TV/Movies Megathread

[Darth Wagtaros]

Superman Versus the Elite - good
The Sting II - bad

[mongers]

Just watch a Patrick Stewart fronted program about racing legend Stirling Moss and racing in the 1950s/early 60s.  Very interesting, he got to drive in two of the classic racing cars, plus they took a trip along part of the Mille Miglia in a Mercedes gullwing, fantastic looking car. 

[Syt]

Blazing Saddles in 5 seconds.

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/5-second-movies/82-blazzing-saddles

[Martinus]

My season movie tally:

Snowwhite and the Huntsman
Hobbit
Sorcerer's Apprentice
Corpse Bride
Beginners
Make the Yuletide Gay
another horribly badly acted gay romcom I don't even remember the name of

[Syt]

633 Squadron (1964)

WW2 flick with not so good acting, remarkable only for three things:
- Decent air combat scenes
- Its main theme was copied into the video game 1942
- The climax features the squadron making an attack run down a narrow fjord that's littered by AA guns, with the goal to hit a small target at the end of the trench fjord to cause a small chain reaction that will destroy a vital military target; all the while they're attacked by enemy fighters. It seems vaguely familiar.

[Admiral Yi]

Is there a fat pilot who buys the farm? 

[Syt]

They have a Sikh.

[Darth Wagtaros]

How progressive.

[Jacob]

Watched the Seven Samurai again. It was a lot less slow than I remembered.

[CountDeMoney]

- The climax features the squadron making an attack run down a narrow fjord that's littered by AA guns, with the goal to hit a small target at the end of the trench fjord to cause a small chain reaction that will destroy a vital military target; all the while they're attacked by enemy fighters. It seems vaguely familiar.

IM ON ZEE LEADER

[Barrister]

633 Squadron (1964)

WW2 flick with not so good acting, remarkable only for three things:
- Decent air combat scenes
- Its main theme was copied into the video game 1942
- The climax features the squadron making an attack run down a narrow fjord that's littered by AA guns, with the goal to hit a small target at the end of the trench fjord to cause a small chain reaction that will destroy a vital military target; all the while they're attacked by enemy fighters. It seems vaguely familiar.

You probably knew this (although I did not till I looked it up) but Lucas has explicitly said this movie was his inspiration for the final battle scene in Star Wars, at least according to wiki.

[Syt]

You probably knew this (although I did not till I looked it up) but Lucas has explicitly said this movie was his inspiration for the final battle scene in Star Wars, at least according to wiki.

Yes, I did. Also, the Dam Busters.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Trying to get through Super 8.  Kinda tough going.

[Ideologue]

Trying to get through Super 8.  Kinda tough going.

How come?  That movie's pretty good.

- Its main theme was copied into the video game 1942

God, do you guys remember Blue Max?  I hadn't in about two decades till I thought about 1942 and its antecedents.  WWI top-down shooter where you fight the entire German air arm and most of the German army.  What a great game.

[Syt]

Had Rule Britannia as opening tune.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv53rnaYAB8

It was in Germany on the index for media deemed harmful for youth, so it could only be sold to 18+ under the counter and not be advertised. (Same as 1942, btw.)

Standards were harsh back then. Doom recently got removed from the index (considering that many mucn more violent games don't go on the index anymore).