TV/Movies Megathread

[Josephus]

Lately I got into a British show called Line of Duty, and Season 3 is beyond a doubt one of the best seasons of televsion I've ever seen.
Show's about a police unit that investigates police corruption. Really well worth watching, if just for the final two-three episodes of Season 3. Really nail-biting stuff.

[KRonn]

I'm watching a new show 68 Whiskey on Paramount channel. It's a more light hearted take on soldiers in Afghanistan. So far it's fun, pretty good. I like it as it's a bit of change of pace not being a heavy duty shoot-em-up like most similar shows but so far has some good characters and story lines.

[viper37]

I'm watching a new show 68 Whiskey on Paramount channel. It's a more light hearted take on soldiers in Afghanistan. So far it's fun, pretty good. I like it as it's a bit of change of pace not being a heavy duty shoot-em-up like most similar shows but so far has some good characters and story lines.

M*a*s*h for the the Afghan war?

[KRonn]

I'm watching a new show 68 Whiskey on Paramount channel. It's a more light hearted take on soldiers in Afghanistan. So far it's fun, pretty good. I like it as it's a bit of change of pace not being a heavy duty shoot-em-up like most similar shows but so far has some good characters and story lines.

M*a*s*h for the the Afghan war?

No, it's not a comedy, just a lighter type of military show but with more serious issues and character stories.

[crazy canuck]

MASH dealt with some pretty serious issues 

[KRonn]

MASH dealt with some pretty serious issues 

Yep, true dat. But Whiskey 68 isn't going for another version of MASH.  Kind of has its own niche.

[Savonarola]

I know it will not be of much interest to the audience here, but I though I'd give a shout-out to the animated series Hilda, on Netflix.

Hilda was delightful.

You caused me to google it - apparently there will be a season 2 in 2020.

So, is Alfur your favorite character?  How about you, Malthus?



Hilda was a great deal of fun; thanks for the recommendation.

[Zanza]

Just saw Parasite in cinema today. Bizarre, hilarious and sometimes serious. I understand why it gets so much praise.

[Sheilbh]

Need to watch that.

Three episodes into Giri/Haji and I think it is very good. It's on iPlayer for two more months in the U.K. and I think Netflix elsewhere. It is very stylised and contrived but it works somehow.

[Threviel]

So, out with a cold I've binged the Witcher. Wonderful series, in my mind superior to GoT, mostly because I could never get into GoT, knowing from the beginning that the end would suck.

Reading up on the thing I found this little gem about the author, from Wikipedia.

In an interview Sapkowski explained that he wanted the language to be reasonably legible to a reader, to avoid footnotes. As he said: "In my book, I do not want for an orc telling to another orc 'Burbatuluk grabataluk!' to be supplied with a footnote: 'Shut the door, don't let the flies in!'"

Yeah, attack Tolkien on language, that's the best way to critique him. And apparently Sapkowski has an elven language in his books.

[grumbler]

Reading up on the thing I found this little gem about the author, from Wikipedia.

In an interview Sapkowski explained that he wanted the language to be reasonably legible to a reader, to avoid footnotes. As he said: "In my book, I do not want for an orc telling to another orc 'Burbatuluk grabataluk!' to be supplied with a footnote: 'Shut the door, don't let the flies in!'"

Yeah, attack Tolkien on language, that's the best way to critique him. And apparently Sapkowski has an elven language in his books.

I don't think that this is an attack on Tolkien at all, since JRRT didn't do this.  Tolkien only had footnotes in his appendices, insofar as I recall.

[FunkMonk]

Is Parasite as good as the Academy thinks it is?

I liked Snowpiercer. Wondering about Parasite.

[Threviel]

Reading up on the thing I found this little gem about the author, from Wikipedia.

In an interview Sapkowski explained that he wanted the language to be reasonably legible to a reader, to avoid footnotes. As he said: "In my book, I do not want for an orc telling to another orc 'Burbatuluk grabataluk!' to be supplied with a footnote: 'Shut the door, don't let the flies in!'"

Yeah, attack Tolkien on language, that's the best way to critique him. And apparently Sapkowski has an elven language in his books.

I don't think that this is an attack on Tolkien at all, since JRRT didn't do this.  Tolkien only had footnotes in his appendices, insofar as I recall.

The quotes language is awfully similar to Black speech or Orcish. In my Swedish translation of RotK there is a footnote when Shagrat ans Snaga talks where the word tark is discussed in the appendices. I seem to remember several such instances through the books, although rare.

[Josephus]

Is Parasite as good as the Academy thinks it is?

I liked Snowpiercer. Wondering about Parasite.

is it by the same guy? I liked Snowpiercer too

[The Larch]

Is Parasite as good as the Academy thinks it is?

I liked Snowpiercer. Wondering about Parasite.

It is.