TV/Movies Megathread

[Duque de Bragança]

Guy L'Éclair is a fantastic pulp name. It should have stuck.

It sounds like it should be Canada's answer to Buckaroo Banzai.  Scientist, Neurosurgeon, Snocross Speedster and Goalie for the hard-checking Quebec  Nordiques, it's Guy L'Éclair.

Bonus: Dr Doom in French : Docteur Fatalis! Great one.

[Savonarola]

Welt am Draht (World on a Wire) (1973)

West German mini-series which is like a much more cerebral and much slower paced Matrix.  Dr. Stiller works on a supercomputer where people have total immersion into a virtual world to the point they believe they are in the real world.  His mentor is on the brink of a startling discovery, but then suddenly disappears; and no one seems to remember him.  Is the mega-corporation that funds this project using it to a nefarious end?  On the other hand, what if this world was only a simulation as well?  The film gets increasingly creepy and increasingly philosophical as it goes on.  (That being said, it isn't Solaris level slow or deep; in terms of Tarkovsky, it's paced more like Andrei Rublev.)

The women all tower over the protagonist; I'm not sure if Klaus Löwitsch was just short, or that was done deliberately to make the world of the film look unsettling.  Most of the women are disturbing looking; again I'm not sure if that was a deliberate film choice; or just the fashions and hairstyles of 1973 West Germany.

[The Brain]

Does he say "Donnerwetter!" ("Whoa" in German)?

[celedhring]

The women all tower over the protagonist; I'm not sure if Klaus Löwitsch was just short, or that was done deliberately to make the world of the film look unsettling.  Most of the women are disturbing looking; again I'm not sure if that was a deliberate film choice; or just the fashions and hairstyles of 1973 West Germany.

They look like women in a Fassbinder movie to me, they are always tall, distant, and slightly gangly and odd-looking. Then again, my only source of 1970s West German women are Fassbinder movies so maybe that's how they looked.

[Syt]

Been a while since I watched Saving Private Ryan. I forgot that Bryan Cranston was in it.

Also, the Waffen SS in the second half of the movie clearly went to the Imperial Stormtrooper academy of marksmenship (unlike the Ersatz battalions guarding the coast ).

[Tamas]

Been a while since I watched Saving Private Ryan. I forgot that Bryan Cranston was in it.

Also, the Waffen SS in the second half of the movie clearly went to the Imperial Stormtrooper academy of marksmenship (unlike the Ersatz battalions guarding the coast ).

I never thought of that before

[Admiral Yi]

Signed up for Netflix.  Thanks for nothing hosers.

[Admiral Yi]

So Stranger Things is like a dark ET.

[11B4V]

So Stranger Things is like a dark ET.

[Eddie Teach]

Well, the kids are older and you don't get to know the monster at all, but kinda.

[Syt]

Sandman series coming to Netflix: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/sandman-tv-series-neil-gaiman-david-goyer-a-go-at-netflix-1220761

[Duque de Bragança]

Welt am Draht (World on a Wire) (1973)

West German mini-series which is like a much more cerebral and much slower paced Matrix.  Dr. Stiller works on a supercomputer where people have total immersion into a virtual world to the point they believe they are in the real world.  His mentor is on the brink of a startling discovery, but then suddenly disappears; and no one seems to remember him.  Is the mega-corporation that funds this project using it to a nefarious end?  On the other hand, what if this world was only a simulation as well?  The film gets increasingly creepy and increasingly philosophical as it goes on.  (That being said, it isn't Solaris level slow or deep; in terms of Tarkovsky, it's paced more like Andrei Rublev.)

The women all tower over the protagonist; I'm not sure if Klaus Löwitsch was just short, or that was done deliberately to make the world of the film look unsettling.  Most of the women are disturbing looking; again I'm not sure if that was a deliberate film choice; or just the fashions and hairstyles of 1973 West Germany.

Klaus Löwitsch may be short compared to Barbara Valentin, the German Jayne Mansfield, but he fought in a Clash of Titans Stefan Derrick a.k.a Horst Tappert. Syt and Zanza may remember this famous scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41vkbeorq58


Back to topic, Welt am Draht is to be watched, as intended, in two sittings. Otherwise, it can get really ponderous. As for unsettling, the post-sync, Italian-style, certainly gives a surreal ambient. Plus the shopping mall of Parly 2 (I believe then), futuristic back then, has a retro quality now. Since it's Fassbinder, mirrors, mirrors, mirrors!
I liked it. Matrix fanboys should watch it.

[Josquius]

Captain Marvel - Its OK. Not the worst marvel film. But in no way deserving of the amount of praise it received.
Also I have to complain about how dark it was. I'm so sick of that.

[Savonarola]

The women all tower over the protagonist; I'm not sure if Klaus Löwitsch was just short, or that was done deliberately to make the world of the film look unsettling.  Most of the women are disturbing looking; again I'm not sure if that was a deliberate film choice; or just the fashions and hairstyles of 1973 West Germany.

They look like women in a Fassbinder movie to me, they are always tall, distant, and slightly gangly and odd-looking. Then again, my only source of 1970s West German women are Fassbinder movies so maybe that's how they looked.

Ah, okay, I don't think I've ever seen a Fassbinder movie before.

[Savonarola]

Klaus Löwitsch may be short compared to Barbara Valentin, the German Jayne Mansfield, but he fought in a Clash of Titans Stefan Derrick a.k.a Horst Tappert. Syt and Zanza may remember this famous scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41vkbeorq58


Back to topic, Welt am Draht is to be watched, as intended, in two sittings. Otherwise, it can get really ponderous. As for unsettling, the post-sync, Italian-style, certainly gives a surreal ambient. Plus the shopping mall of Parly 2 (I believe then), futuristic back then, has a retro quality now. Since it's Fassbinder, mirrors, mirrors, mirrors!
I liked it. Matrix fanboys should watch it.

Yeah, it's definitely one to see in two sitting (in fact it comes on two DVDs.)  I didn't realize the mirrors were a director trademark; but you certainly can't miss them in the film.  I enjoyed the film quite a bit.  I think the retro-movie theater here is showing The Matrix in a couple weeks, it would be interesting to see and compare the two.