TV/Movies Megathread

[Sheilbh]

That was a happy surprise, I had no idea that Jarvis Cocker did covers of French songs of the 60s for the soundtrack (his accent could do with some work, though), so when the fim's main song (a cover of Cristophe's 1965 massive hit Aline) came out I was quite amazed.  The video is a great credits sequence for the film, which sadly was not actually employed in the film itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJGMmXdyhoA

I'm fairly sure his ex-wife is French and they mainly lived in France - and I think he still lives in Paris. I always feel like it very much suits his vibe

Edit: Incidentally I wish Wes Anderson would make a (non-racist) Tintin movie because the one we got was a disaster

[The Larch]

That was a happy surprise, I had no idea that Jarvis Cocker did covers of French songs of the 60s for the soundtrack (his accent could do with some work, though), so when the fim's main song (a cover of Cristophe's 1965 massive hit Aline) came out I was quite amazed.  The video is a great credits sequence for the film, which sadly was not actually employed in the film itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJGMmXdyhoA

I'm fairly sure his ex-wife is French and they mainly lived in France - and I think he still lives in Paris. I always feel like it very much suits his vibe

Ah, I didn't know he had that link to France, makes plenty of sense then. He could still improve his accent, though. 

Edit: Incidentally I wish Wes Anderson would make a (non-racist) Tintin movie because the one we got was a disaster

I remember the Spielberg one as way too busy (Tintin stories are not thrill-a-minute adventures!) and into the uncanny valley, but I don't recall anything blatantly racist about it. 

[Sheilbh]

The racism's more of a background risk with Tintin

Spielberg's one wasn't racist.

[The Larch]

The racism's more of a background risk with Tintin

Spielberg's one wasn't racist.

Ah, ok, the way you worded it it seemed that the Spielberg one had something racist on it. I agree that there's a certain level of risk, but it can be easily avoided by picking a title that doesn't go to an exotic locale. Syldavia at most, it'd actually be a nice Wes Andersony setting, actually. They could do the one in which they go to the moon.

[Eddie Teach]

You've got to be careful not to offend the Moonies though. A lot of them have assault rifles.

[Admiral Yi]

One of my favorite scenes in Dune the book was the gladiator fight between Feyd-Rautha and the not really drugged Atreides grunt.  Did they do that well this time?

[The Larch]

One of my favorite scenes in Dune the book was the gladiator fight between Feyd-Rautha and the not really drugged Atreides grunt.  Did they do that well this time?

Feyd-Rautha didn't appear in the film.

[The Brain]

There seems to be a lot of Dune that was left out.

[Duque de Bragança]

The racism's more of a background risk with Tintin

Spielberg's one wasn't racist.

Reminding people of how the oriental slave trade was still alive in the '1950s in Red Sea Sharks was indeed very racist. 
See? 

[celedhring]

One of my favorite scenes in Dune the book was the gladiator fight between Feyd-Rautha and the not really drugged Atreides grunt.  Did they do that well this time?

Feyd-Rautha didn't appear in the film.

Yeah, I think they'll just have Atreides battle Bautista's character instead.

[The Larch]

One of my favorite scenes in Dune the book was the gladiator fight between Feyd-Rautha and the not really drugged Atreides grunt.  Did they do that well this time?

Feyd-Rautha didn't appear in the film.

Yeah, I think they'll just have Atreides battle Bautista's character instead.

You mean for the sequel? I don't think Feyd-Rautha is a character that can be omitted that easily.

[celedhring]

I think that if Rautha wasn't in the first movie, they are not going to introduce him in the next.

[The Larch]

I think that if Rautha wasn't in the first movie, they are not going to introduce him in the next.

I guess he should have been in the first movie already, but IIRC he's more important towards the end of the Dune story, so I don't see why he can't be introduced in the sequel. To fuse his characted with that of Batista (IIRC they are both nephews to the Baron) would be a bit weird, since they are meant to represent the two different approaches to violence that the Harkonnen's employ, outright brutality and more subtle sadism. Besides, Feyd-Rautha is also important in case the Bene Gesserit want to be highlighted, since he was meant to be one of their main pawns in their eugenics program. How relevant this is for Villeneuve, I don't know.

[Sheilbh]

Yeah, I think they'll just have Atreides battle Bautista's character instead.

I wasn't sure about the characters but had to look this up when I got home to check if Bautista and Sting had both played the same character

[Eddie Teach]

Did he play the fat cousin character?