TV/Movies Megathread

[Tonitrus]

Not all of it is blu-ray quality, with some early CGI being just upscaled. It's a problem plaguing many series of that time cf. Babylon V, which only got a DVD release itself.

The irony of B5 never getting an HD release is that it was primed to do so, when most shows were still being scaled for SD.  The filming was done in widescreen HD format, and the  CGI was designed for HD and only processing in SD because WB wouldn't budget them for HD processing.

Then when the show was over and WB collected all the CGI and film, it lost the CGI.  Maybe erased, maybe just mis-filed.  In any case, gone.  So it never could be redone as an HD release because WB was incompetent.

I suppose the good thing with it being CGI, is that is someone with buckets of money and enough will wanted to, they could redo/remake it all.  Wishful thinking, of course.

[Admiral Yi]

Best Mel Brooks movie.

Only good Mel Brooks movie. 

[Barrister]

Best Mel Brooks movie.

Only good Mel Brooks movie. 

No The Producers?  No Blazing Saddles?

[Admiral Yi]

No The Producers?  No Blazing Saddles?

Never got into The Producers.  Blazing Saddles is IMO overrated cornball dated Borsch belt humor.

[The Minsky Moment]

That hurts

[Barrister]

No The Producers?  No Blazing Saddles?

Never got into The Producers.  Blazing Saddles is IMO overrated cornball dated Borsch belt humor.

Blazing Saddles has been so long since I've seen it I don't think I can comment.  But The Producers is a riot.  When the burst out into the "Springtime for Hitler" musical number...

Some of his later stuff is okay, wouldn't call it bad, but isn't a hill to die on.

[Sheilbh]

Agreed. I don't think Yi's ever been more wrong

[crazy canuck]

Agreed. I don't think Yi's ever been more wrong

Today

[celedhring]

The Producers is great, Blazzing Saddles/Young Frankenstein haven't seen in decades but I have great memories of them.

[The Brain]

Totem. Widower with two daughters has girlfriend move in with him, but not everyone present in the house approves. Reasonably OK.

[Josephus]

The Alfred Hitchcock parody was pretty good too. High Anxiety, I think it was called.

But Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles were the best.

[grumbler]

The Alfred Hitchcock parody was pretty good too. High Anxiety, I think it was called.

But Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles were the best.

High Anxiety and Blazing Saddles started out great, but degenerated into a mess.  The Producers is the funniest movie of all time.

Silent Movie was pretty good, until the usual Mel Brooks mess at the end.

[Sheilbh]

Strong recommend on It's A Sin.

It's very, very good. Obviously there's a lot of moments that are very sad (I was in bits at various points) but I cannot think of a TV or film writer who is better at conveying joy and happiness and fun that Russell T Davies - the same is very true in Queer as Folk (UK). It's a real skill that I think is quite difficult.

[Syt]

Whenever I read that show's title this is immediately in my head: https://youtu.be/dRHetRTOD1Q

[Sheilbh]

Whenever I read that show's title this is immediately in my head: https://youtu.be/dRHetRTOD1Q

Yeah that's the reference - the 80s is a great time to set a drama from soundtrack perspectives