TV/Movies Megathread

[Syt]

George C. Scott was rather miffed about Dr Strangelove's final cut. He wanted to play his character much more serious and disagreed with Kubrick on the direction. Kubrick made a compromise with him - each scene, Scott would rendition in 3 different versions: very subdued, very over the top, and middle of the road. Kubrick then used the over the top performances.

Scott later came around to liking the movie as is.

[The Minsky Moment]

It was adapted from a (serious) novel with a very similar plot to Fail Safe. Actually, Kubrick and the author sued the authors of Fail Safe and it was settled out of court.

IIRC the whole purpose of the lawsuit was to delay the Fail Safe release (which worked)

Personally I think they are different films with different messages that succeed in their own way, although Strangelove is obviously the greater.

[Syt]

Fail-Safe also had a 2000 remake. It was performed live:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235376/

[CountDeMoney]

Yes, yes it was.

[Ed Anger]

Valkyrie

It put a little Heil in my step.

[CountDeMoney]

I'm thinking of happier times.  Like before I saw that movie.

[Ed Anger]

I rather liked it. But Otto Remer does make me tingle in my pants.

[CountDeMoney]

It was OK.  Goofy ass Nazis.

[Admiral Yi]

The Revenant is on HBO GO.  Definitely worth another look.

[celedhring]

Started watching Luke Cage on Netflix. So far so good. It's certainly slower paced than Daredevil or Jessica Jones, but they aim for more realism. If you take Luke's superpowers out of he equation, there's (so far) nothing about this show that seems comic-booky. I'm loving the canvas of black culture too, and I don't mean that in an empty SJW way, it's really engaging. You got a superhero clobbering henchmen to Wu Tang Clan music, endless dialogues about NBA history, Crispus Attucks being a weirdly central figure to the story... it's refreshing.

Mike Coulter is a powerful presence too. And I don't mean that in the sense that he's built like a friggin' brick shithouse. The guy carries this show with the same ease he rips lamp posts.

[Admiral Yi]

The Revenant is on HBO GO.  Definitely worth another look.

The Saving Private Ryan of frontier movies.

[celedhring]

The Revenant is on HBO GO.  Definitely worth another look.

The Saving Private Ryan of frontier movies.

In what sense? 

Amazing battle scene at the beginning, slightly downhill from there even if solid throughout?

[Admiral Yi]

In what sense? 

Amazing battle scene at the beginning, slightly downhill from there even if solid throughout?

30 minutes of acid trip intensity then some reasonable shit after.

[Syt]

Watched the 45 minute season 3 premiere of Star Wars Rebels.

Kanan is suffering from self doubt after losing his eye sight after the fight against the inquisitors, Maul, and Vader on Malachor. Ezra, now a bit more aged, is taking on more responsibility and uses the Sith Holocron to become stronger and therefore help his friends. The Empire is bringing in the 7th Fleet under Grand Admiral Thrawn (voices by Lars Mikkelsen, Mads's brother) to deal with the pesky cell.

Good opener. The main action focuses on recovering a bunch of Y-Wings for the Rebellion, while the conflicts of Kanan and Ezra (internally and with each other) seem to be mended by the end of the episode - remains to be seen if this sticks or if it's temporary.

It also dips into Force mysticism again by having a (the?) Bendu show up (voiced by Tom Baker), representing the center or neutral ways of the Force. One aspect I like about Rebels is that it is going more into Force mysticism on several occasions, much more so than Clone Wars. (And Jedi-Bendu was an original name for the Jedi Knights in Lucas's early scripts.)

I like the addition of Thrawn - you can't always have Vader or Tarkin show up, because you risk losing their impact or making them look ineffective. The original Inquisitor was pretty decent as a foe, the replacements in season 2 IMHO less so, and having now Thrawn as tactical and strategic mastermind is a good move, I guess.

[viper37]

I was hoping they would push Ezra toward the dark side a little more.
Maybe, eventually merge his character with Starkiller of the Force Unleashed series.