TV/Movies Megathread

[Savonarola]

I've started watching "Bojack Horseman."  Thus far the description of J.D. Salinger as: "A man whose inspired millions of English teachers, eighth graders and the occasional assassin" is my favorite line.  Who knew John Hinckley and Mark David Chapman could inspire such joy? 

[Sheilbh]

I like to have Christopher Lee reading Edgar Allen Poe on loop during October

It is nice to embrace the season.

Honestly I wish we properly got into Halloween and weren't so fucking snobbish about it

[Admiral Yi]

Lilyhammer.  Steve van Zandt is a wise guy who asks for witness protection in Norway.  He listens to language tapes on the train and is able to understand the language (but not speak it).  He beats up a punk on the train and wins the semi-hottie love interest's admiration.  He shoots a wolf with a 32.

This is pretty clearly a vanity project by Steverino.  He's got a producer credit.

Lot's of opportunities for laughs but none get exploited.  All the scenes are just Steve being awesome and winning the day.

Only one episode, so I'm guessing a pilot that didn't get picked up.

[Liep]

Lilyhammer has 3 seasons on Netflix, I got 6 episodes in before quitting.

[Sophie Scholl]

Three episodes in and I am thoroughly enjoying Carnival Row.  I know a lot of people here have said it was "meh", but I'm digging the story, the aesthetic, and the performers so far.

[Tamas]

I've started watching "Bojack Horseman."  Thus far the description of J.D. Salinger as: "A man whose inspired millions of English teachers, eighth graders and the occasional assassin" is my favorite line.  Who knew John Hinckley and Mark David Chapman could inspire such joy? 

The indulgent self-pity really gets tiresome in that series.

[frunk]

I love the show, but I can understand it not being to everyone's taste.

[The Larch]

Community turns 10 this month. Damn how time flies...

[Josephus]

Some of my favorite Halloween viewing:

1. The Changeling. A classic haunted house ghost story.

Amen to that. Low budget Canuck film with George C. Scott. Probably my favourite horror film. The wet ball dropping down the stairs gets me all the time.

[Malthus]

Some of my favorite Halloween viewing:

1. The Changeling. A classic haunted house ghost story.

Amen to that. Low budget Canuck film with George C. Scott. Probably my favourite horror film. The wet ball dropping down the stairs gets me all the time.

The vision of the little boy rising from the well did it for me.

[Sheilbh]

Really interesting BBC documentary on the anti-vax movement.

Interesting how current it is to see Andrew Wakefield, struck off, humiliated, discredited in the UK in mid 2000s. Rather than disappearing he saw it as proof there was a conspiracy and move to the US to spread the message.

Also very striking how locally inflected the movements are: the US speakers all seem to be largely worried about a government conspiracy/coverup; the French speakers are suspicious that drug companies are making dangerous products, to make more profits and scientists are in their pay.

[Razgovory]

I watched "They shall not grow old".  I've never seen anything like it before.

[Admiral Yi]

Finished all the available Peaky Blinders.  Just can't work up the mojo for Stranger Things.  So I'm watching Trailer Park Boys.  Not as clever as I remember it, but I do enjoy the skinny blonde hottie.

Can one of the Kebeckers tell me how common the family name Tremblay is?  I noticed one of the actors had that last name (I'm guessing Julian) as did a stripper I talked to in Montreal.

[Admiral Yi]

So I'm watching Trailer Park Boys.  Not as clever as I remember it

Takes backs.  Ep 3 is pretty funny.

[Oexmelin]

Can one of the Kebeckers tell me how common the family name Tremblay is?  I noticed one of the actors had that last name (I'm guessing Julian) as did a stripper I talked to in Montreal.

#1 most common name in Quebec.

It made it to the US, in addition to varieties such as Shaker or Twombly.