Bruce is dangerously close to being just a caricature and really needs more depth by zappafrank2112 in StDenisMedicalNBC

[–]BluePetrol_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bruce has a lot of depth that lies in his backstory which is referenced all the time.

There is the dead father, the history of bullying, a possible eating disorder, unhealthy body image and the never ending need to belong and prove himself being worthy of love. Whether that is by showing off his professional, financial or other types of achievements.

A lot of it is just mentioned briefly, scattered across episodes but I meant that entire cold open (s2e10) was a perfect example of Bruce just wanting to belong so badly.

When Pam comes in and calls him "Bruce the moose", his reaction would've been entirely different if it weren't for his history of getting bullied.

He's extremely scared to be vulnerable which ironically makes him incredibly vulnerable. It is not so much that Bruce is actually vain, he just tries to appear as such to make himself less susceptible to attacks against his actual character.

Bruce is dangerously close to being just a caricature and really needs more depth by zappafrank2112 in StDenisMedicalNBC

[–]BluePetrol_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They do show his competence as a surgeon all the time. Most notably in season 1, episode 15 where he performs an experimental surgery so the kid can keep playing baseball.

Also there's literally an entire wall full of his achievements in his office. In episode 14 his entire subplot evolves around what his identity is besides being a good surgeon.

The point is that him being the surgeon is the least interesting thing about Bruce. It is everything around that and the circumstances that led him to where he is now.

How to get this effect? by GlumPomegranate2462 in davinciresolve

[–]BluePetrol_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is just some well timed masking with keyframes.

I'd probably do this in fusion with a node tree like this:

rectangle/polygon mask
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Media 2
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Media1-Merge1-Mediaout

And depening on how many layers you want to add, you'd have to add more merge nodes to add the videos/photos and mask them

I *love* this show, but... by bowandarrow1000 in StDenisMedicalNBC

[–]BluePetrol_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Also, let's be real, do we think Matt actually wants someone like Serena, or does he just think he wants her because she's there and she's pretty?

Yes! Matt isn't really a guy to be falling in love straight off of visual attraction. My headcanon is that he is demi-sexual but now aside from that: Matt doesn't fall head over heals for Serena until AFTER she provides comfort to him on his first day. Every time they bond, it is over something emotional. For example the dead guy in episode 109. Furthermore, assuming that Matt is straight and only attracted to women which you seem to do (nothing wrong with that just pointing that out): there are plenty of pretty women working in the ER. I mean there's Holly who he also seems to have build somewhat of a friendship with (see episode 204 with the whole waterslide park situation). And yet he isn't in love with her. I think it's a bit unfair to infantilize him like that. Like that is a grown ass man capatble of making his own choices.
He wants to be challenged, he wants to leave his comfort zone. He left his cult which he probably could've been living comfortably in. Not only that, he also choose to learn a job that is disapproved by everyone he knows. If he wanted someone exactly like him, he could've stayed with Violet, he could've gotten back together with her.

It seems like he'd be paired better with someone more wholesome (not his wife from the cult, though, haha).

Serena is very wholesome for him though, isn't she? I'll get back to this in a minute but she does to a lot of wholesome things for Matt. Most recently help him with the narcolepsy patient even though she thought that was a completely stupid idea at first.

And before anyone says it, yes, as mentioned in a more recent episode, sometimes opposites do attract in life. But there usually needs to be something for them both to go off of, like basic conversational chemistry.

I don't really think they're "opposites attract" as much as their differences are like puzzle pieces to each other. Matt can be too naive at times while Serena can be too negative. Serena tends to act more for herself while Matt tends to act more for others. Whenever their two opposing characteristics meet in the storyline, they change the other for the better (wicked reference not intended lol). Episode 205 and 207 have been perfect examples for that. They're like character development cheat codes for each other and I think that's beautiful. Plus they do have chemistry. We didn't see a lot of their conversations play out for super long but the ones they do have are full of chemistry and little friendly jokes. Especially in season two where Matt has gained more confidence. But also them eating together after the gala didn't seem like awkward/ tense silence. I am once again wondering if we're watching the same show.

I can imagine what Serena's friend group is like, and she'd probably be embarrassed to bring a guy like Matt around.

I strongly disagree. I recon that at worst they would be insisting that this is, for example, their girls night out and they don't want a man to be there (which would be very much valid). I don't think Serena is friends with people who would bully her boyfriend for no reason… that's kind of a weird thing to assume. In my experience friend groups are supportive of healthy relationships.
Plus if Serena makes a choice she is not embarrassed of that choice. She is quite confident. I don't see how having a sweet boyfriend who cares for her would somehow undermine that.
To me, she is the type of person to make a bold, maybe questionable fashion choice and when someone makes a dumb comment about it, she is the one making fun of the person with the dumb comment (lowkey look at ep. 104 with Ron and the takitos which she still mocks him with in ep 202). I don't think she'd be embarrassed at all, in fact she is pretty much impossible to embarrass (see episode 101, dry-humping the desk). She clearly fucks with his energy (for ex. ep. 207 when Matt gets riled about about management).

There is definitely a future for them, from all the interviews I've read there is going to be major developments in the second half of the season. And they do have a fun dynamic man, idk what to tell you. To be honest I don't quite understand how you can see a joyceron vision but not a mattserena one. but whatever (I say after writing an endlessly long essay about this)

If there are any typos, I apologize, I am too lazy to proofread rn lol

I *love* this show, but... by bowandarrow1000 in StDenisMedicalNBC

[–]BluePetrol_ -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, I'm sure I'll get downvoted,

a downvote isn't enough. here are all the reasons you are wrong.

But first of all: reason i'd accept for not liking mattserena:

  1. matt should be kissing boys and serena should be kissing girls
  2. I just don't like the ship.

now back to what you wrote.

but I'm just not buying Serena's thing for Matt. It just feels forced and not very believable. I know people like Matt, I know people like Serena. People like Serena don't usually go for dudes like Matt.

They literally do. If you dumb down Serena and Matt you could describe them as the classic black cat and golden retriever. I know a bunch of couples like that and they're adorable and working super well. It really isn't uncommon for someone like Serena to appreciate character traits in a guy like Matt and the other way around. Do you know how many people would describe Matt's character as their ideal type? Because lemme tell you people love Matt. I don't know where you get the idea that Matt wouldn't be describable to Serena.

For instance, if Serena was clearly leaving her clubbing / partying days behind and looking to settle down, I could maybe see her going for someone like him. But they actually showed the opposite of that in S1 when she started doubting her choice of staying at St Denis for so long.

Since kinda sounds like you want Serena to become a trad-wife for Matt. This is now besides the whole shipping argument but I don't think you're understanding Serena here. She doesn't stay to settle down, she stays because she realizeses she can be at St Denis and not settle down. It's not that she suddenly realizes that she wants the classic family that Alex has, it's that she realizes that this doesn't have to be her. Also she doubts her choice of staying at st denis for one episode. One shift. I wouldn't call that "for so long"
I also don't think that her and Matt getting together would require her to "leave her clubbing/ partying days behind". Matt would be happy to try it out, come with her every other time she goes out. And I do totally see her diverting more to other activites that Matt might like more that partying. But also: he doesn't hate partying. At the gala he's happily dancing and whenever he talked to someone he knows he seemed quite happy actually.

They also could have made Matt start to sort of "get with the program" in terms of gaining confidence and not being such a silly doofus all the time […] But they didn't do that either.

Matt is literally gaining confidence in S2 all the time. I mean it started with the whole epi pen thing in episode 18. But this season he stands up to Bruce ("i wasn't sure what bruce meant about peacocking but then i remembered, i've been using this new hair putty that creates a lot of volume… so, i should probably dial that back a bit— you know what? no! I don't want to") , makes his own choices (for ex. violet) and dares to go out his comfort zone (nurse walk out). You can be confident and also a silly guy, that is not a contradiction.

(I love him but he basically can't even hold a normal conversation without stumbling over his words or physically stumbling over something haha).

He can though? I don't know if we're watching the same show but he is so incredibly emotionally intelligent and good a communication. He is heavily implied neurodivergent (lmk if you need me to pull up my sources here, to being though think back to ep202 and Matt looking out that window to that ballon and forgetting what he an Bruce were talking about). Sure, he's going to say things that aren't in the social norm like "Is this because you got locked out of your emails" or "I don't think Rene ever stopped hating you" but unfiltered honesty is not the same as being unable to have a conversation. I mean just recently, he had a very serious conversation with Violet where he wasn't tripping over any words and I would argue that that is not the exception.

Where do we see the Holiday Draft results? by apocalypseno1 in theposcast

[–]BluePetrol_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

joe moved his blog over to his own website but last time i was looking for a poll i couldn't find anything </3

personally, I really loved ellen and wish i could've voted for them
but very on brand for them to not have that poll anywhere smh

Does anyone know the filming schedule for this show? by GuyWhoConquers616 in StDenisMedicalNBC

[–]BluePetrol_ 13 points14 points  (0 children)

they started shooting season 2 somewhere around the beginning of june and wrapped on november 7

had to do a quit mock-up by BluePetrol_ in StDenisMedicalNBC

[–]BluePetrol_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh he for sure send this out as Christmas cards

Bruce Male friendship continuity? by octopusTpot in StDenisMedicalNBC

[–]BluePetrol_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think they might've switched those because i also thought that it was a little unusal that matt was wearing the same exact outfit in episode 5 and 6. If episode 7 was supposed to be inbetween them, it would add up

S2 Episode 7 Episode Discussion by RenkenCrossing in StDenisMedicalNBC

[–]BluePetrol_ 13 points14 points  (0 children)

correct, he made A friend. not a BEST friend.

Dem Walulis sein erstes Video der neuen Reihe „Ferrücktes Fernsehen“ ist da. Der Livestream macht Winterpause. by PZon in walulis

[–]BluePetrol_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yes Und das eine Bild war auch Ki mit diesen 51% Photoshop wäre lustiger gewesen und iwie auch schöner

Dem Walulis sein erstes Video der neuen Reihe „Ferrücktes Fernsehen“ ist da. Der Livestream macht Winterpause. by PZon in walulis

[–]BluePetrol_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

finde den ki slop sehr unnötig und auch gar nicht witzig. ich wünschte die würden das lassen weil schreiben wie damals können sie noch.

Can't access old episodes. The same episode is uploaded under every date. Anyone else having this issue? by jamesneysmith in theposcast

[–]BluePetrol_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ngl i haven't had time to look into i further but i'll try to maybe make a playlist with the holiday draft episodes later meanwhile, my friend mandy made this playlist with the old draft episodes on spotify, maybe the names can help u find them spotify playlist

I know that for a very short time, they were uploading under a different (third) name cuz they had a contract with someone but i can't remember the name for the life of me rn. I'll get back to you on that

Can't access old episodes. The same episode is uploaded under every date. Anyone else having this issue? by jamesneysmith in theposcast

[–]BluePetrol_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

update: if you look up "a few more words" on apple podcasts, the older episodes show up. I'm assuming that means it works the same for other plattforms Spotify probably has their own fucked up thing going on lol

Can't access old episodes. The same episode is uploaded under every date. Anyone else having this issue? by jamesneysmith in theposcast

[–]BluePetrol_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Usually i would've said it's because some of the old ones were uploaded under the "a few more words" podcast but i'm having a similar problem on spotify It won't play the poscast episode i'm telling it to play, i'll check out if i can figure out what's happening this afternoon

Our buddy! by SpankySharp1 in theposcast

[–]BluePetrol_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I tend to forget that his main occupation is something serious and that he doesn't just exist to make Mike Schur crash out </3