Yeah I’m not even surprised. I just happened to know it because I took the GREs. If I hadn’t I would’ve been searching for it, too.
I’m willing to wager most didn’t know the meaning of strident, either. Sure, they may have recognized the word but how many actually knew the meaning?
I knew apoplectic, and the context of how it was used helped. I just googled strident right now.
I’d back it up a whole standardized testing tier and guess that a lot of people who’ve read an SAT study guide have probably seen the word before, and I can think of at least one time it was used in conversation by a friend who had never pursued college but is otherwise a fairly extensive reader.
I didn’t take Vaughn as mocking at the time, but I was pretty sleep deprived when I watched it and may have misread the scene. Should probably watch it again.
i think alot of it is due to Fukunaga’s absence. Even though he is listed as “exec prod”, I feel like he was barely consulted. I also think there are alot of characters. 4 mains is pretty weird to juggle. Will keep final judgements till it concludes.
So if Velcoro got shot with rubber bullets that police use for riots, does that mean Birdman has access to police weapons? Or can the general public easily buy that kind of ammo? I don’t own any guns, so I’m not sure exactly what’s available at the ammunition store.
The most obvious suspect was already revealed. But i would be disappointed if he was actually Ravenhead.
Who’s the obvious suspect?
the dude that won’t pay Frank back after Caspers died? He seems to be the only one benefiting the most by withholding what Caspers owes Frank. But that doesn’t explain the other kills/deaths that seem to be intentional to screw Frank. Unless that guy has something more personal.
You two are still way off lol. But I am guessing too.
I read back through the thread and saw you’re referring to the on-set photographer. That’s a clever pick, props for identifying him in the background of another scene. The only thing I can’t put my head around is why rubber bullets would be used as a set prop instead of just blanks-obviously they can still fuck a person up. That’s not something they would use while filming.
To me, there’s just too much leaning towards some kind of Vinci PD connection, at least to Velcoro’s shooting. The police issued rubber bullets, the Vinci PD Lieutenant at the crime scene before Ani got there and their somewhat confrontational exchange, the way Velcoro was questioned in the station and told to follow the hooker lead instead of looking into Caspere’s land deals.
Also, why rubber bullets? Did someone not want Velcoro dead? Whoever killed Caspere obviously used the real deal to blast his nuts off. And if the guy in the mask was the murderer, why not kill Velcoro- one of the detectives investigating the murder? Instead he just incapacitated him and took the hard drive and camera.
What is cameraman’s motive for targeting Frank?
Thats the only thing i cant connect. Perhaps the cameraman and the investment peeps. Or maybe different members of the Good People are donning the mask doing different tasks and they are on a Robun Hood kick. When I first saw ep 1 I though it was 2 people moving Caspere’s body. Either way we dont know if Ravenhead even really killed him or just disposed.
Wait, did Woodrugh wake up in his army friend’s apartment, or was that a prostitute from the bar where he ran into Frank…and then his bike got stolen…and he’s suddenly being hounded by the press over the Blackrock thing or w/e, WTF was going on lol. Starting to feel like all 3 cops are being set up to take a fall…but the shootout seemed like preemptive move to pin the murder on that guy.
Dunno wat to think of this episode, last week was going towards David Lynch surrealism and this one was fairly uneventful scenes aside from the shootout.
I think it was his army buddy, but I wasn’t sure either. I had watched in away from my PC so I couldn’t check in the previous episode.
It makes sense. The American flag in the living room, how he told Woodrough he didn’t have to pretend anymore, etc.
Yeah, it was his buddy. I had just watched episode 3 again right before.
I still don’t think he’s gay, though. I mean, he passed out drunk at good friend’s house, his buddy was on the couch eating cereal, and they were watching sports on TV. That’s happened to me plenty of times. Then he proposes to the girl he got pregnant. Definitely not gay.
Dude you srs?
You think he just “passed out” at his house? “Dude, you let go!”
Gay guya eat waffles and watch sports…
Paul really held his own in that firefight though.
Ibneed to watch this episode again, I needed velcoros glove box this morning…
Nah I’m not serious, lol.
The shootout felt really weird for this series, very 24~esque. The fat spy cop getting capped really threw me for a loop as I expected him to be a tertiary antagonist later on.
I’m wondering when we’ll get more insight into Colin Farrell’s character, who is by far the most interesting.