TV/Movies Megathread

[katmai]

The local cable monopoly is cutting off AMC networks (so no Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, etc).

Probably time to cut the cord.  That pretty much leaves TCM and some sports as the only thing I have it for.

Yeah if i could find Pac-12 network without having cable i would ditch it.
no more IFC as well.

[Eddie Teach]

The local cable monopoly is cutting off AMC networks (so no Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, etc).

Yet another reason not to live in Alaska. 

[Tonitrus]

The local cable monopoly is cutting off AMC networks (so no Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, etc).

Yet another reason not to live in Alaska. 

Just like anywhere else with only one cable company in town. 

If I wasn't renting/in a condo, I could go satellite...but alas.

I'll likely end up cutting the cable TV and paying $2 to Amazon for TWD.  It's also too bad that the cable monopoly is also pretty much an internet monopoly.  The only alternative is sketchy DSL...probably not suitable for streaming,

[Admiral Yi]

The local cable monopoly is cutting off AMC networks (so no Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, etc).

Probably time to cut the cord.  That pretty much leaves TCM and some sports as the only thing I have it for.

See if DirectTV carries it.  That way you could put some money in my and Mono's pockets. 

[Barrister]

Because Mrs B and I are wild and crazy people, we spent New Years Eve watching a movie.  In our case, Mad Max: Fury Road.

First of all - good deal.  It was a $0.99 rental via iTunes.

Second... I don't get the hype.  It was good for what it was, which was a 2 hour car chase movie.  I liked but didn't love it.  Mrs B didn't hate it.

[Josquius]

I randomly started watching a Canadian series called Continuum a month ago.
Its not must see TV but it is quite good.
Its about a police woman from corporate dictatorship led 2077 who ends up in the current day along with a group of terrorists from her time. And things get more complicated from there.
Its interesting as I'm now starting on the 3rd series and...it really seems they had a plan to go this way from the very start of the show. It seemed that it was obviously going to go down a different path too; with the main character being presented as working for the actual bad guys but...things don't work out like that.

[celedhring]

Jack the Giant Slayer. Another film in the "take famous fairy tales and turn them into effects-driven epic films" trend of late. This one is neither here or there.

[viper37]

Second... I don't get the hype.  It was good for what it was, which was a 2 hour car chase movie.  I liked but didn't love it.  Mrs B didn't hate it.

I agree with you, it's good, but not that good.

[viper37]

I randomly started watching a Canadian series called Continuum a month ago.
Its not must see TV but it is quite good.
Its about a police woman from corporate dictatorship led 2077 who ends up in the current day along with a group of terrorists from her time. And things get more complicated from there.
Its interesting as I'm now starting on the 3rd series and...it really seems they had a plan to go this way from the very start of the show. It seemed that it was obviously going to go down a different path too; with the main character being presented as working for the actual bad guys but...things don't work out like that.

It's not bad, not great either.  I thought the last season was a bit of a downer.

[The Brain]

Star Trek reboot movies. MOAR LENS FLAIR

[celedhring]

I was pleasantly surprised that Abrams kept the lens flare at a minimum in TFA. Even the ones he uses aren't terribly distracting.

[garbon]

I randomly started watching a Canadian series called Continuum a month ago.
Its not must see TV but it is quite good.
Its about a police woman from corporate dictatorship led 2077 who ends up in the current day along with a group of terrorists from her time. And things get more complicated from there.
Its interesting as I'm now starting on the 3rd series and...it really seems they had a plan to go this way from the very start of the show. It seemed that it was obviously going to go down a different path too; with the main character being presented as working for the actual bad guys but...things don't work out like that.

It's not bad, not great either.  I thought the last season was a bit of a downer.

Yeah it is alright. Though the blatant [spoiler]Sonmanto - Monsanto[/spoiler] business was a bit tiring.

[Admiral Yi]

Watched "The Water Diviner."  Russell Crowe directs himself as an Australian farmer who travels to Turkey to find the remains of his three sons, who died at Gallipoli. Or did they?? Maybe one lived!

This movie has potential but wastes it for the most part.  The dialogue can be clunky and the heart felt orchestration over-weaning.  I gave up on it before it was revealed whether the one son survived.

The Ukrainian Bond chick plays the Turkish hottie widow, further typecasting her as the actress who plays random ethnic women.

[Queequeg]

She's kind of convincingly Turkish, though. 

[celedhring]

Watched "The Water Diviner."  Russell Crowe directs himself as an Australian farmer who travels to Turkey to find the remains of his three sons, who died at Gallipoli. Or did they?? Maybe one lived!

This movie has potential but wastes it for the most part.  The dialogue can be clunky and the heart felt orchestration over-weaning.  I gave up on it before it was revealed whether the one son survived.

The Ukrainian Bond chick plays the Turkish hottie widow, further typecasting her as the actress who plays random ethnic women.

I can't picture giving up on a movie that has Olga Kurylenko in it, I saw through the end of Hitman just because of that.