TV/Movies Megathread

[FunkMonk]

The new Mission Impossible is the reason why I go to movies.

It is completely ridiculous and insane. I loved it

[The Brain]

Twenty Years After: A Woodstock Reunion Concert (1989)

Features some acts from Woodstock (Melanie, Blood Sweat and Tears, Canned Heat, Country Joe MacDonald); and some that were not (Electric Flag, Grand Funk Railroad, Iron Butterfly.)  It was filmed at a football stadium at one of the smaller colleges in the University of California system; and was so poorly attended that it looks like it was filmed in a community park.  The music is good, but the filmmakers keep cutting away to (speaking of crises in higher education) Timothy Leary who tells us the truth about the Sixties... as near as he can remember the decade.  It's entertaining but certainly no Woodstock.

I remember when Leary was on Space Ghost: Coast to Coast. I liked that show (what I saw of it in the 90s), he had some pretty big guests.

[Habbaku]

The new Mission Impossible is the reason why I go to movies.

It is completely ridiculous and insane. I loved it

I really enjoyed it, but I was kinda let down. I thought the best fight in the movie was the early one in the bathroom. Beyond that, the action was great, but the fights just weren't as neat.

[FunkMonk]

The new Mission Impossible is the reason why I go to movies.

It is completely ridiculous and insane. I loved it

I really enjoyed it, but I was kinda let down. I thought the best fight in the movie was the early one in the bathroom. Beyond that, the action was great, but the fights just weren't as neat.

The bathroom fight scene is easily the best fight scene for me since... Damn I don't know when. It really was outstanding.

And I'm usually bored by chase scenes, but the motorcycle chase scene put a big childish smile on my face. Haven't been that thrilled by a chase scene since Fury Road 

[Razgovory]

Watched Blade Runner 2049.  I really liked this movie for some reason.

[celedhring]

The new Mission Impossible is the reason why I go to movies.

It is completely ridiculous and insane. I loved it

Does it also feature spy movie ridiculousness or just action movie ridiculousness? The whole betrayals and Scooby-Dooesque reveals have always been a big part of the enjoyment for me 

[Admiral Yi]

Watching Victoria and Abdul.  Judi Dench as Queen Victoria gets a boner for an Indian clerk.  A lot of the same territory as Mrs. Brown.  It's pretty cute so far.

One cute line of dialogue.

V: How do you like your new Scottish clothes Abdul?

A: They are very scratchy.

V: Everything in Scotland is scratchy.

[FunkMonk]

The new Mission Impossible is the reason why I go to movies.

It is completely ridiculous and insane. I loved it

Does it also feature spy movie ridiculousness or just action movie ridiculousness? The whole betrayals and Scooby-Dooesque reveals have always been a big part of the enjoyment for me 

I won't spoil but yup, this MI has the whole package

[Savonarola]

Star Trek II:  The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Vulcans don't cry; what sort of crap is this?   



I hadn't seen this since the VHS days (and mostly remember being grossed out by the earworms.)  This does live up to its reputation.  It's strengths lie in not getting bogged down in the Treknobabble and instead focusing on the relationship between the main characters (particularly intriguing in that Sulu, Spock and Kirk are all transitioning into new roles at the beginning of the film.)  In addition it has a compelling villain, and Shatner's performance is a delicious slice of Kosher ham; (thick enough to be enjoyable, not thick enough to choke on.)

I saw this on the big screen for the first time.  My parents took me to see Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and we were all so bored by it that they wouldn't see this one on the big screen.  It isn't a big improvement; the effects are limited (in fact the budget was about a quarter of what they were for the previous picture.) 

One of my favorite Robot Chicken skits comes from this Le Wrath di Khan (should be L'ira di Khan); the plot could belong to a real opera as much as it does a space opera.

[Habbaku]

The new Mission Impossible is the reason why I go to movies.

It is completely ridiculous and insane. I loved it

Does it also feature spy movie ridiculousness or just action movie ridiculousness? The whole betrayals and Scooby-Dooesque reveals have always been a big part of the enjoyment for me 

I won't spoil but yup, this MI has the whole package

Yeah, MI: Fallout definitely isn't lacking in those.

[Liep]

Okay, HBO Nordic is treating us well in this heatwave. EPIC SERIES showdown: The Twilight Saga, Underworld series, Transformers franchise, Hunger Games series, or the Resident Evil series.

What to binge?

[Eddie Teach]

Underworld I guess.

[celedhring]

They are pretty bad too, to be frank. But... Kate Beckinsale.

[garbon]

Least painful of those has to be Hunger Games.

[Admiral Yi]

If you binge any of them you're going to die of repetition.  Do Underworld I, then Hunger Games I, then Transformers I, then hope the heat wave is over.