TV/Movies Megathread

[Josephus]

Shape of Water. Been meaning to watch it; heard great things. Found it really was a cross between King Kong and Beauty and the Beast--but well done, with great acting and direction. And having a woman masturbate in the first minute was a bonus.

[celedhring]

Yeah, the film doesn't really break new ground besides ickyness, but it's just so well shot and acted. Great craftmanship from everyone involved.

My only issue is that the sex scene came a bit from nowhere. I understand that Del Toro wanted to de-sacralize sex in this, but she's still fucking a fish, thought it needed a bit more preparation before getting into the tub.

[KRonn]

Has anyone here watched the beginning of Mayans MC, the spinoff to Sons of Anarchy that has just debuted on TV these days?

I recorded that first episode but haven't yet seen it. You remind me that I need to check that out. 

[viper37]

Mayans MC and the Rookie are the only new show this fall that intrigues me.  The Rookie only because it has Nathan Fillion starring in it and likely promise to be fun.

[Syt]

The crew of Star Trek: Enterprise, dressed as Rocky Horror Picture Show characters.

[Eddie Teach]

That was one of my favorite leaps.

[celedhring]

My personal head cannon is that all the seasons of Enterprise are an extended Quantum Leap episode.

[The Larch]

Has anyone here watched the beginning of Mayans MC, the spinoff to Sons of Anarchy that has just debuted on TV these days?

I recorded that first episode but haven't yet seen it. You remind me that I need to check that out.

I ended up watching it last night. It is well done and all, but it doesn't seem as "catchy" as Sons, and the characters seem to lack some charisma. There are a couple of cameos from SoA characters to wink at the fans and make a nice base of it all happening in the same universe. The plot seems apparently straightforward but in the last act of the episode (which clocks at more than one hour!) there are a couple of swerves that make it maybe a bit too "busy" for the beginning of a show, I'd have preferred it if it was simpler/tighter.

2nd episode is tonight, let's see how it goes.

[Liep]

The new Jurassic Park is Transformers level bad.

[Barrister]

The new Jurassic Park is Transformers level bad.

Yeah, it really was not good.  My kids loved it though.

[celedhring]

Haven't seen it yet. I know the director and he's a great guy, so when I saw the bad reviews I sorta put it off 

[Syt]

Better Call Saul this week - bit of a weak episode, IMHO. The German guys ... the architect is a German actor and his German bits feel very natural (he's from Kiel, apparently), but the German by the workers sounded almost like voice actors. It was not natural dialogue.

The flashback at the start was likely Feb/Mar 1993, because that's the only year both Al Pacino and Emma Thompson were nominated for an Oscar.

[Josephus]

I'm a bit confused with the whole GErman guys thing. I know they're building a tunnel, but I thought they could only work at night because workers are using the building during the day---but how do they get away with their living situation?

[Syt]

I'm guessing it's a separate building that nobody's using otherwise? Now, why they don't build the lab right there, under the big empty hall nobody's looking into - no idea. Unless it's a temporary thing they plan to dismantle afterwards.

[Tonitrus]

When they started the "building the drug lab" plot line, I kinda thought it would be a mistake to go down that rabbit hole of trying to explain it...as could easily be a multiple dues ex machina trap.  But I presume the writers/producer know what they're doing.