TV/Movies Megathread

[celedhring]

It was just one of the most influential films of the 1990s 

[Josephus]

I have it somewhere on VHS if you want to watch it again; along with Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs

[Duque de Bragança]

I have it somewhere on VHS if you want to watch it again; along with Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs

So Mongers is not the only one living under a rock. 

[grumbler]

I have it somewhere on VHS if you want to watch it again; along with Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs

So Mongers is not the only one living under a rock. 

Whoosh.

[Syt]

Watched the first two seasons of Final Space. The third season should be out "early 2021".

Netflix kept insisting that I should watch it, so I did. It started a bit slow, but I quickly grew very fond of this show. Love the over the top space opera plot. Season 2 was a bit more uneven than season 1 which seemed a lot more coherent, but I'm still enjoying the ride.

In a nutshell: ne'er-do-well loner comes across an adorable little green alien with mysterious powers that is hunted by an evil overlord and his bounty hunters ... err ... nope, this came out before Mandalorian.

Alternatively: happy go lucky, not too bright guy is stuck alone on a ship with a mellow AI, a robot companion, a cat person, yearning for his missed chance at romance ... erm ... seems familiar.

Tonally it may turn off a lot of people. On the one hand side it has some intense drama, but then plays off some pretty traumatic stuff of guest characters for laughs. It can give you serious mood whiplash, with one character having a an emotional moment, and another character immediately making a dumb remark. I've seen many comments that people hate the main character, and I can see where they're coming from, but I'm ok with him. It's definitely not for everyone, but I like it quite a bit. And I love Mooncake.

[Tonitrus]

Alternatively: happy go lucky, not too bright guy is stuck alone on a ship with a mellow AI, a robot companion, a cat person, yearning for his missed chance at romance ... erm ... seems familiar.

So a bit of Red Dwarf too? 

[Savonarola]

The Punisher (1989)

The Mafia killed Dolph Lundgren's children!  Dolph, in retaliation, kills all members of the Mafia!  Roll credits!

Okay, there is some plot in there about the Yakuza kidnapping children, and Louis Gossett Jr. wanting to help Dolph, but for the most part this is an orgy of blood straight out of 80s America.  The budget is low, the acting is wooden (except for Gossett seems to be under the mistaken impression that he's in a real movie), the suits are Polo (or a reasonable knock off of such), the haircuts are yuppie and the Japanese are taking over everything.  There are explosion, there are ninjas and everyone is armed to the teeth with automatic weapons.  It might be the most 80s of 80s action movies.

To be fair the martial arts are remarkably good for a western film from that period.

[Josquius]

I've been watching through Taskmaster.
I should slow down or I will run out soon.
It is very funny relaxed TV.

[Barrister]

I forgot to mention last week that several of the Universal classic monster movies have been made freely available in Youtube for anyone to watch for a limited amount of time. In case you want to give them a shot, the following are available here: https://www.youtube.com/c/FearTheHomeOfHorror/videos

- Dracula (1931)
- Frankenstein (1931)
- The Mummy (1932)
- The Invisible Man (1933)
- The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- The Wolfman (1941)
- Abbot & Costello meet Frankenstein (1948).

They're all fairly short, most are only around 70 minutes long, and they'll only be available for a few more days, so give them a shot while you can. I'm trying to watch at least one per day this week.

Watched Dracula last night.  I've seen it before, but probably 30+ years ago.  I thought it holds up pretty well.  Nice to see a good classic vampire - no antiheroes or sparkles to be seen.

UNfortunately I believe this ends in just another day or two.  I have to decide what else to watch: I've seen Frankenstein and Abbot & Costello meet Frankenstein and love them, but I haven't see the others before...

[The Brain]

Wasn't Claude Rains the Invisible Man? Has to be good.

[Savonarola]

I forgot to mention last week that several of the Universal classic monster movies have been made freely available in Youtube for anyone to watch for a limited amount of time. In case you want to give them a shot, the following are available here: https://www.youtube.com/c/FearTheHomeOfHorror/videos

- Dracula (1931)
- Frankenstein (1931)
- The Mummy (1932)
- The Invisible Man (1933)
- The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- The Wolfman (1941)
- Abbot & Costello meet Frankenstein (1948).

They're all fairly short, most are only around 70 minutes long, and they'll only be available for a few more days, so give them a shot while you can. I'm trying to watch at least one per day this week.

Watched Dracula last night.  I've seen it before, but probably 30+ years ago.  I thought it holds up pretty well.  Nice to see a good classic vampire - no antiheroes or sparkles to be seen.

UNfortunately I believe this ends in just another day or two.  I have to decide what else to watch: I've seen Frankenstein and Abbot & Costello meet Frankenstein and love them, but I haven't see the others before...

Bride of Frankenstein (if you can ignore Una O'Connor's shrieking) is the best on the list; of the other ones you haven't seen I would go Invisible Man, Wolfman and then Mummy.  (Not to put down the Mummy, it's still good, but the sound film making is still primitive at that point.)

[The Larch]

I forgot to mention last week that several of the Universal classic monster movies have been made freely available in Youtube for anyone to watch for a limited amount of time. In case you want to give them a shot, the following are available here: https://www.youtube.com/c/FearTheHomeOfHorror/videos

- Dracula (1931)
- Frankenstein (1931)
- The Mummy (1932)
- The Invisible Man (1933)
- The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- The Wolfman (1941)
- Abbot & Costello meet Frankenstein (1948).

They're all fairly short, most are only around 70 minutes long, and they'll only be available for a few more days, so give them a shot while you can. I'm trying to watch at least one per day this week.

Watched Dracula last night.  I've seen it before, but probably 30+ years ago.  I thought it holds up pretty well.  Nice to see a good classic vampire - no antiheroes or sparkles to be seen.

UNfortunately I believe this ends in just another day or two.  I have to decide what else to watch: I've seen Frankenstein and Abbot & Costello meet Frankenstein and love them, but I haven't see the others before...

I'd check The Mummy, it's possibly not as well known and Karloff is quite the presence on it.

[celedhring]

Bride of Frankenstein is comfortably the best movie of the bunch.

[Syt]

Alternatively: happy go lucky, not too bright guy is stuck alone on a ship with a mellow AI, a robot companion, a cat person, yearning for his missed chance at romance ... erm ... seems familiar.

So a bit of Red Dwarf too? 

Yes, there's some of that vibe.

[Syt]

Mira Furlan, Croatian actress who played Ambassador Delenn on Babylon 5, has died age 65.

So many of that show's regulars who died too soon:
- Michael O'Hare (Cmdr Sinclair, 60)
- Jerry Doyle (Garibaldi, 60)
- Richard Biggs (Dr Franklin, 44)
- Stephen Furst (Vir Cotto, 63)
- Jeff Conaway (Zack Allan, 60)
- Andreas Katsulas (Ambassador G'kar, 59)