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I SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING


YOU WANT US TO THINK THAT THE REAL INTELLIGENCE WORK IS DONE BY RUMPLED AND TORTURED GENIUSES WHO LIVE IN SOME DUMP IN THE ASS END OF MANHATTAN. YOU THINK THAT IF YOU JAM XFILES' INCOHERENCE AND LOST'S DISHONESTY INTO ONE JUMBO PACKAGE, THEN YOU CAN STAY ON THE BASIC CABLE AIR UNTIL 2019, BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS DYING TO KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. YOU THINK THAT THE GUY WITH THE FUNNY HAIR FROM PACIFIC IS A COMPELLING PROTAGONIST, RATHER THAN SOMEBODY COMING DOWN FROM HIS FIRST NITROUS OXIDE BENDER. YOU WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE THAT 4 LEAF CLOVERS CARRY MORE SIGNIFICANCE THAN ANY STUPID TRICK FROM A DAN BROWN NOVEL.

JUST BECAUSE THE FIRST GUY YOU FIRED COULDN'T GET BEYOND THE IDIOTIC CONCEIT THAT CROSSWORD PUZZLE COMPOSERS ARE GANGING UP ON US DOESN'T MEAN THE SECOND GUY IS ANY BETTER. EVERYBODY KNOWS THE FOURTH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT IS THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.

WILL YOU PLEASE GIVE IT A REST.

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TANYA COME BACK. I DIDN'T MEAN THE LINDSEY LOHAN CRACK. I'M SORRY. I'LL MAKE IT RIGHT. I'VE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD NICARAGUAN FOR YOU.

NICE GOIN' LECKIE. TAKE THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AIR SHAFT, AND DUMP 'EM IN SOME STRANGER'S CRAPPER. WRAP YOU BRICK OF A 9 IN A RAG TO ENSURE THE MAXIMUM POSSIBILITY OF AN ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE. START LEAVING WORK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. WAY TO KEEP A LOW PROFILE.

9 EPISODES OF THIS CRUD IN, AND WE STILL GOT 'THAT CROSSWORD PUZZLE', WITH NO INVESTIGATION OF CROSSWORD PUBLISHERS. WE'RE STILL SUPPOSED TO BE CREEPED OUT BY A 4 LEAF CLOVER. MIRANDA RICHARDSON HAS AGED 4 YEARS SINCE THIS STARTED. GRANT DIDN'T EVEN ASK THAT HAG ABOUT SEVERANCE PAY OR HER RECOMMENDATION. SURE, THEY'RE NEW YORK PROFESSIONALS. I'LL BE BACK IN SEASON 13 TO FIND OUT IF ANYTHING HAPPENED.

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In honor of mel - I HAVE TO AGREE THAT YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE MONEY.

Seriously, you raise some very good points. These incompetent idiots wouldn't last a day in reality, never mind 'having access to every govt database'. The only one who seems to be the part is Spangler.

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WELL THAT WAS CERTAINLY CALIBRATED CORRECTLY. "NOW WE KILL HIM, WE KILL YOU, WE KILL YOUR PARENTS". I DON'T SUPPOSE THERE'S ANY POTENTIAL DOWNSIDE TO THAT, SHOULD THE POLICE GET A DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBTLE MESSAGE GIVER. I DON'T SUPPOSE THERE'S ANY POSSIBILITY THAT THIS INDEPENDENTLY WEALTHY WOMAN WOULD HIRE SECURITY, AND PUT UP A GIANT PUBLIC STINK. VERY WELL CONCEIVED. VERY SLOW TO UNFOLD.

WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 4:20?. DUDE, MEET ME AT MT. TAM HIGH AND I'LL SHOW YOU.

WOTTA STINKBOMB.

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Uncle Leo, is that you? Jerry wants his watch back.

Make that College of Marin @ 9:09.

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so...this thread is hilarious. I agree with some of the things mel says but I still like the show just the same. It's kind of like watching any other tv show, we all know that tv shows are nowhere near real life. It's fun to pretend though. There are sometimes when it gets too ridiculous and you say, "Really [insert show here]? Are you serious?" Then you brush it off.

WHY ARE THEY ALWAYS SAWING ON VIOLAS IN THE BACKGROUND? IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MAKE ME PARANOID?


lmao! I don't think it's supposed to make us paranoid it just let's us know that Will's rightfully paranoid.

You decide your own level of involvement.

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I know your angry. I'M ANGRY TOO. Well, more like frustrated with the show. I agree that the show is losing its time-limit on whether or not its going to be rewarding for the amount of time we've invested on it or if its going to be another 'Trip to the Island'. Fool me once...

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Buy a new keyboard

Maybe buy a life as well while you're there

also perhaps a book on how to change TV channels

and perhaps move on...

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SO IF YOU DID THE STOP MOTION AT THE END OF EPISODE ONE, YOU KNEW SPANGLER WAS IN THE MEETING WHERE THEY CHORTLED OVER THE DEAD GUY BEING DEAD, AND GENERALLY ACTED LIKE THEY WORKED FOR THE SECOND BUSH ADMINISTRATION. THE IDEA THAT HE'S A MASS MURDERER FOR PROFIT IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR FOREIGN POLICY HERITAGE.

BUT WHY DOES TANYA HAVE THE LYRICS TO AHAB THE AYRAB TATOOED ON HER ASS? VERY MYSTERIOUS. AND KATHERINE RHUMER IS NOW DUMBER THAN ANYBODY ON NETWORK TELEVISION. WEALTHY BEYOND THE VALUE OF THE LUCKY STRIKE ACCOUNT BEFORE THAT MORON STERLING CHOPPED IT UP, SHE WON'T HIRE SECURITY, WON'T GO TO THE POLICE, WON'T GET IN THE DAMN CAB, AND SHE SEEMS TO BE GAINING WEIGHT.

THE YANKING OF THAT AMERICAN TALIBAN GUY OUT OF PLAIN AIR IS ROUTINE FOR ESPIONAGE FICTION OF THE THIRD RANK. I EXPECT TO SEE HIM ON CNN WITHIN TWO EPISODES, NAKED AND TIED TO A BOARD. AT LEAST WE'RE BACK UP TO THE LEVEL OF USA NETWORK.

ISN'T THE CLEANER CLICHE NOW SORT OF SHOPWORN?

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ISN'T THE CLEANER CLICHE NOW SORT OF SHOPWORN?


Yes, nowadays it's much more appropriate to just leave the dead body in your apartment, or if you are going to be entertaining guests in a few days and really do need to have the mess removed, to either do it yourself or hire ServicePro.

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Ravenous dogs?
Acid in the bathtub?
Taxidermy?

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THERE'S REFINERY PORTS ON THE WEST COAST, ON THE EAST COAST AND MULTIPLE PLACES ON THE GULF COAST. THERE'S COAST GUARD AND HOMELAND SECURITY SATURATION COVERAGE OF COMING AND GOING TRAFFIC. THE IDEA THAT I SUFFERED THROUGH 12 EPISODES OF THIS TWADDLE IN ORDER TO GET TOLD "BRILLIANT" ABOUT A MOTOR BOAT BLOWING UP IN GALVESTON IS CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT. I DEMAND MY FEES BACK. MOST OF THIS EPISODE SEEMED TO BE KILLING TIME. SO THAT THEY COULD PUT THIS THING OUT OF ITS MISERY. WHY DID HE ORDER ALL THOSE CHEESEBURGERS?

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Mel your swell ...

In case you missed it, I had mentioned the same cringe factor for Miles using 'brilliant' in an earlier post to another thread. For me, it was a low point in both the show's climactic moments and the writing and am glad to see someone else cough up a cringe. Too Hollywood/Jerry Bruckheimer.

You could have inserted Ben Affleck in Miles' place and had the same reflex: gag.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1389371/board/nest/172076712



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I haven't read this entire thread, but this line was hilarious:

WHY DID HE ORDER ALL THOSE CHEESEBURGERS?
I figured he ordered so much fast food as a favorite final meal before meeting the great Rubicon in the sky, but come on, THAT much food was kinda ridiculous- even half that amount would have been pushing it. He would have been too stuffed and bloated to even get out of bed let alone execute such a precise, one-man-act of mass destruction, lol.

"Mistakes make exceptional possible.... Sometimes the wrong path leads to the right path."

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SO THEY ASSERT THAT MR. RHUMER WAS IN THE ANTI GROUP ALL ALONG. "J'ACCUSE ON VIDEOTAPE." WHY WOULD HE KILL HIMSELF WHEN HE GOT THE FOUR LEAF CLOVER? HE HAS IMMENSE WEALTH AND CREDIBILITY. HE HAS DAVID ON HIS SIDE, AND PROBABLY KILE, OR KALE, OR WHATEVER HIS DAMN NAME IS. WHY WOULDN'T HE GO TO WAR ON THE SPANGLER CRIMINAL ELEMENT? THE FOUR LEAF CLOVER DOESN'T HAVE ANY HYPNOTIC POWER, AS WE SAW WHEN SPANGLER GOT ONE, AND KEPT SQUINCHING HIS FACE UP LIKE A METH ADDICT WITH HIVES.

IF THEY INFLICT THIS PILE OF CRAP ON US NEXT YEAR, WE WILL SEE REPEATED INSTANCES OF KRALE, WILL, SCRUFFY BEARD GUY, THOSE VARIOUS WOMEN, AND THE CO-CONSPIRATORS MUMBLING TO THEMSELVES ABOUT HOW TERRIBLE IT ALL IS, AND THEN DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. NO, WILL WON'T GO TO THE NY TIMES. NO, WILL AND KRYLL WON'T WRITE IT OUT AND TELL THE GOVERNMENT. YES, THEY WILL BE SAWING AWAY ON CELLOS IN THE BACKGROUND. YES, THE FAT BLACK GUY WILL STAB PEOPLE IN THE NECK IN FRONT OF HUNDREDS OF WITNESSES. YES, THE MEET ME IN ST LOUIS DISC WILL BE FONDLED BY AN OVERPAID NY POLICEMAN, BUT JUST IN TIME IT WILL DISAPPEAR. AND YOU THOUGHT THIS ELECTION SCENE WAS UGLY.

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FROM THE CRISTOFER INTERVIEW LINKED IN ANOTHER THREAD:

"We had, I think, four different scripts, and I shot four different versions of the last scene with Badge. So I’m not even sure which lines were in and which speeches were not, so I’m anxious to see it myself. "

I DON'T KNOW WHY HE WASN'T SHOUTING. THEY HAD TO THROW SOME DARTS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FLOAT THIS TURD TO THE SURFACE. I'M SURE THE DVD WILL HAVE THE OTHER THREE LOST ENDINGS.

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he he dump in the ass end of mahnattan. They have a building facing the south street seaport from just across the street, thats some exclusive real eastate dude

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meldrone - worst posting person on imdb. 100%

Why don't you go and rub your two brain cells together and watch something as intuitive as Chase, I'm sure the writing or should I say drawing! there is much more up to your par of intelligence.

Thanks!

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