TV/Movies Megathread

[viper37]

Halo is pretty darn good.

[Barrister]

Has vodka coke become a real drink?  In my day it was what idiots ordered.

I remember my parents drinking rum and coke back in the day in the 1980s.  Not that different.

[garbon]

Has vodka coke become a real drink?  In my day it was what idiots ordered.

I remember my parents drinking rum and coke back in the day in the 1980s.  Not that different.

Rum mixes well with coke.

[Jacob]

Rum and coca-cola is a classic. Working for the yankee dollar.

[Tamas]

Jack Daniels is great with coca-cola. Far better than it is neat.

[Josephus]

Rum and coke, also known as the Cuba Libre.

[celedhring]

Shardlake - enjoying it.

And RIP CJ Sansom

You know, I watched it after seeing your post and thought it was awful 

Now, there are nuggets in there of a good story - I'm sure the books are way better - but the writing was incredibly weak, full of cheap twists and non-twists, and terrible dialogue.

Are there going to be more seasons of this? If anything so Sean Bean also gets to die in it

[Admiral Yi]

Got bogged down in season 3 of Fargo, switched to Mr. In Between on Hulu.  Digging it.

Is every single couple shown in an advertisement mixed race these days?

[HVC]

Is every single couple shown in an advertisement mixed race these days?

No. Some are just gay

[Sheilbh]

You know, I watched it after seeing your post and thought it was awful 

Now, there are nuggets in there of a good story - I'm sure the books are way better - but the writing was incredibly weak, full of cheap twists and non-twists, and terrible dialogue.

Are there going to be more seasons of this? If anything so Sean Bean also gets to die in it

Ah sorry

Well the books are perhaps "better" but maybe not. I'd say they're above average historical crime fiction - although of the Cadfael variety where all the heroes are, fundamentally, tolerant 21st century secular liberals. And I'm fairly sure all the twists and non-twists are from the books.

There's 6-7 books - off the top of my head I don't think any really deals with Cromwell's downfall, but Shardlake's patron shifts through the series.

[celedhring]

You know, I watched it after seeing your post and thought it was awful 

Now, there are nuggets in there of a good story - I'm sure the books are way better - but the writing was incredibly weak, full of cheap twists and non-twists, and terrible dialogue.

Are there going to be more seasons of this? If anything so Sean Bean also gets to die in it

Ah sorry

Well the books are perhaps "better" but maybe not. I'd say they're above average historical crime fiction - although of the Cadfael variety where all the heroes are, fundamentally, tolerant 21st century secular liberals. And I'm fairly sure all the twists and non-twists are from the books.

There's 6-7 books - off the top of my head I don't think any really deals with Cromwell's downfall, but Shardlake's patron shifts through the series.

There are nuggets of good ideas there - I like that Shardlake is motivated by doing justice while everyone else just cares for expediency, but by doing so he ends up furthering an unjust cause (the greed of his patron).

But the writing has the subtlety and nuance of a sledgehammer.