TV/Movies Megathread

[The Larch]

Pet peeve watching Picard (which I have also seen in other shows/movies set in the future). When a character is shown as liking "oldie music" in sci-fi movies, they usually listen to oldie music from a 2023 (or whatever year the movie was made) standpoint. Would it be more fun if Picard vibed while listening to The Weeknd, whom by the 25th century is such an antique.

I saw a joke about that in Dr. Who once, in which some alien creature started talking in a party about "long lost music of old Earth" or somesuch and played a piece of it for its guests, and it was Britney Spears' Toxic. 

[Sheilbh]

Yes.

[Grey Fox]

Not all of it sucks . although a lot of the ones that do suck are played a lot up here for "Canadian content" because it's cheaper.

Do you ever watch French language TV?  Blows my mind how in a place with so many hotties how few of them show up on TV. 

  They show up in Quebec's tv plenty.

[celedhring]

Been doing Oscar movie catchup. I have now seen all best movie nominees except Women Talking. My personal pick remains Everything Everywhere All at Once, because I love movies that manage to break stylistic ground while remaining accessible to wide audiences.

Honorable mention to The Fabelmans which is probably Spielberg's best flick since the 2010s (or even since Catch Me If You Can). Tar is also super-challenging and Blanchett's portrayal is one for the ages, but it's probably too much a difficult film to get the nod.

I just hope they don't give it to Top Gun 

EDIT: Forgot I haven't seen Avatar either, but does that even count?

[The Larch]

Been doing Oscar movie catchup. I have now seen all best movie nominees except Women Talking. My personal pick remains Everything Everywhere All at Once, because I love movies that manage to break stylistic ground while remaining accessible to wide audiences.

Honorable mention to The Fabelmans which is probably Spielberg's best flick since the 2010s (or even since Catch Me If You Can). Tar is also super-challenging and Blanchett's portrayal is one for the ages, but it's probably too much a difficult film to get the nod.

I just hope they don't give it to Top Gun 

EDIT: Forgot I haven't seen Avatar either, but does that even count?

What did you think about The Banshees of Inisheerin? My parents went to watch it, and came back somehow taken back by it.

[celedhring]

Been doing Oscar movie catchup. I have now seen all best movie nominees except Women Talking. My personal pick remains Everything Everywhere All at Once, because I love movies that manage to break stylistic ground while remaining accessible to wide audiences.

Honorable mention to The Fabelmans which is probably Spielberg's best flick since the 2010s (or even since Catch Me If You Can). Tar is also super-challenging and Blanchett's portrayal is one for the ages, but it's probably too much a difficult film to get the nod.

I just hope they don't give it to Top Gun 

EDIT: Forgot I haven't seen Avatar either, but does that even count?

What did you think about The Banshees of Inisheerin? My parents went to watch it, and came back somehow taken back by it.

Thought it was very good. But it has McDonagh's brand of black comedy that I can see people not enjoying. It gets very dark at times.

[Josquius]

Watching series 2 of Clarksons farm. The restaurant idea did seem to make a lot of sense. And true the show is only going to show it in a positive light.
But all those opposing it with one sensible women supporting....
Seems those opposing were mostly lib dems whilst the one supporting.
https://m.facebook.com/100063848501913/about/

Labour who a few months later lost her job.

[jimmy olsen]

Everything Everywhere All at Once won almost every award that matters.

Best Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Film Editing, and Original Screenplay

https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1635124087562592257

[celedhring]

Shortround winning an Oscar is quite the incredible story 

Tbh, I thought there were more deserving candidates in the acting categories, but the Academy likes having sweeps from time to time.

EDIT: How many kids from the Goonies cast got an Oscar by now, btw?

EDIT2: Answering myself, he might be the first one? I'd have guessed at least Josh Brolin might have got one.

[Josephus]

Watched Everything etc. last night. Weird. Yeah, it's well filmed, well acted. but I struggled to make it to the end.

[The Larch]

I suppose that the biggest upset was Michelle Yeoh taking the Best Actress award from Cate Blanchett.

Btw, I've heard a couple of reports on de-gendering the acting awards, and Jamie Lee Curtis actually mentioned it during her press interviews as well. Do you see that happening at some point?

[celedhring]

I suppose that the biggest upset was Michelle Yeoh taking the Best Actress award from Cate Blanchett.

Btw, I've heard a couple of reports on de-gendering the acting awards, and Jamie Lee Curtis actually mentioned it during her press interviews as well. Do you see that happening at some point?

If they simply merged the categories, making them gender-neutral like the behind-the-camera ones, that would lead to less actors being awarded overall, which 1) would be a pity, given the central role actors play in motion pictures 2) diminishes the opportunities for diversity.

Music awards get away with it because they have a million subcategories for genres. I suppose movie awards could go the way of the Golden Globes with the comedy/drama thing, but I've personally always hated that.

I don't know if there are better proposals out there about how to carry out that in a way that works.

[celedhring]

A fun tidbit about the acting Oscars, although I guess it's not very relevant to this discussion, is that at first these awards were not given for a particular performance, but rather rewarded the best actor during the whole year. Back then it was common for actors to act in several movies in a single year.

[Sheilbh]

If they simply merged the categories, making them gender-neutral like the behind-the-camera ones, that would lead to less actors being awarded overall, which 1) would be a pity, given the central role actors play in motion pictures 2) diminishes the opportunities for diversity.

Music awards get away with it because they have a million subcategories for genres. I suppose movie awards could go the way of the Golden Globes with the comedy/drama thing, but I've personally always hated that.

I don't know if there are better proposals out there about how to carry out that in a way that works.

Although I can't remember which but a music award merged them and then this year didn't have any female nominees. So, many of the people who wanted them merged said they now also needed a mandatory 50/50 gender split which...

I could be wrong but my instinct is that merged awards would lead to fewer women winning than men.

Surprised how well All Quiet did - I was surprised it was a Best Picture nominee too. Maybe it's just what happens with streamer produced films that they're often only in the cinema for a week so I don't really notice them coming and going.

[The Larch]

I suppose that the biggest upset was Michelle Yeoh taking the Best Actress award from Cate Blanchett.

Btw, I've heard a couple of reports on de-gendering the acting awards, and Jamie Lee Curtis actually mentioned it during her press interviews as well. Do you see that happening at some point?

If they simply merged the categories, making them gender-neutral like the behind-the-camera ones, that would lead to less actors being awarded overall, which 1) would be a pity, given the central role actors play in motion pictures 2) diminishes the opportunities for diversity.

Music awards get away with it because they have a million subcategories for genres. I suppose movie awards could go the way of the Golden Globes with the comedy/drama thing, but I've personally always hated that.

I don't know if there are better proposals out there about how to carry out that in a way that works.

In one of the pieces I heard they mentioned that this has already been introduced this year by the Independent Spirit Awards, for instance, and what they had is just Best Lead and Best Supporting Performance awards, with 10 nominees each. The winners, for the record, were Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan.

The people from the piece agreed that this would probably not work for the Oscars, that you can't just remove two of the big awards and don't replace them with anything to compensate. Don't think they considered splitting on drama and comedy categories, though.