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Chuck versus the NeoGAF - The Official Season 4 Thread - Mondays on NBC
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Cornballer
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Chuck Day!
WascallyWabbit
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Chuck Day!
A one hour holiday on mondays for the still faithful!
A one hour holiday on mondays for the still faithful!
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Chuck Day. Morgan and Sarah are happy about it!
But it is also Yvonne Night!
Stallion Free
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Oh man I saw Unknown on Friday and loved it. I think I might actually watch Chuck on time this week.Solo said:
Does anyone else feel like they have been upping the violence this season? Last weeks episode really kicked it up a notch and I am fine with it, but it seems odd that they would change it now because they have always kind of favored off-screen deaths.
Cornballer
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The show's way of handling it is uneven, and last week cranked it up a notch because they actually showed some blood. Most of the time people get shot and do the violently shaking and fall down routine, but they don't bleed a lot.Stallion Free said:
PhoncipleBone
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I noticed that last week as well. They are ramping up the violence/blood factor. Still not to the gore extremes Supernatural has done this season, but it was a lil shocking for Chuck.Stallion Free said:
Cornballer
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Logline for tonight's all new Chuck:
Cornballer
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Seth C said:
Hari Seldon
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Jeffster singing Send Me on My Way from last week. It is getting me in the mood for tonight haha.
http://picosong.com/4DL/
http://picosong.com/4DL/
Okay, back to the conversation of the last two pages:
The thing I don't get about those saying that there is no danger or any stakes...
In S3, they killed Emmett, which clearly shows those at the Buy More are in danger. His family and friends have been in trouble throughout the series in numerous occasions due to his spying (including his dad being killed!!!). This season Agent Rye gets shot and tossed out of the gondola and Chuck is abducted and almost has his mind erased. Perhaps they could do a little better of a job by having these injuries and other things last a bit longer, but then people would probably complain about that too. I don't really get the complaints to be honest.
The thing I don't get about those saying that there is no danger or any stakes...
In S3, they killed Emmett, which clearly shows those at the Buy More are in danger. His family and friends have been in trouble throughout the series in numerous occasions due to his spying (including his dad being killed!!!). This season Agent Rye gets shot and tossed out of the gondola and Chuck is abducted and almost has his mind erased. Perhaps they could do a little better of a job by having these injuries and other things last a bit longer, but then people would probably complain about that too. I don't really get the complaints to be honest.
Cornballer
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- Maureen Ryan with the scoop on upcoming Chuck episodes *spoilers*
I just saw the picture in the article and got excited.
I just saw the picture in the article and got excited.
Cornballer
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Captain Nemo
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Cornballer said:- Maureen Ryan with the scoop on upcoming Chuck episodes *spoilers*
I just saw the picture in the article and got excited.
Oh man. This is the probably the most excited I've been about the show this season.
Cornballer
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Chuck Day!
Enjoy the episode!
Enjoy the episode!
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Ha, Ray Wise was instructed to read a letter in Volkoff's voice. Volkoff is such a nut.
Captain Blood
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These are my tax dollars at work!?! Wedding dress designer!?!
Just an okay one this week. I am noticing a trend lately which is a good or great episode followed by a decent or mediocre one. The trend means next episode should be gangbusters. Anyways, the episode was far from the bottom, but there just wasn't anything in particular that made it stand out for me. Am I the only one who sees the next roadblock for Chuck and Sarah a mile away though? They were laying on a fair number of hints tonight that Vivian is going to come between them. Thankfully I am loving Vivian. That will soften my hatred of angst somewhat.
- whoever mentioned the violence being unusually graphic lately was spot on - pen thru the hand!
- Big Mike: "yes....cats..." :lol
- didn't quite buy Sarah's "we're getting married" scene. It felt too out of character for her. That is totally Ellie, but totally not Sarah
- like I said last week, I really like Lauren Cohen and Vivian Volkhoff - she has a nice charm about her and she is easy to look at
- LOL Matrix-lite scene
- banter between Chuck and Sarah during the robbery was great
- whoever mentioned the violence being unusually graphic lately was spot on - pen thru the hand!
- Big Mike: "yes....cats..." :lol
- didn't quite buy Sarah's "we're getting married" scene. It felt too out of character for her. That is totally Ellie, but totally not Sarah
- like I said last week, I really like Lauren Cohen and Vivian Volkhoff - she has a nice charm about her and she is easy to look at
- LOL Matrix-lite scene
- banter between Chuck and Sarah during the robbery was great
Screaming_Gremlin
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Really? I don't honestly see them going that route. Not that Schwartz and Fedak wouldn't love to do so, but even for Chuck that would be a pretty large stretch to be even slightly believable. Most of their scenes to me were too busy playing up the parallels between Chuck and Vivian before she turns evil. I figure they will get all of their drama from Chuck feeling guilty about that (assuming they go that route) and whatever storyline they pursue with Sarah's family.
- Any scene with Big Mike talking about Morgan's mom is so disturbing. Funny, but disturbing none the less.
- Ray Wise was good, although a bit more straight evil than I expected him to be. I really liked him reading the note as if he were Volkoff at the start.
- The bank numbers were a nice Lost reference to go along with Francois Chau. Apoc, I was going to say I will always remember him as Vagabond, but Shredder is a pretty good choice as well.
- The wedding dress is a bit more plain than what I assumed they would go with, but not really a knock against the episode. The Bone's style holographic computer I could have done without although.
- Like Solo, I enjoyed the banter in the bank robbery scene. Also, I loved Chuck's earlier disguise with the horrible mustache.
- Still no real comments on Vivian. Curious to see how her role plays out.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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I'd rather Ray Wise become the real Big Bad of the final few episodes of this season... he plays evil so well, I could see him giving Volkoff a run for his money.
BankaiZaraki
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Missed tonight's episode but have it DVR'ed. Was it good?
PhoncipleBone
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Too bad James Saito played that role.Apoc29 said:Matrix lobby scene was great!
Were those LOST numbers on the card? And screw Pierre Chang, this was Francois Chau's greatest role:
Cornballer
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Fun episode this week, but it again felt a little scattered as they try and keep a lot of balls in the air. I agree that the Sarah wedding dress scene didn't quite ring true, but the bank robbery chatter was amusing. Ray Wise was great, as always, and Lauren Cohan is doing some nice work as Vivian. The Morgan + Casey situation has a lot of potential. Solid episode, but I'm hoping they crank it up a bit when the show is back in two weeks.
Cornballer
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It's a light week for Chuck related media.
- Sepinwall's review
The Onion A|V Club didn't put up a review for tonight's episode and there wasn't a promo because we have a couple of weeks until the next episode. Oh well.
- Sepinwall's review
The Onion A|V Club didn't put up a review for tonight's episode and there wasn't a promo because we have a couple of weeks until the next episode. Oh well.
Incendiary
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I really liked this episode. I'm digging Vivian, and I love the actress that plays her because of Supernatural. Vivian turning deliciously evil would be great because we haven't really had a good recurring female villain on Chuck. (Nicole Richie doesn't count.)
The bank scene was hilarious with the banter between Chuck and Sarah. I really like their angst-free relationship when it works like that, it just sucks they have to manufacture something new for them to disagree on for each episode.
Ray Wise is always awesome. I can't think of a single TV show he's been in or a guest star on that he wasn't awesome in. Is it too much to hope for Timothy Dalton and Ray Wise to be evil on screen at the same time? My television and brain might explode.
The bank scene was hilarious with the banter between Chuck and Sarah. I really like their angst-free relationship when it works like that, it just sucks they have to manufacture something new for them to disagree on for each episode.
Ray Wise is always awesome. I can't think of a single TV show he's been in or a guest star on that he wasn't awesome in. Is it too much to hope for Timothy Dalton and Ray Wise to be evil on screen at the same time? My television and brain might explode.
Kabuki Waq
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another episode where It we all knew the ending was going to be like from the beginning. Way too predictable.
Captain Blood said:
Castle's budget for wedding dresses must have been quite large. Sarah tried on, what, 5 or 6? Couple grand a piece right there. And why would they keep the one with blood and bullet holes?
I loved Sarah's little moment of excitement after trying on the dresses. She's mentioned a couple times over the course of the series that part of her would love to just live a normal life, so I don't think it's much of a stretch to think she'd be happy when she realized she'd be getting at least part of a normal life.
WascallyWabbit
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why was there no preview of next week? or did my dvr cut it off?
Pretty good episode. Even though it wasn't as funny as last week, I preferred this one. The fight scenes were bearable (and no kung fu flash to boot.)
I'm a bit disappointed with how they are handling Vivian. At the start of the episode I was excited by the prospect of having Vivian coming on the team for an arc and being a "fake" bad guy for the CIA, especially to counter Casey working on another project. This would be a nice break from "evil corporation with evil boss" routine -- but I guess I was expecting too much from the writers.
I'm a bit disappointed with how they are handling Vivian. At the start of the episode I was excited by the prospect of having Vivian coming on the team for an arc and being a "fake" bad guy for the CIA, especially to counter Casey working on another project. This would be a nice break from "evil corporation with evil boss" routine -- but I guess I was expecting too much from the writers.
Why is everyone assuming she is automatically evil? She said she wants to learn more about her father. That doesn't necessarily mean she'll choose to become the successor. Not that I know anything, but just in case
Anyway, I think she'll start to go in the direction only to betray Volkoff at the last possible second and Chuck, Sarah, and Casey take down Volkoff Industries for good.
Fedak or Swartz in that interview CB posted said that she "tows the line", but neither confirmed or denied which way they were going.
Anyway, I think she'll start to go in the direction only to betray Volkoff at the last possible second and Chuck, Sarah, and Casey take down Volkoff Industries for good.
firehawk12
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Wow, this show has no fucking logic anymore. It's essentially built around putting Sarah in costumes.
When did the show become like this? I swear I used to like it.
When did the show become like this? I swear I used to like it.
firehawk12 said:Wow, this show has no fucking logic anymore. It's essentially built around putting Sarah in costumes.
When did the show become like this? I swear I used to like it.
Huh, what? They had the belly dancing thing and the wings for valentine's day. In what universe does someone getting married not try on dresses? Honestly, I thought it was a nice moment for a character that over and over has mentioned throughout the series that she wants a more normal life.
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