TV/Movies Megathread

[Zanza]

Has anybody watched "Marco Polo" on Netflix yet?

[Ideologue]

I think MIM has, but you can never believe everything you read.

[MadImmortalMan]

After three episodes of MP:

-The guy playing Kublai is really good. I think he's the best part of it so far.

-There is still tons of nudity and sex in the Hall of the Five Desires. Is this supposed to be taking place in Xanadu? They're all harem girls and it sorta makes sense actually. Kublai's brother is portrayed ruling Karakorum, while Xanadu was supposed to be...where? Karakorum or Orkhon Valley? It looks like they might be placing it in the Imperial City which seems an anachronism. (There are a few of those peppered in, but not too bad.)

-People comparing this to GoT. It's nothing like it.

-It's more like one of those Chinese kung fu movies. Crouching Tiger or Ang Lee. But with no wires. I'm not sure it makes sense to have all the martial arts in this context. The choreography is very good though.

-I'm not sure any of the Song characters aren't completely made up. Though I assume the Prime Minister guy is supposed to be Lu Xiufu but that's a guess based on the fact that he lives with the dead Emperor's kids. Edit: My guess was wrong. He is stated to be Jia Sidao.

[celedhring]

Wreck-it Ralph. Seems it tries to be Toy Story but with videogames, but everything it's too on the nose and not too well written. Best part are the cameos of actual videogame characters.

[Ideologue]

I thought it could've been a really fun movie, if it had just taken place in the Sugar Rush world, with Ralph perhaps a former racer, and they did away with the tacky, aesthetically-anarchic videogame concept entirely.  And, yeah, the attempt to be Toy Story is, like, horridly obvious.

As it stood it was basically ok.  It is fitfully pretty.

[lustindarkness]

Interstellar.Mind.Blown.

[Ideologue]

Babadook was... weird.

[CountDeMoney]

Babadook was... weird.

Good weird or bad weird?

I'm not going to see it, I have enough sleep disorders as it is.

[Ideologue]

In good and bad ways.

It would cure anyone of ever regretting not having a child, that's for damned sure.

[Ideologue]

Overall, it was at least a very good movie though.

[Martinus]

Really enjoying Flash, Arrow and Gotham.

It seems our generation lost Occupy Wallstreet, Hope & Change, and the Arab Spring, so we are now exorcising the frustration vicariously through vigilante shows. 

[Eddie Teach]

I don't see a connection between the Arab Spring and the target audience of these shows. 

[Ideologue]

"Our"?

[Martinus]

I don't see a connection between the Arab Spring and the target audience of these shows. 

What I meant, over the last few years there have been several different movements and events that gave people hope of things being set right etc. None of these come to pass. So this frustration is now addressed by shows which portray vigilantes that target corrupt politicians, evil businessmen and the like.

[The Brain]

Talking about our generation?