TV/Movies Megathread

[celedhring]

Just read that the DOJ has vacated the 1948 US vs Paramount ruling, which ended old Hollywood (essentially an antitrust ruling that prevented movie studios from owning teather chains, controlling the entire movie business).

I can't see movie studios rushing to buy up AMC and the likes, internet distribution is blowing up the theater system already, so I guess it's not a big deal in this time and age. But that 1948 ruling was a cornerstone moment in movie history. There's the issue of block-booking ("if you want to show this great movie in your theaters, you also have to take these shitty ones"), but block-booking has persisted in Europe through all this time and it hasn't been that big of a deal.

Of course, the larger question is wether one should apply the same antitrust rules on TV/platforms that were used on theater chains. But that goes above my paygrade (it would be far better for the consumer, in principle, but at the same time it would destroy Netflix).

[Josephus]

The Rain - Danish show on Netflix.  Final season was disappointing.  It was as if funding was reduced and so they had to go with a different quick dues ex machina resolution rather than what they had originally intended.

I kinda got bored with the characters in season two.

[Savonarola]

In Cold Blood (1967)

Based on the Truman Capote non-fiction book about a pair of drifters who murder a farming family (one of the drifters is played by Robert Blake, who later would go on to star in a real-life true crime drama.)  The film is shot in black and white; and does a really good job capturing the mood of the drifters, (usually bleak, but it does manage to capture a few moments of unbridled joy as well.)  The film also manages to convey the (likely) mental illness the Blake character suffered from.  Richard Brooks envisioned making an "Anti-Hollywood" picture (hence the bleakness), but a lot of young directors at the time had the same idea so it really doesn't seem that out of place.

[Josquius]

I started watching Kingdom. Korean historic zombie series.
I've been meaning to for a while but I've been skeptical. Korean series universally tend to have a cheap and nasty feel that I don't enjoy. It's hard to describe exactly what it is. The rules of TV are just different.
This though feels like a western series, which is good.

[Malthus]

Question: is Sons of Anarchy good? Thinking of watching that.

[The Larch]

Question: is Sons of Anarchy good? Thinking of watching that.

At least the first couple of seasons are quite good. It gets worse after that.

[Grey Fox]

The first 3 are worth it.

[11B4V]

Yup.

[The Larch]

The first 3 are worth it.

Which one is it the one in which [spoiler]they go to Ireland?[/spoiler] I thought it was the 3rd, and that it was a bit of the beginning of the decline.

[Grey Fox]

Yes, I think so too.

[Josephus]

Question: is Sons of Anarchy good? Thinking of watching that.

Yes, it is.

[Josephus]

The first 3 are worth it.

Which one is it the one in which [spoiler]they go to Ireland?[/spoiler] I thought it was the 3rd, and that it was a bit of the beginning of the decline.

It got better after that; but yeah that season was horrible.

[Tamas]

For the last season or two it became it's own parody. The gang members outside of the main family were just standing around waiting to run pathetic errands for the latest irrelevant family drama in the main family's life. It does worth watching the first 2 or 3 seasons though.

[Josephus]

Just realized I never saw Season 7 of SoA. Think I'll watch that next

[Barrister]

Star Trek Lower Decks.

Funny enough   I really liked it. They took a jab at the some of the intros of other Trek series and of course, it's all a parody of TNG, so it was extremely funny.  It reminds me a bit of Sil Trek.

You need to be a Star Trek fan in the first place to appreciate the humour, though.

I watched the first episode with the kids. Never seen Star Trek before.

The next night they were asking to watch Episode 2 (as far as the show goes so far).  Which we did.

Curious show, really.  It's almost too full of Star Trek call backs and Easter Eggs.  It wants to make fun of Star Trek, but not really - because it wants to be an homage.  I suspect it might just need some time to find its own voice.

I do like the concept of not following the main bridge characters though.