TV/Movies Megathread

[celedhring]

Also forgot to mention I watched Get Out! last week. Now that's an interesting movie. I gotta say I much preferred the disturbing second act, than when it goes all slasher in the last act.

Did you read anything about it before?

I knew nothing other than it was a horror. I was expecting something ghostly. I did notice the maid had quite a 1960s style....
Nice twist.

I knew it had been a smash hit and that it had a strong racism theme, but nothing besides that.

I actually didn't like the twist too much, but it's not a big deal. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

[Josquius]

It Follows- Pretty good horror film about an STD of doom. Like most horror films  they don't try an obvious solution until the end and even there not so well.

Legend- Tom Hardy mumbles as The Krays. Stuff happens. I think. Fell asleep.

[viper37]

Has some problems, the opening scenes on Paradise Island drag on, the fighting scenes are done with the Shake the Camera (now with extra-CGI!) technique and exposition before the final fight, oh the exposition, for the love of Hera quit talking and start hitting each other.  That being said, its still a great deal of fun.  In my opinion it works because the film is much more akin to "The Little Mermaid," (with kung-fu in place of songs) than it is to "The Dark Knight."  I thought the characterization of Wonder Woman was well done; even with her extraordinary physique and ass kicking ways, she is still believable as a woman.

You're totally missing the point.
It's directed by a woman and there's a camera focus on WW tigh where you can clearly see it is shaking as she lands on the ground.  Everything else is trivial.  Apparently.

[Eddie Teach]

Can you translate that to English, viper?

[The Brain]

It Follows- Pretty good horror film about an STD of doom. Like most horror films  they don't try an obvious solution until the end and even there not so well.

How does it compare to the Darkplace episode The Creeping Moss from the Shores of Shuggoth?

[viper37]

Can you translate that to English, viper?

http://www.businessinsider.com/wonder-woman-thigh-jiggled-powerful-2017-6

Watching a super hero movie directed by a woman is like putting glasses on for the first time.

I didn't realize how much I had to squint through the "male gaze" till suddenly, miraculously, I didn't have to.

There were absolutely NO eye candy shots of Diana. There were Amazons with ageing skin and crows feet and not ONE of them wore armor that was a glorified corset. When Diana did the superhero landing, her thigh jiggled onscreen.

Did you hear me? HER FUCKING THIGH JIGGLED. Wonder Woman's thigh jiggled on a 20-foot tall screen in front of everyone.

Because she wasn't there to make men drool. She wasn't there to be sexy and alluring and flirt her way to victory, and that means she has big, muscular thighs, and when they absorb the impact of a superhero landing, they jiggle, and.that's.WONDERFUL.

Thank you, Patty Jenkins, for giving me a movie about a woman, told by a woman,so I can see it through my eyes, not some dude bro who's there for boobs and butts.

[Valmy]

I am so confused because their armor looks like glorified corsets to me and boobs seem to feature prominently. But granted I don't exactly see very many movies so maybe every other movie that had women in it prior to Wonder Woman was just a porno.

[Admiral Yi]

No eye candy shots?  WTF? 

[Valmy]

No eye candy shots?  WTF? 

Practically every promotional thing I have seen for that movie is eye candy. That article is either delusional confirmation bias on the behalf of that woman or some kind of hype/studio propaganda.

[Admiral Yi]

Also, how is a thigh jiggling related to muscularity?

[CountDeMoney]

Also, how is a thigh jiggling related to muscularity?

Apparently it's a reference to a lack of it.  Well-toned thighs supposedly don't jiggle. 

I dunno, ask Siegy. Don't ask Cal.

[viper37]

I am so confused because their armor looks like glorified corsets to me and boobs seem to feature prominently. But granted I don't exactly see very many movies so maybe every other movie that had women in it prior to Wonder Woman was just a porno.

This is a feminist icon:


This is another feminist icon:


This is exploitation of the female body for capitalistic purposes:

[viper37]

Also, how is a thigh jiggling related to muscularity?

Apparently it's a reference to a lack of it.  Well-toned thighs supposedly don't jiggle. 

I dunno, ask Siegy. Don't ask Cal.

[celedhring]

I think that Wonder Woman article is just an iteration of the "this thing I like is better than all the things you like" syndrome.

[Ed Anger]

Wall E is a garbage movie made by garbage people and only retards like it.