TV/Movies Megathread

[Grey Fox]

So, while most of you don`t care about children`s programming....

My kids started watching Hilda on Netflix.  They were immediately entranced with it - like they have been very rarely before.  I quite enjoyed it too.

That's the Horse, right? My children are still too freaked out by the trailer to watch it. 

My son likes to watch Power Rangers.

I don't think so.

It's about a girl who goes on adventures in a part-modern, part-magical world.

Malthus - do check it out.

Oh! I hadn't seen that one. Hasn't crossed their radar is my only guess.

[celedhring]

https://www.starwars.com/news/the-mandalorian-revealed

THE MANDALORIAN FIRST IMAGE, DIRECTORS REVEALED

DETAILS EMERGE FOR LUCASFILM'S LIVE-ACTION SERIES HELMED BY JON FAVREAU.

Production on the first Star Wars live-action streaming series has begun! After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic. The series will be written and executive produced by Emmy-nominated producer and actor Jon Favreau, as previously announced, with Dave Filoni (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels) directing the first episode. Additional episodic directors include Deborah Chow (Jessica Jones), Rick Famuyiwa (Dope), Bryce Dallas Howard (Solemates), and Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok). It will be executive produced by Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, and Colin Wilson. Karen Gilchrist will serve as co-executive producer. Stay tuned to StarWars.com for updates.

Is this the Boba Fett movie that has been turned into a Tv show or something else?

Also, Taika Waititi directing? Wow. Didn't know that Bryce Dallas Howard directed, only knew her actress side.

Something else. That armor is distinctive from the planet Mandalore , it won't be the first character in Disney Star Wars stuff that wears one. 

Bryce Dallas Howard doesn't have a director resume, I guess she wants to try her hand at it and TV is actually a pretty common first step for actors crossing over to the directing side (they have much less responsibility in TV productions compared to a film).

[Syt]

I'm glad about Filoni's involvement. He created some amazing stories in Clone Wars and even more so in the last two seasons of Rebels.

[Admiral Yi]

Watched 1 and 1/2 episodes of Youtube's series "Sideswiped," about online dating.  Part of their pay service, first two shows are free as a teaser.  Not very interesting or funny, though the sister has a nice ass.

[Admiral Yi]

Watching The Winter War on Youtube.  Action scenes are decently done, if not up to modern standards.  One thing that cracks me up is how the guys jump in a sauna whenever they get a chance.

[jimmy olsen]

Holy shit, is the Greendale in this Sabrina reboot set in  Maine? 'Cause this show is channeling Stephen King as hard as it can!

https://youtu.be/ybKUX6thF8Q

[Josquius]

Holy shit, is the Greendale in this Sabrina reboot set in  Maine? 'Cause this show is channeling Stephen King as hard as it can!

https://youtu.be/ybKUX6thF8Q

Well thats rather different to Nickelodeon

[Syt]

Holy shit, is the Greendale in this Sabrina reboot set in  Maine? 'Cause this show is channeling Stephen King as hard as it can!

https://youtu.be/ybKUX6thF8Q

It's a slightly different tone than the 90s series, but I can't quite put my finger on it.

[Admiral Yi]

The Shape of Water won best picture Oscar in 2017 and I'm sure not seeing it.

A silly frog/human love story and a juvenile cold war moral equivalence theme.  Meh.

[Josephus]

The Shape of Water won best picture Oscar in 2017 and I'm sure not seeing it.

A silly frog/human love story and a juvenile cold war moral equivalence theme.  Meh.

As I said earlier, it was very well done; but by and large a King Kong remake

[Grey Fox]

Season 3 of the Man in the High Castle is out.

Only watched episode 1. My take aways are 1) they have turned up the uneasiness of watching a mature Nazi society exist 2) I don't know what this season will be about

[KRonn]

The Shape of Water won best picture Oscar in 2017 and I'm sure not seeing it.

A silly frog/human love story and a juvenile cold war moral equivalence theme.  Meh.

I started to watch it but couldn't get into it, didn't watch very far into it.

[Syt]

Any thoughts on the season finale of Better Call Saul?

[KRonn]

Any thoughts on the season finale of Better Call Saul?

Kim got a surprise but probably necessary look at Jimmy when he spoke to the panel to get his law license back. Kim thought he was being heartfelt, and I also thought he might be sincere, but afterwards he slammed the panel for their gullibility and that brought brought Kim up short.  A real wake up call for her.


I was bummed that it was decided to kill Ziegler, though not surprised. He was messing with some hard core people and he knew it, or should have known. Mike had his orders from Fring, I'm sure.  Then I was actually surprised that Ziegler knew Fring's name as he said he wanted to talk to Fring. I would have thought that Fring at least would have used a fake name to avoid anyting being traced to him in case someone on the crew talked about their project later on.

The guy tailing Mike is a new development that will certainly come to a head next season. Maybe bring in new battles between Fring and another big dealer or kingpin type dude.

[Syt]

Yeah, Kim probably got her final wake up call to realize what kind of person Jimmy, now Saul, is. Jimmy is now burning bridges; the scholarship meeting was probably the last straw as he understood that the judgement the panel applied to the shoplifting girl trying to better herself applied just the same to him. So screw them! He'll give up the McGill name and be Saul Goodman now.

Werner seriously misjudged the people he was working for. And Mike crossed a major threshold with killing Ziegler. I suppose he did it because he knew that Gus would probably not just kill him but also make him suffer; giving him a quick death was all he could do. Still, he's been getting dragged deeper and deeper into the operation. I really liked him using his investigative skills and his wits this episode.

Regarding Lalo (the guy following Mike):

http://breakingbad.wikia.com/wiki/Lalo_Salamanca

Breaking Bad
Season 2

When Saul Goodman is kidnapped by Walter White and Jesse Pinkman and taken to the desert, Saul assumes that it is Lalo who has abducted him and starts begging for his life, blaming Ignacio for what happened, swearing he's always been friends with the cartel. After realizing Walter and Jesse's confusion, he understands he had mistaken them for Lalo and sighs in relief.

So I guess he'll live? Still, while he previously seemed slightly less thuggish and more convivial than the other Salamanca's, this episode shows that he's just as brutal and ruthless. Seriously, the Salamanca clan is pretty messed up.


EDIT: I'm glad we did get a scene of Michael McKean singing, though.