The Shoutbox
Originally Posted by CringeFest
That is rather disappointing that carnivale stopped where it did, I suppose maintaining those sets were too expensive.
I don't think it got the audience it needed at the time to continue forward. Unsure of how costly the show was (it didn't have a lot of special effects, after all), but for some reason HBO pulled the plug. AT THE WORST MOMENT POSSIBLE.

They did similar things with Deadwood and Rome, IMHO, although not as badly. And there was enough clamor over the milquetoast ending to Deadwood after season 3 that they did finally make a wrap-up movie in 2019. And the movie did a good job of satisfying a lot of the qualms I had about how the series ended in 2006. Thirteen years later, I could let it go.

I rewatch so many HBO series time and again, including these (especially Deadwood). Sticking the landing in a series finale is so vital.
That is rather disappointing that carnivale stopped where it did, I suppose maintaining those sets were too expensive.
Oh man, I forgot to commemorate my 20,000th post on MoFo.

I forgot one last bit of trivia for Pan's Labyrinth...

About 15 minutes in, Vidal smashes a guy's face in with a bottle... this is based on something Del Toro saw when he was a teenager.
He saw a bar fight, where one guy did exactly what Vidal does. In the commentary, he explains his shock not at the act... but at the fact the victim didn't struggle, and the bottle didn't break.

Sorry to go back to the previous movie reveal, but I'm sitting watching Pan's Labyrinth right now and got reminded
Not bad I guess.
20k, talking about smashing faces in with bottles.
It's so annoying when the power goes out while you are in the middle of watching a movie!
Their loss
But not in Americky where it'll be 02222022.
The other nightmares were so much worst that that one was actually kinda relaxing. Insurance red tape and all.
Not sharing the dark ones, but I had one nightmare where I parked my FRS on a neighborhood street. And when I came back a rain storm had flooded it up to the steering column with a dropped tree on it.
Mmm, nightmare sweats. Hello old friend.
Stacking competitions still a thing? With the cups? 3 cup monte training?

It’s gonna be huge in Oslo.