TV/Movies Megathread

[Admiral Yi]

Gopher was a US Representative?

No stranger than Sonny Bono, of Sonny and Cher.

[Syt]

This reads like parody:

https://variety.com/2021/film/directors/chloe-zhao-oscars-nomadland-marvel-eternals-dracula-1234961719/

About Chloe Zhao doing Marvel's Eternals:

[...]

In a movie that would be full of visual effects and greenscreen — as all Marvel movies are — Feige says Zhao "was really fighting for practical locations" in accordance with her vision for it. At one point, they cut a sample reel of "Eternals" for Disney higher-ups to watch.

"And I had to keep saying, 'This is right out of a camera; there's no VFX work to this at all!'" Feige says. "Because it was a beautiful sunset, with perfect waves and mist coming up from the shore on this giant cliffside — really impressive stuff."

[...]

[The Brain]

Chloe Lmao?

[celedhring]

For All Mankind - Season 2

It was ok, they doubled down a bit too much on the domestic drama storylines, season 1 had a better balance and more pace to it. Still enough cold war in space bits to make for an entertaining ride. Also, a bit forced how they put back the same crew from season 1 in the missions, even though 10 years have passed.

I'm reading that Moore has planned a 7-season arc for this, but I'm not sure Apple TV is going to last that long...

[viper37]

Nor arguing about those three, but the 13th Warrior deserves more recognition, despite its troubled history.

What troubled history?
Long story here:https://collider.com/the-13th-warrior-what-went-wrong/

[grumbler]

For All Mankind - Season 2

It was ok, they doubled down a bit too much on the domestic drama storylines, season 1 had a better balance and more pace to it. Still enough cold war in space bits to make for an entertaining ride. Also, a bit forced how they put back the same crew from season 1 in the missions, even though 10 years have passed.

I'm reading that Moore has planned a 7-season arc for this, but I'm not sure Apple TV is going to last that long...

No, he hasn't.  He just says he has.  Witness Battlestar Galactica, which started out great and then flopped around because he didn't have a plan past 2.5 seasons.  Worst ending evar.

[Berkut]

For All Mankind - Season 2

It was ok, they doubled down a bit too much on the domestic drama storylines, season 1 had a better balance and more pace to it. Still enough cold war in space bits to make for an entertaining ride. Also, a bit forced how they put back the same crew from season 1 in the missions, even though 10 years have passed.

I'm reading that Moore has planned a 7-season arc for this, but I'm not sure Apple TV is going to last that long...

No, he hasn't.  He just says he has.  Witness Battlestar Galactica, which started out great and then flopped around because he didn't have a plan past 2.5 seasons.  Worst ending evar.

Whats the connection to BSG?

[grumbler]

For All Mankind - Season 2

It was ok, they doubled down a bit too much on the domestic drama storylines, season 1 had a better balance and more pace to it. Still enough cold war in space bits to make for an entertaining ride. Also, a bit forced how they put back the same crew from season 1 in the missions, even though 10 years have passed.

I'm reading that Moore has planned a 7-season arc for this, but I'm not sure Apple TV is going to last that long...

No, he hasn't.  He just says he has.  Witness Battlestar Galactica, which started out great and then flopped around because he didn't have a plan past 2.5 seasons.  Worst ending evar.

Whats the connection to BSG?

Moore was the showrunner for BSG.

[Berkut]

For All Mankind - Season 2

It was ok, they doubled down a bit too much on the domestic drama storylines, season 1 had a better balance and more pace to it. Still enough cold war in space bits to make for an entertaining ride. Also, a bit forced how they put back the same crew from season 1 in the missions, even though 10 years have passed.

I'm reading that Moore has planned a 7-season arc for this, but I'm not sure Apple TV is going to last that long...

No, he hasn't.  He just says he has.  Witness Battlestar Galactica, which started out great and then flopped around because he didn't have a plan past 2.5 seasons.  Worst ending evar.

Whats the connection to BSG?

Moore was the showrunner for BSG.

Is he the one we can blame that travesty on?

[Eddie Teach]

"Starbuck is a man." - Neil, or possibly Ed.

[Duque de Bragança]

Nor arguing about those three, but the 13th Warrior deserves more recognition, despite its troubled history.

What troubled history?
Long story here:https://collider.com/the-13th-warrior-what-went-wrong/

Re-shoots, conflicts between producer and director etc. = troubled history.

Crappy link though.

The 90s Hollywood logic of equating a Spanish actor to an Arab character because they both have brown skin is indefensible, but at least they didn't cast a white guy

Antonio Banderas is from Andalusia (hello Al-Andalus).

[celedhring]

How to be racist while trying to be anti-racist 

[Duque de Bragança]

How to be racist while trying to be anti-racist 

That has been plaguing the so-called anti-racists for quite a while now. 

[Darth Wagtaros]

For All Mankind - Season 2

It was ok, they doubled down a bit too much on the domestic drama storylines, season 1 had a better balance and more pace to it. Still enough cold war in space bits to make for an entertaining ride. Also, a bit forced how they put back the same crew from season 1 in the missions, even though 10 years have passed.

I'm reading that Moore has planned a 7-season arc for this, but I'm not sure Apple TV is going to last that long...

No, he hasn't.  He just says he has.  Witness Battlestar Galactica, which started out great and then flopped around because he didn't have a plan past 2.5 seasons.  Worst ending evar.

Its about the characters!

[viper37]

Nor arguing about those three, but the 13th Warrior deserves more recognition, despite its troubled history.

What troubled history?
Long story here:https://collider.com/the-13th-warrior-what-went-wrong/

Re-shoots, conflicts between producer and director etc. = troubled history.

Crappy link though.

The 90s Hollywood logic of equating a Spanish actor to an Arab character because they both have brown skin is indefensible, but at least they didn't cast a white guy

Antonio Banderas is from Andalusia (hello Al-Andalus).

Well, he speaks Spanish, not Arabic, so that apparently matters a lot.
I still don't understand why they cast Americans or British to speak French and it does not matter.  I also don't understand why I should be offended by that.
Although, to hear a British speak French passing as a Montrealer...  Well, ok, that is disturbing