TV/Movies Megathread

[The Brain]

CB and I have been watching "The Muppet Show."  Last night we got to the episode with Jaye P. Morgan.  I vaguely remember her from "The Gong Show," and went looking for some clips and... er... wow they did a lot of cocaine in the 70s.  Here's the clip that got her fired (NSFW):

Gene Gene the Dancing Machine

and another favorite:

Have You Got a Nickel

Interesting. All I've known about The Gong Show has been from Zappa lyrics.

[Admiral Yi]

I'm watching The Artist and it struck me that maybe we're not supposed to watch Weinstein movies any more.

[celedhring]

I'm watching The Artist and it struck me that maybe we're not supposed to watch Weinstein movies any more.

Love the artist, not the man.

Actually, don't love The Artist either.

[celedhring]

Tales of the Loop is a show that in theory I should love, but it bores me. The pace is languid and I don't find the stories particularly compelling (at least the first two eps). Does it get better?

No idea, but please do get in the What we do in the Shadows conversation. 

"Unexpected riches!"

That whole subplot was amazing. 

The season's been great. This show is the only reason I still keep track of what day of the week it is so I can check every Thursday.

[Syt]

Checking period movies and series on Netflix, there seem to be quite an amount of Spanish productions.

[The Larch]

Checking period movies and series on Netflix, there seem to be quite an amount of Spanish productions.

Cel will be able to give you more details, but yeah, Netflix has been producing a lot of content in Spain in the last couple of years.

[Sheilbh]

Checking period movies and series on Netflix, there seem to be quite an amount of Spanish productions.

Cel will be able to give you more details, but yeah, Netflix has been producing a lot of content in Spain in the last couple of years.

And Mexico/Latin America! I think the Crime Diaries series is good, esepecially the first one "The Candidate" and Netflix has a couple of other documentaries/series in the period which are worth watching. Not sure if 1990s Mexico is "period" yet

And La Casa de las Flores is one of the funnest, campest things on TV.

Although I really enjoyed the Ministry of Time.

[Savonarola]

Checking period movies and series on Netflix, there seem to be quite an amount of Spanish productions.

Cel will be able to give you more details, but yeah, Netflix has been producing a lot of content in Spain in the last couple of years.

Even their Bolivar series is a Spanish/Colombian co-production.  I thought that was kind of funny.

[celedhring]

Netflix has massive facilities in Madrid and has become the largest fiction producer in Spain, and one of the largest in Spanish language. For all accounts it's working for them, they have 6 million subscribers over here, which is 1/3 of all Spanish homes.

And yes, Spanish language soaps are again a solid hit all over the world 

[Eddie Teach]

I'm watching The Artist and it struck me that maybe we're not supposed to watch Weinstein movies any more.

Love the artist, not the man.

Actually, don't love The Artist either.

Producers aren't artists.   

I enjoyed that film.

[The Larch]

Checking period movies and series on Netflix, there seem to be quite an amount of Spanish productions.

Cel will be able to give you more details, but yeah, Netflix has been producing a lot of content in Spain in the last couple of years.

And Mexico/Latin America! I think the Crime Diaries series is good, esepecially the first one "The Candidate" and Netflix has a couple of other documentaries/series in the period which are worth watching. Not sure if 1990s Mexico is "period" yet

And La Casa de las Flores is one of the funnest, campest things on TV.

Although I really enjoyed the Ministry of Time.

The Ministry of Time was not made by Netflix, though, it's a TVE show, our BBC equivalent, I guess Netflix does the international distribution.

[The Larch]

And yes, Spanish language soaps are again a solid hit all over the world 

Recovering their rightful place in the tv landscape, which had been usurped by Turkish soaps. 

[celedhring]

I'm watching The Artist and it struck me that maybe we're not supposed to watch Weinstein movies any more.

Love the artist, not the man.

Actually, don't love The Artist either.

Producers aren't artists.   

I enjoyed that film.

Tell them that to their face 

Now, talking seriosuly, some are, some aren't. The influence of a producer on the artistic content of a movie can't be denied and some do involve themselves quite a bit in the creative process - particularly in Europe, and I can talk from experience here.

Also, there are a few historical examples where the producer was the main creative force of a film rather than the people they hired to execute that vision (David O'Selznick being the quintessential example).

[Sheilbh]

I'm watching The Artist and it struck me that maybe we're not supposed to watch Weinstein movies any more.

Love the artist, not the man.

Actually, don't love The Artist either.

Producers aren't artists.   

I enjoyed that film.

I've got more issues with Woody Allen, Bryan Singer and Kevin Spacey films to be honest

[celedhring]

Checking period movies and series on Netflix, there seem to be quite an amount of Spanish productions.

Cel will be able to give you more details, but yeah, Netflix has been producing a lot of content in Spain in the last couple of years.

And Mexico/Latin America! I think the Crime Diaries series is good, esepecially the first one "The Candidate" and Netflix has a couple of other documentaries/series in the period which are worth watching. Not sure if 1990s Mexico is "period" yet

And La Casa de las Flores is one of the funnest, campest things on TV.

Although I really enjoyed the Ministry of Time.

The Ministry of Time was not made by Netflix, though, it's a TVE show, our BBC equivalent, I guess Netflix does the international distribution.

In Spain it's actually on HBO.