TV/Movies Megathread

[Syt]

Disenchanted on Netflix - anyone seen it yet?  I'm definitely going to watch (despite mixed reviews), but curious if it would be appropriate to watch with my kids of not - it's rated PG-14.

I'm up to episode 4 now. The plots are pretty standard fare, but I'm enjoying it quite a bit. I liked episodes 3 and 4 a lot better than the first two, FWIW.

The series has some gruesome imagery (pigs eating a corpse, dismemberment) and adult themes (drugs, swinger orgies). Not sure how much of that would fly over kids' heads or lead to awkward questions. 14+ seems about right.

[Barrister]

Disenchanted on Netflix - anyone seen it yet?  I'm definitely going to watch (despite mixed reviews), but curious if it would be appropriate to watch with my kids of not - it's rated PG-14.

I'm up to episode 4 now. The plots are pretty standard fare, but I'm enjoying it quite a bit. I liked episodes 3 and 4 a lot better than the first two, FWIW.

The series has some gruesome imagery (pigs eating a corpse, dismemberment) and adult themes (drugs, swinger orgies). Not sure how much of that would fly over kids' heads or lead to awkward questions. 14+ seems about right.

Just finished first 2 episodes.

I'm hoping I like 3 & 4 a lot more, because 1 and 2 didn't have many laughs.  A lot of it was "yeah, I can see what they were going for, and it sounds funny, but I'm not laughing" kind of stuff.  But Matt Groening and Co have certainly earned me a chance at a few more episodes.

And yeah, not watching this with my kids.

[Syt]

The show feels a bit slow paced, esp. if you compare it to something like Rick and Morty. It's also weird to have a cartoon show with episodes longer than 22 minutes. The episode main stories are overall your standard comedy tropes so far, and I wish they added a few more twists, but then again it's a first season where the characters are new and require establishing.

[Josquius]

Disenchanted on Netflix - anyone seen it yet?  I'm definitely going to watch (despite mixed reviews), but curious if it would be appropriate to watch with my kids of not - it's rated PG-14.

The first episode did not amuse me.
Half the fun was in the Simpsons/Futurama cameos.

[crazy canuck]

Disenchanted on Netflix - anyone seen it yet?  I'm definitely going to watch (despite mixed reviews), but curious if it would be appropriate to watch with my kids of not - it's rated PG-14.

The first episode did not amuse me.
Half the fun was in the Simpsons/Futurama cameos.

I agree with you and Tonitrus, the first episode was boring. 

[The Brain]

The Temple. Three Americans travel to Japan to look at shrines and temples but will regret finding... The Temple. Some decent stuff in there, for instance good treatment of the languages Japanese and English regarding who speaks what, and the relationship between the three main characters has some flesh. I'm a sucker for Japan so Japanese scenery is nice. Clocks in at a nice 78 mins. Main problem is that they don't really tie the spooky stuff together well enough, and the movie is ultimately unfulfilling. Note: [spoiler]There is no lesbian sex.[/spoiler]

[The Brain]

The Rezort. After the War of Zombie Aggression was won a luxury resort was established on an isolated island, where rich people can hunt zombies for sport. An elaborate high-tech security system makes sure it's safe. But what happens if the dinosaurs somehow manage to get loose? OK zombie movie, like most it deals with a contemporary issue, in this case [spoiler]the refugee crisis[/spoiler]. Notes: the chick is hot. [spoiler]Ther is no lesbian sex.[/spoiler]

[Tonitrus]

Finally got around to watching The Last Jedi on Netflix.

Snooze.

Also bing watching Rick & Morty (never really sat down and watched it before, just saw outtakes).

Is very witty, and could be/have been a very good show...but relies way too much on gross-out humor and over-the-top (and also gross-out) violence, both of which detract from the very good wit and humor the show occasionally excels at.

[Barrister]

More Disenchantment.  Up to episode 5.

I mean - it's okay, I have a few chuckles now and then.  But it just feels so... derivative.  Lets just take all the elements of Futurama, and stir them around a bit.  Main character is a girl, not a boy.  It's set in the past, not the future.  Wide-eyed naif is the side-kick, not the main character.

[Sophie Scholl]

More Disenchantment.  Up to episode 5.

I mean - it's okay, I have a few chuckles now and then.  But it just feels so... derivative.  Lets just take all the elements of Futurama, and stir them around a bit.  Main character is a girl, not a boy.  It's set in the past, not the future.  Wide-eyed naif is the side-kick, not the main character.

I was looking forward to this, too.

[celedhring]

I wouldn't give up on it. Futurama needed time before it found its stride too.

[crazy canuck]

Turned the second episode off half way through realizing there were much better things to do.

This is no Futurama, even at Futurama's start.  This is.. I am not sure what this is but it isn't worth watching.   Maybe season 2 if they get some new writers.

[Valmy]

I wouldn't give up on it. Futurama needed time before it found its stride too.

I don't know, I thought the first few episodes of Futurama were good. I mean yes the series got better but there was plenty there that was entertaining.

[crazy canuck]

I wouldn't give up on it. Futurama needed time before it found its stride too.

I don't know, I thought the first few episodes of Futurama were good. I mean yes the series got better but there was plenty there that was entertaining.

Agreed

[Admiral Yi]

The Boy Downstairs.  Mousy young girl moves into apartment, not knowing that her plain ex-boyfriend lives downstairs.  Nothing interesting happens.

I don't know how this movie got made.  Maybe if the girl were hott, and if the dialogue was smart and funny, but this movie has nothing.