[ SECRET POST #5173 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5173 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


01.
[No Such Thing As a Fish (podcast)]



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02.
[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]


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03.
[Luxuria Superbia]


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06. [SPOILERS]



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07. [SPOILERS for Torment: Tides of Numenera]



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08. [WARNING for discussion of assault/abuse]



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09. [WARNING for underage]



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10. [WARNING for discussion of assault/abuse]


















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #740.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Transcript by OP

[fscom]

I'm still angry about this mess of a movie. It's a hard book to adapt, but it feels like they made all the wrong choices.

S!B: It's a decade later and I can still easily go on a 30 minute rant on this topic. (A rant that I've already made several times)

A list of complaints:
(mostly spoiler-free)
-- miscast roles (esp Gary Oldman as Smiley)
-- gratuitous gore and death (a headshot, throat-slitting, and extra civilian casualties)
-- Ricki Tarr as a weepy, naive romantic instead of a cynical, ruthless professional
-- a final death scene without any of the complex emotional ambivalence
-- confusing plot presentation (lack of explanations, badly indicated flashbacks)
-- unnecessary minor cruelty to a child
-- underplaying Connie Sach's contribution

*Adding a gay character could have been handled better, but I didn't mind.