TV/Movies Megathread

[grumbler]

The Tomorrow War on Prime.  Lots of great action and special effects - no money left over to pay writers.

[spoiler]For some reason, with 30 years notice the world is still caught by surprise and the future cannot be changed.  But putting that aside, when our hero returns from the future with the thing that will kill the unkillable future foe the official in charge of US defence says he cannot spend tax payor dollars on a mission to kill the foe in the present and eliminate the future disaster.  I wonder if some underpaid writer slipped that in knowing nobody would pay attention to the dialogue in order to make a statement on screwed up spending priorities [spoiler]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzdm_YWwEbA  Pitch meeting kinda shreds the script.

[crazy canuck]

That is great.  Nailed it.

[clandestino]

The soundtrack is great, yes, besides the title song by Iván Ferreiro many of the other songs are proper period songs by local bands, some of them really iconic of the 80s (Miña terra galega by Siniestro Total and Galicia Caníbal by Os Resentidos being the most famous ones). It was a pity that they didn't include this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7rRmEaHLrA

The picture from the video is from when Sito Miñanco became the president of his local football team in the late 80s (the scene appears in the show):

That was great!

I agree, definitely should have been in the show.

[Josquius]

I see there's a suicide squad sequel coming out called the suicide squad.
Dumbest sequel naming ever?

[Tonitrus]

I see there's a suicide squad sequel coming out called the suicide squad.
Dumbest sequel naming ever?

It's hard to unseat the champ, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.

[celedhring]

DS9's 'Nam episode ("The siege of AR-558") is pretty damn good.

[celedhring]

Another thing from DS9: I find quite odd how big of a character Vic Fontaine ends up becoming. I don't dislike him or anything but "let's make a 1960s crooner a recurring character in a Star Trek show" is a move I wasn't expecting 

I want to try and finish this thing over the weekend.

[Syt]

Badda-bing, badda-bang is an awesome episode.

[celedhring]

Badda-bing, badda-bang is an awesome episode.

It's not on either of the two lists I'm using for this binge, but I'll take your word for it.

[Syt]

Badda-bing, badda-bang is an awesome episode.

It's not on either of the two lists I'm using for this binge, but I'll take your word for it.

If you like heist movies you should watch. It also provides a bit of levity before the finale run.

[Josquius]

Another thing from DS9: I find quite odd how big of a character Vic Fontaine ends up becoming. I don't dislike him or anything but "let's make a 1960s crooner a recurring character in a Star Trek show" is a move I wasn't expecting 

I want to try and finish this thing over the weekend.

The writers seem to have a whole mid-20th century obsession going on. See also Little Green Men and the Prophet Visiony sci fi writer one. Maybe some others?

[Darth Wagtaros]

Badda-bing, badda-bang is an awesome episode.

It's not on either of the two lists I'm using for this binge, but I'll take your word for it.

If you like heist movies you should watch. It also provides a bit of levity before the finale run.

You son of a bitch, I'm in.

[Barrister]

On my much slower watch through of DS9, I've hit the Season 3 two-parter Past Tense, where Sisko, Bashir and Dax are flung through time in a transporter accident to San Francisco in the past/future year of 2024.

The central concept of the story is that homeless people are walled up into "Sanctuary Districts" so they don't bother the rest of society.  It's also amusing how the setting is now just a couple years away from our present.  Still need to watch Part 2, though I do remember very generally how it ends - Sisko steps into the historical role of Gabriel Bell, such that if you look up Bell in the 24th century you get a picture of Sisko.

[HVC]

there's also a call back to Past Tense in the episode where the visit the original enterprise.

[Josquius]

On my much slower watch through of DS9, I've hit the Season 3 two-parter Past Tense, where Sisko, Bashir and Dax are flung through time in a transporter accident to San Francisco in the past/future year of 2024.

The central concept of the story is that homeless people are walled up into "Sanctuary Districts" so they don't bother the rest of society.  It's also amusing how the setting is now just a couple years away from our present.  Still need to watch Part 2, though I do remember very generally how it ends - Sisko steps into the historical role of Gabriel Bell, such that if you look up Bell in the 24th century you get a picture of Sisko.

Unlike the Eugenics Wars of the 90s this is a near future prediction which actually looks kind of feasible what with BLM et al.