TV/Movies Megathread

[celedhring]

I have signed up to HBO Spain, just to watch Westworld. I blame Berkut.

[Berkut]

I have signed up to HBO Spain, just to watch Westworld. I blame Berkut.

You will soon transition that blame to thanks. I think.

[celedhring]

I have signed up to HBO Spain, just to watch Westworld. I blame Berkut.

You will soon transition that blame to thanks. I think.

Oh, I'm sure of that. You've got cred when it comes to this stuff.

[Berkut]

I have signed up to HBO Spain, just to watch Westworld. I blame Berkut.

You will soon transition that blame to thanks. I think.

Oh, I'm sure of that. You've got cred

when it comes to this stuff.

[Ideologue]

I have signed up to HBO Spain, just to watch Westworld. I blame Berkut.

You will soon transition that blame to thanks. I think.

Oh, I'm sure of that. You've got cred when it comes to this stuff.

And if it sucks, there's still Game of Thrones.

I'm really reticent to watch Westworld.  Serial TV can be great, but it is so annoying.  It's like a twenty hour movie where the ending isn't finished yet.

[Savonarola]

Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)

The last of Buster Keaton's great movies.  He would move to MGM after this one, where he repeatedly clashed with the studio, fell to obscurity and end up as one of the "Waxworks" in "Sunset Boulevard."  This one was a financial disappointment when released.  I heard a critic trying to make the case for Harry Langdon's notorious bomb "Three's a Crowd" that audience had grown tired of silent comedies by this point.  Harold Lloyd's "Speedy," Chaplin's "The Circus" and all three of Langdon's films were all released in 1927/1928 and were all commercial disappointments.  ("Three's a Crowd" is still awful.)

"Steamboat Bill Jr." isn't as good as "The General" or "Sherlock Jr.," but is well worth seeing especially for the final gag sequence in the windstorm.

[Syt]

The last couple of episodes of Star Wars Rebels have been pretty meh. The latest was a little bit better again, and it had a sweet re-introduction from the old expanded universe back to canon this time.

"Looks like some kind of new TIE Interceptor, but this one has shields."

[Ideologue]

Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)

The last of Buster Keaton's great movies.  He would move to MGM after this one, where he repeatedly clashed with the studio, fell to obscurity and end up as one of the "Waxworks" in "Sunset Boulevard."  This one was a financial disappointment when released.  I heard a critic trying to make the case for Harry Langdon's notorious bomb "Three's a Crowd" that audience had grown tired of silent comedies by this point.  Harold Lloyd's "Speedy," Chaplin's "The Circus" and all three of Langdon's films were all released in 1927/1928 and were all commercial disappointments.  ("Three's a Crowd" is still awful.)

"Steamboat Bill Jr." isn't as good as "The General" or "Sherlock Jr.," but is well worth seeing especially for the final gag sequence in the windstorm.

Yeah, the lead-up is a bit stiff, but it's a great ending.  (And it's like 60 minutes, which makes it pretty easy to digest.)  I think I might like it better than Sherlock Jr., but it's been ages since I saw Sherlock Jr.  (It is obviously not better than The General.)

You reminded me, I need to watch Speedy while Criterion flicks are still on Hulu.  I'm a big fan, as you know, of Safety Last! and The Freshman, along with the Lloyd shorts I've seen.

[Duque de Bragança]

Thor (2011)

The greatest white supremacist film since "Birth of a Nation". 

This is your best post-1930 film review in a long while.
Btw, does it mean you don't consider Jud Süß as a white supremacist movie? Just anti-semitic is not enough for you? No question about Birth of a Nation being a major milestone.

[viper37]

The last couple of episodes of Star Wars Rebels have been pretty meh. The latest was a little bit better again, and it had a sweet re-introduction from the old expanded universe back to canon this time.

"Looks like some kind of new TIE Interceptor, but this one has shields."

any episode where Thrawn is featured is great.

[Josquius]

As above so below -meh. I wanted upside down world

[Savonarola]

White Christmas (1954)

First time I've ever seen this on the big screen; the dance numbers really come across better in that format.  That's a substantial amount of the film and certainly helps Vera Ellen; acting wasn't her strength. 

I read that they changed the line in Gee I Wish I was Back in the Army because it references Bing Crosby. 

[Savonarola]

Yeah, the lead-up is a bit stiff, but it's a great ending.  (And it's like 60 minutes, which makes it pretty easy to digest.)  I think I might like it better than Sherlock Jr., but it's been ages since I saw Sherlock Jr.  (It is obviously not better than The General.)

You reminded me, I need to watch Speedy while Criterion flicks are still on Hulu.  I'm a big fan, as you know, of Safety Last! and The Freshman, along with the Lloyd shorts I've seen.

Have you ever seen his sound films?  They were box office bombs at the time (largely because the "Glasses" character didn't translate well into Depression era America) but, with the exception of "The Sin of Harold Diddlebock" they are pretty good.

[Savonarola]

Thor (2011)

The greatest white supremacist film since "Birth of a Nation". 

This is your best post-1930 film review in a long while.
Btw, does it mean you don't consider Jud Süß as a white supremacist movie? Just anti-semitic is not enough for you? No question about Birth of a Nation being a major milestone.

I was going to write Jud Süß; but, this being Languish, I thought someone would immediately point out the Natalie Portman is Jewish.

Anyhow, after seeing "White Christmas" I think that maybe "Thor" is an example of how racially progressive Hollywood has become in the past 60 years.  Sure, there's only one token African-Asgardian and he has to stay in the gatehouse, but that's positively integrated as compared to Vermont.

[Ideologue]

Yeah, the lead-up is a bit stiff, but it's a great ending.  (And it's like 60 minutes, which makes it pretty easy to digest.)  I think I might like it better than Sherlock Jr., but it's been ages since I saw Sherlock Jr.  (It is obviously not better than The General.)

You reminded me, I need to watch Speedy while Criterion flicks are still on Hulu.  I'm a big fan, as you know, of Safety Last! and The Freshman, along with the Lloyd shorts I've seen.

Have you ever seen his sound films?  They were box office bombs at the time (largely because the "Glasses" character didn't translate well into Depression era America) but, with the exception of "The Sin of Harold Diddlebock" they are pretty good.

Nope.  Gotta catch up on the silents first.

Also, I love the hell out Thor.  Am I: racist?  I mean, obviously I'm not as racist as The Spice.