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re: The OA discussion?

Posted on 1/19/17 at 8:13 am to
Posted by floyd of pink
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Posted on 1/19/17 at 8:13 am to
I'm with you man. I was watching the series with my fiancée and we both thought it was very meh up until that cafeteria scene. Once we saw what happened, we both looked at each other and said one way or another, "are you fricking kidding me?" I laughed way more times in this "drama" than alot of comedies I've seen lately.
Posted by JBeam
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Posted on 1/19/17 at 8:53 am to
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I laughed way more times in this "drama" than alot of comedies I've seen lately.

What else did you laugh at in this drama?
Posted by floyd of pink
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Posted on 1/19/17 at 11:09 am to
Are you serious? Every single scene that involved the interpreting dancing. The amount of times the captives had a chance to escape or even attempt to escape while they were being transported to and fro the cell. But noooo. They were much more interested in learning the truth! The fact that these random arse high school kids are listening to a mental 30 something woman tell an incredibly far fetched tale of her life and they all blindly believed her for so long. I could go on.
Posted by JBeam
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Posted on 1/19/17 at 12:46 pm to
Well go on then?

I think entirely too many of you are focusing on the fact that "They should have escaped quicker" in the show. But you still have no answer on exactly where they would escape to. Hell, even when the sheriff officer showed up they begged for him to release them and he had his own agenda with Hap.

They were being drugged then killed and finally brought back to life (repeatedly). You don't think that would drain an individual from being able to put up a fight against their oppressor?

Furthermore, the actual escape would do nothing to advance season one. We're still under the impression that two of the five OA are still in being held hostage.

Posted by JBeam
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Posted on 1/19/17 at 12:50 pm to
Also, the OA is not in her 30's. She's somewhere between the age of 20-23 if you follow what her parents said about her disappearance. I don't really see what the problem is with a group of teens following her story. I'd be pretty intrigued if a girl from my town/city disappeared and then reappeared with the ability to see again.

Also, each kid and the teacher had some hardship that they were dealing with. So maybe this was their outlet.
Posted by monkeybutt
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Posted on 1/19/17 at 12:53 pm to
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Also, the OA is not in her 30's. She's somewhere between the age of 20-23


She ran away at age 21 I believe. Held captive 7 years. She should be 28.
Posted by Peazey
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Posted on 1/19/17 at 1:18 pm to
It was her 21st or 18th birthday when she went to meet her father in New York. I can't remember which. I think you are right though.

Also, Prairie did escape. Then it showed that she was in the middle of wilderness and escape wasn't going to do much good. Escape from Hap to die in the wilderness.
Posted by JBeam
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Posted on 1/19/17 at 1:49 pm to
I thought it was near her 18th birthday when she went to NYC. My bad.

Anyways, the whole escaping Haps camp with ease is a tall tale. I'm guessing some people wanted Homer to attack him when he first woke up in the plane to Cuba. Because that's what they would have done :rolling eyes:
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