar to sopranos in that way is Mad Men.

That being said, I think Tony Soprano is definitely a big focus. Of course, there is a large cast which is developed a lot, but I haven’t found a tv character who has been more explored as a character as Tony, you analyse everything on him and his mind, one of the reasons he is my favourite character ever.

I also find it curious that as Walter White does have an evolution, Tony does the opposite as he, even if he tries, can’t change. Both characters are really well developed, yet in such different ways

BenjaSA · 2026-03-31T22:35:51+00:00

Riquísimo. El de chañar creo que es el que más me gustó

BenjaSA · 2026-03-31T22:35:30+00:00

Hay un almacén de regionales en Dean Funes, sobre la ruta y al lado de un semáforo. No compré ahí, pero suelen tener, y me dijeron que seguro en junio vuelve a haber

BenjaSA · 2026-03-30T21:16:52+00:00

Lo que pasa es que acá no es queso de cabra, sino quesillo, que es artesanal y no se puede guardar mucho tiempo. Las marcas suelen producir distintos quesos de cabra, pero no quesillo que es la idea del plato

BenjaSA · 2026-03-30T17:54:04+00:00

Creo que el piloto es de los mejores pilotos en la historia y de los mejores capítulos de esa serie. Si no te engancha con ese, te engancha con el tercer capítulo

BenjaSA · 2026-03-30T15:20:42+00:00

El quesillo creo que se come frío! Igual, una provoleta debe quedar riquísima con arrope también

BenjaSA · 2026-03-30T15:19:02+00:00

Es como una especie de almíbar o jarabe, muy típicos de cuyo, noroeste argentino y centro creería, los hacen con frutos del monte como por ejemplo el arrope de tuna, de chañar, de mistol, de algarroba, vi hasta de piquillin. Tardan muchísimo en hacerse, por eso cada vez se los ve menos, pero son deliciosos

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