TV/Movies Megathread

[Ideologue]

Sure, I misspelled it, but what were the odds of you catching that?

[Darth Wagtaros]

campy cult classic Dungeons & Dragons

Nothing cult nor classic about that abortion of a movie.

Yeah.  Nothing was good about that movie. The direct to video sucktastic sequel was better.


Dredd was surprisingly watchable.

[CountDeMoney]

Yeah, I actually enjoyed Dredd very much.

[The Brain]

Dredd is good.

[Ed Anger]

I liked the Stallone version better. And Diane Lane.

[The Brain]

I liked the Stallone version better. And Diane Lane.

You mean Armand Assante.

[Ed Anger]

I liked the Stallone version better. And Diane Lane.

You mean Armand Assante.

[Neil]

There were things that I liked about the Stallone version, mostly for laughs.  The protagonist and antagonist clearly had a good time chewing up the the scenery, and the effectswork that went into making Stallone tower over everyone else.  I also found the religious behavior of lawyers to be quite plausible.

Dredd, on the other hand, was just good.  I enjoyed all of it.

[derspiess]

I watched Goodfellas last night before I went to bed.  I have the whole soundtrack stuck in my head now and I got tempted to go all Pesci on some dumb chick on a conference call this morning.

[Admiral Yi]

Gung Ho.  American auto factory gets taken over by Japs in the 80's.  Michael Keaton lands job of liaison between workaholic jack-jumping Japanese management team and beer guzzling American workers.  Hilarities ensue, followed by poignant lesson about team work.

[crazy canuck]

Gung Ho.  American auto factory gets taken over by Japs in the 80's.  Michael Keaton lands job of liaison between workaholic jack-jumping Japanese management team and beer guzzling American workers.  Hilarities ensue, followed by poignant lesson about team work.

That was a great movie.  Thanks for making me feel old

[Savonarola]

Did you watch any of the specials on the Criterion DVD?

I didn't have the Criterion DVD; is it worth hunting down?

[Savonarola]

Is it more accurately translated to Awesome, as in the biblical sense? Fearsome and Formidable are also better translations, so I've read.

Yes, but "Terrible" can be used in English in that sense as well like "I am Oz the great and terrible."

[Eddie Teach]

Gung Ho.  American auto factory gets taken over by Japs in the 80's.  Michael Keaton lands job of liaison between workaholic jack-jumping Japanese management team and beer guzzling American workers.  Hilarities ensue, followed by poignant lesson about team work.

That was a great movie.  Thanks for making me feel old

The first film you got to see in theaters with senior citizens discount?

[Savonarola]

Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo

The Dumas classic gets the anime treatment in this series.  The problem with film adaptations of The Count of Monte Cristo is the strongest part is the jail break in the very first part of the book and the revenge drags out.  This series "Solves" that problem by starting when the Count meets Franz and Albert in Rome (or Luna 5 in this, the work is set 3000 years in the future) and focusing on the young squires rather than the count.  It makes the story a soap opera where the Count is his own evil twin.  It did follow the book surprisingly closely at the beginning. I was curious to see how they were going to do Eugénie and her piano teacher; but she didn't have an on-screen teacher and really loved Albert after all.

The ending is quite different than the book.  Like any good episode of Yu-Gi-Oh friendship saves the day at the end; and even the most diabolical of villains can be overcome with a hug.