TV/Movies Megathread

[Eddie Teach]

One more episode of The Killing left now; and it looks like we know who the killer is.

We know who the evidence is currently pointing at. Easy enough for the writers to spin it off to somebody else.

[Josephus]

One more episode of The Killing left now; and it looks like we know who the killer is.

We know who the evidence is currently pointing at. Easy enough for the writers to spin it off to somebody else.

WEll there's one episode left, so I'm thinking it's a done deal, but yeah, we'll see.

[Slargos]

white on grey is legible.. we need a <spoiler> tag

Maybe it's a resolution thing, but while I can read it if I really strain myself, it's certainly not readily legible.

And if you're curious enough to really look close enough to be able to read it, you're going to click the spoiler tag aswell. 

I have great eyes.

Now I get it.

I'm on a laptop and in tne 90 degree angle the text is in fact quite visible. 

[HVC]

white on grey is legible.. we need a <spoiler> tag

Maybe it's a resolution thing, but while I can read it if I really strain myself, it's certainly not readily legible.

And if you're curious enough to really look close enough to be able to read it, you're going to click the spoiler tag aswell. 

depends on the background you have. i can't see it either.

[CountDeMoney]

I can't see it either, which is a good thing, because I'm two episodes behind.





In unrelated news: sometimes I really want to bang Sandra Bullock, and sometimes I don't.

[Slargos]

In unrelated news: sometimes I really want to bang Sandra Bullock, and sometimes I don't.

I don't have that problem. 

[Habbaku]

Thus far, I've been pretty underwhelmed by Mad Men.  I'm going to keep watching (on episode 10 of the first season at the moment), because it seems to be getting better, but I just don't see the attraction in the first several episodes.  Don Draper's a douchebag, as are most of his cohorts.  In fact, just about everyone's a douchebag.

The '60s background (Nixon/Kennedy!) and getting to see the rather stark differences in behavior (smoking being only one of the minor ones, in comparison) between then and now are the real pull for me so far.

[Zoupa]

I can't see it either, which is a good thing, because I'm two episodes behind.





In unrelated news: sometimes I really want to bang Sandra Bullock, and sometimes I don't.

Amen brother. It's like this chick you know at the office, but you're not quite sure if she's actually good looking, so you flirt anyways.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

rewatched "Daredevil" for some reason. still pretty crappy. Affleck actually is ok acting wise, but he's completely miscast nonetheless. The cgi is quaint though, kind of gives it a retro campy feel. add some batman "KKWOOCK" style titles and you got 60's batman. Jennifer Garner is a pretty slow ass Elektra.

The only perfectly cast people in the flick are Jon Favreau as Foggy Nelson, and Michael Clarke Duncan as Kingpin. Too bad neither get any chance to really shine. lame dialogue, too long of an origin story. Lots of things that Daredevil-o-philes like me get get their panties twisted over of course. Yet for some reason someday likely I'll watch that director's cut.

4.5 steampunk billy clubs tearing through your mob boss dad's chest outta 10

[mongers]

I'm not getting 'Mad Men', I don't really empathise with any of the characters.

[Drakken]

I'm not getting 'Mad Men', I don't really empathise with any of the characters.

Me neither. I have trouble watching this show, which glorifies a total empty shell of a douchebag who can lay all women like it was nothing, cruising on his good looks and his tormented past, like he is an intrinsically interesting a character. Something doesn't cut, it affects my suspension of disbelief. It's like to be a good anti-hero, nowadays, one must be a magical manwhore.

I prefered Tony Soprano in that kind of role. Yeah he had mistresses and wasn't a kind soul to his wife, but he had severe character flaws and a personality to boot. Don Draper, however, is empty. Just being a tortured soul doesn't cut it to me, sixties or not.

Plus, it has January Jones in it, with the dreadfulness of her acting proportional to the size of her tits.

[Slargos]

I love watching the train wreck that is Don Draper. The man simply doesn't know when to quit. 

[Norgy]

Me neither. I have trouble watching this show, which glorifies a total empty shell of a douchebag who can lay all women like it was nothing, cruising on his good looks and his tormented past, like he is an intrinsically interesting a character. Something doesn't cut, it affects my suspension of disbelief. It's like to be a good anti-hero, nowadays, one must be a magical manwhore.

I understand that notion, but I would say that's the whole deal with the show - Don Draper is all fake. It's marketing, pure and simple. An ad agency dresses up shit and calls it something else, and Don Draper not only does that very well in his job, he's an expert at it in his private affairs as well. Nothing is real, everything is make-believe, and that's why critics love the show and some of us who pretend to be smarter than we are say we love it too.

[The Brain]

I'm not getting 'Mad Men', I don't really empathise with any of the characters.

What did you think of Der Untergang?

[Norgy]