TV/Movies Megathread

[garbon]

Ed drops his in a bowl of milk, rolls it through some morning cereal, calls it Honey Nuts.

[MadImmortalMan]

Anybody else notice that the closing credits music is the Tetris theme? 

[Martinus]

I don't think I have seen a portrayal of gay sex without condoms as something normal in tv at all. Except when it is to serve as a cautionary tale.

Yeah, in that episode of Looking, it is positioned as something foolish that Patrick did.

Yeah, and he then goes on a HIV scare panic attack for the rest of the episode.

Hell, even the most depraved BDSM porn has dicks nicely sheathed when it eventually gets to fucking - the only type of porn where it is not the case is barebacking, which is specifically a fetish for people who don't use condoms - and it is looked down upon by the "reasonable sado-masochists".

If anything, it has often stricken me as surprising how common it is to see heterosexual intercourse (both in and outside of porn) depicted without condoms by comparison.

You do know how babies are made, right?

Ok, reverend Hunter, I wasn't aware that every time heterosexual people have sex it is to have babies. 

But seriously, how many times heterosexuals have sex with no intention of having a baby, but use no condom because the woman is on a pill? If Seedy thinks gay guys having sex are irresponsible and taking unnecessary risks, he should consider that suicidal.

[Ideologue]

Man, most of my girlfriends haven't even been on the pill.

Anyway, what's wrong with regular STD testing?

[Martinus]

Man, most of my girlfriends haven't even been on the pill.

Anyway, what's wrong with regular STD testing?

Some STDs are incurable? 

[Ideologue]

I'm not sure I would fuck somebody that I knew for a fact had AIDS.  I'd lean toward no.  Well, at least a foolproof weight loss plan is built-in.

Anyway, I'm not giving you a hard time, really.  I'm ridiculously irresponsible in my liaisons, partly because I hate condoms (aside from generally reducing my already low-grade sensitivity, they have a tendency to get vaginal fluid on the inside, completely obviating their actual purpose, and slip off and get lost inside my partner anyway ) but also partly because I don't generally engage in a great deal of casual sex (when I do, I absolutely do use condoms).  Now, I'm not saying gays are always promiscuous, or that lack of promiscuity is any kind of excuse, but it does reduce risk.

Now, I am due for a new check soon, just for peace of mind.

[celedhring]

Just in case we didn't have enough Chris Pratt in our screens, he's apparently being eyed for a new Indiana Jones movie.

Heh, now he's in talks to join a Magnificent Seven remake.

http://deadline.com/2014/12/chris-pratt-magnificent-seven-mgm-1201309359/

It's been long since the last decent western, and I like westerns. I just can't see how can they possibly get near the strength of the original cast, though.

[Ideologue]

The Homesman is supposed to be rad.  It hasn't come around here yet.

There's also an Austrian (or German) one I saw a preview for that I thought looked good, but I cannot remember the title.

A Mag Seven along the lines of GotG is not really something I'd be excited to see.  I would like to see a bloodied-up Mag Seven.  I'm hoping The Hateful Eight is something like that.

[celedhring]

I haven't seen the Homesman, it didn't make much of an impact upon release. I'll look for it, then.

I don't think they're going for a humorous take on the story; rather Pratt might be playing the "joker" character in the lot. They've got Denzel Washington in the cast, too, I can't see him doing a comedy western.

[Martinus]

I'm not sure I would fuck somebody that I knew for a fact had AIDS.  I'd lean toward no.  Well, at least a foolproof weight loss plan is built-in.

Anyway, I'm not giving you a hard time, really.  I'm ridiculously irresponsible in my liaisons, partly because I hate condoms (aside from generally reducing my already low-grade sensitivity, they have a tendency to get vaginal fluid on the inside, completely obviating their actual purpose, and slip off and get lost inside my partner anyway ) but also partly because I don't generally engage in a great deal of casual sex (when I do, I absolutely do use condoms).  Now, I'm not saying gays are always promiscuous, or that lack of promiscuity is any kind of excuse, but it does reduce risk.

Now, I am due for a new check soon, just for peace of mind.

Fair enough. It just seems to me that many heteros are not very well educated about STDs, especially HIV. For example, I noticed that some people do not know that you can go for up to 6 months after the infection to actually test positive for HIV - but you are already infecting other people during that period. In fact, someone who is actually taking anti-viral HIV medication has probably a lesser chance of infecting you (since his viral load is so low as a result) than someone who just got HIV and is unaware of it.

[Ideologue]

I haven't seen the Homesman, it didn't make much of an impact upon release. I'll look for it, then.

I don't think they're going for a humorous take on the story; rather Pratt might be playing the "joker" character in the lot. They've got Denzel Washington in the cast, too, I can't see him doing a comedy western.

Well, Washington's been in a slump lately, but I'm sold.

Everything I read about The Homesman was good, only that it barely played anywhere.  True, it was no Whiplash.  (Saw it the other night.  Fucking great, even if it is Chazelle essentially remaking Grand Piano. )

[celedhring]

Aye, loved Whiplash myself. And yeah, definitely can see where a lot of stuff in Grand Piano came from (Whiplash is supposed to be semi-autobiographical).

[Ideologue]

I'm not sure I would fuck somebody that I knew for a fact had AIDS.  I'd lean toward no.  Well, at least a foolproof weight loss plan is built-in.

Anyway, I'm not giving you a hard time, really.  I'm ridiculously irresponsible in my liaisons, partly because I hate condoms (aside from generally reducing my already low-grade sensitivity, they have a tendency to get vaginal fluid on the inside, completely obviating their actual purpose, and slip off and get lost inside my partner anyway ) but also partly because I don't generally engage in a great deal of casual sex (when I do, I absolutely do use condoms).  Now, I'm not saying gays are always promiscuous, or that lack of promiscuity is any kind of excuse, but it does reduce risk.

Now, I am due for a new check soon, just for peace of mind.

Fair enough. It just seems to me that many heteros are not very well educated about STDs, especially HIV. For example, I noticed that some people do not know that you can go for up to 6 months after the infection to actually test positive for HIV - but you are already infecting other people during that period. In fact, someone who is actually taking anti-viral HIV medication has probably a lesser chance of infecting you (since his viral load is so low as a result) than someone who just got HIV and is unaware of it.

Iirc the newer tests are more sensitive and quicker.  I'm due for one now, since I started a new relationship and I'm about at the point where HIV would be picked up--and, yes, we did abandon condom use due to the aforementioned improper usage, as well as mutual dislike and the low odds that I'd have been infected during my previous (attempted) relationship (the other gal and I had sex once, albeit bareback, which was stupid).

The test is mainly for peace of mind: it's still pretty unlikely that I'd have picked up HIV, but I admit not impossible.  I'm pretty sound on HSV, I reckon, and almost without a doubt have no bacterial diseases.  If I'd picked up syphillis, my brain would be fucked up by now ( ); I guess I could, theoretically, have asymptomatic chlamydia, but even if I did who cares?

Anyway, it's not something I'd necessarily say is best practices, but my main point was this: in my experience the desire for bareback sex is very, very strong in heterosexual coupling.  Whether some analogue exists or not, there's definitely an unconscious (or conscious) impulse to procreation in a het relationship.  I'm unsure that the desire isn't present in gay coupling--why wouldn't it be?--but you folks did have a plague that struck you down disproportionately, and that surely left its mark.

[Ideologue]

Aye, loved Whiplash myself. And yeah, definitely can see where a lot of stuff in Grand Piano came from (Whiplash is supposed to be semi-autobiographical).

I think it's gonna be the first year I'll have watched every Best Picture nominee.  I'm only short American Sniper and Boyhood now, and should be seeing Sniper tomorrow.

[celedhring]

Still missing Birdman (and Sniper and Theory, but not really in a rush for those two...), I just can't seem to be able to make time for it. Lousy weeks.