TV/Movies Megathread

[viper37]

To my mind, the superhero genre is basically absurd, puffy entertainment originally for adolescents of all ages, and playing with that absurdity makes for the best superhero movies.

Not false.

There is only limited room for flipping the script and writing grim tragedies in this genre that take themselves super-seriously.  Too much of that sucks the fun right out of the concept.

Here, I have to disagree.  You can do it, but you first have to establish your universe, your characters.  Either through the movie, or through previous standalone movies.

Avengers 2 is grimmer than Avengers and it works, to me, at least
Captain America Civil War seems pretty tense, and I'm sure it'll work, because we know what each characters stands to lose and why they are fighting this fight.  It's not just "oh I'm rich and I want to have fun".

[The Brain]

Battleship was on TV and I missed it.

[CountDeMoney]

I like grim, conflicted Superman. 

But I also like not-so-grim and very not-conflicted Gene Hackman OK MISTAH LOUTHOR

[Tonitrus]

Sabrina...both versions.

Bogie far > than Ford.

[Eddie Teach]

Just finished watching S1 of Dark Matter. It is a show about a group of fugitives wanted throughout the galaxy, who fly around in their own spaceship. The main guy doesn't quite belong, and it was produced in an English-speaking country which is not known for its television industry. 

So yeah, it reminds me of Farscape. The characters aren't quite as interesting (being boring humans for one), but on the plus side, no filler episodes. TV is just better about that now. I'll be keeping a lookout for S2.

[Eddie Teach]

Sabrina...both versions.

Bogie far > than Ford.

Ford was always more of an action hero than an actor.

[viper37]

Just finished watching S1 of Dark Matter. It is a show about a group of fugitives wanted throughout the galaxy, who fly around in their own spaceship. The main guy doesn't quite belong, and it was produced in an English-speaking country which is not known for its television industry. 

So yeah, it reminds me of Farscape. The characters aren't quite as interesting (being boring humans for one), but on the plus side, no filler episodes. TV is just better about that now. I'll be keeping a lookout for S2.

Watch Killjoy, same network, same country but a a better look.  And a killer lead:


The shows follow a trio of bounty hunter operating from their ship, Lucy.  They'll graudally find themselves embroiled in the politics of their sector, despite their best intent.

[crazy canuck]

I am looking forward to season 2 for both Dark Matter and Killjoy 

[Darth Wagtaros]

They should just remake Blake's 7.

[KRonn]

I am looking forward to season 2 for both Dark Matter and Killjoy 

I liked both of these shows, now looking forward to season 2. Sci-Fi channel - I felt they were in kind of a slump for a while regarding sci-fi shows but have come back over the past couple of years with some good new shows.

[The Larch]

Rewatched JFK, which used to be one of my favorite films back in the 90s. The whole conspiracy theory angle hasn't aged well, particularly in this day and age of History Channel and the Internet were stuff like that is plucked down from anywhere, but damn is the film still excellently edited.

The frantic pace (despite it being a 3,5 hour film), the variety of sources, the flashbacks-within-flashbacks-within flashbacks, the use of not only video but sound and music... it's pure editing porn. And that's from an era without digital editing. Yes, it's manipulative and slightly cheesy, but few have been better at it IMHO.

Back and to the left...back and to the left...back and to the left...

I remember that at the end of the film they said in which year the sealed documents from the investigation would be made available to the public. When was that?

[Josquius]

They should just remake Blake's 7.

That's been brewing forever.  Never seems to get anywhere

[celedhring]

And here it is! Star Wars Rogue One teaser.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wji-BZ0oCwg

Looks almost as fanservicey as The Force Awakens, but what the hell, take my money already.

I'm only worried that I'm really not that interested to see a story that I already know the ending of (they will rob the plans and the Death Star will be destroyed). TFA had that big hook of wondering how the story would continue, and I'm massively looking forward to Ep 8 for the same reason.

[Eddie Teach]

Maybe the Death Star becomes sentient and decides not to do some petty Sithlord's bidding. 

[Eddie Teach]

Watch Killjoy, same network, same country but a a better look.  And a killer lead:

Not on Netflix.

Running out of new material there. I've started watching Marty's cartoon about ISIS members.