signs and symbols: AMC's LODGE 49

I also dig the recurring motif of things getting smashed through - walls, windows, tables, maps, floors, ceilings

Finally finished, am very happy sad at the moment. Probably gonna keep the mood going by listening to Broadcast’s joint album with The Focus Group.

The Mexico episode is one of the funniest hours of tv I’ve ever experienced, and the last ep worked fine as a series finale—still, you can’t help but wonder what was to come after that brilliant final shot.

Maybe Jim Gavin turns it into a book.

also loved the touch in the finale that the other, background lynxes got annoyed at dud for not inviting them to guadalajara lol

i finally started this & i love it

join ussssss

:D

yay!

you look defydrated

damn I loved this show

s1e6 is fucking god-tier TV and probably the single reason why I'm now on my 4th rewatch of this show.

The accelerating leaps of pace and the corners each revealed mystery exposes is just masterful.

Petitioning to sneak s3 production costs into the covid relief bills, for our collective well-being

So just last night I found out (via my wife) who Wyatt Russell's parents are, I had no idea... in spite of meeting and chatted with his half-sister a few years ago.

Is this on any streaming services?

amazon prime (s1 only in the UK)

hulu in the USA

Groundhog Day: Blaise plays Bill Murray's shrink and Ernie's boss plays the groundhog day MC/handler.

ernie’s boss is bill murray’s brother!

yes! and he was the co-writer of Caddyshack but also in that film portrayed a character named "Lou Loomis"... almost the exact name of the Sovereign Protector of Lodge 49 circa s1 eps #1-5.

More odd parallels: Tricia Brock directed episodes #5 & 6 of Lodge 49 s1, but she was the writer of Twin Peaks season 2 episodes 17 & 23 which prominently feature Windom Earle, portrayed by Kenneth Welsh who plays Larry Loomis in Lodge 49.

I just watched the first episode. I wasn't crazy about it and would probably bail except for all the praise about it here.

I felt the same way, except the 2 people who recommended it to me specifically said to give it a few episodes.

It's definitely a slow burn, there are an incredible amount of buried/obscured details that reveal themselves in later viewings. If you're not onboard by s1ep6 (if you can hang that long) it's probably just not your thing.

I also dig the recurring motif of things getting smashed through - walls, windows, tables, maps, floors, ceilings

― Οὖτις, Friday, February 7, 2020 10:12 AM (two months ago)

Yes, it parallels the a brief detail of Flammarion's Engraving in the title credits, Paul Giamatti's character straight-up does this to the map on Ernie's living room wall:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flammarion_engraving#/media/File:Flammarion.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flammarion_engraving#/media/File:Flammarion.jpg

currently watching AMC's Dispatches From Elsewhere which feels a lot like if you stripped Lodge 49 of the fascinating minutiae, belly laughs, and contemporary resonance, and replaced it all with Michel Gondry worship and a real budget. A real shame.

I was a little worried about that. Haven't read any reviews and had considered checking the hivemind here before watching

most people seem to like it but I'm finding it kind of unbearable

the promos seem to be very portentous and packed with recognizable actors, which often does not bode well

not to mention a vague title and even vaguer trailers.

the gospel is spreading (don't worry too much about the specific meaning of this tweet)

Lodge 49 is the most grillpilled show I’ve ever seen.

— grillpilled_cushbomb (@cushbomb) June 15, 2020

there's a song on the new rolling blackouts coastal fever called 'beautiful steven' and it can't help but remind me of ernie's nemesis beautiful jeff

Still no sign of the second season in the UK so guess I'm going to have to torrent it

do itttt

Just watched the first Bruce Campbell episode and this show is a delight

I’m done with jokes about an ilx commune post-covid

I want an ilx Lodge

i thought i already said this on here but i guess not: if you liked Lodge 49, you should also watch Patriot on Amazon Prime if you haven't already. there are plenty of differences but they are both comedies with strong undercurrents of sadness and big ensemble casts of interesting characters.

Just watched the trailer and I remembered why I stopped watching that in the first 5 minutes - the protagonist casually kills someone over a job interview. That's not mellow.

he isn't dead! but yeah it is a lot more stressful than Lodge 49

Lodge 49 is so damn good, I keep rewatching it mainly due to recommending it to people and then days/weeks later having them want to dive into convos about the show and I want to be fully present and reoriented.

Finished this last night (after putting off watching the final episodes, like some others mentioned), so good. Really too bad it didn't get another season, but also kind of amazing that it got made in the first place.

I had no idea I'd seen Brett Jennings before L49... but he played Ron Washington in Moneyball.

Just realized that Dud's limp when he walks is awfully reminiscent of Snake Plissken's after he takes a crossbow bolt to the leg.

just thought about Brent Jennings in s2 and welled up a bit

finished this last night and i just need to say: man, this show

everyone needs to watch it

♥️

Got a few left of season 2 to go. At first I was a bit disappointed in the shift away from the hare-brained mystery arc but appreciating it much more now.

I have nothing to say that hasn't been said but fuck it's so good. Doesn't hurt that the surf hauntology soundtrack is just dead center in the venn diagram of a lot of my genre loves.

Maybe I just want Mary Elizabeth Ellis back.

there is approx a 100 percent chance i will rewatch this within a year