TV/Movies Megathread

[Oexmelin]

I thought the basic concept of the story, that K believes that he's a "chosen one", which gives meaning to his life, only to discover the chosen one if somebody else, was very very interesting. But the script didn't manage to convey that in a very interesting manner imho.

Yes, I thought most of the self-reflective scenes conveyed it very well, but they were interspersed with Jared Leto + T1000 scenes... To be fair, the action scenes of the original Blade Runner are those that aged somewhat poorly as well. They just didn't take as much screen time.

[celedhring]

Yeah, I didn't see the point in Jared Leto's character, besides providing a perfunctory antagonist.

[Sheilbh]

I thought the basic concept of the story, that K believes that he's a "chosen one", which gives meaning to his life, only to discover the chosen one if somebody else, was very very interesting. But the script didn't manage to convey that in a very interesting manner imho.

Yes, I thought most of the self-reflective scenes conveyed it very well, but they were interspersed with Jared Leto + T1000 scenes... To be fair, the action scenes of the original Blade Runner are those that aged somewhat poorly as well. They just didn't take as much screen time.

I think I've spotted the problem.

[celedhring]

Incidentally, Dave Bautista has quietly put together quite the career playing henchmen/tough dudes: Marvel, Bond, Dune, Blade Runner... he's in the Knives Out sequel too.

[Oexmelin]

The way the movie ended suggested they had planned for a sequel - presumably Wallace/Leto would have been a prominent figure then. 

[The Larch]

Incidentally, Dave Bautista has quietly put together quite the career playing henchmen/tough dudes: Marvel, Bond, Dune, Blade Runner... he's in the Knives Out sequel too.

Yeah, he really has a good eye for roles that will play to his strengths and/or a great agent.

[FunkMonk]

I welcome as many explosions as needed to ensure this movie is popular enough that Denis gets to make a sequel. The man can do no wrong.

[crazy canuck]

I welcome as many explosions as needed to ensure this movie is popular enough that Denis gets to make a sequel. The man can do no wrong.

[Malthus]

Also - I push it on literally everyone I meet/know - but on cop shows I really recommend Giri/Haji which is a London/Tokyo crime story and wonderful.

I think it's on Netflix - but make sure to watch the recaps because they are beautifully little animated summaries of the last episode that shouldn't be missed (rather than just a load of clips).

Watched Giri/Haji - I really enjoyed that. Thanks for the recommendation!

One quibble: [spoiler] I would really like to know what exactly the detective actually did following the events in the show - go back to Japan, stay in England, admit to the crimes he's committed, not admit to them ... I mean, his marriage is still pretty loveless, he's still committed several murders (though I guess killing those Yakuza at the end was self defence), and the police chief is bound to follow up and find out about him. He still seems to have no clue what to do. [/spoiler]

[The Brain]

Outland. James Bond is marshall of some one-horse space mine. I hadn't seen it before, but I did read the MAD Magazine version as a kid. Unfairly forgotten today, there is much to like about this movie. It moves along at a nice pace. It's set in an Alien-compatible universe. Among other things, and unusually for space movies, it deals with being isolated in a crowd of people. It's not about any world-shattering events or threats, and the main baddie isn't some über-dude. There's a Lukashenko cameo. Of course, I guess one reason why it AFAIK didn't wow the audiences is that it doesn't have the [spoiler]alien organisms or space dogfights[/spoiler] that people may have been expecting in a space movie, and expectations matter in art.

[Sheilbh]

One quibble: [spoiler] I would really like to know what exactly the detective actually did following the events in the show - go back to Japan, stay in England, admit to the crimes he's committed, not admit to them ... I mean, his marriage is still pretty loveless, he's still committed several murders (though I guess killing those Yakuza at the end was self defence), and the police chief is bound to follow up and find out about him. He still seems to have no clue what to do. [/spoiler]

Glad you liked it!

Yes. Same. The BBC didn't go for a second series. The writer has revealed he had plans for it, one of which was a Taki and Rodney road trip in Japan and I don't think I've ever been as annoyed at a show not getting renewed

[Admiral Yi]

To be fair, the action scenes of the original Blade Runner are those that aged somewhat poorly as well. They just didn't take as much screen time.

I think most of them are still faboo.  The finger snapping, the nail in hand, the stripper thigh choke, all great. 

Slo mo running through broken glass is the one I agree with you on.

[FunkMonk]

The Last Duel: https://youtu.be/mgygUwPJvYk

Here's my pitch: Matt Damon and Darth Vader's grandson duke it out in Medieval France over the honor of a beautiful French maiden. Directed by Ridley Scott.

[Jacob]

I've been watching Hilda on Netflix with the kid. The faux-Scandinavian flavour is... I guess Scandinavianess is very trendy these days.

The show's pretty decent though.

Speaking of British shows and Scandinavian content (but not faux in this case), we also watched a bunch of the new Moomin Valley. It's pretty good. It took a few moments to adjust to the 3D animation, but once adjusted the charm of the material shines through. Each episode has a unique song by a current artist and they're quite good as well.

Also Shaun the Sheep is still going strong. It's an impressive run for the series.

There is, apparently, also a biographical movie about Tove Jansson coming out. It looks like it will (paging the Brain) including lesbian sex scenes.

[Sheilbh]

Yeah - I'm looking forward to Tove. Her collection of adult fiction - maybe short stories or maybe it's a novella - is great.