TV/Movies Megathread

[celedhring]

We had a couple of Franco-Japanese efforts - the Mysterious Cities of Gold and Ulysses 31 - which I loved, and which included really meaningful character arcs. After that, all the American cartoons seemed cheap and light fluff.

Speaking of, the French Once Upon a Time series was very popular in Germany and I still like to watch episodes when I catch them randomly (though the space one was weakest):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time...

Really liked Man (world history), The Americas (history of the Americas), Discoverers (inventors and researchers) and Explorers (well, explorers).

"Life" was huge in Spain, as Larch will surely corroborate. There were even a lot of memes during the pandemic because the head of the Spanish CDC looks a lot like a virus from that show.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EScIb58XkAATzAl.jpg

[Syt]

Life was big in Germany, too, but I just prefer the historic ones.

[Grey Fox]

Big ReBoot fan here.

[The Larch]

We had a couple of Franco-Japanese efforts - the Mysterious Cities of Gold and Ulysses 31 - which I loved, and which included really meaningful character arcs. After that, all the American cartoons seemed cheap and light fluff.

Speaking of, the French Once Upon a Time series was very popular in Germany and I still like to watch episodes when I catch them randomly (though the space one was weakest):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time...

Really liked Man (world history), The Americas (history of the Americas), Discoverers (inventors and researchers) and Explorers (well, explorers).

"Life" was huge in Spain, as Larch will surely corroborate. There were even a lot of memes during the pandemic because the head of the Spanish CDC looks a lot like a virus from that show.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EScIb58XkAATzAl.jpg

Thanks to the Life ones I coasted in Science lessons until I finished high school. 

[Duque de Bragança]

He-Man sucked. I found it boring when I was a kid (but still got the action figures).

I mean every character had like only 4 different animations. It was a terrible cartoon. 

Welcome to the wonderful world of US cartoons in the '80s! 

[Duque de Bragança]

We had a couple of Franco-Japanese efforts - the Mysterious Cities of Gold and Ulysses 31 - which I loved, and which included really meaningful character arcs. After that, all the American cartoons seemed cheap and light fluff.

Those were probably the best in hindsight. Ulysses 31 having probably the best dub I ever heard for a cartoon/anime. They even found a kid to voice Telemachus (on most episodes). Extremely rare in the dubbing business in France. it's generally the same 2 or 3 middle-aged women going high to try to pass as kids.
Great Gods' voice as well by Jean Topart, died not too long ago. What a far cry from his Sweden, Hell and Paradise Mondo. 

Albator/Captain Harlock is probably on the same level though, more mature and darker. Even if Ulysses 31 was not that merry.

New Mysterious Cities of Gold is crap though, watered down to be really child-friendly.

[Duque de Bragança]

A forgotten 80s show that I loved was M.A.S.K. I even have some of the tie-in books   

Not forgotten unfortunately. Really crap to watch, unless for some bad dubbing.

[Duque de Bragança]

A show that was arguably ahead of its time in terms of story telling and tragically canceled after 21 episodes was Pirates of Dark Water.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirates_of_Dark_Water

Caught this one in Portugal in the '90s. Good memories, linked to the fact is was subtitled, not voiced, in Portuguese.

[Duque de Bragança]

I thought 80s cartoons were fine; it was the 70s cartoons that were really tough to watch.

Scooby-Doo is not that great animation-wise indeed. Late '60s. French dub does away with pre-recorded laughs (I hate those), so for once preferred option.

[Savonarola]

I saw a documentary on the Beach Boys covering from their formation to Dennis Wilson's death.  One high point was in the beginning when they interviewed their music teacher who gave them an F for "Surfing" and he stood by his decision.  The other came near the end when James Watt (Secretary of the Interior under Ronald Reagan) refused to grant them permission to hold a free concert in front of the Washington Monument (as they had for the past two years) because "That sort of music attracts the wrong crowd."  Fortunately the Gipper intervened and not only did they play at the Washington Monument, they got invited to the White House and Ronald gave Watt a "Shoot yourself in the foot" award (a wooden foot.)

It is surprising how fast The Beach Boys went out of fashion; going from "Pet Sounds" to playing concerts to only 200 in New York City in only two years.  Fortunately they remained popular in Europe (even behind the Iron Curtain, they played in Prague shortly after the Soviet occupation due to the Prague Spring) and were able to soldier on.

They were pretty open about Brian Wilson's issues; not so much about Dennis, they didn't mention Charles Manson at all.

[celedhring]

Finished Season 2 of DS9. The show steadily improves throughout the season and it already has some great episodes (my favorites were "Whispers" and "Blood Oath"), the Maquis arc was also interesting due to how it crosses over to many other Trek shows.

Also, I loved how utterly crazy the season finale is. It begins as a jolly jaunt of Quark and Sisko as they go camping with their kids, and ends up with the destruction of a flagship of the Starfleet and the reveal of an existential threat 

[Admiral Yi]

I spent the night on the Mall to see the Beach Boys when I was in college.

[Savonarola]

I spent the night on the Mall to see the Beach Boys when I was in college.

How many original members were there when you saw them?

[HVC]

Finished Season 2 of DS9. The show steadily improves throughout the season and it already has some great episodes (my favorites were "Whispers" and "Blood Oath"), the Maquis arc was also interesting due to how it crosses over to many other Trek shows.

Also, I loved how utterly crazy the season finale is. It begins as a jolly jaunt of Quark and Sisko as they go camping with their kids, and ends up with the destruction of a flagship of the Starfleet and the reveal of an existential threat 

It'll keep getting better. Especially if you like ferengi

[Admiral Yi]

How many original members were there when you saw them?

I was a 19 year old kid fresh off the boat from Korea and I didn't know anything about anything, so I don't know.  I couldn't start naming and recognizing any members of The Boys until much later in my life.