TV/Movies Megathread

[Sheilbh]

The Bowie biopic trailer looks awful. And I cannot comprehend who thought it could work at all to do a Bowie biopic without a right to use any Bowie songs

[frunk]

And the Mad Max episode in season 3. Which is not a paintball episode but it's their spiritual heir.

Mad Max was S5.  I suppose the paintballesque episode of S3 would be the Civil War doc or maybe the L&O parody.  The S4 paintball episode was only tolerable.

[The Brain]

The Bowie biopic trailer looks awful. And I cannot comprehend who thought it could work at all to do a Bowie biopic without a right to use any Bowie songs

Which artist's work did they get to stand in for Bowie's? Gary Glitter should have been pretty cheap I think.

[celedhring]

The Bowie biopic trailer looks awful. And I cannot comprehend who thought it could work at all to do a Bowie biopic without a right to use any Bowie songs

It worked for Velvet Goldmine!

[Syt]

The Bowie biopic trailer looks awful. And I cannot comprehend who thought it could work at all to do a Bowie biopic without a right to use any Bowie songs

It worked for Velvet Goldmine!

That was such a great movie

[Sheilbh]

The Bowie biopic trailer looks awful. And I cannot comprehend who thought it could work at all to do a Bowie biopic without a right to use any Bowie songs

It worked for Velvet Goldmine!

But that worked that out deliberately and they got Roxy Music instead - great film

Which artist's work did they get to stand in for Bowie's? Gary Glitter should have been pretty cheap I think.

They've just gone for generic film score. It's very weird based on the trailer.

On Glitter - how well known is his story in the US because I couldn't tell if the use of his music in Joker was deliberate or unknowing.

[celedhring]

Velvet Goldmine and I'm Not There are my favorite musician "biopics" on account of them not being really biopics, so Todd Haynes can explore themes that tie up perfectly with Bowie's and Dylan's bodies of work, yet they are not faithful to real events.

Plus Velvet Goldmine is *gorgeous*

[celedhring]

My other absolutely favorite music biopic is 24 Hour Party People. Again a fantastically inventive and entertaining film. It also hooked me to Joy Division.

[Admiral Yi]

On Glitter - how well known is his story in the US because I couldn't tell if the use of his music in Joker was deliberate or unknowing.

He's not known at all but every single American has heard Rock and Roll, Part 2 a million times.

[Valmy]

On Glitter - how well known is his story in the US because I couldn't tell if the use of his music in Joker was deliberate or unknowing.

He's not known at all but every single American has heard Rock and Roll, Part 2 a million times.

Can confirm.

[Sheilbh]

On Glitter - how well known is his story in the US because I couldn't tell if the use of his music in Joker was deliberate or unknowing.

He's not known at all but every single American has heard Rock and Roll, Part 2 a million times.

Yeah is it still used at sports events?

Here he is entirely tarnished because of the child sexual abuse convictions here and in Vietnam.

[Duque de Bragança]

On Glitter - how well known is his story in the US because I couldn't tell if the use of his music in Joker was deliberate or unknowing.

He's not known at all but every single American has heard Rock and Roll, Part 2 a million times.

Yeah is it still used at sports events?

Here he is entirely tarnished because of the child sexual abuse convictions here and in Vietnam.

His 4-minute cameo in Spiceworld got axed as well.

[Admiral Yi]

"An Education."  Carey Mulligan is a 16 year old private school girl who hooks up with an older beautiful Jew, played by Szellen Skarsgard (not going to google the spelling).  So it's a Lolita story, but with a much more grown up resolution.  Carey is an actual person in these scenes, with a point of view and a mind capable of forming judgements.  A couple absolutely tear jerking scenes at the endish.

Definitely a good stoner movie.

[Syt]

Finally watched Dredd last night. That was fun. They don't make many movies like that anymore.

[Eddie Teach]

His House. The atmosphere was excellent. Genuinely scary.