TV/Movies Megathread

[Habbaku]

Watching The Untold History of the United States on Netflix.

[Josquius]

The little Switzerland - a film about a wee village called Telleria, which is apparently a real place, located somewhere in northern Spain. Its officially part of castile but claims tenuous links to the basque country and wants to join the basque country for the tax breaks. For some reason the basques say no.
But. Surprise. They discover the tomb of William Tells son and a ancient scroll that says they're actually part of Switzerland so they should join Switzerland because they're so rich .
The Swiss just want to rip up the tomb and move it to Altdorf.
Nonetheless the villagers try to be Swiss by learning Swiss German, drinking only Swiss wine, etc... Why they try to learn Swiss German and not French or Italian is beyond me.
These plot points are fairly subsumed beneath... Stuff. Romance sub plots et al.  2 stars.

[Eddie Teach]

Jack Ryan. Reminds me of Homeland. Better than the Chris Pine movie.

[Josquius]

I've been watching Jack Ryan too. It is quite good. Like a less silly Homeland.

[Duque de Bragança]

Rambo Last Blood

More like John Rambo, with all the gore that entails. Rambo goes Punisher but we are far, fortunately, from the MCU.
I still miss Colonel Trautman and can't help thinking the [spoiler]revenge plot[/spoiler] is pretty generic.

Supported by the ministry of Tourism and Cinema Fund

[spoiler]Visit Portugal Pic Portugal[/spoiler]


CGI was not too obnoxious except [spoiler]the final explosions hardly believable.[/spoiler]

[crazy canuck]

Rambo Last Blood

More like John Rambo, with all the gore that entails. Rambo goes Punisher but we are far, fortunately, from the MCU.
I still miss Colonel Trautman and can't help thinking the [spoiler]revenge plot[/spoiler] is pretty generic.

Supported by the ministry of Tourism and Cinema Fund

[spoiler]Visit Portugal Pic Portugal[/spoiler]


CGI was not too obnoxious except [spoiler]the final explosions hardly believable.[/spoiler]

People still come to Hope BC to see the sites where the first Rambo was filmed.  Some chance this will be a draw for tourists who might not otherwise come.

[viper37]

Can one of the Kebeckers tell me how common the family name Tremblay is?  I noticed one of the actors had that last name (I'm guessing Julian) as did a stripper I talked to in Montreal.

Smith.

[PRC]

Rambo Last Blood

More like John Rambo, with all the gore that entails. Rambo goes Punisher but we are far, fortunately, from the MCU.
I still miss Colonel Trautman and can't help thinking the [spoiler]revenge plot[/spoiler] is pretty generic.

Supported by the ministry of Tourism and Cinema Fund

[spoiler]Visit Portugal Pic Portugal[/spoiler]


CGI was not too obnoxious except [spoiler]the final explosions hardly believable.[/spoiler]

People still come to Hope BC to see the sites where the first Rambo was filmed.  Some chance this will be a draw for tourists who might not otherwise come.

I drove through Hope recently and stopped at the visitors centre to use the facilities as it were.  The place was jam packed with Rambo paraphernalia.  The local tourism council has gone all in on the association.

[Duque de Bragança]

Rambo Last Blood

More like John Rambo, with all the gore that entails. Rambo goes Punisher but we are far, fortunately, from the MCU.
I still miss Colonel Trautman and can't help thinking the [spoiler]revenge plot[/spoiler] is pretty generic.

Supported by the ministry of Tourism and Cinema Fund

[spoiler]Visit Portugal Pic Portugal[/spoiler]


CGI was not too obnoxious except [spoiler]the final explosions hardly believable.[/spoiler]

People still come to Hope BC to see the sites where the first Rambo was filmed.  Some chance this will be a draw for tourists who might not otherwise come.

I drove through Hope recently and stopped at the visitors centre to use the facilities as it were.  The place was jam packed with Rambo paraphernalia.  The local tourism council has gone all in on the association.

Not surprising, but this Rambo movie was shot in Spain and Bulgaria, not Portugal. 

[The Brain]

The Deuce, third season. One episode in and Maggie hasn't taken her clothes off.

[Sheilbh]

A Bigger Splash. Surprisingly explicit early 70s semi-fictionalised account of David Hockney going through a break-up. Deliberately awkwardly acted by Hockney and his real friends. I feel like I get more out of the Hockney pictures of that era, like A Bigger Splash, than that it's worthwhile on its own. But interesting, the pool and water scenes are beautiful and it is an interesting side of queer 70s film-making.

Archipelago. A very formally beautiful film of deliberately framed shots of the types of washed colours that middle class families still paint their walls: greys, unobtrusive greens, duck egg. About a very middle-class family going on holiday to the Scilly Isles as a goodbye for the son, with a painting teacher and a cook, and making each other miserable, and, as this is family, knowing how to make each other miserable. A gorgeous to look at kitchen sink drama for the Waitrose family.

[Eddie Teach]

The Deuce, third season. One episode in and Maggie hasn't taken her clothes off.

Demand your money back.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Rambo complains about young people and kills them.

[Josephus]

The Deuce, third season. One episode in and Maggie hasn't taken her clothes off.

You need to wait till episode three.

[Savonarola]

I've started watching "Bojack Horseman."  Thus far the description of J.D. Salinger as: "A man whose inspired millions of English teachers, eighth graders and the occasional assassin" is my favorite line.  Who knew John Hinckley and Mark David Chapman could inspire such joy? 

The indulgent self-pity really gets tiresome in that series.

It isn't something I could binge watch; but I do find a lot the jokes funny.  To lighten things up I usually follow it up with the telenovela "Teresa" about a poor Mexican girl who will do anything, including wearing tight, low cut dresses which display her ample bosom and long legs, in order to escape her life of poverty.  (Though, to be fair, it's not yet as wacky as Televonela Mexico usually is.  Thus far only one character has had his parents assassinated by hit men.)