TV/Movies Megathread

[celedhring]

I just watched the first 15 minutes or so of Deadpool. Does it consistently stay with this aren't we so cool and clever vibe or does it even out? Trailers always made me think it doesn't which is why I've always avoided it.

No.

The comic manages to balance the silly humor with a tragic undercurrent for the character and parody of the genre that's not really there in the movie. It's fun, but if you don't dig the humor, it has nothing to offer you.

[garbon]

Alright, thanks. I'll skip it.

[KRonn]

I just watched the first 15 minutes or so of Deadpool. Does it consistently stay with this aren't we so cool and clever vibe or does it even out? Trailers always made me think it doesn't which is why I've always avoided it.

No.

The comic manages to balance the silly humor with a tragic undercurrent for the character and parody of the genre that's not really there in the movie. It's fun, but if you don't dig the humor, it has nothing to offer you.

I watched this a while ago and kind of thought it was ok, but when trying to watch it a second time it just really fell flat for me. Probably as you say, the humor seemed lame to me. I've been trying to figure how/why I was able to watch it the first time through.

[Barrister]

I dunno - I quite enjoyed Deadpool, and I went in thinking I wouldn't like it.

[Admiral Yi]

The chick is mega-hott.  I didn't mind the wise-cracking per se, but after a while Ryan Reynold's whiny delivery got a little too much.

[crazy canuck]

I dunno - I quite enjoyed Deadpool, and I went in thinking I wouldn't like it.

Same with me.  I thought it was hilarious good fun and I went in thinking I would hate it but decided to see it with my sons anyway.

[Eddie Teach]

Jumanji. Silly but fun.

[Savonarola]

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Show business kids making movies of themselves; you know they don't give a fuck about anybody else...



Still probably the best movie by Hollywood about Hollywood (and the one that features the most moving monkey funeral in the history of film).  I saw this on the big screen at the revival house; the glorious black and white cinematography really shines through on the big screen.  I got a lot more of the references to the silent stars this time, then when I first saw it 20 years ago (unfortunately 50 doesn't seem so impossibly old any more  .)

Gloria Swanson does a phenomenal job; and she does deserve to be remembered for this role.  Still she really was a big star in the silent era and was the top draw at Paramount for a number of years; her line "Without me there wouldn't be a Paramount" isn't that far from the truth.

[Duque de Bragança]

Still sad to see Buster Keaton in this one though.

[Savonarola]

Still sad to see Buster Keaton in this one though.

Yeah, unfortunately MGM didn't know what to do with him.  Fortunately his films would be rediscovered in the 1950s.

One of the other "Waxworks," HB Warner, is probably better remembered for his character parts in Frank Capra films (he's the druggist in "It's a Wonderful Life") than his silent career.

[KRonn]

Jumanji. Silly but fun.

I just saw the second Jumanji and liked it, and I like both of them. Fun movies.

[KRonn]

I saw the pilot episode of Krypton on SyFy channel. I really liked it. Seems to have a good amount bit of grit and intrigue to it, spicing it up.

SyFy TV show The Expanse starts up in April. Another good space SyFy show which centers around the politics and people of our solar system, with colonies on Mars and the asteroid belts mainly for mining. Mars and Earth tend to have a strained relationship.

[Liep]

Netflix has a Danish series out in a month: The Rain. It's some kinda of youth post-apocalypse thing.

https://youtu.be/wcp_0aIaQKY

This looks like it was filmed in Hareskoven which is also wear the Copenhagen role players hang out. I knew the guy in the middle from way back (15 years qualify for "way back", right?), it appears he's done well for himself since then.

[Admiral Yi]

Any good prepper knows to stock up on pre-ripped jeans.

[Savonarola]

As part of Netflix's 20th anniversary they sent out a "Trip down memory lane" e-mail with the first movie I ever rented from them.  Mine was "Triumph of the Will."

I've... uh... matured a lot since then; anyway did anyone else get an e-mail like that?