TV/Movies Megathread

[Malthus]

Damn, most active debate going, and I have nothing to say because I haven't watched the show. 

It sounds like it may be worth watching. Is it something I should pick up? Languish critics, let me know what you think!

[The Brain]

Damn, most active debate going, and I have nothing to say because I haven't watched the show. 

[garbon]

[Berkut]

Damn, most active debate going, and I have nothing to say because I haven't watched the show. 

It sounds like it may be worth watching. Is it something I should pick up? Languish critics, let me know what you think!

First couple of seasons were excellent, if you can get past all the blatant racism.

[Grey Fox]

3's pretty good too.

Except for all the time the teenage daughter is on screen.

[celedhring]

I enjoyed the last two seasons too, I gotta say. It has repurposed itself as a more layered and less silly "24".

[Sophie Scholl]

So... throwing another recommendation out for The Alienist.  I'm thoroughly enjoying it.  There isn't a lot I'd change aside from maybe more Q'orianka Kilcher.   The acting is solid.  The sets and feel are fantastic for the Gilded Age with their mix of luxury and abject poverty.  The story is engaging and the small asides into topics and character development seemingly not tied to the central plot don't derail things but add depth.

[Maladict]

John Cleese's new sitcom is awful 

What's it called? Where's it air?

It's called Hold the Sunset, BBC 1 on Sunday evening.

[crazy canuck]

So the people who made Homeland should have known that the future had Trump in it, and adjusting their show accordingly.

The discussion is whether or not Homeland is TEH RACIST! You can't say it was NOT racist when it was made, but magically became racist later because Trump.

The claim is that homeland has racist content.  What does TEH RACIST mean?

[crazy canuck]

Damn, most active debate going, and I have nothing to say because I haven't watched the show. 

It sounds like it may be worth watching. Is it something I should pick up? Languish critics, let me know what you think!

First season was very good.

[jimmy olsen]

An even wider point of course is the general effort by many people to destroy language and make words devoid of meaning. My opinion on those people is a negative one, but, I think, not a racist one.

Thought worth speaking directly to this bit. Language isn't static and meanings evolve. And understandable in this sense when religious identity isn't always readily available, so the intolerant look for proxies like the brown skinned appearance common to many Muslims. A terrible proxy to my mind, given that brown skin is common to many non-Muslim identities but then I'm not the one directing the intolerant.

This is true, but blurring the meaning of language is often used by authoritarians in order to white wash their crimes and ill intentions. Just look at Donald Trump and his cronies, by making language meaningless they advance their racist and bigoted agenda.

[Eddie Teach]

I've seen little success by Trump at advancing an agenda.

[Valmy]

I've seen little success by Trump at advancing an agenda.

It would probably help his cause if he had a coherent agenda to advance.

[garbon]

An even wider point of course is the general effort by many people to destroy language and make words devoid of meaning. My opinion on those people is a negative one, but, I think, not a racist one.

Thought worth speaking directly to this bit. Language isn't static and meanings evolve. And understandable in this sense when religious identity isn't always readily available, so the intolerant look for proxies like the brown skinned appearance common to many Muslims. A terrible proxy to my mind, given that brown skin is common to many non-Muslim identities but then I'm not the one directing the intolerant.

This is true, but blurring the meaning of language is often used by authoritarians in order to white wash their crimes and ill intentions. Just look at Donald Trump and his cronies, by making language meaningless they advance their racist and bigoted agenda.

Ok?

[Josephus]

3's pretty good too.

Except for all the time the teenage daughter is on screen.

Oh god, yes. Forgot about her.