TV/Movies Megathread

[Eddie Teach]

I liked it.

[Grey Fox]

My main problem is that I really really don't care about the shows official main character; Juliana Crane.

I like the show, but I have to agree with you there.  Not big on her ex-boyfriend Frank Frink, either.

I like it too.

[Maladict]

Yeah, the best characters are the Japanese minister and inspector, and the U.S.-based Nazi.  I don't think they originally intended that.

Agreed. The biggest problem of this show is that the supposed main characters don't really seem to have much of a direction.

Yeah, as characters, Julia Crane is just kinda boring, Frank Frink is mildly annoying, and Joe Blake is just completely useless

They should have killed off at least two of them in the first series.

[celedhring]

Yeah, the best characters are the Japanese minister and inspector, and the U.S.-based Nazi.  I don't think they originally intended that.

Agreed. The biggest problem of this show is that the supposed main characters don't really seem to have much of a direction.

Yeah, as characters, Julia Crane is just kinda boring, Frank Frink is mildly annoying, and Joe Blake is just completely useless

They should have killed off at least two of them in the first series.

Instead they [spoiler]resurrected one of them[/spoiler] in the current one. 

[11B4V]

Unforgotten: 1st Series A-

[FunkMonk]

Halfway through The Haunting of Hill House, the new and much-acclaimed horror Netflix series.

This show is fucked up man

[Eddie Teach]

Was that one of those ones where a bunch of strangers are summoned to a mansion in the middle of nowhere?

[Josephus]

Halfway through The Haunting of Hill House, the new and much-acclaimed horror Netflix series.

This show is fucked up man

Fucked up good?

[Habbaku]

Was that one of those ones where a bunch of strangers are summoned to a mansion in the middle of nowhere?

No.

[Habbaku]

Halfway through The Haunting of Hill House, the new and much-acclaimed horror Netflix series.

This show is fucked up man

Fucked up good?

I think it's very good so far. Definitely recommended if you like slow-burn, non-stupid horror.

[Eddie Teach]

Oh I was thinking of The House on Haunted Hill.

[Josephus]

Halfway through The Haunting of Hill House, the new and much-acclaimed horror Netflix series.

This show is fucked up man

Fucked up good?

I think it's very good so far. Definitely recommended if you like slow-burn, non-stupid horror.

Good enough for me. Thanks for the recommendation.

[grumbler]

Oh I was thinking of The House on Haunted Hill.

To be fair, the book and (original) movie The Haunting of Hill House not only featured the trope of "a bunch of strangers are summoned to a mansion in the middle of nowhere," it originated it. 

[KRonn]

Yeah, Kim probably got her final wake up call to realize what kind of person Jimmy, now Saul, is. Jimmy is now burning bridges; the scholarship meeting was probably the last straw as he understood that the judgement the panel applied to the shoplifting girl trying to better herself applied just the same to him. So screw them! He'll give up the McGill name and be Saul Goodman now.

Werner seriously misjudged the people he was working for. And Mike crossed a major threshold with killing Ziegler. I suppose he did it because he knew that Gus would probably not just kill him but also make him suffer; giving him a quick death was all he could do. Still, he's been getting dragged deeper and deeper into the operation. I really liked him using his investigative skills and his wits this episode.

Regarding Lalo (the guy following Mike):

http://breakingbad.wikia.com/wiki/Lalo_Salamanca

Breaking Bad
Season 2

When Saul Goodman is kidnapped by Walter White and Jesse Pinkman and taken to the desert, Saul assumes that it is Lalo who has abducted him and starts begging for his life, blaming Ignacio for what happened, swearing he's always been friends with the cartel. After realizing Walter and Jesse's confusion, he understands he had mistaken them for Lalo and sighs in relief.

So I guess he'll live? Still, while he previously seemed slightly less thuggish and more convivial than the other Salamanca's, this episode shows that he's just as brutal and ruthless. Seriously, the Salamanca clan is pretty messed up.


EDIT: I'm glad we did get a scene of Michael McKean singing, though.

Yeah, we see how bad Mike can be, an assassin for his boss, but still I like him and he's a fan favorite. I didn't remember Lalo from BB but thanks for the info on him. I'm waiting for the blow up between him and Mike or between their respective crews. Though I doubt it'll be that bad given that many of them continue in the series to BB.

McKean did a great job singing! Man, he's been around in a lot of shows/movies. My first recollection of him was in the sitcom Laverne and Shirley which played from the late 70s to early 80s.

[Josephus]

Yeah, liked him in Laverne and Shirley. Of course he was also in Spinal Tap.