TV/Movies Megathread

[Malthus]

Yeah I always thought the cursing in deadwood was somewhat advanced. I've watched a show last year called Harlots set in 18th century England and they also use "fuck off" a lot, which as the article implies wouldnt' have been used as a curse then.

Ultimately, the writers went with anachronistic cursing because genuine language use at the time would have struck the wrong note with modern audiences -- having these hardcore bad-asses saying "goshdarnit" or the like would have sounded hilariously corny, rather than menacing. 

It's something that was remarked on for Band of Brothers, too, that while soldiers swore a lot (obviously), the F-word was not as widely used as it was today, supposedly.

Swearing has indeed changed a lot. Even in my lifetime. My dad never swore - literally never. I get the impression when he was a kid, the 1940s, it just wasn't done much by ordinary folks, and certainly not casually, like it is today. 

[Grey Fox]

My nieces & nephews were in Toronto for the school year. You Ontarians still don't swear alot.

[The Brain]

Concussion. Lesbian woman feels trapped in her lesbian marriage and sees a lesbian prostitute and gets lesbian ideas. Reasonable low-key drama. Note: there is lesbian sex.

[Malthus]

Concussion. Lesbian woman feels trapped in her lesbian marriage and sees a lesbian prostitute and gets lesbian ideas. Reasonable low-key drama. Note: there is lesbian sex.

You didn't spoiler the note! 

[garbon]

 The Delinquent Season

Intriguing but depressing look at the lives of two married couples in Ireland. Male leads were Cillian Murphy and Andrew Scott (of Sherlock fame).  Film was follow by an in-person Q&A with Andrew Scott.

Clearly, I don't know much about him as I had no idea he was gay.   Was the first time in person that I witnessed a white actor being asked about whether the film industry (in this case the Irish one) should do more to feature people of color and what specific things should be done to make that happen. Scott did fine with the easy first bit (yes) but then fell into a rambling speech on the 2nd. Ultimately his answer had something to do with the Catholic Church and about how as a gay actor he was a more diverse voice than what was available when he was young and hope the film board would recognize the old Ireland was dead. I felt for him.

[Razgovory]

It's something that was remarked on for Band of Brothers, too, that while soldiers swore a lot (obviously), the F-word was not as widely used as it was today, supposedly.

I do remember that Soldiers used the F word a lot in WWI.  I think swearing in mixed company was the taboo, which probably wouldn't apply to soldiers in the field or Sailors on duty.

[Savonarola]

Batman (1989)

No, I have not danced with the devil under the pale moonlight.  Have you?

I saw this on the big screen; the Gothic Art Deco Gotham really comes through in that format.  This film did usher in the grittier, darker superhero movies of the 90s and beyond (and the rubber muscle craze of the age), but in many ways is a product of its time.  Jack Nicholson's MTV style dance interlude, to the music of Prince, could have only come from the 80s.  Also, today Vicki Vale would have to be a kung-fu bad-ass; not a perpetually screaming^1. damsel in distress.  It's also funny to see all the telephones with twisty cords.

It seems like there were some major plot points cut out ([spoiler]why don't the police just arrest the Joker when he throws his parade?[/spoiler]) and some of the writing seems incredibly lazy ([spoiler]resolving the romance subplot by having Alfred take Vicki to the Bat Cave.[/spoiler])  Still it holds up well, if for no other reason than Jack Nicholson's Joker is still a delight.

1.)  It's a good thing stately Wayne Manor doesn't have close neighboring homes.

[Josephus]

My nieces & nephews were in Toronto for the school year. You Ontarians still don't swear alot.

We do. We just don't use Catholic symbols.

[jimmy olsen]

The Chosen Ones. Young man's job is to romance girls and get them into forced prostitution. Remorse haunts him after his first "kill", but can he really save her? Totally OK. I've been watching a bunch of contemporary Latin American movies recently and they've mostly been in roughly the same style (a good thing) and those have all had good endings. Notes: the movie is in Foreign. [spoiler]There is no lesbian sex.[/spoiler]

Doesn't sound very romantic 

[Admiral Yi]

Finished Battle of the Sexes.  [spoiler]Billy Jean wins.[/spoiler]

This is another movie about a "small" story, like Nixon/Frost.  Lots of padding to make it feature length.

While some of the long shots of the matches obviously include doubles, there are plenty of closeups, and I was pretty impressed with both Emma Stone and Steve Carrell's game.

As a side note, first movie I've seen in which Sarah Silverman* plays a middle aged chick.

*I had forgotten her last name and had to google, so I typed Jewish female comedians.  First hit.

[Admiral Yi]

Enjoying the totally gratuitous ass shots in Justice League.

[dps]

My mom is watching Deal or No Deal.  Can anyone explain the appeal of this show?  I mean, there's no skill or real gameplay involved with it, so you can't play along at home like you can with most game shows.  What's the point?  It's all just random.

[Eddie Teach]

The only appeal I can see is looking at the girls with the cases. Probably not why your mom watches it though.

[Josephus]

My mom is watching Deal or No Deal.  Can anyone explain the appeal of this show?  I mean, there's no skill or real gameplay involved with it, so you can't play along at home like you can with most game shows.  What's the point?  It's all just random.

The lesbian sex

[Savonarola]

Twenty Years After: A Woodstock Reunion Concert (1989)

Features some acts from Woodstock (Melanie, Blood Sweat and Tears, Canned Heat, Country Joe MacDonald); and some that were not (Electric Flag, Grand Funk Railroad, Iron Butterfly.)  It was filmed at a football stadium at one of the smaller colleges in the University of California system; and was so poorly attended that it looks like it was filmed in a community park.  The music is good, but the filmmakers keep cutting away to (speaking of crises in higher education) Timothy Leary who tells us the truth about the Sixties... as near as he can remember the decade.  It's entertaining but certainly no Woodstock.